Re: Sonos

2016-03-19 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard,I have the same sort of setup in my living room, but, 2 Play 3 units as rears, they are both wall mounted on flush brackets with the wires hidden into the wall, so, invisible. My PlayBar is mounted directly below the TV which as with your setup is a purpose built solution. The Sub is

Re: Sonos

2016-03-19 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard,I have the same sort of setup in my living room, but, 2 Play 3 units as rears, they are both wall mounted on flush brackets with the wires hidden into the wall, so, invisible. My PlayBar is mounted directly below the TV which as with your setup is a purpose built solution. The Sub is

Re: Sonos

2016-03-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
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Re: Sonos

2016-03-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard, Just a brief reflection; True Play is available for all Sonos Play units, 1, 3 and 5, not yet the PlayBar publicly. The True Play tuning experience is not, yet, accessible to the public release of the software, however, I doubt I’m being naughty to say that it is within the present

iOS Dice App

2016-01-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi All, Here’s one for the parents amongst you, is there an accessible iOS App which simulates the rolling of a dice in an easy to use manner, when playing board games with some of my younger children they’ve identified that Daddy is blind, so, can cheat me, but, not quite old enough to

Re: UK CUSTOMERS AND NEW APPLE TV

2015-10-30 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Caro, I’ve held off, BBC is early next year, but, what I want to know more than which providers is, which providers with their usual line up of content and audio described. The BBC has a fantastic history of producing AD content, but, getting this through streaming services is problematic at

Re: UK CUSTOMERS AND NEW APPLE TV

2015-10-30 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Carol, Now TV is already on it straight away, but, dispite it being Sky owned, there’s still no AD on it even though AD is on all of the same Sky programing through their set top boxes. Neil Barnfather MBE www.neilbarnfather.com Business Consultant & Disability Advocate Visit my web-site to

Re: Subtle change to Wi-Fi calling on my T-Mobile phone

2015-10-27 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mary, Here in the UK WiFi calling only appears in the top status bar when you are connected to WiFi, and, the handset has switched to the WiFi element of the service. So, when I’m outside I always see EE, the uK carrier I’m on, when I go indoors, the handset will show no longer the 4G icon

FS iPhone 6 64Gb

2015-10-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Just one more note, have another two more iPhone 6 64Gb handsets available for sale now, both unlocked and both with original packaging etc. Get in touch if you are interested, happy to ship internationally provided that you pay the additional shipping fees. for...@talknav.com Neil

iPhone 6 64Gb unlocked for sale

2015-09-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, OT, please do not reply on list, reply send messages directly to: for...@talknav.com I have two mint condition iPhone 6 64Gb space grey unlocked handsets for sale. Currently eBay have models which show signs of wear going for around GB£450 per handset. I’m looking for around this figure

Re: Any accessible sleep or fitness trackers with vibrating alarm?

2015-08-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
FitBit does this, works well and is 99% accessible. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and

Re: Sonos was Re: bower and wilkins zepplin mini

2015-08-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi all, just chiming in here. Sonos Play 1 is stereo, its just single point stereo meaning that the two channels being left and right are combined into a single source output. This is not the same as mono as I often see it referred to as. The Play 3 can be either single point stereo when stood

Re: are ipads mono sound devices?

2015-08-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Davy et al, This is not meant as a picky point, however, just for technical proficiency when discussing. All of Apple’s iOS devices are stereo, the sound though is played through a single point stereo speaker, this is different, or rather not the same as, mono audio. Mono means you only get

Re: Hive Heating

2015-07-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Explain, I use HIVE on iOS, its not quite perfect, but, they are about to release a update that resolves outstanding issues. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh

Re: Sonos questions

2015-06-09 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
which had inaccessible software. Thanks in advance, Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: 07 June 2015 16:47 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sonos questions Louise

