RE: IPhone and IPad
Hi Tom, Whether you would benefit from an iPad is really something you have to answer for yourself. The main difference, of course, is the size of the iPad. Some find it harder to orient themselves on the much larger iPad screen and for a blind person I am not sure if an iPad makes as much sense as for a sighted person who can really enjoy the awesome almost 10 inch retina display on the iPad third Gen and fourth Gen. Due to the increased size the iPad speaker sounds a big fuller and louder but this of course is easy to fix by using an external speaker either wired, Bluetooth or airplay with your iPhone. Of course now you have the choice of the iPad Mini as well which has a 7.9 inch instead of a 9.7 inch screen. This doesn't sound like much of a difference, only just under 2 inches, but the device is quite a bit smaller, thinner and lighter. I could go on and on emphasizing this or that which speaks in favour of the large iPad which now is called the iPad with retina screen, the iPad Mini or for that matter the fifth generation iPod Touches which are also very nice devices. Equally I could argue that if you have an iPhone 4S or 5 you really don't need anything else. Ultimately it's your choice whether you need or want 2 iDevices and, if you decide you do, then just go to an Apple store and ask them to show you the iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touches. It's easy to turn on Voiceover so you can spend some time with each and make up your mind which you like best. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
Hi Tom from what I understand having a ipad you can do as mutch as you can do on the i phone but the i pad is larger. from Mich. - Original Message - From: Tom Cramer To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 11:17 PM Subject: IPhone and IPad Hi, If a person has an IPhone would having an IPad make any big difference? Are there some major differences between an IPhone and an IPad? Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages
Hi Brett. I have bought downloads. It is useful for many differents tasks, it is really worth the price 13 dkr. I have tried reading in the program. It works well. My advice to braille users is that ILike2ReadPro is a great app, there are still some smaller bugs, but I am using it all the time, what I really like is the accessible search function. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 30, 2012 kl. 3:51 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi Annie, The downloads app I am referring too: is made by Hian Zin Jong. It actually shows up in the app store as Downloads - Downloader Download Manager. Searching for Downloads will find it. I am not sure of the price as it doesn't show me as I have already bought it, but there is also a Downloads Lite, which is a free version, which limits you to only being able to have 5 or 6 files in the program. If you want to see if it meets your needs, try this one and if it works well for you, I recommend supporting the author and purchasing the app, since its only a couple of dollars. Hope this helps, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 6:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Hi Scot. This downloads app, who has made this one, I can not just find it. I believe I miss another thread which I have not read. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 29, 2012 kl. 2:44 PM skrev Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com: Brett, Just to confirm, the Downloads app does not require that you press the back button before closing the app? I understand using the FileApp Pro you do need to press the back button first. Thanks, Scott On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I have a couple of comments here. 1. I often uses ibooks for reading braille. I make sure to have the smallest letters and when I play a little with which letters gives the smallest amounts of pages in a document, that helps a lot. When I read a page uses the line up to go to the start of the page and when press spacebar +o to go to the next page, that works great for me, I can figure out where I am in the text e.g. how many pages left until a new chapter. 2. Another program that I often uses is ILike2ReadPro. It will also remember where you left reading, and you can save bookmarks and more. You can also search in your document. In ILike2ReadPro you will have great use of the option vertical navigation, ispecially with a braille display. If you will need more assistance feel free to ask again, also if you do not understand my explanation, I will try to explain it again in another way. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 29, 2012 kl. 10:57 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi Scott, Yes it does, as long as you click the back button to close the document before you close the app. Cheers, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 8:29 PM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Brett, Does the FileApp Pro that was free the other day remember the same place or behave as the Downloads app? I had been using a file I exported as an epub, but changing pages was slowing me down a bit to much in this specific situation where I needed the text to be at my finger tips. :) Thanks On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Two ways to read without having to scroll pages in braille are: one Copy a word document to an app such as downloads. This will let you read Word documents without having to scroll pages. 2. For greater navigation control, add Word heading styles in your document to mark up the sections you want to quickly jump to. To mark a heading in a word document on your computer, select the text you want as a heading, then press Control plus Alt plus 1 (for a heading level 1), Control plus Alt plus 2 (for a heading level 2) and Control plus Alt plus 3, (for a heading level 3). Then save this file with a HTM extension using the save as dialog in word. Once the file is saved, again copy it to the Downloads app on your phone. When you open it, it will open as a HTML (wep page document), here you can set the rotor to headings and them jump quickly to the sections you previously marked up. This sounds harder than it is, but it really doesn't take much time and its handy for meetings when I need to quickly skip around a file. Downloads will also remember your place in a word or HTML document , when you click the Back button to close the document. This doesn't occur when using notes, although I do use notes for taking my shorthand notes in meetings etc. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 2:35 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Well, after exploring my
Re: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages
Hi. There are a few other improvements in ILike2ReadPro my loved search function. The possibility to read epub files, if you open them from dropbox. If you are reading on 2 or more devices, you can start reading on another device such as an IPad without having to figure out where you are in the text. The only thing you will have to be aware of as I experience it as a braille user is to use the vertical navigation setting in the router. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 30, 2012 kl. 3:27 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi, They all do, well at least all the ones I have tried. The only one that doesn't is ILike2Read. If you read books in txt format or need to read a lot of text documents in detail, this app is worth having. Save some money though and don't bother with ILike2Read Pro, as it doesn't offer any extra features except dropbox synching, but I can already choose to open a txt file from dropbox in ILike2Read. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicki Keck Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 1:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Is this downloads app free or does it cost? If it reads Word documents, could be invaluable. What would be nice is an app that doesn't display file text in one, long, continuous line so that you can keep your place in a file even if you lock the screen or switch apps and come back. Notes and nebulous seem to display text this way, and it's annoying. Nicki Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Two ways to read without having to scroll pages in braille are: one Copy a word document to an app such as downloads. This will let you read Word documents without having to scroll pages. 2. For greater navigation control, add Word heading styles in your document to mark up the sections you want to quickly jump to. To mark a heading in a word document on your computer, select the text you want as a heading, then press Control plus Alt plus 1 (for a heading level 1), Control plus Alt plus 2 (for a heading level 2) and Control plus Alt plus 3, (for a heading level 3). Then save this file with a HTM extension using the save as dialog in word. Once the file is saved, again copy it to the Downloads app on your phone. When you open it, it will open as a HTML (wep page document), here you can set the rotor to headings and them jump quickly to the sections you previously marked up. This sounds harder than it is, but it really doesn't take much time and its handy for meetings when I need to quickly skip around a file. Downloads will also remember your place in a word or HTML document , when you click the Back button to close the document. This doesn't occur when using notes, although I do use notes for taking my shorthand notes in meetings etc. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 2:35 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Well, after exploring my question this afternoon, i've decided to use the Notes app next week. Everything loaded in there reads straight through without the need to scroll pages and either the issue with vo doing strange things when a note gets too long doesn't happen when speech is turned off or my file isn't long enough to cause a problem. On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: Today I took my iPhone and braille display to try to sing with everybody and follow along in the Scripture passages at church. I had typed everything onto my computer and sent it to Pages on my iPhone. It worked reasonably well. The only problem I had was that sometimes I would change pages and either I would have blank display for a while or the right page didn't come up. I am not using sppeech for this, just my iPhone and Refreshabraille 18. Is there an app I can use or a way that I can use pages so that I'm not having to change pages. Usually it seems that about 3 of my pages show up on the screen or at least can be panned on my display. Then I have to scroll using 3456chord and 1456-chord. If another page doesn't come up pretty quickly, I'm left behind with only an 18-cell braille disply. Is there an app that will let me just keep panning from one end of a file to the other? I did like that I could try to go to different pages in case something happened out of sequence but I don't like being stuck trying to get the display to show the next page. I need to be able to just keep panning from beginning to end of the file without having to do a scroll command. Would Notes or Plaintext work for this; I know there have been issues using Notes for longer files but would that matter as much since I'm muting speech? If I can get this perfected it will save me from having to carry around a backpack with a song
Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: stamm stumper ios6
Hi there. What is stamm stumper? Thanks,Jo Sent from my iPhone On 30/10/2012, at 2:37 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, The developer posted recently that they'll put out an update soon, probably within a couple of weeks. Best, Anna On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone else experience problems with stamm stumper in ios6? It runs with stuttering interruptions on my iphone 5. I tried restarting the phone with no improvements. Thanks, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: stamm stumper ios6
I assume the name given is a typing error, and that it should be stem stumper, which is an accessible iphone game. Simon - Original Message - From: Jodie Hoger jodieho...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:19 AM Subject: Re: stamm stumper ios6 Hi there. What is stamm stumper? Thanks,Jo Sent from my iPhone On 30/10/2012, at 2:37 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, The developer posted recently that they'll put out an update soon, probably within a couple of weeks. Best, Anna On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone else experience problems with stamm stumper in ios6? It runs with stuttering interruptions on my iphone 5. I tried restarting the phone with no improvements. Thanks, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: new pandora for ios
All, stay away from the most recent version of TuneIn Pro (version 2.9) as it is broken. I cannot speak for those using an iPhone 5, but for those using a 4S you will likely find real problems with a crashing app. In fact TuneIn runs for a few minutes and aborts. I've sent a note off via the TuneIn site, but not sure how that traffic reaches the development team. So, if you can downgrade it might be a good idea. On Oct 29, 2012, at 9:34 PM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can you please tell me a little about Oandora and what it has to offer? Does it offer wrestling and racing stations and do you have to have an account? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Jesus Garcia jesusga...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I have the new update it does not appear to make any radical changes. I cannot say for certain because I just opened the player thus far it looks fairly similar to the old interface. There appears to be a few changes in the area of selecting what stations you are going to have in your list, but thus far I think those changes make the app better for a voice over user. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 20:20 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: new pandora for ios There is a major update of the pandora app just out on the U.S. app store. I read an article that said this is a major rewrite of the user interface. Has anybody been brave enough to try this new update yet? Just call me chicken. Tunein radio also has an update. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages
Hi my challenge is with changing pages. Since I upgraded to IOS6 using my Brailliant display, I can't change pages in any app including Ibooks, pages, or any other. It is quite annoying! Anybody has suggestions? Regards Kerry -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Hi. There are a few other improvements in ILike2ReadPro my loved search function. The possibility to read epub files, if you open them from dropbox. If you are reading on 2 or more devices, you can start reading on another device such as an IPad without having to figure out where you are in the text. The only thing you will have to be aware of as I experience it as a braille user is to use the vertical navigation setting in the router. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 30, 2012 kl. 3:27 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi, They all do, well at least all the ones I have tried. The only one that doesn't is ILike2Read. If you read books in txt format or need to read a lot of text documents in detail, this app is worth having. Save some money though and don't bother with ILike2Read Pro, as it doesn't offer any extra features except dropbox synching, but I can already choose to open a txt file from dropbox in ILike2Read. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicki Keck Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 1:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Is this downloads app free or does it cost? If it reads Word documents, could be invaluable. What would be nice is an app that doesn't display file text in one, long, continuous line so that you can keep your place in a file even if you lock the screen or switch apps and come back. Notes and nebulous seem to display text this way, and it's annoying. Nicki Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Two ways to read without having to scroll pages in braille are: one Copy a word document to an app such as downloads. This will let you read Word documents without having to scroll pages. 2. For greater navigation control, add Word heading styles in your document to mark up the sections you want to quickly jump to. To mark a heading in a word document on your computer, select the text you want as a heading, then press Control plus Alt plus 1 (for a heading level 1), Control plus Alt plus 2 (for a heading level 2) and Control plus Alt plus 3, (for a heading level 3). Then save this file with a HTM extension using the save as dialog in word. Once the file is saved, again copy it to the Downloads app on your phone. When you open it, it will open as a HTML (wep page document), here you can set the rotor to headings and them jump quickly to the sections you previously marked up. This sounds harder than it is, but it really doesn't take much time and its handy for meetings when I need to quickly skip around a file. Downloads will also remember your place in a word or HTML document , when you click the Back button to close the document. This doesn't occur when using notes, although I do use notes for taking my shorthand notes in meetings etc. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 2:35 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Well, after exploring my question this afternoon, i've decided to use the Notes app next week. Everything loaded in there reads straight through without the need to scroll pages and either the issue with vo doing strange things when a note gets too long doesn't happen when speech is turned off or my file isn't long enough to cause a problem. On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: Today I took my iPhone and braille display to try to sing with everybody and follow along in the Scripture passages at church. I had typed everything onto my computer and sent it to Pages on my iPhone. It worked reasonably well. The only problem I had was that sometimes I would change pages and either I would have blank display for a while or the right page didn't come up. I am not using sppeech for this, just my iPhone and Refreshabraille 18. Is there an app I can use or a way that I can use pages so that I'm not having to change pages. Usually it seems that about 3 of my pages show up on the screen or at least can be panned on my display. Then I have to scroll using 3456chord and 1456-chord. If another page doesn't come up pretty quickly, I'm left behind with only an 18-cell braille disply. Is there an app that will let me just keep panning from one end of a file to the other? I did like that I could try to
