lol On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Maurice Mines wrote:
> > stop it this this a tech list not a politcel one. using the del key. > On Sep 30, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: > >> >> Actually, Apple should have sued the NFB for slander and loss of >> revenue. Now wouldn't that be poetic justice. >> Frank >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron >> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:19 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> >> Hi. yes, that poorly researched and non objective so called review >> of >> voiceover should have been formally retracted, along with an apology, >> but, >> that did not, and probably will not, come to pass. >> >> Unfortunetly. >> >> Cameron. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring >> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:15 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> >> I believe that what you're seeing here is that they're trying to >> make up >> for >> >> the grave error they made with the Mac without in fact quite >> admitting >> they >> were wrong. You have to read between the lines a bit, but this is >> what >> I >> firmly believe. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ben mustill-rose" <bmustillr...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:34 PM >> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> >> >> I do find it rather funny that they slammed a program that ran on a >> device with a full sized qwerty keyboard yet there all over the >> iphone >> with its touch screen. >> >> O well - step in the right direction anyway. >> >> On 26/09/2009, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> 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 <mailto:cblo...@aol.com> >>> 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 <mailto:cblo...@aol.com> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kind regards, BEN. >> >> email: bmustillr...@gmail.com >> msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com >> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
