Re: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

[David Chittenden]

Start/stop VO will most likely be triple press of the power button.

App switcher is easy, as is home button.

I always find these doom and gloom responses which always come up to be quite 
amusing.

Kind regards,

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +61 488 988 936
Sent from my iPhone

> On 13/09/2017, at 16:03, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Also without a home button I wonder how we'll start/stop VO, use the
> app switcher and get to home.  Probably using the app switcher and
> going home could be done with gestures but what about
> starting/quitting VO...?
> 
> Catherine
> 
>> On 9/13/17, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
>> Interesting,
>> 
>> Samsung have a full screen no buttons face recognition and a finger print
>> sensor.
>> 
>> Why can’t apple do that also.
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
>> Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 3:40 PM
>> To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com;
>> viph...@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
>> 
>> 
>> I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
>> Ars Technica  /  Ron Amadeo
>> 
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Enlarge /
>> This right here. This gesture. Doing this 80 times a day sucks.
>> 
>> The all-new iPhone
>> X
>> is out, and it's packed with technology. But one thing it's not packed with
>> is a fingerprint sensor. Like many phones in 2017, the iPhone X goes for a
>> nearly all-screen design, which means there's no more room for a front Touch
>> ID sensor. Rather than locate a fingerprint sensor on the back, like many
>> phones have done, Apple chose to do away with Touch ID entirely. Instead,
>> the X is relying only on the new "Face ID" facial recognition feature for
>> biometric security.
>> Face ID on the iPhone X uses a "TrueDepth" camera setup, which blasts your
>> face with more than 30,000 infrared dots and scans your face in 3D. Apple
>> says this can "recognize you in an instant" and log you into your phone.
>> 
>> None of that matters. Face ID is still going to suck.
>> 
>> This is not the first phone we've tried with a facial recognition feature,
>> and they all have the same problem. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate
>> Face ID is, the problem is the ergonomics: you need to aim it at your face.
>> This is slow and awkward, especially when compared to a fingerprint reader,
>> which doesn't have to be aimed at anything.
>> 
>> Consider the "taking it out of your pocket" use case: If you're good, you'll
>> stick your hand in your pocket and grip the phone so your finger lands on
>> the fingerprint reader. Touch ID works as both an "on" button and an
>> "authentication" button. In one touch, you've turned on the phone and logged
>> in. You haven't even fully taken the phone out of your pocket yet, and it's
>> already on and unlocked. By the time you bring the phone to your face, the
>> unlock process is finished and you're looking at the home screen.
>> 
>> To use the iPhone X's Face ID, you have take the phone out of your pocket,
>> lift it up to your face, swipe up to turn it on, and only then can can you
>> start the unlock process. The difference is probably one or two seconds, but
>> for something you do 80 times a
>> day,
>> having the fastest possible unlock system really matters.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Hardware involved in Apple's True Depth Camera system.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Example of how Face ID maps and learns your face.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Demo of Face ID setup.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Animojis, which move to mimic your facial expressions.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> 3D mask produced with facial recognition on the iPhone X.
>> [Image removed by sender.]
>> Face ID recognition along with a tap of the side button can authenticate
>> Apple Pay.
>> 
>> Consider authenticating with Apple Pay. With a fingerprint reader, you can
>> slam your iPhone on the credit card terminal while holding your finger on
>> the Touch ID button, and everything will just work. You're continuously
>> authenticating and beaming credit card data at the same time, which is easy,
>> intuitive, and hard to mess up. According to Craig Federighi's Face ID demo
>> during the keynote, you now have to open up Apple Pay first, then aim the
>> phone at your face so Face ID can work. Only then can you tap against the
>> credit card terminal. That's two extra steps.
>> 
>> A fingerprint sensor, because it works by touch, is basically active all the
>> time. Anytime you need it, you just press it, and it will work. Facial
>> recognition has to be specifically started by an app though. So to

Re: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

[David Chittenden]

The Samsung face recognition can be tricked with a picture of the person's 
face. In fact, there are YouTube videos showing people taking selfies with one 
phone and then using the selfie picture onscreen to unlock the Samsung face 
recognition. That is nicely secure, don't you think?

As for the fingerprint sensor, I have read several complaints from people that 
they often touch the camera rather than the fingerprint sensor.

Kind regards,

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +61 488 988 936
Sent from my iPhone