Episode 28 of iBlindTech - Pages Intro is out
Hi All This weeks episode is a look through Apples iOS app, Pages. I cover the basics of using the app. I Also show some of the accessibility issues and a work around. I hope you all enjoy this intro to Pages. Direct link to the file below or check after my signature for further details. http://www.iblindtech.com/storage/iBT-028-Pages.mp3 Garth www.iblindtech.com/ Search for iBlindTech in iTunes or your favourite pod catcher to subscribe to the iBlindTech Democast. Send email to iblindt...@gmail.com Follow me on twitter @iBlindTech or @iBlindTechDemo for just the podcast info. I am iBlindTech on Skype, app.net and Zello as well -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Only Apple would be able to convince blind people to buy over priced lighting equipment! I can see myself using a few of these when I have my own place if the price goes down a little; I quite like the idea of home automation control anyway and this could prove very handy if I have guests round and I want to make sure that there are lights on waiting for them. Obviously you can usually tell this with your usual light switch, but I'm thinking it would be easier more foolproof if you could do it from an iDevice. I wonder if the app will be able to tell you if one of the bulbs has gone? On 10/30/12, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Direct TV Question
I have the Direct TV app on my phone, and have used it to record programs. Is there a way to access the recorded programs without sighted help? Karen Poulakos -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
Now I like the sound of the mail app for the iPad. Decisions decisions! Lol! Christopher Hallsworth On 30/10/2012 11:01, Scott Howell wrote: Sieghard, Although I agree with you that it is an individual choice, I believe it is important to point out that screen size is not the only difference. Apps on the iPhone and iPad will in most cases have a different layout. For example, the Mail app on the iPad shows the mailboxes or messages on the left half of the screen and the contents of the message on the right. This can be very useful for rapidly scanning through mail when you want to do more than just run through the subject lines. The size of the screen means that you can put more content on the screen and in some cases this can be helpful in cutting down on the number of times you have to tap through to find features or perform certain functions. What may change this by reducing the overall screen size, yet keeping the layout benefits of the iPad is the iPad Mini. So, it has a lot more to do with screen size and you really have to determine what your workflow is. I have both devices and find that each has its benefits. In fact with the TouchFire keyboard, I can easily use my iPad as a mobile option and type quite easily on it. I would not say I'd like to type an entire book on it, but hey it would not be impossible either. THe nice thing about having the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, etc. is the fact that you have options and will have a device that meets your needs. Ok, well holding an iPad to your ear would look pretty odd, so it would not make a good phone. :) ha ha On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Tom, Whether you would benefit from an iPad is really something you have to answer for yourself. The main difference, of course, is the size of the iPad. Some find it harder to orient themselves on the much larger iPad screen and for a blind person I am not sure if an iPad makes as much sense as for a sighted person who can really enjoy the awesome almost 10 inch retina display on the iPad third Gen and fourth Gen. Due to the increased size the iPad speaker sounds a big fuller and louder but this of course is easy to fix by using an external speaker either wired, Bluetooth or airplay with your iPhone. Of course now you have the choice of the iPad Mini as well which has a 7.9 inch instead of a 9.7 inch screen. This doesn’t sound like much of a difference, only just under 2 inches, but the device is quite a bit smaller, thinner and lighter. I could go on and on emphasizing this or that which speaks in favour of the large iPad which now is called the iPad with retina screen, the iPad Mini or for that matter the fifth generation iPod Touches which are also very nice devices. Equally I could argue that if you have an iPhone 4S or 5 you really don’t need anything else. Ultimately it’s your choice whether you need or want 2 iDevices and, if you decide you do, then just go to an Apple store and ask them to show you the iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touches. It’s easy to turn on Voiceover so you can spend some time with each and make up your mind which you like best. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: 3-Finger Tap Speech
OK, what is “Screen Curtain?” Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: 3-Finger Tap Speech
Screen curtain means that the display is darkened. I use it all of the time as I cannot see the screen and don't need a normal display most of the time. Whether this extends battery life seems to be open to debate, but it can't hurt to use it! Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: OK, what is “Screen Curtain?” Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
braille display question
Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Episode 28 of iBlindTech - Pages Intro is out
thanks. i will give this one a listen. i have been waiting for someone to tackle this app for a long time. On Oct 30, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Garth Humphreys ghu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All This weeks episode is a look through Apples iOS app, Pages. I cover the basics of using the app. I Also show some of the accessibility issues and a work around. I hope you all enjoy this intro to Pages. Direct link to the file below or check after my signature for further details. http://www.iblindtech.com/storage/iBT-028-Pages.mp3 Garth www.iblindtech.com/ Search for iBlindTech in iTunes or your favourite pod catcher to subscribe to the iBlindTech Democast. Send email to iblindt...@gmail.com Follow me on twitter @iBlindTech or @iBlindTechDemo for just the podcast info. I am iBlindTech on Skype, app.net and Zello as well -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Moderator's note about a few things **please read**
Hey all, I hope you guys read this message since I will talk about 3 things. I'd rather just post one message rather than three. 1. Off topic messages. As everyone knows, this list is to discuss the use of iOS devices, software, apps, and similar content as it relates to iOS and its devices. Things like accessible apps, iTunes, the Mac or Windows and how they interact with iOS. I think everyone knows the spirit of the list. This isn't to say that off topic messages don't creep up on list from time to time. If you are wanting to post a message and put OT in the subject line, you obviously know it's off topic. Please consider writine me or Cara Quinn first to see what we think first. An apology to the moderators on list in the message itself is not acceptable. If you are reading messages on list and come across an off topic message that someone write, consider how much it really affects you. Either ignore it, or write me or Cara to let us know about it. If it really bothers you even more and you just have to say something, then say it directly to the person who wrote it privately, off list. The rest of us 1300 plus members don't care what you feel about off topic messages. Remember that both Cara and I have lives outside of this list and cannot read messages 24-7. So if we haven't taken care of it in a timely way, then write us off list to alert us if necessary. Heck, call or text me if email isn't working. My number is 260-307-2766. 2. Flaming list members. This sort of ties into people who write off topic messages or people who you feel ask dumb questions. Please, either ignore their message, or respond kindly. I realize that many of the same questions get asked over and over, but consider your response. Isn't it better to shut up rather than say/type something rude? So if someone's message really bothers you, then write down your reude comment and then erase it before sending it. Trust me, psychologically you will feel like you got out what you needed to. Or better yet, vent to me or Cara off list. 3. Out for a few days. I'm going to a jazz concert with my oldest boy in Seattle and so will be a bit out of touch for the next few days. In fact, I'm writing this from the airport right now before my plane takes off. So again, if things seem like they are a bit slower in the moderator response dpartment, please be patient. Remember that if Cara or I write someone to warn them about anything, we do it off list because we like to keep off topic traffic down. Whether I'm around or not, you an email me directly any time. I already gave my number in case that's preferred. That's all, sorry for the need to write this, but it had to be done. Happy iOSing. --- Raul A. Gallegos Facebook, Twitter, and Zello username: rau47 Homepage: http://RaulGallegos.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
I think I will stick with the $0.99 Light Detector app so I can tell if the lights are on or off. Very interesting to read about though. Richard _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist
Last played fine on Sunday night. Above Error message since Monday night. Also, when try to play a recording I get a message Updating Recordings, but then I'm back to the Home Screen soon thereafter. Wondering if this is my app, device, or possibly related to hurricane out east in US (if their server is down). Any ideas? Thanks Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist
It could be related to the hurricane. However, a TuneIn update came out yesterday with fixes and compatibility with the iPhone5 and iOS6. If all else fails, you might try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. Do you have a TuneIn account? If so, you can restore your favorites with that, by going to the TuneIn settings and looking for the account area. Wayne On 10/30/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Last played fine on Sunday night. Above Error message since Monday night. Also, when try to play a recording I get a message Updating Recordings, but then I'm back to the Home Screen soon thereafter. Wondering if this is my app, device, or possibly related to hurricane out east in US (if their server is down). Any ideas? Thanks Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
Or, press dots 5 6 (letter sign) before the punctuation symbol. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 2:09, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Question About Audible
When deleting books, I've found it necessary to remove the Audible app from the app switcher and then launch it again in order to not see the book parts I just deleted. I never thought to simply refresh the downloaded screen. This would save, time, especially when going from 1 part to another in a book. Wayne On 10/30/12, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Clarence, Lisa basically pointed out where to find the delete button. Keep in mind that you have to delete each part of a book separately and once all parts of a book are gone it will go from your Downloaded category back to the Not Downloaded category after you refresh your library. Also, once you are in the Info screen (Info is the button at the top left, just one fligh right from the Back button) you only have the Remove from Device button is you have selected the Details tab. This is the middle of 3 tabs and it's just above the Home Key. On the right of Details is Chaters and if you flick left from the Details tab you have the Bookmarks tab. Once you select a tab it stays selected until you change it. If I have to delete several parts, I start playback of the part I want to delete and immediately pause it with a 2-finger double tap. Then I flick right once since usually the Back button is highlighted after you start playing a part and one flick to the right puts me on the Info button. Once the Info screen comes up you can either slide straight up from the home key and a bit more after Details and you should find the Remove from Device button. I find it quickest to start on the home key and slide up to about 10 or 11 o'clock, so up and a bit to the left. This puts me on the Bookmarks tab and from there I just flick left once and I'm on Remove from Device. Now you just double tap and confirm and you are back in the book where the various parts are listed. Now start playing the next part you want to delete and repeat the above. It sounds complicated and in a way it is although once you do it a few times it's pretty quick. I still wished Audible would finally listen and implement a better method for deleting books. A sighted person can simply swipe across the title of a part from left to right and the Delete button pops up on the right. I have written to Audible before requesting them to make this feature accessible and now with iOS 6 and the new Action rotor they could possibly even utilize that and all you'd have to do if Voiceover is on is to flick down once to get to delete. I can only encourage you to write to them as well and ask them to make a faster method of deleting a book available. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: audio issues on iPhone5
I just noticed some choppiness in the update to TuneIn Radio released yesterday, which is TuneIn Radio 2.9. This morning when trying to skip forward in a stream, I experienced some of the same choppiness described here. This is the only issue I have had with the updated app, so as long as it doesn't get too bad, I may just fight through it. Sometimes when I ahve had trouble with an app and VoiceOver, I have sent a message to the app's Twitter name, and often get a response within a few hours to a day or two. Wayne On 10/29/12, Len Burns len.bu...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, I have been experiencing similar issues with the 4S since I upgraded to IOS6. It is very apparent in the Hanging with Friends game, in interactions with Siri, and a number of other situations. Whereever I encounter the issue, the pattern is similar to what you describe below. It seems that VoiceOver is not sharing the audio system smoothly with certain apps. While it is possible this will be resolved by app updates, I am skeptical since it is occuring with built in software. For example, when I instruct Siri to send an iMessage, unless I tap to open the message screen or close Siri, I do not hear the sound usually accompanying a send. Regards, -Len On 10/29/2012 3:10 PM, Alex Wallis wrote: Hi list, I guess I am rather late to the iPhone5 and IOS6 party, and I am sure this topic has already been covered, but I am experiencing strange audio playback problems on the iPhone5 and am wondering if they are present on other phones running IOS6. The problem is that in some apps, not all but in a few when the app plays audio and VoiceOver tries to speak at the same time the app audio and VoiceOver get in the way of each other and the audio becomes very choppy and broken up til VoiceOver stops talking. I have experienced this problem in zombies run, King of dragon pass and lost cities. Interestingly I haven't experienced the problem at all in the music playing app golden ear when it is playing audio. Does this mean these apps just need updating to take account of apples changes or is this a bug with ios6? I have already written to the authors of king of dragon pass and lost cities, lost cities have responded to me, but no word from the developer of king of dragon pass yet. I was planning to write to the zombies run developer, as the issue is still a big problem even with the update released today, but thought before I write that I will ask the list if we have had any word from apple about the problem. Thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: audio issues on iPhone5
