I don't think the issue is payment. The issue is changing the rules in mid stream.
∫ people haven't beeen entirely truthful. Consider this, if they changed the rules namece -pletely out of' left field field, they most certainly do it again. I wouldn't gile ∫ people the sweet off my eyebrows. Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! > On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:16 PM, "Andrea Love" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll happily pay for this service. So many times I need some eyes to help me > read something and no one is around. If I can get good dependable service > then why not. These people should get payed and the blind people who are > crying about it are making the rest of us look bad. Suck it up and pay for > it!! > Andrea Love > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Pelletier" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:41 PM > Subject: RE: Tap TapSee > > >> Hi, >> >> You, yourself stated: >> "We took a lot of pics mostly for fun, but I'm not spending 120 a year for >> identifying a few cans for cooking. I'll go to other apps". >> >> I have to assume that you were not aware of your fun costing the developers >> money. You certainly weren't the only one taking pictures for fun and now, >> the fun is over and we have to pay for a service that is well worth it. The >> developers paid for a whole year while we tested their app and, now that we >> have done our testing and know what the app is worth, its only fair that we >> take on the responsibility of paying for the service. >> >> Just a personal opinion >> >> Ron & Danvers >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:07 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Tap TapSee >> >> Hi Alia, >> >> Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I for one am happy to see that >> by far the majority of people seem to understand that you can't run a >> business by spending money and not have any come in. I own a retail business >> and if I sold all the product I have to buy and have in inventory for what I >> paid for it or for a 5% margin I would be out of business faster than a >> puppydog can wag its tail. >> >> Tap Tap See already stated that they will release an update within a week >> which addresses the issue of failed pictures. Will you some time take a >> picture which comes back with a result but a useless result? Yes, most >> likely, but on the bright side this may encourage all of us blind folks to >> ask sighted friends or family members to help us develop our picture taking >> skills. >> >> I think it's totally cool to use other apps, many of us have been doing this >> all along, but I think if you learn to be good at taking pictures and >> combine Tap Tap See with other apps then 100 pictures would last you at >> least a couple of months maybe even 3, 4 or 5 months. This means you may >> spend anywhere from $4 to $2 or even a bit less per month on this and if >> easy and reliable recognition is important to you than I don't think that is >> an outrageous price. >> >> Having said this it would be nice if Tap Tap See could offer an unlimited >> annual package at a subscription cost of say $99, then those who use Tap Tap >> See a lot have a way to get it for a slightly discounted price and if you >> were to watch for an iTunes Gift Card promo where you could buy 2 $50 cards >> for $40 each, you would actually only pay $80 a year or $6.66 a month for >> unlimited use. >> >> I think most people will buy the 100 picture pack and see how long it will >> take them to use it, I just don't use the app often enough to warrant >> spending even $5 a month. But I will most definitely buy the 100 pictures >> for $7.99 so I can continue to use the app and also to support the company >> and it is my guess the 100 pictures will last me close to half a year; I do >> really like Talking Goggles a lot of time because quite often I can get a >> result in video mode very quickly which is enough to tell me what I am >> trying to identify. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of alia robinson >> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:31 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Tap TapSee >> >> IMO this is insulting. I have never as long as I have been buying blindness >> products, braille printer in the old days before windows, scanner from edge, >> my first computer with jaws, dectalk soundcard, laptop for school, you get >> the idea. Never as a blind user have I felt I was "entitled to freebies! I >> am talking about a once free app going to subscription service, and stating >> I think it is overpriced. If you didn't get timed-out pictures, unrecognized >> images, and just plain wrong info, i.e. my black dog was called a black cat. >> sometimes when I scan cans I have to take more than one picture, so the 100 >> pics are impractical, and I don't think I use it enough for the monthly fee. >> We took a lot of pics mostly for fun, but I'm not spending 120 a year for >> identifying a few cans for cooking. I'll go to other apps. >> >> Alia >>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 2:13 AM, Joanne Chua <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> At the end of the day, It comes to this. 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