Re: Contracted Braille or computer Braille as entry choice via Braille display on iphone

2015-10-20 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Keep in mind, if you will, that the setting is easily switched with a 2-3-6-chord. I do switch it often. Generally, the greatest advantage of computer braille for me is easier editing, I know that each cell represents a character and don't have to concern myself with contractions or case. That

Re: Remote desk top apps?

2015-10-15 Thread Aman Singer
client you access it from, I heard that actually > getting them to agree and install it is another issue. > > - Original Message - > From: "Aman Singer" <aman.sin...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:2

Re: Remote desk top apps?

2015-10-15 Thread Aman Singer
Hello Kim, I used, and still use when I can properly hear speech, Jump's remote desktop app. Their Bluetooth keyboard support is excellent, everything just works. They do stream audio from the remote machine but you will have the usual problem with remote desktop apps, the audio streaming of

Re: Anker Battery Packs

2015-09-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, There is no support required. USB is standardized. At worst, and with the Anker packs this should not happen, charging may be slower than from the wall. However, with the Anker packs, even this shouldn't be a problem. You should get full charge speed. Because USB is standard at 5 volt from

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread Aman Singer
tc.? > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Aman Singer > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 4:05 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attit

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, I think the News app is more or less an RSS reader with Apple spying built in. It's quite a nice and accessible reader, I like it, but I don't see anything that can't be gotten elsewhere fairly comfortably. Note that it might be more worth-while for us because it is very accessible both with

Re: Can anyone recommend a good full-size external bluetooth keybboard that works well with IPad?

2015-09-11 Thread Aman Singer
Hello Brian and all, The Keys to go is available at BestBuy. I would try it first, the typing on it always seemed to be very mushy for me, but that's strictly personal preference. The Logitech k810/k811 is available at http://www.canadacomputers.com or http://www.ncix.com I hope that's of use.

Re: Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream

2015-09-07 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Besides dropbox, books can also be imported to VoiceDream from the computer through Itunes. You can also email files to yourself and open them from the message. All this, like dropbox, applies to the zip files from bookshare. You need not unzip the files before sending them. Finally,

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hi Jim and all, I have used both devices. The Smart beetle (SB) I returned, the VarioUltra (VU) I am currently trying. I have split this message into two parts. First, to respond to your request, Jim, about the differences, and the second to say why I gave up on the SB. 1. The obvious

Re: What is GPRS

2015-08-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, GPRS is a slower, I think it would only qualify as 2G, data service. It stands for general packet radio service and the Wikipedia page gives a good overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Packet_Radio_Service I believe, though this is relying on very old memories, that the maximum speed

RE: Iphones no longer secure

2015-04-26 Thread Aman Singer
be like not locking your car because after all, a professional and skilled auto thief will be able to steal it whether it's locked or not. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aman Singer Sent: Sunday, April 26

Re: Iphones no longer secure

2015-04-26 Thread Aman Singer
Hi Jeremy and all, Around fifteen years ago now, someone at Microsoft wrote something he called the ten immutable laws of security https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc722487.aspx The whole thing is worth reading, but one of the laws or more accurately descriptions, says: Law #3: If a bad guy

RE: Iphones no longer secure

2015-04-26 Thread Aman Singer
6:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Iphones no longer secure Hi, I'm sorry but I have to disagree with a number of your points. You said: On 4/26/15, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: A smartphone is nothing more or less than a computer. The passcode/fingerprint is simply

RE: Looking for a keyboard for my iPhone 6 that has a toggle on off switch

2015-03-02 Thread Aman Singer
Hi Neal, If I may ask, does the keyboard have to fold, or can it be rigid? Also, do you care about specific hotkeys? For non-folding, I really like the Logitech K81x keyboards (they have the k810 and k811). They have the on-off switch, they can use several devices at a time,

Re: Hearing Aids and iPhone 6+

2015-02-07 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Do the hearing aids have a telecoil an FM receiver, or direct audio input built in? If you or the person using them is not sure, ask the vendor, they are sure to know. If the aids do have a telecoil, which is the most common feature, or the rarer FM receiver, it may well be quite simple to

Re: Ipad keyboard question.

