Several white and blue plungers on a store shelf.
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Tap Tap See iPhone App verses CamFind iPhone App

We went to the grocery store and selected three items we wanted to identify with these apps. We tested their accuracy and time it took to identify the item.

After attending the Hi-Tech O&M conference offered by Perkins at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, North Carolina. I decided to compare the ability and timeliness of Tap Tap See and CamFind with the help of two of my students. We took a bus to our local Food Lion and compared three items. The items were a plunger, a package a Perdue chicken breasts, and a container of Lehigh Valley Eggnog.

The white and blue plunger

Tap Tap See: It took 13 seconds to identify the item. The description given was a white and purple tool on a gray cart. 

CamFind: It took 14 seconds to identify the item. the description given was a white plastic handled tool. 

Screenshot of CamFind and plunger in shopping cart.

Screenshot of Tap, Tap See with Plunger in the cart.

Perdue Chicken Breasts

Tap Tap See: It took 14 seconds to identify the item. The description given was Perdue chicken breasts.

CamFind: it took 16 seconds to identify the item. The description given was Perdue chicken breasts.

Photo of student using iPhone and a package of Purdue chicken in the background.

screenshot of CamFind showing package of Purdue chicken in cart.

Lehigh Valley Eggnog

Tap Tap See: It took 13 seconds to identify the item. The description given was Lehigh Valley Eggnog.

CamFind: It took 29 seconds to identify the item. The description given was Lehigh Valley Holiday Eggnog.

After the lesson we talked about how these apps should not be used for the identifcation of mail or other items that might have personal information. The response is given by a person and certain data is collected by each application. This could possibly be used to steal a person’s identity.

I found that Tap Tap See was more user friendly and easier to access. CamFind wanted you to sign in but you could skip it. However, the skip button did not work with voice over. I had to turn off voice over and skip it for my student. CamFind did give more information than Tap Tap See on their summary page. Tap Tap See was faster at identifying items and giving a response. CamFind slowly reveals the description on the screen visually like a transition on a powerpoint. I would reccomend Tap Tap See and so would my students.

Photo of student using iPhone and second student holding eggnog bottle.

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