> On 13/09/2017, at 14:02, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Interesting,
>  
> Samsung have a full screen no buttons face recognition and a finger print 
> sensor.
>  
> Why can’t apple do that also.
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 3:40 PM
> To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; 
> viph...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
>  
>  
> I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
> Ars Technica  /  Ron Amadeo
> 
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Enlarge / This right here. This gesture. Doing this 80 times a day sucks.
> The all-new iPhone X is out, and it's packed with technology. But one thing 
> it's not packed with is a fingerprint sensor. Like many phones in 2017, the 
> iPhone X goes for a nearly all-screen design, which means there's no more 
> room for a front Touch ID sensor. Rather than locate a fingerprint sensor on 
> the back, like many phones have done, Apple chose to do away with Touch ID 
> entirely. Instead, the X is relying only on the new "Face ID" facial 
> recognition feature for biometric security.
> 
> Face ID on the iPhone X uses a "TrueDepth" camera setup, which blasts your 
> face with more than 30,000 infrared dots and scans your face in 3D. Apple 
> says this can "recognize you in an instant" and log you into your phone.
> None of that matters. Face ID is still going to suck.
> 
> This is not the first phone we've tried with a facial recognition feature, 
> and they all have the same problem. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate 
> Face ID is, the problem is the ergonomics: you need to aim it at your face. 
> This is slow and awkward, especially when compared to a fingerprint reader, 
> which doesn't have to be aimed at anything.
> 
> Consider the "taking it out of your pocket" use case: If you're good, you'll 
> stick your hand in your pocket and grip the phone so your finger lands on the 
> fingerprint reader. Touch ID works as both an "on" button and an 
> "authentication" button. In one touch, you've turned on the phone and logged 
> in. You haven't even fully taken the phone out of your pocket yet, and it's 
> already on and unlocked. By the time you bring the phone to your face, the 
> unlock process is finished and you're looking at the home screen.
> 
> To use the iPhone X's Face ID, you have take the phone out of your pocket, 
> lift it up to your face, swipe up to turn it on, and only then can can you 
> start the unlock process. The difference is probably one or two seconds, but 
> for something you do 80 times a day, having the fastest possible unlock 
> system really matters.
> 
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Hardware involved in Apple's True Depth Camera system.
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Example of how Face ID maps and learns your face.
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Demo of Face ID setup.
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Animojis, which move to mimic your facial expressions.
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> 3D mask produced with facial recognition on the iPhone X.
> <~WRD000.jpg>
> Face ID recognition along with a tap of the side button can authenticate 
> Apple Pay.
> Consider authenticating with Apple Pay. With a fingerprint reader, you can 
> slam your iPhone on the credit card terminal while holding your finger on the 
> Touch ID button, and everything will just work. You're continuously 
> authenticating and beaming credit card data at the same time, which is easy, 
> intuitive, and hard to mess up. According to Craig Federighi's Face ID demo 
> during the keynote, you now have to open up Apple Pay first, then aim the 
> phone at your face so Face ID can work. Only then can you tap against the 
> credit card terminal. That's two extra steps.
> 
> A fingerprint sensor, because it works by touch, is basically active all the 
> time. Anytime you need it, you just press it, and it will work. Facial 
> recognition has to be specifically started by an app though. So to 
> authenticate a payment, you now have to open Apple Pay first, because 
> something has to tell the facial recognition system to turn on. If you ignore 
> this and just put the phone against a credit card terminal without 
> authenticating, I suspect Apple Pay will open and ask for a Face ID scan, 
> which won't work because the phone won't be aimed at your face.
> 
> There's also the "on a table" use case: where before you could just press the 
> 

Re: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

['Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries]

Also without a home button I wonder how we'll start/stop VO, use the
app switcher and get to home.  Probably using the app switcher and
going home could be done with gestures but what about
starting/quitting VO...?

Catherine

On 9/13/17, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> Interesting,
>
> Samsung have a full screen no buttons face recognition and a finger print
> sensor.
>
> Why can’t apple do that also.
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 3:40 PM
> To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com;
> viph...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
>
>
> I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
> Ars Technica  /  Ron Amadeo
>
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Enlarge /
> This right here. This gesture. Doing this 80 times a day sucks.
>
> The all-new iPhone
> X
> is out, and it's packed with technology. But one thing it's not packed with
> is a fingerprint sensor. Like many phones in 2017, the iPhone X goes for a
> nearly all-screen design, which means there's no more room for a front Touch
> ID sensor. Rather than locate a fingerprint sensor on the back, like many
> phones have done, Apple chose to do away with Touch ID entirely. Instead,
> the X is relying only on the new "Face ID" facial recognition feature for
> biometric security.
> Face ID on the iPhone X uses a "TrueDepth" camera setup, which blasts your
> face with more than 30,000 infrared dots and scans your face in 3D. Apple
> says this can "recognize you in an instant" and log you into your phone.
>
> None of that matters. Face ID is still going to suck.
>
> This is not the first phone we've tried with a facial recognition feature,
> and they all have the same problem. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate
> Face ID is, the problem is the ergonomics: you need to aim it at your face.
> This is slow and awkward, especially when compared to a fingerprint reader,
> which doesn't have to be aimed at anything.
>
> Consider the "taking it out of your pocket" use case: If you're good, you'll
> stick your hand in your pocket and grip the phone so your finger lands on
> the fingerprint reader. Touch ID works as both an "on" button and an
> "authentication" button. In one touch, you've turned on the phone and logged
> in. You haven't even fully taken the phone out of your pocket yet, and it's
> already on and unlocked. By the time you bring the phone to your face, the
> unlock process is finished and you're looking at the home screen.
>
> To use the iPhone X's Face ID, you have take the phone out of your pocket,
> lift it up to your face, swipe up to turn it on, and only then can can you
> start the unlock process. The difference is probably one or two seconds, but
> for something you do 80 times a
> day,
> having the fastest possible unlock system really matters.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Hardware involved in Apple's True Depth Camera system.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Example of how Face ID maps and learns your face.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Demo of Face ID setup.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Animojis, which move to mimic your facial expressions.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> 3D mask produced with facial recognition on the iPhone X.
> [Image removed by sender.]
> Face ID recognition along with a tap of the side button can authenticate
> Apple Pay.
>
> Consider authenticating with Apple Pay. With a fingerprint reader, you can
> slam your iPhone on the credit card terminal while holding your finger on
> the Touch ID button, and everything will just work. You're continuously
> authenticating and beaming credit card data at the same time, which is easy,
> intuitive, and hard to mess up. According to Craig Federighi's Face ID demo
> during the keynote, you now have to open up Apple Pay first, then aim the
> phone at your face so Face ID can work. Only then can you tap against the
> credit card terminal. That's two extra steps.
>
> A fingerprint sensor, because it works by touch, is basically active all the
> time. Anytime you need it, you just press it, and it will work. Facial
> recognition has to be specifically started by an app though. So to
> authenticate a payment, you now have to open Apple Pay first, because
> something has to tell the facial recognition system to turn on. If you
> ignore this and just put the phone against a credit card terminal without
> authenticating, I suspect Apple Pay will open and ask for a Face ID scan,
> which won't work because the phone won't be aimed at your face.
>
> There's also the "on a table" use case: where before you could just press
> the home button to unlock the phone, now you'll need to pick it 

RE: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

[Simon Fogarty]

Interesting,

Samsung have a full screen no buttons face recognition and a finger print 
sensor.

