Hi listers,
I was the original poster. I tried using VizWiz , latest version, on
both my 4 S and 5S using iOS 7.04 and I could not record a question. I could
not even find where to select web workers or the IQ Engines. options I used to
find along with email and twitter and such.
I miss this app as the ability to ask a question made all the
difference to me.
If anyone has the contact info for the developer I'd love to write to them.
Eric Caron
On Jan 22, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Eileens Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I just used VizWiz and I am happy to say that I received an answer. I am
> using an iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.2, and the version of VizWiz prior to the current
> version. It took 4 minutes to receive the first answer. I am not sure if one
> is using iOS 7.0.4 and a 64 bit chip on the phone that would make a
> difference if VizWiz would behave differently. If others continue to have
> problems using the app, then a concertive effort to let the developers know
> of the issues. HTH
> Bast,
> Eileen
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 22, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Somebody asked recently whether VizWiz was still working. I used it
>> yesterday for the first time on my iPhone 5S to see if I could get a reply
>> about what the LED display of my digital thermostat for my in-floor heating
>> system said.
>>
>> First of all I took the picture, then as usual I tapped Record and asked my
>> question. However, when I tapped to send the picture, the app said that no
>> question had been recorded. I did allow the app to use the microphone and
>> tried a few more times both with Apple Earpods plugged in and without using
>> the iPhone's built-in microphone and it appears that it doesn't want to
>> record the question. Has anybody else experienced this?
>>
>> Anyhow, I sent the image to webworkers anyways assuming they might get what
>> I want.
>> Now it gets interesting. I sent the picture a few minutes before 11 AM and
>> then did something else for a minute or 2 waiting for a reply. When none
>> came I used Tap Tap See and within about 20 seconds received a result which
>> said "Thermostat 26 Degrees" which is exactly what I wanted.
>> I forgot about VizWiz until about 4:30 PM (5 and a half hours after I sent
>> the picture) at which time I received 2 push notifications from VizWiz, here
>> is the text:
>>
>> 1. Where is the question, it is good looking switch
>> 2. Thermostat 26 degrees Celsius
>>
>> So, VizWiz apparently still does work, but even if answers came after 10
>> minutes instead of 5.5 hours the service is pretty useless in many instances
>> where you probably want an answer immediately which means at least within a
>> minute or so.
>>
>> Of course there is still the issue that at least on my 5S VizWiz also
>> doesn't seem to record the question. Let's hope Tap Tap See comes up with a
>> way to ask a question, I think even asking a question you have to type into
>> a text field would be good and probably even better since a recording takes
>> up a lot more space hence it takes longer to transmit the picture with a
>> recording and one can always use SIRI to dictate a short question which is
>> probably just as good.
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>>
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