RE: Readable PDF Files was RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

I'm not sure I agree. I scan pages all the time and using OmniPage, can elect to run them through OCR and then save them as editable PDFs. Granted, software processing is required to do this but it's not desktop publishing software. My original point was that it's not accurate to call all PDF

Re: low vision users - what video magnifier apps do you like?

Hi, My personal favorite is Seeing Assistant Magnifier. I have very low vision and this has a nice clear picture and great magnification. Only a dollar 99 in the App Store. Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-assistant-magnifier/id692742390?mt=8 Chuck -- The following

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

There were public servers showing when I launched the app, but I don't know what they are. -Original Message- From: Stephanie Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 12:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS? Is there a list of servers? Steph

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Is there a list of servers? Steph - Original Message - From: MamaPeach To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016 2:17 pm Subject: Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS? > > > You need to know someone with a server and have that person set

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

It is TeamTalk 5, do not put the i on it, it isn't listed that way. Just TeamTalk one word then a space and then the number 5 -Original Message- From: Jim Ruby Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 10:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Has any one tried team talk for iOS? Hmm,

Re: Readable PDF Files was RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

It isn't always just up to the creator of a PDF file to determine whether an image is being used or the underlying text is available to Adobe. That's true if the author is using desktop publishing software to create a document and is saving it in a PDF format. However, if you only have a hard

RE: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Hmm, did a search for iteamtalk and just teamtalk and found no iteamtalk in the us app store, hmmm? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Malver Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

You need to know someone with a server and have that person set you up a user name and password, so you can gain access to their server. I don't know how to set up your own server, I would really like to know. -Original Message- From: Dave Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:00 PM To:

Re: Great News For Dice World Players

Contact the developer, that is what I did, but this was back when the app was pretty much useless for a blind user. He has several blind testers right now, not sure if he needs anymore right now. -Original Message- From: rajmund Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:47 PM To:

Re: TapTapSee

I think that they either got a grant, or this is a last ditch effort to be relevant now that easier and more reliable alternatives are available. Andy From: Devin Prater Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com ; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TapTapSee Why

Re: TapTapSee

I would imagine that the appearance of services like Be My Eyes, and Crowd Viz have dealt a blow to TapTapSee, because If I were to pay for a service, i would rather use one of the latter, where you don't have to worry about taking pictures. Andy -Original Message- From: Sarai

Re: TapTapSee

Oh gosh I hope not. Just look at what Fleksy has become. Sent from Outlook Mobile >From Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 6:18 PM -0800, "Andy Baracco" wrote: They probably got a grant like what happened to Fleksy. Andy -Original

Re: TapTapSee

They probably got a grant like what happened to Fleksy. Andy -Original Message- From: Alan Paganelli Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 7:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TapTapSee As I understand it, it's real people telling you what is seen in the picture you send

Re: TapTapSee

Why would you think the app would disappear. The developers know good and well what they're doing when they make the app free again. Sent from Outlook Mobile >From Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:52 PM -0800, "Sarai Bucciarelli" wrote:

Re: TapTapSee

I had no problems paying for the use of the app. The prices were reasionable. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 5:12 PM, R VanLant wrote: > > Me too. At least I know I'm supporting a good app. > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: low vision users - what video magnifier apps do you like?

Thanks for the recommendation. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: low vision users - what video magnifier apps do you like? While I'm not

RE: TapTapSee

Me too. At least I know I'm supporting a good app. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TapTapSee I just bought a picture

Re: Readable PDF Files was RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

May I suggest that you contact the person in charge of where and how the school newsletter is posted? It’s important that this person knwo and understand that the platform they are using is not accessible. This person can also contact the developer or make sure to find a more accessible

re: Great News For Dice World Players

Hi, How does one become a beta tester? Sent from a BrailleNote - Original Message - From: "MamaPeach"

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Will do, Carol Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Feb 2016, at 22:00, Dave wrote: > > Hi Carol, > > I have just downloaded the app too. > > seems totaly accessible, but not sure how it works. > > Don't know, if you have to creat an account on your PC. > > I had a quick

Re: problem with dice world

Rajmund. What is your user name? Jenifer Barr Jenifer571 on dice world Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:35 PM, rajmund wrote: > > Did you know, though, the games where people surround, give the most > progress? Just saying. But, there's no more

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Hi Carol, I have just downloaded the app too. seems totaly accessible, but not sure how it works. Don't know, if you have to creat an account on your PC. I had a quick look at the app, but only could find 1 room. If you get to know, how it works, let me know. Dave. -Original

