Many thing on Amazon do and I am quite sure that there are a lot of products
which are sold under different names which are all made in the same Chinese
factory and all they do is put a different nmae on it.
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I think of smart speakers a bit like browsers, they all have their strength and
weaknesses. We have Alexa speakers and all our Sonos speakers which support a
digital assistant are set up for Alexa in addition to the relatively new Sonos
voice assistant, but we also have a few Google
Have you listened to these samples? If I didn't know these were digital/AI
generated voices I would not have guessed it.
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Alexa does not come even close to these voices and the quality of the narration.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Devin
Prater
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 10:20 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI
Robot,
Yep. Have Amazon Alexa read you a book. Emotion emulation is… at a good start.
Devin Prater
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Https://devinprater.micro.blog
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 6:50 PM,
> wrote:
>
> Well, all I can say is that, in all certainty, I flatly believe that such
> digital voices are quite
Where can I find a sample of the AI Apple books?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:24 AM, Ketan Kothari wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Although I have yet not tried the AI narrated book could anyone please
> explain difference between a electronic voice such as vocallizer or
> eloquence
I also use the Hable one to enter text and so much more with my
iPhone. It is great.
On 1/18/23, Dennis Long wrote:
> I use a very good and wonderful device called the Hable One. It allows me
> to control all functions of the iPhone without taking it out of my pocket.
> You can ask questions
I use braille screen input. I can type on the regular keyboard, but I am very
slow. So, if it is more than a very few words, it is braille screen input.
Ocasionally, I use dictation if I am in a quiet environment. I almost never
use Siri
Arnold Schmidt
Sent from Arnold's iPhone S E 3
Tom. I highly recommend that you get the Hable One braille bluetooth
keyboard. The Hable when you type on the keyboard is based off of
braille screen input. However, you can type on actual buttons, and
not the phone keyboard itself. Good luck.
On 1/18/23, Tom Rash wrote:
> Any tips on using
Any tips on using the Braile screen input? I tried it before, but it seems I
always have the screen turned the wrong way. No matter what I do, it seems
like the Braille screen input doesn’t work for me.
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:37 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
>
> I use braille screen input.
Wow. This is so very well stated. Glad there is some common sense still
around.
James B
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 3:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot
I for one don’t think he’s stupid in the way of being incapable but I do think
it stupid to get rid of so many people so quickly. As for the accessibility
team: I really can’t understand why anyone would do that, not the whole team
anyway. He’s gone too far too fast.
I’m also wondering if he
I also use my pointer or index finger to type as well. Hope all of you have a
super day! Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 5:29 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
>
> Wow, I couldn’t imagine using my thumbs to type. They’re way too big for
> those
"Elon Musk is not qualified to own anything"
I find that is an interesting thing to say about the richest man in the world
who has successfully started the most prestigious electric car company, who is
offering high speed internet to places which never had it and would never have
it (at least
I agrea, he knows more than you can imagine. He already proove with tweeter
files ...
Lyne
> Le 18 janv. 2023 à 04:37, Sieghard Weitzel a écrit :
>
>
> "Elon Musk is not qualified to own anything"
> I find that is an interesting thing to say about the richest man in the world
> who has
Click on the following two links to listen to an audio sample:
Book 1:
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1640359031
book 2:
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1636546592
Best,
Leo Bado
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Sent: Wednesday,
Search for “AI Narration” in the books app.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
Https://devinprater.micro.blog
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 3:15 AM, Amy Ruell wrote:
>
> Where can I find a sample of the AI Apple books?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:24 AM, Ketan Kothari wrote:
Wow, I couldn’t imagine using my thumbs to type. They’re way too big for those
small letters. I use my pointer finger usually, but also use other fingers if
they’re closing to, say, the delete, L, O, or return keys.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
Https://devinprater.micro.blog
> On Jan
No, nor could I use my thumbs to type. I hold the phone in its case in my left
hand and type with my right index finger. In this way, if I accidentally hit
the adjacent letter, I can just slant my finger over to hit the correct key.
Alison
on
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
I do use my thumbs. My sighted children showed me how to do it. I place the
phone so that each bottom corner is in the palm of one of my hands. My fingers
reach around behind the phone to cradle it. I then use my thumbs to type, with
my left thumb reaching the keys on the left and so on.
