Hi Ed,
No, I'm totally with you here. If something's simply hard to use,
but is usable, then I agree we should not simply say it's
inaccessible. But when I tried it on my PC with JAWS 13, it
literally was completely inaccessible and none of the methods I tried
(JAWS convenient OCR, the JAWS
Hi,
I'll probably get flamed for saying this, but i haven't tried Voicebook and
probably never will. In my opinion from the description it sounds like yet
another lame unnecessary reinvention of the wheel and another part of the
worrysome trend i think i see that we blind are going further and
I have to second Sandy's endorsement of the excellent book, Getting
Started with the Iphone. I go back to it constantly to reread sections
and it has gotten me out of jams on several occasions. Between that
book and this list I've had great success learning to use and enjoy my
Iphone.
Kimber
On
This is just my personal opinion, and I don't intend to force this
opinion on anyone else or flame anyone, but I disagree for myself.
Although I fully embrace using mainstream applications, I'm not going to
turn a back on an application or a device that makes my life easier or
more convenient just
For me, if I'm going to use a blindness related product whose design was
solely to make accessible a mainstream product not built with accessibility
in mind, I will both use the blindness product, and encourage the
manufacturer of the mainstream product to come into compliance with
accessibility
Hi all.
How Can I add a bookmark in iBooks?
Thanks.
GBK.
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I am trawling the net for battery operated, mobile, sheet feeder, scanners.
Below is a link, i hope!, to one such, it even mentions iphones and iPads. It
aint cheap, but a good beginning IMHO. Also, until I look more closely at the
specs, I can't guess as to accessibility, but hey! how
Hi,
I think i agree with you there. I think we should encourage mainstream
developers to keep accessibility in mind by for example promoting apps that do
just that.
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26 maj 2012 kl. 15:30 skrev Michael Malver:
For me, if I'm going to use a blindness related product whose design was
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On May 26, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote:
This is just my personal opinion, and I don't intend to force this
opinion on anyone else or flame anyone, but I disagree for myself.
Although I fully embrace using
I think a podcast on that very subject would be a useful one if anyone feels
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Subject: Understanding volume
Hi Gabriele,
if you have opened a book, there is an Add bookmark button in the upper
right. This is on both, iPhone and iPad. If there is already a bookmark on the
current page, the button changes to delete bookmark.
Greetings
Jan
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HEllo, I am sorry, I am not sure how to do this from a windows machine, I can
do it from one of my other iDevices. If you have the ability to get to another
iPod/iPad/iPhone, you can use the Find my iPhone/iPad/iPod app that Apple has
made for this ability. You would just log-in with your
Hello Peter,
I have found with the Facebook.com app it isn't very consistent, If you are
looking for a full Facebook client app I would say try Facely HD, It has some
short comeings too. I find this app a little less stressful to deal with. The
biggest issues that you will come accross is a
Hello listers,
I find the app super easy to use. I love the way it reads my friend's posts to
me. That's just me though. I figured out a few things.
1. I could not get the app to work properly once I authorized the app through
faceBook. However, I cleared all of the apps from my app
does anyone know how to read comments that are within a post?
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From: Christina blindmaclo...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:50 AM
Subject: My minimal experiences with voiceBook for faceBook
Hello listers,
I find the app
Hello, if you double tap on the status, it will open a menu, and flick to the
right until you hear read comments, and you can do many other things from this
same menu. hth
Ed
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Yes, if I swipe up and down I can move through my newsfeed from one status
update to another. I just have not found anywhere that I find notifications or
a way to quickly access my status update to quickly reply to comments my
friends made on my status update. :)
Christina
On May 26, 2012,
Yes, this is my experience as well. However, if you selected the option to
leave a comment, it is the correct place to type your comment. I tested it and
it will indeed leave a comment and not update your status. I believe I
addressed this in my e-mail. However, maybe I wasn't very clear.
