Accessible crypto platform

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

Has anyone come across an accessible crop crypto wallet platform?

Thanks 

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disabling voice over commands with particular applications

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

Anyone know how to either disable or privilege an app's own shortcut keys? I 
use a comprehensive code editor called textmate and there are some very useful 
commands which conflict with voice over. I've managed to get some keyboard 
maestro commands to loose priority over textmate's commands, but not sure how 
to go about this with voice over's default shortcuts.

Any help greatly appreciated

yuma 

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Re: Radio Astronomy on the iPhone

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Michael,

AstreOS is my passion project, and I am still working on it, though for the 
past year and a half it's been slow due to my finishing my degree in computer 
science and working on research for a mac version of the astronomy app, doing 
lots of presentations and workshops etc.

You can head to https://astreos.space to get the link to the test flight. It 
works fine, and we're developing some backend code for a citizen scientist 
feature which I am also putting into the mac OS version.

The mac OS version is a bit more scientific, less astro gazer and more radio 
astronomy on top of the visual standards used by astronomers globally. It has 
been featured at a workshop on audible universes recently, and I currently 
supervise a student to finish off the 3D audio system that will work on 
surround sound.

Since I have just graduated, I will have more time to focus on the official 
release of both apps, so I'm looking forward to post some updates soon :)

Have a great weekend,

Yuma 


> On 23 Nov 2021, at 8:44 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Quite some time ago, a blind individual wrote on the blindness-related Apple 
> lists about an iPhone app that permitted a blind person to be able to hear 
> celestial bodies.  I had the privilege of being introduced to the demo.  
> However,some personal issues prohibited me from really becoming acquainted 
> with the app.
> 
> Unfortunately, I can’t locate the name of the person who produced the app, 
> and I feel bad about this, because he was very gracious and kind to me.  The 
> only thing I can remember is that the app was placed in a folder on the 
> iPhone called Astreos.
> 
> I looked for an app with that name in both the Austrian and US Apple Stores, 
> but I was unsuccessful.  Can someone please tell me the name of the app and 
> how I might purchase it?
> 
> With warmest regards and thanks in advance, 
> 
> Mike 
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Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

[Yuma Decaux]

I can't wait to get my hands on my 16 inch 10 core 32 GPU core 16 neuro core 64 
GB ram monster coming in less than a week. I've pre-ordered it last month, and 
am currently on my iMac as I sold my old 16 inch, and I can sense the 
productivity boost it will afford me, particularly in my field of work which is 
machine learning modelling and architectures. At least for the prototyping of 
models, the macbook will be an absolute game changer.


And those function keys, they are back and so they should have always been 
mechanical.


Have a great rest of week,

yuma 


> On 18 Nov 2021, at 2:44 am, Muhammad Fayed  wrote:
> 
> That’s good to hear. 
> 
> 
> Thank you so much,
> 
> Mohamed E. Fayed 
> 
> Mohamed E. Fayed 
> 
> 
>> On 17 Nov 2021, at 1:50 AM, 'ja...@jasonjgw.net ' 
>> via MacVisionaries > > wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I would just like to update my earlier remarks in the comment below to 
>> emphasize that the performance of the new M1 Pro hardware is very impressive 
>> indeed. It is highly responsive – and that includes VoiceOver.
>>  
>> If you’re going to buy a Mac, then the current 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook 
>> Pro models merit serious consideration for multiple reasons: the three 
>> Thunderbolt 4/USB C ports on offer , the full-sized function keys (which I 
>> appreciate), and the performance available. Of course, any purchasing 
>> decision should be made carefully in view of the individual’s specific needs 
>> and circumstances. The audio quality is better than that of my late 
>> 2013-model MacBook Pro as well, at least in my opinion. I also had no 
>> difficulty connecting a Focus 40 Blue 5thgeneration braille display either 
>> by Bluetooth or USB.
>>  
>> As it has been on my desk since its arrival, I can’t comment on battery 
>> life. I can, however, confirm that it doesn’t become hot in normal usage, 
>> although I haven’t yet tried any CPU-intensive tasks such as compiling a 
>> large software project.
>>  
>> From: 'ja...@jasonjgw.net ' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>
>> Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 19:29
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> > >
>> Subject: Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac
>> 
>> With new MacBook Pro hardware in hand, as of yesterday, I can now comment 
>> briefly on the VoiceOver performance.
>>  
>> So far, it has been excellent. As a test, I 
>> visitedhttps://html.spec.whatwg.org/  and 
>> followed the link to the single-page version. This is a large and complex 
>> document. VoiceOver gave a “Safari is not responding” message – hardly 
>> surprising – but it wasn’t long before Safari finished loading the document, 
>> and I was able to read it.
>>  
>> I’ve had other screen readers (on Windows, especially) become completely 
>> unresponsive for minutes while loading that page, even on my 
>> high-performance “mobile workstation” laptop.
>>  
>> I hardly need to point out the significant performance improvements compared 
>> with my late 2013-model MacBook Pro.
>>  
>> Although I’ve encountered some issues with the new machine (none of them 
>> major so far), performance hasn’t yet become one of them.
>>  
>> From: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>
>> Date: Saturday, 1 June, 2021 at 18:06
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> > >
>> Subject: Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac
>> 
>> OK, I misunderstood you that you needed Windows. I mostly agree in that 
>> case; I also use Terminal and Linux VMs a lot and rarely need Windows. Even 
>> so, I think not having it at all would be a problem; there are just some 
>> things you need Windows for, including, yes, Office apps, but also running 
>> software only on Windows, like said firmware updater utility. Your situation 
>> may differ.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Sabahattin
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Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

[Yuma Decaux]

The reason why I made the move to the new m-1 max chip with 64 gb of Ram is for 
my machine learning projects. Until now I had to rely heavily on my uni's 
supercomputer distributed spaces, which by themselves don't have much ram to 
provide, which limits the capacity of my model training. To look at it with an 
ML perspective, some of the highest end NVIDIA graphics cards such as the gtx 
3090 have 40 GB of RAM. this is, on top, with a bus separating both CPU and 
GPU. On the other hand, the M1-max is unified RAM, and considering a CPU that 
may require 16 GB, I still have 48 GB theoretical available for my model 
training, which is literally a dream come true, as I can prototype my AI stuff 
much faster with higher resolution, and don't have to rely on an external GPU 
box that guzzles more energy than a washing machine, and is not unified with 
the CPU.

For this alone, the upgrade is worth it, but the second major reason for my 
switch is the return to the mechanical function keys. With the touch bar, 
everything was slowed considerably. All of my function key mappings to useful 
and performance enhancing shortcuts were limited by the weird touch tapping 
methods on the touch bar, and the sheer idiotic latency experienced when trying 
to wake the damn thing up while I' in the thick of coding or something 
similarly focus driven.


My two cents 

Yuma 



> On 25 Oct 2021, at 1:41 pm, Muhammad Fayed  wrote:
> 
> A direct thing that you can notice the speed of performing image recognition 
> using VO+shift+l since it is an ML feature. That should be significantly 
> faster on M1 according to my experience with the same feature on iPhone 10s 
> compared to 2016 MBP. It is much faster on iPhone.
> 
> As Rebecca and Brad mentioned, the other key difference in purchasing 
> decision is how many years of software updates to get. If Apple decided to 
> cut it earlier than the number of years Brad mentioned because of the small 
> number of Intel Mac users, Intel Mac users will be annoyed by that decision.
> 
> Some of the other new features are specific to Apple silicon Mac like life 
> text, as I remember in Mac OS 12. If it exists in both platform, it should be 
> significantly faster on Apple silicon devices compared to Intel ones.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Mohamed E. Fayed 
> 
> 
>> On 25 Oct 2021, at 12:27 AM, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t think there’s any meaningful difference, personally, certainly no 
>> more than would normally be expected for machines of similar benchmarks on 
>> either platform. So, for instance, my 2019 iMac is more powerful than my 
>> 2020 M1 Mac Mini, and it feels just the same. JMO.
>> 
>> I can’t wait to see Linux running on the M1 Mini. At last, a super-powered 
>> small-form-factor Linux server!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Sabahattin
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Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi,

I just purchased the macbook pro 16 at the highest spec, so I will be able to 
tell you as comparison with the 2019 intel macbook pro 16 which I am selling, 
and so glad to do so. The biggest improvements are really the shedding of the 
touch bar which was an absolute design flaw, back to mechanical function keys 
yay!.

In any case, I'll report back in a month or so when the new beast arrives :)

have a great weekend 



> On 23 Oct 2021, at 4:05 am, Rebecca Skipper  wrote:
> 
> Well,
> Some people still want to install windows on a Mac machine, but I agree with 
> David Woodbridge.
> It is best to use operating systems in their native environments.
>  
> From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries  > 
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2021 2:04 PM
> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries  >
> Subject: Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac
>  
> I certainly find macbook air with silicon chip is far superior to the intel 
> based ones. Much faster & more responsive.
> 
> 
>> On 22 Oct 2021, at 00:34, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>> I should be able to comment some time in November, assuming that the 14-inch 
>> MacBook Pro that I ordered this week is delivered as scheduled.
>>  
>> I’m upgrading from a late 2013 model 13-inch MacBook Pro.
>>  
>> What I’ve heard (for example, in podcasts by David Woodbridge) is that the 
>> performance of VoiceOver is superior with the new hardware architecture, 
>> with fewer “busy” messages, for instance.
>>  
>> From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > >
>> Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 12:23
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> > >
>> Subject: Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac
>> 
>> Hi,
>>  
>> I definitely have experience with Apple Silicon both on my MacBook Pro with 
>> M1 and on iMac.  It is difficult to specifically compare with Intel I9 
>> processor models,, as I’ve never used one with those specs.  I can tell you 
>> though that using an Intel MacBook Air 2020 in comparison to my MBP is a big 
>> improvement in performance.  Most “Busy” things that happen to me are 
>> because I tend to be impatient with key strokes on on the web.  I’ll press 
>> on a link, then start attempting to move around the screen with VO.  That’s 
>> when it goes busy.  If I just wait for the link to load, then navigate, then 
>> life is better.
>>  
>> Later…
>>  
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Jamf Certified Tech
>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
>> Apple Teacher
>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 8:36 AM, Muhammad Fayed >> > wrote:
>>>  
>>> My question is general I think it would be best to reply based on whatever 
>>> experiences users have.
>>> 
>>> For example, I want M1/M1Pro/M1Max vs latest intel i9 processor on a 
>>> MacBook Pro.
>>> 
>>> If the generations are older then it would make more sense to consider 
>>> Apple silicon vs 2019 16” model, 2016 15” and maybe 2012 model, whatever 
>>> the sizes then.
>>> 
>>> I think that would make more sense.
>>> 
>>> Personally, I have MBP 2016 15” with 2133MHz RAM. I work in the office  on 
>>> iMac 2020 27” with core I5 the base model, 3.1GHz 6 core i5 with 2666MHz 
>>> RAM. The Latter feel snappier in usage, but not with large margin although 
>>> I have migrated my data from MBP to iMac and both have the same 512GB 
>>> storage. The storage in iMac may be much faster. I don’t know exact details.
>>> 
>>> In regards to specifications, Apple silicon in every way regarding 
>>> specifications. I just want to know whether it makes a difference in 
>>> Voiceover user or not and which makes the most difference.
>>> 
>>> I’m not thinking of getting a new Mac for now because of budget, but I have 
>>> interest to answer these questions.
>>> 
>>> I may just go to Apple reseller in my city and try devices out. I think 
>>> that may be the answer to my inquiries in case no-one here has experience 
>>> with Apple Silicon and is an old Mac user.
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much,
>>> 
>>> Mohamed E. Fayed 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 21 Oct 2021, at 3:50 PM, Herbie Allen >>> > wrote:
 
 I think a lot of your questions depend on the age of the Mac. For 
 instance, I’m running two Macs, one from 2012 and another from 2019. The 
 2012 runs slowly while my souped up 2019 Mac runs like a charm with none 
 of the issues you are concerned about. I would love to test these  newer 
 Mac’s  myself since this one is  extremely fast and  efficient already.
 
 
 
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> 
> Hi,,
> 
> Hope my mail finds you 

Re: mac os big sur: the voice over that stops anouncing every other time issue

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Jeff,

Yes I experience the same thing. It seems as though the system sound which is a 
legacy synth (the one that uses the say command line tool) and is somewhat in a 
different channel from the voice over we use to navigate around. When you look 
at various settings in the voice over utility, you'll see that we can change 
voices depending on the type of interface element or state it is in. I found 
that the more different settings are there, the slower the voice over becomes, 
so there might be a default in which all instances of the speech synth are 
declared on system launch, and the checks of what state vo is in will introduce 
delays, and consequently these hangups, particularly when we often switch 
windows or have shortcuts that do this quicker than say a mouse clicker would.

If you slow down the navigation when voice over starts to act up, you will 
notice that every item does get announced. So this is a function of the speed 
at which we navigate. It's a rather critical bug to my opinion.

Yuma 
 


> On 23 Jun 2021, at 9:51 pm, Jeff Berwick  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
> 
> I had/have a similar issue.  I discussed this with the accessibility team a 
> month or more ago and submitted all kinds of data from my machine.  They said 
> that what I submitted was useful and they were working on a fix.  This was a 
> couple of updates ago, but nothing has been fixed yet.
> 
> In my case, it isn’t system announcements, rather it is just navigating 
> around with Voiceover.  It happens to me, on average, every five - ten 
> minutes when I’m really working at my computer.
> 
> I don’t know if this is because we are power users and are frequently jumping 
> from Safari, to Textedit, to terminal and back again.
> 
> This only happens on my M1 machine running Big Sur.
> 
> So, I feel your pain but don’t have a solution for you yet—other than the 
> turning Voiceover off and on hack.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
>> On Jun 22, 2021, at 7:42 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I tried different approaches to getting rid of the issue where voice over 
>> mutes every other announcement. For example, if I have 3 UI elements in an 
>> app, only the first and third will announce correctly while navigating an 
>> interface, or when in some text, only the odd or even line will announce.
>> 
>> The hot fix for now is to toggle voice over off and back on, but honestly 
>> after a full day of doing this, it starts to get on my nerves, in a serious 
>> way.
>> 
>> Anyone have this problem as well? It seems as though the OS's way of dealing 
>> with multiple voices is just not up to par if you either a have an english 
>> region such as australia or the UK, meaning the system voice default is one 
>> voice, but your choice of another english voice conflicts somewhat. or you 
>> have a system language other than english but use english as well. In my 
>> case, I use Alex but the system default voice is the australian rachel. I 
>> changed settings for the system voice to be alex, but the system still takes 
>> both instances of alex as different voices, which seems to introduce this 
>> issue.
>> 
>> I'd really like anyone on this list spending time on the beta to make a 
>> request on this issue. I've stopped doing bug reports several years ago as I 
>> just don't have the time to write these reports.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Yuma 
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mac os big sur: the voice over that stops anouncing every other time issue

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

I tried different approaches to getting rid of the issue where voice over mutes 
every other announcement. For example, if I have 3 UI elements in an app, only 
the first and third will announce correctly while navigating an interface, or 
when in some text, only the odd or even line will announce.

The hot fix for now is to toggle voice over off and back on, but honestly after 
a full day of doing this, it starts to get on my nerves, in a serious way.

Anyone have this problem as well? It seems as though the OS's way of dealing 
with multiple voices is just not up to par if you either a have an english 
region such as australia or the UK, meaning the system voice default is one 
voice, but your choice of another english voice conflicts somewhat. or you have 
a system language other than english but use english as well. In my case, I use 
Alex but the system default voice is the australian rachel. I changed settings 
for the system voice to be alex, but the system still takes both instances of 
alex as different voices, which seems to introduce this issue.

I'd really like anyone on this list spending time on the beta to make a request 
on this issue. I've stopped doing bug reports several years ago as I just don't 
have the time to write these reports.

Thanks,

Yuma 

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Re: mac os big sur: how to get rid of the "insertion on word between a and b" information

[Yuma Decaux]

Yes, textmate is my daily go to. Terminal sessions on vim and anything outside 
using textmate. Code copying isn't a frequent occurence, but when I want to 
prototype a functionality or feature, in this case swiftUI stuff that runs 
outside of simple UI instantiation, there are still some objects and structures 
needing to catch up with the swiftUI syntax,.


A++



> On 23 Jun 2021, at 6:30 am, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
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> 
> On 22/6/21 2:52 pm, Yuma Decaux wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I just copy pasted the page and did a find in 
>> textedit. Seems like the least path to resistance. I use textedit as 
>> scrapbook anyway so it doesn’t interfere with my workflow.
> Have you tried TextMate, which is probably better if you're editing code or 
> other text files. It isn't as good as Vim or Emacs, but it's still a useful 
> option nevertheless. I don't know whether Emacspeak still runs on Mac OS - I 
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Re: mac os big sur: how to get rid of the "insertion on word between a and b" information

[Yuma Decaux]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just copy pasted the page and did a find in 
textedit. Seems like the least path to resistance. I use textedit as scrapbook 
anyway so it doesn’t interfere with my workflow. 



Sent from sputnik7 

> On 22/06/2021, at 10:34 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Well, group mode is generally a pain. But if you are copying code, 
> a) Look to see if there is 1. copy near the beginning of the code. That would 
> be your  best alternative.
> 2. Try using shift and arrow keys to highlight the code. If This does not 
> work, try.
> 3. GO into VoiceOver Utility  and temporarily change the  Always allow 
> keyboard commands to navigate websites to be checked and then use keyboard 
> selection to select the text you want.
> Then turn this option back off so that sites that program the arrow keys can 
> work again.
> 
> 
>   Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 21, 2021, at 23:43, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I'm trying to copy snippets of code while in group mode on a web page, and 
>> this "insertion between object a and b" type completely useless information 
>> is just ruining my copy last sentence to clipboard command.
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get rid of it?
>> 
>> Thanks 
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mac os big sur: how to get rid of the "insertion on word between a and b" information

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

I'm trying to copy snippets of code while in group mode on a web page, and this 
"insertion between object a and b" type completely useless information is just 
ruining my copy last sentence to clipboard command.

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get rid of it?

Thanks 

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Re: Xcode accessibility and best MacBook for coding?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hey all,

Just kicking in my long experience with swift (I started in 2015).

X-code is fully accessible and creating IB outlets or references etc have been 
so since probably 2016. It just took a bit more time to create them with voice 
over, however they are intentionally there to allow your co-worker to quickly 
see the prototyped interface frames and view controllers, and set parameters 
for the standard UI controls. Writing in code is great, however sometimes ops 
are those who design more than they code, so I believe it is better to write 
using an interface that allows other portions of the team to use xcode with. 
Such instances are useful for SceneKit or SpriteKit, particle systems, 3D 
objects, or a mix of both standard UI and custom 3D Ui objects.

