Re: Uses of Workflow App?

[Gordan Radić]

Hi! For starters, let's conclude the Workflow app is not made specially for the blind comunity. It's made for the sighted users in the first place. Sighted users are more concentrated on camera and document editing than the blind and most Workflow features are based on photos and documents and to automate the tasks which would usually take sevveral actions such as opening a few apps, finding special screens etc etc. Automation is also good for the blind but unfortunately, common tasks offered by Workflow are not intended for us and we can't benefit much from it. The main reason as I see it for Workflow to win th Golden Apple or whatever is it called is because there are too many unexperienced users who simply don't know how to use their iDevices. Sieghard gave a good example for speed dialing and if user doesn't have speed dials on the first home screen opening a folder or sviping to other home screens takes the same time as hiting the Phone app and choose favorite from the favorites list. Fortunate for me, I have my speed dials on the first home screen and it's not because I'm slow in finding the Phone app, it's just because I like it and want it that way but Sieghard has the point. Maybe it is easier for unexperienced users to automate their every day tasks to spare some time but on the other hand by doing this they won't gain any experience in working without automation. As I stated earlier, I found Workflow useful only for speed dialing and i couldn't find other uses of it which suites my needs. I don't publish pictures on FB and Twitter on regular basis, I don't share articles via mail with my friends, I don't have any specific daily routines so automation offered by Workflow is just not for me. S poštovanjem Gordan Radić 7.1.2016. u 19:44, Alan Lemly je napisao/la: Sieghard and others, I appreciate the comments and what I'm haring is sort of what I expected when I started the thread. I find it's much easier to make sure I've got all my contacts I regularly call set up appropriately and I simply ask Siri to call their mobile or other appropriate number and this works swimmingly about 98% of the time. I wouldn't think using Workflow for something like this would benefit me. I'm sure the app is very accessible and should be applauded for that and hopefully serve as an incentive for other developers to follow suit. I was a bit surprised that AppleVis chose it as the top app for receipt of its 2015 Golden Apple award because my sense from traffic on this list when the app came out which has been further supported by this thread is that folks are having a difficult time finding a use for the app. I'm always receptive to new ideas and hope folks will continue to post if they come up with a convenient use of Workflow. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Uses of Workflow App? I'm sure for some users the Workflow app is great, but some of the examples I have read sound to me like they are not a big time saver. For example, using speed dial icons on the home screen is theoretically OK, but my first home screen is filled with the apps I use most often and if I put Speed Dial icons in a folder or on the second home screen, then I have to perform an action first to get to them, e.g. double tap the folder to open it or swipe to get to the second home screen. In this case I may as well double tap the Phone icon and if my most used people are in the Favorites and this is where I was when I closed the phone app, I basically have access to speed dials (the entries in my favorites) after performing a single double tap on the Phone icon which I can find super fast as it is in the bottom left corner of the screen. If I need access to a recording on my computer, I use Dropvox. I can set the app to start recording when I open it so all I have to do is open the app, then when I'm done I have to double tap to stop the recording, but then it automatically uploads to whichever Dropbox folder I specified so as soon as the upload is done and the download on any PC where I have Dropbox installed, I have access to it in MP3 format. These are just two examples, as I said, I am not trying to discredit the app, but just as some others I personally have yet to really find a good use for it. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Denny Schwab Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 8:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Uses of Workflow App? I created a new workflow. I then added the record audio action to the workflow. I added the copy to clipboard action to the workflow. I then added the send email action to the workflow. I am playing around with the settings for each action. I have the record audio action set to record on tap and to stop recording on tap. I have the send email action set to not show the mail composer, added in a generic subject, and set the contact to my work email. The main issue I have still is that when I click the start workflow button, I then need to click the start recording button. When I do the second button voiceover speaks and is captured on the recording. I may play with setting the start recording option to instant or with a delay. I am also going to look at if I really need the copy to clipboard action, or if it will work without it. I am hoping I can get rid of the need to click done once I am finished with the recording. As it is now I click the start recording, record my memo, then click the stop recording button. Then I need to click the done button to get to the send email button. Lots of extra clicking in there, but a work in progress. On 1/5/16, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: Can you walk us through what you had to do to make this happen? Thanks, Keith -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Denny Schwab Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 1:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Uses of Workflow App? I just created one that will do a voice recording on the Apple Watch, then email that audio file to my work email address. I see this as something to use during a meeting to quickly record my own notes during the meeting and have those recordings sent to my email address for me to review later. On 1/5/16, Shermeen Khan <shermee...@gmail.com> wrote: A fellow idiot here, krister, so consider yourself in good company because I am a genius when it comes to fragrance selection and eating lots of food. And who doesn't like eating? I am also interested in learning about how one would go about using the app to speed-dial from the home screen. is it complicated to set up? Shermeen On 1/5/16, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: Hi, I've never ever got the hang of this app. This however isn't surpriceing at all since i'm an idiot when it comes to programming in any shape or form, so i've more or less given up on it as a thing i personally need. /Krister 4 jan. 2016 kl. 22:18 skrev Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com>: Congratulations to Workflow for winning the AppleVis Golden Apple award for the Best iOS App of 2015. I believe I've got a pretty good conceptual understanding of this app which seems synonymous with macros in Excel or keystroke macros in the earlier days of the personal computer. What I'm having more difficulty with is coming up with how to practically use this app on my iPhone so I thought I'd ask what others who are using it on this list are using it for. 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