I wrote to them and got no reply.  That was a while ago though.  I do not know 
if they still exist.   Sent from my super iPhone 


> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Eric Caron <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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