[access-uk] Re: TapTapSee
- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 21:44:19 -0000
Hi Vince.
Precisely, I couldn’t have put it better myself. There used to be an excellent
capture solving service called Solona, the guy who was behind it would sit
there and solve people’s capture requests but even he couldn’t hold out
forever, it was a tiring and thankless job according to his blog, he tried to
get volunteers involved but no one was interested. Sooner or later when an app
becomes popular the developer will have to decide whether money can be made,
Taptapsee has been free for a while now, so the developers behind it have had
plenty of opportunity to gadge the level of interest prevailing and will
monitise accordingly as well they should. There used to be an app VizWiz but
that seems either not to be working or the staffing behind it is very slim now,
you could ask a question about the images you sent, it showed real promise but
they never took the opertunity to make it a viable product for longterm
sustainability.
All the best, Ibrahim.
From: Vincent Thacker
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 8:14 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TapTapSee
Agreed, Ibrahim. I had thoughts of being a software developer at one time, but
although I was passably good at it, I only had to think of starving for the
rest of my life while all those lard-arses out there didn't want to pay me for
the hard and exacting work that goes into the stuff. I imagine with this Tap
Tap C app, it must take a good deal of human organisation too,and there's no
reason on earth why the people involved shouldn't charge what they like. If you
don't want it, don't buy it.
Vince.
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Message Received: Nov 07 2013, 05:42 PM
From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu"
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TapTapSee
Hi Peter.
Why is that disgraceful? What is wrong with monetising a service that so
many people use and which relies on humans to process images? Is it not
fair and reasonable that people should not be compensated for the work they
put in to making this app not only one of the most useful but also the most
responsive image recognition services out there?
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Beasley
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:11 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TapTapSee
That is disgraceful.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Clasper"
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TapTapSee
> HI.
> I’ve just seen on twitter that they’ve changed it to a subscription based
> service, so yes, sadly it seems correct.
>
> On 7 Nov 2013, at 15:58, Brian Williams wrote:
>
>> I have recently updated the app TapTapSee on my iPhone. I tried using it
>> for the first time since then today and it tells me that to continue
>> using the app I need to purchase credits. Has anyone else found this? Is
>> this true?
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