2014-04-30 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. There is a keyboard dock which contains a keyboard and into which the iPad plugs through its charging port. There is also a camera kit for the iPad and people have reported that this kit, which basically puts a USB port on the iPad, supports plugging in keyboards. Both the kit and the dock are

Re: book formats and apps

2014-04-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Epub will be handled by both iBooks and VoiceDream natively. Just import them as usual and you should be able to start reading instantly. As for Mobi, these can easily be converted to Epub, either on your machine or online. For conversion on your machine, see

Re: book formats and apps

2014-04-14 Thread Aman Singer
for VoiceDream and Kurzweil. HTH. Aman On 4/14/14, Gary Petraccaro garypet...@gmail.com wrote: This is the first I ever heard that Calibre was accessible. What version? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014

Re: book formats and apps

2014-04-14 Thread Aman Singer
needs these days, so am glad to see it can do epub as well! Cait On Apr 14, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Epub will be handled by both iBooks and VoiceDream natively. Just import them as usual and you should be able to start reading instantly. As for Mobi

Re: question concerning epub files

2014-04-10 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. If I may ask, what do you mean when you say importing from mail to iBooks doesn't work? It should have, iBooks supports epub well, indeed, iBooks are nothing more than epub with Apple's DRM. If you want something else, voicedream also supports them. The Kindle app should support mobi

Re: Choosing Provider

2013-12-26 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. If you're in an area with Wind coverage, I would get their service. You have to buy the phone outright, but you can buy either the 5C or 5S and your bill for unlimited everything except international long-distance will be under $40. If you get it from Bell, Rogers, or Telus, which is available

Re: Voice Dream Reader and encrypted daisy

2013-12-08 Thread Aman Singer
! -Original Message- From: Aman Singer Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 9:31 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader and encrypted daisy Hi, Russ and all. These seem to be some odd encryption/obfuscation method used by certain providers. I wrote to Winston

Re: Voice Dream Reader and encrypted daisy

2013-12-07 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Russ and all. These seem to be some odd encryption/obfuscation method used by certain providers. I wrote to Winston at VoiceDream asking about using the files from archive.org on VDR, which would be wonderful, and generally asking what encrypted files meant in this context. He explained as

Re: VoiceDream and James

2013-12-04 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Would anyone be able to speed up the James voice and tell us if it gets at all choppy or breaks up at high speeds? Thanks. Aman On 12/4/13, Wil James w...@wilanddenise.com wrote: If I could gift that to Denise, I would. I did gift heard the app Sunday, and I wish voices were an option to

Re: VO not holding focus.

2013-10-16 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sandy. Allow me to second Chris' suggestion about the reduce motion setting in accessibility. I don't know how much vision you have, but this is strictly a visual effect and, besides somewhat reducing battery life, I found just the same problems you did when reduce motion was off. Once I

Re: Accessible Koran apps for iPad

2013-10-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Cara. There are quite a few Quran apps on the app store, as you can imagine. The one I like is IQuran (iQuran HD for the iPad) but I would not describe it as accessible with VO. It is usable but is a bit odd. However, if you are willing to put up with some oddness, or if you need

Re: Accessible Koran apps for iPad

2013-10-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Gary and all. This app is not the Quran. It's one schollar's interpretation of the text in the Urdu language. It may very well be of use, but it isn't the text and I may say that voiceover in this case may well mean simply an audible reading of the interpretation rather than the iOS screen

Re: Playing Music From Personal Drive

2013-10-08 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Joe and all. If I may ask, Joe, did you find anything like this? I would be very pleased if you had as I'm looking for the same thing. Thanks. Aman On 9/7/13, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, A couple weeks ago Raul posted information about the Cloud Beats app to play music from

