[Nfb-krafters-korner] talking color detector

[River Woman]

I have a Cobalt Speechmaster. It is iffy. Most of the time it is pretty 
accurate. But, it is one that was bought for me by my counselor, not one I 
would have picked for myself. It does not say the exact nuance of color, but 
it says "very light green brown."  etc. Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] talking color detector


> Hi -- I have the expensive/overpriced one that I bought because of a
> favorable comparison test at convention a few years ago. It is the Color
> Test, sole by APH -- they also sell the Colorino, which is much cheaper 
> but
> still recognizes 200 shades. (The Color Test does many shades, some of 
> which
> I don't even know the meaning of -- one shade in particular is apparently 
> a
> shade of red, but honestly, I don't know the word it is trying to use. It
> sounds like cerix or something like that, but I try many words with many
> spellings and come up with nothing. I don't know how many shades the CT
> recognizes.)
>
> A note on accuracy -- having had very good color vision -- and I still am
> able to see many color shades -- I believe the color test chooses color
> descriptions different from what I would choose. It says "pink" for what I
> would call coral-pink or salmon, and calls magenta "purple".
> Also, a curious behavior, it calls brown "violet or aubergene", unless I
> push the material into the opening where the camera is located, where it
> then changes to "rich dark brown".
> I thought this was odd until I talked to my mother, who has macular
> degeneration.  She says since her retina has been affected, she has had
> trouble differentiating dark violet and brown.
>
> I don't know about the Colorino, but even though the color test recognizes
> many shades, I wouldn't trust it to pick out subtle shades.  It tries, and
> it is a lot of money, but it fails in too many instances, although it 
> works
> better if I push the material so it bulges into the camera opening.  The
> reason I bought it was that I have trouble differentiating dark colors, 
> and
> at convention, the colorino called my blue pants black while the color 
> test
> identified everything correctly.
>
> So that is my experience.
> Take it or leave it.
> G ood luck.
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jewell Boll" <jjboll at excel.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:05 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] talking color detector
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone on the list have a talking color detector.  I would like to
> purchase one to help me determine the color of my yarns.  I am interested 
> in
> a device that has many colors and can identify shades.
> thanks.
> Jewell
>
>
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