It is complicated in a way, but if you spend 6 days a week and between 6 and 12 hours a day on the computer because that is what I do for my business then looking for something which lasts more than a year makes sense. Yes, I can get a $25 Usb keyboard and I could throw it out every year and get a new one and it would take around 5 years strictly from a money perspective to justify the more expensive one, but you can say the same for many things. If I remember, for example, you have an Apple Airpod Max headset which here in Canada cost North of $700 and I would never even consider spending that on a headset. If I did consider it I'd buy a wired high-end audio file headset where even one which costs half that much would give me better sound. If I use a headset I listen to audio books 99% of the time, at work I don't use a headset or if I do it's very seldom and at home with my laptop I use a $49 Creative Jam V2 headset paired to an Avantree low-latency Bluetooth receiver because I go crazy using a "regular" bluetooth keyboard where latency is always an issue and yes, even with your super-expensive Airpods Max it's an issue and in any case, from what I heard they don't play nice with a Windows PC to begin with. Anyhow, everybody uses what they feel gives them the best experience. I also have a couple of Das Keyboard 4 Professional mechanical keyboards which cost twice of what the Keychron cost and you don't have any of the customization options. They are also very good, but sometimes fiddling around a bit to possibly find something which is truly outstanding is a good idea and if I really like the Keychron K10 with a different set of switches then next time I either order it that way or I order the bare bones version, e.g. just the keyboard without switches and key caps and then order those to my liking which you can do with Keychron. Having said all that, I just visited an old blind friend in Ontario when I was there to attend a trade show. He used to work at the University of Western Ontario when I was a student there in my first year in 1989/1990. He is now in his early 70's and retired and he is mostly at home, playing guitar with a few buddies and messing around on his phone or computer. I should mention that he hasn't used a Mac or iPhone in his life and he hasn't used a Windows PC in forever. He is strictly a Linux guy and in his living room he has a little Raspeberry Pie with eSpeak on it and I guess he uses that as his media server. I have been using computers since the DOS and Jaws for DOS days in the late 90's and with an Accent synthesizer at the time which was maybe more like eSpeak than Eloquence. But he had the thing set so fast that even I could barely understand anything; he loves to tinker around and that is his thing. Like I said to each their own. I personally prefer my Sonos system where along with the Sonos iOS app I get a polished and accessible experience out of the box and I prefer to spend the money each month for Apple Music and while I did at one point rip my 250 o rso CD's to a hard drive in FLAC format (before I sold them all), I rarely bother with that because why would I if I can just ask Apple Music to play anything I want. And if I want to listen to really high fidelity music I go downstairs and fire up my Sonic Frontiers tube amp and the other stuff which is part of that system and which I bought in the mid 90's for what people paid for a brand new car; let's just say it was a lot more than $10,000 and still a fair bit less than $50,000. At times I wish I could sell this system to somebody for $10 or $15 grant where it would have a good home and get used a lot more than it does nowadays in my house, but it's so customized with custom speakers built by a brilliant yet unknown audio engineer in Calgary that I would not get a lot for it. I could probably sell the Sonic Frontiers Power 2 amp,, the Sonic Frontiers DA-2 DAC and the Bryston 4NRB amp which drives the subwoofers fairly easily, but then what would I do with the speakers and subwoofers which back then alone were $10,000 (all Canadian Dollars).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My latest purchase of a new mechanical keyboard Sounds a little complicated for my taste. When I bought my current computer, I bought a standard USB keyboard from my local computer repair store that is working just fine. I wouldn't want a keyboard with no applications key. I use that key all the time for my context menus. On 12/10/23, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > During black Friday I ended up buying a Keychron K10 pro mechanical > keyboard because I recently had come across a few reviews of that brand. > In short, I am going to keep it since it is highly customizable and I > want to play around with it, as it is out of the box I am not entirely > happy with it, but it is mainly because of the type of switches it > uses and the typing feel they provide. Here is a more detailed description: > > > > you can use this keyboard in wired mode where you connect it to your > computer with a USB-C cable, but you can also switch it to Bluetooth > mode to use it with your iPhone, Android phone or a laptop or of > course a desktop provided it has Bluetooth. The switch is a slider on > the back left of the keyboard, to the left it is wired, in the middle > it is off and to the right is Bluetooth. > > It then has a second slider switch which changes