Description of App
TapTapSee is designed to help the blind and visually impaired identify objects they encounter in their daily lives.
Simply double tap the screen to take a photo of anything, at any angle, and hear the app speak the identification back to you (Note: Spoken identification requires VoiceOver to be turned on).
TapTapSee helps the blind and visually impaired become more independent in their day-to-day activities.
TapTapSee has been a huge hit with users taking thousands of pictures per-day. It has garnered multiple podcasts, reviews, as well as positive feedback within the community.
● American Foundation for the Blind 2014 Access Award Recipient ●
● Named App of the Month by RNIB in March, 2013 ●
● Inductee of AppleVis iOS Hall of Fame ●
MEDIA COVERAGE
● "The biggest plus for the app is that it was designed specifically with blind and partially sighted people in mind." - RNIB
● "The application simply works – whether you have taken a picture of a shirt, a plate, or a chair." - Disabled-World.com
● "You see, TapTapSee is like a sighted assistant that never grow tired of you asking 'what’s that?'" - CultofMac.com
● "This is beyond cool. It’s TapTapSee. It’s an app that allows visually impaired persons to snap quick photos to identify objects around them." - iSmashPhone.com
● "The app is truly amazing because of its accuracy and detail it is able to provide in a short time." - Bdmtech.blogspot.com
USER FEEDBACK
● "I love this app. I use it constantly to help organize my pantry and fridge! Its great!" - @KLove2008
● "Love this app, would have had soup on toast instead of beans if not for TapTapSee!" - @Disdatndot
● "I took a picture of my guide dog and it actually said the type of dog. German Shepherd dog lol. cool." - @IAmMarissaC
● "I've constantly been amazed how fast and accurate the app is at recognizing just about everything!" - @Csm120
FEATURES
* Rotor reader
* Flash toggle
* Auto-focus notification
* Identify images from your Camera Roll
* Repeat last image identification
* Share identification via text, email, or social media
* Barcode reader
COMPATIBILITY
* iPhones: 3G and up
* iPod Touch
* iPad
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Comments
TapTapSee's site link is wrong.
Hi. I think this should be fixed as soon as possible. The link to the tap tap see site, is wrong. I don't no what the tap tap see site is, I'm going to look it up now, but the one that the apple vis people link to is wrong. I hope this can be fixed.
Link Corrected, Good Catch
Cool cool. Yeah this app just
The credit options are: 50
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Not Saving Subscription Purchases
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Version 2.1.4
Version 2.1.5
What's New in Version 2.1.5
* Image descriptions now stored into camera roll
* Purchase additional credits before existing ones are exhausted
Version 2.1.6
What's New in Version 2.1.6
* Norwegian support
* Fixed About screen alignment on iOS 6
Version 2.1.7
What's New in Version 2.1.7
* Added Romainian translations
* Fixed some screen layout issues
Purchasing Picture Packages
Hey guys.
I was talking to someone a while back who said that you can only purchase packages via your credit card and not via an iTunes Gift Card. Is this true?
Version3.0.0
This update brings automatic barcode recognition support just by pointing your devices camera to the product, taking picture is not necessary for this feature.
* Various stability enhancements.
* Added Croatian (hr) locale support.
Update
Does the bar code recognition still use credits or is this now free?
This app is revolutionary
I used this app to interpret the results of a pregnancy test, and it was accurate. I am almost completely blind, and positioned the camera a few inches above the test window, and took a picture. A few seconds later, the app said: white pregnancy test indicating a negative result. Unbelievable. I had a friend confirm as well just to be certain, and was blown away. I would absolutely back this app financially in order to keep it.
TapTapSee for iPad Mini??
Hi all, I recently purchased an iPad Mini and was hoping to install TapTapSee on it as I have heard so many great things about this app and I am very keen to try it out for myself. I tried to find it in the Apple app store today, and was very disappointed to discover that it is only available to download for the iPhone??!!
:(
Does anyone know why I can't get this app for my Mini?? Has anyone else had this issue?
Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated!!
pointing at an object
Hi, maybe its a dumb question but how do you point the phone to a certain object? Thanks and God bless.
Pointing the camra.
Hi.
It's not a silly question, your camra on your phone is on the back of the phone. If you put the thing you want to take a picture of undernieth your phone and then lift it up and double tap on the camra button, I think it's called, then it will take a picture
Is it possible to use the app
Is it possible to use the app in english? My phone is in Spanish, but the translation is automated, sometimes making it harder to know what is it
Update 3.02
Hey Guys,
This update fixed the 8.3 picture failure
Version 3.0.2
What's New in Version 3.0.2
* Fixed communications error on iOS 8.3
It works!
Yep, I just tried it on a couple of things and it works like a charm! Glad apple finally! decided to release the update!
Question about older version of TapTapSee
Hi guys, if i upgrade from ios 7.1.2 to ios 8.3, will the older version, say 2.1 etc. of TapTapSee work on that update? sorry if this sounds like a stupit question...
I am not sure. I would say no
I am not sure. I would say no, time to update to the latest app version of tap tap see. You could try it, however I am sure that you'll run into the picture failed to send message under 8.3. The latest version works wonderfully, so I would update the app.
A Couple of Questions
1) Has TapTapSee yet implemented a feature where you can pay for additional pictures/picture packages with iTunes gift cards, credit, etc.? Having to pay via credit card is what has kept me from using it since I started having to pay for pictures.
2) Has the BeMyEyes app pretty much supplanted TapTapSee now so that the latter has become slow/unresponsive/anything like that, or is TapTapSee still a good option to use?
Thanks.
Version 3.0.3
What's New in Version 3.0.3
* Fixed coupon code redemption
* Added Czech translation
I just saw
I just saw that this app is now free for unlimited use. So if you were waiting until the app would be free to use without restrictions, now is the time to get it if you don't yet have it on your device.
well this is very welcome but
this is very welcome news, it bothered me how cam find was always kept free when we had to pay, but its great that this is free. tap tap see said on there twitter they now have enough business to support making tap tap see free, which I thin they should be commended for, very generous of them to use there profit to enable this to be free for everyone.
Uh, not yet
I'm still on credits. I have 98 remaining.
you do have to install the
you do have to install the app update.
Sorry, my bad
I just saw the update. Cool stuff.
So how are they making money?
if use of the app is now free, what is their financial model? How are they making money? Is there some other in app purchase that I don't know about?
they just said on twitter
they just said on twitter they have enough business to allow tap tap see to be free, so I think this means they are making profit from other things some of which they are using to allow them to make tap tap see free.
iPad mini
Hello. You can use taptapsee on the iPad mini without any trouble. You just set your app store to iPhone only apps. I found it a bit cumbersome using it on the iPad due to the size but yes it can be done.
This app is simply awesome!
After reading all these positive comments about this app on here I've decided to give it a try and I'm happy I did! I'm amazed of how precisely it recognized almost everything on the pictures I took. It is already one of my favorite iPhone applications and I will surely recommend it to all my visually impaired friends who still don't know about this app.
A big thanks goes to the developers. Keep it up and running cause it helps many people to be more independent!
A Blind woman's essential and glad it's now free!
I first downloaded this app around the time this was first posted, however never really got into using it until 2014. Then I realised you had to purchas credits to use it. So, purchased a couple. I don't think you should ever have had to pay for this app and the prices were a little O!T!T! £10 for 1 month? However, the app became free in February 2016 and honestly I am so glad. I use it to identify food, clothes, and random object alert! This is an absolute essential for a blind person, or a visually impaired person.
Nope. The focused beeps work
Nope. The focused beeps work on my end. I make sure it is turned on in the about screen.
Focus Sound
The focus sound doesn't seem to do anything for me so I turned it off.
agree
I agree with everything you said. They say the obvious which we already know. I had to take a picture 5 or more times to get a description of a flavoured juice pack. It said juice pack but didn't say the flavor until so many attempts it said strawberry juice pack.