Re: Sonos questions

2015-06-09 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
know what i do wrong. /Krister 8 jun 2015 kl. 13:24 skrev Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com: Krister, I think we are having an apples and oranges conversation… You can group zones as easily as ABC, and, whenever you wish to, ungroup them. So you have two options, group

Re: Sonos questions

2015-06-08 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
plays in both rooms even if i just want to play the sound from the kitchen in the bed room or vise versa, so i want the rooms grouped but i want to play each unit independently of each-other. Does that at all make sense? /Krister . 7 jun 2015 kl. 17:59 skrev Neil Barnfather - TalkNav

Re: Sonos questions

2015-06-07 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
is what they play, can this at all be done? /Krister 7 jun 2015 kl. 17:47 skrev Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com: Louise, Long time no speak, if you’re still living locally and need more help then the below, get in touch and I’ll see if I can help you out. As Sieghard has

Re: Sonos questions

2015-06-07 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Louise, Long time no speak, if you’re still living locally and need more help then the below, get in touch and I’ll see if I can help you out. As Sieghard has already answered most of this hopefully you’re already good, but, here’s a quick round up. Shuffle mode for music playback with the

HiveHome iOS App gets an accessible Update (UK customers)

2015-05-14 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi All, For those of you in the UK, Hive, who are owned by British Gas trading under the name HiveHome, produce the Hive automation thermostatic heating and hot water control system. In the past the iOS App, whilst usable had some glitches that made it not as user friendly as it was to

Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!

2014-11-17 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Krista, The Play1 is a single point stereo source, whereas the Play3 is a speaker which has left and right speaker output… What I mean by this is that the Play1 only has a single speaker within it, so, whilst it does play both left and right channels, it does this through a single speaker, we

Re: new in latest BBC iPlayer update

2014-11-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
The only issue with the AD function that I have found is that the AD works fine when you select the newest available episode to watch from the Audio Described category, however, if you select any of the older episodes which are available, still from the AD category, these are not Audio

iOS Accessibility of UK TV set top boxes

2014-11-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi fellow UK iOS users, Quick question for you, has anyone had to much experience with the You View iOS App, and, how well does it work with Apple’s Voice Over to control the You View box… Like wise, slightly OT, but, does the You View box offer audio describe for BBC iPlayer and ITV Player?

Re: accessible heating control apps?

2014-10-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Simon, I have been using the HiveHome solution from British Gas now for the past 5 or so months, note that you do not have to be a British Gas customer to purchase the system... Overall the iOS App is accessible enough to do what you need to on the fly, that is, increase / decrease the

iOS8 vibration bug...?

2014-10-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Just a quick note, I may have missed this, but, is anyone else noticing the below... Using an iPhone6 64Gb running the latest public build of iOS8.0.2. When the hardware button is set to silent mode, and, vibrate on silent is set to on in the Settings/Sound menu, my iPhone6 only vibrates

Re: Sonos and IOS 8.

2014-09-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Annie, It can occur if you have an awful lot of music stored on your handset, do you have a large amount of music stored on your phone itself? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple

Re: Sonos

2014-09-15 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
John, The shuffle feature is indeed accessible using the iOS App controller, launch the App, at the bottom right of the display find the queue button, double tap this. At the top of the screen, there are three options that are relevant, shuffle, repeat and close, all relating to the queue.

Re: what's the current state of sonos accessability???? kind regards trey.

2014-09-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi, I was one of the people who wrote a review a while ago now about Sonos accessibility, * note to self, update post * From early 2014 the Sonos iOS app became fully accessible, and, from my perspective is an excellent implementation of accessible and usable interface planning and

Re: what's the current state of sonos accessability???? kind regards trey.

2014-09-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
None, the system is fully accessible, works out of the box, and, even first time setup is easily explained. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android

Re: what's the current state of sonos accessibility???? kind regards trey.

2014-09-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Previously at least one Sonos unit within your Sonos setup had to be connected by physical wired connection to your network, this unit, and / or other wired units, would then create a dedicated Sonos WiFi network that was solely for the Sonos system to use. Sonos changed there system publicly

Re: what's the current state of sonos accessibility???? kind regards trey.

