Karen brings me an interesting grocery package to identify with oMoby. A demonstration and discussion of iPhone camera orientation follows.
Follow these steps to use oMoby:
- Locate oMoby on your Home screen and double tap its icon to launch the app.
- Four-finger flick down to move to the bottom of the window, where you will find the Settings button.
- Flick left once and double tap the Take Photo button. Options for adjusting the camera are shown.
- Four-finger flick down to the Take Picture button.
- Orient the iPhone in the vertical position with the Sleep button on the top and the Home button on the bottom to take the picture in portrait mode. If a wider view is needed, orient the iPhone 90 degrees to the left, counterclockwise, of the vertical position so that the Home button is on the right to take the picture in landscape mode.
- Place the camera against the object to be identified and gradually move the iPhone upward to a distance of six to 12 inches. If you know you have good lighting, you may want to try allowing the camera to auto focus. Stop moving upward when you here VoiceOver say “auto focused.”
- Double tap the Take Picture button. A camera sound is heard and a snapshot of the object is taken.
- Four-finger flick down to the Use button and double tap it to have oMoby upload the picture for analysis.
- Flick left and right around the screen until you locate the newest entry in the list that says “searching.” Once the object has been identified, another screen will appear containing the identity of the object along with a lot of search results you may not find useful. Use the two-finger scrub gesture or find and double tap the Back button to return to the list of identified objects.