Swift as a language has been chosen as part of the most popular ones besides 
java and python because of its syntax and ability to adopt c code within its 
code blocks. it's also a functional language so mathematically it is very 
useful and readable.


If you want to dabble straight into SceneKit's 3D audio system, I'll refer you 
to my podcast list which also have code snippets to do intermediate and 
advanced 3D audio stuff. You can find them in the lab section of my website at
> https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab

Swift is also becoming the favorite language for machine learning, and has its 
own tensorflow package. All we need to wait for are the m-2 and beyond chips on 
which tf will provide parallel computing, and swift will be more useful than it 
already is.

Cheers,

Yuma 

> On 20 Jun 2021, at 9:08 pm,   
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks Jason. 
> Very useful. 
> 
> -Original Message-
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>  writes:
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>> 
>> Thanks for the great info. The course doesn’t start until October, So I’m 
>> still pondering but sounds like all the tools are there to get started with 
>> development. 
> The official Swift documentation is available at 
> https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/
> in HTML format.
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Re: Any thoughts on the future of MacBook Pros in light of this WWDC?

[Yuma Decaux]

I bet you the macbooks will arrive as an announcement over september or 
october, that's usually when hardware news arrives.



> On 9 Jun 2021, at 11:18 am, Herbie Allen  wrote:
> 
> I came across this just now: 
> https://www.imore.com/xcode-may-have-just-leaked-new-intel-based-mac-pro?utm_source=im_tw_medium=tw_card_content=76102_campaign=social
> 
>> On Jun 7, 2021, at 16:54, maurice mines  wrote:
>> 
>> Good afternoon, the only thing about this morning's presentation that very 
>> much concerns me is that it appears that Mac OS Monterey it's very much 
>> going to be designed for the M1 chip. This means that if one Hans a Machine 
>> based on the Intel chip that things might not work as intended in the 
>> beginning. In other words if it's the match that's clearly going to be 
>> designed for the new processor. If one is running the owner processor there 
>> may be some challenges.
>> 
>> My largest concern however yes how are they going to implement directional 
>> sound to match up with hearing aids didn't use that directional information. 
>> Because right now hearing aid accessibility definitely has something to be 
>> desired. I am curious to see  how while this new feature Will help, or 
>> hinder those of us who we are, and must use hearing aids?
>> 
>> The other thing is I thought I read somewhere, that's safari may get some 
>> accessibility improvements. Again Proof must be in the pudding. Another 
>> words beta testing buy blame people this year ABC critical. And I certainly 
>> will a very much involved in this endeavor because of being deafblind, and 
>> also having a written expression disorder," dyslexia of writing”. These are 
>> just my thoughts.
>> 
>> I hope everyone House OK Great rust of the day.
>> 
>> Maurice mines.
>> 
>> PS I have beta tested either the phone, or my MacBook or at least the last 
>> five or six years. One thing I will never do after last year's fiasco, it's 
>> better test new version of watchOS and less Apple pleasures in writing do 
>> not remove voiceover from any better. Finally whenever I mention that I am a 
>> braille user I get the constant comment but we don't no very many people who 
>> use braille. My only thought here is how do they think we read and write? 
>> Just some food for thought. Considering that an education and outside of 
>> education they still think that less than 20% of us actually read and/or 
>> right, are used braille. This is a very sad commentary.
>>> On Jun 7, 2021, at 2:13 PM, Kevin Gibbs  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Guys,
>>> 
>>> I hope this note finds all of you staying safe and healthy and doing well.  
>>> I'm’ writing because my wife and I just finished reading the highlights 
>>> from the WWDC and were disappointed to see nothing about a new MacBook Pro 
>>> to go with the upcoming Mac OS Monterey.  Considering that a new iMac came 
>>> out just recently, and further considering that it’s been a while since the 
>>> 16 inch MacBook Pro got any love, I’m wondering if any of you have any 
>>> opinions on how long the current 16 inch machine will remain the flagship 
>>> of the MacBook line.  
>>> 
>>> Personally, I can’t imagine that sighted users won’t want state of the art 
>>> hardware in a 16 inch form factor because they believe in screens and so 
>>> on.  If I’m wrong,… oh well.  
>>> 
>>> While we don’t necessarily think in visual terms about stuff like this.  
>>> This list comprises a group of the most Mac savvy people I know and I’d be 
>>> interested if you’d be willing to share your opinions on what the future 
>>> holds for laptop hardware in Mac land.  
>>> 
>>> I should get around to saying that my wife and I haven’t upgraded our Mac 
>>> hardware since we bought a Mac mini for me and a 27 inch iMac for her  in 
>>> 2010.  We haven’t been able to upgrade the OS on that hardware in years, 
>>> (10.12.6,) and we just want to avoid buying new hardware that will, itself 
>>> be frozen in, say, one OS upgrade.  See the problem?
>>> 
>>> All of you may decide not to express an opinion on any of this.  But I’D be 
>>> grateful for any thoughts you’d be willing to share.  
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kevin
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zoom: sharing screen without sharing voice over audio

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

I'm fairly confident this has been asked before, but would like to ask again as 
I am presenting at a conference on monday.

When I share my screen using keynote, I have to turn share screen audio on, 
however this also routes voice over across, which is not what I want. I can 
reroute the voice over audio when I present say on an HDMI cable connection, 
but haven't found a way to do this on a zoom meeting.

Can anyone give me a pointer to the preference pane or whatever setting area I 
need to go to toggle this on?

thanks,

Yuma 

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Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the touch bar

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi,

Everyone has their sweet spot when it comes to productivity vs. sacrifices, the 
mac seems to have less sacrifice, as I am able to upgrade regularly across my 
devices, but even if I wasn't in this situation, a mac can last a long time 
before exhibiting some chronic hardware issues.

I am looking at exchanging my current mbp when the new 16 inch comes out, this 
time with the HDMI and SD cards back, as well as the mag safe and the touch 
bar. The reasons for their return is fairly obvious, no-one wants to carry a 
set of adaptors for each different thing, as usb c is not yet globally adopted 
and some devices just won't do the switch. In this iteration though the m-1 
chip is used. I just hope the higher versions of the 16 inch will have 32 or 
even 64 gigabytes. I do a lot of machine learning and AI modelling, so It would 
be really fantastic to have the same configurations but using the m-1 chip.


In any case, good luck with your journey ahead, it's always one when learning a 
new platform, but this one is worth it.

Yuma 

> On 27 Apr 2021, at 5:13 am, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
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> I appreciate your wisdom and experience when it comes to the Mac. I bought my 
> Mac in hopes of transitioning away from Windows once and for all. I once had 
> vision and was more than a casual PC user. However, the last few years I have 
> struggled with being productive on Windows 7 and `10. I am hoping to become 
> productive once again on the Mac and become more than a casual user once 
> again.
> 
> I have no knowledge of scripting or any of the advanced functions of my Mac. 
> But I intend to learn. I also wish to get back into audio production which I 
> did many years ago when I had vision.
> 
> I’m far from close minded. If I find that the Touch Bar is a deterrent to 
> productivity I will trade my MacBook Pro 13 in on a newer model without a 
> Touch Bar when Apple makes one. From what I hear they eventually will.
> 
> Thanks for your explanation.
> Merv
> 
> 
>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 2:05 AM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> thanks for your suggestions, however I don't find taking away a whole row of 
>> function keys something that I can accept. These are called function keys 
>> for a reason, they have a function to which you can map something in order 
>> for your workflow to be more efficient.
>> 
>> I'm not a casual mac user, such as listening to music, reading mail or doing 
>> web stuff. I am a full developer, and use the terminal and programming IDEs 
>> extensively, create my own scripts to automate things and do most of the 
>> stuff available on commercial apps with my own knowledge of the system, and 
>> even develop apps that help further that automation.
>> 
>> Giving away a row of function keys that also tend to trigger unwarrantedly, 
>> such as when I'm typing, is also a design flaw. In fact, if you don't see 
>> any use in the touch bar, this is a design flaw in itself. I want something 
>> that is not only slick, and works really well in most circumstances, which 
>> is what the mac does, but I also want something that allows me to fully 
>> utilise what the designers have given me as a tool for my everyday. the 
>> touch bar doesn't match my expectations in this regard, as it's not 
>> functional, it lags, often gets in my way when I type and other things, 
>> because I have long thick fingers, but with mechanical function keys this 
>> would not occur, and it takes away approximately 12 different functions I 
>> can map the keys to, such as fast switching between apps, or between 
>> different sections of an app. One such app is eclipse, or xcode, some apps 
>> in the terminal, a whole set of things that now I have to map to other 
>> keyboard shortcuts which is less intuitive, and may conflict with other 
>> keys. 
>> 
>> Long story short, I purchased the mbp 16 because I thought that the touch 
>> bar will be snappy and responsive, as I would expect from something as 
>> crucial and critical as function keys, but this is not the case, hence my 
>> rant.
>> 
>> This doesn't mean I hate Apple, it's constructive criticism, and I think the 
>> guys at apple hardware are in fact ditching the touch bar anyway.
>> 
>> A++
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 26 Apr 2021, at 1:35 am, Brad Snyder >> <mailto:wb...@swbell.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time adjusting to the 
>>> TouchBar on your MacBook Pro.
>>> I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 13, and while I don’t find the TouchBar useful, I 
>>> don’t have a pro

Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the touch bar

[Yuma Decaux]

I have not used a windows system for the past 11 years. In fact, I have done 
perfectly well without all that windows/jaws/nvaccess combo. Apple's eco system 
gives me the unix/linux/terminal facility I need, the music production and 
hardware connectivity for my sound design and instrument recording, connects 
perfectly with my iphone and other devices for photo air dropping, recording 
video and placing to youtube etc, and my academic work is done with the mac. My 
line of work is software engineering, and all the math stuff works fine now on 
the mac, and the best IDEs for coding are now fully accessible on the mac. I 
have no idea if I will at all ever touch a windows system, and am quite happy 
to remain that way as Apple's accessibility department is right up there, and 
will keep evolving regardless because it's there to stay.

This touch bar though, :)

Yuma 




> On 26 Apr 2021, at 4:15 am, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> My MacBook Pro is very fast. I can’t recall the specs off the top off the top 
> of my head but I am very impressed with the M1 speed and I would not hesitate 
> to buy it again if I had a do over.
> I have a 16 GB, 1 TB model and I also have a Lenovo with the same windows 10 
> setup. My Mac is so much faster I am sometimes shocked at the difference.
> Even if I had the desire to run a Virtual Machine on my Mac I would not. I 
> specifically bought this machine to get away from third party screen readers 
> and learn Voiceover.
> Merv
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:20 PM, Les Kriegler  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Merv and Interested Others,
>> I plan to purchase a new laptop reasonably soon, but I have time to do my 
>> research. I currently have a Surface Pro, a Windows machine. An Apple rep 
>> told me that the ||M1 chip does not allow for running of Windows on the 
>> latest |Macs. Is this accurate? I had used a Mac laptop many years ago and 
>> am considering the 13 inch laptop with the M1 chip. I'd like to know how 
>> fast your system is. If I listen to Appple, it sounds like a revolutionary 
>> jump in performance and productivity. If the Touch Barr is a headache, can 
>> it be disabled? I'm certain I will have other questions, but this is good 
>> for starters. Thanks.
>> Best,
>> 
>> Les
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries  
>> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 8:23 AM
>> To: 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries 
>> Subject: Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the 
>> touch bar
>> 
>> I have the m1 13 inch MacBook Pro 2020 with the Touch Bar. I have only one 
>> issue which Apple Support is not able to resolve. The Sen button is not 
>> functional in Mail. Other than that I use the Touch Bar extensively with no 
>> problems. I understand the keyboard is small and I have long skinny fingers 
>> which may make a difference for me.
>> Merv
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:43 AM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am ranting on this post, but I really cannot stand this touch bar 
>>> anymore. It's completely useless on a functional basis, as when trying to 
>>> do stuff in an efficient way, such as switching applications and using the 
>>> function keys for doing the switches, I have to keep massaging the damn 
>>> touch bar with a finger long enough for it to decide to wake up at some 
>>> point. Each time I do this, it's like a 4 to 6 second wait. that time is 
>>> enough for me to have to remember either the line of math or code or 
>>> whatever I was keeping in memory to move across to another application or 
>>> such.
>>> 
>>> I really cannot stand this absolute farce of a feature which is meant to 
>>> make things look pretty but has no use at all when it comes to being 
>>> productive. And having a mac for me is meant to be synonymous with being 
>>> efficient and productive, least path of resistance, it just works, those 
>>> kind of things. The touch bar is the complete contrarian design idiocy that 
>>> for some reason creeped into a perfectly awesome laptop which is the 
>>> macbook pro 16 inch.
>>> 
>>> I spent over 7000 australian dollars for this, and the touch bar itself 
>>> jjust makes me want to throw this laptop out of the window at least 5 times 
>>> a day, simply because this entire row of touch screen pretty pretty but 
>>> totally useless b buttons is there not wanting to wake up snappilly and 
>>> respond to what I want it to do.
>>> 
>>> A complete thumbs down on whoever gave the green light on this most stup

Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the touch bar

[Yuma Decaux]

Sorry, I'm way past that


> On 26 Apr 2021, at 1:37 am, Brad Snyder  wrote:
> 
> Try using CMD + Shift + D, when you need to send mail using the Apple Mail 
> app on your Mac.
> 
> - Brad -
> 
> 
> On Apr 25, 2021, at 07:22, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries 
> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
> I have the m1 13 inch MacBook Pro 2020 with the Touch Bar. I have only one 
> issue which Apple Support is not able to resolve. The Sen button is not 
> functional in Mail. Other than that I use the Touch Bar extensively with no 
> problems. I understand the keyboard is small and I have long skinny fingers 
> which may make a difference for me.
> Merv
> 
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:43 AM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am ranting on this post, but I really cannot stand this touch bar anymore. 
>> It's completely useless on a functional basis, as when trying to do stuff in 
>> an efficient way, such as switching applications and using the function keys 
>> for doing the switches, I have to keep massaging the damn touch bar with a 
>> finger long enough for it to decide to wake up at some point. Each time I do 
>> this, it's like a 4 to 6 second wait. that time is enough for me to have to 
>> remember either the line of math or code or whatever I was keeping in memory 
>> to move across to another application or such.
>> 
>> I really cannot stand this absolute farce of a feature which is meant to 
>> make things look pretty but has no use at all when it comes to being 
>> productive. And having a mac for me is meant to be synonymous with being 
>> efficient and productive, least path of resistance, it just works, those 
>> kind of things. The touch bar is the complete contrarian design idiocy that 
>> for some reason creeped into a perfectly awesome laptop which is the macbook 
>> pro 16 inch.
>> 
>> I spent over 7000 australian dollars for this, and the touch bar itself 
>> jjust makes me want to throw this laptop out of the window at least 5 times 
>> a day, simply because this entire row of touch screen pretty pretty but 
>> totally useless b buttons is there not wanting to wake up snappilly and 
>> respond to what I want it to do.
>> 
>> A complete thumbs down on whoever gave the green light on this most stupid 
>> feature.
>> 
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Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the touch bar

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi,

thanks for your suggestions, however I don't find taking away a whole row of 
function keys something that I can accept. These are called function keys for a 
reason, they have a function to which you can map something in order for your 
workflow to be more efficient.

I'm not a casual mac user, such as listening to music, reading mail or doing 
web stuff. I am a full developer, and use the terminal and programming IDEs 
extensively, create my own scripts to automate things and do most of the stuff 
available on commercial apps with my own knowledge of the system, and even 
develop apps that help further that automation.

Giving away a row of function keys that also tend to trigger unwarrantedly, 
such as when I'm typing, is also a design flaw. In fact, if you don't see any 
use in the touch bar, this is a design flaw in itself. I want something that is 
not only slick, and works really well in most circumstances, which is what the 
mac does, but I also want something that allows me to fully utilise what the 
designers have given me as a tool for my everyday. the touch bar doesn't match 
my expectations in this regard, as it's not functional, it lags, often gets in 
my way when I type and other things, because I have long thick fingers, but 
with mechanical function keys this would not occur, and it takes away 
approximately 12 different functions I can map the keys to, such as fast 
switching between apps, or between different sections of an app. One such app 
is eclipse, or xcode, some apps in the terminal, a whole set of things that now 
I have to map to other keyboard shortcuts which is less intuitive, and may 
conflict with other keys. 

Long story short, I purchased the mbp 16 because I thought that the touch bar 
will be snappy and responsive, as I would expect from something as crucial and 
critical as function keys, but this is not the case, hence my rant.

This doesn't mean I hate Apple, it's constructive criticism, and I think the 
guys at apple hardware are in fact ditching the touch bar anyway.

A++

Yuma 


> On 26 Apr 2021, at 1:35 am, Brad Snyder  wrote:
> 
> Sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time adjusting to the TouchBar 
> on your MacBook Pro.
> I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 13, and while I don’t find the TouchBar useful, I 
> don’t have a problem with it because I rarely need to use it.
> 
> Perhaps you are not aware that there are other ways to perform common 
> activities, then by interacting with the TouchBar.
> 1.  For example, you can switch between running applications by using CMD + 
> Tab.
> 2.  VoiceOver users can access the AppSwitcher using Fn + VO, and pressing 
> the NumberRow 1 key once to hear the current application, and twice to open 
> the AppSwitcher.
> 3.  Using Fn + VO + NumberRow 2, will identify the current application 
> window, and pressing the NumberRow 2 key a second time, will open the Window 
> Chooser.
> 4.  Using FN + Tab, will perform the Escape function.
> 5.  System volume can be adjusted using VO and the NumberRow Minus key to 
> lower the volume, and the Equals key to increase the volume.
> 
> Some of the activities mentioned above can also be accomplished using the 
> TrackPad Commander, though personally, I find keyboard commands simpler to 
> use.
> As mentioned in another post, you could also choose to use a separate USB or 
> Bluetooth keyboard, 
> 
> I hope you find these suggestions helpful, and your TouchBar Mac less 
> frustrating for you to use.
> 
> - Brad -
> 
> 
> On Apr 25, 2021, at 00:43, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> I am ranting on this post, but I really cannot stand this touch bar anymore. 
> It's completely useless on a functional basis, as when trying to do stuff in 
> an efficient way, such as switching applications and using the function keys 
> for doing the switches, I have to keep massaging the damn touch bar with a 
> finger long enough for it to decide to wake up at some point. Each time I do 
> this, it's like a 4 to 6 second wait. that time is enough for me to have to 
> remember either the line of math or code or whatever I was keeping in memory 
> to move across to another application or such.
> 
> I really cannot stand this absolute farce of a feature which is meant to make 
> things look pretty but has no use at all when it comes to being productive. 
> And having a mac for me is meant to be synonymous with being efficient and 
> productive, least path of resistance, it just works, those kind of things. 
> The touch bar is the complete contrarian design idiocy that for some reason 
> creeped into a perfectly awesome laptop which is the macbook pro 16 inch.
> 
> I spent over 7000 australian dollars for this, and the touch bar itself jjust 
> makes me want to throw this laptop out of the window at least 5 times a day, 

mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the touch bar

[Yuma Decaux]

I am ranting on this post, but I really cannot stand this touch bar anymore. 
It's completely useless on a functional basis, as when trying to do stuff in an 
efficient way, such as switching applications and using the function keys for 
doing the switches, I have to keep massaging the damn touch bar with a finger 
long enough for it to decide to wake up at some point. Each time I do this, 
it's like a 4 to 6 second wait. that time is enough for me to have to remember 
either the line of math or code or whatever I was keeping in memory to move 
across to another application or such.

