[Electronics-talk] Reviews and Some Suggestions for Two AccessibleApps

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Are these apps for the iPhone free on the app store?
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From: "Christine Szostak via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: [Electronics-talk] Reviews and Some Suggestions for Two 
AccessibleApps


> Hi All,
>  I just thought I would mention two apps that I have found really helpful. 
> Some here may be familiar with one or both so feel free to add your own 
> comments about them or their accessibility.
>
> The first app is Recognizer (note that to find this app in the app store, 
> you may have more luck searching for LookTell than Recognizer).
>
> -This app has two main components:
>
> 1)  Item entry/recognition.
>
> a)  This allows you to take a picture of something and add an audio label. 
> Then, in the future, whenever Recognizer is opened (on the main screen of 
> the app) it  will immediately recognize that object when in comes in 
> contact with the camera and will repeat the label.
>
> b)  Think of this just like LookTell's Money Identifier app as it works 
> pretty much in the same way except that you enter the labels.
>
> 2)  A barcode scanner.
>
> a)  I have had little success using this to find the barcodes and would 
> love any suggestions if people have used this and found it successful.
>
>  The second app is Text Detective. They talked about this on SPN recently 
> on the SeroTalk Podcast (I think it was either episode 203 or 205) and 
> they did not have too much positive to say.
>
>  However, I have actually had pretty good luck with this and have thus far 
> been able (in 1.2 days practice) been able to get relatively clear scans 
> of several different things without  any vision such as a can label, a 
> frozen food box label, cards such as grocery store cards, and mail.
>
>  The main complaint that they were noting on SPN was that you need to 
> figure out the orientation yourself.
>
>  I want to provide a quick tip that I have found to be useful in doing so:
>
>  I find that if I tilt the camera just a couple of degrees (probably no 
> more than about 3-5) I often get a clearer scan than when I hold it 
> perfectly strait.
>
>  Once you hit scan, the camera continues to re-scan the item until it gets 
> an image it can identify and it lets you know this. It will tell you if 
> there is no text or if it is processing and preparing the text.
>
>  It is very fast (usually scanning in about 1-3 seconds).
>
>  I have also found that using the helpful hints they provide in their help 
> really do help a lot. As soon as I started reading through these, my scans 
> got much clearer:).
>
>
>  The primary reason I wanted to mention these two apps together in one 
> email, is that I have found that they are incredibly helpful when used in 
> conjunction.
>
>  Something I have started doing so as to need less sighted assistance to 
> add pics to my Recognizer, is to initially scan items that have text on 
> them and if I can get a clear read, then I open Recognizer and add it to 
> the library. this way, I can use Recognizer in the future to identify the 
> item without having to wait for the scans since just like the Money 
> Identifier from LookTell, the Recognizer app is instantaneous in its 
> scanning and identifying.
>
>  Sorry for the very lengthy email but I have just found these to be quite 
> helpful as someone living alone with no vision.
> Have a wonderful week everyone!
> Chris
> Christine M. Szostak, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Psychology
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1 at osu.edu
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