2014-09-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard, Thank you, and, I'm pleased that so many of us now can benefit from people like us badgering the heck out of folks at firms like Sonos. Happy also to talk with anyone off list about requirements... My current Sonos network consist of: 5 x Connects, 1 x Sub connected to a Play 5 2 x

FaceBook (iOS) Notifications

2014-09-01 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Now that the doubling up issue has been resolved within the latest public build of FaceBook for iOS, I'm noticing another issue about the app which is annoying me! Previously when a notification appeared on the locked screen, or, when viewing FaceBook notifications within the

Re: Aria Scale

2014-08-15 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Have been using the FitBit Aria now for just over a year, brilliant device, easy to setup using Voice Over and the FitBit iOS app, and as others have said, not only accurate, but, through the app you maintain a record of your weight, BMI and other key stats, which is useful and

Re: Fitbit application setup

2014-08-15 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
When I opened my FitBit account last year, using only the FitBit iOS app, it at the account creation stage, rather than the adding of the FitBit device, asked me my personal stats such as weight, age, gender height etc. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter

Re: Sonos multi-room Wireless music system was: Bluetooth speakers

2014-07-31 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard, As always a great review and feedback. A few pointers on your notes... All three Sonos Play units, Play 5, Play 3, and Play 1, can be configured into a stereo pair, they work brilliantly like this... Further, you can add a Sonos Sub to any combination of: Play 5 either single or

Re: Sonos multi-room Wireless music system was: Bluetooth speakers

2014-07-31 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
The Mac application is not perfect, but, you can label many of the unlabelled buttons, the help tags are present which makes labelling quick and easy. as for iOS app compatibility and accessibility, it wasn't 100% but now is close as dam it, they now have a policy in place to effectively

Re: a question about international iMessage and face time.

2014-05-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
have you checked that you have their iMessage address in correctly. They will need to be using their iPod Touch with a valid Apple ID, and, that Apple ID will need to be configured on their device for iMessaging. Then you will need to ensure that you have that Apple ID e-mail address in your

Re: fitbit and fitbit flex question

2014-05-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
I have been using FitBit for a while now, all FitBit devices can be configured and setup by Voice Over users independently and the FitBit official App is accessible without issue from my perspective. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a

Re: Sonos app accessibility?

2014-03-19 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Garry, The iOS App is usable if not fully accessible, in that you can use it and all of the Sonos features are operable. Sonos are due to bring out a new revised App in the near future, so, that may also include some benefits in terms of accessibility. One thing I can and will say is that

OT: Canada (Looking for someone who lives in the local area)

2014-03-01 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Dear All, Clearly off topic, please forgive! If you happen to live anywhere near to the below stated areas in Canada I'm looking to find a person with local knowledge who can offer some advice etc for an upcoming trip. If you are able to advise or offer any help please drop me a line to:

Re: Apple TV

2013-11-08 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Ben, Just so that you know, I use NetFlix on my Apple TV here in the UK, only wish that some of the Sky Go services were available using it… For now, I just AirPlay my iPad to my Apple TV and that does it just fine. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather

Re: Tim Cook Being Sued over Automatic iOS 7 Updates

2013-10-21 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Jonathan, Or anyone for that matter, can someone explain what on Earth is wrong here? You can turn off auto updates in Settings/iTunes App Store, so what exactly is all the fuss about? Am I missing something? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather

Re: Passcode entry with handwriting

2013-10-15 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
One of the things I really like about hand writing your pass code is that Voice Over does not announce the numbers I am drawing, and, I have got extremely good at writing them very small on the screen, as such, someone sighted does not, when looking over my shoulder, get the idea from my hand

Re: AppStore badge shwoing 2 Updates available but all apps listed in Updates are already downloaded

