RE: Looking for music app with cross fading
Thanks, purchased it and have been playing with it. It certainly does a really nice job of cross fading and normalizing. The interface although confusing for someone not used to all of the DJ related functions does seem to be quite VO friendly. I have to read through the help file to learn more. There doesn't seem to be any prev/next controls so I'm sure I'm missing something there. Also, I haven't found a way of populating the queue with the music I want so for now have just been using the automix function and specifying a play list under automix settings. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Looking for music app with cross fading Hi, Yep, the only real issue is when changing between Spotify and your local music library. This was fixed a version or two ago, but is now broken, you need to toggle voiceover off now to choose the option you want. Once you know where the icons are, it is quite easy to do, although not ideal. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 10:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Looking for music app with cross fading Hi Brett, thanks for the suggestion. I'm checking it out right now. I certainly don't mind paying for apps if they do what I need. I'm assuming that since you are recommending it, accessibility is decent? Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looking for music app with cross fading Hi, Djay2 does both pretty well. It's not free, but worth the cash in my opinion. Cheers, Brett. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 7:28 am, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for a music playback app that can do cross fading and even normalizing if at all possible. I used to use an app called Muxica but for whatever reason, it has stopped working as of IOS 8.x. I've deleted it and reinstalled with no improvement so I'd like to find a similar app to replace it. Any suggestions welcomed. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more
Saving attachments
Hi all, How do you save an attachment using the mail app on the phone? When I have an attachment in a message I can view the attachment, but can't find the option to save the attachment. Wendy -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Saving attachments
Okay, thanks. Guess I was a bit confused, but I finally figured out how to bring up the menu where you had the option to open with voice dream, etc. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Saving attachments
Where do you want to save it? You can save to Dropbox by hitting the Share button, then Open In, then Dropbox. Or you could open it in other apps (KNFB Reader, Camera, Voice Dream, and so on) from that same Open In menu. Remember that iOS doesn't save files to folders like a traditional computer does. On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Wendy Alling wendall...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all, How do you save an attachment using the mail app on the phone? When I have an attachment in a message I can view the attachment, but can’t find the option to save the attachment. Wendy -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Youmail app and VoiceOver
Hello all, I am considering using the Youmail app for my voicemail service and had a few questions regarding its use. 1. Is the app still accessible with VoiceOver? I know that there was a podcast conducted on it sometime ago but it is out of date now. 2. For those of you who use the service, have you found any difficulties that I should be aware of? Would integrating with Google Voice be more accessible? Thanks in advance for any responses -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99
Hi, I do have a lot of trouble reading envelopes as well with KNFB reader. Any tips on how to do this better would be appreciated. Thanks. Holly On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation was correct, but the app didn't read it and gave me nonsense. I needed to switch to another OCR app on the phone and to be honest OpenBook on my PC was the best for this task. The KNFB Reader app even crashed one time, so I needed to launch it again. I did made sure that all apps were closed from the app switcher. This didn't make a difference in getting readable text from KNFB Reader. Thought I would just pipe in on my most recent experience. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:16 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com mailto:sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 00:45, Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com mailto:theblindman...@hotmail.com wrote: I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook. https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690649294341327com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v http://www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com mailto:englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com mailto:sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't manage very well, then, the other probably will. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2015, at 23:16, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com mailto:rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the format of the original document however, but I have high hopes that will be coming in an update. But, it also depends on how much scanning you would be doing whether it is worth it to you. Only you can determine that. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it mailto:and...@andrearoveretto.it wrote: hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have really accurate results? does its worth all this money? thanks for the opinions Andrea Il 28/01/2015 22.53, David Cleveland ha scritto: According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
Re: Voice Dream Writer Anomalies
I have not had any of those issues. If I touch the proof reading button and then do a single finger tap in the upper left corner, it begins reading. Since the proof reading button is only appearing when in edit mode, a two finger double tap will not toggle reading but start dictation. I do not use fleksy, so I can't address that issue. My guess is the resource requirement for running them both at the same time might be too much. I've had quite a few apps open with Writer and never had any issues in the app switcher. I am running an iPhone 5S. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased Voice Dream Writer yesterday to take advantage of the $7.99 sale price. I'm running it on a 64GB iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.3. I'm running into some strange behavior with the app and am curious if others are experiencing anything similar. I was playing with the introductory document provided with the app and noticed that when I placed focus on the play button in the bottom center of the screen and then tried double tapping elsewhere on the screen to execute it, that nothing happened. I had to either split tap the play button or double tap precisely on it to start playback. I was under the impression that after giving a button focus, double tapping anywhere on the screen should cause its execution under default iOS VoiceOver rules. I decided to begin a new test document to check my typing with Writer. I am a long-time Fleksy VO user and admit I'm still looking for something that will let me type as fast as I can with Fleksy VO. I know that Writer is not an app designed for quick typing but it is a writing app so I thought I'd give it a whirl. After getting one sentence typed fairly slowly, I decided to check if I could zip over to Fleksy VO, type out a couple of sentences quickly, and then copy and paste them back into Writer. I discovered that with Writer running, Fleksy VO was pretty much incapacitated. The Fleksy VO keyboard did come up but pressing the keys resulted in no input at all. Fleksy VO was pretty much frozen. I then tried going to the App Switcher to jump back to Writer and instead of double tapping the Writer button in App Switcher causing it to open as is the normal behavior, it caused Writer to close. This also happened on other App Switcher apps I tried double tapping to open. They all closed as if I had done a 3-finger swipe up on them. I then tried going to various screens of my apps to launch other apps and it was clear that placing focus on an app icon and executing it was not working as it should under VoiceOver. I was getting similar behavior to what I experienced and previously described with the Writer play button. I had to reboot my phone by holding down the power and home buttons simultaneously to return to proper functioning. My experience with Writer and Fleksy Keyboard is giving me the feeling that whatever Apple had to do to enable developers to provide third-party keyboards was not fully tested with VoiceOver. When using one of these apps and then experiencing failure of normal VO gestures such as default actions when executing a button and the failure of the normal methods to initiate execution, I am very hesitant to experiment further with these apps. The potential cost is just too high for the marginal benefit of the app. I already deleted an entire important text message thread when trying the Fleksy keyboard because the default open action got stuck on delete when I tried opening a text message thread. I'm wondering how many iOS upgrades or app upgrades it's going to take to get third-party keyboards implemented with VoiceOver functioning properly. Have others experienced anomalies when using Writer similar or different to what I've described? I know there were several posts about the Voice Dream voices not working with Writer initially but if there were others which discussed other problems, I didn't see them. Thanks for any comments you can provide. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send
Re: opening a document in voice dream writer
Hmm! Guess you could try saving it in Word on a PC to a plain text document first, but perhaps you'd lose quite a lot of formatting then, which of course you could put right once again with Dream Writer and export it (keeping the original for further amendments) to those invoices in the future. If you have a go, do tell us how you get on. I'm seriously thinking I'll do my recipes this way and may keep a original template to slot in the text each time. Carol P Carol P - Original Message - From: 'Candy Lowe' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 1:04 AM Subject: opening a document in voice dream writer Hello everyone, I have an invoice which was created in word a while ago. I can use the same invoice for every facility that I work for, but, I just need to edit a few things. I was wanting to edit it in writer on my iPhone 6. I have the invoice saved to my dropbox. When I go to open it to edit it, writer tells me that it can not open a rich text document, that it has to be in plane text. Any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
blindfold sudoku question
Hi all, Anyone got the solution to the medium puzzle 1? I did the first easy ones without much problem but here I'm completely stumped. Any hints would be greatly appreciated about what helped you solve it. I can't even begin to think about how the hard puzzles look like. No locked singles, hidden doubles or tripples etc running out of tricks in my bag. thanks a lot, Ioana Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99
I have had pretty good success with KNFB Reader on envelopes. The key factors are lighting and height. You do not need to have it as far above an envelope as you would for a sheet of paper. Also, make sure it is not on a white background around the envelope because that will confuse it as to where the edges of the page are located. Make sure you don't have the flash on all the time unless you know you are in a dark room. I find just a few inches above the envelope is usually enough. I've also scanned whole pages in all different orientations and had good results whether the text was upside down, sideways, etc. Using a 5S. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Holly Anderson dhsho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I do have a lot of trouble reading envelopes as well with KNFB reader. Any tips on how to do this better would be appreciated. Thanks. Holly On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation was correct, but the app didn't read it and gave me nonsense. I needed to switch to another OCR app on the phone and to be honest OpenBook on my PC was the best for this task. The KNFB Reader app even crashed one time, so I needed to launch it again. I did made sure that all apps were closed from the app switcher. This didn't make a difference in getting readable text from KNFB Reader. Thought I would just pipe in on my most recent experience. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:16 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 00:45, Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com wrote: I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't manage very well, then, the other probably will. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2015, at 23:16, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the format of the original document however, but I have high hopes that will be coming in an update. But, it also depends on how much scanning you would be doing whether it is worth it to you. Only you can determine that. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it wrote: hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have really accurate results? does its worth all this money? thanks for the opinions Andrea Il 28/01/2015 22.53, David Cleveland ha scritto: According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the
Re: Update is out!
