[Nfb-krafters-korner] talking color detector

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

With that description, I think I will end up using my plastic labels and get the labels for clothing from the NFB.  I usually take the 2 pieces of clothing I am not sure of and go to the brightest light in my home, my londry room and usually can differentiate them.

Terry
 

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From: qubit [mailto:lauraeaves at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:31 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
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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