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My keyboard did not come with batteries. Was it supposed to? Luckily I had some. Sent from my iPod Touch 5 TerraLee Facebook - www.facebook.com/teleep Skype - terralee.peterson On Mar 22, 2013, at 4:39 PM, liz and sammie elizabethulr...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The Triple A batteries are not rechargeable. When I got my keyboard, the batteries that came with it did not last long; however, they could have been sitting in the box for a long time. I changed my batteries in January, and they are still going strong. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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yes it does. The batteries for mine were tucked into a corner of the cardboard box the keyboard came in. Plus batteries are included according to Amazon. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Terra Peterson terraleepeter...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:22 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul My keyboard did not come with batteries. Was it supposed to? Luckily I had some. Sent from my iPod Touch 5 TerraLee Facebook - www.facebook.com/teleep Skype - terralee.peterson On Mar 22, 2013, at 4:39 PM, liz and sammie elizabethulr...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The Triple A batteries are not rechargeable. When I got my keyboard, the batteries that came with it did not last long; however, they could have been sitting in the box for a long time. I changed my batteries in January, and they are still going strong. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
Hi, you can try my podcast from the following link. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos I am a master of my own bladder. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/24/2013 11:20 PM, Terra Peterson wrote: I just received mine yesterday and it was estimated for March 28. Does anyone have a list of commands or keyboard shortcuts? Any podcasts about it? I really like it so far. Sent from my iPod Touch 5 TerraLee Facebook - www.facebook.com/teleep Skype - terralee.peterson On Mar 22, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: This one Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard seems to be very popular and it's only $29.99 and free shipping at Amazon.com. I expect I'll have many questions when mine comes. My birthday is tomorrow and I was hoping it comes before then. It doesn't look like it though. Amazon hasn't sent the notice of shipping message yet. - Original Message - From: Tara Prakash taraprak...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I am wondering if to buy this one or verbatim. Pls help deciding. With gratitude. Sent from my iPod On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com wrote: It doesn't, but I've had cases where pressing enter sometimes simulates a double tap and at other times does not. Also, the command to double tap via the keyboard sometimes turns off and on the quick nav keys, otherwise, it's made things loads easier. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
The Triple A batteries are not rechargeable. When I got my keyboard, the batteries that came with it did not last long; however, they could have been sitting in the box for a long time. I changed my batteries in January, and they are still going strong. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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The funny thing was, wile looking on Amazon for keyboard bag, they had a 10 inch bag made for netbooks and small objects for 10 bucks. It was 10 by 6 or 10 by 5 I don't remember. I don't have to buy a case right now. Walmart has a section of all kinds of bags and cases. I've got several bags from there. I have one that holds my Breeze, it's power supply and the DVDs I burned that contain the maps and they all fit very nice in that bag and the bag was around 9 bucks so I'll look there first. I can always order one from Amazon if I can't find one there at Walmart. - Original Message - From: Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul LOL I doubt. Unless you think carrying a cardboard box is a fashion statement. grin Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: Maybe it will lucent up after awhile but, 20 bucks for a padded case does seem a bit steep though. Walmart has a section where they sell bags and cases. I'll try there first and if I can't find anything, there is always the Amazon one and maybe if I'm lucky it'll be on special. So, would the box it comes in due for awhile? - Original Message - From: Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Alan, I think we're talking about the same case. The reviews indicated people were taking the keyboard out of the case and then fitting it back into the case when finished. Many of them said the fit was too tight to do this easily. This is definitely not the case I want though it does sound like it would protect the keyboard. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I just saw a very nice case for this keyboard until I saw the price. Amazon wants 20 bucks for it. Then I looked at the description. It's a padded case with a fleece lining inside. I didn't order it at that price but if the keyboard lives up to my expectations at some point down the road I may order it too because it looks really well made - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
This one Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard seems to be very popular and it's only $29.99 and free shipping at Amazon.com. I expect I'll have many questions when mine comes. My birthday is tomorrow and I was hoping it comes before then. It doesn't look like it though. Amazon hasn't sent the notice of shipping message yet. - Original Message - From: Tara Prakash taraprak...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I am wondering if to buy this one or verbatim. Pls help deciding. With gratitude. Sent from my iPod On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com wrote: It doesn't, but I've had cases where pressing enter sometimes simulates a double tap and at other times does not. Also, the command to double tap via the keyboard sometimes turns off and on the quick nav keys, otherwise, it's made things loads easier. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet
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Amazon notified me a wile ago that mine has shipped! It won't be here until the 26th. To bad too. My birthday is tomorrow and it would of been a nice birthday present! Oh well heh! grin As a friend of mine use to say, better to owe it to you then to beat you out of it! grin - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, the batteries are the same I've used since June 2012 and I've yet to replace them. Several times I've even forgotten to turn off the keyboard via the power switch, but it goes into sleep mode and so battery life is saved. All in all, this is the best Bluetooth keyboard for under $40 I've seen. -- Raul A. Gallegos Everyone's mature until the bubble wrap comes out. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 12:21 PM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Funny you mentioning your netbook. When I'm traveling in the motor home I take both my laptop and my netbook. The laptop has a battery life of over 12 hours so it's good to watch a movie or two when we're not plugged into shore power and I use the netbook to read and reply to email. After listening to your podcast about the keyboard I thought wow, this might just let me leave the netbook at home. Do you have any idea of how long the 2 batteries last? I know my only other experience with a wireless keyboard was with a infrared keyboard and the batteries lasted forever. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter
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Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly. Sorry. If I have the keyboard and my iPhone going at the same time, can I still use my touch screen to open let's say my email. Then when when I hit reply, I can then type my reply on the keyboard, and then send the message from the iPhone? I have no experience with an external keyboard much less to know the keyboard short cut commands. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l
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Yes, as long as the on screen keyboard is already visible. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly. Sorry. If I have the keyboard and my iPhone going at the same time, can I still use my touch screen to open let's say my email. Then when when I hit reply, I can then type my reply on the keyboard, and then send the message from the iPhone? I have no experience with an external keyboard much less to know the keyboard short cut commands. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read
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Yes, the touch screen is always active. It is the primary interface. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 23/03/2013, at 6:56, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly. Sorry. If I have the keyboard and my iPhone going at the same time, can I still use my touch screen to open let's say my email. Then when when I hit reply, I can then type my reply on the keyboard, and then send the message from the iPhone? I have no experience with an external keyboard much less to know the keyboard short cut commands. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial
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Maybe it will lucent up after awhile but, 20 bucks for a padded case does seem a bit steep though. Walmart has a section where they sell bags and cases. I'll try there first and if I can't find anything, there is always the Amazon one and maybe if I'm lucky it'll be on special. So, would the box it comes in due for awhile? - Original Message - From: Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Alan, I think we're talking about the same case. The reviews indicated people were taking the keyboard out of the case and then fitting it back into the case when finished. Many of them said the fit was too tight to do this easily. This is definitely not the case I want though it does sound like it would protect the keyboard. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I just saw a very nice case for this keyboard until I saw the price. Amazon wants 20 bucks for it. Then I looked at the description. It's a padded case with a fleece lining inside. I didn't order it at that price but if the keyboard lives up to my expectations at some point down the road I may order it too because it looks really well made - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others
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LOL I doubt. Unless you think carrying a cardboard box is a fashion statement. grin Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: Maybe it will lucent up after awhile but, 20 bucks for a padded case does seem a bit steep though. Walmart has a section where they sell bags and cases. I'll try there first and if I can't find anything, there is always the Amazon one and maybe if I'm lucky it'll be on special. So, would the box it comes in due for awhile? - Original Message - From: Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Alan, I think we're talking about the same case. The reviews indicated people were taking the keyboard out of the case and then fitting it back into the case when finished. Many of them said the fit was too tight to do this easily. This is definitely not the case I want though it does sound like it would protect the keyboard. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I just saw a very nice case for this keyboard until I saw the price. Amazon wants 20 bucks for it. Then I looked at the description. It's a padded case with a fleece lining inside. I didn't order it at that price but if the keyboard lives up to my expectations at some point down the road I may order it too because it looks really well made - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far
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Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed
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It doesn't, but I've had cases where pressing enter sometimes simulates a double tap and at other times does not. Also, the command to double tap via the keyboard sometimes turns off and on the quick nav keys, otherwise, it's made things loads easier. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l
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I am wondering if to buy this one or verbatim. Pls help deciding. With gratitude. Sent from my iPod On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com wrote: It doesn't, but I've had cases where pressing enter sometimes simulates a double tap and at other times does not. Also, the command to double tap via the keyboard sometimes turns off and on the quick nav keys, otherwise, it's made things loads easier. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM
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I love mine. If that helps. LOL -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tara Prakash Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I am wondering if to buy this one or verbatim. Pls help deciding. With gratitude. Sent from my iPod On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com wrote: It doesn't, but I've had cases where pressing enter sometimes simulates a double tap and at other times does not. Also, the command to double tap via the keyboard sometimes turns off and on the quick nav keys, otherwise, it's made things loads easier. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, using a Bleutoothe keyboard doesn't affect the usage of Voice Over at all. So, you will be safe there. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 11:32 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone /dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=am azon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched
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I, too, have the Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard and like it a lot. HTH JoJO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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I thought so. I an slightly concerned about tripoli batteries are they rechargeable? How long do they last? I mean the ones that come with the keyboard. Sent from my iPod On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:42 PM, JoJo and Clinton pabl...@buckeye-express.com wrote: I, too, have the Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard and like it a lot. HTH JoJO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Hi, the batteries are the same I've used since June 2012 and I've yet to replace them. Several times I've even forgotten to turn off the keyboard via the power switch, but it goes into sleep mode and so battery life is saved. All in all, this is the best Bluetooth keyboard for under $40 I've seen. -- Raul A. Gallegos Everyone's mature until the bubble wrap comes out. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/19/2013 12:21 PM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Funny you mentioning your netbook. When I'm traveling in the motor home I take both my laptop and my netbook. The laptop has a battery life of over 12 hours so it's good to watch a movie or two when we're not plugged into shore power and I use the netbook to read and reply to email. After listening to your podcast about the keyboard I thought wow, this might just let me leave the netbook at home. Do you have any idea of how long the 2 batteries last? I know my only other experience with a wireless keyboard was with a infrared keyboard and the batteries lasted forever. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played