Why can’t apple do that also.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 3:40 PM
To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; 
viph...@googlegroups.com
Subject: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why


I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
Ars Technica  /  Ron Amadeo

[Image removed by sender.]
Enlarge / This 
right here. This gesture. Doing this 80 times a day sucks.

The all-new iPhone 
X
 is out, and it's packed with technology. But one thing it's not packed with is 
a fingerprint sensor. Like many phones in 2017, the iPhone X goes for a nearly 
all-screen design, which means there's no more room for a front Touch ID 
sensor. Rather than locate a fingerprint sensor on the back, like many phones 
have done, Apple chose to do away with Touch ID entirely. Instead, the X is 
relying only on the new "Face ID" facial recognition feature for biometric 
security.
Face ID on the iPhone X uses a "TrueDepth" camera setup, which blasts your face 
with more than 30,000 infrared dots and scans your face in 3D. Apple says this 
can "recognize you in an instant" and log you into your phone.

None of that matters. Face ID is still going to suck.

This is not the first phone we've tried with a facial recognition feature, and 
they all have the same problem. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate Face ID 
is, the problem is the ergonomics: you need to aim it at your face. This is 
slow and awkward, especially when compared to a fingerprint reader, which 
doesn't have to be aimed at anything.

Consider the "taking it out of your pocket" use case: If you're good, you'll 
stick your hand in your pocket and grip the phone so your finger lands on the 
fingerprint reader. Touch ID works as both an "on" button and an 
"authentication" button. In one touch, you've turned on the phone and logged 
in. You haven't even fully taken the phone out of your pocket yet, and it's 
already on and unlocked. By the time you bring the phone to your face, the 
unlock process is finished and you're looking at the home screen.

To use the iPhone X's Face ID, you have take the phone out of your pocket, lift 
it up to your face, swipe up to turn it on, and only then can can you start the 
unlock process. The difference is probably one or two seconds, but for 
something you do 80 times a 
day, 
having the fastest possible unlock system really matters.
[Image removed by sender.]
Hardware involved in Apple's True Depth Camera system.
[Image removed by sender.]
Example of how Face ID maps and learns your face.
[Image removed by sender.]
Demo of Face ID setup.
[Image removed by sender.]
Animojis, which move to mimic your facial expressions.
[Image removed by sender.]
3D mask produced with facial recognition on the iPhone X.
[Image removed by sender.]
Face ID recognition along with a tap of the side button can authenticate Apple 
Pay.

Consider authenticating with Apple Pay. With a fingerprint reader, you can slam 
your iPhone on the credit card terminal while holding your finger on the Touch 
ID button, and everything will just work. You're continuously authenticating 
and beaming credit card data at the same time, which is easy, intuitive, and 
hard to mess up. According to Craig Federighi's Face ID demo during the 
keynote, you now have to open up Apple Pay first, then aim the phone at your 
face so Face ID can work. Only then can you tap against the credit card 
terminal. That's two extra steps.

A fingerprint sensor, because it works by touch, is basically active all the 
time. Anytime you need it, you just press it, and it will work. Facial 
recognition has to be specifically started by an app though. So to authenticate 
a payment, you now have to open Apple Pay first, because something has to tell 
the facial recognition system to turn on. If you ignore this and just put the 
phone against a credit card terminal without authenticating, I suspect Apple 
Pay will open and ask for a Face ID scan, which won't work because the phone 
won't be aimed at your face.

There's also the "on a table" use case: where before you could just press the 
home button to unlock the phone, now you'll need to pick it up and, again, aim 
it at your face.
We've kind of already experienced this with the Galaxy 
S8
 (and Note 
8).
 On that phone, Samsung didn't do away with the fingerprint

IOS 11 release

[Simon Fogarty]

HI Listers,

Probably because of my time zone

The IOS 11 I'm assuming GM appears to have been released this morning

I'm installing this now.

And if anyones up for discussion if it's allowed,
I'm not impressed so far by the iPhone x,
Mostly because Samsung have had most of what's in it available for a couple of 
years and more specifically for us in NZ the 256 GB phone is $2099  NZ dollars

What happened to the 128GB device.

Otherwise it's a camera going by most of what was presented.

SF

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I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

[Mary Otten]

I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why
Ars Technica  /  Ron Amadeo


Enlarge / This right here. This gesture. Doing this 80 times a day sucks.
The all-new iPhone X is out, and it's packed with technology. But one thing 
it's not packed with is a fingerprint sensor. Like many phones in 2017, the 
iPhone X goes for a nearly all-screen design, which means there's no more room 
for a front Touch ID sensor. Rather than locate a fingerprint sensor on the 
back, like many phones have done, Apple chose to do away with Touch ID 
entirely. Instead, the X is relying only on the new "Face ID" facial 
recognition feature for biometric security.

Face ID on the iPhone X uses a "TrueDepth" camera setup, which blasts your face 
with more than 30,000 infrared dots and scans your face in 3D. Apple says this 
can "recognize you in an instant" and log you into your phone.
None of that matters. Face ID is still going to suck.

This is not the first phone we've tried with a facial recognition feature, and 
they all have the same problem. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate Face ID 
is, the problem is the ergonomics: you need to aim it at your face. This is 
slow and awkward, especially when compared to a fingerprint reader, which 
doesn't have to be aimed at anything.