I suspect the problem with crashing is more an issue with iPhone 4S, but I also noticed some choppiness as well. Mainly seemed to be if VO was speaking. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed some choppiness in the update to TuneIn Radio released yesterday, which is TuneIn Radio 2.9. This morning when trying to skip forward in a stream, I experienced some of the same choppiness described here. This is the only issue I have had with the updated app, so as long as it doesn't get too bad, I may just fight through it. Sometimes when I ahve had trouble with an app and VoiceOver, I have sent a message to the app's Twitter name, and often get a response within a few hours to a day or two. Wayne On 10/29/12, Len Burns len.bu...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, I have been experiencing similar issues with the 4S since I upgraded to IOS6. It is very apparent in the Hanging with Friends game, in interactions with Siri, and a number of other situations. Whereever I encounter the issue, the pattern is similar to what you describe below. It seems that VoiceOver is not sharing the audio system smoothly with certain apps. While it is possible this will be resolved by app updates, I am skeptical since it is occuring with built in software. For example, when I instruct Siri to send an iMessage, unless I tap to open the message screen or close Siri, I do not hear the sound usually accompanying a send. Regards, -Len On 10/29/2012 3:10 PM, Alex Wallis wrote: Hi list, I guess I am rather late to the iPhone5 and IOS6 party, and I am sure this topic has already been covered, but I am experiencing strange audio playback problems on the iPhone5 and am wondering if they are present on other phones running IOS6. The problem is that in some apps, not all but in a few when the app plays audio and VoiceOver tries to speak at the same time the app audio and VoiceOver get in the way of each other and the audio becomes very choppy and broken up til VoiceOver stops talking. I have experienced this problem in zombies run, King of dragon pass and lost cities. Interestingly I haven't experienced the problem at all in the music playing app golden ear when it is playing audio. Does this mean these apps just need updating to take account of apples changes or is this a bug with ios6? I have already written to the authors of king of dragon pass and lost cities, lost cities have responded to me, but no word from the developer of king of dragon pass yet. I was planning to write to the zombies run developer, as the issue is still a big problem even with the update released today, but thought before I write that I will ask the list if we have had any word from apple about the problem. Thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist
Thanks, Wayne. Works fine after deleting app and reinstalling. And I didn't lose my favorites, as I was expecting! Best, Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist It could be related to the hurricane. However, a TuneIn update came out yesterday with fixes and compatibility with the iPhone5 and iOS6. If all else fails, you might try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. Do you have a TuneIn account? If so, you can restore your favorites with that, by going to the TuneIn settings and looking for the account area. Wayne On 10/30/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Last played fine on Sunday night. Above Error message since Monday night. Also, when try to play a recording I get a message Updating Recordings, but then I'm back to the Home Screen soon thereafter. Wondering if this is my app, device, or possibly related to hurricane out east in US (if their server is down). Any ideas? Thanks Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist
Glad to hear it worked out for you. I would encourage you to create a free account at TuneIn.com though, since it will preserve all of your favorites if something happens again. It has happened to me where I updated, and all of my 20 some odd favorites disappeared. When I found my account in settings, I was able to restore all of my favorites and in a few minutes I had everything back and in the order that I had created them in. Regards, Wayne On 10/30/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Thanks, Wayne. Works fine after deleting app and reinstalling. And I didn't lose my favorites, as I was expecting! Best, Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist It could be related to the hurricane. However, a TuneIn update came out yesterday with fixes and compatibility with the iPhone5 and iOS6. If all else fails, you might try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. Do you have a TuneIn account? If so, you can restore your favorites with that, by going to the TuneIn settings and looking for the account area. Wayne On 10/30/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Last played fine on Sunday night. Above Error message since Monday night. Also, when try to play a recording I get a message Updating Recordings, but then I'm back to the Home Screen soon thereafter. Wondering if this is my app, device, or possibly related to hurricane out east in US (if their server is down). Any ideas? Thanks Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Question About Audible
Hi Wayne, Yes, another thing you can do is after you delete the last part of a book, just press the power button right from your list of books and lock the screen. If you then unlock it again it will say Empty List and you can press the back button and go into your next book. The refreshing works, but after you do the refresh you sometimes have to back all the way out to the category level where it says Downloaded, Not Downloaded etc. and go back in whichever category you want before the book you deleted is gone from Downloaded and back in Not Downloaded. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Question About Audible When deleting books, I've found it necessary to remove the Audible app from the app switcher and then launch it again in order to not see the book parts I just deleted. I never thought to simply refresh the downloaded screen. This would save, time, especially when going from 1 part to another in a book. Wayne On 10/30/12, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Clarence, Lisa basically pointed out where to find the delete button. Keep in mind that you have to delete each part of a book separately and once all parts of a book are gone it will go from your Downloaded category back to the Not Downloaded category after you refresh your library. Also, once you are in the Info screen (Info is the button at the top left, just one fligh right from the Back button) you only have the Remove from Device button is you have selected the Details tab. This is the middle of 3 tabs and it's just above the Home Key. On the right of Details is Chaters and if you flick left from the Details tab you have the Bookmarks tab. Once you select a tab it stays selected until you change it. If I have to delete several parts, I start playback of the part I want to delete and immediately pause it with a 2-finger double tap. Then I flick right once since usually the Back button is highlighted after you start playing a part and one flick to the right puts me on the Info button. Once the Info screen comes up you can either slide straight up from the home key and a bit more after Details and you should find the Remove from Device button. I find it quickest to start on the home key and slide up to about 10 or 11 o'clock, so up and a bit to the left. This puts me on the Bookmarks tab and from there I just flick left once and I'm on Remove from Device. Now you just double tap and confirm and you are back in the book where the various parts are listed. Now start playing the next part you want to delete and repeat the above. It sounds complicated and in a way it is although once you do it a few times it's pretty quick. I still wished Audible would finally listen and implement a better method for deleting books. A sighted person can simply swipe across the title of a part from left to right and the Delete button pops up on the right. I have written to Audible before requesting them to make this feature accessible and now with iOS 6 and the new Action rotor they could possibly even utilize that and all you'd have to do if Voiceover is on is to flick down once to get to delete. I can only encourage you to write to them as well and ask them to make a faster method of deleting a book available. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Hi Keith, Google Smart Appliances and you'll find some articles. Here are a few links: http://www.lg.com/ca_en/lgsmarthome/home_appliances.jsp http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/lg-thinq-linqs-your-smart-appliances-with -wifi-and-smartphone-ap http://greentechadvocates.com/2012/01/19/2012-the-year-of-smart-appliances/ Now, is your wife sighted? Ever considered asking her to change her name to Honey App? I'd imagine her voice recognition capabilities would be even better than SIRI *smile*. Joking aside, it's hard to say when this will become main stream reality, the Engadget article is from the 2011 CES which is almost 2 years ago and it will be interesting to see if these companies continue to showcase these kind of appliances at the upcoming CES in January 2013 or if, like other things, these are concept products which won't make it to market for a long time. I am sure connected appliances will eventually become the standard, but the question is whether this will be the case in the next 2 or 3 years or if it's going to be 6 or 8 years. Take care, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: All in one radio app
You may want to check out ooTunes. I'm not sure about wrestling stuff, but it is a very cool app. Jenn You must first learn to follow before you can lead. On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Besides TuneIn Radio, is there another app that I could-listen to various decades of music as well as listen to Nascar Racing Radio as well as wrestling radio all in one place? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Sieghard, I've been pressuring my wife to let me replace our aging washer and dryer. You have convinced me to accept her comfort with the old until, perhaps, some app capable appliances come on the market. I had never thought of this potential. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Philips to Sell iOS-Controlled LED Light Bulbs Exclusively Through Apple Stores
Expensive but interesting. Philips to Sell iOS-Controlled LED Light Bulbs Exclusively Through Apple Stores Philips has announced a new iOS-controlled LED lighting system that can emulate nearly any color, as well as personalize the lighting experience with a wide array of dimmer and scheduling options. The company believes the new bulbs could reinvent the way we think about and experience light in our homes. Building on its innovation capabilities, today Philips unveils hue, the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system. Philips hue signals a new era in home lighting both in the way we think about and experience light in our homes. It allows you to create and control the light using your smartphone or tablet. [...] Philips hue can be setup in minutes. The intuitive app allows you to remotely control your home lighting to help secure your home, personalize your home lighting experience with custom settings and program timers to help manage your daily schedules, all through the convenience of a smart device. An intuitive and seamless system, Philips hue is upgradeable and future-proof, with the potential for more features to be downloaded and enjoyed in the future. Philips is also working on new features including geo-location to automatically turn lights on or off when users approach or leave heir homes, as well as integrating with other media including sound and video. The bulbs will be sold exclusively via Apple Stores beginning tomorrow. Hue is $199 for three bulbs plus the wireless link that can support up to 50 bulbs. Additional bulbs are available for $59 each. Apple has been pushing app-enabled accessories heavily in its online and retail stores, offering products as varied as thermostats, weight scales, blood pressure monitors, a meat thermometer and a pet-tracking GPS collar. Original Page: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/29/phillips-to-sell-ios-controlled-led-light-bulbs-exclusively-through-apple-stores/ Sent from Feeddler RSS Reader Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
I didn't see anything in the article that made it look like Apple was marketing this to the blind at all. In my new house, I have several rooms where a single light is controlled by multiple switches, so it's hard to tell by just checking the switch whether the light is actually on or off or not. Since we're talking wifi, I assume you can also check on your lights remotely, which would be good when you want to make sure you turned off your lights before you left, or you want to turn them on occasionally when you're out to make it look like someone is still there. On 30/10/12 12:14, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: Only Apple would be able to convince blind people to buy over priced lighting equipment! I can see myself using a few of these when I have my own place if the price goes down a little; I quite like the idea of home automation control anyway and this could prove very handy if I have guests round and I want to make sure that there are lights on waiting for them. Obviously you can usually tell this with your usual light switch, but I'm thinking it would be easier more foolproof if you could do it from an iDevice. I wonder if the app will be able to tell you if one of the bulbs has gone? On 10/30/12, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
Hi. Thanks for your suggestions. I'll definitely give them a try. It all makes sense. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: www.facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Yeah, i hate those lights where it depends on two switches: whether one is up and the other down, one is down and the other up, or both are up or both are down! I cannot keep track of those! It would be great to have a way to handle that! I run around with my light probe app trying to figure out if I got it right! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't see anything in the article that made it look like Apple was marketing this to the blind at all. In my new house, I have several rooms where a single light is controlled by multiple switches, so it's hard to tell by just checking the switch whether the light is actually on or off or not. Since we're talking wifi, I assume you can also check on your lights remotely, which would be good when you want to make sure you turned off your lights before you left, or you want to turn them on occasionally when you're out to make it look like someone is still there. On 30/10/12 12:14, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: Only Apple would be able to convince blind people to buy over priced lighting equipment! I can see myself using a few of these when I have my own place if the price goes down a little; I quite like the idea of home automation control anyway and this could prove very handy if I have guests round and I want to make sure that there are lights on waiting for them. Obviously you can usually tell this with your usual light switch, but I'm thinking it would be easier more foolproof if you could do it from an iDevice. I wonder if the app will be able to tell you if one of the bulbs has gone? On 10/30/12, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
Re: braille display question
Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages
What are you trying to do to change the pages? -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 6:08 AM, K. F. Ifill resurrectio...@gmail.com wrote: Hi my challenge is with changing pages. Since I upgraded to IOS6 using my Brailliant display, I can't change pages in any app including Ibooks, pages, or any other. It is quite annoying! Anybody has suggestions? Regards Kerry -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Hi. There are a few other improvements in ILike2ReadPro my loved search function. The possibility to read epub files, if you open them from dropbox. If you are reading on 2 or more devices, you can start reading on another device such as an IPad without having to figure out where you are in the text. The only thing you will have to be aware of as I experience it as a braille user is to use the vertical navigation setting in the router. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 30, 2012 kl. 3:27 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi, They all do, well at least all the ones I have tried. The only one that doesn't is ILike2Read. If you read books in txt format or need to read a lot of text documents in detail, this app is worth having. Save some money though and don't bother with ILike2Read Pro, as it doesn't offer any extra features except dropbox synching, but I can already choose to open a txt file from dropbox in ILike2Read. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicki Keck Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 1:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Is this downloads app free or does it cost? If it reads Word documents, could be invaluable. What would be nice is an app that doesn't display file text in one, long, continuous line so that you can keep your place in a file even if you lock the screen or switch apps and come back. Notes and nebulous seem to display text this way, and it's annoying. Nicki Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Two ways to read without having to scroll pages in braille are: one Copy a word document to an app such as downloads. This will let you read Word documents without having to scroll pages. 2. For greater navigation control, add Word heading styles in your document to mark up the sections you want to quickly jump to. To mark a heading in a word document on your computer, select the text you want as a heading, then press Control plus Alt plus 1 (for a heading level 1), Control plus Alt plus 2 (for a heading level 2) and Control plus Alt plus 3, (for a heading level 3). Then save this file with a HTM extension using the save as dialog in word. Once the file is saved, again copy it to the Downloads app on your phone. When you open it, it will open as a HTML (wep page document), here you can set the rotor to headings and them jump quickly to the sections you previously marked up. This sounds harder than it is, but it really doesn't take much time and its handy for meetings when I need to quickly skip around a file. Downloads will also remember your place in a word or HTML document , when you click the Back button to close the document. This doesn't occur when using notes, although I do use notes for taking my shorthand notes in meetings etc. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 2:35 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Well, after exploring my question this afternoon, i've decided to use the Notes app next week. Everything loaded in there reads straight through without the need to scroll pages and either the issue with vo doing strange things when a note gets too long doesn't happen when speech is turned off or my file isn't long enough to cause a problem. On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: Today I took my iPhone and braille display to try to sing with everybody and follow along in the Scripture passages at church. I had typed everything onto my computer and sent it to Pages on my iPhone. It worked reasonably well. The only problem I had was that sometimes I would change pages and either I would have blank display for a while or the right page didn't come up. I am not using sppeech for this, just my iPhone and Refreshabraille 18. Is there an app I can use or a way that I can use pages so that I'm not having to change pages. Usually it seems that about 3 of my pages show up on the screen or at
Re: using iPhone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages
Hi Annie, with the original ILikeToRead, if I load a braille file directly by changing the extension to TXT, a good deal of text isn't displayed. Is that true in the Pro version as well? And are you saying you can search the text of any file using ILikeToRead Pro? Thanks, Anna On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. There are a few other improvements in ILike2ReadPro my loved search function. The possibility to read epub files, if you open them from dropbox. If you are reading on 2 or more devices, you can start reading on another device such as an IPad without having to figure out where you are in the text. The only thing you will have to be aware of as I experience it as a braille user is to use the vertical navigation setting in the router. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 30, 2012 kl. 3:27 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com: Hi, They all do, well at least all the ones I have tried. The only one that doesn't is ILike2Read. If you read books in txt format or need to read a lot of text documents in detail, this app is worth having. Save some money though and don't bother with ILike2Read Pro, as it doesn't offer any extra features except dropbox synching, but I can already choose to open a txt file from dropbox in ILike2Read. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicki Keck Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 1:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using iphone and braille display for reading text without having to change pages Is this downloads app free or does it cost? If it reads Word documents, could be invaluable. What would be nice is an app that doesn't display file text in one, long, continuous line so that you can keep your place in a file even if you lock the screen or switch apps and come back. Notes and nebulous seem to display text this way, and it's annoying. Nicki Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Two ways to read without having to scroll pages in braille are: one Copy a word document to an app such as downloads. This will let you read Word documents without having to scroll pages. 2. For greater navigation control, add Word heading styles in your document to mark up the sections you want to quickly jump to. To mark a heading in a word document on your computer, select the text you want as a heading, then press Control plus Alt plus 1 (for a heading level 1), Control plus Alt plus 2 (for a heading level 2) and Control plus Alt plus 3, (for a heading level 3). Then save this file with a HTM extension using the save as dialog in word. Once the file is saved, again copy it to the Downloads app on your phone. When you open it, it will open as a HTML (wep page document), here you can set the rotor to headings and them jump quickly to the sections you previously marked up. This sounds harder than it is, but it really doesn't take much time and its handy for meetings when I need to quickly skip around a file. Downloads will also remember your place in a word or HTML document , when you click the Back button to close the document. This doesn't occur when using notes, although I do use notes for taking my shorthand notes in meetings etc. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 29/10/2012, at 2:35 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Well, after exploring my question this afternoon, i've decided to use the Notes app next week. Everything loaded in there reads straight through without the need to scroll pages and either the issue with vo doing strange things when a note gets too long doesn't happen when speech is turned off or my file isn't long enough to cause a problem. On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: Today I took my iPhone and braille display to try to sing with everybody and follow along in the Scripture passages at church. I had typed everything onto my computer and sent it to Pages on my iPhone. It worked reasonably well. The only problem I had was that sometimes I would change pages and either I would have blank display for a while or the right page didn't come up. I am not using sppeech for this, just my iPhone and Refreshabraille 18. Is there an app I can use or a way that I can use pages so that I'm not having to change pages. Usually it seems that about 3 of my pages show up on the screen or at least can be panned on my display. Then I have to scroll using 3456chord and 1456-chord. If another page doesn't come up pretty quickly, I'm left behind with only an 18-cell braille disply. Is there an app that will let me just keep panning from one end of a file to the other? I did like that I could try to go to different pages in case something happened out of sequence but I don't like being stuck trying to get the display to show
Re: braille display question
Cheryl, May I ask which Braille display you are using and what your thoughts are on its performance? Thank you Andrew On 30 Oct 2012, at 15:46, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: audio issues on iPhone5
I also noticed some choppiness when using TuneIn radio, and what it seemed to be nothing more than when the sound ducks under voiceover and then when it comes back up again, it doesn't do it smoothly and just sounds like it skips for a second or less. I wonder if a series of times of that occuring is what is causing much or all of the choppiness issue that people arehaving with the sound at times. I hope Apple does not throw in a quick fix that puts voiceover at a lower priority and possibly result in a problem of losing voiceover speech when listening to things. On 10/30/12, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect the problem with crashing is more an issue with iPhone 4S, but I also noticed some choppiness as well. Mainly seemed to be if VO was speaking. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed some choppiness in the update to TuneIn Radio released yesterday, which is TuneIn Radio 2.9. This morning when trying to skip forward in a stream, I experienced some of the same choppiness described here. This is the only issue I have had with the updated app, so as long as it doesn't get too bad, I may just fight through it. Sometimes when I ahve had trouble with an app and VoiceOver, I have sent a message to the app's Twitter name, and often get a response within a few hours to a day or two. Wayne On 10/29/12, Len Burns len.bu...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, I have been experiencing similar issues with the 4S since I upgraded to IOS6. It is very apparent in the Hanging with Friends game, in interactions with Siri, and a number of other situations. Whereever I encounter the issue, the pattern is similar to what you describe below. It seems that VoiceOver is not sharing the audio system smoothly with certain apps. While it is possible this will be resolved by app updates, I am skeptical since it is occuring with built in software. For example, when I instruct Siri to send an iMessage, unless I tap to open the message screen or close Siri, I do not hear the sound usually accompanying a send. Regards, -Len On 10/29/2012 3:10 PM, Alex Wallis wrote: Hi list, I guess I am rather late to the iPhone5 and IOS6 party, and I am sure this topic has already been covered, but I am experiencing strange audio playback problems on the iPhone5 and am wondering if they are present on other phones running IOS6. The problem is that in some apps, not all but in a few when the app plays audio and VoiceOver tries to speak at the same time the app audio and VoiceOver get in the way of each other and the audio becomes very choppy and broken up til VoiceOver stops talking. I have experienced this problem in zombies run, King of dragon pass and lost cities. Interestingly I haven't experienced the problem at all in the music playing app golden ear when it is playing audio. Does this mean these apps just need updating to take account of apples changes or is this a bug with ios6? I have already written to the authors of king of dragon pass and lost cities, lost cities have responded to me, but no word from the developer of king of dragon pass yet. I was planning to write to the zombies run developer, as the issue is still a big problem even with the update released today, but thought before I write that I will ask the list if we have had any word from apple about the problem. Thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit
TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
I am using the Refreshabraille 18. I like its size: it's thick but small in length and width, from left to right it's about the size of the length of the iPhone 5 and from top to bottom it's maybe half the size of the length of the iPhone 5about as thick as a Victor Reader Stream, maybe a tiny bit thicker. Perkins style keys, square keys. Display at the top, router buttons a little way below, left-right buttons below that with an extra not raised button to use as a space bar if you flip it between these (You press the left and right controls simultaneously and then turn it around and then the braille display is closer to you and the keys are further away; doesn't actually physically move things around on the unit but just changes the display direction so turning it around makes what was right/left on the display left-right). Six keys with a blank place in between below this. Five way joystick in the middle below keys. Keys 7, space, and 8 below this. A unique usb jack because it's in the bottom left indented in so it can be hard to get the cable in though I've gotten used to it. I'm liking it; it's very sturdy and works fine but I can see that I would like more cells. But more cells would mean bigger from left to right and, more important, more cells with the quality I want would be more expensive. Ergonomically I kind of wish the panning buttons could be on the edges in line with the display but it might be hard to design that so you didn't accidentally press them. Typing feels a little cramped to me but when one is used to a braillelite 40 which is lots bigger and has long keys instead of a square one, they would feel cramped; I imagine i will get used to that. The one thing that takes some getting used to, not just with the refreshabraille but with reading braille, is the way selected text is marked and the way fields are marked when they aren't yet made editable; a little distracting but I am sure I'll get used to that also. If money didn't matter, I'd get a 40-cell and it would also be something with an sd card that could read files as a stand-alone. But since money is a factor, I'm very happy with my refreshabraille 18, having gotten it for slightly less because it was slightly-used. I was disappointed to find out that Aph had discontinued the case as I would like a case for it to live in and be used in in some situations but they say they are designing a new one. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Andrew Lamanche andrew.laman...@gmail.com wrote: Cheryl, May I ask which Braille display you are using and what your thoughts are on its performance? Thank you Andrew On 30 Oct 2012, at 15:46, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit
Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
I listen to a local Austin news station in the morning when getting ready for work, and often hear these sorts of announcements, often repeated too. I suspect that the online stream is different from what the regular listener to the radio is hearing. I often hear the announcements start at the 55 minute mark and they continue for about 10 minutes, preimpting the hourly news from the network. I find this very annoying since there are times I want to hear the national news, but I don't think there's anything I can do. Sometimes the stream will be several minutes behind what the radio is airring, and the only way to solve this is to stop the stream, wait a few seconds, and then start it again. This is another annoying thing with listening to TuneIn, but it may not be exclusive to this app though. Wayne On 10/30/12, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist
Yes it would seem that deleting the app at least solves the problem with the app crashing. There still is some odd issue with the sound while VO is running. On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Thanks, Wayne. Works fine after deleting app and reinstalling. And I didn't lose my favorites, as I was expecting! Best, Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TuneIN Radio - Getting message on Favorites or Browse ERROR - No entries in playlist It could be related to the hurricane. However, a TuneIn update came out yesterday with fixes and compatibility with the iPhone5 and iOS6. If all else fails, you might try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it. Do you have a TuneIn account? If so, you can restore your favorites with that, by going to the TuneIn settings and looking for the account area. Wayne On 10/30/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Last played fine on Sunday night. Above Error message since Monday night. Also, when try to play a recording I get a message Updating Recordings, but then I'm back to the Home Screen soon thereafter. Wondering if this is my app, device, or possibly related to hurricane out east in US (if their server is down). Any ideas? Thanks Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
I suspect this is the stream and not the app at all. I find this to be the case with local radio stations in this area as well. However, the difference is I am not using TUneIn in this particular case. So, I believe there are ads that you are being exposed to that are not necessarily the same as if you are listening over the air. On Oct 30, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I listen to a local Austin news station in the morning when getting ready for work, and often hear these sorts of announcements, often repeated too. I suspect that the online stream is different from what the regular listener to the radio is hearing. I often hear the announcements start at the 55 minute mark and they continue for about 10 minutes, preimpting the hourly news from the network. I find this very annoying since there are times I want to hear the national news, but I don't think there's anything I can do. Sometimes the stream will be several minutes behind what the radio is airring, and the only way to solve this is to stop the stream, wait a few seconds, and then start it again. This is another annoying thing with listening to TuneIn, but it may not be exclusive to this app though. Wayne On 10/30/12, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: audio issues on iPhone5