the layout from > Windows/Android to Mac/iOS, left is Mac/iOS and right is Windows/Android. > > When I looked up how to put it in pairing mode online, the instruction > said to of course switch it to Bluetooth mode and then to press the FN > key + 1 on the number row for 4 seconds. > > I felt the keys before and noticed a standard layout with Control, > Windows Key and Alt on the left side of the spacebar and Alt, Windows > Key, what I assume was an application key and Control on the right. > > So I took a picture of the keys near the bottom with Be My Eyes and it > told me that the picture was of a mechanical keyboard with several keys > visible. > I think it mentioned some of the key labels, I then sent a message > asking if there was an FN key and the reply came back promptly “Yes, > there is a FN key on the right side between the Windows Key and the > Control Key”. Man, I really love this Be My AI service! In other words > what I thought was the application key was in fact the FN key. > > And for those who may wonder, no there is no application key, a > Windows key on each side of the spacebar yes, but no application/context menu > key. > > However, in addition to the typical F1 to F12 keys on the top and the > Printscreen, Scroll Lock and Pause keys to the right of the F-Keys, > there is in fact an F13, F14, F15 and F16 key which are above the numeric pad. > > These can be programmed. However, this is as far as I can tell not an > accessible process as an application called "VIA" is used for this and > one has to drag whatever you want the key to do to the key. > > In fact, you can completely assign anything to any key including > macros and in addition to that the keyboard can be completely > customized with whatever mechanical switches you want to use. > > The version I bought from Amazon Canada for a sale price of $109 > Canadian comes with Gateron switches and I believe they are the Linear > Brown switches. It's wonderful typing, very quiet, but I think for my > taste they are too sensitive and often even lightly resting my fingers > on the F and J may end up putting one of them into my text. It's also > very easy to type say a "ds" if all you wanted was a "d" if you are > not a very precise typist. In the end I will most likely order either > a set of Gateron switches which are more equivalent to a Cherry MX > Blue wjhich is a more clicky switch and requires a bit more force > before it registers. The nice thing is that you can use actual Cherry > MX switches in that keyboard in addition to the somewhat less > exxpensive Gateron switches and you can even use KAILH switches. How > easy it is to disassemble the keyboard, pull the switches and > reinstall the others I don't know, bvut my store manager is a very > handy person so I'll probably get him to do it or at least show me in case I > could do it. > > > > Best regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf > Of Andrew J LaPointe > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2023 1:26 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: App to see power light? > > > > Good afternoon Richard, I have the color identifier that also has a > light detector. That part works quite well. I also for $25 got a > keychain type of light detector from laws actually not loves it was > the tech guys. That works quite well. also small enough to keep in > your pocket of purse or whatever you’re using. so those two are standalone. > Anyway, good luck. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 9, 2023, at 12:39 PM, Richard >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Kim, > >> > >> I am terribly sorry for your loss and I send thoughts and prayers in >> your late husband's memory and for you in difficult times. Surely >> these small things such as checking lights can become quite big >> without assistance. I have the hope you will soon have a simple solution. > >> > >> My experience is that iPhone apps aren't as good as the light probes >> that once were available--and still may be available. > >> > >> I find it difficult for the iPhone camera to focus down on a single >> light or to show the color of the light. Others may have found ways >> to make this work, although I haven't. > >> > >> Does anyone on the list know whether lower-level technology such as >> dedicated light detectors are still available and where they can be >> found? > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: M. Taylor <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of M. >> Taylor > >> Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 3:32 PM > >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >> Subject: RE: App to see power light? > >> > >> Hello Kim, > >> > >> I am so, so sorry for your loss. > >> > >> Losing both a life partner and access to instant sighted assistance >> is truly a life-changing event. > >> > >> Please know that we are all here for you and I, personally, will keep >> you in my thoughts. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: 'Kimberly Samco' via VIPhone >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 6:20 PM > >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >> Subject: App to see power light? > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> My husband recently died so I no longer have sighted help. Sometimes >> my internet goes down or I think it has. 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