Consider the "taking it out of your pocket" use case: If you're good, you'll 
stick your hand in your pocket and grip the phone so your finger lands on the 
fingerprint reader. Touch ID works as both an "on" button and an 
"authentication" button. In one touch, you've turned on the phone and logged 
in. You haven't even fully taken the phone out of your pocket yet, and it's 
already on and unlocked. By the time you bring the phone to your face, the 
unlock process is finished and you're looking at the home screen.

To use the iPhone X's Face ID, you have take the phone out of your pocket, lift 
it up to your face, swipe up to turn it on, and only then can can you start the 
unlock process. The difference is probably one or two seconds, but for 
something you do 80 times a day, having the fastest possible unlock system 
really matters.


Hardware involved in Apple's True Depth Camera system.

Example of how Face ID maps and learns your face.

Demo of Face ID setup.

Animojis, which move to mimic your facial expressions.

3D mask produced with facial recognition on the iPhone X.

Face ID recognition along with a tap of the side button can authenticate Apple 
Pay.
Consider authenticating with Apple Pay. With a fingerprint reader, you can slam 
your iPhone on the credit card terminal while holding your finger on the Touch 
ID button, and everything will just work. You're continuously authenticating 
and beaming credit card data at the same time, which is easy, intuitive, and 
hard to mess up. According to Craig Federighi's Face ID demo during the 
keynote, you now have to open up Apple Pay first, then aim the phone at your 
face so Face ID can work. Only then can you tap against the credit card 
terminal. That's two extra steps.

A fingerprint sensor, because it works by touch, is basically active all the 
time. Anytime you need it, you just press it, and it will work. Facial 
recognition has to be specifically started by an app though. So to authenticate 
a payment, you now have to open Apple Pay first, because something has to tell 
the facial recognition system to turn on. If you ignore this and just put the 
phone against a credit card terminal without authenticating, I suspect Apple 
Pay will open and ask for a Face ID scan, which won't work because the phone 
won't be aimed at your face.

There's also the "on a table" use case: where before you could just press the 
home button to unlock the phone, now you'll need to pick it up and, again, aim 
it at your face.

We've kind of already experienced this with the Galaxy S8 (and Note 8). On that 
phone, Samsung didn't do away with the fingerprint sensor entirely, but it has 
such an awkward size and location that the S8 might as well have not had a 
fingerprint sensor at all. The phone design asks users to rely on its Iris or 
face recognition for biometrics, and it's just so slow. The "Let me take a 
selfie" pose that you have to make every time you unlock the phone is slow, 
tiring, and annoying. It requires a pause and a level of precision that just 
isn't needed with a fingerprint reader.
I will admit I have not tried Face ID yet, but it's hard to imagine a facial 
recognition system that solves the problem of having to carefully aim a phone 
at your face. We won't get a chance to try many of these scenarios until we get 
some extended time with the phone, but it would take some serious magic to 
solve them.

With a nearly $1000 price tag, Apple is billing the iPhone X as its 
super-high-end, no-compromise phone, but the lack of a fingerprint sensor is 
going to be a big downside. Sure, there's no room on the front anymore, but 
plenty of phones have an easy and ergonomic rear fingerprint re

Re: Extracting text from subtitles in youtube

[Jonathan Cohn]

OK, so you want to capture the information for later reading. Look and see if 
there is a transcript available. I don't think there is an easier way, though I 
suppose creating a custom widget or Safari extension could possibly capture a 
specific segment on a web page. 

I'lll try to ask my animation designers about this, because I believe the 
underlying captions are probably in an XML file that includes timestamps to 
synchronize it with the video. Though that might just be an intermediate layer 
that is on the server and not available to the end user.

  
Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Sep 12, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Andrew Lamanche  wrote:
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> It's on the web going to youtube.  But I don't really understand live regions 
> and their function.  Also, I don't really know how I would read the subtitles 
> at my own pace.  they are too fast while the video is playing and that's why 
> I was wondering whether one could extract them.
> 
> Thanks for responding.
> 
> Andrew
>> On 12 Sep 2017, at 18:07, Jonathan Cohn > > wrote:
>> 
>> Is this using a youtube app or the web? If it is on the web, then I would 
>> expect that flash messages being enabled with live regions would allow you 
>> to read the subtitles on your Braille display. This might work on the IOS 
>> app, but I have no familiarity with that. 
>> 
>> On 12 September 2017 at 12:13, Andrew Lamanche > > wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is it at all possible to extract the text of subtitles a youtube video?  I 
>> have a video in Spanish that has subtitles.  I've activated the subtitels 
>> and Voiceover is reading them over the sound track, which is impressive but 
>> useless.  I'd like to be able to extract the text of subtitles so that I 
>> could read them as text using my Braille display.  Is it at all possible?
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> 
>> Andrew
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Re: Extracting text from subtitles in youtube

[Andrew Lamanche]

Hi Jonathan,

It's on the web going to youtube.  But I don't really understand live regions 
and their function.  Also, I don't really know how I would read the subtitles 
at my own pace.  they are too fast while the video is playing and that's why I 
was wondering whether one could extract them.

Thanks for responding.