I posted something similar the other day but didn't need to use the Home button, just needed to tap above that bottom row to begin with. As you say, it's a work around! Carol P - Original Message - From: Ron Pelletier To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 2:54 AM Subject: RE: Update is out! Hi all, What I figured out is a combination of what Sieghard was saying and the fact that it worked for me for a while but couldn’t figure out what I had done. If you double tap and hold on an app above the bottom row and then hit the home button, you can double tap on an app in the bottom row and it will offer to delete it. Say no, press the home button once and double tap the app in the bottom row again and you can move it anywhere you want. I don’t call this solving a problem but it’s a work around until they decide to fix it. Ron Danvers -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Voice Dream Writer Anomalies
Hello,I did not have any similar anomalies but have a suggestion about starting and stopping playback Try 2 finger double tap like when you play music Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased Voice Dream Writer yesterday to take advantage of the $7.99 sale price. I'm running it on a 64GB iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.3. I'm running into some strange behavior with the app and am curious if others are experiencing anything similar. I was playing with the introductory document provided with the app and noticed that when I placed focus on the play button in the bottom center of the screen and then tried double tapping elsewhere on the screen to execute it, that nothing happened. I had to either split tap the play button or double tap precisely on it to start playback. I was under the impression that after giving a button focus, double tapping anywhere on the screen should cause its execution under default iOS VoiceOver rules. I decided to begin a new test document to check my typing with Writer. I am a long-time Fleksy VO user and admit I'm still looking for something that will let me type as fast as I can with Fleksy VO. I know that Writer is not an app designed for quick typing but it is a writing app so I thought I'd give it a whirl. After getting one sentence typed fairly slowly, I decided to check if I could zip over to Fleksy VO, type out a couple of sentences quickly, and then copy and paste them back into Writer. I discovered that with Writer running, Fleksy VO was pretty much incapacitated. The Fleksy VO keyboard did come up but pressing the keys resulted in no input at all. Fleksy VO was pretty much frozen. I then tried going to the App Switcher to jump back to Writer and instead of double tapping the Writer button in App Switcher causing it to open as is the normal behavior, it caused Writer to close. This also happened on other App Switcher apps I tried double tapping to open. They all closed as if I had done a 3-finger swipe up on them. I then tried going to various screens of my apps to launch other apps and it was clear that placing focus on an app icon and executing it was not working as it should under VoiceOver. I was getting similar behavior to what I experienced and previously described with the Writer play button. I had to reboot my phone by holding down the power and home buttons simultaneously to return to proper functioning. My experience with Writer and Fleksy Keyboard is giving me the feeling that whatever Apple had to do to enable developers to provide third-party keyboards was not fully tested with VoiceOver. When using one of these apps and then experiencing failure of normal VO gestures such as default actions when executing a button and the failure of the normal methods to initiate execution, I am very hesitant to experiment further with these apps. The potential cost is just too high for the marginal benefit of the app. I already deleted an entire important text message thread when trying the Fleksy keyboard because the default open action got stuck on delete when I tried opening a text message thread. I'm wondering how many iOS upgrades or app upgrades it's going to take to get third-party keyboards implemented with VoiceOver functioning properly. Have others experienced anomalies when using Writer similar or different to what I've described? I know there were several posts about the Voice Dream voices not working with Writer initially but if there were others which discussed other problems, I didn't see them. Thanks for any comments you can provide. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list
Voice Dream Writer Anomalies
I purchased Voice Dream Writer yesterday to take advantage of the $7.99 sale price. I'm running it on a 64GB iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.3. I'm running into some strange behavior with the app and am curious if others are experiencing anything similar. I was playing with the introductory document provided with the app and noticed that when I placed focus on the play button in the bottom center of the screen and then tried double tapping elsewhere on the screen to execute it, that nothing happened. I had to either split tap the play button or double tap precisely on it to start playback. I was under the impression that after giving a button focus, double tapping anywhere on the screen should cause its execution under default iOS VoiceOver rules. I decided to begin a new test document to check my typing with Writer. I am a long-time Fleksy VO user and admit I'm still looking for something that will let me type as fast as I can with Fleksy VO. I know that Writer is not an app designed for quick typing but it is a writing app so I thought I'd give it a whirl. After getting one sentence typed fairly slowly, I decided to check if I could zip over to Fleksy VO, type out a couple of sentences quickly, and then copy and paste them back into Writer. I discovered that with Writer running, Fleksy VO was pretty much incapacitated. The Fleksy VO keyboard did come up but pressing the keys resulted in no input at all. Fleksy VO was pretty much frozen. I then tried going to the App Switcher to jump back to Writer and instead of double tapping the Writer button in App Switcher causing it to open as is the normal behavior, it caused Writer to close. This also happened on other App Switcher apps I tried double tapping to open. They all closed as if I had done a 3-finger swipe up on them. I then tried going to various screens of my apps to launch other apps and it was clear that placing focus on an app icon and executing it was not working as it should under VoiceOver. I was getting similar behavior to what I experienced and previously described with the Writer play button. I had to reboot my phone by holding down the power and home buttons simultaneously to return to proper functioning. My experience with Writer and Fleksy Keyboard is giving me the feeling that whatever Apple had to do to enable developers to provide third-party keyboards was not fully tested with VoiceOver. When using one of these apps and then experiencing failure of normal VO gestures such as default actions when executing a button and the failure of the normal methods to initiate execution, I am very hesitant to experiment further with these apps. The potential cost is just too high for the marginal benefit of the app. I already deleted an entire important text message thread when trying the Fleksy keyboard because the default open action got stuck on delete when I tried opening a text message thread. I'm wondering how many iOS upgrades or app upgrades it's going to take to get third-party keyboards implemented with VoiceOver functioning properly. Have others experienced anomalies when using Writer similar or different to what I've described? I know there were several posts about the Voice Dream voices not working with Writer initially but if there were others which discussed other problems, I didn't see them. Thanks for any comments you can provide. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Saving attachments
