I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say loading, but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to work?
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Andy Baracco <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Mike B. > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new > look at the world > > Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for > blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or > iPad. (Andrew > Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) | > > A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people > around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with > the > quick tap of an iPhone or iPad. > > Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in > Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly > artificial > intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself > how to code. > > Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who > worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye > care for > people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at > a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms, > led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project. > > “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help > visually impaired people,” he said. > > Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any > object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user. > People > can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27 > languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can > of > pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired. > > Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the > Canadian National Institute for the Blind, > tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave > it a rave review. > > “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12 > person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make > his > life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen. > > “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a > picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very > useful,” he said. > > It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved > months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He > had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network — > computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that > recognizes > objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs. > > Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks, > and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate > of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler. > > “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and > using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said. > > For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over. > > He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app, > and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app > has > been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60 > countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing. > > “I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the > financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology > and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.” > > https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html > > > Take care. > Mike > Sent from my iBarstool! > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Groups.io Links: > > You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#27247): https://groups.io/g/blindtech/message/27247 > View All Messages In Topic (1): https://groups.io/g/blindtech/topic/3303324 > Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/3303324?uid=10822 > New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blindtech/post > > Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blindtech/editsub?uid=10822 > > Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blindtech > Contact Group Owner: [email protected] > > Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos > > Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blindtech/leave/260404/1508816266/xyzzy > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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