Re: Typing on the iPhone
That's like saying we should go back to DOS because we managed fine without it for a decade or two. New features will come, we should be pretty glad that Apple even gives us the chance to turn them off or even configure them to what we need, because users of other platforms... aren't so lucky, lol. Devin PraterAssistive Technology Instructor On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 8:29 PM -0500, "'E.T.' via MacVisionaries" wrote: Well Donna we managed quite well without all that noise for years, didn't we? What we had in iOS 12 was just fine. Now I need to stumble through that long list and turn most of them off. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/27/2019 6:20 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I think that slide typing is probably a good thing for sighted users. For me > anyway, what makes it distracting is all the input you get while sliding your > finger around. But I suppose VO has to give you that feedback, otherwise, > you wouldn't know if it was on the right track or not. There's no denying > that the slide typing takes some getting used to--you have to learn to filter > out the noise--but I do find I'm liking it more and more with practice. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Sep 27, 2019, at 6:14 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >>Yup, iOS 13 gave us a couple annoying things. One it thinks we need much >> more help when entering text. It is the same with a braille display. Would >> to get this behavior changed. >> >>The other one is overactive haptics. It's called Voiceover Haptic >> Feedback. You can turn this off completely, or choose what items to turn off >> individually. Go to Settings, Accessibility, Voiceover, Audio. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in the past. What if it were true? >> >> On 9/27/2019 3:48 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Now that I’ve finally updated to 13.1.1 I can’t type in my messages app on >>> the phone without a lot of unwanted input. If I hold my finger on a letter >>> for a couple of seconds it will suddenly insert lots of unwanted >>> characters. I have the typing mode set too touch typing as I’ve always had >>> it, and I know there must be a setting I can change somewhere to fix this. >>> Oh, I’m using the virtual keyboard not a bluetooth one. >>> Oh, and my phone does vibrate a lot more while I’m flicking around the >>> screen and haven’t worked out where to go to fix that either. >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Sent from Petrus' MacBook >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/645AEB03-7CFC-45F2-85D1-9BDE10F48EAB%40gmail.com >>> . >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/083ec3a0-0c79-025c-3056-a73e8f69ad90%40icloud.com. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please
Re: New Mac User
I've used a Mac for a good 7 or more years. Int time, I've used Windows, the Mac, and several forms of Linux. The Mac, nor VoiceOver, is perfect, but for me, especially for reading Mail, writing documents, or even dabbling in code, the Mac is great for beginners, and advanced users too. VoiceOver can hold your hand through any task. You'd lead it, of course, just like the iPhone, but it would help a lot. Once you're used to things, VoiceOver can be used in amazing ways, like only saying the subject of an and nothing more if you want, making going through email an absolute joy compared to the Windows screen readers. Also, one can move and resize windows, and even single controls. One can know if an app launches in the background. With the Mac itself, you can have time announced. Spell checking, are built in. Auto correct is a joy to use. All this could be done in Windows if Microsoft wanted, but it hasn't yet. So, for now, Mac is the operating system of the future, for general computing, until iPad takes place. Devin PraterAssistive Technology Instructor On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 4:34 PM -0500, "Marie" wrote: Oh, I guess I read it too fast, so glad of the clarification and I will take your advice on this one. Thanks, Marie From: Phil Halton Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 7:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Mac User Actually Marie, I was referring not to the QuickStart tutorial, but to the getting started guide. That’s a much more in-depth tutorial it’s an actual book of chapters devoted to various functions of voiceover. It’s the bottom most entry in the help system just below the QuickStart tutorial. It also has appendices for various keystrokes and functions etc. Good luck. Sent from my IPhone On Sep 1, 2019, at 1:09 AM, Hemachandran Karaha wrote: Hi Marie, I find David Woodbridge audio tutorials extremely good. I have immensely benefited from them. Warmly, Hem. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: 01 September 2019 05:55 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Mac User Marie, don’t forget to plow through the getting started guide. You can find it by pressing the help menu keys VO plus h. The getting started guide is down at the bottom of the list. You might find some trouble in browsing at first, but try to bring up the table of contents and you’ll find a wealth of information about using voiceover on the Mac. Also check out the other items in the voiceover help menu while you’re at it. I think you’ll find all you need there along with questions on list you should learn quite quickly. Sent from my IPhone On Aug 31, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Marie wrote: I listened to the short introductory videos on the Hadley site, as well as several from David Woodbridge on Applies and some other misc. also from Apple Vis. Today I am going to sit down with the Air and follow the free podcast from John, Introduction to Voiceover on the Mac. I have lots to learn for sure. Marie From: Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2019 1:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Mac User Hi Marie and others, Welcome to the list Marie, what are the podcasts you’ve listened to so far? I may have herd some of them already but you never no. I’m also a new user, well I’ve been using a Mac since January but still consider myself a beginner. I only ever used windows machines and never liked it, loads of people told me not to get a Mac but I’m glad I did. The folks this list have been a huge help and I would have been lost without them. Petrus On 1/09/2019, at 3:12 AM, 'Gail Selfridge' via MacVisionaries wrote: I am another new member, but I am a little more experienced than Marie. I joined this group because I have a job with my church editing documents. We are using Pages and I don’t know a whole lot about pages. We are not using the templates, thank heaven. We are just using it the way one would use text edit so I don’t have a lot to learn but any fine points would be beneficial. This looks like a very good group and I know a few of you from other lists I already know that the Mac is a much better computer than PCs using windows. Gail Sent from Gail’s iPhone On Aug 31, 2019, at
Re: iCloud
Just go to your junk foldfolder, and move it to Inbox. It'll learn from that. Devin PraterAssistive Technology Instructor On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:50 PM -0500, "Lorie McCloud" wrote: I subscribed to a list using my iCloud email address. a ton of that list mail went to junk. where should I put the list address so that won't keep happening? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8A5CE189-4935-4A5D-9A49-2B3E0E00AF18%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/3E444CAE7D9CDEF5.968192FB-4DA9-4A94-B486-58B038F97CE8%40mail.outlook.com.