You can't. If you choose to open the attachment in an app, it will be saved for you automatically but only the app can access it. The only exception being Dropbox where you do have the choice to save the file somewhere in your Dropbox. On 30 Jan 2015, at 16:11, Wendy Alling wendall...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all, How do you save an attachment using the mail app on the phone? When I have an attachment in a message I can view the attachment, but can’t find the option to save the attachment. Wendy -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Uber app
This morning I was unable to activate the accept entire fair. This was on the surge pricing screen. On Jan 28, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Jeff Clark jeffclark...@comcast.net wrote: Hello, You can still use the app. The first screen has been changed to make it more difficult when using voiceover. You can't use the swipe gesture at the top of the screen, just the bottom when choosing which service such as UberX or SUV, ETC. At the top, just move your finger around the screen to choose the options. Jeff -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rebecca Ilniski Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Uber app it's a bummer that the latest Uber app is not accessible any longer. I hope that they fix this in the future update. I really enjoyed using uber prior to this update Rebecca and Zeb personal email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 twitter: zebs_mom Sent from my IPhone On Jan 23, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Thom Spittle thom3...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marie, I have nothing but good experiences with Uber. The drivers are just regular people trying to make a little extra money. The vehicles are much better than a regular taxi cab. Go go ahead and give it a try. You can use my promo code thoms9 to get a free ride up to a $20 value. Let me know if I can help, Thom S thom3...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Marie scribbl...@comcast.net wrote: Taxi service is terribly expensive here in Reno so I am thinking of giving Uber a try. I have heard there have been a few bad experiences as in assaults, etc. because the drivers are not screened. Has anyone had any problems of this sort? Being a senior lady I don't want to save a couple of bucks if there is any real danger involved. It seems that a lot of blind individuals are using the service with good results so am I being silly to worry? Marie -Original Message- From: Jeff Clark Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 7:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Uber app Ryan, I have done the same. To avoid the reverse, be sure you tap set pickup location on the main screen. From there swipe to add destination. This is where you place your destination. You can either get your fare estimate or request the ride on that screen. Hope this helps. Jeff -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Uber app I don't know if It's fully accessible. The last couple rides, I kept reversing the pickup address and destination address. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Marianne Denning maria...@denningweb.com wrote: I assume you mean the app to get a Uber ride. If so, yes it is accessible. On 1/21/15, david gross david.dgro...@gmail.com wrote: Can this app be used with vo? Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following
Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99
Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation was correct, but the app didn't read it and gave me nonsense. I needed to switch to another OCR app on the phone and to be honest OpenBook on my PC was the best for this task. The KNFB Reader app even crashed one time, so I needed to launch it again. I did made sure that all apps were closed from the app switcher. This didn't make a difference in getting readable text from KNFB Reader. Thought I would just pipe in on my most recent experience. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:16 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 00:45, Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com wrote: I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't manage very well, then, the other probably will. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2015, at 23:16, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the format of the original document however, but I have high hopes that will be coming in an update. But, it also depends on how much scanning you would be doing whether it is worth it to you. Only you can determine that. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it wrote: hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have really accurate results? does its worth all this money? thanks for the opinions Andrea Il 28/01/2015 22.53, David Cleveland ha scritto: According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
Re: recording app for IPhone 5s
Hello, Not sure if by now you already found an app that is voice activated and works on the lock screen Audio memos does all that. Here is the link Audio Memos - The Voice Recorder by Imesart S.a.r.l. https://appsto.re/ca/05Dlu.i Not sure how much it costs. I think it's free with lots of options to be purchased individually or in a bundle. It's accessible and works on lock screen. I often used it to see if my guide dog is quiet when left alone. hth, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Husna Begum h.begu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi, is there an accessible recording app for the IPhone 5s that will work even when the screen is locked, and if you leave it recording in a room for a couple of hours, will only record when some one is speaking and delete large silent spaces? please let me know. Thanks, Husna -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99
