Hi Eileen,
Which phone do you have? I tried VizWiz last week on my 5S and it could not understand/record my question. I tried it several times and each time the app told me I had not recorded a question. I have given the app access to the microphone and I wonder if maybe this only effects the 5S with the 64 Bit processor since they did update VizWiz at the end of September and list iO?S 7 compatibility. I also remember another person saying they couldn’t record and it would be interesting to pin this down and let them know although I somehow think they must have figured this out by now. Anyhow, my answer took about 7 hours and I think I read somebody else got a reply the next day. I used to use VizWiz on my digital thermostat which controls my in-floor heating, but I tried this with Tap Tap See and got the correct reply with the current temperature within 20 seconds. I have a feeling VizWiz may be one of these apps like Daisy Worm or In Daisy which will just seize to exist at some point. It definitely shows how Tap Tap See did the right thing and went with a paid model, let’s hope this works for them and they make enough money to not only keep the service going but to improve it and add the ability to ask a simple question along with the picture. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eileens Misrahi Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Vizwiz Contact info from the website Hello, The way VizWiz works is that you take a picture first. The next step is that you will be prompted to record a question. A new screen will open and you can toggle the different types of response engines. I usually only select "web workers." The last time I use the app it took about 4 minutes to get a response. However, at the time, I didn't have any sighted assistance, so the wait was worth it. HTH. Best, Eileen Hello, The way VizWiz works is that you take a picture first. The next step is that you will be prompted to record a question. A new screen will open and you can toggle the different types of response engines. I usually only select "web workers." The last time I use the app it took about 4 minutes to get a response. However, at the time, I didn't have any sighted assistance, so the wait was worth it. It's free. HTH. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:35 PM, "Julie Dawson" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Does this ap have a cost and do you write in questions or take pictures? I don't know much about the ap itself. Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly And leave the rest to God! ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Caron <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Vizwiz Contact info from the website Hi listers, I tried yet again to send a picture and question with VizWiz and to my surprise I got a answer. I'm not positive the question recording workek, but still this is the best result I've gotten in a long time. I also wrote to support and got a thoughtful and positive response back. I hope that VizWiz can improve and mature as a app. It seems that they are also hurting from lack of funding and other changes making it difficult to reply to the requests. Eric Caron On Jan 26, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Nimit <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello, Everyone, With all the talk about vizwiz, I decided to hunt for their contact info. I went to app store, typed vizwiz in the search tab and when It showed up, I double tapped it. I double tapped on reviews and app support. It brought me to their website I clicked on contact us and here's what I am finding and I selected and copied using my braille display as it was easy that way. Here it is: We'd love to hear your feedback! Please send us your questions, comments, rants and raves via the addresses below: * Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] * Twitter: <http://twitter.com/rochci/> @rochci * ROC HCI: <http://hci.cs.rochester.edu/> hci.cs.rochester.edu * Hope many people contact them and I tried with no luck. I will do again, so just wanted to pass it along. Have a good day! Sent from my super iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . 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