Re: Voice dream reader question

2013-10-06 Thread Aman Singer
confess that I have not use the app in this way, as I usually use the tts voices just to listen. On Oct 5, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. If you're using iOS 7, you can use Samantha by selecting it in the voice store. If you're using 6.x, you'll probably

Re: Voice dream reader question

2013-10-05 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. No, you should just need to hit play. Are you having any specific difficulties? Is it stopping, for example, or is it crashing? Aman On 10/5/13, denise avant denise.av...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am wondering if I have to change any settings to make voice dream while using the

Re: Voice dream reader question

2013-10-05 Thread Aman Singer
have had a little problem with that. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2013, at 7:45 AM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. No, you should just need to hit play. Are you having any specific difficulties? Is it stopping, for example, or is it crashing? Aman On 10/5/13, denise avant

Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-29 Thread Aman Singer
. App developers will also stop supporting IOS 6. On 09/28/2013 01:02 AM, Aman Singer wrote: Hi, Sieghard and all. I don't think that iOS 7 is particularly bad, but that isn't, IMHO, the standard I would judge it on. The only reason to upgrade, at least for me, is that the upgrade

Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-29 Thread Aman Singer
supporting IOS 6 any more, so you won't be getting updates or security fixes for IOS 6. I haven't seen a statement on this, but I doubt you'll continue to get Apple support if you keep running IOS 6. App developers will also stop supporting IOS 6. On 09/28/2013 01:02 AM, Aman Singer wrote

RE: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-28 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sieghard and all. I don't think that iOS 7 is particularly bad, but that isn't, IMHO, the standard I would judge it on. The only reason to upgrade, at least for me, is that the upgrade will be better than what came before. If it's better, and I mean better on the whole, taking

Re: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-27 Thread Aman Singer
should force a download onto anybody. What in gods name are they thinking? I know this sounds strong, and I suppose it is. But really Apple you are going to far this time. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Chris and all. I

Re: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-27 Thread Aman Singer
network. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Sep 2013, at 5:12, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Chris and all. I would, Chris, respectfully disagree with what you say below. I neither like nor dislike change

Re: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-27 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Raul. You ask Folks folks, do you all who are upset about the iOS 7 being downloaded also disable your Mac or Windows updates so they are not downloaded without your permission? I certainly do, I use Windows and Microsoft is well-known for beta testing their updates on the unfortunate users

Re: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-27 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Ricardo. I am sorry to contradict but, respectfully, your examples aren’t analogous at all. What Apple is doing here is changing the functionality of already released products by reducing the space available on already released devices and, incidentally, consuming user bandwidth

Re: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.

2013-09-26 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Chris and all. I would, Chris, respectfully disagree with what you say below. I neither like nor dislike change, but like change for the better and dislike change for the worse. I have upgraded to iOS 7 because it has one absolutely earthshaking feature which makes my use allot easier than it

Bard app and books from OpenLibrary

2013-09-24 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. As I'm sure most know, the internet archive, through its openlibrary.org site, provides a significant number of books for free download. Most are out of copyright, but quite a large number, several hundred thousand, I think, are still in copyright. These are Daisy books

Re: Locking an iOS device with a braille display.

2013-08-25 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. I'm sorry to say that I can't help you, I know of no way to lock the device with a braille display. However, you write: I know there's a way to unlock one, but don't know if there's one to do the opposite. How does one unlock an iOS device using a braille display if that display is

Re: Bulgarian voice with VO?

2013-08-24 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sandy. The question is actually not stupid at all for those of us who don't speak the languages in question but who need to put people on the right track in finding voices for their particular language. You haven't hit bottom until you tell someone, as I did, that you have no idea if a

RE: Gutenberg books

2013-08-08 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. I have never bothered with the Gutenberg app. There are three methods I have used to get access to Gutenberg books, however. First and most obviously, Safari has no issue with http://www.gutenberg.org Note that you can download epubs to use in iBooks as you wish. Note also that

Re: Gutenberg books

2013-08-08 Thread Aman Singer
sometimes. But the books are good after that. Rh. - Original Message - From: Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:55 PM Subject: RE: Gutenberg books Hello. I have never bothered with the Gutenberg app. There are three