2013-10-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Have either of you yet updated to iOS7? If not, this is likely what the issue is. Some App updates are iOS7 only, and as such, I recall when I still had iOS6, before iOS7 was released, about 6 hours ahead of the release, my App Store badge kept cranking up higher and higher with available

Re: AppStore badge shwoing 2 Updates available but all apps listed in Updates are already downloaded

2013-10-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 3 Oct 2013, at 15:44, Isaac Hebert isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I updated to iOS 7 on the date of release. On 10/3/13, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com wrote: Have either

Re: Siri

2013-09-24 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Carol, as Jonathan points out, changing the synth that Siri uses doesn't just change the synth that it speaks with, but, also what it is listening out for. Depending on your accent natively and how specific it is, or localised perhaps, that will have further impact over the simple dialect that

Re: control center

2013-09-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
James et al, I think the confusion is caused by the fact that in Settings/Control Centre the instruction is to simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen, there is no direction as to how to do this with Voice Over… For me, I also couldn't make it work, until yesterday evening when I touched

Re: Voice Over Audio Issue

2013-09-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Steve, The update will mean that you have to let your phone download and install the high quality synth file, this will only happen when your phone is locked, on charge and connected to WiFi, so do these three things and wait about 30 minutes. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List

Re: Search Bar in Safari

2013-09-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi, No, but yes, the search bar itself is gone, however, as with Safari on the Mac, you now perform a search within the address bar itself. So if you want a search you just type your search string into the address bar, if you know the URL you want to visit type that. Regards, Neil

Re: IOS7, various frustrating difficulties

2013-09-20 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Carol, Certainly agree that the UK British English voice has some issues, and I'd encourage you to write to Apple about them, as for your other issues, I agree that the sensitivity seems to have been adjusted ever so slightly upwards, and, to me personally its slightly to high. Regards,

Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
The below should prove a concern to all Apple accessibility feature users, and I would urge as many of you who can do so, to please write to Apple yourselves to express your concern along the same lines where possible… (accessibil...@apple.com). For years now Apple has led the way in

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
and not the policy itself. Lisa There is a fine line between genius and insanity and that difference is a paycheck! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; viphone

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
. Lisa There is a fine line between genius and insanity and that difference is a paycheck! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
There is a fine line between genius and insanity and that difference is a paycheck! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:29 AM

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
of discrimination. The key word is pattern. You might also consider how much your time and effort is worth and compare this to the cost of the time and effort you've placed on trying to get your few dollars back. Joseph - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
- Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:22 AM Subject: Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps Joseph, As Sieghard has said, I'm not one for such things, and have been a positive

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
and insanity and that difference is a paycheck! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Apple App Store Refunds

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
- From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:22 AM Subject: Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps Joseph, As Sieghard has said, I'm not one for such things, and have been a positive advocate of our

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
. Smile. it's a general, unbiased suggestion, and had anyone else made it, I would have suggested the same thing. It was another lister who turned this into a bit of an ad hominem discussion. Joseph - Original Message - From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com To: viphone

Re: Setting up groups on my iPhone 5

2013-08-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
If you have a Mac computer and sync your contacts using iCloud then you can do this… simply create the groups in Contacts and they sync over to your iPhone. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as

iTunes on the iPhone

2013-08-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi all, Been away for a while, sorry if this has been covered, has anyone else noted that the iTunes genre section of the iTunes App has stopped being voiced by Voice Over? I can get to the part where I click the genre that I'm interested in, but, no content appears? Anyone else experienced?

Re: Taking Navigon offroad?

2013-07-08 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Paul, Navigon like most mainstream GPS products designed principally for vehicular usage will not allow you to use them for off road use. niavigon does not have a direction of POI or destination in terms of cardinal direction, and you cannot set a destination based on long/lat, in fact, you

Re: The Seeing Eye app, greed, greed, greed!

