will it be on iphone s well? On 26 Apr 2010, at 07:15, Alistair wrote: > Hi Glen, > > this is very helpful, one other question please? Regarding subscription > payments, will this be from card debit or will bank direct debit be possible? > > Thanks > > Alistair > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Tookey" > <Glenn.Tookey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:49 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LookTel smartphone software > > > Hi Alistair, > > Yes, it will have its own screen reader which also drives the other phone > functions. OCR should be up to KNFB standard, Symbian platform after 6 months > i'm told. Not sure about GPS detail yet. The idea is to have a high quality > all in one package that does not need the user to buy other products to make > it work, such as a screen reader. The functionality is still taking shape. > > Regards > Glenn > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Alistair > Sent: 25 April 2010 21:24 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LookTel smartphone software > > Hi Glen, > > some questions: > > Will this be self-voicing? > > will the gprs be similar to wayfinder? > > Will the OCR be like bayo or KNFB? > > will it be ever available on the Symbian platform? > > I can see the benifit of purchasing one all-in-one package but only if the > quality and performance is compatible. > > Alistair > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Tookey" <Glenn.Tookey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:48 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LookTel smartphone software > > > I guess it has to be put into perspective. Products in this market tend to > be one off payments of £750 or more, so you can have 30 months at £25 a > month, and you do not have to pay up front. Often people buy upgrades in > that sort of timeframe so the outlay for this type of product could be lower > across the lifetime of the user and it is easier to actually get into as you > do not have to find a large sum to start with. > > As with everything, it does not suit everybody. Some people would happily > pay thousands for technology, others do not want or need it. There are many > ways to find out what is in your larder, LookTel is just one way. There are > many ways to find out where you are when you are out, LookTel is just > another method. > > When I came into the industry I wanted to find ways of using technology to > benefit this group of people, we search high and low for the best > technologies then offer them to the market, the market will decide if it is > good value or not. > > We also wanted to introduce subscription models so that people on limited > incomes can pay as they go for products. LookTel will be priced at around > the level of a mobile phones service and less than Sky. > > So, when it is ready, we will bring it to market and let the market decide > if it is good value or not. We will certainly do all we can to drive the > price down as far as we can. > > Regards > Glenn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Paul Leake > Sent: 25 April 2010 18:31 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LookTel smartphone software > > Glen, > > i'd be interested in what current blind and visually impaired employees of > sight and sound make of this product rather than the manufacturers' > perspective! £25 a month sounds overpriced too I think. > > Cheers > > Paul > > paul.leake@xxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Tookey" <Glenn.Tookey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:45 PM > Subject: [access-uk] LookTel smartphone software > > > Hi > > Sight and Sound Technology will be the exclusive provider of the LookTel > service when it launches in the UK, we are hoping that to be in June time - > but not confirmed yet. > > Firstly, it will be a monthly subscription service - around £25 (again not > finalised). We are not sure of it will have OCR or GPS at launch. > > Secondly, it is more than just taking pictures, it is a full object > recognition device. It means that once you have trained the mobile to > recognise something - say a can of Heinz Baked Beans or Tomato Soup or > currency... then whenever it is in recognition mode (live video over the > internet) to its base station (normally your home PC) it will announce to > you what it has seen when you point it at an object. This will be very > useful in the home or outside. It takes a minute or two to snap the images > that you want to recognise and then you are away. At a later stage we will > have bar code reading on it, so then you will be able to go into a > supermarket and find products from bar code. > > The GPS is coupled with live video / audio feed so that an assistant could > guide you if you are lost. You can nominate more than one assistant who can > log into your base station and help with recognition, training of object, > location etc. We are considering extending this to the Sight and Sound help > desk so that you could call us if you need some assistance. > > It will recognise more than just products, it will also recognise faces and > even places ( buildings) if you snap enough images to that they can be > recognised later. > > Like