{"id":1756,"date":"2013-04-30T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2013-04-30T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:08:49","slug":"talking-goggles-app-43013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1756","title":{"rendered":"Talking Goggles App, 4\/30\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking Goggles<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Contributed by Joel Zimba, Technology Outreach Specialist, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n

Not to be confused with Google Glass, Talking Goggles<\/a> is an iPhone app which tells you something about what the camera is viewing.\u00a0 The quick review–it works surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

While there are settings which can recognize things from the photo gallery or take still pictures, the most useful method is to recognize what comes from the video feed.<\/p>\n

After a bit of fiddling, Goggles announces, “wrist watch,” when I get my first test object into focus.\u00a0 Then, it tells me the brand, size and type of hand lotion.\u00a0 This seems pretty useful.\u00a0 I then went for a more complicated test.\u00a0 Pointing my iPhone camera at my Mac screen returned an unusual result.\u00a0 “Doctor Who Poster with flames,” says Goggles.\u00a0 It was correct, as my open iTunes window had the picture of the latest episode being displayed proudly.\u00a0 When I moved the camera back slightly, Goggles announces, “MacBook Pro.”<\/p>\n

It’s not clear to me how Talking Goggles works.\u00a0 It may recognize common objects, search for logos and other commercial materials, scan barcodes, do a bit of OCR or some combination of all of these.\u00a0 So far, Goggles seems to work much better than previous apps which deliver the same functionality.\u00a0 Try Talking Goggles, you will be pleased.<\/p>\n

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