RE: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-05 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Joanne. You write So, why don't blind pc users complain to Microsoft for some third party software that don't work with windows and demanding microsoft for refund, but Apple user seems to do so? Is that because, Apple listen to users voice and some people, think, it is a good way to use

RE: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-05 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, David. You write I would rather not give Apple complete access to my phone just so they can occasionally check to ensure I am not pirating apps. I agree, but there would be no need to do that. If Apple were interested in taking that step, they had better have done so

Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-04 Thread Aman Singer
by another list member Christian something or other. Thanks, Joseph - Original Message - From: Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

RE: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-04 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, David. That's just the point. It is not impossible, but it is at least difficult, to find a program on the PC which does not have either a trial or a method through which a user may examine it before purchase. You seem, if I may say so, to be thinking about things as they were 5 years

Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-03 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, alan. You say what happens when a sighted person gets an app and they think it doesn't meet their needs. With respect, that depends on whether the description accurately told the sighted user what the application would do. If the textual description and the screenshots the app store

Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-03 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Joseph. I must respectfully disagree with you. To describe an application's accessibility to VO users is so far from impossible that it is being done every day on Applevis. You are certainly correct that there are some subjective aspects to the evaluation, but if you look at the

Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-03 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Arnold. Just a small point, if I may. Keep in mind that abuse of this system has far fewer and weaker consequences than abuse of other systems. If a person asks for a refund, the only thing that he can use is his own copy of the app. If and when that copy is lost, whether by

Re: Bad experience with iTunes Store support regarding app refund

2013-08-02 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Joanne. You ask However, is that really Apple's fault if they not refunding the credit for the apps, just because it have some accessibilities issue, or, we, as consumer simply asking too much?... If I may say so, people are not asking for a refund because there are accessibility

Re: will voice dream reader play epub and mobi text files?

2013-07-30 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Epub will work fine with Voice Dream, it is actually better than TXT/RTF, divided into chapters/sections and otherwise a much pleasanter experience. Mobi will not work with the format but there's nothing easier than converting these to Epub See, for example http://www.zamzar.com/ for an online

Re: Recording Phone calls, was: I recorded A Call With List Recorder

2013-07-28 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. If I may add to what Sieghard has said, those call-recording solutions which use three-way calling are not usually worth the money. Keep in mind that you can set up such a system with nothing more than a small amount of technical knowledge and a cheap Skype or VOIP number. This allows you

Re: Voice Dream reader and zipped files

2013-07-23 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sandy. If I may ask, can you unzip a file in one of the zip packages for the iPhone and then try to open the contents in VoiceDream Reader? The point is to determine that the reader is failing at the decompression/import stage or at the stage of actually loading the book contents. Before doing

Re: Voice Dream reader and zipped files

2013-07-23 Thread Aman Singer
unzip them using Tyler, however, I am surprised that voice dream shows up in the open in options even though these files can't be opened there. Now that you tell me that daisy books can be opened, things are a little clearer. Thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 23 Jul 2013, at 20:27, Aman

Re: Moving out of the status bar while using a Braille display.

2013-07-21 Thread Aman Singer
hi. Just press space with dots 1-2, the back command, and you will leave the status bar. It would be nice to be able to go back to the exact point on the screen where you were, but this does not seem to happen. The back command will, however, work well to get you out of the bar. Aman

Re: Bluetooth Keyboard Suitable for Windows Use

2013-07-19 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. The vast majority of bluetooth keyboards have the keys you're after. The only keyboards which don't, at least as a general rule, are those specifically designed for phones. That is, you may not find the modifier keys on a keyboard case for the iPhone, or on a keypad which is designed to

Re: sms to dropbox

2013-07-17 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Robert. This is interesting. If I may ask, what have you already tried and found not to work? There are one or two services which look like they do this, I believe there's an Android app, which can provide a place to forward those messages you want to save if you have a cheap android phone,