all of these type of products, they are not infallible, but we have > been working with the developers for over 6 months (as have 200 blind people > in USA)to make it the type of service that really gives independence and > mobility to those with low vision. I have one working in the UK, it does not > use much of my data package on my mobile, so it will not be expensive - > currently on a windows mobile phone, but the range of phones will expand > over the first 6 months. > > Products such as the KNFB reader still have their own place as does > Wayfinder, they all do a good job - Looktel is taking advantage of the > advances in recognition technology and the increase in computing power of > mobile phones. We want to be at the forefront of technology, bringing the > best of the best to the UK market. Looktel is the next step. > > Watch out for more information, I'm hoping that we will be up and running > for Sight Village. > > Regards > Glenn Tookey > CEO > Sight and Sound Technology > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Barry Hill > Sent: 25 April 2010 11:04 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: LookTel smartphone software > > Thanks for this, Peter. > > Sounnds good, although I can already do all this with my own mobile to a > large extent. It's got K-NFB reader on it for the OCR, Wayfinder for the > positioning, and a camera phone that I can send photo's to a friend. Not > quite the live video feed, but I reckon it could work just as well. > > Cheers > > Barry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 10:46 AM > Subject: [access-uk] LookTel smartphone software > > > I got this from an american list I am subscribed to so have no idea if or > when it willbe available in this country. > > We offer the following information, but caution that this is currently in > beta. Unfortunately, > as with most software of this type, it's quite expensive. This is all the > information > we currently have available. > A Smartphone that Sees For You > Software from LookTel on a Windows-based smartphone uses "augmented reality" > to help > the vision-impaired and elderly > By: > Sean Gallagher > April 23, 2010 > Leave a comment > Source: LookTel > This video > shows some of the ways the LookTel application can help people with visual > and other > handicaps. > A new set of software that works with relatively inexpensive smart phones > could help > visually disabled people and the elderly. Using a technology called > "augmented reality", > the software can help people by recognizing text, objects and places. > Augmented Reality, or AR, uses location and visual information from a camera > to supply > a smartphone user with extra information about their surroundings. For an > introduction > to AR, you can take a look at > my hands-on with Spyglass > , the augmented reality navigation application. > LookTel > takes AR technology and applies it to a very real problem. It was developed > by > Ipplex > , in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the National Eye > Institute, > the Department of Veterans Affairs and a research organization for aides for > the > blind, to help people who can't see well or may become disoriented. > The Windows Mobile application uses character recognition technology and a > voice > synthesizer to read labels to the smartphone user. All that processing can't > be > done on the smartphone, so character and object recognition software are > part of > LookTel's "base station" software, which runs on a Windows-based home > computer. You > can also add coded labels to objects , as this > YouTube demonstration > shows, and associate those labels with voice descriptions of objects you put > them > on. > The app also can connect a user to a real person for assistance by > connecting back > to the application's Windows PC-based "base station" software: > For more complicated visual tasks such as locating a specific street corner > or bus > stop, LookTel enables you to remotely connect to another person for > assistance. Not > only can you talk to them, but you can also transmit live video from the > cell phone's > camera so that they can see your surroundings and help you with orientation, > recognizing > objects and media, and more. Your position will also be shown to them on > Google Maps > using the GPS services available on smart phones. These services aim to help > users > to independently go about daily activities with the confidence that they > will have > the assistance they need anytime, anywhere. > LookTel is currently in testing, and is available on pre-configured HTC > smartphones > and mobile Internet devices. Ipplex hasn't published the pricing for the > technology, > but is offering it at a discount during testing. > Original Article Source > http://www.techgoesstrong.com/smartphone-sees-you > LookTel Website > http://www.looktel.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://accessible-devices.com/pipermail/a-d_accessible-devices.com/attachments/20100424/01348ba6/attachment.html >> > This is an Announce only list. Subscribers are not able to post to this > list. > To unsubscribe from the Accessible Devices list copy the line below. 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