Re: Learning Swift information
Can someone send the App Store link to this? I searched for Code Swift but couldn't find an exact match to that name. Get Outlook for iOS On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:49 AM -0500, "'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries" wrote: This is so cool! thanks for this Simon. Now I may just go ahead and sell my iPad.Cheers,Donna On Apr 18, 2019, at 6:36 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: Code Swift works on both the iPhone and iPad. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2019, at 5:14 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi Lister, I thought this might be of interest for some, Mark T for one. I’ve just been playing with an app for the iPhone,called “Code Swift”, It’s a very cool little app that breaks Swift coding down to chaptersAnd gives you error break downs and if needed video help from the developer of the application. It’s free and so far very easy to follow.I don’t know if there is an iPad version but this is a great option if you don’t have one or don’t want to take your tablet with you. Check it out and enjoy Simon F -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to
Re: I've decided what brailleDisplay to Choose.
For those who have it, how long have you had it, and how have the dots held up? Any stuck pins? I've been reading the manual, and their are some parts where I could almost tell that English wasn't the writer's main language, and technically incomplete statements, like that Samsung Galaxy phones come with TalkBack: they come with Voice Assistant, as well as TalkBack. Also, with HIMS' site being aweful with images that just say "actilino 1.jpg," and such, really makes the product feel unprofessional. Also, an Applevis article from 2017 addressed other problems, like the Bluetooth audio not reconnecting with the braille display when it turns on, and a few other problems I can't recall right now. I know, no display is perfect, but I really want to like the Actilino, as its not Freedom Scientific, thus so JAWS centric, and may be supported with software updates longer and more frequent, I'd hope. Get Outlook for iOS On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 7:55 PM -0500, "Mary Otten" wrote: Their products are now sold by hims, but the guy in the Twin Cities area who used to be the distributor is now part of him‘s, so he is still there. It will pair with three Bluetooth devices, and it has USB as well. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2019, at 5:49 PM, KliphnShari Miller wrote: > > So how many devices does it pair with/. And I would prefer 20, 14 was to > small, and I know 2 more won’t make much of a difference. Wonder if > handitech still has a office in the twin cities area, would love to get my > hands on one to see it for myself. > > User of just apple products, like to ask and answer without other topics? > That’s how it goes down in the “only Apple talk and support group”. Subscribe > here > only-apple-tns+subscr...@groups.io > Come talk just apple! > >> On Apr 17, 2019, at 7:47 PM, alia robinson wrote: >> >> isn’t it funny how different people are. I had 40 for a bit. it was too big. >> it hurt my shoulders to read on it. I think the actilino is amazing. if >> you’re trying to control a computer then really 40 isn’t even enough IMO. I >> just read, and the tactile scrolling is heaven. autoscroll is annoying >> because if you stop for a second you have to stop it and sometimes it gets >> ahead of you, doesn’t happen anymore. I love it. >> >> On Apr 17, 2019, at 8:44 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >> It looks so cool! But I wish they made a 40 cell version of the same >> display. I get that it autoscrolls, but I know I will not be happy with 16 >> cells. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate,
Re: I've decided what brailleDisplay to Choose.
Thanks for this. After reading the Applevis article on it, and the aweful HIMS site with unlabeled images and no documentation, I may go with the Focus 14, but maybe reading the documentation may sway my opinion.. Get Outlook for iOS On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 5:02 PM -0500, "'E.T.' via MacVisionaries" wrote: Here you go. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 4/17/2019 2:52 PM, d.prater via MacVisionaries wrote: > I'm looking into this one too, but cannot find a manual for it, to read. > > Get Outlook for iOS > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 2:24 PM -0500, "Anders Holmberg" > > wrote: > > Hi! > Today i had the chance to try the Actilino and while i’ver read all > thoughts here on the list it was really nice to get my hands on it. > And yes its better then the best! > Needless to say but if the County center for accessibility wants they can > buy this to me as i don’t have the money my self. > I can only hope they will. > THe keyboard was to be honnest one of the greatest keyboard i’ver tried > as a braille keyboard. > The display itself has so smooth and great cells as i’ve tried some > reading with it. > THis unit is one of the best displays i’ve ever used. > /A > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark > at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark > at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or conc
Re: I've decided what brailleDisplay to Choose.
