or you can hook it up and turn it on in itunes I believe. On 2009-09-25, at 7:27 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote:
> You have to ask the sighted friend to turn it on in preferences, I > think. > K. > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe > Rykiel > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 5:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB > > Dear Chris, > a friend of mine has one of these. Can you simply tell me how to > turn v o on and off on his device so I can give it a try. > Cheers, > JPR > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Blouch > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:05 AM > Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB > > It's called voiceover and as something that makes a device > accessible via speech and controls, it is voiceover, but with a > different voice (not Alex) and a phone-specific set of gestures > instead of keyboard controls. That said, it's included on every > iPhone 3GS and the newer iPod Touch. Previous models didn't have the > hardware performance to run this so there is no upgrade to get VO on > the older devices. > > CB > > Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >> >> Sorry for a very down-to-earth question, but does the IPhone come >> with V O as well? >> JPR >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Chris Blouch >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:48 PM >> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> >> Some have difficulty comprehending what is new and, by definition, >> not >> well understood. So they define the new in terms of what's known from >> the past, but when something is a revolution rather than an evolution >> the comparisons fail. Some will lodge those failures as the fault of >> what was being measured and dismiss it as being flawed. Others, more >> rarely, will correctly realize that the measurement framework has >> failed >> and reevaluate their worldview. The NFB has been measuring sharks >> for a >> long while and Apple brought in an leopard. It will take time for the >> definition of 'good' to be redefined. >> >> CB >> >> william lomas wrote: >> > they can soon praise the iPhone yet slam the mac? >> > hyppocrits >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