I really cannot stand this absolute farce of a feature which is meant to make 
things look pretty but has no use at all when it comes to being productive. And 
having a mac for me is meant to be synonymous with being efficient and 
productive, least path of resistance, it just works, those kind of things. The 
touch bar is the complete contrarian design idiocy that for some reason creeped 
into a perfectly awesome laptop which is the macbook pro 16 inch.

I spent over 7000 australian dollars for this, and the touch bar itself jjust 
makes me want to throw this laptop out of the window at least 5 times a day, 
simply because this entire row of touch screen pretty pretty but totally 
useless b buttons is there not wanting to wake up snappilly and respond to what 
I want it to do.

A complete thumbs down on whoever gave the green light on this most stupid 
feature.


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mac os big sur: voice over still bugging out on every second announcement

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

I've gotten rid of all possible trackpad gestures that may interfere with any 
of the voice over speech attributes (rate, pitch, etc) but I'm still having to 
restart voice over after a little while on my system, at which point the local 
language english voice announces randomly before it gives place to alex (the 
default voice).

This behaviour is really starting to get on my nerves as I tend to do things 
quickly and between different apps. 

Just some background, i'm on a macbook 16 with 32 gb of ram and something like 
8 cores, 2 tb of ssd disc space.

I should not be having this kind of behaviour.

Is this because my local language is australian and I'm using the alex compact 
voice for all of my tasks?

What I don't get is that all of my voice over speech parameters are set to 
alex, all at same pitch, rate, volume etc. But when i restart voice over, the 
australian voice always turns up for a few announcements before disappearing. 
This is very bugged out and I want to squash this ASAP as every time I have to 
restart it interferes with my focus, and after 10-20 times of this happening in 
a day of work, I start to think of different ways of destroying the laptop.

Anyone know if theres another property or setting somewhere which actually has 
the local english voice conflicting with my voice over settings? For example, 
if I press right option t, the time is announceed, but with the australian 
voice. I want it to be alex, everywhere, no situation specific voice change, it 
seems to cause those conflicting announcement issues.


Thanks for any suggestions 

Yuma 

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amadeus pro: fastest method for reading current time

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

I am currently coding some quick scripts in python to generate video clips from 
a list of youtube videos, and a transcription of my own audio to layer on top 
automatically.

I am looking for the most efficient, as in fastest way of reading the current 
playhead on the timeline on amadeus pro. I don't want to fool around using vo 
navigation, but just capture the time stamp, by using keyboard maestro or some 
other such keyboard command to get the information.

Anyone know where the timeline is located in the amadeus pro interface?

Thanks 

Yuma 

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mac os big sur: insertion on word annoyance

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

I'm still quite annoyed by the "insertion on word" rpetition I get in many 
webpages. is there a voice over parameter somewhere to silence this? I'd like 
to have the cleanest possible navigation experience with the least possible 
explanations of what is under the cursor or around it, etc. Just a clean voice 
over experience with nothing spurious.

Thanks


A++


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mac os big sur: renaming the inbox names in mail

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

This one is sticking like a sore thumb as I need to play guessing games or 
pattern recognition when accessing my multiple mailboxes.

Currently in the mailbox list, all my inboxes are just called "inbox" where 
previously they were associated to the name of the email address, like "gmail" 
or "icloud" etc.

mac os big sur changed this, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I'd go to 
put my mailbox names back in the list?

Thanks

Yuma 

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mac os big sur: selected announcements overdose

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

So I'm eeking out all the things that annoy me during my work using vo on the 
mac.

I have one sort of last annoyance currently which is sticky, the "selected" 
announcement overdose.

Let me explain, when I'm in group mode, which is sometimes the best method for 
reading through text with math symbols (converted to math jacks or some other 
third party symbol conversion tool inherent to most pages generating math 
symbols), whenever one of the generated symbols is hit, voice over then 
announces "selected", and optionally emits a tick sound to say what text has 
been selected. I never asked for this behaviour, and reading through math text 
is becoming tedious, so I have to copy last sentence and paste it on a text 
window. I don't want to have to do this as I have enough text windows opened as 
it is.

Anyone know where this behaviour comes from?

Thanks,

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Re: mac os big sur: locking the voice over speech parameters

[Yuma Decaux]

Yep, I got rid of these immediately. Things are stabilising.



> On 24 Mar 2021, at 7:50 am, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> The only way I have seen to adjust Voices is with the vo-command-shift arrow  
> key strokes unless there is something in one of the commanders. I just 
> checked the trackpad commander and option rotate left/right  adjusts pitch. 
> 
> Jonathan 
> 
>   Best wishes,
> 
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> 
> 
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>> On Mar 23, 2021, at 15:47, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey John,
>> 
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I might try the first option. Do you know where 
>> I can get the list of commands assigned to the various voice over controls? 
>> I tried vo h then commands help to get to the speech parameter changes, but 
>> I don't see anything assigned to them.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Mar 2021, at 1:39 am, Jonathan C. Cohn >> <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> Since you are a programmer I will be brief. The keyboard shortcuts in 
>>> System Settings should override voiceover bindings. If this is the case, 
>>> you could create a "service" ainautomator and assign a keybinding to it. 
>>> My second idea is simpler but not the solution you asked for. SAVE your 
>>> Voiceover settings and then if they change unexpecdidly you can open the 
>>> saved settings file and proceed. I expect you could even create a script 
>>> that  saves VO settings oat a regular interval.  
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Re: mac os big sur: locking the voice over speech parameters

[Yuma Decaux]

Hey John,

Thanks for the suggestions. I might try the first option. Do you know where I 
can get the list of commands assigned to the various voice over controls? I 
tried vo h then commands help to get to the speech parameter changes, but I 
don't see anything assigned to them.

Cheers,

Yuma 


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> 
> 
> Hello,
> Since you are a programmer I will be brief. The keyboard shortcuts in System 
> Settings should override voiceover bindings. If this is the case, you could 
> create a "service" ainautomator and assign a keybinding to it. 
> My second idea is simpler but not the solution you asked for. SAVE your 
> Voiceover settings and then if they change unexpecdidly you can open the 
> saved settings file and proceed. I expect you could even create a script that 
>  saves VO settings oat a regular interval.  
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mac os big sur: locking the voice over speech parameters

[Yuma Decaux]

Hey all,

Just wanted to check if anyone knows if there's a key combination to lock the 
voice over speech parameters (pitch, volume, intonation etc) so it can't be 
inadvertently tampered with. I keep having some of the parameters change every 
now and then from simply doing stuff, typing, switching applications etc, and 
it messes up my voice over, making it either partially anounce things. When 
this happens I need to restart voice over, and more likely than not, I will get 
a voice over that's partially alex and partially the default voice for my 
country, australia. This forces me to go to the voice over 
preferences/speech/language area and put the parameters back to their defaults. 
This is wasting my time and I really hate wasting my time doing this kind of 
stuff sometimes at least 5 to 10 occurences deep per day.

I can understand how there are multiple approachesto do multiple things, 
but when there are too many key mappings across the system, stuff inevitably 
get entangled and these types of unfortunate side effects express themselves in 
the most annoying way.

So, anyone know how to lock these parameters so there's no key combo that will 
put them off kilter and mess up voice over?

Thanks

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getting rid of the "insertion on word" a on mac os

[Yuma Decaux]

Like the subject says, is there a way to silence this extremely annoying 
spurious bit of info? it repeats for every dom object on many pages, 
particularly those with math symbols. I'd like to be able to just enjoy reading 
math instead of going through these headaches of non sollicited announcements 


Thanks, and have a great week y'all 

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this freaking touchbar is the worse gimmick I have come across

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Hi everyone,

After a few months of my macbook 16 inch in heavy rotation, I have to be frank 
with the touch bar. It's an utterly useless, cluttery, annoying piece of tech 
which has no place where it sits. Everything else is world class, as expected 
from Apple. I just don't know why they tried squeezing this useless 
touchscreen, with my 2 cents on why below:

1-It's not reactive at all. Sometimes, it does not react or speak anything nno 
matter what I do. To solve this, sometimes I just keep moving my finger across 
left to right until hopefully something occurs. By that time, it really doesn't 
matter whether a touchbar is there or not.
2-It always gets in the way when I type. Keeps announcing f12 as my finger 
barely even brushes (or does my finger brush that area?). Just like cabs, the 
touch screen is never there when needed, always there when not.
3-The haptic part, obviously, is pretty much a foregone design flaw for blind 
users like myself. 

The reason I did not upgrade from an older macbook was because of the keyboards 
they had for a while, and the touchbar. Once my macbook was pretty much beyond 
retirement, my only choice was to have the greatest of the portable. I feel a 
bit cheated here, particularly knowing that the intel chip inside might 
actually not have the capacity to wake the touchbar up in a reactive way.

That's it, now I'm happy to get back to work.

Yuma 


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Re: Mark on AirPods Pro

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi, 

I’ve been using the pros for a year now, and I have liked them from the start. 
Beyond transparency mode, apple introduced spatial sound, which is amazing. 

I recently got the airpod max, and since it can be wired to the laptop to avoid 
audio delay, and its own transparency mode is actually phenomenal, this now 
foregoes any of the wired earbuds and cans I collected through the years. 

900 australian dollars is steep, but if you can afford it, I recommend you 
check them out at your local store.

Sent from sputnik7 

> On 30/12/2020, at 1:03 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,  
> 
> I recently purchased AirPods Pro.  Until now, I have only ever used the
> original AirPods.
> 
> I have to say that I am, to my surprise, impressed.  I'm not sure how but,
> for whatever reason, the sound is better in the Pro model than it is on the
> original.  The best part is that there is not too much bass; always a
> concern to me as I have no hearing loss in the lower registry of the sound
> spectrum.
> 
> The transparency mode is the absolute best.
> 
> Now I paired my Pro model with my beloved 8 Plus which is running iOS 13.07;
> so I realize that I do not have all of the functionality that comes with iOS
> 14.  Still, the AirPods Pro is impressive.
> 
> It would appear that, in order to have VoiceOver switch between iPhone and
> Watch OS, one must invoke Siri on the target device.
> 
> Not perfect but, at least, not horrible.  I wish the Pro model could pair to
> multiple devices as this would, in theory, allow one to hear sounds from two
> separate devices which, again in theory, would allow VoiceOver to remain
> active from any paired device.  
> 
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> how to switch out the ear tips.
> 
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Re: Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes, cNet

[Yuma Decaux]

In my honest opinion, Facebook is one of the worst privacy violating companies 
in the world, if not the most, and will use any excuse to prop up its interest. 
The very fact that it uses crawlers across the web to check wherever you're 
surfing in itself is a privacy vilation. I just don't use facebook, simple as 
that. Life is much better without it. Why spend time looking at other people's 
activities when life is short, and there is so much cool stuff going on outside 
of this jar of vitriol, back patting and agonising self reflection posts?

Do yourselves a favour and get out of the matrix, before you become a pigeon 
eating out of the hands of society's good willed but ultimately useless cheers, 
likes and 4 word comments that mean absolutely nada to your lives, except for 
Facebook who harvests the information and makes money off of you.

Apple, on the other hand, is quite direct at their approach: we make hardware 
with verticality, and our stuff works for you. It's a square deal, our hardware 
is more expensive, but we will do everything to make sure it works well, and 
protects your right to privacy, and not have some Zucker borg or some Bill 
gates or other dip shit geeks with world domination pipe dreams peering into 
your window all the time.

Just my take as a world travelling, 7 language speaking, award winning, don't 
give a shit about the politics and gives his time and resources to advance 
accessibility guy.

Have a great weekend,

Yuma 



> On 17 Dec 2020, at 2:46 pm, M. Taylor  wrote:
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> Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes
> The social network says changes in Apple's mobile software will hurt small
> businesses.
> Dec. 16, 2020
> By Angela Lang, cNet.
> 
> Facebook is again criticizing upcoming privacy changes to Apple's iOS that
> could uproot ad-tracking features used by apps. The social network on
> Wednesday ran full-page newspaper ads saying the feature in iOS 14, expected
> to be released early next year, will hurt small businesses. The company also
> expanded on its position in a blog post, saying that Apple's new policy is
> "more about profit than privacy." 
> 
> Apple announced several new privacy updates for iOS at its Worldwide
> Developers Conference earlier this year, including a feature called App
> Tracking Transparency that would require people to opt in to apps collecting
> their data rather than needing them to opt out. The update threatens to
> uproot several ad-tracking features in apps, including Facebook. In
> September, Apple decided to delay the feature's rollout to 2021 so
> developers could have more time to make necessary changes. 
> 
> Facebook's criticism of Apple is the latest in an ongoing public fight
> between two of the world's largest tech companies. The social network, which
> has also been under fire for failing to safeguard user privacy, views
> Apple's changes as an attack on personalized advertising. Facebook makes
> most of its money from ads, which allows it to avoid charging people a
> subscription fee to use the social network.
> 
> Facebook has previously said the iOS update would mean less profit for
> advertisers because of less effective tracking. In the ads on Wednesday,
> Facebook says: "While limiting how personalized ads can be used does impact
> larger companies like us, these changes will be devastating to small
> businesses."
> 
> Apple has defended the tracking changes, saying they give users more
> control. In a public letter last month, Jane Horvath, the company's privacy
> chief, called out Facebook for its data collection practices and said Apple
> remains "fully committed" to its app tracking transparency feature and other
> privacy protections.
> "Facebook executives have made clear their intent is to collect as much data
> as possible across both first and third party products to develop and
> monetize detailed profiles of their users, and this disregard for user
> privacy continues to expand to include more of their products," Horvath
> wrote. 
> 
> Dan Levy, who oversees ads and business products, said in a press call on
> Wednesday that Apple was "behaving anti-competitively by using their control
> of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of creators and
> small businesses." If services turn away from ads and start charging a
> subscription fee or in-app payments, Apple benefits because the company
> makes money from fees charged to developers, Levy said. 
> 
> The impact to Facebook's business will be "less severe" because the company
> has a diverse ads business with more than 10 million advertisers. Compared
> with small businesses, he said, Facebook "will be fine."
> 
> "This is not just a tech fight over different pieces of technology and
> policy," Levy said. "This is a set of changes and a start on what we believe
> is a long strategic move from Apple towards fundamentally changing how the
> free internet and advertising works for small businesses."
> 
> Steve 

touch bar slowness

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

It's me again, the ever detail pointing dude.

Ever since I've switched from my older mbp with physical function keys to this 
touch bar contraption, my productivty has slowed down and I'm frustrated by how 
unresponsive this touch bar is.

I map a lot of my most used applications (xcode, text edit, safari, numbers, 
emacs and others) to a function key. With physical keys, it's really fast and 
responsive, and I can assign further function key mappings within applications 
using the command key + function.

Now with this touch bar thing, it takes so long for any anouncement to occur, 
sometimes forcing me to swipe across the entire touch bar to get any reaction 
from voice over, I find it to be a waste of space, my time and productivity.

I thought I had fixed it by doing some resets, but it keeps creeping back, and 
worse of all, my fingers are long, so many times while I'm typing or doing 
something, one of my fingers rests on the touch bar and anounces stuff and 
plays sound, which is very irritating. When I don't need it, it screams out for 
attention, when I need it, it crawls to life.

Anyone find this issue, and found a solution to make the damn thing more 
responsive?

Thanks,

Yuma 

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mac os Big sur: found reason for voice over inconsistencies

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Hi All,

I found that some shortcut on the keyboard is responsible for changing the 
pitch for the general case, which then throws voice over off and starts to 
exhibit strange behaviour, such as not anouncing every second line, or acting 
as if it's muted.

This shortcut basically can be triggered while doing normal stuff, typing, 
switching windows, etc, and is quite inocuous but can affect the experience 
quite substantially.

I would recommend Apple's accessibility team to look at changing the pitch 
up/down keyboard shortcut, but upon doing Vo-h and checking the command help 
sound/increase pitch or decrease pitch, I have no command assigned to it. 
However, each time I get this behaviour, I go to voice over 
utility/speech/voices/customise language list and go to pitch, the general 
pitch rate is different from all the other pitches. Readjusting it to fit with 
the others solves the issue.

So, some kind of action or key changes the pitch (I would assume some kind of 
trackpad commander gesture inadvertendly triggered while doing something else) 
affects the voice over experience. This is a case of bad design, as there are 
too many ways to do something which causes this to occur regularly.

Just on a side note, the trackpad on the macbook 16 inch is so big, my hands go 
all over it, so now I keep having to turn the trackpad commander on/off all the 
time while surfing the web, etc. This again, is a productivity decrease.

Have a great weekend,

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Re: Astronomy app for blind people with iPhones

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Mike,

I saved your email for a time when I had more bandwidth, so here it goes.

The test flight link is below. I've also responded to an email on 
macvisionaries with some notes on the new release.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/ZsGh6uYD 



Have a great rest of week,

Yuma 


> On 9 Sep 2020, at 3:23 am, Michael Busboom  wrote:
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> Hello.
> 
> A few years ago, a blind app developer produced an app that made celestial 
> objects audible.  I believe, though I am not sure, that the app was called 
> Astrios.  If the app is available, for purchase or otherwise, can someone 
> tell me how I might acquire it.  When I had the opportunity to test the app, 
> I was unable to give it the attention it deserved, and the time in which I 
> was authorized to use it expired.
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> Thanks for any and all assistance,
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mac OS big sur: progressively getting buggier and buggier as I leave it

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

I can say I am thoroughly disssapointed by the big sur experience. It's trying 
to act like an ipad, is schizophrenic with the voices, the touch bar almost 
never works, and a host of other things like the trackpad being overtly 
sensitive, some of the keyboard commander shortcuts not responding immediately, 
swipes giving me some other things I didn't ask for, in short it is hindering 
on my productivity.

the very fact that I recently purchased a macbook pro 16 inch fully souped up, 
which doesn't come cheap, I'm quite frustrated at this.

