Hi Donna, I think it would be good if a lot of people would write to Apple either using www.apple.com/feedback or the [email protected] email address to request that Apple would implement photo labelling either as a feature for all users or an accessibility feature. Not being able to effectively label photos in iOS is definitely a big deal for blind users, but you even find threads where sighted users ask for this. I wonder how difficult it would be for Apple to add a feature where you could maybe double tap on a photo and a menu would pop up with options like "Delete, Move and Label or something like that. If it was an accessibility feature it would maybe be done via the rotor, e.g. swipe down or up to get to options like Label, Delete, Move etc. Then if you double tap on label a simple text box would come up similar to the custom label feature which would allow you to add a text label but without changing the actual file name of the picture and it's order.
There are a bunch of apps in the app store which allow you to add labels to pictures, but I think most are meant for sighted people who want to add artistic tapes, stamps and widges to photos which may or may not contain a text label. A Google search for "Labelling photos in iOS 8" gives you a number of results and it seems that an app called "labelbox" is well regarded and has already been updated to take advantage of iOS 8 extensions. It's a large app, over 100 Mb, and it's free with in-app purchases. I did download it, but so far have not been able to get anywhere with it. I guess apps like this which are heavily focused on visual effects might be more difficult to make accessible and of course many developers may not even think about that. I wrote to the developer of Labelbox and mentioned the potential usefulness of his app for blind iOS users and if I receive a reply I'll post it here. The main problem with I think all of these apps is that you have to open the photo in order to see the description and I think what a blind user really would appreciate is a label which would be read along with the date the picture was taken when you go through your listing of pictures. Another app which comes to mind is Photovoice. This has been discussed before and I believe there might even be something about it on Applevis. This app allows you to record a voice label in your own voice, but once again you do have to open the photo in order to play this label. It basically converts your picture to a small video file in order to allow for the voice label. Here is the app store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8 Another app which does basically the same thing is called "SpokenPhoto", but I can't say anything regarding whether it is accessible or not. It is, however, a free app whereas Photovoice is 99 Cents. Photovoice also has not been updated since January 2013 which is almost 2 years. SpokenPhoto was updated in April 2014 which is a lot more recent. Here is the link for SpokenPhoto: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spokenphoto-give-your-photos/id491723663?mt=8 Good luck, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Labeling photos app Hi Tap Tap See may be able to do what you need. I haven't figured out a way to label the pictures using the app. The app does have access to your camera roll and can describe what the picture is. For example if you take a picture of a pair of headphones Tap Tap See would return a description of "headphones" or if the brand can be seen the description may say "Sony headphones." Within the app you have the option of posting the photo to facebook, sending the photo by text message or email and copying the photo Camfind can also identify photos in your camera roll, but I haven't figured out a way to label the photos and there isn't an option to share the photos. HTH Donna > On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Ann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good morning, I am totally blind and was wondering if there's an application > out there where I can label my photos. I am getting into these buy sell trade > groups on Facebook and need to take several photographs. > I sure do miss the old days of iOS, where it photographed had a number such > as 001, and the like at least then, I could have my cited assistant tell me > that 001 for example was stereo headphones so on and so forth. You can't do > that with this new thing they got now. > I can't see the photos, so I don't know what I'm posting so if anyone out > there knows of an app that could help me label my photos that way I can post > my pictures independently. Thanks in advance. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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