Andrew
> On 12 Sep 2017, at 18:07, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Is this using a youtube app or the web? If it is on the web, then I would 
> expect that flash messages being enabled with live regions would allow you to 
> read the subtitles on your Braille display. This might work on the IOS app, 
> but I have no familiarity with that. 
> 
> On 12 September 2017 at 12:13, Andrew Lamanche  > wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it at all possible to extract the text of subtitles a youtube video?  I 
> have a video in Spanish that has subtitles.  I've activated the subtitels and 
> Voiceover is reading them over the sound track, which is impressive but 
> useless.  I'd like to be able to extract the text of subtitles so that I 
> could read them as text using my Braille display.  Is it at all possible?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Andrew
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great new software

[jeff `greene]

Hi Just found this new app and thought the list would be interested!
The app is called beamer and is designed to simply stream video from
your mac to apple tv or chromecast.
As Allison Sheridan would start... the problem to be solved:
I have a program called tuneskit audio book converter that removes drm
from audio books, and I use it a lot. Everytime you launch Tuneskit it
rolls itunes back to version 12.6.1 and after that you can't stream
movies to your apple tv.
So I was looking for a replacement and found Beamer from
beamerapp.com. Simply open the app, hit command+o and choose your
movie and it starts playing on your tv, no fuss no muss.
The app is $19.95 and I'm still using the free trial version for now.
Hope this was interesting to some on the list...
Jeff

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Re: Extracting text from subtitles in youtube

[Jonathan Cohn]

Is this using a youtube app or the web? If it is on the web, then I would
expect that flash messages being enabled with live regions would allow you
to read the subtitles on your Braille display. This might work on the IOS
app, but I have no familiarity with that.

On 12 September 2017 at 12:13, Andrew Lamanche  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it at all possible to extract the text of subtitles a youtube video?  I
> have a video in Spanish that has subtitles.  I've activated the subtitels
> and Voiceover is reading them over the sound track, which is impressive but
> useless.  I'd like to be able to extract the text of subtitles so that I
> could read them as text using my Braille display.  Is it at all possible?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andrew
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[Cameron Strife]

Hi. Could I get permission to put up a for sale ad on the list for my
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Re: Dropbox on the Mac

[E.T.]

   QN is Quick Nav. Its sort of useful in the Dropbox sign in page, 
just don't forget to turn it off when you need to type something. The 
shortcut is left and right arrow keys together, its a toggle.


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  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
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On 9/12/2017 6:39 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:

I’m glad that I could help, but I have one question: What is QN?

Take care,

Mike


On 11 Sep 2017, at 17:22, E.T.  wrote:

   Actually it confirms the issue. I can install DB from scratch, but one must 
type in the credentials blindly (pun intended). The last time I worked with 
this, I turned QN on do I could find either the user id field or the password 
field. Without using QN, Voiceover cannot decide which it is focused on. Then 
turn QN off and type in what is needed. Repeat this for the other field. With 
the user id you can check that its entered correctly by navigating back to it. 
Not a wonderful process.

   I have only been going round in circles with DB support for several weeks. I 
think I need to learn how to make a video of this process and send it to them.

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On 9/11/2017 7:48 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:

hello E.T.
I have been using DropBox on my MacBooks for three years now but have always 
required sighted assistance to initially get things up and running.  Though 
this doesn’t address your question specifically,it might give you some insight. 
  I am sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.
Take care,
Mike

On 11 Sep 2017, at 15:53, E.T.  wrote:

   I am looking for someone to confirm this behavior in Dropbox on their Mac.

   If you set up Dropbox for the first time or had unlinked it then relinked 
it, when the sign in dialog comes up, do you find that there is no typing 
feedback in the user id and password boxes? Dropbox support say they do see 
this happening.

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Extracting text from subtitles in youtube

[Andrew Lamanche]

Hi,

Is it at all possible to extract the text of subtitles a youtube video?  I have 
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Many thanks,

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Re: AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8

[Mary Otten]

Well, the article said the application is free. So you can't beat that price.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2017, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> This could be an interesting app, though I wonder if it will be inexpensive 
> enough for casual use. If I needed to track phone calls for billing purposes 
> I would probably find an app like this essential, so would be willing to pay 
> $100 a year for the convenience. The article sounds more like a press release 
> than an actual review so might be worth looking at in more depth. 
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn . 
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:11 AM Mary Otten  wrote:
>> This isn't just for switchers from android. This sounds like a really good 
>> app for people who are using Apple devices now. I have no idea if it is 
>> accessible, as this is the first time I've heard of it. Definitely looks 
>> like it's worth a look though. Unfortunate headline just about android 
>> switchers.
>> AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8
>> 9to5Mac  /  Sponsored Post
>> 
>> 
>> Just in time for the public release of iOS 11 and the launch of the new 
>> iPhone 8, the latest update of AnyTrans for Mac (and Windows) is adding the 
>> ability for Android users to easily switch to the new phones and OS. And 
>> it’s completely FREE to use.
>> 
>> The new iOS Mover feature allows AnyTrans users to transfer more data than 
>> Apple’s own Move to iOS app in an easier and more flexible way…
>> 
>> 
>> Among the features in the new AnyTrans that Apple’s solution lacks, the new 
>> iOS Mover function will let you move all or selected call logs in as little 
>> as 1 second. You can also transfer all or just selected music, video and 
>> custom ringtones with auto conversion to an iOS compatible format, as well 
>> as selectively transfer PDFs and EPUBs you want to the iBooks app on iPhone 
>> or iPad. Similarly, you can easily search for files and documents stored and 
>> transfer only the ones you actually want.
>> 
>> In addition, unlike many of the other transfer tools on the market, Any 
>> Trans allows you to complete the process with no need to factory reset the 
>> iPhone before migration and no overwriting existing data.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But it’s not all just for Android users…
>> 
>> If you’re unfamiliar with AnyTrans, the new iOS Mover feature is only one 
>> feature of the entire suite that offers a number of functions that give you 
>> full control over transferring content between devices and iCloud. Built-in 
>> is the ability to merge content from multiple iCloud accounts and iCloud 
>> Drive, as well as preview, download and share data such as messages, 
>> contacts, call history, voicemails, Safari bookmarks and more.
>> 
>> AnyTrans introduces the fresh-new concept of multi-iCloud Sync to the world. 
>> Now, no more worries on iCloud storage shortages, as you get to easily move 
>> old photos to your other spare iCloud accounts for GBs of free storage; no 
>> frequent switching among multiple iCloud accounts to find a contact, since 
>> all important data can be integrated from your old iCloud accounts to your 
>> daily-used one; and it’s never been so straightforward to share iCloud data 
>> & files among family members. iCloud Sync gives you better and absolute 
>> secure control over all your iCloud accounts – every iCloud login within 
>> AnyTrans is protected with the same encryption used by Apple and we have no 
>> way to decrypt it.
>> 
>> You’ll also find two-way iTunes sync feature allowing you to upload any 
>> specific piece of content from any of your Apple devices. An import feature 
>> gives you more options to customize data transfers when setting up a new 
>> device like the iPhone 8; allowing you to transfer data from two separate 
>> devices to your new phone and even older versions of iOS.
>> 
>> The new AnyTrans 6 is officially available starting today, Sept 11, for both 
>> Mac and Windows ahead of Apple’s official iPhone 8 and iOS 11 event 
>> tomorrow. All the new functionality of the release is free to AnyTrans 
>> users. You can download it now for free here.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Original Article: 
>> https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/11/transfer-android-to-iphone-8-ios-11-icloud-anytrans/
>> 
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Re: AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8

