I got a Xmas card from Dad in the mail yesterday with a $100.00 check in it. Once I realized the pen I used to endorse the check was dead, depositing it in my account with the PNC app went relatively smoothly.
I texted him to let him know I received it, complete with a picture of the check laying on top of the card. VoiceOver picks up text pretty good through Apple’s camera app, but I often wonder if sighted people can actually see the print in the image my iPhone is reading back to me. “What’s my phone’s visual acuity?”
He didn’t have to send a check, but I appreciate the fact that he did. His handwriting was actually clear enough for AI to let me know something was written on the memo line to the effect of “Merry Christmas” as well. “Nice!”
I’m sure I’ll find something fun to do with it, too. Who doesn’t like a bit of found money now and again, “Right?”
According to Seeing AI and other software, the front of the Christmas card Dad sent features a design with three plaid-patterned ornaments hanging from illustrated pine branches. The ornaments are of different shapes: one is round, and the other two are elongated. The card has the text “Merry Christmas” written in red at the bottom right corner. A section of the card’s bottom edge also displays the same plaid pattern as the ornaments.
When you open the card the revealed message says, “May the excitement and joy of the season bring a special warmth to your heart.” Below the message, there is a handwritten signature that reads “Dad.”
While it’s true that I don’t know what the card looks like visually, the software generated description paints a nice picture. And… Even though the text suggests that it may have been a bulk purchased design, I hear from a lot of people that what a twelve pack of holiday season cards lack in verbiage, they make up for it with imagery, doing rings around individualized cards visually.
But, at the end of the day, no matter how it all shakes out, great wording verses great imagery, it’s the thought that counts and the message received is still the same, check or no check. “Merry Christmas!”