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Hi, Raul. The case I was looking at was the Adore June Keeb selling for around $20 on Amazon.com. From what I can tell, you have to remove the keyboard whenever you want to use it. I really want something I can carry the keyboard around and still use it without removing from the case. I'm seriously thinking about a messenger bag or something similar to carry around all of my own nerdy stuff. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:16 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream
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Lisa, if I understood the description of that case, it's zippered so you could leave it in the case and when you need it, just unzip the cover and flip it back over the typing keys. For 20 bucks it's really well made. Fleece lining should gently protect the keyboard. I may get one later on after I've got the keyboard in my hands. - Original Message - From: Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, Raul. The case I was looking at was the Adore June Keeb selling for around $20 on Amazon.com. From what I can tell, you have to remove the keyboard whenever you want to use it. I really want something I can carry the keyboard around and still use it without removing from the case. I'm seriously thinking about a messenger bag or something similar to carry around all of my own nerdy stuff. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:16 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful
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Yes, I just found it too. It was in my my documents folder right where I left it. I thought I lost it so I caught a brake. - Original Message - From: Kyle Seitz wolfpac...@live.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I just found the podcast. -Original Message- From: Kyle Seitz Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I've been looking for that podcast on the Amazon Basics keyboard, but I haven't been able to find it. I heard it once shortly after it was first done, but I haven't found it since. Kyle -Original Message- From: Lisa belville Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what
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I have this keyboard, and I love it. Besides being very easy to use, it is very portable. I take it with me when I need to take notes. I use it mainly to write longer e-mails on my phone, and I also use it to play the many crossword puzzle games on my phone. I highly recommend this keyboard. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You
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I just saw a very nice case for this keyboard until I saw the price. Amazon wants 20 bucks for it. Then I looked at the description. It's a padded case with a fleece lining inside. I didn't order it at that price but if the keyboard lives up to my expectations at some point down the road I may order it too because it looks really well made - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out
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Funny you mentioning your netbook. When I'm traveling in the motor home I take both my laptop and my netbook. The laptop has a battery life of over 12 hours so it's good to watch a movie or two when we're not plugged into shore power and I use the netbook to read and reply to email. After listening to your podcast about the keyboard I thought wow, this might just let me leave the netbook at home. Do you have any idea of how long the 2 batteries last? I know my only other experience with a wireless keyboard was with a infrared keyboard and the batteries lasted forever. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could
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s, it did. I think I'm going to order it. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone
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Alan, I think we're talking about the same case. The reviews indicated people were taking the keyboard out of the case and then fitting it back into the case when finished. Many of them said the fit was too tight to do this easily. This is definitely not the case I want though it does sound like it would protect the keyboard. The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I just saw a very nice case for this keyboard until I saw the price. Amazon wants 20 bucks for it. Then I looked at the description. It's a padded case with a fleece lining inside. I didn't order it at that price but if the keyboard lives up to my expectations at some point down the road I may order it too because it looks really well made - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive
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Hi The touch screen behaves similarly regardless of external keyboard. Only difference is that there is no keyboard in the text entering screens by default but you can turn it on by the eject key on the keyboard or turnign the keyboard off. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 Alan Paganelli kirjoitti Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:32:55 -0700 From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Raul, I have a question about the Amazon basics Bluetooth keyboard sense I ordered mine. It won't be here until Monday because I chose free super saver shipping. What I'd like to know is, when the keyboard is connected to my iPhone, will I still have the screen active as well? In other words, if I touch the screen of my iPhone will I still hear voice over? I'm sure I'll get the hang of the keyboard after a bit but wile I'm learning it it would be nice too if I can also open let's say email via the phone and use the keyboard just to type in text in an email message. My reason for buying it was so that I can do email wile traveling. Thanks for this great little keyboard recommendation. I really didn't want to shell out allot of money for a keyboard that will only get limited use. This should fill my needs rather nicely. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group
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Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public
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Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone
RE: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes. It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Sculto fmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe 0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
