What i'm going to try next is the display of my Zoom H2N, would be cool if i actually got decent info out of it. That's one area where i thought maybe this app could be useful, to get at info on displays of devices that don't talk or aren't as logical as one could wish they were. /Krister
7 apr 2013 kl. 05:53 skrev Neal Ewers <[email protected]>: > Hi I tried my thermostat. It read many of the buttons, but I could not get > it to read the temperature. Perhaps I was not looking in the right place. > > Neal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Troy Sullivan > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 9:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i > found > > I'm going to try the display on my digital thermostat and see what it says, > that is whenever I turn the heat on again, it's off now do to warmer > weather.s > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lsterling0" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 9:30 AM > Subject: RE: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i > found > > >> Hi I tried the computer screen and it gave me results, my husband was >> playing a game and it told me what game. I am going to try some more >> on my computer later today I will let the list know what I find. >> Owner of vipspouses a list for visually impaired and blind individuals >> to discuss frustrations in their lives. >> for an invertation To join contact >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom >> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 6:04 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i >> found >> >> Hi, >> Before you all get to excited, let me tell you that i'm not sure what >> goggles is reading, nor am i sure of if what i found can at all be >> workable for anything or if it's just plain luck that i had. >> Well, after hearing the success stories others had had with Talking >> goggles, i decided i would do some experimenting on my own. I have >> long looked for an app that can read displays of any shape or form and >> thereby help me get things set on devices one normally can't operate >> without sighted assistance, well guess what? I started with my Akai >> MPK61 Midi keyboard which obviously has a quite bright display, >> because other apps have been able to get one or two letters out of the >> display, though i couldn't be sure if it was the display or the >> buttons it read, well with Goggles, i actually got as much info out of >> the display that i could successfully load a midi preset into the >> keyboard. This encouraged me a bit so i went to my kitchen to see if i >> could actually get some info out of my microwave. This time i wasn't >> so successful, but that could be because i actually don't quite know >> where the display is on the machine. I decided to continue to >> experiment and went into the bathroom to see if i could read the >> display of my washing machine and my tumble dryer, and lo and behold, >> i got text out of the displays, not so much that i could do settings >> based on the info, but still i got text out of the display and i could >> actually see that it changed. This made me sit down and think, would >> it be possible to actually get some info out of the Olympus >> LS-100 recorder in places where the voice guidance wasn't present and >> the answer is yes, i can actually read the display, but not yet so >> well that i can make settings and adjustments based on what i read, >> either it is possible with training, or it won't work and it won't get >> any better, but just the fact that an app makes reading displays >> possible is exciting news to me. If anyone wants to continue >> experimenting, please feel free to do it and please document what you >> find, positive or negative. 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