Apple is aware of the audio issues, so hopefully this will be addressed sooner than later. I suspect a lot of these issues are related. On Oct 30, 2012, at 12:22 PM, James Mannion mannion...@gmail.com wrote: I also noticed some choppiness when using TuneIn radio, and what it seemed to be nothing more than when the sound ducks under voiceover and then when it comes back up again, it doesn't do it smoothly and just sounds like it skips for a second or less. I wonder if a series of times of that occuring is what is causing much or all of the choppiness issue that people arehaving with the sound at times. I hope Apple does not throw in a quick fix that puts voiceover at a lower priority and possibly result in a problem of losing voiceover speech when listening to things. On 10/30/12, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect the problem with crashing is more an issue with iPhone 4S, but I also noticed some choppiness as well. Mainly seemed to be if VO was speaking. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed some choppiness in the update to TuneIn Radio released yesterday, which is TuneIn Radio 2.9. This morning when trying to skip forward in a stream, I experienced some of the same choppiness described here. This is the only issue I have had with the updated app, so as long as it doesn't get too bad, I may just fight through it. Sometimes when I ahve had trouble with an app and VoiceOver, I have sent a message to the app's Twitter name, and often get a response within a few hours to a day or two. Wayne On 10/29/12, Len Burns len.bu...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, I have been experiencing similar issues with the 4S since I upgraded to IOS6. It is very apparent in the Hanging with Friends game, in interactions with Siri, and a number of other situations. Whereever I encounter the issue, the pattern is similar to what you describe below. It seems that VoiceOver is not sharing the audio system smoothly with certain apps. While it is possible this will be resolved by app updates, I am skeptical since it is occuring with built in software. For example, when I instruct Siri to send an iMessage, unless I tap to open the message screen or close Siri, I do not hear the sound usually accompanying a send. Regards, -Len On 10/29/2012 3:10 PM, Alex Wallis wrote: Hi list, I guess I am rather late to the iPhone5 and IOS6 party, and I am sure this topic has already been covered, but I am experiencing strange audio playback problems on the iPhone5 and am wondering if they are present on other phones running IOS6. The problem is that in some apps, not all but in a few when the app plays audio and VoiceOver tries to speak at the same time the app audio and VoiceOver get in the way of each other and the audio becomes very choppy and broken up til VoiceOver stops talking. I have experienced this problem in zombies run, King of dragon pass and lost cities. Interestingly I haven't experienced the problem at all in the music playing app golden ear when it is playing audio. Does this mean these apps just need updating to take account of apples changes or is this a bug with ios6? I have already written to the authors of king of dragon pass and lost cities, lost cities have responded to me, but no word from the developer of king of dragon pass yet. I was planning to write to the zombies run developer, as the issue is still a big problem even with the update released today, but thought before I write that I will ask the list if we have had any word from apple about the problem. Thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
I was interested to know there's an app to control your Tivo since our Cable company use this box, or one with that name anyway. Can you please tell me the name of the app you use and then tell me what you can and cannot do with the app? This is quite important because we've been discussing access to Tivo quite a lot over here in the UK and I don't think anyone else has found an app to be successful here so far, so I want to be sure to get my facts straight before I say anything. Thanks for any help you can give, on or off list. Carol P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 15:21 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Google's VoiceSearch App
Google's latest voice search technology can be found in a new update for the company's iOS app that makes Siri look slow. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ Josh Lowensohn by http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn October 30, 2012 10:36 AM PDT [] (Credit: Google) Nearly three months after its snazzy demo, Google's enhanced voice search for iOS is here. The service, which mimics some of the functionality found in Google's search technology built intohttp://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/android-atlas/Android as part of Jelly Bean, aims to keep Siri on her toes. The software provides contextual results for voice queries and serves up Web searches for everything else. In some brief testing this morning, the answers came back markedly quicker than Apple's own offering, even showing you voice transcriptions as queries were spoken -- something Siri does not do until users are done talking. The new feature went out as part of an update this morning, which also added support for Apple's iPhone 5. iOS users need to be on iOS 4.2 or above to use the feature. In an interview with CNET earlier this year, Google said it plans to build some of the same search integration into its other products, namely Calendar and Drive, though has not set out a timetable for those additions. Here's Google's promotional video of it in action: Topics: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=9728406Apps, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=10457942iOS Tags: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=searchSearch, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=voice+searchvoice search, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=appleApple, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=googleGoogle, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=iosiOS http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ [] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/?part=rsssubj=newstag=title -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Google's VoiceSearch App
Interesting. I would guess the only way they get responses to come back that quick is to maintain a constant connection to the server. Of course I can only speculate, but it would seem they use resources to maintain a connection rather than take the time to send a query. I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. On 10/30/12, Robin robin-mel...@comcast.net wrote: Google's latest voice search technology can be found in a new update for the company's iOS app that makes Siri look slow. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ Josh Lowensohn by http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn October 30, 2012 10:36 AM PDT [] (Credit: Google) Nearly three months after its snazzy demo, Google's enhanced voice search for iOS is here. The service, which mimics some of the functionality found in Google's search technology built intohttp://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/android-atlas/Android as part of Jelly Bean, aims to keep Siri on her toes. The software provides contextual results for voice queries and serves up Web searches for everything else. In some brief testing this morning, the answers came back markedly quicker than Apple's own offering, even showing you voice transcriptions as queries were spoken -- something Siri does not do until users are done talking. The new feature went out as part of an update this morning, which also added support for Apple's iPhone 5. iOS users need to be on iOS 4.2 or above to use the feature. In an interview with CNET earlier this year, Google said it plans to build some of the same search integration into its other products, namely Calendar and Drive, though has not set out a timetable for those additions. Here's Google's promotional video of it in action: Topics: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=9728406Apps, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=10457942iOS Tags: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=searchSearch, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=voice+searchvoice search, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=appleApple, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=googleGoogle, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=iosiOS http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ [] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/?part=rsssubj=newstag=title -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: stamm stumper ios6
Indeed. This is what I meant. In the meantime I found out that there are known issues with ios 6. Guess they will fix them in the future. Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2012, at 4:39 AM, goshawk on horseback goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: I assume the name given is a typing error, and that it should be stem stumper, which is an accessible iphone game. Simon - Original Message - From: Jodie Hoger jodieho...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:19 AM Subject: Re: stamm stumper ios6 Hi there. What is stamm stumper? Thanks,Jo Sent from my iPhone On 30/10/2012, at 2:37 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, The developer posted recently that they'll put out an update soon, probably within a couple of weeks. Best, Anna On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone else experience problems with stamm stumper in ios6? It runs with stuttering interruptions on my iphone 5. I tried restarting the phone with no improvements. Thanks, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Trouble tweeting from apps on iPhone 5
Greetings all. I am having an issue where I am unable to tweet from certain apps on the iPhone 5 using iOS 6. I have tried tweeting what I am listening to in Audible, Downcast, and ooTunes. Most times, I am prompted to log-in to my Twitter account, and then I am told that the tweet failed to post due to some sort of error. Once I have gotten the error code of 404. I did as someone on Twitter suggested and went into my Twitter settings on the iPhone, deleted my account, and then signed in again. I then tried tweeting what I was listening to in Audible and had the same issue. The only time I am able to tweet what I am listening to has been when playing the SeroTalk podcast in Downcast. However, I have also tried tweeting when listening to another podcast and got the same notice that the tweet failed. Is anyone else experiencing similar issues when trying to tweet or post to Facebook from within an app on the iPhone 5? This isn't a big issue, but it is annoying that I am unable to post from several different apps. Regards, Wayne -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Google's VoiceSearch App
I think it saves time because it sends text to the server as you speak rather than waiting until you are done. Stupid button labelling and accessibility. If I may brag, my sister is a big shot top level project coordinator for the google equivalent for siri. Will complain to her and see what it does. Best, Ioanaproject manager Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:39 PM, James Mannion mannion...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. I would guess the only way they get responses to come back that quick is to maintain a constant connection to the server. Of course I can only speculate, but it would seem they use resources to maintain a connection rather than take the time to send a query. I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. On 10/30/12, Robin robin-mel...@comcast.net wrote: Google's latest voice search technology can be found in a new update for the company's iOS app that makes Siri look slow. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ Josh Lowensohn by http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn October 30, 2012 10:36 AM PDT [] (Credit: Google) Nearly three months after its snazzy demo, Google's enhanced voice search for iOS is here. The service, which mimics some of the functionality found in Google's search technology built intohttp://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/android-atlas/Android as part of Jelly Bean, aims to keep Siri on her toes. The software provides contextual results for voice queries and serves up Web searches for everything else. In some brief testing this morning, the answers came back markedly quicker than Apple's own offering, even showing you voice transcriptions as queries were spoken -- something Siri does not do until users are done talking. The new feature went out as part of an update this morning, which also added support for Apple's iPhone 5. iOS users need to be on iOS 4.2 or above to use the feature. In an interview with CNET earlier this year, Google said it plans to build some of the same search integration into its other products, namely Calendar and Drive, though has not set out a timetable for those additions. Here's Google's promotional video of it in action: Topics: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=9728406Apps, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?categoryId=10457942iOS Tags: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=searchSearch, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=voice+searchvoice search, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=appleApple, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=googleGoogle, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives//8300-5_3-0.html?keyword=iosiOS http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/ [] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/http://www.cnet.com/profile/Josh.Lowensohn/Josh Lowensohn URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542512-37/googles-siri-competitor-for-ios-arrives/?part=rsssubj=newstag=title -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this
Re: All in one radio app
Hi. I know that Live 365 and Sirius XM have wrestling programming. Why not give those a try? -- Shawn Sent from my white MacBook using SamNet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: All in one radio app
Hi, I'll do that. You have to have a subscription to Sirius right? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2012, at 3:04 PM, BBS bigbigshawn@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I know that Live 365 and Sirius XM have wrestling programming. Why not give those a try? -- Shawn Sent from my white MacBook using SamNet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
FUTURE SHOCK!!! Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
issue with Fleksy
Hi all. A couple of months ago i purchased fleksy. Last week i got my phoe stolen. I am not able to sync my phoe right now so I downloaded my apps manually. When i tried to restore my fleksy it gives an error saying there is no record of my purchase. If anyone can help I would appreciate it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Flicking to change apps in the app store
Oh yeah, They broke that I think. I had been using the headings roter setting to move through apps and I can't do that anymore either. - Original Message - From: Robert Fenton robert.fen...@samobile.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 8:59 PM Subject: Re: Flicking to change apps in the app store I used to be able to flick left and right with three fingers to bring up each app. The new selector at the bottom of the screen works just fine. Thanks. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On 2012-10-29, at 6:48 PM, Damashe Thomas damashe.tho...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Robert, Are you saying that the item picker at the bottom of the screen, right above the appstore tabs, isn't there anymore for you or isn't working? If not, is there another method that you were using that no longer works? - Original Message - From: Robert Fenton robert.fen...@samobile.net To: Viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:52 PM Subject: Flicking to change apps in the app store Hello everybody: It appears that the flicking gestures to change the app in the app store that is displayed are no longer working in the Canadian app store. Is anyone else having this problem? Thanks for your help. Robert J. Fenton President, Canadian Blind Sports Association 604-419-0480 Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Trouble tweeting from apps on iPhone 5