The big difference with this big little sir is that things start to degenerate 
the longer I use the laptop. The rest is fine, but I'm really annoyed by this 
voice that keeps changing all the time.

This is my rant

Yuma 

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mac OS big sur: continued issue with localised voice taking over every second line

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

So I am still having this random issue whenever I'm working which can only be 
described as follows:
prelimiary: voice over alex working fine
1-when scrolling down text edit, every second line stops anouncing, though the 
line is full of tex
2-alternatingly alex and empty voice as I keep scrolling
Remedy 1: I toggle voice over on and off
3-This time when voice was empty, it's replaced by the local voice (in my case 
Rachel australia,)
4-At this point, alternates for a few lines between alex and rachel using 
alex's pitch
5-As I keep scrolling, alternates between alex and a normal pitch of rachel
6-I keep going on, and it becomes alex only

However, this occurs intermittently during the day, and I keep having to toggle 
voice over on/off and do the same shenanigan.

I checked again in my voice over utility/speech/voices and all categories are 
set to alex with every parameter the same across all the columns.

Anyone have this issue persisting?

Thanks,

Yuma
 

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mac OS big sur: alex compact and local voice playing one after the other

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi List,

Here's a funny but very annoying bug on mac OS big sur.

I restarted voice over, and now when I change interaction in whatever app I'm 
in, such as a change of line, change of cell in numbers, going through Vo 
elements across mail, or any of these types of actions, voice over keeps 
switching me between alex compact (which I chose as default, as well as all 
other interaction settings, with all of them at same rates) and the local 
rachel speech synth which sounds very weird because the rate is set to low for 
alex, which reflects on this system voice.

Now I'm having to listen to 2 different voices across my work. Anyone fixed 
this?

thanks

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mac OS big sur: notifications

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

I fixed most of my previous issues, particularly the repeating sound which 
seemed to have been some cross linked system setting that transferred across 
from the old OS and created a loop. Nothing in ps but in the actual daemon.

In any case, now I have the issue of notification center appearing as some kind 
of widget, which I cannot get rid of with escape or command w or q. I have to 
tab out and tab back into what I was doing. This is wasting my time as the 
notification really likes to barge in on what I'm doing and this is annoying me.

Is there a shortcut to get rid of it? I already disabled most notifications via 
system preferences, save calendar events and a couple of system events, but I 
would like to swipe them out of my way if possible.

Anyone have the most efficient method of doing this?

Thanks,

Yuma 

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Re: mac OS big sur: repeating ping sound

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi,

Here is the link to the audio:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d86etaiungfma41/repeated_ping.wav?dl=0 
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/d86etaiungfma41/repeated_ping.wav?dl=0>

When I mean ping, I don't mean the CL tool to ping servers, but a ping sound.

Thanks,

Yuma 



> On 18 Nov 2020, at 7:55 pm, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
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> Hi,
> 
> I don't see the link. Could you maybe paste it into the body of the
> message?
> 
> Alternative, you might want to search running processes for an instance
> of ping and kill the process id.
> 
> The following terminal command may help:
> 
> sudo killall ping
> Best,
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
> Yuma Decaux writes:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I've recorded myself on the system to demonstrate this repeating ping sound 
>> that occurs without any input from me, and its starting to drive me 
>> absolutely bonkers. it's very disrupting and annoying, and I would really 
>> like to know what is going on, and how to turn this down. Attached below is 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
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mac OS big sur: repeating ping sound

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

I've recorded myself on the system to demonstrate this repeating ping sound 
that occurs without any input from me, and its starting to drive me absolutely 
bonkers. it's very disrupting and annoying, and I would really like to know 
what is going on, and how to turn this down. Attached below is a dropbox link 
to the recording:



Thanks,

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Re: mac OS big sur: why does it have to behave like I'm using an iPad

[Yuma Decaux]

Least path to resistance is really what I am objectively looking for, and in 
this case there's spurious actions required to get there. on the long run, as 
large numbers tend to explode over multiple iterations, this becomes a waste of 
my productivity. The tabbing was great for the messages app, and I have also 
noticed now how convoluted it is to get to what I want.

I really would take time to do feature requests and reports like before, but I 
am held up with uni and personal projects, so I really invite everyone in this 
list to go ahead and report, the apple team really does take reports seriously 
when they are well edited and give context, such as audio recordings etc.

Have a great rest of week,

Yuma 



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> You are correct.  I too have realised that we have to perform extra steps to 
> accomplish certain outcomes.  Yes, in some edit boxes you have to press 
> vo+spacebar to make them editable.  This happens regularly in Messages app.  
> In the same app, it’s much harder to navigate now and be sure you know what 
> you are doing.  For instance, in Conversations collection, when focusing on a 
> particular thread, the last message used to be read out in full.  Now if the 
> message is long, it’s read  partly and you have to go to the Messages 
> collection (formerly web view) to read the whole message.  
> 
> Andrew
>> On 15 Nov 2020, at 12:47, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I've noticed that a lot of the usual operations I perform on my mac are now 
>> requiring extra steps.
>> 
>> one such instance is when I look for a particular email, I have to now go to 
>> the toolbar, go to search, and press on search. This behaviour is probably 
>> good for ipads, but now it adds extra steps to the whole experience.
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mac OS big sur: touchbar latency

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi everyone,

I'm having sticky thoughts about this touch bar, which is new to me as I 
recently upgraded to the 16 inch macbook pro.

It's quite slow to be honest, between when I'm trying to do something on it, 
and when voice over starts to react. if it were mechanical keys, I would just 
press the required key and don't have to think more.

is there something perhaps that could shorten this delay? Is there some wake up 
component to the touch bar? I hear from sighted assistance that it seems to be 
always on, so I would expect some more snappiness with this?

Thanks for any help 

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mac OS big sur: web navigation using arrow keys only

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Hi All,

Another issue I found now is that I can't navigate web pages by simple arrow up 
or down keys. This used to be an extremely useful way of moving around pages, 
especially when it comes to tutorials, scientific articles or others.

is there some setting in the VO preferences which allow me to get this behavior 
back?

Thanks,

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mac OS big sur: why does it have to behave like I'm using an iPad

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Hi All,

I've noticed that a lot of the usual operations I perform on my mac are now 
requiring extra steps.

one such instance is when I look for a particular email, I have to now go to 
the toolbar, go to search, and press on search. This behaviour is probably good 
for ipads, but now it adds extra steps to the whole experience.

Using a mac is supposed to help streamline things, now it's taking longer.


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mac OS big sur: browsing save dialog boxes

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Hi All,

I've noticed that now navigating the directory to save a file from mail or 
safari or any other application is now not straight forward anymore.

I tried going through column list etc, but it doesn't behave as expected.

Also, I can't create new folders and rename it directly upon creation. Does 
anyone have this issue?


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mac OS big sur: mail inbox names

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Hi All,

Has anyone been able to change settings to get the inbox names back?

Thanks,

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mac OS big sur, compact list of questions after upgrading

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi ALl,

I've upgraded to mac OS big sur, and it has solved some issues and created some 
new ones. I will adress myself to this list to ask if anyone has found 
solutions to the issues below:
1-Finder in list mode does not navigate sub directories anymore, so I am having 
to use list view instead of column view. List view is significantly slower as 
you need to expand folders, and you're actually expanding the entire directory 
tree, rather than jumping into the sub directory and searching within that 
directory. Anyone have this problem and anyone found a solution to this?
2-There's a sound that keeps playing intermittently, like some kind of timed 
sound (the chime is like the older bonk type sound from catalina). It's driving 
me absolutely crazy. I went to notifications, turned everything off, but it 
still keeps on playing. Anyone got this as well, and for god's sake, has anyone 
found a way to turn it off?
3-The touch bar, to my taste, is very clunky and slow to react sometimes. This 
is a major issue as I map most of my function keys to application shortcuts so 
I can quickly switch between apps. On some occasions, the touch bar literally 
doesn't respond no matter what I do. this is a flawed design decision, whether 
hardware or software, and it has decreased my productivity. Anyone encountered 
this problem, anyone found a solution or reported a bug?

Apart from the above, seems my voice over has stopped freezing regularly. I got 
a new macbook 16 inch, all boosted to the max, and this still occured, so I was 
very annoyed, having to toggleVO on and off each time. This is gone, so one 
good for 3 bads.

Have a great weekend,

Yuma 

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zoom presentation mode

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

I wanted to ask if anyone here knows how to use the screen sharing mode and 
present slides from keynote or other applications. I've been having 
difficulties doing this, as it seems the screen just looks black on the other 
side when I have voice over on. I did turn screen curtain off and set the 
brightness appropriately.

I've got several upcoming presentations and would like to do them on screen not 
through the webcam.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Have a great week 

Yuma 

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Re: face ID annoying me

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Tim,

thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I took the shades off and restarted at around 
half arm's length, and so far I have had 100% unlocking.

This is growing on me 




> On 27 Sep 2019, at 11:49 pm, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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> Hi,
> 
> First, I would set up your Face ID without the sun glasses on.  Face ID 
> should not have a problem figuring out who you are even when you have the sun 
> glasses on afterwards.  Yes, a little further away is a good thing.  A full 
> arms length works, but 30 to 50 cm suffice in my opinion.
> 
> Later...
> 
> 
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> On Sep 27, 2019, at 03:32, Simon A Fogarty  <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
> 
> I also wear sun glasses most of the time,
> 
> I don't have anywhere near the issues you have.
> 
> I'm not sure if I have attention settings on or off, I assume off as I'd have 
> to be lucky to look at the camera.
> 
> The time I really have issues is when I have extremely bright sunlight 
> shining either on my face or the phone etc.
> 
> Could this be an issue?
> 
> My phone is the iPhone 11 pro max as well,
> 
> I do remember that I had to take a couple of tries to setup my face id on 
> this device.
> 
> I use voiceover which tells you what or how to move the phone to set it up.
> 
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> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>  <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
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> Subject: face ID annoying me
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> So I received the iphone 11 pro max free upgrade with my telcom, the best is 
> also that my monthly bills have decreased. Overall happy with this.
> 
> However, face ID is really giving me a hard time, forcing me to input my 
> passcode each time.
> 
> I use sunglasses most of the time and used them while scanning my face. It 
> worked for a day, but now whether I got the glasses on or off, I get an 90 
> percent error rate.
> 
> I tried positioning in various angles, turned off "attention required" in 
> settings, which made it work slightly better but then got worse.
> 
> I'll re do the scanning process, but who in here has near 100% success rate 
> can give me some pointers?
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face ID annoying me

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi all,

So I received the iphone 11 pro max free upgrade with my telcom, the best is 
also that my monthly bills have decreased. Overall happy with this.

However, face ID is really giving me a hard time, forcing me to input my 
passcode each time.

I use sunglasses most of the time and used them while scanning my face. It 
worked for a day, but now whether I got the glasses on or off, I get an 90 
percent error rate.

I tried positioning in various angles, turned off "attention required" in 
settings, which made it work slightly better but then got worse.

I'll re do the scanning process, but who in here has near 100% success rate can 
give me some pointers?

Thanks, and have a great weekend y'all 


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Re: Time for a new phone.

[Yuma Decaux]

Waiting for my iphone 11 pro max, as a free upgrade from the iphone 8 plus 
which I really liked so far. Hopefully the triple camera technology will allow 
me to play a bit with depth perception and other code stuff :)




> On 22 Sep 2019, at 3:14 pm, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Or you could just do it yourself and let the voiceover voice tell you when 
> your out of camera alignment 
> 
> Strange how that works really, 
> Kind of like apple thought may be blind people might like to do things 
> themselves.
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Phil Halton
> Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2019 8:50 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Time for a new phone.
> 
> One thing I will say about the Face ID training. It helps to get a sighted 
> person to frame your face on the phone and hold it for you while you make the 
> circling gesture with your face. I have absolutely no problem unlocking this 
> phone be it in the dark in the light standing sitting I swear I just kind of 
> glanced at it and it unlocks. I think it all matters and how well you train 
> the Face ID. That’s why a little sided help especially from an Apple tech 
> really helps. Although I’m sure The Apple tech  is not necessary any sighted 
> person who is a little phone savvy, maybe who has an Apple Face ID phone..
> 
> Sent from my IPhone
> 
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2019, at 4:45 PM, Phil Halton  wrote:
>> 
>> I just traded up to a 10 are from an eight that I had for two years. Same as 
>> you I wanted to keep the touch ID, but now I think the face ID is absolutely 
>> great. The 10 R is kind of a mix between an eight and an eight max it’s 3“ x 
>> 6“ with a little more heft than the eight. Battery life is much improved, 
>> sounds better as then the eight as well because of bigger speakers. I like 
>> the 10 are over the eight. Also, because it’s last year‘s model, I got $100 
>> off the 10 are. Only paid 600 and with 220 trade-in from my eight got it for 
>> $380. All in all a very good trade up.
>> 
>> Sent from my IPhone
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 21, 2019, at 11:21 AM, Matt T  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks, subject says it all.
>>> 
>>> I'm looking at either the 8, or the XR.
>>> 
>>> What do people think?
>>> 
>>> I like my touch ID.
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Re: Chop comic demo

[Yuma Decaux]

Haha, since i got the first iphone. Apple is actually a russian corporation 
which infiltrated the u.s with the help of chinese manufacturing :) 

Less cynically, i just thought it rang nice back in the days, and sputnik means 
something cool in russian  

Sent from sputnik7 

> On 16/09/2019, at 8:26 AM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hey Yuma,
>  
> I have to ask but sincve when have you been a Russian satellite, or at least 
> sending email from one?
>  
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Monday, 16 September 2019 12:07 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Chop comic demo
>  
> It’s fine, having fun revisiting the code and making it work for ios 
>  
> 
> Sent from sputnik7 
> 
> On 15/09/2019, at 8:52 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
> Thanks for that, but no issue if you can’t I just thought I’d ike a couple of 
> people to listen to it,
>  
> One who thinks blind people have trouble with everything in life and he’s one 
> himself.
>  
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Sunday, 15 September 2019 5:59 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Chop comic demo
>  
> Hi simon, 
>  
> Let me play around with the accelerometer and compile an IOS version :) 
>  
> 
> Sent from sputnik7 
> 
> On 13/09/2019, at 2:07 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
>  
> Will this run on IOS as well as windows, I’ve got a few friends I’d like to 
> show this to,
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 1:09 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Chop comic demo
>  
> Hi mac users,
>  
> I just wanted to share with you a little fun demo app on MAC OS I did, which 
> is basically a comic shop you can walk around in 3D, listen to comics say 
> stupid jokes and get the crowd to clap, laugh etc. 
>  
> It's quite immersive on a surround sound system, but works on headphones too. 
> It's HRTF audio, stands for head related transfer functions. It's the basis 
> of binaural audio.
>  
> Here is the dropbox link, please follow the instructions carefully to make it 
> work.
>  
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/egr594wq1yovxe1/chopComic.zip?dl=0
>  
> I apologise for the non friendly way of starting it, but if you have any 
> issues, get in touch and I'll help you get it up and running :)
>  
> I think this could be a funny crowd generator, where all of us can record our 
> voices laughing, jeering, cheering etc, and keep adding to it.
>  
> I'm not intend on making this commercial, but an open source project with 
> more types of actions in the 3D audio space as we go along.
>  
> Have a great weekend y'all :)
>  
>  
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Re: Chop comic demo

[Yuma Decaux]

It’s fine, having fun revisiting the code and making it work for ios 


Sent from sputnik7 

> On 15/09/2019, at 8:52 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
> Thanks for that, but no issue if you can’t I just thought I’d ike a couple of 
> people to listen to it,
>  
> One who thinks blind people have trouble with everything in life and he’s one 
> himself.
>  
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Sunday, 15 September 2019 5:59 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Chop comic demo
>  
> Hi simon, 
>  
> Let me play around with the accelerometer and compile an IOS version :) 
>  
> 
> Sent from sputnik7 
> 
> On 13/09/2019, at 2:07 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
>  
> Will this run on IOS as well as windows, I’ve got a few friends I’d like to 
> show this to,
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 1:09 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Chop comic demo
>  
> Hi mac users,
>  
> I just wanted to share with you a little fun demo app on MAC OS I did, which 
> is basically a comic shop you can walk around in 3D, listen to comics say 
> stupid jokes and get the crowd to clap, laugh etc. 
>  
> It's quite immersive on a surround sound system, but works on headphones too. 
> It's HRTF audio, stands for head related transfer functions. It's the basis 
> of binaural audio.
>  
> Here is the dropbox link, please follow the instructions carefully to make it 
> work.
>  
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/egr594wq1yovxe1/chopComic.zip?dl=0
>  
> I apologise for the non friendly way of starting it, but if you have any 
> issues, get in touch and I'll help you get it up and running :)
>  
> I think this could be a funny crowd generator, where all of us can record our 
> voices laughing, jeering, cheering etc, and keep adding to it.
>  
> I'm not intend on making this commercial, but an open source project with 
> more types of actions in the 3D audio space as we go along.
>  
> Have a great weekend y'all :)
>  
>  
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Re: Chop comic demo

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Jorgen, 

Never played those games. I have the engine coded for all sorts of games but i 
need to make it all easily expandable. Will play around to make an IOS version 
and add footsteps :) 


Sent from sputnik7 

> On 13/09/2019, at 9:00 PM, Jürgen Fleger  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
> 
> nice idea. Works great. :-) A bit complicated to install in deed but it is 
> fun to walk arround. Thanks for the effort. You might integrate food steps to 
> hear the person walking.
> 
> Have you ever played games by GMA Games? That wasn’t 3 d at that time but a 
> great stereo experience like in Tank Commander or Shades of Doom. 
> Unfortunately the company stopped developing games. It was for Windows only 
> anyway.
> 
> All the best
> Jürgen
> 
> 
>> Am 13.09.2019 um 03:09 schrieb Yuma Decaux :
>> 
>> Hi mac users,
>> 
>> I just wanted to share with you a little fun demo app on MAC OS I did, which 
>> is basically a comic shop you can walk around in 3D, listen to comics say 
>> stupid jokes and get the crowd to clap, laugh etc. 
>> 
>> It's quite immersive on a surround sound system, but works on headphones 
>> too. It's HRTF audio, stands for head related transfer functions. It's the 
>> basis of binaural audio.
>> 
>> Here is the dropbox link, please follow the instructions carefully to make 
>> it work.
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/egr594wq1yovxe1/chopComic.zip?dl=0
>> 
>> I apologise for the non friendly way of starting it, but if you have any 
>> issues, get in touch and I'll help you get it up and running :)
>> 
>> I think this could be a funny crowd generator, where all of us can record 
>> our voices laughing, jeering, cheering etc, and keep adding to it.
>> 
>> I'm not intend on making this commercial, but an open source project with 
>> more types of actions in the 3D audio space as we go along.
>> 
>> Have a great weekend y'all :)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Chop comic demo

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi simon, 

Let me play around with the accelerometer and compile an IOS version :) 


Sent from sputnik7 

> On 13/09/2019, at 2:07 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Yuma,
>  
> Will this run on IOS as well as windows, I’ve got a few friends I’d like to 
> show this to,
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 1:09 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Chop comic demo
>  
> Hi mac users,
>  
> I just wanted to share with you a little fun demo app on MAC OS I did, which 
> is basically a comic shop you can walk around in 3D, listen to comics say 
> stupid jokes and get the crowd to clap, laugh etc. 
>  
> It's quite immersive on a surround sound system, but works on headphones too. 
> It's HRTF audio, stands for head related transfer functions. It's the basis 
> of binaural audio.
>  
> Here is the dropbox link, please follow the instructions carefully to make it 
> work.
>  
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/egr594wq1yovxe1/chopComic.zip?dl=0
>  
> I apologise for the non friendly way of starting it, but if you have any 
> issues, get in touch and I'll help you get it up and running :)
>  
> I think this could be a funny crowd generator, where all of us can record our 
> voices laughing, jeering, cheering etc, and keep adding to it.
>  
> I'm not intend on making this commercial, but an open source project with 
> more types of actions in the 3D audio space as we go along.
>  
> Have a great weekend y'all :)
>  
>  
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Chop comic demo

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi mac users,

I just wanted to share with you a little fun demo app on MAC OS I did, which is 
basically a comic shop you can walk around in 3D, listen to comics say stupid 
jokes and get the crowd to clap, laugh etc. 