And to think I finally took the plunge to download it, and it's froze, can't be downloaded at this time it says. Got discounted vouchers and using the discounted price; so hope it picks up soon and works. It had such good results before when it was all the rage. RobH. - Original Message - From: Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 7:00 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation was correct, but the app didn't read it and gave me nonsense. I needed to switch to another OCR app on the phone and to be honest OpenBook on my PC was the best for this task. The KNFB Reader app even crashed one time, so I needed to launch it again. I did made sure that all apps were closed from the app switcher. This didn't make a difference in getting readable text from KNFB Reader. Thought I would just pipe in on my most recent experience. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:16 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 00:45, Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com wrote: I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't manage very well, then, the other probably will. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2015, at 23:16, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the format of the original document however, but I have high hopes that will be coming in an update. But, it also depends on how much scanning you would be doing whether it is worth it to you. Only you can determine that. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it wrote: hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have really accurate results? does its worth all this money? thanks for the opinions Andrea Il 28/01/2015 22.53, David Cleveland ha scritto: According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is
Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens
I don't know what email client you are using but your posts are all coming through as attachments on my WLM client. To red the posts, I have to download the attachment and then go to documents to open it. Marie -Original Message- From: Krister Ekstrom Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Eye Music app
Eye music is okay I guess but not updated a lot. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Very true. So many apps, so may things to do. So few hours in the day... -Original Message- From: Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Eye Music app Yes. Cool but big learning curve and tiring to listen to jmo. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, has anybody tried out the eye Music app? if so, what do you think of it? I downloaded it just tonight. It's free. It transforms shapes, colours, words, letters, objects even, into musical sounds, some of them played with different instruments as signifiers. Developed by a Professor at jerusalem University. It can take videos, pictures, or images. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Eye Music app
Very true. So many apps, so may things to do. So few hours in the day... -Original Message- From: Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 2:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Eye Music app Yes. Cool but big learning curve and tiring to listen to jmo. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, has anybody tried out the eye Music app? if so, what do you think of it? I downloaded it just tonight. It's free. It transforms shapes, colours, words, letters, objects even, into musical sounds, some of them played with different instruments as signifiers. Developed by a Professor at jerusalem University. It can take videos, pictures, or images. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens
Uep. Now it's.not marketed at us at all now. Now they don't even get good reviews. Serves them right. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:42 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: I can remember when Fleksy was first released and when they primarily aimed at the blind community. One of their arguments for the product was that it was virtually impossible for a blind person to use the built-in onscreen keyboard, so this isn’t new at all. /Krister 30 jan 2015 kl. 02:13 skrev Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com: Ah, a good post. From my experience though, it isn't always the main stream media that's at fault when some facts and expectations are misrepresented. I've seen plenty a marketing brochure or press release from a company making products for the blind that do more than imply that some technology was off limits by the blind until they put out there product. Some of this is to be expected; obviously a company is going to hype their products, but IMHO, I've seen this carried too far in quite a few instances. On 01/29/2015 01:39 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens http://macdailynews.com/2015/01/29/you-know-blind-people-can-actually-use-touchscreens/ by MacDailyNews http://macdailynews.com/author/macdailynews/ [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]a href=http://www.applevis.com/blog/advocacy-apple-applevis-assistive-technology-braille-ios-ipad-news-opinion/note-mainstream; target=_newBy Michael Hansen Over the last couple years, I’ve come to a conclusion about life as a blind person: it isn’t the physical lack of sight that’s the biggest difficulty I face; but rather, it is attempting to overcome peoples’ negative stereotypes and misconceptions about what I can — and cannot — do that is the real problem. When I think of situations where negative stereotypes about blind people come into play, the use of technology isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. I tend to think about education, or employment, or parenting long before I think of access to the latest and greatest tech. But, as a recent /Wire/d article about a new Braille-writing app demonstrated, misconceptions still abound about what technology blind people are able to gainfully use. The article, published on January 23, 2015, was written about a new iPad app called iBrailler Notes. The app, which allows users to type notes on their iPad using Braille, was just recently released on the App Store. iBrailler’s main selling point is a Dynamic Keyboard — a feature which adjusts the position of the Braille keyboard each and every time you place your fingers on the screen. It’s always great to see mainstream media outlets reporting on news impacting the visually impaired, because these stories often educate the public about just how much empowerment blind people can have through the use of assistive technology. What isn’t so great, however, is when journalists get very important details wrong and thus inaccurately represent a story — and therein lies my motivation for writing this post. In the first paragraph of the /Wired/ article, the author states that it is nearly impossible for blind people to use devices with touchscreens: /The proliferation of touchscreen technology may have revolutionized mobile computer input for most everyone, but there’s one sector of the population that isn’t exactly feeling the pinch, the tap, or the swipe: the blind. It’s nearly impossible to interact with elements on a totally smooth screen if you can’t see./ Put simply, the author’s facts are completely inaccurate. Thanks to Apple’s excellent implementation of VoiceOver screen-reading technology, blind users are able to fully and independently utilize the touchscreens on their devices. Need