Interestingly I have experienced this while using Feedler Pro. I had not really looked into the issue since i was more trying out the feature. I did tweet a weather forecast to no one in particular using MenuWeather from my iPhone. So, this is an interesting issue, but at least you know you are not loosing your mind. :) On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings all. I am having an issue where I am unable to tweet from certain apps on the iPhone 5 using iOS 6. I have tried tweeting what I am listening to in Audible, Downcast, and ooTunes. Most times, I am prompted to log-in to my Twitter account, and then I am told that the tweet failed to post due to some sort of error. Once I have gotten the error code of 404. I did as someone on Twitter suggested and went into my Twitter settings on the iPhone, deleted my account, and then signed in again. I then tried tweeting what I was listening to in Audible and had the same issue. The only time I am able to tweet what I am listening to has been when playing the SeroTalk podcast in Downcast. However, I have also tried tweeting when listening to another podcast and got the same notice that the tweet failed. Is anyone else experiencing similar issues when trying to tweet or post to Facebook from within an app on the iPhone 5? This isn't a big issue, but it is annoying that I am unable to post from several different apps. Regards, Wayne -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
So, as with anything else, it takes practice to learn to do it efficiently. I now use the method to my advantage. For instance, a pause of a second can clear the buffer and permit me to use a contraction where it would not normally be expected. Work with the system rather than fighting it and you will quickly improve. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 4:46, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Google's VoiceSearch App
i WONDER WHAT YOU MEAN BY: I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. Is this app not accessible on IOS? Is there Android equivalent app not accessible with Talk Back? On 30/10/12 19:39, James Mannion wrote: maintain a connection rather than take the time to send a query. I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
I use the same display with my iPhone. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 5:45, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I am using the Refreshabraille 18. I like its size: it's thick but small in length and width, from left to right it's about the size of the length of the iPhone 5 and from top to bottom it's maybe half the size of the length of the iPhone 5about as thick as a Victor Reader Stream, maybe a tiny bit thicker. Perkins style keys, square keys. Display at the top, router buttons a little way below, left-right buttons below that with an extra not raised button to use as a space bar if you flip it between these (You press the left and right controls simultaneously and then turn it around and then the braille display is closer to you and the keys are further away; doesn't actually physically move things around on the unit but just changes the display direction so turning it around makes what was right/left on the display left-right). Six keys with a blank place in between below this. Five way joystick in the middle below keys. Keys 7, space, and 8 below this. A unique usb jack because it's in the bottom left indented in so it can be hard to get the cable in though I've gotten used to it. I'm liking it; it's very sturdy and works fine but I can see that I would like more cells. But more cells would mean bigger from left to right and, more important, more cells with the quality I want would be more expensive. Ergonomically I kind of wish the panning buttons could be on the edges in line with the display but it might be hard to design that so you didn't accidentally press them. Typing feels a little cramped to me but when one is used to a braillelite 40 which is lots bigger and has long keys instead of a square one, they would feel cramped; I imagine i will get used to that. The one thing that takes some getting used to, not just with the refreshabraille but with reading braille, is the way selected text is marked and the way fields are marked when they aren't yet made editable; a little distracting but I am sure I'll get used to that also. If money didn't matter, I'd get a 40-cell and it would also be something with an sd card that could read files as a stand-alone. But since money is a factor, I'm very happy with my refreshabraille 18, having gotten it for slightly less because it was slightly-used. I was disappointed to find out that Aph had discontinued the case as I would like a case for it to live in and be used in in some situations but they say they are designing a new one. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Andrew Lamanche andrew.laman...@gmail.com wrote: Cheryl, May I ask which Braille display you are using and what your thoughts are on its performance? Thank you Andrew On 30 Oct 2012, at 15:46, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only
Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
No, those cannot be bypassed. They are often used to block local advertisements which are going out over the air. Many companies now require this so that people in different markets do not learn about area-specific targeted pricing for products. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 5:34, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: 3-Finger Tap Speech
hummmnmnmnm,... curious, 2 should toggle speech, 3 should draw the curtain. - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net To: List viPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:35 PM Subject: 3-Finger Tap Speech Late last week there was a bit of discussion on the 3-Finger Tap and how it relates to Speech On/Speech Off. Well, I discovered that while the 3-Finger tap 3 times does turn speech off, one need only do it twice to turn speech back on. At least, that's how it's working on my iPhone 5. Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Google's VoiceSearch App
I'm quite prepared to be wrong, but it seems perfectly accessible to me. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 20:35 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Google's VoiceSearch App i WONDER WHAT YOU MEAN BY: I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. Is this app not accessible on IOS? Is there Android equivalent app not accessible with Talk Back? On 30/10/12 19:39, James Mannion wrote: maintain a connection rather than take the time to send a query. I wonder if they could be bothered to make it voiceover accessible or make sure it is? It seems they can't be bothered to care about that all that much on their own platform. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
TiVo app [was Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market]
I'm using the TiVo app from the TiVo corporation. I'm in the US so I got it from the US store. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I'm not sure there isn't anything I can't do with it. It seems completely accessible. You can connect directly to your TiVo over your wifi or access it remotely if you're not at home. You don't have access to as much functions if you're connecting remotely. If I'm watching TV, and I bring up the app, the info tab will give me information about the show I'm watching. The guide tab gives me a list of everything that's playing on the TiVo, and it lets me move backwards and forwards in time. If I click on a show in the guide, I'll get info about the show, and I'll be able to either record it or watch it live. There's a my shows tab, which shows me what's been recorded and what TiVo recommends. I can watch a recorded show or delete a show from my TiVo. There's also a way to get recorded shows over to my iPhone, but I haven't looked into this myself yet. You can also manage your season passes through the app. If all else fails, you can bring up a remote on the app and then just hit the thumbs up button or numeric channel numbers directly, just as you would on the remote. Again, it all seems accessible. I'm going partly by memory since I'm traveling internationally at the moment. I'm also sure I haven't tried everything on the app. Ah, I just realized I could have gone in remotely and had it record the Dolphins game on Sunday! Now I'll just have to rely on NFL's Audio Pass. On 30/10/12 18:16, Carol Pearson wrote: I was interested to know there's an app to control your Tivo since our Cable company use this box, or one with that name anyway. Can you please tell me the name of the app you use and then tell me what you can and cannot do with the app? This is quite important because we've been discussing access to Tivo quite a lot over here in the UK and I don't think anyone else has found an app to be successful here so far, so I want to be sure to get my facts straight before I say anything. Thanks for any help you can give, on or off list. Carol P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 15:21 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Well, it had to happen; can't help thinking it might appeal to more budget orientated business too; but still, fascinating. So when can we expect LED bulbs in the shops for the rest of us. I just paid £30 to the RNIB for a folding LED light with a lithium battery you charge off a mini usb lead. Pretty bright, runs for ages; good quality light for VIs needing to do close work. Concertinas in a Z form as a mini desk light so you can position on hwat you're doing. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 AM Subject: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Hello Listers, Just read this today on the CBC news website, another new gadget for us to spend our money on so we can finally see the light *smile* Apple and Philips move into home lighting market CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2012 3:31 PM ET European technology maker Philips will begin selling programmable home lighting systems exclusively through Apple stores starting Tuesday. Hue is a series of light-emitting-diode bulbs controlled from a handheld Apple device through a household Wi-Fi network. At the Apple end, users can control the lights using a free app on their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Philips's lighting system Hue, controllable through iPhones and iPads, goes on sale Tuesday in Apple stores. The bulbs offer a variable white light, mimic incandescent lights and will produce more than 16 million colours. While LED lighting has been praised for its extreme power-saving attributes, the harsh whiteness of the light has taken longer for technology to control. I was able to change the colours of the light bulbs in different rooms, adjust the brightness level or turn the lights off and on with one touch from my iPad, wrote Mashable reviewer Andrea Smith, who tested the system for several days. As well, the system can memorize lighting combinations for people to reuse in the future and can operate on a timed on-off basis. Lighting combinations and programs can be shared through social media. I pressed a button on the bridge which immediately identifies all three lights, Smith wrote. Using the app on my iPad, I was able to rename the lights, calling them living room, family room and office. I had fun sliding the bar from left to right, which changes the intensity of the bulb's colour; it was like having a dimmer switch built into my mobile device. The system offers flexibility and control that was once limited to lighting systems worth thousands of dollars in commercial applications. For all that, however, it isn't cheap. The introductory kit - three bulbs and a ZigBee bridge that attaches to a Wi-Fi router - costs $199 in Canada. Additional bulbs cost $59 each. As many as 50 bulbs can be operated on one system. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
I thought those local advertisements were blocked due to contractual agreements with the agencies and actors that produced those commercials, i.e. they were paid to produce a local commercial and not a national commercial. I could be wrong though, and I don't care enough about the issue myself to look it up myself. On 30/10/12 21:42, David Chittenden wrote: No, those cannot be bypassed. They are often used to block local advertisements which are going out over the air. Many companies now require this so that people in different markets do not learn about area-specific targeted pricing for products. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 5:34, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
Hah! now they been promising that for ages, internet ready domestic appliances, and no one could see the point until now. - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Sieghard, I've been pressuring my wife to let me replace our aging washer and dryer. You have convinced me to accept her comfort with the old until, perhaps, some app capable appliances come on the market. I had never thought of this potential. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: All in one radio app
I love OOTunes. I would have to say it's one of my favorite apps on my phone. I've never had a problem with it, and I've never had an issue with a radio station not playing. JoJo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Getting Videos off iPod
no, if it was that simple, we'd have all done it ages ago. G! the number of times we all hunted high and low for an app to work that simply. Apple devices have never connected via the basic explorer interface like a generic usb drive... if only?! - Original Message - From: Ben Mustill-Rose b...@benmr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:06 AM Subject: Re: Getting Videos off iPod You plug it into your computer and copy it using Windows explorer. Will that solve the problem? Cheers, Ben. On 10/30/12, Jane Jordan juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to get a video off my iPod, It's too long to email and I don't want to upload it to my YouTube. Dropbox for some reason isn't snagging it like it should. How do I fix this? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Getting Videos off iPod
I reckon a Mac would have a better chance! - Original Message - From: Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:14 AM Subject: Re: Getting Videos off iPod Nope, because I' using a Mac. :) Jane On Oct 29, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose b...@benmr.com wrote: You plug it into your computer and copy it using Windows explorer. Will that solve the problem? Cheers, Ben. On 10/30/12, Jane Jordan juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to get a video off my iPod, It's too long to email and I don't want to upload it to my YouTube. Dropbox for some reason isn't snagging it like it should. How do I fix this? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
I'm yet to be convinced that an iPad offers a VI anything an iPhone doesn't do already. Partially sighted oculd watch video on it easier of course, but after that? R! - Original Message - From: Tom Cramer tom.cram...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:17 AM Subject: IPhone and IPad Hi, If a person has an IPhone would having an IPad make any big difference? Are there some major differences between an IPhone and an IPad? Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TiVo app [was Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market]
can u watch your tivo via iphone simular to how slingbox does things? Hank On 10/30/2012 1:56 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: I'm using the TiVo app from the TiVo corporation. I'm in the US so I got it from the US store. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I'm not sure there isn't anything I can't do with it. It seems completely accessible. You can connect directly to your TiVo over your wifi or access it remotely if you're not at home. You don't have access to as much functions if you're connecting remotely. If I'm watching TV, and I bring up the app, the info tab will give me information about the show I'm watching. The guide tab gives me a list of everything that's playing on the TiVo, and it lets me move backwards and forwards in time. If I click on a show in the guide, I'll get info about the show, and I'll be able to either record it or watch it live. There's a my shows tab, which shows me what's been recorded and what TiVo recommends. I can watch a recorded show or delete a show from my TiVo. There's also a way to get recorded shows over to my iPhone, but I haven't looked into this myself yet. You can also manage your season passes through the app. If all else fails, you can bring up a remote on the app and then just hit the thumbs up button or numeric channel numbers directly, just as you would on the remote. Again, it all seems accessible. I'm going partly by memory since I'm traveling internationally at the moment. I'm also sure I haven't tried everything on the app. Ah, I just realized I could have gone in remotely and had it record the Dolphins game on Sunday! Now I'll just have to rely on NFL's Audio Pass. On 30/10/12 18:16, Carol Pearson wrote: I was interested to know there's an app to control your Tivo since our Cable company use this box, or one with that name anyway. Can you please tell me the name of the app you use and then tell me what you can and cannot do with the app? This is quite important because we've been discussing access to Tivo quite a lot over here in the UK and I don't think anyone else has found an app to be successful here so far, so I want to be sure to get my facts straight before I say anything. Thanks for any help you can give, on or off list. Carol P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 15:21 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hanksmith2011 facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hank.smith.92 zello: hanksmith5 Klango: hanksmith Skype: hank.smith966 Amateur radio call sign: ke7ief check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A also you can find my youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 -- You received this message because you are