It's quite immersive on a surround sound system, but works on headphones too. 
It's HRTF audio, stands for head related transfer functions. It's the basis of 
binaural audio.

Here is the dropbox link, please follow the instructions carefully to make it 
work.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/egr594wq1yovxe1/chopComic.zip?dl=0 


I apologise for the non friendly way of starting it, but if you have any 
issues, get in touch and I'll help you get it up and running :)

I think this could be a funny crowd generator, where all of us can record our 
voices laughing, jeering, cheering etc, and keep adding to it.

I'm not intend on making this commercial, but an open source project with more 
types of actions in the 3D audio space as we go along.

Have a great weekend y'all :)



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Re: Was anyone disappointed with Apple?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Everyone, I wanted to jump in from a purely developer's point of view and 
give you my thoughts on the camera upgrade.

Considering that it's a 3 camera setup, associated with a very fast shutter and 
neuro chip, this can allow for some very nice depth perception. When using 
several cameras, with a baseline being stereoscopic capture of frames from two 
positions, we can increase accuracy in evaluating back camera tracing of 
objects. If you count 3 cameras, this further increases the resolution at which 
one can perceive the world, in particular with their augmented reality 
technology.

For blind developers like myself, this is quite an interesting feature as I can 
add 3D audio into augmented reality with more precise positions.

The downfall for this, and it's a big one, is that one needs to keep the 
handset in their hands at all times. I'm really not an advocate for branding 
out my iphone everwhere I go. In fact, I would rather have some kind of 
discreet camera setup elsewhere, which will stream multiscopic images, and use 
my phone to compute what it needs to perceive.

So overall, I'm eligible for an upgrade, so I probably will get the 11 pro, but 
only use it internally to mess around with the augmented reality part of it. 
perhaps I could effectively find a bluetooth stereoscopic camera, or add 2 
camera captures and use a custom bluetooth chip to stream everything on the 
phone, and use the phone's full computational capacity to give me a hands free 
experience of roaming around.

that's my two cents anyway

Have a great rest of week Y'all

Yuma 



> On 12 Sep 2019, at 6:38 am, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was supprised there was not a new homepod this year since there were 
> roomers of one.  I am still considering one, but not settled on when.  Also, 
> I was thinping of the apple watch, buyt there 2 things that concern me.  1 is 
> the ability to putting itt on and taking it off.  The other is is wondering 
> if it would ever have the ability to detech if someione like myself is having 
> a seasure.  I have epilepsy so that would be nice to have that.  
> 
> I am still paying on my 8 plus from t-mobile so will have to either pay it 
> off or continue paying on it before upgrading.  Just my thoughts.
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Robin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 8:16 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Was anyone disappointed with Apple?
> 
> Just Sayin:
> there's a 1st Time for EveryThing
> 
> Don't know if Apple will DisAppoint, but PrettySure that AppleFanz  in 
> TheCommunity: the TotallyBlind & LowVision Community will Defend Apple no 
> matter what At 03:38 AM 9/11/2019, you wrote:
>> I will. I’m pretty sure Apple won’t disappoint us. Actually they 
>> proved themselves as a very reliable partner in terms of accessibility. 
>> More then any other company I can remember in the world of Windows and 
>> Android.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 11.09.2019 um 12:16 schrieb 'Kawal 
>> Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries :
>>> 
>>> Please tell us about the voice over on the 
>> new watch when you get it with the display on.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On 11 Sep 2019, at 11:13 am, Jürgen Fleger 
>>  wrote:
 
 The hardware itself was just terrific for 
>> sighted users. Some told me how stunning the pictures looked like.
 On 19th September you’ll see what Apple is 
>> going to release for us in iOS 13. They 
>> included a lot of really great new functions in VO settings.
 And in terms of the new Apple Watch: we’ll 
>> see. I’m going to buy one and I’m curious 
>> how they solved the point you made.
 
 Jürgen
 
> Am 11.09.2019 um 12:07 schrieb 'Kawal 
>> Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries :
> 
> I thought I'd let everyone know that I was 
>> disappointed with Apple. No new hardware on the 
>> I phone, nice for sighted people who could use 
>> a new camera, but what about stuff for us? How 
>> on earth will voice over work on a watch with 
>> the display on all the time? I'm waiting for next year to see what happens.
> 
> Kawal.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

No, that’s why I said that it was a humiliating moment. Not for me though, I 
very well knew where the flaws were. This was made on prototyped print 
material, not high-grade ABS or HTP plastic. 

We had a good laugh though :) 

The material we now use is a different form of plastic, hard Rezin. It’s CNC 
machine and can with stand some pretty high pressure and is shock resistant.   

Sent from sputnik7 

> On 4/08/2019, at 3:20 PM, David G. Carlson via iPhone 
>  wrote:
> 
> Could not see, but it did not sound like a success?
> 
> Dave
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 3, 2019, at 10:31 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Not sure if this went through, but I wanted to share a clip.
> 
> We have been testing the ruggedness of the macaron, and made a bet with Jake 
> my co-founder on a previous prototype made out of PLC, and see if the casing 
> was going to withstand a 500 kg bike rolling on it, as we were at the phase 
> of testing casing integrity by repeatdetly throwing it across a room, swiping 
> it off a bench, standing on it, and mistreating it in all sorts of scenarios.
> 
> Jake said he was fairly confident the Macaron was going to withstand a 250cc 
> bike, and I just rode along, knowing very well internally that it was going 
> to be a humiliating moment to capture on video.
> 
> Here is the result, guess what happened? Needless to say, we returned to our 
> materials evaluation board, and changed things internally.
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/dn7cjr2r8qrr1eo/slow_mo.mov?dl=0
> 
> 
> Have a great sunday 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2 Aug 2019, at 5:28 pm, David G. Carlson via iPhone 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Not really that expensiv. The nearest competition is around US$ 150 and is 
>> not as full featured.
>>  And this sounds more rugged.   Most woodworkers have no problem getting a 
>> quality product for a price. 
>> Dave
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Sarah Massengale  wrote:
>> 
>> I love the device and what it does.  I’d definitely have one, but it’s 
>> really a bit too expensive for the average blind person drawing a social 
>> security check in the US and working to find a job.  my most sincere 
>> congratulations on your awards, and you have a great product.  You just may 
>> want to think about lowering the price a bit for it to be accessible to the 
>> average blind person.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Phil Halton  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not particularly, as long as you’re wearing boots. Yuma, in all 
>>> seriousness may I suggest you Google the terms San Francisco and public 
>>> poop. Sent from my IPhone
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Phil,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
>>>>> SanFrancisco.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my IPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. 
>>>>>> I had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, 
>>>>>> wand the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>>>>>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>>>>>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>>>>>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate 
>>>>>> fields accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco 
>>>>>> bay area, let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the 
>>>>>> Macaron which you can check out below. We are offering this limited 
>&

Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Not sure if this went through, but I wanted to share a clip.

We have been testing the ruggedness of the macaron, and made a bet with Jake my 
co-founder on a previous prototype made out of PLC, and see if the casing was 
going to withstand a 500 kg bike rolling on it, as we were at the phase of 
testing casing integrity by repeatdetly throwing it across a room, swiping it 
off a bench, standing on it, and mistreating it in all sorts of scenarios.

Jake said he was fairly confident the Macaron was going to withstand a 250cc 
bike, and I just rode along, knowing very well internally that it was going to 
be a humiliating moment to capture on video.

Here is the result, guess what happened? Needless to say, we returned to our 
materials evaluation board, and changed things internally.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dn7cjr2r8qrr1eo/slow_mo.mov?dl=0


Have a great sunday 




> On 2 Aug 2019, at 5:28 pm, David G. Carlson via iPhone 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not really that expensiv. The nearest competition is around US$ 150 and is 
> not as full featured.
>  And this sounds more rugged.   Most woodworkers have no problem getting a 
> quality product for a price. 
> Dave
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Sarah Massengale  <mailto:skmasseng...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> I love the device and what it does.  I’d definitely have one, but it’s really 
> a bit too expensive for the average blind person drawing a social security 
> check in the US and working to find a job.  my most sincere congratulations 
> on your awards, and you have a great product.  You just may want to think 
> about lowering the price a bit for it to be accessible to the average blind 
> person.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Not particularly, as long as you’re wearing boots. Yuma, in all seriousness 
>> may I suggest you Google the terms San Francisco and public poop. Sent from 
>> my IPhone
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Phil,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton >>> <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
>>>> SanFrancisco.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my IPhone
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux >>> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. 
>>>>> I had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, 
>>>>> wand the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>>>>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>>>>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>>>>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate 
>>>>> fields accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco 
>>>>> bay area, let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the 
>>>>> Macaron which you can check out below. We are offering this limited 
>>>>> release, so that we can change the software to your liking and follow 
>>>>> your advice on how you would want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond 
>>>>> the features we have already created so far. This is because we have an 
>>>>> automatic firmware update feature, which will allow us to update the 
>>>>> associated IOS app, and we really excited to hear your recommendations 
>>>>> and put new features to the device. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email 
>>>>> me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron 
>>>>> <https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron>
>

Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi David, 

I have a little story about the ruggedness. 

On an earlier prototype, we started testing structure integrity by submitting 
the casing and inner frame to multiple stress tests like dropping it many 
times, throwing it against a wall, swiping it off a bench etc. 

At some point we thought it clever to run over it with a bike, and I bet it was 
going to crush like an egg shell while my co founder Jake said it would survive 
over 500 kilos rolling over it. 

The result? I attached a video. Hear for your entertainment, but end of story 
we went back to materials testing after this great engineering experiment :)

Link below

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3c9e0sqbtzqqtt5/2019-05-28%2014.48.51.mov?dl=0

Sent from sputnik7 

> On 2/08/2019, at 5:28 PM, David G. Carlson via iPhone 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not really that expensiv. The nearest competition is around US$ 150 and is 
> not as full featured.
>  And this sounds more rugged.   Most woodworkers have no problem getting a 
> quality product for a price. 
> Dave
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Sarah Massengale  wrote:
> 
> I love the device and what it does.  I’d definitely have one, but it’s really 
> a bit too expensive for the average blind person drawing a social security 
> check in the US and working to find a job.  my most sincere congratulations 
> on your awards, and you have a great product.  You just may want to think 
> about lowering the price a bit for it to be accessible to the average blind 
> person.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Phil Halton  wrote:
>> 
>> Not particularly, as long as you’re wearing boots. Yuma, in all seriousness 
>> may I suggest you Google the terms San Francisco and public poop. Sent from 
>> my IPhone
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Phil,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
>>>> SanFrancisco.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my IPhone
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. 
>>>>> I had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, 
>>>>> wand the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>>>>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>>>>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>>>>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate 
>>>>> fields accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco 
>>>>> bay area, let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the 
>>>>> Macaron which you can check out below. We are offering this limited 
>>>>> release, so that we can change the software to your liking and follow 
>>>>> your advice on how you would want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond 
>>>>> the features we have already created so far. This is because we have an 
>>>>> automatic firmware update feature, which will allow us to update the 
>>>>> associated IOS app, and we really excited to hear your recommendations 
>>>>> and put new features to the device. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email 
>>>>> me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron
>>>>> 
>>>>> As an earlier doctor, you will get the high-quality finish unit, and the 
>>>>> ability to upgrade to a new device at 50% of its retail price when it 
>>>>> comes out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The macaron has gone through multiple iterations, and is going through 
>>>>> trials in the medical field, the clo

Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Sarah,

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'll take into consideration your comments 
there, but as we are on a limited run, we can't afford to. ring the price down 
yet. We'd need thousand plus orders to optimise the price down, though we did 
make a market survey and found that we have better value/feature ratios than 
anything out there, particularly with our auto firmware update capabilities 
which will keep unlockng new features as we go. I'd love to talk about one 
which we are working on that current users will kind of be blown away with, but 
I'm bound by, you know, those internal KFC special sauce type secrecy things 
haha.

Let me try to negotiate this price down with my co-founder for our next run. 
Are you ok with me adding you to our mailing list?
  
 


> On 1 Aug 2019, at 10:52 pm, Sarah Massengale  wrote:
> 
> I love the device and what it does.  I’d definitely have one, but it’s really 
> a bit too expensive for the average blind person drawing a social security 
> check in the US and working to find a job.  my most sincere congratulations 
> on your awards, and you have a great product.  You just may want to think 
> about lowering the price a bit for it to be accessible to the average blind 
> person.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Phil Halton > <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Not particularly, as long as you’re wearing boots. Yuma, in all seriousness 
>> may I suggest you Google the terms San Francisco and public poop. Sent from 
>> my IPhone
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Phil,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton >>> <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
>>>> SanFrancisco.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my IPhone
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux >>> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. 
>>>>> I had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, 
>>>>> wand the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>>>>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>>>>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>>>>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate 
>>>>> fields accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco 
>>>>> bay area, let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the 
>>>>> Macaron which you can check out below. We are offering this limited 
>>>>> release, so that we can change the software to your liking and follow 
>>>>> your advice on how you would want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond 
>>>>> the features we have already created so far. This is because we have an 
>>>>> automatic firmware update feature, which will allow us to update the 
>>>>> associated IOS app, and we really excited to hear your recommendations 
>>>>> and put new features to the device. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email 
>>>>> me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron 
>>>>> <https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron>
>>>>> 
>>>>> As an earlier doctor, you will get the high-quality finish unit, and the 
>>>>> ability to upgrade to a new device at 50% of its retail price when it 
>>>>> comes out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The macaron has gone through multiple iterations, and is going through 
>>>>> trials in the medical field, the clothing industry, as Wellers wood 
>>>>> w

Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Oh I definetely have poop thrwarting boots. Didn't realise san fran was the 
street poop capital of the U.S. Is this a 60s throwback kind of trend? :)

Have a great one 




> On 1 Aug 2019, at 10:44 pm, Phil Halton  wrote:
> 
> Not particularly, as long as you’re wearing boots. Yuma, in all seriousness 
> may I suggest you Google the terms San Francisco and public poop. Sent from 
> my IPhone
> 
> 
> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Phil,
>> 
>> Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton >> <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
>>> SanFrancisco.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my IPhone
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux >> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>>>> 
>>>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. I 
>>>> had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>>>> 
>>>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, 
>>>> wand the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>>>> 
>>>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>>>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>>>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>>>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate fields 
>>>> accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco bay 
>>>> area, let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>>>> 
>>>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the 
>>>> Macaron which you can check out below. We are offering this limited 
>>>> release, so that we can change the software to your liking and follow your 
>>>> advice on how you would want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond the 
>>>> features we have already created so far. This is because we have an 
>>>> automatic firmware update feature, which will allow us to update the 
>>>> associated IOS app, and we really excited to hear your recommendations and 
>>>> put new features to the device. 
>>>> 
>>>> Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email 
>>>> me.
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron 
>>>> <https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron>
>>>> 
>>>> As an earlier doctor, you will get the high-quality finish unit, and the 
>>>> ability to upgrade to a new device at 50% of its retail price when it 
>>>> comes out.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The macaron has gone through multiple iterations, and is going through 
>>>> trials in the medical field, the clothing industry, as Wellers wood 
>>>> workshops across Australia. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We are also getting a new software developer who will help us with the 
>>>> android app, as well as create new exciting features alongside my own 
>>>> participation in the project. 
>>>> 
>>>> Again, I’m really excited to announce these two bits of news, and hope to 
>>>> hear from you. Have a great week all :)
>>>> 
>>>> Yuma
>>>> 
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Re: The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Phil,

Thanks for your cheers. Is San francisco dangerous?



> On 1 Aug 2019, at 1:40 am, Phil Halton  wrote:
> 
> Congratulations Yuma. And please take care when walking the streets of 
> SanFrancisco.
> 
> Sent from my IPhone
> 
> 
> On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> This is Yuma, and I have and update.
>> 
>> Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. I 
>> had also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 
>> 
>> Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, wand 
>> the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 
>> 
>> I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 
>> Holman prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San 
>> Francisco for the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various 
>> scientists and engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate fields 
>> accessible to all of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco bay area, 
>> let’s get in touch. I would love to meet some of you in person.
>> 
>> Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the Macaron 
>> which you can check out below. We are offering this limited release, so that 
>> we can change the software to your liking and follow your advice on how you 
>> would want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond the features we have 
>> already created so far. This is because we have an automatic firmware update 
>> feature, which will allow us to update the associated IOS app, and we really 
>> excited to hear your recommendations and put new features to the device. 
>> 
>> Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email me.
>> 
>> https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron 
>> <https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron>
>> 
>> As an earlier doctor, you will get the high-quality finish unit, and the 
>> ability to upgrade to a new device at 50% of its retail price when it comes 
>> out.
>> 
>> 
>> The macaron has gone through multiple iterations, and is going through 
>> trials in the medical field, the clothing industry, as Wellers wood 
>> workshops across Australia. 
>> 
>> 
>> We are also getting a new software developer who will help us with the 
>> android app, as well as create new exciting features alongside my own 
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>> 
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The macaron: finally available

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi everyone,


This is Yuma, and I have and update.

