Tech Tips: TapTapSee

Tech Tips: TapTapSee

Contributed by Jerry Price, Assistive Technology Specialist

TapTapSee is a free iOS and Android application that allows visually impaired users to identify objects, money, and surroundings by using their smartphone. Using CloudSign Image Resolution, TapTapSee utilizes the smart device's camera and voice-over functions to take a picture or video and have that image or video described to the user.

To use this application, users do have to have to agree to a "terms of service," which grants the application access to the phone's settings, camera, and photo gallery. Once installed and activated, users will be able to launch the application. Inside TapTapSee, users will find the camera button in the middle of the screen. Best practices indicate that users should hold the smart device between 4 and 6 inches away from the object they are photographing. By double-tapping with one finger on the camera button, a photograph will be taken. Because the image is being processed via Cloud technology, it may take a minute or two to complete considering the picture.

If users do not get a satisfactory description, retaking the image at a different angle may be warranted.

To learn more about this application, visit: https://taptapseeapp.com/