When I lost my vision 5 years ago, I never imagined that I would ever be able to play cards again, especially considering that I suffer from moderate diabetic neuropathy - a condition that severely limits the sensitivity in my fingertips and prevents me from reading Brailled playing cards. All that being said, I was still skeptical about Cards That Talk, primarily being concerned that the delays that I would encounter when identifying, sorting and organizing my cards would be tiresome and long, creating long stretches where everyone else would be waiting on me.
Enter the simplicity and beauty of Cards That Talk. When playing Eukre for the first time in more than a decade, I was able to keep pace with everyone else and have equal footing at the card table again. On an iPhone 8, the free scanning app was lightning fast when reading the QR Code off the back of the playing cards. And using the smart phone mounting stand (sold seperately) allowed for hands free playing and made the overall experience that much more enjoyable.
First time users will want to practice a little before diving straight into competition to develop their own strategies for improving speed. For myself, I would collect my hand after it was dealt and stack the cards in a pile. I would place the pile under the phone, which was held on the smart phone stand, and this would allow the smart phone camera to scan the back of the top card. I would begin to organize my cards as I picked them up off the scanning pile and place them in my hand, sorting them by suit - clubs, then diamonds, then hearts and finally spades. As play progressed, I would swipe the card I intended on playing under the scanner to verify the value before throwing them into the middle for play.