Some of you might remember that I was working on a digital tape measure. I had 
also used as my proposal for the 2017 Hollman prize. 

Since then, I have been working hard on new prototypes with my partner, wand 
the 2018 James Dyson award for its design and innovative features. 

I am pleased to announce two things. First, though I didn’t get the 2017 Holman 
prize, I actually won this years prize. I will be going to San Francisco for 
the induction, and will go on a world tour to meet various scientists and 
engineers to make astronomy and all of its affiliate fields accessible to all 
of us. If anyone of you is in the San Francisco bay area, let’s get in touch. I 
would love to meet some of you in person.

Second bit of news, we have a limited early release pre-order of the Macaron 
which you can check out below. We are offering this limited release, so that we 
can change the software to your liking and follow your advice on how you would 
want a digital tape measure to work, Beyond the features we have already 
created so far. This is because we have an automatic firmware update feature, 
which will allow us to update the associated IOS app, and we really excited to 
hear your recommendations and put new features to the device. 

Have a look with the link below, and if you have any questions just email me.

https://www.oseyeris.com/product/the-macaron

As an earlier doctor, you will get the high-quality finish unit, and the 
ability to upgrade to a new device at 50% of its retail price when it comes out.


The macaron has gone through multiple iterations, and is going through trials 
in the medical field, the clothing industry, as Wellers wood workshops across 
Australia. 


We are also getting a new software developer who will help us with the android 
app, as well as create new exciting features alongside my own participation in 
the project. 

Again, I’m really excited to announce these two bits of news, and hope to hear 
from you. Have a great week all :)

Yuma

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Re: Text Editors for Mac

[Yuma Decaux]

Try mac vim. it works pretty well. At least on the latest version I got which 
was 7.x 




> On 28 Apr 2019, at 2:00 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> HI ET,
> 
> Is there a version of VIM or VI that would work on the mac?
> 
> These are linux text editors I'm just wondering if something like that might 
> work for you.
> 
> -Original Message-
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> Subject: Text Editors for Mac
> 
>I am taking a different path to see if I can easily create or edit text 
> files on the Mac that will read correctly in Windows.
> 
>TwctEdit does not insert the CR and LF codes needed by Windows. I do not 
> want to take extra steps to work around this such as using LineBreak which 
> was last updated in 2008. If I can save files as .txt in Pages that may work 
> but again, that means extra work.
> 
>So I am looking for accessible (and free) text editors for the Mac that 
> just might work.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> Many believe that we have been visited
> in the past. What if it were true?
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Re: Safari web experience getting less and less satisfying

[Yuma Decaux]

Thanks for the suggestion Simon, Will check them out 



> On 28 Apr 2019, at 2:11 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
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> There is also chrome and Microsoft edge for the iPhone and both are pretty 
> easy to use 
> 
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> 
> I now use Firefox on my iPhone.  It's rather inconvenient to have to copy the 
> address of a the website that came with an email address, but that's how I 
> manage.
> 
> Hth,
> 
> 
> Is it hard to communicate, even with hearing aids?  Visit 
> www.CochlearAmericas.com
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>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for confirming. I actually forgot to mention this is for IOS devices. 
>> the experience is less than stellar.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Apr 2019, at 9:55 am, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
>>> 
>>> yes to some extent I'm having the same experience. I'm not sure if forms 
>>> are changing and Safari accessibility isn't changing with them or what I've 
>>> notice that sometimes a mouse click: vo-shift-space, will do the job if 
>>> enter or vo-space doesn't. 
>>> 
>>> Lorie
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to do some simple things like shopping for a jacket, looking at 
>>>> diffferent websites, and I've noticed that a lot of forms don't work or do 
>>>> what they are expected to. Like simple popup buttons, search text fields 
>>>> or normal text fields. It's getting pretty shoddy at this point, and 
>>>> putting me off from doing anything on the web outside of reading.
>>>> 
>>>> Is anyone experiencing this?
>>>> 
>>>> have a great sunday
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Re: Safari web experience getting less and less satisfying

[Yuma Decaux]

Thanks for confirming. I actually forgot to mention this is for IOS devices. 
the experience is less than stellar.




> On 28 Apr 2019, at 9:55 am, Lorie McCloud  wrote:
> 
> yes to some extent I'm having the same experience. I'm not sure if forms are 
> changing and Safari accessibility isn't changing with them or what I've 
> notice that sometimes a mouse click: vo-shift-space, will do the job if enter 
> or vo-space doesn't. 
> 
> Lorie
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> I'm trying to do some simple things like shopping for a jacket, looking at 
>> diffferent websites, and I've noticed that a lot of forms don't work or do 
>> what they are expected to. Like simple popup buttons, search text fields or 
>> normal text fields. It's getting pretty shoddy at this point, and putting me 
>> off from doing anything on the web outside of reading.
>> 
>> Is anyone experiencing this?
>> 
>> have a great sunday 
>> 
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Safari web experience getting less and less satisfying

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to do some simple things like shopping for a jacket, looking at 
diffferent websites, and I've noticed that a lot of forms don't work or do what 
they are expected to. Like simple popup buttons, search text fields or normal 
text fields. It's getting pretty shoddy at this point, and putting me off from 
doing anything on the web outside of reading.

Is anyone experiencing this?

have a great sunday 


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Re: AirPods 1 vs. AirPods 2: What's the difference (and should you upgrade)?, iMore

[Yuma Decaux]

I had to buy some as I lost my first airpod pair during my trip to thailand. 
Just got an SMS saying they're on their way.

I wouldn't see much improvement apart from what's mentioned, which is enough 
for me as I like them for their convenience.




> On 25 Mar 2019, at 9:13 am, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> thanks and again interesting,
> 
> I've already purchased mine however they wont be with me until sometime 
> between 09 -16th april about 3 weeks from purchsing on friday 22 march.
> 
> I purchased them due to the lacking battery power I'm not sure if from the 
> pods or the case but I'll see when the pods 2 arrive.
> 
> 
> the only thing I'm really quesitoning now is what's going to be the best 
> charging mat to use,
> a 5 or 7.5V?
> 
> 7.5 is what I have for my phone.
> no one seems to have stated that yet.
> 
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> upgrade)?, iMore
> 
> AirPods 1 vs. AirPods 2: What's the difference (and should you upgrade)?
> By Lory Gil, 23 Mar 2019
> 
> Apple's first-generation AirPods perfected automatic connection to any Apple 
> device you're signed in with your Apple ID. Switching between devices is 
> automagical.
> $159 at Amazon
> Apple's second-generation AirPods are a slight improvement over the first-gen 
> with better audio and voice quality, longer talk time, and support for 
> voice-activated Siri.
> $159 at Amazon
> The differences between the first and second-generation AirPods is small, and 
> in some ways, not different at all (the price, for example). Because of the 
> minor upgrade, it becomes even more difficult to decide which version to buy. 
> Should you upgrade from Gen 1? Should you get the wireless Charging Case? 
> Let's break it all down.
> 
> AirPods 1 vs AirPods 2: The specs
> AirPods 1,AirPods 2
> Battery life (talk)   2 hours,3 hours
> battery life (music)  5 hours,5 hours
> Chipset   W1, H1
> Bluetooth version 5.0,5.0
> Siri connection   double-tap to activate, Voice-activated or double-tap
> Wireless charging with additional wireless Charging Case purchase with
> wireless Charging Case
> iOS system requirements   iOS 10 or later,iOS 12.2 or later
> watchOS system requirements   watchOS 3 or later, watchOS 5.2 or later
> macOS system requirements macOS High Sierra or later, macOS
> 10.14.4 or later
> Apple TV support  Yes,Yes
> 
> Should you upgrade from AirPods 1?
> The short answer here is no. Keep reading if you want to know about how I 
> feel, though.
> The biggest updates from the first to second generation AirPods are the H1 
> chipset (which has a few benefits), longer talk time, and support for 
> voice-activated Siri. The changes are not that significant. Not enough, at 
> least, for me to recommend you upgrade from your first-generation AirPods.
> Plus, Apple didn't change the look of AirPods at all from the first 
> generation to the second. They have the same speaker placement, which doesn't 
> necessarily work with all ears, and still only come in white. If you're 
> hoping to show off how much cooler you are then everyone else with the latest 
> AirPods, no one's going to be able to tell the difference.
> With that being said, here are a few things for you to consider before making 
> your final decision.
> The H1 chip is a big improvement over the W1 The "W" series of chipsets 
> focuses on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connecting and is used in various wireless 
> headphones, like Beats, as well as the Apple Watch line.
> The brand new "H" series is Apple's headphones focused chipset. It's designed 
> to provide faster connectivity, higher-quality audio, and lower latency for 
> such things as gaming.
> The H1 chip improves upon the W1 chip in the following ways
> . Up to 50% More talk time
> . 2X faster switching between devices
> . Faster connection to phone calls
> . Stronger connectivity
> . 30% lower latency for gaming
> . Support for voice-activated Siri
> If the bane of your existence is that it can take too long to switch your 
> AirPods from your iPhone to your Mac, or if you accidentally curse at your 
> boss because you're in a rage because your AirPods didn't switch fast enough 
> from listening to music or answering the phone, the upgrade starts to look 
> much more appealing.
> If you've tried playing Fortnight on your iPhone with AirPods and threw them 
> in the trash because the lag time was atrocious, you should think about 
> upgrading from the first-generation to the second-generation AirPods.
> A better phone call experience
> Thanks to the H1 chip, AirPods 2 has longer support for talk time than its 
> predecessor. Apple notes up to 50% more, though lists talk time as three 
> hours (AirPods 1 has two 

Star frequency capture on Astreos

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently doing some tests on a large number of stars which have been 
monitored by one of the orbiting satellites, and these couple of sounds come 
very close to being representative of power and immense. It sounds almost 
threatening but only if we get too close to it.

I suggest you put some good quality earphones to listen, as the bass is quite 
present.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjs681j0bhidc46/167367512pipelineAperture_lowFreqBinaural.mp3?dl=0
 


https://www.dropbox.com/s/qmdvrxg4o1vogb5/167754452large_apertureBinaural.mp3?dl=0
 


These sounds are their astero seismological sounds. However, when I associate 
them with the time span of the light capture, you will potentially hear a dip 
over a certain time, then the audio returning to its normal hue. This means 
there might be a potential exoplanet hiding there. I am writing the tools for 
us blind people to be able to analyse this without having to know too much 
maths, and mostly use our intuition to get the job done.

These are only stars which are in the candidates list of exoplanets to hunt for 
in Astreos. there are hundreds of thousands, and some have specific missions in 
analysing the light curves. There are other sounds which are supernovas, and 
the most interesting ones, black hole aggretion discs, and binary star systems 
with pulsar emitting lights.

Have a great weekend 




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Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Oops, forgot the link for the youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ=youtu.be 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ=youtu.be>




> On 15 Mar 2019, at 11:53 am, Petrus Tuerlings  wrote:
> 
> Yes, I’ve heard people refer to space as  a quiet place, , but there is a lot 
> more to hear out there than most people think. I remember hearing a recording 
> of Juno entering Jupiters magnetosphere. And I’ve even heard a audio 
> interpretation of space Junk. 
> I look forward to hearing about the development of your App. 
> 
>> On 15/03/2019, at 2:15 PM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Louie,
>> 
>> Thanks for the kind words, there's a lot more coming in this new version I'm 
>> crunching to push for the end of month.
>> 
>> The radio signal you hear actually comes from a movie called Contact, with 
>> Jodie Foster. It's an interpretation of the book by Carl Sagan. it's an epic 
>> scene, when she identifies a signal coming from outer space.
>> 
>> This was the only and probably most relevant analogy I could have made about 
>> listening to the stars. The 2 signals I talk about are actually generated by 
>> my code. There are hundreds of thousands of different sounds to analyse and 
>> generate. I even heard music artists and bands use the astro seismology of 
>> stars for the beats.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Mar 2019, at 8:45 am, Pete Nalda >> <mailto:lpna...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Speaking of wood is that radio conversation we here in Astreos right now?  
>>> Also is there a way of using it to listen to unclassifiable objects? It’s a 
>>> pretty fun little app and I’m enjoying it! Thank you for making it!
>>> 
>>> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates
>>> Louie P (Pete) Nalda
>>> MySpace.com/musikonalda <http://myspace.com/musikonalda>
>>> Facebook.com/lpnalda <http://facebook.com/lpnalda>
>>> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda <http://linkedin.com/in/lpnalda>
>>> Twitter: @lpnalda
>>> 
>>> On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Yuma Decaux >> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> To continue on this, SpaceX has an API that allows to follow most of its 
>>>> takeoffs and missions, which I will be putting into Astreos, as well as 
>>>> getting the ISS webcam stream when it's available.
>>>> 
>>>> I am really looking forward to get the new features out after I clean up 
>>>> everything on this major version.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:43 pm, Simon Fogarty >>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi ET,
>>>>>  
>>>>> No it’s not nasa,
>>>>>  
>>>>> Space x and virgin are both working on different things to take 
>>>>> passengers in to space.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Not right out to the space station or moon type altitudes but to the edge 
>>>>> of space.
>>>>>  
>>>>> The crafts to be used will be passenger craft somewhat like a standard 
>>>>> airplane but able to climb to higher altitudes and I think it’s a minute 
>>>>> of weightlessness
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>> And it’s not the first time people have tried this type of thing.
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sandie Jazmin Kruse
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2019 4:14 AM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>>>>>  
>>>>> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are 
>>>>> most certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission 
>>>>> with its Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
>>>>> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the 
>>>>> same time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>>>>>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about 
>>>>> what it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
>>>&

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Petrus,

It's not really sound per say, but signals that can be interpreted as sounds if 
they were to be in an environment that allowed for it.

Just so you are aware, you can be on the beta list by applying below, if you 
haven't already:

https://astreos.oseyeris.com <https://astreos.oseyeris.com/>

Also, please click on like on the youtube video below. This will allow me to 
interview those important people in the process, and gather the media attention 
to get that VI person onboard the falcon.


Have a great day 

Yuma
https://astreos.oseyeris.com <https://astreos.oseyeris.com/>



> On 15 Mar 2019, at 11:53 am, Petrus Tuerlings  wrote:
> 
> Yes, I’ve heard people refer to space as  a quiet place, , but there is a lot 
> more to hear out there than most people think. I remember hearing a recording 
> of Juno entering Jupiters magnetosphere. And I’ve even heard a audio 
> interpretation of space Junk. 
> I look forward to hearing about the development of your App. 
> 
>> On 15/03/2019, at 2:15 PM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Louie,
>> 
>> Thanks for the kind words, there's a lot more coming in this new version I'm 
>> crunching to push for the end of month.
>> 
>> The radio signal you hear actually comes from a movie called Contact, with 
>> Jodie Foster. It's an interpretation of the book by Carl Sagan. it's an epic 
>> scene, when she identifies a signal coming from outer space.
>> 
>> This was the only and probably most relevant analogy I could have made about 
>> listening to the stars. The 2 signals I talk about are actually generated by 
>> my code. There are hundreds of thousands of different sounds to analyse and 
>> generate. I even heard music artists and bands use the astro seismology of 
>> stars for the beats.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Mar 2019, at 8:45 am, Pete Nalda >> <mailto:lpna...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Speaking of wood is that radio conversation we here in Astreos right now?  
>>> Also is there a way of using it to listen to unclassifiable objects? It’s a 
>>> pretty fun little app and I’m enjoying it! Thank you for making it!
>>> 
>>> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates
>>> Louie P (Pete) Nalda
>>> MySpace.com/musikonalda <http://myspace.com/musikonalda>
>>> Facebook.com/lpnalda <http://facebook.com/lpnalda>
>>> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda <http://linkedin.com/in/lpnalda>
>>> Twitter: @lpnalda
>>> 
>>> On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Yuma Decaux >> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> To continue on this, SpaceX has an API that allows to follow most of its 
>>>> takeoffs and missions, which I will be putting into Astreos, as well as 
>>>> getting the ISS webcam stream when it's available.
>>>> 
>>>> I am really looking forward to get the new features out after I clean up 
>>>> everything on this major version.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:43 pm, Simon Fogarty >>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi ET,
>>>>>  
>>>>> No it’s not nasa,
>>>>>  
>>>>> Space x and virgin are both working on different things to take 
>>>>> passengers in to space.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Not right out to the space station or moon type altitudes but to the edge 
>>>>> of space.
>>>>>  
>>>>> The crafts to be used will be passenger craft somewhat like a standard 
>>>>> airplane but able to climb to higher altitudes and I think it’s a minute 
>>>>> of weightlessness
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>> And it’s not the first time people have tried this type of thing.
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sandie Jazmin Kruse
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2019 4:14 AM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>>>>>  
>>>>> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are 
>>>>> most certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mi

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Louie,

Thanks for the kind words, there's a lot more coming in this new version I'm 
crunching to push for the end of month.

The radio signal you hear actually comes from a movie called Contact, with 
Jodie Foster. It's an interpretation of the book by Carl Sagan. it's an epic 
scene, when she identifies a signal coming from outer space.

This was the only and probably most relevant analogy I could have made about 
listening to the stars. The 2 signals I talk about are actually generated by my 
code. There are hundreds of thousands of different sounds to analyse and 
generate. I even heard music artists and bands use the astro seismology of 
stars for the beats.





> On 15 Mar 2019, at 8:45 am, Pete Nalda  wrote:
> 
> Speaking of wood is that radio conversation we here in Astreos right now?  
> Also is there a way of using it to listen to unclassifiable objects? It’s a 
> pretty fun little app and I’m enjoying it! Thank you for making it!
> 
> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates
> Louie P (Pete) Nalda
> MySpace.com/musikonalda <http://myspace.com/musikonalda>
> Facebook.com/lpnalda <http://facebook.com/lpnalda>
> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda <http://linkedin.com/in/lpnalda>
> Twitter: @lpnalda
> 
> On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> To continue on this, SpaceX has an API that allows to follow most of its 
>> takeoffs and missions, which I will be putting into Astreos, as well as 
>> getting the ISS webcam stream when it's available.
>> 
>> I am really looking forward to get the new features out after I clean up 
>> everything on this major version.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:43 pm, Simon Fogarty >> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi ET,
>>>  
>>> No it’s not nasa,
>>>  
>>> Space x and virgin are both working on different things to take passengers 
>>> in to space.
>>>  
>>> Not right out to the space station or moon type altitudes but to the edge 
>>> of space.
>>>  
>>> The crafts to be used will be passenger craft somewhat like a standard 
>>> airplane but able to climb to higher altitudes and I think it’s a minute of 
>>> weightlessness
>>>  
>>>  
>>> And it’s not the first time people have tried this type of thing.
>>>  
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sandie Jazmin Kruse
>>> Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2019 4:14 AM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>>>  
>>> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are 
>>> most certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission 
>>> with its Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
>>> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the 
>>> same time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>>>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about 
>>> what it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
>>> I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just 
>>> scanning a wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you 
>>> might think. And your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but 
>>> stop... think... a blind person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
>>> However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the 
>>> App after all.
>>> I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
>>> I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying 
>>> my eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux >> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>>>  
>>> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
>>> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
>>> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the 
>>> certitude that this will help promote education, cross over activities and 
>>> especially the value of blind people the world around.
>>>  
>>> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>>>  
>>> Have a great d

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Yep, totally understand that feeling :)

The first time I knew space was something I wanted to experience is when I was 
in Houston Texas and saw one of the booster rockets. And my parents purchased a 
miniature of it. I still remember how much it had inspired me.