Re: IPhone and IPad
Ok, this is a preference and competence thing between more content or is it more complication or confusion to wade through. I just sold my old iPad, I still got the old iPhones. Garage Band and watching Video with some degree of sight would benefit from larger screen, that's about all. I still think the Pad is just a big Pod; so GPS is largely out and unless you pay a big wadge extra, so is 3g or 4g cellular networking. So you can't use it as much away from the home base for the wifi. R! - Original Message - From: Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:01 AM Subject: Re: IPhone and IPad Sieghard, Although I agree with you that it is an individual choice, I believe it is important to point out that screen size is not the only difference. Apps on the iPhone and iPad will in most cases have a different layout. For example, the Mail app on the iPad shows the mailboxes or messages on the left half of the screen and the contents of the message on the right. This can be very useful for rapidly scanning through mail when you want to do more than just run through the subject lines. The size of the screen means that you can put more content on the screen and in some cases this can be helpful in cutting down on the number of times you have to tap through to find features or perform certain functions. What may change this by reducing the overall screen size, yet keeping the layout benefits of the iPad is the iPad Mini. So, it has a lot more to do with screen size and you really have to determine what your workflow is. I have both devices and find that each has its benefits. In fact with the TouchFire keyboard, I can easily use my iPad as a mobile option and type quite easily on it. I would not say I'd like to type an entire book on it, but hey it would not be impossible either. THe nice thing about having the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, etc. is the fact that you have options and will have a device that meets your needs. Ok, well holding an iPad to your ear would look pretty odd, so it would not make a good phone. :) ha ha On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Tom, Whether you would benefit from an iPad is really something you have to answer for yourself. The main difference, of course, is the size of the iPad. Some find it harder to orient themselves on the much larger iPad screen and for a blind person I am not sure if an iPad makes as much sense as for a sighted person who can really enjoy the awesome almost 10 inch retina display on the iPad third Gen and fourth Gen. Due to the increased size the iPad speaker sounds a big fuller and louder but this of course is easy to fix by using an external speaker either wired, Bluetooth or airplay with your iPhone. Of course now you have the choice of the iPad Mini as well which has a 7.9 inch instead of a 9.7 inch screen. This doesn’t sound like much of a difference, only just under 2 inches, but the device is quite a bit smaller, thinner and lighter. I could go on and on emphasizing this or that which speaks in favour of the large iPad which now is called the iPad with retina screen, the iPad Mini or for that matter the fifth generation iPod Touches which are also very nice devices. Equally I could argue that if you have an iPhone 4S or 5 you really don’t need anything else. Ultimately it’s your choice whether you need or want 2 iDevices and, if you decide you do, then just go to an Apple store and ask them to show you the iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touches. It’s easy to turn on Voiceover so you can spend some time with each and make up your mind which you like best. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
Re: IPhone and IPad
Get the Mini, good compromise! Make the rest jealous as being the first. - Original Message - From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:49 AM Subject: Re: IPhone and IPad Now I like the sound of the mail app for the iPad. Decisions decisions! Lol! Christopher Hallsworth On 30/10/2012 11:01, Scott Howell wrote: Sieghard, Although I agree with you that it is an individual choice, I believe it is important to point out that screen size is not the only difference. Apps on the iPhone and iPad will in most cases have a different layout. For example, the Mail app on the iPad shows the mailboxes or messages on the left half of the screen and the contents of the message on the right. This can be very useful for rapidly scanning through mail when you want to do more than just run through the subject lines. The size of the screen means that you can put more content on the screen and in some cases this can be helpful in cutting down on the number of times you have to tap through to find features or perform certain functions. What may change this by reducing the overall screen size, yet keeping the layout benefits of the iPad is the iPad Mini. So, it has a lot more to do with screen size and you really have to determine what your workflow is. I have both devices and find that each has its benefits. In fact with the TouchFire keyboard, I can easily use my iPad as a mobile option and type quite easily on it. I would not say I'd like to type an entire book on it, but hey it would not be impossible either. THe nice thing about having the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, etc. is the fact that you have options and will have a device that meets your needs. Ok, well holding an iPad to your ear would look pretty odd, so it would not make a good phone. :) ha ha On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Tom, Whether you would benefit from an iPad is really something you have to answer for yourself. The main difference, of course, is the size of the iPad. Some find it harder to orient themselves on the much larger iPad screen and for a blind person I am not sure if an iPad makes as much sense as for a sighted person who can really enjoy the awesome almost 10 inch retina display on the iPad third Gen and fourth Gen. Due to the increased size the iPad speaker sounds a big fuller and louder but this of course is easy to fix by using an external speaker either wired, Bluetooth or airplay with your iPhone. Of course now you have the choice of the iPad Mini as well which has a 7.9 inch instead of a 9.7 inch screen. This doesn’t sound like much of a difference, only just under 2 inches, but the device is quite a bit smaller, thinner and lighter. I could go on and on emphasizing this or that which speaks in favour of the large iPad which now is called the iPad with retina screen, the iPad Mini or for that matter the fifth generation iPod Touches which are also very nice devices. Equally I could argue that if you have an iPhone 4S or 5 you really don’t need anything else. Ultimately it’s your choice whether you need or want 2 iDevices and, if you decide you do, then just go to an Apple store and ask them to show you the iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touches. It’s easy to turn on Voiceover so you can spend some time with each and make up your mind which you like best. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Text Editing on iOS
Ok, let me turn the question round; is anyone else using the new rii mini BT keyboard able to do this method of text selection? I heard of one or two having flaky resulst with it ono ther things. R! - Original Message - From: Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:52 PM Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS Do you have dedicated arrow keys or do you have to press fn +a letter? I this case shift +arrows might not work.Best, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: I have one of the new RII mini BT and been fiddling for ages and can't get to select text using the keyboard. I think shift and the arrow keys was the last thing mentioned; still nothing. This is getting too frustrating. R! - Original Message - From: Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS How about using notes? You can do bold italic there and selecting and moving text works fine with bt keyboard. Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I guess it is kind of contradicting to want plain text and then request bold, etc. LOL I'm about to start taking an hour and a half commute each way to work, and I'd like to find a productive means of spending my three hours on the road. Editing documents is one way, and while I understand there is currently no means of editing Doc or DOCX files, I'd like to see about the next best alternative. Esther's message earlier about an RTF editor was promising, but I'd prefer not have to get an iPad just to accomplish some productive document editing. At minimum, I'd like an efficient means of manipulating blocks of text from within the same file or between two files. Thanks all for any additional thoughts. Joe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Harris Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS You want a minimal word processor; those markup tokens only complicate and to me, corrupt the notion of Plain Text. - Original Message - From: Joe jsoro...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 1:54 PM Subject: Text Editing on iOS Hello, As a follow-up to the recent thread on RTF editors that synchronize with Dropbox, do any of the plain text apps allow for at least some minimal formatting such as bold, underline, tab positions, etc.? Also, what is the text selection process with a bluetooth keyboard? I have an Apple keyboard, and I'd like to be able to select blocks of text. Am I correct that this works with a combination of arrow keys and the Command key? Thanks for any information. Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to
Re: Text Editing on iOS
Notebox is a hybrid of Notes, but keeps stuff on Dropbox. Very accessible. R! - Original Message - From: Joe jsoro...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:03 PM Subject: RE: Text Editing on iOS I myself have the Apple keyboard. I'm going to try your Notes app suggestion, though I'm not sure it's quite the Dropbox integration we're talking about. Then again, I think Notes lets you e-mail stuff to yourself, so who knows. You may be onto something.--Joe From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS Do you have dedicated arrow keys or do you have to press fn +a letter? I this case shift +arrows might not work.Best, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: I have one of the new RII mini BT and been fiddling for ages and can't get to select text using the keyboard. I think shift and the arrow keys was the last thing mentioned; still nothing. This is getting too frustrating. R! - Original Message - From: Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS How about using notes? You can do bold italic there and selecting and moving text works fine with bt keyboard. Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I guess it is kind of contradicting to want plain text and then request bold, etc. LOL I'm about to start taking an hour and a half commute each way to work, and I'd like to find a productive means of spending my three hours on the road. Editing documents is one way, and while I understand there is currently no means of editing Doc or DOCX files, I'd like to see about the next best alternative. Esther's message earlier about an RTF editor was promising, but I'd prefer not have to get an iPad just to accomplish some productive document editing. At minimum, I'd like an efficient means of manipulating blocks of text from within the same file or between two files. Thanks all for any additional thoughts. Joe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Harris Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Text Editing on iOS You want a minimal word processor; those markup tokens only complicate and to me, corrupt the notion of Plain Text. - Original Message - From: Joe jsoro...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 1:54 PM Subject: Text Editing on iOS Hello, As a follow-up to the recent thread on RTF editors that synchronize with Dropbox, do any of the plain text apps allow for at least some minimal formatting such as bold, underline, tab positions, etc.? Also, what is the text selection process with a bluetooth keyboard? I have an Apple keyboard, and I'd like to be able to select blocks of text. Am I correct that this works with a combination of arrow keys and the Command key? Thanks for any information. Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received
Re: TiVo app [was Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market]
I don't know myself since I've never looked into a Slingbox. On 30/10/12 22:13, hank smith wrote: can u watch your tivo via iphone simular to how slingbox does things? Hank On 10/30/2012 1:56 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: I'm using the TiVo app from the TiVo corporation. I'm in the US so I got it from the US store. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I'm not sure there isn't anything I can't do with it. It seems completely accessible. You can connect directly to your TiVo over your wifi or access it remotely if you're not at home. You don't have access to as much functions if you're connecting remotely. If I'm watching TV, and I bring up the app, the info tab will give me information about the show I'm watching. The guide tab gives me a list of everything that's playing on the TiVo, and it lets me move backwards and forwards in time. If I click on a show in the guide, I'll get info about the show, and I'll be able to either record it or watch it live. There's a my shows tab, which shows me what's been recorded and what TiVo recommends. I can watch a recorded show or delete a show from my TiVo. There's also a way to get recorded shows over to my iPhone, but I haven't looked into this myself yet. You can also manage your season passes through the app. If all else fails, you can bring up a remote on the app and then just hit the thumbs up button or numeric channel numbers directly, just as you would on the remote. Again, it all seems accessible. I'm going partly by memory since I'm traveling internationally at the moment. I'm also sure I haven't tried everything on the app. Ah, I just realized I could have gone in remotely and had it record the Dolphins game on Sunday! Now I'll just have to rely on NFL's Audio Pass. On 30/10/12 18:16, Carol Pearson wrote: I was interested to know there's an app to control your Tivo since our Cable company use this box, or one with that name anyway. Can you please tell me the name of the app you use and then tell me what you can and cannot do with the app? This is quite important because we've been discussing access to Tivo quite a lot over here in the UK and I don't think anyone else has found an app to be successful here so far, so I want to be sure to get my facts straight before I say anything. Thanks for any help you can give, on or off list. Carol P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 15:21 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to
Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements
I suspect it's a bit of both. I've heard both in the past David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:00, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I thought those local advertisements were blocked due to contractual agreements with the agencies and actors that produced those commercials, i.e. they were paid to produce a local commercial and not a national commercial. I could be wrong though, and I don't care enough about the issue myself to look it up myself. On 30/10/12 21:42, David Chittenden wrote: No, those cannot be bypassed. They are often used to block local advertisements which are going out over the air. Many companies now require this so that people in different markets do not learn about area-specific targeted pricing for products. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 5:34, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings to the list. This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. Thank you for all help. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market
I'm definitely up for a talking washing machine and dryer as I've been saying this for years. If my I phone could let me control a washing machine or dryer, I'd get it without hesitation. Kawal. On 30 Oct 2012, at 21:02, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: Hah! now they been promising that for ages, internet ready domestic appliances, and no one could see the point until now. - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Sieghard, I've been pressuring my wife to let me replace our aging washer and dryer. You have convinced me to accept her comfort with the old until, perhaps, some app capable appliances come on the market. I had never thought of this potential. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
Hi Scott, Yes, my understanding is that the delay is essentially eliminated when using Grade 1 braille. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: All in one radio app