[Jonathan Cohn]

This could be an interesting app, though I wonder if it will be inexpensive
enough for casual use. If I needed to track phone calls for billing
purposes I would probably find an app like this essential, so would be
willing to pay $100 a year for the convenience. The article sounds more
like a press release than an actual review so might be worth looking at in
more depth.

Best Wishes,

Jonathan Cohn .

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:11 AM Mary Otten  wrote:

> This isn't just for switchers from android. This sounds like a really good
> app for people who are using Apple devices now. I have no idea if it is
> accessible, as this is the first time I've heard of it. Definitely looks
> like it's worth a look though. Unfortunate headline just about android
> switchers.
> AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8
> 9to5Mac  /  Sponsored Post
>
>
> 
>
> Just in time for the public release of iOS 11 and the launch of the new
> iPhone 8, the latest update of AnyTrans  for Mac
> (and Windows) is adding the ability for Android users to easily switch to
> the new phones and OS. And it’s completely FREE to use.
>
> The new iOS Mover feature allows AnyTrans users to transfer more data than
> Apple’s own Move to iOS app in an easier and more flexible way…
>
> Among the features in the new AnyTrans that Apple’s solution lacks, the
> new iOS Mover function will let you move all or selected call logs in as
> little as 1 second. You can also transfer all or just selected music, video
> and custom ringtones with auto conversion to an iOS compatible format, as
> well as selectively transfer PDFs and EPUBs you want to the iBooks app on
> iPhone or iPad. Similarly, you can easily search for files and documents
> stored and transfer only the ones you actually want.
>
> In addition, unlike many of the other transfer tools on the market, Any
> Trans allows you to complete the process with no need to factory reset the
> iPhone before migration and no overwriting existing data.
>
> But it’s not all just for Android users…
>
> If you’re unfamiliar with AnyTrans, the new iOS Mover feature is only one
> feature of the entire suite that offers a number of functions that give you
> full control over transferring content between devices and iCloud. Built-in
> is the ability to merge content from multiple iCloud accounts and iCloud
> Drive, as well as preview, download and share data such as messages,
> contacts, call history, voicemails, Safari bookmarks and more.
>
> AnyTrans introduces the fresh-new concept of multi-iCloud Sync to the
> world. Now, no more worries on iCloud storage shortages, as you get to
> easily move old photos to your other spare iCloud accounts for GBs of free
> storage; no frequent switching among multiple iCloud accounts to find a
> contact, since all important data can be integrated from your old iCloud
> accounts to your daily-used one; and it’s never been so straightforward to
> share iCloud data & files among family members. iCloud Sync gives you
> better and absolute secure control over all your iCloud accounts – every
> iCloud login within AnyTrans is protected with the same encryption used by
> Apple and we have no way to decrypt it.
>
> You’ll also find two-way iTunes sync feature allowing you to upload any
> specific piece of content from any of your Apple devices. An import feature
> gives you more options to customize data transfers when setting up a new
> device like the iPhone 8; allowing you to transfer data from two separate
> devices to your new phone and even older versions of iOS.
>
> The new AnyTrans 6  is officially available
> starting today, Sept 11, for both Mac and Windows ahead of Apple’s
> official iPhone 8 and iOS 11 event tomorrow. All the new functionality of
> the release is free to AnyTrans users. You can *download it now for free
> here .*
>
>
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AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8

[Mary Otten]

This isn't just for switchers from android. This sounds like a really good app 
for people who are using Apple devices now. I have no idea if it is accessible, 
as this is the first time I've heard of it. Definitely looks like it's worth a 
look though. Unfortunate headline just about android switchers.
AnyTrans update lets Android users easily switch to iOS 11 & iPhone 8
9to5Mac  /  Sponsored Post


Just in time for the public release of iOS 11 and the launch of the new iPhone 
8, the latest update of AnyTrans for Mac (and Windows) is adding the ability 
for Android users to easily switch to the new phones and OS. And it’s 
completely FREE to use.

The new iOS Mover feature allows AnyTrans users to transfer more data than 
Apple’s own Move to iOS app in an easier and more flexible way…


Among the features in the new AnyTrans that Apple’s solution lacks, the new iOS 
Mover function will let you move all or selected call logs in as little as 1 
second. You can also transfer all or just selected music, video and custom 
ringtones with auto conversion to an iOS compatible format, as well as 
selectively transfer PDFs and EPUBs you want to the iBooks app on iPhone or 
iPad. Similarly, you can easily search for files and documents stored and 
transfer only the ones you actually want.