Later in life, when I was a 3D professional, I modelled a spaceship, making it 
modular so that it would be easy to transport out of gravity on earth, and 
piece together into the final thing. I was on an IRC channel, and a NASA 
engineer had told me how smart the concept was when I showed him the render.

I'm trying to find that spaceship again from my old hard drives so I can 3D 
print it.





> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:39 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Yeah Yuma,
>  
> Having had sight and as a kid a telescope that I use to try and find the 
> stars and planets with I do like the idea of all of this
>  
> I can remember once when we drove back in to my town before the city lights 
> came in to view the night sky was clear as anything and moving across it was 
> one of the shuttles.
>  
> This is going back 30 plus years and I have to say seeing things moving 
> through the stars was pretty bloody empressive.
>  
> I can’t wait to hear more.
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>  <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Yuma Decaux
> Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2019 3:35 AM
> To: guillaumelebo...@hotmail.com <mailto:guillaumelebo...@hotmail.com> 
> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>
> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>  
> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>  
> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
> that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially 
> the value of blind people the world around.
>  
> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>  
> Have a great day 
>  
>  
> Yuma 
>  
>  
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! Keep 
> up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of us who 
> are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
>  
> Mike
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> Also,
>  
> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
> with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
> communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone who 
> is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net>> wrote:
>  
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
>  
>  
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
>  
> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>  
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
>  
> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
> what I am about to ask.
>  
> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>  
> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
> magazine from the U.k. 
>  
> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
> Australia.
>  
> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>  
&

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

To continue on this, SpaceX has an API that allows to follow most of its 
takeoffs and missions, which I will be putting into Astreos, as well as getting 
the ISS webcam stream when it's available.

I am really looking forward to get the new features out after I clean up 
everything on this major version.





> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:43 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi ET,
>  
> No it’s not nasa,
>  
> Space x and virgin are both working on different things to take passengers in 
> to space.
>  
> Not right out to the space station or moon type altitudes but to the edge of 
> space.
>  
> The crafts to be used will be passenger craft somewhat like a standard 
> airplane but able to climb to higher altitudes and I think it’s a minute of 
> weightlessness
>  
>  
> And it’s not the first time people have tried this type of thing.
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>  <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sandie Jazmin Kruse
> Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2019 4:14 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>  
> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are most 
> certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission with its 
> Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the same 
> time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about what 
> it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
> I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just scanning 
> a wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you might think. 
> And your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but stop... think... a 
> blind person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
> However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the 
> App after all.
> I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
> I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying 
> my eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>  
> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
> that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially 
> the value of blind people the world around.
>  
> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>  
> Have a great day 
>  
>  
> Yuma 
>  
>  
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! Keep 
> up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of us who 
> are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
>  
> Mike
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> Also,
>  
> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
> with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
> communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone who 
> is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net>> wrote:
>  
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
>  
>  
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
>  
> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>  
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
>  
> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
> what I am about to ask.
>  
> S

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Yes, the zero g must be something really out there.

I had done some sky diving blind, and the feeling of dropping out of the plane 
is very liberating and strange, terrifying and elating at the same time.




> On 14 Mar 2019, at 6:29 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Wouldn’t that be great,
>  
> A person in space unable to see everything
>  
> Which I believe is pretty much what happens with current astronuts!
> I believe it’s just a big form of nothing but it would be cool to experience 
> that out there and zero gravity must be bloody amazing to feel / not feel on 
> the body.
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>  <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sandie Jazmin Kruse
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2019 10:25 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting
>  
> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>  
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
>  
> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
> what I am about to ask.
>  
> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>  
> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
> magazine from the U.k. 
>  
> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
> Australia.
>  
> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>  
> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to my 
> city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT on a 
> data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or Transit 
> Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are validating 
> what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>  
> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands of 
> stars in the night sky.
>  
> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions which 
> are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets transiting 
> their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around the world 
> try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more advanced than 
> computers.
>  
> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually hear 
> the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>  
> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools for 
> the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are called 
> authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered exoplanets, 
> report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and if the 
> discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever you want 
> it named.
>  
> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>  
> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
> done.
>  
> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
> kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.
>  
> And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach a 
> Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
> scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens onboard. 
> This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will establish, to be 
> on that flight.
>  
> I know this is ambi

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Sandy,

Maybe I'm the one who doesn't write in proper English, I'm multi lingual after 
all, which may make my grammar less than stellar at certain times.

However, I re-read again, and it seems pretty clear that the feature I am 
working on, and talking about, is about exoplanet identification using the app. 
This is the main objective of my Holman prize submission, and whether I get it 
or not, I am investigating with astrophysicists about the use of audio signals 
to hear the dip of host star light curves to potentially discover those 
exoplanets. So when I say it can be one of us, or many of us, I mean 
discovering exoplanets using the app.

The ability to perhaps get someone onboard space X is actually a stretch goal, 
as in by completing the objectives I outlined in my submission, there will be 
enough media coverage and exposure across various communities, from my uni, 
astrophysics, astronomy, the app eco-system, some other communities I can't 
really talk about right at this moment but are there, the tech industry, as 
well as a few others, to reach the mentioned Tycoon, and perhaps get someone 
onboard that scheduled mission. 

Yes, I fully admit that It's a dream of mine to get onboard that flight. i have 
read countless books on missions, systems, planets, black holes, physics, the 
cosmos, sci-fi from classics to page turners like contact, and still much more, 
but I can't be so selfish as to do this just for my own enjoyment. There has to 
be a goal that reaches beyond the individual for something to be valuable, and 
so my active time investment is about making STEM subjects accessible to kids 
with blindness or visual impairment.

And please do flood me with your knowledge, I'm open to any and all 
suggestions, comments and feature requests on Astreos, and am happy to 
implement them. such as visiting the ISS in 3D audio, for example, which is 
something I have deeply reflected on as the ISS is currently around 8 football 
fields and 10 storeys high in dimension, and still growing.

Anyway, I digress :)






> On 14 Mar 2019, at 1:14 am, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  wrote:
> 
> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are most 
> certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission with its 
> Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the same 
> time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about what 
> it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
> I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just scanning 
> a wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you might think. 
> And your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but stop... think... a 
> blind person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
> However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the 
> App after all.
> I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
> I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying 
> my eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>> 
>> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
>> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
>> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
>> that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially 
>> the value of blind people the world around.
>> 
>> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>> 
>> Have a great day 
>> 
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom >> <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! 
>>> Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of 
>>> us who are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux >>> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Also,
>>>> 
>>>> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in 
>>>> touch with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them 
>>>> and communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think 
>>>> anyone who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Thanks for your kind words Mike,

I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially the 
value of blind people the world around.

And well, I love travelling for investigation :)

Have a great day 


Yuma 


> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! Keep 
> up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of us who 
> are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Also,
>> 
>> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
>> with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
>> communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone 
>> who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr >> <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
>>> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as 
>>> for me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the 
>>> blind:
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> The constantly barefooted Ray
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse >>> <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>>>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux >>> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>>>>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well 
>>>>> as what I am about to ask.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app 
>>>>> for sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing 
>>>>> around with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has 
>>>>> appeared across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a 
>>>>> physics magazine from the U.k. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>>>>> Australia.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>>>>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are 
>>>>> only known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug 
>>>>> fixes and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
>>>>> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
>>>>> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>>>>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
>>>>> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as 
>>>>> light curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of 
>>>>> thousands of stars in the night sky.
>>>>> 
>>>>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various 
>>>>> phenomenon, such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal 
>>>>> disruptions which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also 
>>>>> exoplanets transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so 
>>>>> teams around the world try to use al

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Also,

Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone who 
is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 




> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  wrote:
> 
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
> 
> 
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse > <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
>>> what I am about to ask.
>>> 
>>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
>>> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>>> 
>>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
>>> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
>>> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
>>> magazine from the U.k. 
>>> 
>>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>>> Australia.
>>> 
>>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
>>> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
>>> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
>>> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
>>> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
>>> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>>> 
>>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
>>> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands 
>>> of stars in the night sky.
>>> 
>>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
>>> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions 
>>> which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets 
>>> transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around 
>>> the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more 
>>> advanced than computers.
>>> 
>>> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
>>> hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>>> 
>>> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
>>> for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
>>> called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
>>> exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
>>> if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
>>> you want it named.
>>> 
>>> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>>> 
>>> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
>>> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
>>> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
>>> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
>>> done.
>>> 
>>> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
>>> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
>>> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
>>> kids who have an inclination for maths and s

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

It's not NASA putting a ship out to the moon, but Space X. Basically, the owner 
of a retail store called Zoo city, a japanese billionaire, has booked the trip 
to the moon that will hold around 100 people. he said he wanted every facet of 
humanity in it. Scientists, engineers, philosophers, economists, athletes, etc, 
so the idea is why not a blind person as well? But that's not the biggest goal 
of this investigation. It's more about the app and its exoplanet hunting 
feature :)




> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  wrote:
> 
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
> 
> 
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse > <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
>>> what I am about to ask.
>>> 
>>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
>>> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>>> 
>>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
>>> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
>>> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
>>> magazine from the U.k. 
>>> 
>>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>>> Australia.
>>> 
>>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
>>> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
>>> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
>>> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
>>> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
>>> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>>> 
>>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
>>> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands 
>>> of stars in the night sky.
>>> 
>>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
>>> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions 
>>> which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets 
>>> transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around 
>>> the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more 
>>> advanced than computers.
>>> 
>>> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
>>> hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>>> 
>>> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
>>> for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
>>> called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
>>> exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
>>> if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
>>> you want it named.
>>> 
>>> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>>> 
>>> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
>>> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
>>> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
>>> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
>>> done.
>>> 
>>> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
>>> labs, where the engineer I have been w

Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi everyone,

I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
what I am about to ask.

Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
sighted and blind, Astreos. 

Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around with 
NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared across the 
globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics magazine from the 
U.k. 

Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, Australia.

I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes and 
a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.

I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to my 
city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT on a 
data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or Transit 
Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are validating 
what I thought would be possible as a blind person.

What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands of 
stars in the night sky.

With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions which 
are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets transiting 
their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around the world try 
to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more advanced than 
computers.

And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually hear 
the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.

So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools for 
the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are called 
authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered exoplanets, 
report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and if the discovery 
is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever you want it named.

This is citizen science to its most universal.

And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep investigating, 
and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, including 2 blind 
astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken at TED, and another 
in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being done.

Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.

And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach a 
Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens onboard. 
This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will establish, to be 
on that flight.

I know this is ambitious, but there are no limitations to what we can do, and I 
guarantee this is the case, from my own experience. And I am sure most of you 
think the same.

Here is the link to the video, please press on the like button and help me get 
this investigation through to the first blind citizen having an exoplanet named 
after him/her. It might be one of us, or many of us. But in the end, it will 
only show the world that being blind does not limit us to anything, and that we 
are fully part of the space age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ=youtu.be 


Also, here's the link to get the app Astreos, and be part of the beta testing 
stage when the exoplanet hunting sequence starts.

https://astreos.oseyeris.com 

Thanks a lot for your attention, and have an awesome week :)

Yuma, the space indiana jones

If you can, please help propagate this around your networks, family and 
friends. I and many others think this can usher in a lot of new ideas and 
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Re: Mark on iPad Pro, Swift Playground, Anyone?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Ryan,

I'll update the code base to fit in specifically for the iPad playground. I 
just purchased an iPad pro myself, so this is the perfect occasion to refresh 
the entire set.


A++

Yuma 



> On 26 Feb 2019, at 1:17 pm, Ryan Mann  wrote:
> 
> I actually tried replacing it with CGRect, but when I did that, I got another 
> error.  That error was that X, Y, Width and Length were not valid arguments.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 25, 2019, at 6:09 PM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ryan,
>> 
>> Can you replace NSRect with CGRect?
>> 
>> Thanks for trying this. It seems more are getting the ipad and using 
>> playground on it so I will do some changes to the series to adopt playround 
>> more.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>>> On 26 Feb 2019, at 8:34 am, Ryan Mann >> <mailto:rm...@technologyisawesome.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you for doing these podcasts.  I decided to try typing the code from 
>>> the first podcast into Swift Playgrounds on my iPad.  At the part when I 
>>> create the rectangle frame, I get an error that says NSRect is an 
>>> unresolved identifier.  Am I spelling it wrong or is this something that 
>>> doesn’t work on the iPad’s Swift playground app?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2019, at 7:52 PM, Yuma Decaux >> <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hey Mark,
>>>> 
>>>> I have a set of podcasts on making 3D audio environments, and the first 
>>>> one is about doing that with swift playgrounds.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's the link to my lab page, just go to podcast 1. In there you can 
>>>> find files etc to get your own stuff going.
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab <https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know if you need any help 
>>>> 
>>>> Yuma 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 Feb 2019, at 4:01 am, M. Taylor >>>> <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I recently purchased an iPad Pro.  Among other reasons for my purchase, is
>>>>> my desire to explore the Apple Swift Playground app.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I read, somewhere, that there are some accessible materials with which to
>>>>> get started so I would really appreciate any feedback on how to get 
>>>>> started
>>>>> from anyone with any info on this.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All replies, greatly appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> 
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Re: Mark on iPad Pro, Swift Playground, Anyone?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Ryan,

Can you replace NSRect with CGRect?

Thanks for trying this. It seems more are getting the ipad and using playground 
on it so I will do some changes to the series to adopt playround more.

 


> On 26 Feb 2019, at 8:34 am, Ryan Mann  wrote:
> 
> Thank you for doing these podcasts.  I decided to try typing the code from 
> the first podcast into Swift Playgrounds on my iPad.  At the part when I 
> create the rectangle frame, I get an error that says NSRect is an unresolved 
> identifier.  Am I spelling it wrong or is this something that doesn’t work on 
> the iPad’s Swift playground app?
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 22, 2019, at 7:52 PM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Hey Mark,
>> 
>> I have a set of podcasts on making 3D audio environments, and the first one 
>> is about doing that with swift playgrounds.
>> 
>> Here's the link to my lab page, just go to podcast 1. In there you can find 
>> files etc to get your own stuff going.
>> 
>> https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab <https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab>
>> 
>> 
>> Let me know if you need any help 
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2019, at 4:01 am, M. Taylor >> <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> 
>>> I recently purchased an iPad Pro.  Among other reasons for my purchase, is
>>> my desire to explore the Apple Swift Playground app.
>>> 
>>> I read, somewhere, that there are some accessible materials with which to
>>> get started so I would really appreciate any feedback on how to get started
>>> from anyone with any info on this.
>>> 
>>> All replies, greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
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Re: Here is a Link to the VoiceOver Accessible Version of Apple’s Swift Playground Coding Guide

[Yuma Decaux]

Hey oriol,

Just want to chime in for the outlet connections etc. it's all accessible on 
xcode. I never had a problem since version 8.x over a few years ago.

if you got some specific problems, let me know and I can try to help you out.

Cheers 



> On 25 Feb 2019, at 12:00 am, Oriol Gómez  wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry to bring this up but...
> 
> So much for making XCode accessible and Swift and all that, interface
> builder is still a pain as far as I know. Can't make outlets, can't
> connections and all that crap. I just can't help thinking that this is
> another case of oh, we work for accessibility but yeah, half of our
> product is not because, who cares.
> 
> On 2/24/19, 'Harry Bell' via MacVisionaries
>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2019, at 06:59, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello All,
>>> 
>>> A couple of days ago, Apple Support tweeted this link out to everyone.  I
>>> knew I had seen it somewhere:
>>> 
>>> The link in this email points to the page from which you may download the
>>> ePub version of the Playground coding book.  Apparently, this version is
>>> not in the Apple Book Store but, once downloaded, you will be prompted to
>>> open it in Apple Books.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Accessible Learn to Code 1 & 2 Teacher Guide
>>> 
>>> The Accessible Learn to Code 1 & 2 Teacher Guide features new activities
>>> that bring coding to life for all learners with Swift Playgrounds. This
>>> version of the guide is optimized for VoiceOver and includes
>>> closed-captioned videos and audio descriptions.
>>> 
>>> Download the Accessible Teacher Guide
>>> 
>>> Original article at:
>>> https://www.apple.com/education/teaching-code/.
>>> 
>>> Mark
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Re: Mark on iPad Pro, Swift Playground, Anyone?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hey Mark,

I have a set of podcasts on making 3D audio environments, and the first one is 
about doing that with swift playgrounds.

Here's the link to my lab page, just go to podcast 1. In there you can find 
files etc to get your own stuff going.

https://www.oseyeris.com/the-lab 


Let me know if you need any help 

Yuma 




> On 23 Feb 2019, at 4:01 am, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I recently purchased an iPad Pro.  Among other reasons for my purchase, is
> my desire to explore the Apple Swift Playground app.
> 
> I read, somewhere, that there are some accessible materials with which to
> get started so I would really appreciate any feedback on how to get started
> from anyone with any info on this.
> 
> All replies, greatly appreciated.
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> Mark
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Re: The End Of Apple, Forbes Magazine

[Yuma Decaux]

The only reason to be concerned is the trade war going on between the U.S and 
China. China is banning several iphones on the premise that it violates several 
patents submitted by a chinese company for instance. 

Apple has built its business model on production being done outside, with 80% 
of the workforce being small hands assembling the phones, and about 250k 
employees in marketing/design/sales. The verticality of Apple products is its 
strongest as well as its weakest point, the latter because it relies on an 
economic situation within which we are distancing ourselves gradually. 
Outsourcing.

So the word gradual is essential here. Saying things like the end of Apple is 
simply click bate and total BS. A lot of media outlets really use wording to 
get sales, as its their only way of generating income. For instance, the new 
scientist keeps putting sensationalist titles for very little substance, and a 
lot of research made by arts bachelors who have no idea about science but rely 
on their investigative skills to proove a point, not statistical truths or 
correct empirical studies.

