Hi, I've looked at this device before. Part of the reason why I haven't bought it is the price - its much more expensive in the UK; £150 compared to $150. However, what might be of more interest to you is that I *think* you also have to buy a device that lets the unit learn the codes from your remote. This does seem slightly strange, but I investigated this sort of device fairly extensively just under a year ago and this was the case for all of the UK distributers at the time.
In other news, I still intend to develop my homebrew solution with a web interface. Hopefully starting soon. Cheers, Ben. On 6/20/12, Sieghard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello List, > > I recently came across this device and app. The app is a universal remote > which works via a network attached device. This device in turn has to sit > near your TV/DVD Player/Receiver etc. and sends out the IR signal to > control the devices. The advantage is first that one can control the > devices from anywhere in the house and also that no dongle is required. > Some dongles plug into the headphone jack which render them useless since > they disable Voiceover, but I had at one point also purchased the 30-Pin > dongle for the "Re" universal remote app and while it sort of works, I find > > it not practical enough to use it and the app is not really fully Voiceover > > accessible. I think recently somebody asked about another ssolution called > "L5" or something like that. Anyhow, I emailed the developer of RedEye, > ThinkFlood, on Saturday and received the below reply on Monday. I find this > > very encouraging, firstly a quick response and secondly a very informative > and promising one. If anybody has used RedEye I'd appreciate any feedback, > I will most likely order the $150 device as long as I have the guarantee > that I can return it should it not do what I hope it will do and do it > really well and easily. Read on for the ThinkFlood message, any relevant > comments would be welcome and if you feel whatever you want to say is not > of interest to the list, just email me directly. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > Message: > > Thanks for your email and interest in RedEye. Our aplication does indeed > support Voiceover. For many parts of the application we use standard Apple > UI components, which include Voiceover support automatically. When it comes > > to the remote control layout where we make extensive use of custom UI > controls, we have taken the following approach: > > 1. Each control (button, slider, etc) has a user-settable name and > description. We default the name based on what the control does (e.g., the > volume up control gets the name "volume up"). Typically descriptions are > blank. > > 2. The accessibility label for each control is the control name (in the > earlier example, "volume up"). > > 3. The accessibility hint for each control is the control description. > > Thus, we give you a lot of flexibility, but also try to give you some > useful out-of-box behavior, as well. > > As far as sales in Canada go, we work through distribution rather than > directly to end consumers. That said, we do sell through a wide array of > retailers and I believe that many (including Amazon Canada) have liberal > return policies. > > *http://thinkflood.com/buy/products/redeye/ca/*<http://thinkflood.com/buy/products/redeye/ca/> > > If there is one retailer in particular that you would like to purchase > through, perhaps we could make contact with them in advance and make sure > that you would have the opportunity to try the product risk free. > > Please let us know if you have further questions. And if you do have > suggestions as to how we might improve accessibility for our application, > please let us know that, as well. We write all of our software in house and > > appreciate the opportunity to make improvements. > > Best regards, > Matt > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