Hello, at this point there is no way to see if anyone has commented on your
status or see notifications yet, the developer is looking at implamenting these
features in a future update. He just wanted to get the app out in the wild to
see if there was intrest. He is working on more
Is there a way to view a posted video, well listen in my case. :)
Brett
On May 26, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Ed Worrell wrote:
Hello, at this point there is no way to see if anyone has commented on your
status or see notifications yet, the developer is looking at implamenting
these features in a
Hello, I think that this page is mislabeled, I just commented on a friends
status and it worked. I am seeing the same thing that the page is labeled as
posting a status instead of a comment.
Ed
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Yes I have. It looks very good from the little I played with it. I was
able to not only write my status but say it as well.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 26/05/2012 01:35, adrian wrote:
Has any one tried the new face book app called Voicebook? I have it and i find
it very accessible.
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Hey Scott, I hope they end up adding more to the story. Either way I
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Tried to comment on someone else's post yet?
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Subject: Re: tried
Yes I have. It looks very good
Yes, I did wonder that; so presumably the comment ended up on FB in the
right place. ...
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From: Ed Worrell blindworr...@optimum.net
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Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: My minimal experiences with voiceBook for
Well, I think this is the market the typeInBraille aimed at as it could be
done with one hand; BrailleTouch is afaik, all cell dots at once and thus a
2-handed job. So not sure why the sighted should be attracted.
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Nice! I am enjoying it's simplicity and ease of use. I am grateful for the
developer's efforts. There are definitely some things I'd love to see in
future updates.
The main issue that I am having right now, is the app keeps taking me to the
50th post. Other than that, it's much much easier
Hi,
I know there are at least 2 manuals out there written primarily for VO
users but do you think I can remember who they are?
If someone could send me the names and authors I would certainly appreciate
it.
Thanks,
Kim
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Which app are you talking about? This sounds very encouraging.
Kim
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Subject: My minimal experiences with voiceBook for faceBook
Hello listers,
I
some restaurants have their own apps that are free in the app store. I have
found better options and navigation while searching for stuff like that with
google. I haven't seen many with nutritional info yet, but that will probably
change in the next few years.. Maybe weightwatchers have
I like the app a lot it's a lot easier than Facebook I hope that the create a
he improves on it but it is good for what it does as of now
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I am reading the missing manual now...why do you recommend this first?
Kim
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From: Joseph Lee [mailto:joseph.lee22...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 2:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: re: Iphone manual writtten by a blind person?
Hi,
It should be:
Sadly, NBP doesn't want to take my money. Grin I'll have to give them a
call. I keep putting an e version in my shopping cart but it doesn't show
up. Shrug
Kim
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From: Woody Anna Dresner [mailto:wadres...@att.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 2:22 PM
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Darla,
I forgot to mention that the iPhone manual available from the Lighthouse is
a brailled version of the regular Apple manual. It's also available online
as an html document and in several other forms.
The book by Anna Dresner is written specifically for blind users, and while
I haven't read
Double-tap in the Facebook status. You'll have a menu, and you can choose
comment from it.
HtH,
Teresa
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On May 26, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Carol Pearson wrote:
Tried to comment on someone else's post yet?
Don't seem to be
Hi listers,
As with so much, preference is surely the key. In the early days of
computing in the UK we used completely custom-made wordprocessors, databases
etc. As accessibility to mainstream systems improved, we graduated
accordingly. I will look at most apps, including Voicebook, to see if it
New Facebook app makes accessing Facebook easier for VoiceOver
If you are a blind person, you understand the love/hate relationship with
Facebook. Facebook likes to change their interface about monthly, and it gets
frustrating. Active Information systems has developed an app called voice book
Hello
I am having trouble reading the next post
I am swiping down but it does not go to the next post
What am i doing wrong
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On May 26, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Christina blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone figured out how to read a friend's status character by character
I don't see anything in notifications about Voice Book, and I don't see
anything in voice Book about notifications. What notifications are you
getting that you want to stop, and are you sure they're from Voice Book?
I also don't see multiple pages anywhere in Voice Book.
On 26/05/12 22:26, Bobby
Hey lady:
I learn new things everyday. Like today, finding a different way to swipe
to make Voicebook VO work properly. LOL. You need help holler at me.
*grin* I can mix both of us up at the same time.
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