2013-07-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
James, er, excuse me, Navigon offers the same level of access, and you base that on what? I have both, and therefore I am basing this on factual knowledge, Navigon which I used for years is not on the same level as Seeing Eye in terms of accessibility to O/M information, they are not even in

Re: audio within apps, the cloud, and updating time overseas

2013-06-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Andrew, The way modern smart phones acquire the time is by push from a time server, or rather, time servers. So, provided you have automatically set within your time settings, and in your Privacy / Location settings, in the System settings at the bottom of this tab, you have the time/date set

Re: audio within apps, the cloud, and updating time overseas

2013-06-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard, I believe this does not always call on your GPS receiver, rather it firstly looks to less power intensive data such as local WiFi hot spots, even if you are not connected to them. An example might be, if you walked passed my home, your phone will pick up my WiFi network, you may not

Re: England apps

2013-06-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
, 2010 11:33:18 AM UTC, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: Will, I use Next Bus, it works all over the UK, it finds your nearest bus stop and tells you what time the next bus is due and where it's going etc. -Original Message- From: vip...@googlegroups.com [mailto:vip...@googlegroups.com

Re: Fitbit

2013-06-04 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Tony, I'll hope to cover your questions here, but, if I leave anything out do shout! I should just say that I've only had my Flex a day now, as they are brand new out, and I'm still getting to grips with it. So, firstly let's talk about using FitBit when you are awake and come back to sleep

FitBit Review

2013-06-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi All, I haven't seen this come up on list for a while, if even at all, so thought I'd take the time out to write up a little review of FitBit. This review is based on an iPhone 5 user having used a FitBit 1 and today receiving my new FitBit Flex, along with the FitBit Aria scales. Firstly,

Re: FitBit Review

2013-06-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com wrote: Hi All, I haven't seen this come up on list for a while, if even at all, so thought I'd take the time out to write up a little review of FitBit. This review is based on an iPhone 5 user having

Can Apple TV Pull Content From a NAS

2013-05-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Hi All, Does anyone know, can an Apple TV pull content from a NAS on a local network? Either by providing the Apple TV in some manner the IP address, folder share and user credentials of the share so that it can scan the folder, or, by enabling iTunes Server which is a feature of my NAS.

Re: Audio discribtion

2013-05-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
What you can do with Digit Eyes is print your own labels, so even if the products you are scanning do not have bar codes per say, you will be able to scan your home printed QR Code labels and then use these in place. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather

Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of

2013-05-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 02/05/2013 kl. 10.41 skrev Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com: I suppose, the cross connected idea, which would require very little development here would be to have a web-site of volunteers… they all sign

Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of

2013-05-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Yes, I've been having a variety of friends and family help me using Face Time now for quite a few years, it is very easy and can sometimes resolve problems very quickly indeed. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and

Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of

2013-05-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
I suppose, the cross connected idea, which would require very little development here would be to have a web-site of volunteers… they all sign into Face Time using a designated e-mail address, this would be a universal address that they all would use. They could sign in and out dependant on

Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of

2013-05-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Ricardo, That's the nice thing about my alternative suggestion, no-one gives up their Anonymity, as they would have the benefit of signing in with a separate Apple ID for the purpose. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code

Sonos Users

2013-05-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Any of you using Sonos? Either on an iOS device or indeed, if you know someone who is using it on Android… Please will you off list privately come back to me with your setup and details… By this, I mean what Sonos equipment you have and how long you have had it, your name, e-mail

Re: another i cloud backup question, please

2013-04-05 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Philip, This is not true, I use WiFi Sync and iCloud backup, have done since both became available. I have this exact setup on two iPhone 5's and 3 iPad Mini's in our home. All 5 devices WiFi sync without issue and all 5 backup to iCloud. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator

Re: HOME SHARING

2013-04-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Home Sharing, allows you to share the iTunes content on a Mac or Windows iTunes library across all other iTunes Mac/Windows installations across your network, as well as, any iOS device on that network. In other words, its darn helpful, the only snag is that the machine with the library has to

Re: iPad question

2013-03-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Shane, As the iPad battery is bigger, and as such lasts longer, the warning messages on an iPad are set at 10% and 5%, rather than 20% and 10% as with an iPhone. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer,

