[Electronics-Talk] Color Identification Technology

[Mike Freeman]

Economic reality has very little to do with morality.
Who do you expect to pay to make these devices more affordable?

Mike Freeman


> On Jan 19, 2016, at 11:18, S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Color Test II sounds great but, it is horribly expensive.  Why is it 
> that all the technology for us is so expensive that you have to be quite 
> wealthy to afford any of it?  Something should be done to force these 
> companies to make their products affordable to all the blind, not just those 
> with lots of money.  I know, you will say we are such a small market but, 
> this is ridiculous.  There are products that all of us really could use to 
> make our daily lives easier but most of us will never be able to afford 
> them.  For get state rehab, they only help if you are in school or working 
> and, I doubt they would spend that much on a color identifier.  .
> 
> Sandra
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 11:36 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Color Identification Technology
> 
> Thanks.  The pattern tone does sound handy.
> Tracy
> 
>> Hello Tracy.
>> The ColorTest Ii does not announce patterns. However, one of its features
>> can help the user identify patterns him/herself. The button used for color
>> identification announces the color under the eye when this button is
>> pressed and released. When one holds this button down, the ColorTest II
>> emits a continuous tone. This tone changes if this button is held when the
>> device is analyzing a different color. So basically, since I have some
>> shirts that are plain, some that are striped, and some that are plaid, I
>> will hold down the announce button and run my ColorTest II horizontally
>> across an area of the shirt, and then vertically. If the tone stays more
>> or less the same for both movements, I will assume it is a plain shirt. If
>> it changes with a recognizeable pattern when I move it either horizontally
>> or vertically, then I assume it is striped, and based on this feedback, I
>> can determine if the stripes are horizontal or vertical. If the device
>> changes its tones to indicate a pattern o