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Yep, it works great. Sent from Outlook Mobile >From Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:11 PM -0800, "MamaPeach" wrote: TeamTalk is a conferencing system which allows users to participate in conferences on the Internet. Users can chat

Re: Readable PDF Files was RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

It is accurate to suggest that image rendered PDF files are not accessible via screen readers and it it is likewise true that an appropriately formatted PDF file will be accessible via screen readers. But this is certainly not the final word. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software is

Readable PDF Files was RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Alan, I'd like to correct your statement that "PDF is actually a picture of the document and no screen reader can read a picture to you." While it's true that screen readers can't read images or pictures, PDF files can most certainly be saved in either an editable or searchable format so

Re: FitBit apps

Hi, If you are concerned with counting steps and tracking sleep, also ability to set alarms, you might want the FitBit One. You clip it to your waist or bra, and it accurately counts steps. Unlike ones that you wear on your wrist, you don’t have to worry about moving your arm to have it

re: diceworld question

Hi, New message received means someone sent you a message. I might challenge you in a bit again, actually. Sent from a BrailleNote - Original Message - From: don bishop

Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale?

I made my email address the same as my Apple ID. I don’t know that you have to, but I thought it would be best. From: Dani Pagador Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 3:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale? Hi. I downloaded and installed AppWatcher

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

TeamTalk is a conferencing system which allows users to participate in conferences on the Internet. Users can chat using voice over IP and listen to streaming media files. TeamTalk for iOS has been designed with particular emphasis on accessibility features for visually impaired. Here is a

Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale?

Hi. I downloaded and installed AppWatcher and now need to configure it. When setting up an account, does the e-mail and password used need to be the same as your Apple ID, or can it be different? Thanks, Dani On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:22 AM MamaPeach wrote: > Hmm, I

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

How does it actually work, Carol Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Feb 2016, at 19:57, MamaPeach wrote: > > When you install it it shows up as iTeamTalk, but in the app store, it is > just listed as TeamTalk 5. > > -Original Message- From: Michael Malver > Sent:

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

When you install it it shows up as iTeamTalk, but in the app store, it is just listed as TeamTalk 5. -Original Message- From: Michael Malver Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 1:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Has any one tried team talk for iOS? There is ann app called

Re: Fitbit apps

Hi Sharonda, Depends on what you want in your Fitbit. My biggest concern was sleep so I ordered the Charge. But you can go to www.fitbit.com to decide which version you want. As afar as syncing is concerned simply what happens is that everything you do is synced to

Re: Fitbit apps

I don't think it matters which one you ordered. I got the HR, because I like the monitors my heart rate. Michael > On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw wrote: > > Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one, > but don't know what to

Re: Fitbit apps

Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one, but don't know what to purchase. I would also like to hear more about synching, as you all are talking about. Thanks! Sharonda On 2/19/16, Scott Berry wrote: > Michael, > > How did you make the Fitbit and

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

time to hit their ratings system and then shotgun it all over Facebook and twitter. they cannot easily ignore that. -eric On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Scott Berry wrote: > True enough. I just got the same message Christine got so I think they have > now made a canned message available so

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

I have imported an image PDF file to K NFB reader and it was able to extract the text from the file. I don't know if it would work the same in this particular instance and if there are subscription fees I don't blame people for not trying. Kellie and my lovable Lady J Sent from my iPhone >

A totally different response

I know I am highjacking this thread so sorry. However, what a difference in developers. Remember a couple days ago when I said there was an app called Easy that tested memory. I think it was Mama Peach, if not I apologize, who gave me the support for it. Yes, the whole website was in another

Re: Fitbit apps

Michael, How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together. I am having trouble entering the numbers so that they sync together. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver wrote: > > I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I >

Re: problem with dice world

MHM, will know soon. Sent from a BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Joney

RE: Fitbit apps

I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app. One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen go

Re: Why do we want to use a physical keyboard?

Hi, I always remember how embarrassing dictation can be, and that puts me off it, immediately, for once and all. Try telling your students? It might help. Sent from a BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt

Fitbit apps

Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer program? I find some problems with each. The fitbit app you can’t read all the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number provided by Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync together.