Hi. Yes, he pairs the keyboard with his phone, which was an iPhone 4s, I think. The steps weren't that much different between the 4 S and the iPhone 5. I've only had to pair it one more time after the initial pairing, but I think that's because the keyboard was off and I thought something else was wrong, so had the phone forget the keyboard and repeated the pairing. Ever since then, it's just fine. The only draw back is that when it gives you the pairing codes, you need to be farily quick at tapping in the numbers or the pairing will fail and you'll need to begin the paring process again to generate a new set of numbers. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:51 AM Subject: RE: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes. It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
I've been looking for that podcast on the Amazon Basics keyboard, but I haven't been able to find it. I heard it once shortly after it was first done, but I haven't found it since. Kyle -Original Message- From: Lisa belville Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l
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I love mine too. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:51 AM Subject: RE: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes. It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Sculto fmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe 0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email
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Yes I've had that issue, it doesn't give you much time to type in the paring code. - Original Message - From: Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:02 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi. Yes, he pairs the keyboard with his phone, which was an iPhone 4s, I think. The steps weren't that much different between the 4 S and the iPhone 5. I've only had to pair it one more time after the initial pairing, but I think that's because the keyboard was off and I thought something else was wrong, so had the phone forget the keyboard and repeated the pairing. Ever since then, it's just fine. The only draw back is that when it gives you the pairing codes, you need to be farily quick at tapping in the numbers or the pairing will fail and you'll need to begin the paring process again to generate a new set of numbers. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:51 AM Subject: RE: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes. It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so
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I just found the podcast. -Original Message- From: Kyle Seitz Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul I've been looking for that podcast on the Amazon Basics keyboard, but I haven't been able to find it. I heard it once shortly after it was first done, but I haven't found it since. Kyle -Original Message- From: Lisa belville Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote
Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul
Hi there. I'd definitely recommend this one. If you haven't heard my podcast on it, give it a listen and see for yourself. The link is below. http://asmodean.net/podcasts/AmazonBasicsBluetoothKeyboardDemo.mp3 -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:26 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does look rather promising. On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com mailto:our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this would Interest some folks. http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Scultofmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
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Hi Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that my podcast helped you make a good decision. I looked at the case for it from Amazon and wasn't personally impressed. Of course it's totally subjective and so don't take my word for it. What I did was get a Targus gadget bag which is about 10 inches from left to right and it holds my keyboard, my extra battery pack, various cables, headphones, and anything else which is on the smaller side. Then when I travel I just put the keyboard in that and it fits just fine along with the New Trent battery packs, their cables, my Bluetooth headphones, and a couple of USB sticks and USB cables. Basically the nerd things I would need on a job or personal trip. I don't even take my netook any more, which used to be my default portable solution. -- Raul A. Gallegos I didn't slap you, I simply high fived your face. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:40 AM, Lisa belville wrote: Hi. I purchased this keyboard on the basis of Raul's awesome demo. The price was also a contributing factor. It was under $30 and eligible for that ever popular Super Saver Shipping. Thanks to the demo, I was able to pair the keyboard with my iPhone completely solo, and I'm a totally blind tech dork. The only difference between my experience and the demo was that I had to install the batteries myself. Otherwise, I'm very happy with my purchase. This keyboard is small, but the keys are large enough for someone with big hands, there's a raised dot on the F and J keys, as well as dots on the up and down arrow keys. There are also media control keys, as well as a volume key at the top of the keyboard. You can turn on voice over help once the keyboard is paired and learn the layout that way, though only the top row are different from a conventional keyboard. I really like this keyboard's feel for the money. I'm considering purchasing the case Amazon offers just to extend the keyboard's portability. Lisa The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and Bull-Crap Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005EOWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+bluetooth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what
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Hi Richard, and for the record, it was due to your glowing reports on this keyboard that I ended up getting it in the first place. So, thank you for that recommendation. Before getting this keyboard I was using the StowAway folding keyboard, and I didn't think anything coud beat it. Actually I still think it's better in some ways, but the problem is that they are no longer made, and this keyboard was dropped a couple of times and 2 of the keys were starting not to work very well. The letters L and K sometimes wouldn't type, and you gotta have that L in your life. So, I checked out different BT keyboards and finally landed on the Amazon one. Sure, it doesn't fold, but that's not an issue for me. -- Raul A. Gallegos Tip to lose weight: First turn your head to the left, then to the right. Repeat this exercise every time you are offered something to eat. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/18/2013 8:51 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes. It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is currently $29.99. http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1363583326sr=8-1keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard Hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like how long, how wide, how thick? - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful Robot Voice [iOS Tips] Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part of the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I switched between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go read the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial impressions this app does