Re: sms to dropbox

2013-07-17 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Robert. This sounds fairly simple. Have you tried it with the IFTTT service I gave you earlier? If so, does it not work? Aman On 7/17/13, Robert Doc Wright yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com wrote: I found a really good app called, plain text. It syncs very well with dropbox and all I need to do

Re: using iphone without a data plan

2013-07-14 Thread Aman Singer
out of having a data plan. Ive never tried this myself, but like I said, I know people who have told me this has happened to them. Maybe this is wrong and maybe there are carriers and plans where this is not the case. On 07/13/2013 05:09 PM, Aman Singer wrote: Hi, Alan. Keep in mind that Apple

Re: using iphone without a data plan

2013-07-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Ed. Unfortunately, Sieghard is entirely correct as to Verizon's ability to technically force you into having a data plan for an iPhone. The Verizon iPhones use CDMA for voice at this time, and that means Verizon can and does limit what devices are on the network by their ESN, which

Re: using iphone without a data plan

2013-07-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Alan and all. Alan writes: No matter what carrier your using, ATT, Sprint, etc, you need a talk, text, and data plan. It's that simple. I'm sorry to contradict, Alan, but this is not accurate. It is certainly not accurate when it comes to ATT and other GSM carriers. Without a contract, one

Re: using iphone without a data plan

2013-07-13 Thread Aman Singer
plan at a reduced price. - Original Message - From: Aman Singer To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 1:55 PM Subject: Re: using iphone without a data plan Hi, Alan and all. Alan writes: No matter what carrier your using, ATT, Sprint, etc, you

Re: how to find the Sendero Seeing Eye GPS app?

2013-07-02 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Mary and all. Keep in mind that the developer would not have to put up a free demo. Just as they have a single year subscription, they could have a single month subscription or, if they wished to push it, a single day or hour. Personally, I would pay $3 or so to try it for a week, but there's

Re: would like keyboard to announce letters using voice over

2013-06-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Sorry if you've already modified this, but if you go to settings, general, accessibility, voice over on, and scroll down that page you should find a button which says typing feedback. Here, you can set the typing feedback for both software and hardware keyboards, whether nothing is spoken or

RE: Using Siri or Dragon to transpose radio speech into text/braille?

2013-06-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sandy and all. This is rather an interesting idea, and it's one I've tried with several products myself. My own hearing is so problematic that I am strongly tempted to braille over speech, particularly when I don't have time to have things repeated or can't ask. It would even be a step

Re: Need an app for using a samba server on my IPhone.

2013-05-08 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. I second the recommendation of NetPortal, but keep FileExplorer and Oplayer on your radar, as well. It all depends on what you want to do and which interface pleases you more. Aman On 5/8/13, Ben Mustill-Rose b...@benmr.com wrote: Hi, Give net portal a go; I used to use it frequently for

Re: Double Tap and Hold Using a Braille Display

2013-04-20 Thread Aman Singer
couldn't resist chiming in, as using a Braille display is important to me for professional reasons. I have a BrailleNote Apex, in case it's relevant. Many thanks, Nicky -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aman Singer Sent

Re: Double Tap and Hold Using a Braille Display

2013-04-20 Thread Aman Singer
display is important to me for professional reasons. I have a BrailleNote Apex, in case it's relevant. Many thanks, Nicky -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aman Singer Sent: 18 April 2013 22:19 To: viphone

Re: Double Tap and Hold Using a Braille Display

2013-04-18 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Sarah. The functionality is not available unless you jailbreak and edit the files yourself. If you want instructions on doing that, let me know and I'll try to write up a set over the weekend. I suspect, but cannot, of course, be sure, that Apple will get to this at some point, there is no

Re: Double Tap and Hold Using a Braille Display

2013-04-18 Thread Aman Singer
for commands with braille displays once your device is jailbroken? If that is true, then I need to get jailbreaking. LOL. Scott On 4/18/13, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sarah. The functionality is not available unless you jailbreak and edit the files yourself. If you want instructions

Re: The Blind Have Use For An iPad, Too

2013-03-27 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Typing on the iPad is a good deal easier than on the smaller devices, at least in my experience. Also, there is an argument to be made that the iPad is easier for teachers to work with when teaching some concept or other than the smaller screen of the iPhone. Other than that, for the totally

Re: best epub reader app for I Phone and accessibility?

