Talking Goggles - a camera with speech (free) app for iPhone and iPad
4.0 (
7360 ratings )
Utilities
Productivity
Developer: Sparkling Apps
Free
Current version: 2.4, last update: 7 years agoFirst release : 17 Apr 2013
App size: 37.73 Mb
Talking Goggles can recognize images and speaks out what it finds.
- Recognizes almost any image within seconds. Logos, landmarks, books, products, artwork, text and more..
- Shows the description of the image and speaks it out to you.
- Speaks it out using the correct accent of your selected language.
- Includes a torchlight to assist in reading.
- Video mode. Talking Goggles will continuously check the video stream for any familiar images, and will present it and speak it out when it finds something.
- Easy copy function. Use goggles as a scanner/translator and use the results in any other application.
- Look up more details on the image found by doing a direct search. Or, if it is a product, check where it is available nearby, and show a price comparison.
Dont know the name of that actor on that poster? Just point your camera at it and Talking Goggles will tell you!
Want to find out if that product is really the cheapest around? Take a picture and let Talking Goggles do a comparison for you.
Point Talking Goggles at a logo, and you will be told the name of the company after which you can do a search for it.
Talking Goggles is particularly good at recognizing book covers and posters. Try it out!
Reviews are very positive:
This amazing application is a masterpiece and could be a new trend.
You really need to try the app to see exactly how good it is.
This app worked well and quickly. I took a photo of a few products from my cupboard and it identified them immediately, and offered access to the internet to learn more.
I then turned the can a bit and it started recognizing bits of text from
nutritional information and all sort of stuff. I pointed my phone into the
fridge and it told me I had Tropicana Orange Juice, I turned it a bit and here was Lucern Milk. astounding.
Talking Goggles gives you amazing possibilities. We are constantly improving the app further, please contact us on [email protected] for any comments or suggestions.
Pros and cons of Talking Goggles - a camera with speech (free) app for iPhone and iPad
Talking Goggles - a camera with speech (free) app good for
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
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This app has come a long way since being published. It is a general purpose recognition app for objects and text. While it is capable to do OCR and objects, it pales in comparison to those apps that focus on just recognizing one particular item, like just OCR or just products. However, the free price and even the .99 price makes it a must download.
Some bad moments
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
.
. . Hello. First of all, thank you for this great app. As a blind person, I have used Goggles a lot. However after last update some critical problems have occurred. Below you will find some of them.
1. The reading voice has changed with last update. But the new reading voice has problem in spelling some words in turkish. Thus, there should be an option to use iOS built in voices as in previous version.
2. The new photograph description feature is very well but, now, the simultaneous reading capability seems broken. Most of the times I am using goggles to read some thing on the screen or something in front of me outside. And it was exciting. But now, when I try to monitor some thing, instead of reading something, it starts photograph description although I dont need. thus, photograph description or text recognition should be able to be chosen by the user. If I wish description, I should choose only this or the opposite.
3. I cannot understand when video mode starts and wen ends. In previous version, there was a sound indicating it.
4. The buttons seems unlabeled sufficiently. So, please put more explanatory labels.
Again thanks for this great app. I am very happy to hear that you are continuing developing Goggles. I hope it will be more exciting in the future.
Theres no need to write a review, the title of my review says it all
Google Goggles was absolutely flawless. Regrettably it is no longer available but it was the most incredible research tool that we have ever used.
This one, flying under a false flag of "Goggles", not so much.
The novelty of the speaking app is only worthwhile when it is delivering real information. This app looks at a book cover and returns "book". Show a portrait you want to identify and it returns "hairstyle". Perhaps it is uncharitable to say so but its a pity that there is no way of entering zero stars.
I was able to figure out the celebrities name just by taking a picture on my phone. Crazy!
I really like being able to take a picture of an item and then being able to find the best price.