For
How do you type the word, f o r, for, using braille screen input on the iPhone,
since it will not recognize using all six dots at the same time. Just having a
little brain fog this morning, so any help with this would be appreciated.
Chris
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El 18/01/2023 a las 14:32, Laury, Shawnese (LEO) escribió:
Would this be expiration dates of food items?
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I do not have that kind of case, have another kind without a flap. I hold my
phone in the left hand, and while I do use my thumb, sometimes to open apps or
go through weather, stock, etc, I use my right forefinger to type on my phone's
keyboard, would not have a peripheral.
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Hi all. Interesting thread. When using the onscreen keyboard I primarily use my
right index finger. I also use M Braille or dictation. I make myself use the
onscreen keyboard for short messages just to keep in practice.
God bless!
Paula and the pups
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Hi Chris,
What you do is type a Q, then lift 1 finger, then type dot 6, then lift all
fingers.
Jenn
TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD!
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 7:14 AM, Chris Chaffin wrote:
>
>
>
> How do you type the word, f o r, for, using braille screen input
Would this be expiration dates of food items?
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How do I do this? I can't seem to figure out how to get to my play next
queue in apple podcasts. Any idea?
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Hi all,
I wish I had my daughter’s thumbs. She can type very fast with them. Lol.
I use my right index finger for most of the typing that I do on the onscreen
keyboard when i do that. I usually use my Hable One or a Bluetooth keyboard to
type my stuff. I also use Braille Screen Input when i am
I have tried using my thumbs to type a couple of times just because I have
heard that lots of people type that way. However, I found it to be extremely
awkward. Whenever possible, I use my M braille app to enter text. Its great
and so much faster than typing on the keyboard. In fact, I used
How could I've forgotten about "Braille Screen Input!"! I use this method too
sometimes! It takes practice, though.
Gera
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> El 18 ene 2023, a la(s) 2:37 a.m., Arnold Schmidt
> escribió:
>
> I use braille screen input. I can type on the
Hello group, greetings from Spain.
I don't know if you know of an application that allows you to detect its
expiration date through a product scan and tells you out loud.
The application is the following, if you do not know it, I hope it will
be useful to you.
Zuzanka
I knew it was something like that, but I just could not get it to work. I got
it now. I was not releasingmy fingers quick enough.
Thanks,
Chris
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 9:32 AM, Jennie Facer wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> What you do is type a Q, then lift 1 finger, then type dot 6, then
When I got my first iPod, training wheels for my iPhone, somehow always used
right index finger; never occurred to me to use my thumbs. when I heard of
people doing this, didn’t occur to me to switch. I’m not interested in doing
something just because that’s the way sighted people do it.
On
I also do use Siri for dictation. I think he is great as well. Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 9:42 AM, Barbara Stahl
> wrote:
>
> I have tried using my thumbs to type a couple of times just because I have
> heard that lots of people
Holding the phone in my left hand, I use the 3 fingers (Index, Middle, and
Ring), and depending on what letter I'm typing, the finger: for the A, Q, W, S,
i, I use the Index; for the E, D, F, R, etc., the middle but sometimes the
Index. And for the rest of the letters, I use either the Index or
wow, that's pretty neat. I use what is called a split tap. I put one finger on
the letter, then with the next finger I use it to type the letter in. I really
like that method. Sometimes I even dictate, but I try to use the split tap
method just to keep in practice. Esther
Sent From Esther's
That thumb idea, Chris sounds worth trying, thanks.
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Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:01 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: When It Comes to iPhone, Are You
Well, all I can say is that, in all certainty, I flatly believe that such
digital voices are quite good for some books, not for all. However, I also
believe that is fair to say that AI is just going to get better at this point.
Inflection and intonation based on particular emotions shouldn't be
Is anyone else having any trouble with the bard app? I tried to look up a
title today and it just brought up the library of congress webpage and says
that the page that I'm looking for cannot be found. It also shows my wish list
to be empty when in reality there are at least 50 titles there.
I agree with Joshua.
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Hendrickson
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 6:38 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: When It Comes to iPhone, Are You All Thumbs?
Tom. I highly recommend that you get the Hable One
I'm also not interested in doing something just because that's the way sighted
people do it. In my case, after my children explained what they do, and I tried
it myself, I decided it was more efficient for me to type that way. Just as I
won't do something just because sighted people do it that
There have been notices for several days that BARD would be taken down starting
at midnight last night. I don't remember how long the down time is expected to
be.