Re: Airport Express set up with Airport Utility and Voiceover question

2013-03-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Debbie, I use the AirPort Utility quite often on my iPHone 5 and iMac, both are fully accessible with Voice Over. I have an AirPort Extreme as my router and then 4 AirPort Express units, 3 as extenders and 1 as a joined network device, to allow a device without WiFi to gain access to the

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Richard, iPad users with an iPad and 3G can use any and all GPS products, as these devices have GPS receivers within them. Only iPad's which are WiFi only do not. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Ricardo, Not to mention that on the Android platform APH don' have Google gouging a third of the revenue from them! Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-03 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
no, Navigon Map updates are charged. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mary, How many $100's do you think will need to be donated to Blind Square to develop turn by turn navigation as we need it? 10 users, 100 users, 1000 users, 10,000 users? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-03-01 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mary, The key question I would ask is, what map source is APH using? some maps cost less, others cost more… depends on the source. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS,

Seeing Eye GPS Blind users rights to accessibility

2013-02-28 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
. On 27/02/13 08:11, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: One other nugget of thought to bear in mind, whatever is charged, Apple will be nabbing 30% of that, so just bear that in mind when the criticisms begin to flow. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-02-28 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Louise, I'm sure even if folk were selected they could not announce as such. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-02-28 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
opinion. Finally, I can only speak for myself, but I'm not really too interested in what others think about whether a price is fair or not. As Raul says, this is a decision I'm going to make myself anyway. On 27/02/13 08:11, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: One other nugget of thought to bear

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-02-28 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mark, You assume that they, Sendero, did not already approach the likes of Navigon et al, with a view to doing just that… Perhaps they did, perhaps they did not… perhaps they did and the mainstream partners were not interested. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-02-27 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
One other nugget of thought to bear in mind, whatever is charged, Apple will be nabbing 30% of that, so just bear that in mind when the criticisms begin to flow. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer,

Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access!

2013-02-27 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
I believe the test flight program is completely full now, so do not worry about it. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For

Re: Forget that Number!

2013-02-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Go into the Contact App, in here locate your wife's contact card… double tap to bring up the details… You should find both phone numbers listed. Double tap edit located near to the top right of the screen. Now swipe down until you here the wrong phone number, once you've found it, swipe left

Re: OT: Change.Org Petition Samsung Attack On Vlind

2013-02-26 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Sieghard, My experience too, completed in under a minute on my Mac, all done, nice and simple. hundreds have signed so far. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh

Re: Question.

2013-02-25 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
David and all, what might happen is that you may not be able to turn Voice Over on and off out of the box, but rather using either iTunes, or, I would suspect that Apple would simply change the method from a triple tap of the home key, to, a rectangle drawn on the screen or something similar,

Re: Some news on Navigon.

2013-02-22 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Kawal, What specifically are you inferring that Navigon are going to be doing for us? what features ar they adding or implementing that are specific for the blind? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero

Re: In-flight Wi-Fi, was: Airplane Mode

2013-02-14 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
: Streaming works perfectly fine for music. Bandwidth isn't bad at all. However, some ports are blocked. Jonathan On 13/02/2013, at 10:19 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com wrote: Sieghard, My understanding is that bandwidth is not enough, possibly even deliberately so, so

Re: Case Recommendation for iPhone 5

2013-02-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
and I really like it. Where did you get your black one and how much was it? Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint printer?

2013-02-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
be a much less expensive option for wireless printing. From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint printer? Keith, No, your printer if it is either physically

Re: Case Recommendation for iPhone 5

2013-02-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Feb 2013, at 09:28 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com wrote: Alan, I bought it from amazon.co.uk and it cost me about, as I cannot recall now exactly, about £20, being about US$32 or so. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter

Re: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint printer?

2013-02-10 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint printer? Hi All, I'm sure there are many of you out there who wish you could easily print to your printers direct from your

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