The app works on my iPhone 7 plus, though there is a very long pause after taking the photo before the voice tells me what the object is. Perhaps 45 seconds. Harry
> On 30 Nov 2016, at 15:15, Julie Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the same result. I took a picture in good lighting but got no result > when the picture was taken. When I went to where the photos were stored it > just said sharp image which tells me nothing. Any feedback appreciated. > Julie with Thanks > Live simply, > Love generously, > Care deeply, > Speak kindly > And leave the rest to God! > Please join me on > www.gamesgaloreandmore.com > where through learning, friendship, activities, and growth, together we can > build a site to be proud of. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candie Stiles" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: November 29, 2016 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a > new look at the world > > > 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. 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