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how does this compare to 'seeing ai'?


On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Ana G wrote:

> Harry,
>
>
> If you have an Android device, you can launch apps, like Supersense, by 
> telling the Google Assistant to open it.
>
>
> I don't know who was holding the phone when you were testing the app. I just 
> point out that how you point the camera affects the results. If your computer 
> guru was holding the phone, his results would be better than yours because 
> he's pointing and focusing correctly.
>
>
> Just an FYI.
>
>
> Ciao
>
>
> On 4/1/2020 6:53 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I read the email that Emre, sent to the list, about Super Sense.
>> 
>> For the heck of it, I had Rick, my computer guy, who is using Android 10, 
>> on his MotoZ4play smart phone, download and install the app. Folks, I kid 
>> you not, it reads everything, envelopes, anything you can imagine. It finds 
>> things in a room, such as a chair, etc.
>> 
>> Here in my building where Brian, another guy on the list, and I, live, we 
>> get a little try folded newsletter, and it read the whole thing. It's 
>> absolutely, incredible. I got out my flip phone, and it read the screen on 
>> it.
>> 
>> Then, Rick, suggested that I see if it could read my computer monitor. So, 
>> we tried it, and I put the computer on the desktop, and it read all the 
>> icons on it, every one of them!
>> 
>> This app is fantastic, and Emre is very responsive, to what we need. Folks, 
>> I have never been able to read a restaurant menu, ever in print. It's going 
>> to be so nice to go to dinner, and read the print, and here's the important 
>> part, the up to date, print menu!!!
>> 
>> Now, if I can get it to start, just by using my voice, since my fingers 
>> don't work well, I will be able to read things, by myself, which I have not 
>> been able to do, for 20 years, since I had to get rid of my scanner.
>> 
>> take care,
>> 
>> Harry
>> 
>> 
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