2013-03-27 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Also, to answer the original question about Gutenberg, VoiceDream allows direct download from Gutenberg. You can, obviously, import your Gutenberg books from iTunes/Dropbox/whatever other method you like, but direct access to Gutenberg is a nice touch. I hope that's of use. Aman On 3/27/13,

Re: The Blind Have Use For An iPad, Too

2013-03-27 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Timothy. I would respectfully disagree that any of the things you note below have to do with the iPad except for container movement. All the rest are due to companies not properly putting accessibility into their applications. If SXM properly made their products accessible, there wouldn't

Re: What and how do you use voice dreamer reader?

2013-03-15 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Esther and all. Maria's message below is excellent, but there is one small matter which does not match my experience. Maria writes: While you cannot navigate by sections in a DAISY book as you can with Read2Go, Here, when i am in a DAISY book, and click the bookmarks button, I get a list

Re: VoiceDream Reader, Activator, and treating books like music with hardware buttons

2013-03-13 Thread Aman Singer
- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aman Singer Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: VoiceDream Reader, Activator, and treating books like music with hardware buttons Hi, all. I'm sure everyone knows

VoiceDream Reader, Activator, and treating books like music with hardware buttons

2013-03-12 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. I'm sure everyone knows about this, but it's something I just discovered and I thought it would do no harm to put it out there in case someone has, like me, not yet found out about it. If one has jailbroken his device, and has VoiceDream Reader, one can use Activator to enable

Re: VoiceDream Reader, Activator, and treating books like music with hardware buttons

2013-03-12 Thread Aman Singer
, at 11:21 AM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all. I'm sure everyone knows about this, but it's something I just discovered and I thought it would do no harm to put it out there in case someone has, like me, not yet found out about it. If one has jailbroken his device, and has

Re: Question.

2013-02-24 Thread Aman Singer
You know, I might get married, and have a son, and my son might grow up and get into criminal circles, and his friends might commit a crime, and they might frame him for the crime, and I might have no money for a lawyer and investigators, and then he might go to jail, and he might kill someone in

Re: Question.

2013-02-24 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, David. If I may ask, where do you get the idea that only triple-click home is being challenged in this case? If you look at both the patent and the analysis provided by Mueller, the patent seems to want to challenge allot more than that, in fact, it seems to take in many actions of a screen

Re: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung

2013-02-23 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. The patent does not simply apply to the home button, at least as originally submitted. Despite that, I would say that any reaction at the moment is a bit overblown, after all, the court did stay the action on this patent for now with a plain hint that the ruling in the federal court was likely

Re: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung

2013-02-23 Thread Aman Singer
/visually impaired consumer smartphone market from Apple, albeit in a very nasty and unwise way? Does anyone know if Samsung is working on some major smartphone accessibility project? On 2/23/13, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. The patent does not simply apply to the home button

Re: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung

2013-02-23 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Cheryl. I'm afraid they didn't lose the case, the judge has simply stopped it from moving forward for a period of time. That period of time will end when another court gives its decision. If the decision is favourable to Samsung and the patent, then the case starts up again. This is not a loss

Re: Why we need a searchable iPhone manual

2013-02-22 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. What, if I may ask, about the iPhone manual in the iBooks store? It's in Epub, and you should be able to search it with iBooks. You don't mention this in your message. Have you tried this as well? Aman On 2/21/13, Don Cher Bosch oneagleswin...@bellsouth.net wrote: All- I miss the .doc

Re: most accessible IPhone user guide?