Kathy Blackburn
kblac...@austin.rr.comOn Jan 18, 2023 11:19 AM, Barbara Stahl
wrote:
>
> Is anyone else having any trouble with
The BARD outage has been extended until 7:00 p.m. this evening. I would guess
that additional slippage is possible as the time has been extended twice.
Dave
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Blackburn
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 11:24 AM
To:
For some reason, I thought you placed the three fingers from one hand down
first and then the three fingers from the other hand, but this never worked for
me! I'll try this method, but it doesn't seem like it saves too much over just
typing the letters f, o and r.
--
Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷
Oh okay. Well, that explains it lol. The last time that I used the Bard app
before today was on monday, but I did not see a message like that then.
However that was on my iPod and I had it in airplane mode to save battery life
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:22 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
There has been a notification everytime I opened the app for the last couple of
days informing us it would be off lie this morning.
Wait until afternoon and try again.
Richard, USA.
“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.”
-- Jane Wagner from The Search
I tried using my thumbs to enter text on my phone & found it to be unnatural
feeling. I have been an iPhone user since 2009 & have always held my phone in
my left hand while typing with my right pointer finger. Or maybe it doesn't
seem comfortable or natural because I don't adapt to change very
For me, the reason I like using my thumbs is that since the phone is anchored
to both palms, my thumbs are always in the same position relative to the
phone's screen. It's easier for me to keep my thumbs oriented to the screen. If
I'm holding the phone in one hand, my pointer finger can
Bard will be down a little while longer. It might be back by 7:00
Eastern tonight. I just saw this message from Don Olson on a bard
email list I'm part of.
On 1/18/23, Barbara Stahl wrote:
> Oh okay. Well, that explains it lol. The last time that I used the Bard app
> before today was on
I have two different brands, so I'm assuming we're talking about one of them.
The answer is the same for both brands. The band is about as wide as my palm.
It's a little wider around the ears and a bit narrower as it goes around the
front and back of the head. It doesn't slide around much for
Hi Mark,
I am considering getting this and have a couple of questions. Does it slide
around on your head easily? I am asking because I wouldn't want it sliding
down over my eyes like a sleep mask as I don't like anything on my face.
Also, how wide is the band?
I am used to wearing wired
I could never figure out how to do the split tap thing. Before I got
my Hable One, I used my wright index finger to type. I was never very
fast when I did it, but I could do it.
On 1/18/23, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
> Bull's eye, Chris; that is the way I am about tasks.
>
>
9 to 5 Mac, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Here’s how HomePod 2 Compares to the Original and HomePod Mini, 9 to 5 Mac
In a surprise launch, Apple revived its full-size HomePod with a
second-generation model. While the overall design and many of the features
remain the same as the
I was just wondering about this. How did others like the HomePod 1? I’m
thinking of getting the HomePod 2 and moving away from Alexa. I really want to
get 2 of them and pair them for stereo.
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote:
>
> 9 to 5 Mac, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 1:16
Mine was really good, until it mysteriously stopped working.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
Https://devinprater.micro.blog
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 10:48 PM, Brandon Olivares
> wrote:
>
> I was just wondering about this. How did others like the HomePod 1? I’m
> thinking of getting the
Not very tempting for somebody like me who is very much into Sonos. Sonos is
going to release new speakers called Optima this year which I imagine will
first replace the Sonos Five as that is one of their most dated speakers, but I
think a Sonos One version of them is also in the works. I
So I must admit that is quite amazing and I wonder exactly what is involved
when they say "This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice
based on a human narrator" I guess Siri is or at least was based on this
ladie's voice, forgot her name when Siri originally came out, but it
Bull's eye, Chris; that is the way I am about tasks.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 2:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: When It Comes to iPhone, Are You
Have you ever worn a headband, it's very much like that and I certainly never
had mine slip down over my face even after using it for 3 years. If you live in
a rather warm place it may feel warm, though, I for example don't use mine a
lot in the summer when it can get hot here, but most of the
Well, I do have an old wired headphone band, but that one does slip down quite
a bit. I didn't know if that was normal with these things, or maybe just how
that one behaves. I was also deciding if I want yet another thing that needs
to be charged, but since it isn't expensive, I will probably
Thanks. I was looking at the Peryton ones that Mark provided a link to,
although after looking at several on Amazon, they seem to start to sound pretty
much alike.
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Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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