Hi Shane. Yes, you do need a subscription for Sirius XM. You get 14 days free but after that you have to subscribe with a radio receiver. The other option I mensioned, Live 365, is free, but you can subscribe to their VIP membership to listen to their stations without ads. It's only $15 a month. Personally, I'm loving my Sirius XM radio. I got Hip Hop Nation channel 44 playing all day. -- Shawn Sent from my white MacBook using SamNet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Comparable App
Hi there, Does anyone have any recommendation for a comparable app to what would be a full fledged word processor on a PC? My goal is to be able to write documents such as letters or short things on my IOS device. It would be nice to then either upload or email them to my computer or even print them out. It would also be nice to be able to read MS Word documents on my IPhone with such an app. I will be traveling out of town soon and will need to do some writing, but if I can only take an IDevice rather than a full laptop, that would be grand. I have IA Writer, but that's just a text editor. So, any good word processor apps? Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TiVo app [was Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market]
Thanks so very much for your full explanation. I'm interested to look at this further so have decided to try to get the app and go over to a friends house to give it a go. Could you please tell me exactly what the app is called so that I'm sure to get the right one. Thanks very much Regards Carol P Sent from my iPhone On 30 Oct 2012, at 08:56 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using the TiVo app from the TiVo corporation. I'm in the US so I got it from the US store. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I'm not sure there isn't anything I can't do with it. It seems completely accessible. You can connect directly to your TiVo over your wifi or access it remotely if you're not at home. You don't have access to as much functions if you're connecting remotely. If I'm watching TV, and I bring up the app, the info tab will give me information about the show I'm watching. The guide tab gives me a list of everything that's playing on the TiVo, and it lets me move backwards and forwards in time. If I click on a show in the guide, I'll get info about the show, and I'll be able to either record it or watch it live. There's a my shows tab, which shows me what's been recorded and what TiVo recommends. I can watch a recorded show or delete a show from my TiVo. There's also a way to get recorded shows over to my iPhone, but I haven't looked into this myself yet. You can also manage your season passes through the app. If all else fails, you can bring up a remote on the app and then just hit the thumbs up button or numeric channel numbers directly, just as you would on the remote. Again, it all seems accessible. I'm going partly by memory since I'm traveling internationally at the moment. I'm also sure I haven't tried everything on the app. Ah, I just realized I could have gone in remotely and had it record the Dolphins game on Sunday! Now I'll just have to rely on NFL's Audio Pass. On 30/10/12 18:16, Carol Pearson wrote: I was interested to know there's an app to control your Tivo since our Cable company use this box, or one with that name anyway. Can you please tell me the name of the app you use and then tell me what you can and cannot do with the app? This is quite important because we've been discussing access to Tivo quite a lot over here in the UK and I don't think anyone else has found an app to be successful here so far, so I want to be sure to get my facts straight before I say anything. Thanks for any help you can give, on or off list. Carol P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 30 October 2012 15:21 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple and Philips move into home lighting market I agree. I like controlling my TiVo with my iPhone app, and I'm looking forward to getting one of those radio controlled thermostats. Fortunately, I've been able to find a washer and a dryer that have rotating knobs that either have a known starting point, or an arrow on the dial, so I can where it's pointing. I kind of like the idea of a washer and/or dryer that would also notify me when the load is done! I may not pay a lot for it, but I could see where it would be nice to sit upstairs and know whether the load is done without having to run downstairs to check. On 30/10/12 15:13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Marianne, Whether it is VO friendly or not is anybody's guess. Maybe Apple Stores will have one of these sets set up as a demo, then you could go there and ask them to let you try it with Voiceover. I agree it's a gadget although as Ben pointed out just as any home automation this can have it's uses. I am much more looking forward to seeing smart appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, dish washers etc. LG, Samsung and a few others have been talking about this and showing off units at CES for a couple of years now, but I don't think anything has really made it's way into the mass market yet. I want to replace my old clunker of a Matec top loading washer at some point with a modern front loader, but so many of them nowadays have touch sensitive controls or endlessly turning dials which make it hard to mark them properly. I'd much rather put my laundry in, pull up an app and set the program, water levels etc. Regards, Sieghard -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message
Re: braille display question
Using uncontracted braille does alleviate the problem. But (1) by using uncontracted braille you to at least some extent lessen the benefit of a six-key (eight actually) keyboard, and (2) if you are used to writing in grade two on a braille keyboard it takes some thought to write all uncontracted braille. If I were to decide to write in uncontracted braille a great deal of the time, I would probably want to use my non-braille bluetooth keyboard to write. But these comments just reflect my preferences and writing grade one may be a good choice for some. I'll probably continue to try to write in grade 2 if I want to type on the Perkins-style keyboard. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 30, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, Yes, my understanding is that the delay is essentially eliminated when using Grade 1 braille. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: braille display question
When in computer Braille mode, there is no delay because there is no translation buffer. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:49, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, Yes, my understanding is that the delay is essentially eliminated when using Grade 1 braille. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works once you get the hang of it. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
Hi Scott, You mentioned having a touch fire keyboard that you use with your iPad. I have the Apple BT keyboard and am not familiar with the one you named. Is it integral to the iPad or part of an iPad case like the zagmate and others of that sort? Just curious. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: new pandora for ios
Hi Scott, Interesting. I was listening last evening on tunein with the latest update using my 4s and I didn't experience crashing. I had WCBS in NYC on for well over an hour without incident. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Comparable App
Pages is the only accessible app. Note Master is a text editor that saves and accesses docx formatted files through Dropbox. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:55, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Does anyone have any recommendation for a comparable app to what would be a full fledged word processor on a PC? My goal is to be able to write documents such as letters or short things on my IOS device. It would be nice to then either upload or email them to my computer or even print them out. It would also be nice to be able to read MS Word documents on my IPhone with such an app. I will be traveling out of town soon and will need to do some writing, but if I can only take an IDevice rather than a full laptop, that would be grand. I have IA Writer, but that’s just a text editor. So, any good word processor apps? Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
Actually, Safari on the iPad identifies itself as desktop rather than mobile. Also, It is very different looking at web pages using the iPad's display. With some practice, it becomes much easier to bypass all the link bars just by touching where the sighted person looks for main content. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:16, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: Ok, this is a preference and competence thing between more content or is it more complication or confusion to wade through. I just sold my old iPad, I still got the old iPhones. Garage Band and watching Video with some degree of sight would benefit from larger screen, that's about all. I still think the Pad is just a big Pod; so GPS is largely out and unless you pay a big wadge extra, so is 3g or 4g cellular networking. So you can't use it as much away from the home base for the wifi. R! - Original Message - From: Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:01 AM Subject: Re: IPhone and IPad Sieghard, Although I agree with you that it is an individual choice, I believe it is important to point out that screen size is not the only difference. Apps on the iPhone and iPad will in most cases have a different layout. For example, the Mail app on the iPad shows the mailboxes or messages on the left half of the screen and the contents of the message on the right. This can be very useful for rapidly scanning through mail when you want to do more than just run through the subject lines. The size of the screen means that you can put more content on the screen and in some cases this can be helpful in cutting down on the number of times you have to tap through to find features or perform certain functions. What may change this by reducing the overall screen size, yet keeping the layout benefits of the iPad is the iPad Mini. So, it has a lot more to do with screen size and you really have to determine what your workflow is. I have both devices and find that each has its benefits. In fact with the TouchFire keyboard, I can easily use my iPad as a mobile option and type quite easily on it. I would not say I'd like to type an entire book on it, but hey it would not be impossible either. THe nice thing about having the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, etc. is the fact that you have options and will have a device that meets your needs. Ok, well holding an iPad to your ear would look pretty odd, so it would not make a good phone. :) ha ha On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Tom, Whether you would benefit from an iPad is really something you have to answer for yourself. The main difference, of course, is the size of the iPad. Some find it harder to orient themselves on the much larger iPad screen and for a blind person I am not sure if an iPad makes as much sense as for a sighted person who can really enjoy the awesome almost 10 inch retina display on the iPad third Gen and fourth Gen. Due to the increased size the iPad speaker sounds a big fuller and louder but this of course is easy to fix by using an external speaker either wired, Bluetooth or airplay with your iPhone. Of course now you have the choice of the iPad Mini as well which has a 7.9 inch instead of a 9.7 inch screen. This doesn’t sound like much of a difference, only just under 2 inches, but the device is quite a bit smaller, thinner and lighter. I could go on and on emphasizing this or that which speaks in favour of the large iPad which now is called the iPad with retina screen, the iPad Mini or for that matter the fifth generation iPod Touches which are also very nice devices. Equally I could argue that if you have an iPhone 4S or 5 you really don’t need anything else. Ultimately it’s your choice whether you need or want 2 iDevices and, if you decide you do, then just go to an Apple store and ask them to show you the iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touches. It’s easy to turn on Voiceover so you can spend some time with each and make up your mind which you like best. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this
Re: IPhone and IPad
There are some apps whose interfaces are different on the iPhone and iPod on one hand and iPad on the other. Somebody already talked about the mail app as an example. Settings is another one. Zite, the news aggregator is another. And then there are some apps that are iPad only, such as the one from linktv that just came out today. I think the iPad mini is going to be just the thing for the future iPad purchase I will make when my first generation iPad dies. Haven't seen one yet. But I like the idea of the smaller screen but keeping the possibility of different interfaces. Sometimes the phone is better, as is the case for my local newspaper and the new york Times, which are totally not accessible on the iPad, but perfectly fine on the phone. And sometimes, it is the other way around. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Adding Ring Tones From iTunes to iCloud
Is there a way to sink the ring tones I already have in iTunes to the cloud without loading them to my phone? I have my phone sinking with the cloud, but when I create new ring tones on my computer, I can't get them to the phone without hooking it up to the computer. Any ideas would be appreciated. I am using an iPhone 5 by the way. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: 3-Finger Tap Speech
I apologize for possibly confusing anybody with my mistaken thought about a 3 Finger Tap done 3 times to toggle speech on and off; it is indeed 2 taps to toggle speech on and off. Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -Original Message- From: Rob Harris Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 3-Finger Tap Speech hummmnmnmnm,... curious, 2 should toggle speech, 3 should draw the curtain. - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net To: List viPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:35 PM Subject: 3-Finger Tap Speech Late last week there was a bit of discussion on the 3-Finger Tap and how it relates to Speech On/Speech Off. Well, I discovered that while the 3-Finger tap 3 times does turn speech off, one need only do it twice to turn speech back on. At least, that's how it's working on my iPhone 5. Holland's Boy, Bill - I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. - Steven Wright -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
iTunes newbie question
Hi, I've had an iPod 4th gen for awhile, but never backed it up. Never had much on it to make it worth backing up. Preparing for my iPhone 5 in a few weeks, so thought I'd back up the iPodTouch so I can at least have my apps on the phone and in a similar layout. I've studied up on iTune and know about F6 and tabbing, but I was stumped from the outset when iTunes informed me that my computer was not authorized to back up some of the purchased apps. It referred me, too quickly to grasp, to the iTunes Store to authorize the computer. Can anyone help me with what I need to do and how I get there, and how to proceed from there? Sorry to ask such basic questions. I really thought I'd be albe to go in and figure it out without getting stumped. But, I was wrong. Thanks in advance for any help. Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: IPhone and IPad
Rob, I do not understand what you mean by not being convinced that the iPad offers nothing to a VI that the iPhone does not. The fact is you have to understand the differences to appreciate how either can benefit anyone regardless of their visual status. As I pointed out earlier, the layout of an app on the iPhone/iPod Touch may be quite different than the iPad. THis may make the use of the app more efficient. So, I'm not clear why you are not convinced. On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm yet to be convinced that an iPad offers a VI anything an iPhone doesn't do already. Partially sighted oculd watch video on it easier of course, but after that? R! - Original Message - From: Tom Cramer tom.cram...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:17 AM Subject: IPhone and IPad Hi, If a person has an IPhone would having an IPad make any big difference? Are there some major differences between an IPhone and an IPad? Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: new pandora for ios
I have the new Pandora app on my iPhone 4S and have had no difficulty with it and haven't experienced any major changes as far as usability with VO is concerned. Loreal Loreal Lavigna Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Language Specialist Phone: (518) 330-5188 Email: loreallavi...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: new pandora for ios Hi Scott, Interesting. I was listening last evening on tunein with the latest update using my 4s and I didn't experience crashing. I had WCBS in NYC on for well over an hour without incident. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