I'm looking into this one too, but cannot find a manual for it, to read. Get Outlook for iOS On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 2:24 PM -0500, "Anders Holmberg" wrote: Hi! Today i had the chance to try the Actilino and while i’ver read all thoughts here on the list it was really nice to get my hands on it. And yes its better then the best! Needless to say but if the County center for accessibility wants they can buy this to me as i don’t have the money my self. I can only hope they will. THe keyboard was to be honnest one of the greatest keyboard i’ver tried as a braille keyboard. The display itself has so smooth and great cells as i’ve tried some reading with it. THis unit is one of the best displays i’ve ever used. /A -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe
This being the Mac list, well in name only now, lol, I do wish the Books app worked better when doing VO-a for read from current to bottum, like the iPhone does, turning pages as it reads and such.Now that that's out of the way, though, as I've said on the viphone list, I like good audio books, but once the narrator starts whispering or shouting, I'd much rather have the level, articulate tones of Alex. Get Outlook for iOS On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 4:31 AM -0500, "Raymond Foret Jr" wrote: Well, for me, the inhanced US Tom is best all around. Now the Male Siri US voice (actually known as Aaron inhanced but which Apple calls Male Siri US) is also good. Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: Sincerely, The constantly barefooted Ray On Apr 15, 2019, at 11:26 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I love the iOS Kindle App because it works so well with my Focus 40 Blue Braille display. However, for whatever reason, until recently, I've never used the VoiceOver Samantha TTS engine to read an entire novel in the Kindle app. Not long ago, I was searching for a book in Audible, because it is not available on BARD or on Over Drive, and found it. The price of the audio book was $19, $17 in Apple books. Since the audio length of the book was just over 5 hours, I decided to see if a Kindle edition was available. Yes, it was and for a mere $1.99. So, I purchased the Kindle version and used my beloved Samantha TTS engine to read the novel. After I finished the Kindle version, a friend of mine purchased the audible version. So, I decided to give it a quick listen to see if I would like the book any better or less with a human narrator at the proverbial helm. You know what? I discovered that I actually preferred the Kindle version wit the TTS engine, better. The funny thing is, I am absolutely certain that I would have thoroughly enjoyed the human narrator edition had I not experienced the TTS engine rendition, first. Now I'm certainly not saying that a TTS engine is better than a human narrator but I am saying, that for me, at least, a TTS engine is definitely a viable option for reading novels, especially when it comes to saving a few dollars. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message
Re: Alex and irc text output on live speaking client (Textual 7) can't speak after 2 words requiring restart. Any way to restart just the speech itself?
Lol, Grep for capturing speech. Nah, just use TDSR, IRSSI, with the irssi-sounds plugin, and it all works pretty good. Devin Prater On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 1:28 PM -0600, "Sandie Jazmin Kruse" wrote: He should use Irssi, and Grep for catching the speech, than that would not have happened. Nods all eagerlike Sent from my iPad On 3 Feb 2019, at 18.27, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I'm running Mojave and not encountering this issue at all. There must be something in your audio set-up that makes the difference. On 2/3/19 11:09 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Are you using Apple USB or BlueTooth for your audio, or is this through the speakers or headphone jack? I have seen similar behavior when using BlueTooth device that went out of range and then came back into range. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Feb 3, 2019, at 7:20 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: good that i didnt make the update then. On 2/2/19, Pete Nalda wrote: Ok, just as an update, I discovered it wasn’t just Alex, or the irc client. It’s something going on with sound in general. My new mail sound got cut off too. On the Apple discussion similar problems were discussed regarding sound in Mojave. Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda On Feb 2, 2019, at 11:18 PM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse wrote: Quit irc, and restart, if you have it set up correctly, it will just boot join the channels and do its thing. Sent from my iPad On 2 Feb 2019, at 11.02, Pete Nalda wrote: I use Textual as an irc client, and have each channel set to speak channel messages using my system voice, which is Alex in my case. Problem is, after about 4 hours, it gets to where it can’t speak after 2 words. Is there any way to just restart speech? Running Mojave 10.14.3. TIA -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all
Re: Reddit
Reddit... Get it...I'd use Baconreader, its pretty good with VoiceOver, but not as good as Dystopia, which is in Beta. Devin Prater On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 3:21 PM -0600, "John JD Denning" wrote: I don’t see it in the App Store. How does one get it? Sounds great. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2019, at 16:08, Des Delgadillo wrote: > > Look into Dystopia for Reddit. It's an app still in beta but I use it every > day and it's phenomenal. It was designed with VO in mind and makes strong use > of rotor actions to perform tasks in the app. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 3, 2019, at 11:48 AM, John JD Denning wrote: >> >> Greetings, anyone useReddit? >> >> I’m using their app, and if you use it you know it has lots of voiceover >> issues. But I can read things and even reply to specific threads. But what I >> don’t see how to do is to start a thread. Can that be done in the iPhone app >> via voice over? >> >> Thanks >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
