Robin FrostI'm minding my business putting away groceries and other items that just arrived at my house. These included some of the new #Tide Evo laundry detergent products. So as is often my custom with new items I scan it with #SeeingAI and other assorted apps and it's reading me what it can find on the packaging. And I think to myself, did I just hear it say #NaviLens? No I couldn't have. But wait, yes, yes, I surely did because #VDScan just said it too. So I fire up the #NaviLens app for the very first time, and sure enough it spots the symbol on the packaging and suddenly it's telling me about the product, describing the tactile symbols on the outer packaging, telling me what they mean, telling me how I can call through #BeMyEyes during certain hours to get assistance, giving me product usage instructions and telling me how I can open the package and also telling me how I can visit the website or affording me the opportunity to locate the package using sound to tell me when I was close to it. That was pretty neat. I feel a bit behind the times as I must confess sheepishly to never having interacted with #NaviLens before this very day. I'll now have to investigate what other products bear their symbols. #Accessibility #Blind
Peggy Kern@robini71 I'd never even heard of NaviLens until seeing this post. I just grabbed the app. I wonder how you can find out what products it can identify? Do you just wave it around the kitchen or cupboard or something?
@kernsac I imagine there might be a list somewhere.
@kernsac Perhaps within the app itself.
@robini71 I thought there might be something in the app, but I didn’t see anything when I looked at it. I just might have to fire it up and walk around the house pointing it at stuff. :-)
@kernsac Perhaps there'll be more on their official site: https://www.navilens.com/en/ I'm also happy to report that #NaviLens has an #Android app for those who use that platform.