to find a specific app on your home screen? No problem! Either flick left or right with one finger and listen to VoiceOver read the app names as you pass them; or you can just move your finger around the screen to get an idea of the layout. Want to send an e-mail? You got it! Your options include using the touchscreen keyboard in three different typing modes; built-in Braille Screen Input; Handwriting Mode; and of course, dictation. (That’s another thing that gets on my nerves: dictation is not the be-all-and-end-all solution for text entry on an iOS device if you are blind.) iOS isn't for you? Have no fear! It’s possible to use a touchscreen on an Android device as well, even if the experience isn’t as polished as it is on iOS. Oh, and about those gestures that blind people supposedly can’t feel: not only can blind users tap, pinch, and swipe; we can two-, three-, and four-finger double-tap; we can write Braille with Apple’s built-in Braille keyboard feature; and we can even use Handwriting Mode if we so desire. For being nearly impossible to use, Apple’s touchscreen-equipped
Re: Voice Dream Writer Anomalies
Also, Flecksy VO isn't, strictly speaking, a third-party keyboard. It also got discontinued quite a while ago, so there might be some issues with it and iOS 8. I stopped using it a while ago because while I could type, the text wasn't automatically being copied to the clipboard when I exited the app. This made it kind of useless. And as for the regular version of Fleksy, well, in my opinion, that's another nightmare entirely. I know they say they're working on stuff for VO users, but it doesn't feel like they're accomplishing very much to me, which is rather disheartening. I really hope things take a change for the better soon. Fleksy, in either of it's iterations, would make a great companion to Voice Dream Writer, but not as far as things stand right now. Thanks, Ari On Jan 30, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: I have not had any of those issues. If I touch the proof reading button and then do a single finger tap in the upper left corner, it begins reading. Since the proof reading button is only appearing when in edit mode, a two finger double tap will not toggle reading but start dictation. I do not use fleksy, so I can't address that issue. My guess is the resource requirement for running them both at the same time might be too much. I've had quite a few apps open with Writer and never had any issues in the app switcher. I am running an iPhone 5S. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased Voice Dream Writer yesterday to take advantage of the $7.99 sale price. I'm running it on a 64GB iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.3. I'm running into some strange behavior with the app and am curious if others are experiencing anything similar. I was playing with the introductory document provided with the app and noticed that when I placed focus on the play button in the bottom center of the screen and then tried double tapping elsewhere on the screen to execute it, that nothing happened. I had to either split tap the play button or double tap precisely on it to start playback. I was under the impression that after giving a button focus, double tapping anywhere on the screen should cause its execution under default iOS VoiceOver rules. I decided to begin a new test document to check my typing with Writer. I am a long-time Fleksy VO user and admit I'm still looking for something that will let me type as fast as I can with Fleksy VO. I know that Writer is not an app designed for quick typing but it is a writing app so I thought I'd give it a whirl. After getting one sentence typed fairly slowly, I decided to check if I could zip over to Fleksy VO, type out a couple of sentences quickly, and then copy and paste them back into Writer. I discovered that with Writer running, Fleksy VO was pretty much incapacitated. The Fleksy VO keyboard did come up but pressing the keys resulted in no input at all. Fleksy VO was pretty much frozen. I then tried going to the App Switcher to jump back to Writer and instead of double tapping the Writer button in App Switcher causing it to open as is the normal behavior, it caused Writer to close. This also happened on other App Switcher apps I tried double tapping to open. They all closed as if I had done a 3-finger swipe up on them. I then tried going to various screens of my apps to launch other apps and it was clear that placing focus on an app icon and executing it was not working as it should under VoiceOver. I was getting similar behavior to what I experienced and previously described with the Writer play button. I had to reboot my phone by holding down the power and home buttons simultaneously to return to proper functioning. My experience with Writer and Fleksy Keyboard is giving me the feeling that whatever Apple had to do to enable developers to provide third-party keyboards was not fully tested with VoiceOver. When using one of these apps and then experiencing failure of normal VO gestures such as default actions when executing a button and the failure of the normal methods to initiate execution, I am very hesitant to experiment further with these apps. The potential cost is just too high for the marginal benefit of the app. I already deleted an entire important text message thread when trying the Fleksy keyboard because the default open action got stuck on delete when I tried opening a text message thread. I'm wondering how many iOS upgrades or app upgrades it's going to take to get third-party keyboards implemented with VoiceOver functioning properly. Have others experienced anomalies when using Writer similar or different to what I've described? I know there were several posts about the Voice Dream
RE: recording app for IPhone 5s
Hi, When I looked on iTunes, it said this app was $9.99. However. It turns out that it is $0.99 for the app with a number of different individual add-ons you can get, such as voice activation, etc. There is also a free version with ads. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 1:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: recording app for IPhone 5s Hello, Not sure if by now you already found an app that is voice activated and works on the lock screen Audio memos does all that. Here is the link Audio Memos - The Voice Recorder by Imesart S.a.r.l. https://appsto.re/ca/05Dlu.i Not sure how much it costs. I think it's free with lots of options to be purchased individually or in a bundle. It's accessible and works on lock screen. I often used it to see if my guide dog is quiet when left alone. hth, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Husna Begum h.begu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi, is there an accessible recording app for the IPhone 5s that will work even when the screen is locked, and if you leave it recording in a room for a couple of hours, will only record when some one is speaking and delete large silent spaces? please let me know. Thanks, Husna -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Maximising storage and battery life on my IPhone/IPad - any ideas?