2013-02-20 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. There are several accessible iPhone user guides, one in Epub from the iBooks store, and another at http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html I'm not sure, however, if the second one has been updated. I hope that's of use. Aman On 2/20/13, RobH! bobs...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: Jail Break Windows 7 64 bit

2013-02-16 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. I have jailbroken on several 64-bit systems, including Windows 7 and 8. I have had no trouble whatever, and have not heard of anyone who has. I hope that's of use. Aman On 2/15/13, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi: Did I read correctly that it is difficult to Jail Break a

Re: Fleksy is now free

2013-02-16 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. I don't like Fleksy at all, so have no particular dog in this fight. I didn't get it before and am not that interested in getting it now, even though it is free, I don't use the on-screen keyboard and didn't like the program, anyway, when I was working with it during the testing period.

Re: Evasi0n jailbreak - my observations

2013-02-05 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Annie. This is still quite easy. Very little seems to have changed since a jailbreak was last available. The instructions I sent to the list then still work now https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/viphone/5hHHgVzWEOk The thing which has changed, or on which my memory fails

Re: Braille Touch Doesn't Work as I expected

2013-02-01 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Jonathan and all. I would respectfully agree with Jonathan. I would love a setting to allow entry using the screen divided into six rectangles horizontally across the screen, as it is on the Perkins and, for example, also on the refreshabraille. Remember that the virtual keys are long, so

Re: Voice Dream Reader

2013-01-08 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Though I agree that Calibre is an excellent book manager, its GUI is not accessible to any screen reader. However, it can be used to convert books from mobi to epub through the command line, which is accessible. See http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cli/ebook-convert.html for instructions. I

Re: Remote desktop client software

2013-01-08 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Emilio and all. This is one of the most serious defects with iOS devices and, in fact, with Apple products generally. There is no accessible software, at least that I know of, for the remote control of other devices. I have tried Jumi remote, Splashtop 2, and Hippo remote. I have not even

Re: Voice Dream Reader

2013-01-03 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. The developer's email is supp...@voicedream.com The developer is, in my experience, both responsive and intelligent. Aman On 1/3/13, Timothy Emmons temmo...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody have the eail address to contact them, I'm curious about a few things but I just got this and I'm

Re: Voice Dream Reader

2012-12-31 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Kawal. The program supports epub books without drm, but does not support drmed iBooks epubs, nor does it support the drmed epubs sold by Nook and Kobo. Aman On 2012-12-31, at 12:40 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I have just downloaded In App purchases. Does this thing support

Re: voice dream reader

2012-12-31 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Kawal. I'm sure the developer would love to support iBooks, but would be stunned if Apple allowed this. You may want to ask that apple provide the acapela voices, though even that seems a long shot. Aman On 2012-12-31, at 12:56 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I have been

Re: IBooks is it accessible?

2012-12-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. iBooks is perfectly accessible to totally blind users, and can be used with both speech and braille, though somewhat better with speech. Whether it is worth spending money on books has nothing to do with whether you're blind or not, that is, iBooks offers the smallest number of books

Re: Is any keyboard that works with an IPad supposed to work with an IPhone?

2012-12-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hi. Any Bluetooth keyboard which works with an iPad will work with the Iphone. Keyboards which require a wired connection, like those which connect to a camera kit on the iPad, or like those which are part of a dock may work, but probably will not or will have problems. HTH. Aman On

Re: arabic language

2012-12-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. Arabic has been supported in voice-overs since iOS six. It is supported in both speech and braille. If you're asking about dictation support, that is not available with Siri, but is using Dragon. I hope that is of use. Aman On 2012-12-29, at 5:56 PM, heather albright kd5...@gmail.com

Re: torrent application for iOS?

2012-12-29 Thread Aman Singer
to get Phone Drive, whether free or paid, to open torrent files? Thanks again. Aman On 2012-12-28, at 5:16 AM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: I still say Phone Drive does this. - Original Message - From: Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent

Re: arabic language

2012-12-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Heather. First, keep in mind that you can write Arabic as easily as you can English or any other language based on the Roman alphabet/keyboard. One can add keyboards as usual through general, international, keyboards. Yes, your friend should be able to dictate to Dragon which support

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