In addition, unlike many of the other transfer tools on the market, Any Trans 
allows you to complete the process with no need to factory reset the iPhone 
before migration and no overwriting existing data.



But it’s not all just for Android users…

If you’re unfamiliar with AnyTrans, the new iOS Mover feature is only one 
feature of the entire suite that offers a number of functions that give you 
full control over transferring content between devices and iCloud. Built-in is 
the ability to merge content from multiple iCloud accounts and iCloud Drive, as 
well as preview, download and share data such as messages, contacts, call 
history, voicemails, Safari bookmarks and more.

AnyTrans introduces the fresh-new concept of multi-iCloud Sync to the world. 
Now, no more worries on iCloud storage shortages, as you get to easily move old 
photos to your other spare iCloud accounts for GBs of free storage; no frequent 
switching among multiple iCloud accounts to find a contact, since all important 
data can be integrated from your old iCloud accounts to your daily-used one; 
and it’s never been so straightforward to share iCloud data & files among 
family members. iCloud Sync gives you better and absolute secure control over 
all your iCloud accounts – every iCloud login within AnyTrans is protected with 
the same encryption used by Apple and we have no way to decrypt it.

You’ll also find two-way iTunes sync feature allowing you to upload any 
specific piece of content from any of your Apple devices. An import feature 
gives you more options to customize data transfers when setting up a new device 
like the iPhone 8; allowing you to transfer data from two separate devices to 
your new phone and even older versions of iOS.

The new AnyTrans 6 is officially available starting today, Sept 11, for both 
Mac and Windows ahead of Apple’s official iPhone 8 and iOS 11 event tomorrow. 
All the new functionality of the release is free to AnyTrans users. You can 
download it now for free here.



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Re: skype clianytts for mac and iPhone?

[Doug Lee]

Clisk, my Command Line Interface for Skype, remains at 
http://www.dlee.org/skype/clisk/

Its functionality is limited though, and getting more so, because Microsoft is 
not keeping up support for the Skype Desktop API that Clisk
requires. I have to date seen no suitable replacement for that API either.

To my knowledge, Clisk still works, in its limited fashion, against Mac Skype 
and Windows Desktop Skype versions. It does not work against
the newer Skype for Windows 10 (a UWP app) at all.

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 02:50:29PM +, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
   Doug Lee wrote a python module about 4 or 5 years ago, that c at that
   time would communicate with the Skype application on PC and Macintosh.
   I don't know if Microsoft has foiled this interface in the newer
   versions, but if you want to be able to use CLI commands to manage
   Skype this is the place to start.

   On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 9:19 AM matthew dyer
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   Unfortionetly there isnāt one.Ā  I just reasently installed skype for
   Mac and it works fine here all though by default it takes you to a home
   page which you can move away from with the side bar.Ā  HTH.

   Matthew

   On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Trahern Culver
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   hi all, thanks to thoughs who helped me with my last post. I don't like
   the native Skype client for Mac or iPhone, so please can any one
   recommend an alternative Skype clients for both Mac and iPhone??Ā
   your help with this question would be most welcome, kind regards trey.
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Re: skype clianytts for mac and iPhone?

[Jonathan Cohn]

Doug Lee wrote a python module about 4 or 5 years ago, that c at that time
would communicate with the Skype application on PC and Macintosh. I don't
know if Microsoft has foiled this interface in the newer versions, but if
you want to be able to use CLI commands to manage Skype this is the place
to start.



On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 9:19 AM matthew dyer 
wrote:

> Unfortionetly there isn’t one.  I just reasently installed skype for Mac
> and it works fine here all though by default it takes you to a home page
> which you can move away from with the side bar.  HTH.
>
> Matthew
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Trahern Culver 
> wrote:
>
> hi all, thanks to thoughs who helped me with my last post. I don't like
> the native Skype client for Mac or iPhone, so please can any one recommend
> an alternative Skype clients for both Mac and iPhone??
>
> your help with this question would be most welcome, kind regards trey.
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Re: Dropbox on the Mac

[Michael Busboom]

I’m glad that I could help, but I have one question: What is QN?

Take care,

Mike

> On 11 Sep 2017, at 17:22, E.T.  wrote:
> 
>   Actually it confirms the issue. I can install DB from scratch, but one must 
> type in the credentials blindly (pun intended). The last time I worked with 
> this, I turned QN on do I could find either the user id field or the password 
> field. Without using QN, Voiceover cannot decide which it is focused on. Then 
> turn QN off and type in what is needed. Repeat this for the other field. With 
> the user id you can check that its entered correctly by navigating back to 
> it. Not a wonderful process.
> 
>   I have only been going round in circles with DB support for several weeks. 
> I think I need to learn how to make a video of this process and send it to 
> them.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/11/2017 7:48 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
>> hello E.T.
>> I have been using DropBox on my MacBooks for three years now but have always 
>> required sighted assistance to initially get things up and running.  Though 
>> this doesn’t address your question specifically,it might give you some 
>> insight.   I am sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.
>> Take care,
>> Mike
>>> On 11 Sep 2017, at 15:53, E.T.  wrote:
>>> 
>>>   I am looking for someone to confirm this behavior in Dropbox on their Mac.
>>> 
>>>   If you set up Dropbox for the first time or had unlinked it then relinked 
>>> it, when the sign in dialog comes up, do you find that there is no typing 
>>> feedback in the user id and password boxes? Dropbox support say they do see 
>>> this happening.
>>> 
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Re: skype clianytts for mac and iPhone?