I think I've heard of an app for managing your battery life; if I remember correctly, it was called Battery Doctor. There are some things that you can do that will help reduce your battery drain. You'll want to turn on the reduce motion setting in settings/general/accessibility. You'll also want to turn on the reduce transparency setting in settings/general/accessibility/increase contrast. Another potential battery hog is the background app refresh setting; you'll want to turn that off, too, in settings/general/background app refresh. There's also some settings in settings/privacy/location services that you'll want to take a look at. iOS eight introduced some new controls for when apps can use your location. You'll have to set this on an app-by-app basis, though, as not every app supports it. The three options are to always use your location, to never use your location, or to only use your location while using the app. As for controlling automatic downloads, you can specify what gets automatically downloaded under settings/iTunes and App Store. There's a couple of sections in there, so you'll want to make sure that you thoroughly explore everything. It's not too big of a screen, though, so you shouldn't have too much trouble. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:49 PM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I'm sure this has been discussed many times before, so apologies in advance. Now that I have a new IPhone and IPad Mini I really want to make an effort to maximise the storage space on them and keep them as clear from unwanted/unnecessary stuff being downloaded onto them without me knowing/realising. I know for the Mac there are things like Memory Clean, Disk Doctor and Clean My Mac. But just wondered if anyone knew of a good app which is accessible and which might do a similar thing for my IPhone/IPad?? Also, on a secondary point, does anyone know of any good/accessible battery management apps for the IPhone/IPad, as I'd like to make the most out of that too and preserve it for as long as possible. I do have an external battery, but obviously don't want to use this unless I have to. I'm also a bit worried if you can overcharge an IPhone/IPad? I do always try to let them run down completely, but when I charge them I'm never sure how long to leave them on for, and then I always panick that I mighht have overdone it so-to-speak and ruined/reduced my battery's life. So how long should you charge one of these devices for? Any other ideas on how I could possibly proloong/preserve my battery? So if anyone has any tips on how I can do either of these things would all be much appreciated. Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Phone Randomly Playing Music
Hello, I’m having an odd problem on my iPhone 6. I have a set of earphones with a built-in microphone and which has the iTunes controls, where if you squeeze the mic part of the earphone cord it plays or pauses music. Anyway when I have the earphones plugged in, the phone will randomly play music without me touching anything. Also sometimes siri will get enabled and I’ll hear the double beep that indicates it is listening. Again this is all without me touching anything. Why could this be happening? It is incredibly inconvenient. I like using earphones a lot so no one else hears what I am doing and I can have privacy. --- Peace, Brandon Awaken To Silence http://www.awakentosilence.org/: Awaken To The Silence That Has Always Been Within You Facebook: AwakenToSilence https://www.facebook.com/awakentosilence Twitter: @awakentosilence https://twitter.com/awakentosilence Tumblr: awakentosilence.tumblr.com http://awakentosilence.tumblr.com/ -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Phone Randomly Playing Music
This happens to me too - even without earphones plugged in, and sometimes even when the phone is turned off with respect to Siri listening. And sometimes Tune-In Radio comes on unbidden, as well. And yes, this is very annoying. Are there any fixes? Thanks. Penny Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:21 PM, Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I’m having an odd problem on my iPhone 6. I have a set of earphones with a built-in microphone and which has the iTunes controls, where if you squeeze the mic part of the earphone cord it plays or pauses music. Anyway when I have the earphones plugged in, the phone will randomly play music without me touching anything. Also sometimes siri will get enabled and I’ll hear the double beep that indicates it is listening. Again this is all without me touching anything. Why could this be happening? It is incredibly inconvenient. I like using earphones a lot so no one else hears what I am doing and I can have privacy. --- Peace, Brandon Awaken To Silence: Awaken To The Silence That Has Always Been Within You Facebook: AwakenToSilence Twitter: @awakentosilence Tumblr: awakentosilence.tumblr.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: ipad first generation tips and impressions please
If you find a used iPad second Gen it would be much better, it can be upgraded all the way to iOS 8. Also consider battery life, an almost 6-year old device will probably not run very long anymore unless the battery has been switched at some point. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: ipad first generation tips and impressions please Hi all, Anyone has experience with first generation ipad? I know it does not have siri but otherwise, do they still work ok if in good condition! Hoping to get my mom on the internet an easy and cheep way. Thanks for your advice. Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Update is out!