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

I don’t know if you can save it outside the app though. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 10:49 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Why can't KNFB reader handle it as an ocr? > - Original Message - > From: "Richard Turner" > To:

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

True enough. I just got the same message Christine got so I think they have now made a canned message available so that they don’t have to work at answering our emails. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:02 AM, Cristóbal wrote: > > Short of flooding their app with poor

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

That might be an option we could ask Winston for I think that would be a great option. Ocr would be a great deal for pdf’s since they can be a handul some times. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > > Voice Dream Reader cannot read image

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Alan, True enough but there should be alternatives one would think for these. > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Alan Paganelli > wrote: > > I went through this with iPhone Life. They were very nice folks who took the > time to explain to me that the reason why

RE: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

There is ann app called "team talk" note the space between team and talk. This is what I downloaded. It was the wrong app. The app whih you actually need to download is called iTeamTalk. Note the I which begins the name, and no spaces. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Hi Richard, Bookshare would not make this company stand up and take notice. That’s what Christine wants there is no reason that they couldn’t put a routine in their program to even scan the pdf with great accuracy and make the app put it in to an rtf format for example. > On Feb 19, 2016,

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Christin et al, I really want to thank you for bringing this to our attention. Here is my response. I am already upset with another company so this didn’t help but I am one to speak my mind and here is what I had to say. Hello there, I understand that another one of your people from the

RE: Tune In Radio

Thanks, I will give it a try. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: 19 February 2016 17:24 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Tune In Radio Hi, If you search say for BBC radio 4 extra, when you find the results, if there is a

RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Short of flooding their app with poor ratings in the app store and reaching out via their various social media contacts to put it out there that the accessibility support of the app and interest in making it accessible is lacking, there’s probably not much that can be done other than to

RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Short of flooding their app with poor ratings in the app store and reaching out via their various social media contacts to put it out there that the accessibility support of the app and interest in making it accessible is lacking, there’s probably not much that can be done other than to

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

This person must have downloaded the wrong app. I got nothing like that when I installed and launched the app. Make sure you download the TeamTalk 5 app by Bjoern Rasmussen. -Original Message- From: Oriol Gómez Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Yes, I used it yesterday, it is great and very accessible with VoiceOver. -Original Message- From: 'Adrian Leong' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Has any one tried team talk for iOS? Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

here is a copy of a letter that I propose sending to this company. Might I also suggest hitting up their ratings area on the app store and posting a 0 star rating with a list of complaints. the more that show up there, the greater their incentive to change their attitude (and development

RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

That wasn't the question. But, getting the image out of the app to run through KNFB Reader could be rather interesting. Plus, no telling how good the images are when it comes to OCR and, probably, there is a subscription fee. I personally wouldn't risk it since there is no way to know if you

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Why can't KNFB reader handle it as an ocr? - Original Message - From: "Richard Turner" To: Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

What do you mean? Teamtalk shouldn't ask you for a license... On 2/19/16, Michael Malver wrote: > I found it to be unusable. > After agreeing to the license, I was told that I needed to send a text > message to the server. > When I try to send that text message, and error came

RE: Tune In Radio

Hi, If you search say for BBC radio 4 extra, when you find the results, if there is a spot that says “Stations and shows” below that will be the station name, double tap it and it should start playing. If not, there may be another screen that offers station or programs, I always go for the

Tune In Radio

Hi, I have the app running now and can use the tabs at the bottom to find a station e.g. Smooth U.K. but I can't find a way to actually play the station, there doesn't seem to be a play button anywhere, can anytone help me out please? Many thanks in anticipation,

Re: Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

I found it to be unusable. After agreeing to the license, I was told that I needed to send a text message to the server. When I try to send that text message, and error came back saying that the number two which I was texting wasn't enough digits. Michael > On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:01 AM,

Has any one tried team talk for iOS?

Has any one tried team talk for iOS? ```Sent from my iPad -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Voice Dream Reader cannot read image based PDF files. It does not do any OCR. Your text book was in text PDF. However, for sighted users, Voice Dream Reader gives the option to view image PDF files in original layout. Richard (Sent from my iPhone 5S) > On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Michael

RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Voice Dream Reader does a great jobwith pdfs. I don’t know if it can handle pdfs based on images, but I read an entire textbook using it. If VoiceDream can do it, perhaps this other app can be made to handle pdf through some sort of ocr-based solution. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Siri not responding

I'm experiencing TheSame & I haven't UpDated to iOS9 MyDevice is still ON iOS8.3 At 05:44 AM 2/19/2016, you wrote: I had the same issue. I powered off and on the phone again. > On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:46 PM, Beth G wrote: > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. I rebooted my

Re: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

I went through this with iPhone Life. They were very nice folks who took the time to explain to me that the reason why they use PDF is so the magazine in PDF format looks exactly like the print magazine. PDF is actually a picture of the document and no screen reader can read a picture to you.