[matthew dyer]

Unfortionetly there isn’t one.  I just reasently installed skype for Mac and it 
works fine here all though by default it takes you to a home page which you can 
move away from with the side bar.  HTH.

Matthew


> On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Trahern Culver  wrote:
> 
> hi all, thanks to thoughs who helped me with my last post. I don't like the 
> native Skype client for Mac or iPhone, so please can any one recommend an 
> alternative Skype clients for both Mac and iPhone?? 
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Re: Response to Keyboard Events Excessively Slow

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

What model of Mac are your\running?  What version of the MacOS?  How much RAM?  
Do you have a spinning drive, an SSD or a Fusion array?  Sorry for all the 
questions, but it makes it much easier to determine possible reasons along with 
suggestions when more is known.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 11, 2017, at 23:18, Bill Gallik  wrote:

A couple of issues here, although I believe they are likely related.

First, while typing messages in an e-mail I find the key entry feedback to be 
very slow, at times not keeping with my typing lagging by a number of lines. 

Second, when I issue the “Send” command (++D) I find that I 
must issue that command a second time for it to take effect.  

Does anybody have any suggestions?


- Bill from Wisconsin
- "With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."
- German Aphorist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

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Re: Invitation to live stream presentation to make 3d games accessible

[Ronald van Rhijn]

Hey Yuma,

What an interesting read, you are a very clever crazy dreadlock guy:)
I cannot begin to understand all you are talking about, but sounds very 
promising.
i am gonna follow your developments and hope to see the day we can finally play 
some serious games as vips. If anybody can achieve this, i imagine it would be 
you!

I played Quake 3 Arena quite a lot on pc, but on SEGA Dreamcast as well. Very 
nice machine, the Dreamcast, but much underrated. Good times.
 Over here inn The Netherlands we got a pretty cool Amsterdam based game 
developer Guerrilla Games, which is known worldwide for their Killzone games 
and that new one Horizon Zero Dawn.  

Best of luck with all you’re doing.
Ronald

> Op 7 sep. 2017, om 23:16 heeft Yuma Decaux  het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> Hi Ronald,
> 
> it went pretty well. 30 developers and about 68 people live. Lots of people 
> getting news around local facebook coding groups and labs about the event, 
> and several interesting contacts. Who said the revolution won’t be televised? 
> hehe 
> 
> I think accessibility has to start somewhere in the unknown territories. I 
> used to do Quake3Arena mods and owned several cyber cafes back in the days, 
> then went onto doing pro 3D before I lost sight. So I guess I’m in some sort 
> of advantage in terms of figuring out ways to provide more feedback, whether 
> audio, contextual or tactile. I don’t want to flush 15 years of experience in 
> 3D and interactive media from loosing sight, and have transferred my skills 
> to pure math and computer sciences, so although I’ve still got a lot to go 
> before I can really call myself a great coder, I live everyday in that 
> endeavour, and so I also reflect daily on how to make it possible.
> 
> The fact that I’m in Brisbane, home of a lot of gaming studios, and to a 
> larger extent, Australia, where many of the big titles were produced (I am 
> currently dating the producer of the first mirror’s edge series who is very 
> helpful in accessing those game centric and A.R centric circles around here, 
> and well she kicks ass) is also in my opinion a positive to push the 
> accessibility paradigm as a complete process in developing games. Most of my 
> friends here are in robotics or visual computing and we always meet or bump 
> into each other, and everyone is starting to know me as the crazy dreadlock 
> guy with his guide dog talking A.I and audio, and pushing through no matter 
> the odds.
> 
> For the game accessibility issue:
> 
> I started with trying to read memory adresses in world of warcraft to 
> decypher commands, positions and other useful info about the game world, but 
> that rabbit hole had a huge obstacle being their EULA which prohibits any 
> kind of access to that info, whether it be through their scripting language 
> or accessing their lower layers.
> 
> Then I stumbled upon unity, which interface is completely inaccessible, and I 
> did a few tests with a mate to see if I can use a daemon to get information 
> about objects in unity’s scenes via sockets and push it out in 3D audio 
> through Scenekit. It worked, but there was the whole thing about their IDE 
> which is pretty bad in my opinion, and many software engineer friends have 
> told me that their underlying ECS system is very clunky and old.
> 
> This is when I dug deeper and deeper into the SceneKit framework, expanded my 
> knowledge to other frameworks and learned 3D programming, GPU shaders, A.I, 
> audio processing and the whole ECS architecture most games have nowadays. And 
> it’s been a real pleasure to try various things on screen to understand what 
> is happening around me though everything I have generated so far is just 
> simple geometry, but with complex audio processing and triggers which makes 
> the audio experience immersive. I have also tested different control 
> paradigms both for mac os and IOS, as well as with the leap motion.
> 
> Then I realised creating a virtual world, but adding some geo location and a 
> custom device with a small but efficient GPS/GNSS chip could eventually allow 
> me to navigate around my world with the data collected by google, apple and 
> others, as well as generating my own data through the sensors available on my 
> prototype device. The device also works as a controller for home systems 
> using surround 5.1 or 7.1 and the immersion is pretty damn realistic. you can 
> not only hear horizontal positions but also vertical, as if someone was 
> talking to you from above say, or calling you out as if you’re on a balcony. 
> Too bad the youtube videos I post are flattened somewhat, and you need a rig 
> to get the full experience. But I will be posting more podcasts with more 
> advanced demos of various new scenes and experiences, and release the demos 
> as ad hoc apps you can play and test on your own system. 
> 
> Recently Apple has anounced ARKit, which is just an extension to SceneKit. I 
> went to a hackathon a month ago, and we got a pro