That’s strange then normally tapping the home button sets the iPhone back in normal mode to open apps. Regards Davy From: Ron Pelletier Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 3:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Update is out! Hi all, What I figured out is a combination of what Sieghard was saying and the fact that it worked for me for a while but couldn’t figure out what I had done. If you double tap and hold on an app above the bottom row and then hit the home button, you can double tap on an app in the bottom row and it will offer to delete it. Say no, press the home button once and double tap the app in the bottom row again and you can move it anywhere you want. I don’t call this solving a problem but it’s a work around until they decide to fix it. Ron Danvers -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99
hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 00:45, Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com wrote: I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't manage very well, then, the other probably will. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2015, at 23:16, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the format of the original document however, but I have high hopes that will be coming in an update. But, it also depends on how much scanning you would be doing whether it is worth it to you. Only you can determine that. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it wrote: hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have really accurate results? does its worth all this money? thanks for the opinions Andrea Il 28/01/2015 22.53, David Cleveland ha scritto: According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or
Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens
I can remember when Fleksy was first released and when they primarily aimed at the blind community. One of their arguments for the product was that it was virtually impossible for a blind person to use the built-in onscreen keyboard, so this isn’t new at all. /Krister 30 jan 2015 kl. 02:13 skrev Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com: Ah, a good post. From my experience though, it isn't always the main stream media that's at fault when some facts and expectations are misrepresented. I've seen plenty a marketing brochure or press release from a company making products for the blind that do more than imply that some technology was off limits by the blind until they put out there product. Some of this is to be expected; obviously a company is going to hype their products, but IMHO, I've seen this carried too far in quite a few instances. On 01/29/2015 01:39 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens http://macdailynews.com/2015/01/29/you-know-blind-people-can-actually-use-touchscreens/ by MacDailyNews http://macdailynews.com/author/macdailynews/ [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]a href=http://www.applevis.com/blog/advocacy-apple-applevis-assistive-technology-braille-ios-ipad-news-opinion/note-mainstream; target=_newBy Michael Hansen Over the last couple years, I’ve come to a conclusion about life as a blind person: it isn’t the physical lack of sight that’s the biggest difficulty I face; but rather, it is attempting to overcome peoples’ negative stereotypes and misconceptions about what I can — and cannot — do that is the real problem. When I think of situations where negative stereotypes about blind people come into play, the use of technology isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. I tend to think about education, or employment, or parenting long before I think of access to the latest and greatest tech. But, as a recent /Wire/d article about a new Braille-writing app demonstrated, misconceptions still abound about what technology blind people are able to gainfully use. The article, published on January 23, 2015, was written about a new iPad app called iBrailler Notes. The app, which allows users to type notes on their iPad using Braille, was just recently released on the App Store. iBrailler’s main selling point is a Dynamic Keyboard — a feature which adjusts the position of the Braille keyboard each and every time you place your fingers on the screen. It’s always great to see mainstream media outlets reporting on news impacting the visually impaired, because these stories often educate the public about just how much empowerment blind people can have through the use of assistive technology. What isn’t so great, however, is when journalists get very important details wrong and thus inaccurately represent a story — and therein lies my motivation for writing this post. In the first paragraph of the /Wired/ article, the author states that it is nearly impossible for blind people to use devices with touchscreens: /The proliferation of touchscreen technology may have revolutionized mobile computer input for most everyone, but there’s one sector of the population that isn’t exactly feeling the pinch, the tap, or the swipe: the blind. It’s nearly impossible to interact with elements on a totally smooth screen if you can’t see./ Put simply, the author’s facts are completely inaccurate. Thanks to Apple’s excellent implementation of VoiceOver screen-reading technology, blind users are able to fully and independently utilize the touchscreens on their devices. Need to find a specific app on your home screen? No problem! Either flick left or right with one finger and listen to VoiceOver read the app names as you pass them; or you can just move your finger around the screen to get an idea of the layout. Want to send an e-mail? You got it! Your options include using the touchscreen keyboard in three different typing modes; built-in Braille Screen Input; Handwriting Mode; and of course, dictation. (That’s another thing that gets on my nerves: dictation is not the be-all-and-end-all solution for text entry on an iOS device if you are blind.) iOS isn't for you? Have no fear! It’s possible to use a touchscreen on an Android device as well, even if the experience isn’t as polished as it is on iOS. Oh, and about those gestures that blind people supposedly can’t feel: not only can blind users tap, pinch, and swipe; we can two-, three-, and four-finger double-tap; we can write Braille with Apple’s built-in Braille keyboard feature; and we can even use Handwriting Mode if we so desire. For being nearly impossible to use, Apple’s touchscreen-equipped devices are popular with blind people the world over. Android, while not as accessible as iOS, also has blind people using touchscreen devices. It’s even possible to use touchscreen Windows 8.1 computers with screen