So Forbes telling me that Apple is dead is stretching it, though I am concerned 
about the overt political orientation some are taking.

I just want a great screen reader and platform that allows me to do what I need 
to, with the least path of resistance. Apple gives me that right now, compared 
to other platforms, so I fully support this great company.



> On 24 Jan 2019, at 5:54 am, John Panarese  wrote:
> 
>Well, all I can say is that people have been declaring the end of Apple 
> since 1997, and it seems their demise has been highly exaggerated. When you 
> have a company that is almost at a trillion dollars in overall value, I 
> suspect its end isn't quite upon us. Their focus has shifted over the years 
> and it seems every direction they go harbingers the usual declaration of 
> business mistakes and how this will be the "death-nail" for the company. This 
> all came up again when Apple announced they would not report iPhone sales 
> numbers with each quarterly report and, instead, will focus on services. 
> However, as I said, there hasn't been a need for the pallbearers quite yet.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
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> 
>> On Jan 23, 2019, at 2:45 PM, Anders Holmberg > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> Well, i did understood that.
>> I have seen more of these end of apple in the last month though.
>> So i am still wondering where apple’s at.
>> /A
>> 
>>> 22 jan. 2019 kl. 19:07 skrev Karen Lewellen >> >:
>>> 
>>> Just a quick comment.
>>> This is an opinion piece, not well standard journalism.  I was concerned by 
>>> the lack of balance, i. e. talking with someone from Apple about the 
>>> assumptions here, lack of specifics about the number sources, so I followed 
>>> the  link to the actual article.
>>> Author is credited as a contributor with the usual disclaimer stating his 
>>> opinions are his own.
>>> Kare
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, M. Taylor wrote:
>>> 
 The End Of Apple
 By Stephen McBride
 
 "Oh man, that's almost a month's rent for me."
 Here I am sitting in a cab in New York City.
 I'm headed uptown to Columbia University where we'll hold the first-ever
 American Disruption Summit. (You can register to watch for free here.)
 The driver and I are talking about the absurd price tag of the latest Apple
 (AAPL) iPhone.
 He's shocked when I tell him the cheapest model is $1,149.
 "Who can afford that?" he asks.
 
 Apple's Imminent Crash Has Begun
 Apple has had an incredible decade.
 Since the iPhone debuted in 2007, the company's sales have jumped tenfold.
 The stock has soared over 700%.
 And up until last November, it was the world's largest publicly traded
 company.
 But two weeks ago, Apple issued a rare warning that shocked investors.
 For the first time since 2002, the company slashed its earnings forecast.
 The stock plunged 10% for its worst day in six years.
 This capped off a horrible few months in which Apple stock crashed about 
 35%
 from its November peak.
 
 That erased $446 billion in shareholder value-the biggest wipeout of wealth
 in a single stock ever.
 And it's only the beginning.
 Apple's Strong Revenue Growth Hides a Dirty Secret
 If you looked at Apple's sales numbers, you wouldn't see anything wrong.
 Since 2001, Apple has seen steady revenue growth:
 
 By this measure, Apple's business seems perfectly healthy. But there's a
 

Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?

[Yuma Decaux]

Yes, many people still think pre Galileo, smart people. Which is quite 
entertaining.

I will anounce the new version very soon.




> On 2 Jan 2019, at 7:22 pm, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> And to that there is so many different ways you could answer,
>  
> I think I’m going to have to install this app.
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
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> Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 6:06 PM
> To: guillaumelebo...@hotmail.com 
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> Subject: Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?
>  
> Yep, that works too :)
>  
> The funniest is when I point a constellation towards the ground, and people 
> ask "but how can the stars be in the ground?"
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 2 Jan 2019, at 10:02 am, Simon Fogarty  <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>  
> And what about using the app during the daylight hours?  
> I think that would be interesting to look at the stars both during the day 
> and being blind,
>  
> That would really freak some folks out.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 2/01/2019, at 5:20 AM, Maria Reyes  <mailto:blindt...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Does this app need to be used outside to view the universe? 
> 
> Maria 
> blindt...@gmail.com <mailto:blindt...@gmail.com> 
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> Join the tech4theblind group: tech4theblind+subscr...@groups.io 
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> On Dec 31, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Oh btw, this app has won the Brisbane NASA challenge too. 
>  
> We're going to also introduce a new feature in the next leg of the hackathon 
> which is the national challenge. Hopefully we can push our skills all the way 
> to the international leg, and show people that blind users can be astronomers 
> too.
>  
> Please do check my FB page to be given updates and content on all the new 
> stuff coming out.
>  
> https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/ <https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/>
>  
>  
> A++
>  
> Yuma 
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> On 31 Dec 2018, at 9:38 pm, Michael Busboom  <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have heard about the Astreos app, but I have not been able to find it in 
> the App store. Is it available, or is it still in beta?
>  Perhaps I am using the wrong search keywords. What is the name of the app, 
> if not Astreos?
> If I understand the app description correctly, among other things, it enables 
> blind people to gain an audio understanding of the lay-out of the solar 
> system and other objects in space.
> 
> My thanks to all, along with best wishes for a great 2019!
> 
> Mike
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Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?

[Yuma Decaux]

Yep, that works too :)

The funniest is when I point a constellation towards the ground, and people ask 
"but how can the stars be in the ground?"





> On 2 Jan 2019, at 10:02 am, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> And what about using the app during the daylight hours? 
> I think that would be interesting to look at the stars both during the day 
> and being blind,
> 
> That would really freak some folks out.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 2/01/2019, at 5:20 AM, Maria Reyes  <mailto:blindt...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Does this app need to be used outside to view the universe? 
>> 
>> Maria
>> blindt...@gmail.com <mailto:blindt...@gmail.com> 
>> Want to talk all about blind technology? 
>> Join the tech4theblind group: tech4theblind+subscr...@groups.io 
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>> On Dec 31, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh btw, this app has won the Brisbane NASA challenge too.
>>> 
>>> We're going to also introduce a new feature in the next leg of the 
>>> hackathon which is the national challenge. Hopefully we can push our skills 
>>> all the way to the international leg, and show people that blind users can 
>>> be astronomers too.
>>> 
>>> Please do check my FB page to be given updates and content on all the new 
>>> stuff coming out.
>>> 
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>>> <https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A++
>>> 
>>> Yuma 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>> On 31 Dec 2018, at 9:38 pm, Michael Busboom >>> <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I have heard about the Astreos app, but I have not been able to find it in 
>>>> the App store.  Is it available, or is it still in beta?
>>>>  Perhaps I am using the wrong search keywords.  What is the name of the 
>>>> app, if not Astreos?
>>>> If I understand the app description correctly, among other things, it 
>>>> enables blind people to gain an audio understanding of the lay-out of the 
>>>> solar system and other objects in space.
>>>> 
>>>> My thanks to all, along with best wishes for a great 2019!
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
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Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Maria,

No, you just need an iphone, preferrably later than 5S. 

You can use it indoors and explore and read about all the objects out there, or 
touch their shapes, or you can use it outdoors and amaze your sighted friends 
by showing them where some important constellations, planets and stars are 
located.


A++

Yuma 
 


> On 2 Jan 2019, at 2:20 am, Maria Reyes  wrote:
> 
> Does this app need to be used outside to view the universe? 
> 
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> On Dec 31, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Yuma Decaux  <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Oh btw, this app has won the Brisbane NASA challenge too.
>> 
>> We're going to also introduce a new feature in the next leg of the hackathon 
>> which is the national challenge. Hopefully we can push our skills all the 
>> way to the international leg, and show people that blind users can be 
>> astronomers too.
>> 
>> Please do check my FB page to be given updates and content on all the new 
>> stuff coming out.
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/ <https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/>
>> 
>> 
>> A++
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> On 31 Dec 2018, at 9:38 pm, Michael Busboom >> <mailto:mbusb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have heard about the Astreos app, but I have not been able to find it in 
>>> the App store.  Is it available, or is it still in beta?
>>>  Perhaps I am using the wrong search keywords.  What is the name of the 
>>> app, if not Astreos?
>>> If I understand the app description correctly, among other things, it 
>>> enables blind people to gain an audio understanding of the lay-out of the 
>>> solar system and other objects in space.
>>> 
>>> My thanks to all, along with best wishes for a great 2019!
>>> 
>>> Mike
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Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?

[Yuma Decaux]

Oh btw, this app has won the Brisbane NASA challenge too.

We're going to also introduce a new feature in the next leg of the hackathon 
which is the national challenge. Hopefully we can push our skills all the way 
to the international leg, and show people that blind users can be astronomers 
too.

Please do check my FB page to be given updates and content on all the new stuff 
coming out.

https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/ 


A++

Yuma 




 

> On 31 Dec 2018, at 9:38 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have heard about the Astreos app, but I have not been able to find it in 
> the App store.  Is it available, or is it still in beta?
>  Perhaps I am using the wrong search keywords.  What is the name of the app, 
> if not Astreos?
> If I understand the app description correctly, among other things, it enables 
> blind people to gain an audio understanding of the lay-out of the solar 
> system and other objects in space.
> 
> My thanks to all, along with best wishes for a great 2019!
> 
> Mike
> 
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Re: Where can I find the Astreos app?

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Hi Mike,

We just passed the fence into 2019, but hey I'm never out of saying "happy new 
year" :)

here is the page to submit a request for the beta. We are working very hard to 
push the new version which gives pretty much access to everything in the 
universe. And I mean everything. I spent the past 2 months doing data science 
to gather absolutely all the objecst out there, cross reference them, and apply 
tactile feedback and other features to get as close as possible to actually 
seeing it.

Anyway, here's the link to request the beta:

https://astreos.oseyeris.com 

Again, I have to mention it as some will forget, it is still a beta, so you 
will inevitably encounter some bugs along the way, and even some crashes, as 
this is a very complex app which takes many different features such as 
accelerometer, 3D audio, networking, GPS, and the data behind it with dynamic 
audio and tactile 3D.
I fully appreciate any comment or feature request you may have and I 
have been listing all of them, and ticking them off one by one to make sure the 
experience is the best possible, both for sighted and VI.

A++

Yuma 


> On 31 Dec 2018, at 9:38 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have heard about the Astreos app, but I have not been able to find it in 
> the App store.  Is it available, or is it still in beta?
>  Perhaps I am using the wrong search keywords.  What is the name of the app, 
> if not Astreos?
> If I understand the app description correctly, among other things, it enables 
> blind people to gain an audio understanding of the lay-out of the solar 
> system and other objects in space.
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> My thanks to all, along with best wishes for a great 2019!
> 
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Happy new year and reflections

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to close off for 2018, and wanted to wish all of you a happy new 
year, the best opportunities knocking at your doors, and plenty of adventures 
to come :)

I also wanted to share with you some reflections and an update on what's coming 
up with Astreos. 

Some of you may know, but the app has been featured across the world, in a 
physics magazine in the UK, a Russian science magazine, Blind cool tech and 
many others.

To keep pace with the feature requests, I have been working hard on a few 
things, but thought it better to create a blog entry that you can read below:

https://www.oseyeris.com/post/a-look-back-and-the-expanse-of-astreos 



Do keep up to date with what's happening as next year I'm adding a feature that 
will blow away both astronomers and amateur users alike. In fact, this has 
never been done in a space app, though quite a few features are already new and 
unique.

I will be pushing some updates for those who are on the beta list as well, with 
a new universal search feature as we have many mor objects available, now also 
black holes. Imagine knowing where the center of our galaxy is, and seeing and 
feeling the massive black hole that is residing right there, tearing stars 
apart. I get a sense of the grandeur of the universe when I check it out.

In any case, logging off for this great year and wishing everyone the best for 
the next :)

A++

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Re: terminal alert window in mojave

[Yuma Decaux]

Yep, it's actually an alert that asks me if I want to continue using pasted 
commands or continue without the commands.

This happens whenever I'm writing a script in text edit say, then pasting it 
into terminal.

try this:

in text editor write a piece of python script

import csv

N = range(-200, 200)
output = []
for i in range(4):
output.append(N)

with open('test.txt', 'w') as file:
writer = csv.writer(file, delimiter=",")
for r in output:
writer.writerow(r)

Now open terminal and open a python session

python3

Then paste the script.

The alert will pop up 



> On 1 Nov 2018, at 8:51 pm, Oriol Gómez Sentís  wrote:
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> Hi Yuma:
> Have you tried going to the window chooser and interacting with that alert? 
> It’s probably some script requesting security access.
> 
> hth
> 
>> On 1 Nov 2018, at 11:26, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
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>> Hey all,
>> 
>> I wanted to ask if anyone here knew how to get rid of the alert window in 
>> the terminal app whenever pasting script commands?
>> 
>> I looked around in the preferences but am not sure where this would go.
>> perhaps anyone can guide me to a list of defaults that can be turned on and 
>> off system wide?
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>> Thanks for any help 
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terminal alert window in mojave

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Hey all,

I wanted to ask if anyone here knew how to get rid of the alert window in the 
terminal app whenever pasting script commands?

I looked around in the preferences but am not sure where this would go.
 perhaps anyone can guide me to a list of defaults that can be turned on and 
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Big Astreos update

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Hi everyone,

I hope y'all are having a good week.

Some of you may know this, but I've uploaded the latest Astreos version to test 
flight, with quite a lot of new features. i did want to squeeze some more 
features but this will happen in the next big one coming soon.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you a little audio demo I recorded 
while I was out at the local comic shop.

Below is the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvap6barzylhwzn/AllTogether2.mp3?dl=0 


Hope you guys enjoy it, and if you haven't subscribed to the beta list, please 
go below and leave me a message. I'm always very interested in hearing how you 
would like to see/touch the stars and all the other objects and events 
permeating our skies.

https://www.oseyeris.com/contacts 


A++

Yuma 

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Hi All,

As I need to be more present on social, I'm looking for some desktop app that 
allows me to do most of the FB/Twitter coms outside of the web app.

Does anyone know if there is such a tool?


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Macaron wins the Australian Dyson award

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi everyone,

Yuma from oseyeris here. Before I head off to see 5 astrophysics phds from my 
uni to discuss everything about space, stars galaxies and of course, Astreos, I 
wanted to give y'all a heads-up on something else.

As we are a hardware/software for (currently for mac/IOS) crew that tackles all 
sorts of things that tends to complicate our lives as blind individuals who 
either have active lifestyles, go to uni, want to create or do things sighted 
people do, we have been awarded the prestigious Dyson award for the national 
competition in Australia for our Macaron, the universal access smart tape 
measure.

i wish I could send everyone a unit so you can feel it in your hands, play with 
the magnets that attach things together and make the process of measuring an 
amazing one, play with the app, etc. And I wish you could compare it with some 
previous prototypes we worked on just to see how cool it is now, but for the 
moment I invite you to have a read at the process and the journey in getting 
there. link is below:

https://www.oseyeris.com/post/macaron-wins-australian-national-james-dyson-award-led-by-qut-and-uq-students
 


We're being featured everywhere here down South, here are some links:

https://www.itwire.com/development/84333-james-dyson-award-s-australian-winner-measures-up-successfully,-as-do-two-great-runners-up.html
 


https://newatlas.com/macaron-measuring-tape/56213/ 



And here's a radio appearance during rush hour from 4RBC:

https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/qut-team-wins-james-dyson-award/ 


Just wanted to share the excitement we have within our team for this, and I 
would like to invite you to Like our Facebook page below to keep up with what 
we have coming through, including an "efficiently accessible" Trello desktop 
app, more 3D tutorial podcasts with a better format, a free music sampling and 
mixing tool, and much more.

https://www.facebook.com/OSeyerisVIP/ 


Keep your ears peeled for the next update of Astreos due within days.

Have a great day y'all 



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A little update on Astreos

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Hi Everyone,

I wanted to give y'all a little update on what's happening with Astreos.

Thanks to the beta testers, we've identified a bunch of issues, mainly 
pertaining to iphone 5s and 6 users, which we are addressing now and fixing, as 
well as putting hundreds of megabytes of content about every object in the sky. 
I have personally looked over assembling every satellite and mission launches 
to date, which totals 8800, and made sure relevant information, outside of 
location in the sky, is accessible.

I am seeing the Astrophysics faculty in a few days to discuss what a real 
Astronomer would consider critical information, and useful tools for their 
studies, to make sure we get the best experience for the app.

Considering that we also have a sighted beta tester base, we are changing some 
controls to make the experience more of a sandbox universe one, where you can 
zoom at intervals between all locations to adjust either sight or sound levels 
when approaching objects in the skies.

There are a bunch of other things I am working on, but do expect an update 
pretty soon, with all the info on objects available through VO.

Have a great day y'all


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FB messenger desktop app

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Hi Everyone,

This might have been covered before, but I was wondering if anyone found an 
accessible messenger app on the desktop? I tend to have a team that likes to 
write work stuff on messenger and I hate using the iphone to reply.

Any help greatly appreciated 

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Re: Astreos: GMT location bug

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Alex,

You pointed something that basically killed the 3D audio.

I just removed mic access., and now the entire spaceship environment has 
returned to true 3D audio. I was wondering for quite a while what the hell was 
going on, but had such a long list of todos, I didn't think about it.

Now when you turn around, the chatter and other objects also are in 3D 
position. Finally, when going into a constellation, it's the same thing. All 
the stars are actually moving around you in beautiful 3D.

Thanks for pointing it out man, you deserve a kudos haha 

have a great day 




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> My main complaint right now is with bluetooth headphones. Because the app 
> needs microphone access, opening it forces VoiceOver to a much lower quality 
> than normal, especially over non-Apple bluetooth headphones. I'm using 
> Aftershokz, and get phone-quality audio with the app open. Of course, I could 
> disable mic access to fix this, but it seems like a gesture for voice search 
> would be better. Just my initial impression. I'm still thrilled that this app 
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>> On Aug 15, 2018, at 08:44, Yuma Decaux > <mailto:jamy...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> Just wanted to give a heads-up that we found a bug that jorients the objects 
>> improperly when users are located in negative GMT time zones.
>> 
>> We're fixing this up, along with a few others which I will list here for 
>> now, so that you can compare and know that we're working on them:
>> -Volume is not high enough on speakers. A gesture for volume up/down will be 
>> added
>> -visually, on smaller phones, some information is cropped out
>> -Some prefer a single screen touch instead of pinch zooming. We agreed that 
>> a double tap is better for zooming in, as some had to contort themselves in 
>> weird positions when an object was straight up above. Hilarious and. funny 
>> yes, but the goal of the app is to provide information quickly :)
>> -Some sounds disappear when zooming back from constellations
>> 
>> ALongside the above, we're going to expose all of the information which is 
>> visually available using 3D audio for voice over.
>> -Many more features to come
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