Eventually will local newspapers be added to this app?
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Spiry
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: new accessible news reading app - Earl
thanks Richard.
On Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:49:42 PM UTC-8, Richard Turner wrote:
Bill,
You need to make sure your responses are at the top of the reply message
instead of at the end.
I'm pasting below your response that was almost missed because it was at
the
end of the message:
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Peter.
Sorry I didn't get back to you on this sooner. I'm inserting a guide below
on the gesture alternatives for EARL. in our next release (anticipating the
week of Feb 25 in conjunction with C-Sun), we have some updates to our help
function that we hope will make it much easier to use.
Gesture alternatives for certain voice commands
We’ve designed Earl so that every single function can be controlled using
the double tap gesture followed by one of Earl’s voice commands.
For users who are comfortable using gestures, we have also built in some
gesture controls that can be used instead of voice commands for certain
navigational and playback functions. Voice over Users will find Earl’s
gestures familiar. With a bit of practice, these gestures can speed up
navigation in Earl when used in conjunction with our voice commands.
Earl Function Voice Command
1 finger double tap + Gesture Equivalent
Stop reading STOP 2 finger double tap
Resume reading START 2 finger double tap
Read screen from top READ AGAIN Two finger scrub side to side
Move up 1 paragraph MOVE UP 3 finger swipe downward
Move down 1 paragraph MOVE DOWN 3 finger swipe upward
Go back 1 screen in history GO BACK 3 finger swipe to the
right
Go forward 1 screen in history GO FORWARD 3 finger swipe to
the left
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Bill Spiry
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:37 PM
To: VIPhone
Subject: Re: new accessible news reading app - Earl
Peter Holdstock wrote:
> Hi, sorry as I know I should email any technical support queries
elsewhere
> but thought it might be useful for this list to see the response. I tried
to
> find out about the finger gestures as for me it would be much quicker and
> convenient than using the speech. It didn't seem that you could navigate
the
> whole app using gestures. Is that correct? If not, could you provide a
list
> of gestures as voice over commands don't seem to wortk in most cases i.e.
I
> want to be able to scan through the list of options, make a selection, go
> back etc with gestures.
>
> The app is great but a little slow to use with just speech and I'd like
to
> see more content for the UK but I realise a lot of papers have their
content
> subscription based now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Spiry
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:34 AM
> To: VIPhone
> Subject: new accessible news reading app - Earl
>
> Greetings friends.
>
> Read Again Earl
> We�ve just released our new accessible news reading app called
�Earl.�
> It�s our first, and I�d really like to hear what you all think about
> it. We�ve put a lot of time and effort into getting it right and I
> think Earl is pretty special.
>
> Here are some details�
>
> We�ve designed Earl for every person who wants to read the paper every
> day, and do it without having to spend a lot of time learning and
> using a complicated set of gestures and commands.
>
> Just double-tap your screen, listen for the double tone, speak a few
> straightforward commands and Earl� will read articles you select from
> nearly 300 newspapers from around the world, without your ever having
> to see the screen. From national news sources to your local paper,
> Earl� makes the latest news accessible to you, anytime, anywhere. All
> you need is an iPhone�, iPad� or iPod Touch�, an internet
connection
> and a desire to keep up on what's happening in your community and
> around the world. The Earl app is uncomplicated, accessible with or
> without VoiceOver and just plain fun to use.
>
> The Earl app gives you full control over all of Earl�s powerful
> features. You�ll be able to try out all of Earl's features including
> our tap and speak controls, voice and speed settings, ability to
> customize your favorites newspaper list, and bookmarking articles.
> Without a subscription, you�ll have access to read up to three
> articles a day from all of the content available from our growing
> library of nearly 300 U.S. and international newspapers.
>
> By double tapping any Earl screen, waiting for the double tone, and
> saying �SUBSCRIBE�, the app will take you to the Apple App Store
where
> you can subscribe to the Earl Subscription service. Once you
> subscribe, you�ll have unlimited access to read as much as you want
> from all of our extensive and growing content from around the world.
>
> Go to our Read Again Earl website to find more info about our app and
> subscription service. You�ll find an extensive FAQ that answers many
> of the questions we anticipate from users and we�ve included a set of
> tutorial podcasts you can find in the �learning� tab as well as an
> intro and demo video.
>
> Earl Home Page
> http://readagainearl.com/
>
> Earl in the App Store:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Earl/id573701016?ls=1&mt=8
>
> We�re already working on our first update to Earl which will include
> some great enhancements, such as the ability to launch a customer
> support phone call or email to Earl Support directly from within the
> app.
>
> I would appreciate any public feedback you all would be willing to
> give our Earl App through the App Store, our �read Again Earl�
> Facebook page, Twitter, or any other likely suspects you are aware of.
> We would really like your �likes� if you feel we deserve them!
>
>
> also, feel free to contact me directly at [email protected]
>
> thanks.
>
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Peter.
Sorry I didn't get back to you on this sooner. I'm inserting a guide below
on the gesture alternatives for EARL. in our next release (anticipating the
week of Feb 25 in conjunction with C-Sun), we have some updates to our help
function that we hope will make it much easier to use.
Gesture alternatives for certain voice commands
We’ve designed Earl so that every single function can be controlled
using the double tap gesture followed by one of Earl’s voice commands.
For users who are comfortable using gestures, we have also built in
some gesture controls that can be used instead of voice commands for
certain navigational and playback functions. Voice over Users will
find Earl’s gestures familiar. With a bit of practice, these gestures
can speed up navigation in Earl when used in conjunction with our
voice commands.
Earl Function Voice Command
1 finger double tap + Gesture Equivalent
Stop reading STOP 2 finger double tap
Resume reading START 2 finger double tap
Read screen from top READ AGAIN Two finger scrub side to side
Move up 1 paragraph MOVE UP 3 finger swipe downward
Move down 1 paragraph MOVE DOWN 3 finger swipe upward
Go back 1 screen in history GO BACK 3 finger swipe to the
right
Go forward 1 screen in history GO FORWARD 3 finger swipe to
the left
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