I agree with all the comments concerning Tap Tap See mentioned in this thread. My only problem is that without the question I rarely get the correct info I want from a picture. This is why I am sad to see VizWiz seemingly fade away do to lack of funding and I believe other resources.
I did receive a response from VizWiz and I'm posting with permission the email below. start of message >>> Hi Eric, >>> >>> I'll look into this -- certainly, the amount of time/attention that >>> we're able to spend on this varies. We do try very hard to make sure >>> it is "working." But, it's a free service, and as such everyone >>> supporting it has many many other things on their plate. IQ Engines in >>> particular may not be supported ... they were recently purchased by >>> Yahoo and (I believe) discontinued their API. >>> >>> We have been experimenting with various "volunteer" models for >>> answering questions, but it's trickier than it would appear at first. >>> That also only solves the "human labor" component, not the cost of >>> development/upkeep/server maintenance. It's not clear how to make the >>> latter in particular self-sustaining. >>> >>> If you, or other users, have thoughts on these long-term issues, I >>> would love to consider them. >>> >>> As for email, I generally try to respond to emails very quickly. But, >>> I get hundreds of emails a day across different projects, etc., so >>> sometimes they unfortunately get missed. I'm sorry if I let one slip >>> through. >>> >>> Thanks, Jeff On Jan 30, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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 > To: [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]> 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: [email protected] > · Twitter: @rochci > · ROC HCI: 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! 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