RE: Why do we want to use a physical keyboard?

My Braille Note is a mPower, not able to connect to my iPhone. Not at this time able to update, besides with HW moving to Canada and needing to at least understand French-Canadian when calling, I am done buying from them despite my first BN being better than sliced bread for me. Rose

Re: TapTapSee

As I understand it, it's real people telling you what is seen in the picture you send when you take that picture. I think it's important to remember that everybody and their sister was taking picture after picture just playing with the app rather then really needing to. I include myself in

RE: Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

You may also want to contact some of the magazines that are on that platform and ask them to put pressure on them to make the publications accessible. Or, provide them in another accessible format, like through Bookshare? Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Unacceptable Response from Issuu Support Team Regarding VoiceOver Accessibility

Dear All: Issuu is an app which provides access to millions of magazines, newsletters, etc., on virtually any topic you can think of. My son, who is also a VoiceOver user, wanted to access his high school’s newspaper which is on the platform. However, it is in an image pdf. Furthermore,

use ipad as camera for security home

Hi, Wjhich app is the best app to turn your ipad into a security camera? It has to be free and also work when it works in the backgrund. I would like to watch my home on my iPhone. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: How do you copy a status on Facebook using voice over

Hi Gerald, When I want to copy a status on Facebook, I usually do a quadruple tap with three fingers. This gesture copies the last thing that voiceover announces. HTH Kevin On 2/19/16, Gerald Mader wrote: > Hey there. I'm just wondering how you would copy a status that

Re: how to move by chapter on Voice Dream Reader

Some of the older Bookshare books don’t have chapter navigation. From: Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:13 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: how to move by chapter on Voice Dream Reader hello Ed, Sometimes with iOS 9, the rotor doesn't switch automatically to

How do you copy a status on Facebook using voice over

Hey there. I'm just wondering how you would copy a status that someone said on Facebook using voice over? Is there anyway to do it so that we can copy someone's status or no? I tried the one finger double tap and hold but it doesn't always work. It only works once and that's it. Is there any

Re: Siri not responding

I had the same issue. I powered off and on the phone again. > On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:46 PM, Beth G wrote: > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. I rebooted my phone not a reset, just turn it off and > back on, and that helped > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 18, 2016, at

Re: Looking for a software, please help.

Hello Gordan and all, thank you very much for your reply. Well, it's not a problem to provide the link for the platform: http://members.webinar.tw/conference,93434232 Thanks for all your help again. Have a nice day. With kind regards Maria On 19. 2. 2016 12:45, Gordan Radić wrote: Hi, Maria!

Re: Looking for a software, please help.

Hi, Maria! Well, it depends on a platform these webinars use. There are more different platforms people use for web conferencing and sure we need more details to help you out. From what I know, just read it yesterday on Applevis, Team Talk is free and completely

Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale?

Hmm, I never had that problem. I am not sure what to tell you. I just recently had to reinstall because I moved up to a 6th gen iPod, but I had already had an account. -Original Message- From: Lois Butterfield Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale?

Hi, I got this app and had trouble setting up an account. I tried with two different e-mail addresses and got errors both times. The first one was about timing out, and the second one said something about duplicate information. I can't think of anything else to try. Do you have any

Re: How do You Know When an App is on Sale?

It is the same app. I just don't do the whole sharing with friends part. Oh and to be notified by email when an app drops in price or has an update, make sure and go into settings and enable email notifications. This will require you to verify your email address, so watch for an email from them

Re: updating the gmail app

It might be referring to SMTP, but while it works for you, you don't have to change it. Worthwhile warnings are Ok, but hate being nagged about my choices just because they're not their choices. R. - Original Message - From: "Paul and Paula Jordan" To:

Re: foreign language learning apps

That's the one I wanted to recommend, but entirely forgot the name. not got it now either. Those aren't comments on the app itself. R. - Original Message - From: "Devin Prater" To: ; Sent: Thursday, February

RE: TuneIn radio: skipping the premium offer without signing up

I Think that this is a web page so if you go to the app switches, close it from there and then re-open Tune In Radio, you should be fine. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Sent: 14 February 2016 12:27 To:

Looking for a software, please help.

Hello list, I am sorry if my question is a bit off-topic, but I really don't know where to ask. I am looking for a web conference software which would be accessible either with Voiceover or NVDA. The thing is I would like to listen video webinars each week on a particular website. I have the