Re: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung
Just curious, is it possible that Samsung is thinking about capturing some of the blind/visually impaired consumer smartphone market from Apple, albeit in a very nasty and unwise way? Does anyone know if Samsung is working on some major smartphone accessibility project? On 2/23/13, Aman Singer wrote: > Hi. > The patent does not simply apply to the home button, at least as > originally submitted. Despite that, I would say that any reaction at > the moment is a bit overblown, after all, the court did stay the > action on this patent for now with a plain hint that the ruling in the > federal court was likely to turn out badly for Samsung. In any case, > from reading the patent > (the US version of the patent, anyway, I don't read German, the patent > seems to have other issues, it is very wide and I know of two products > which did this even before the Korean patent which the American and > German patents are based on was issued back in 1999. Samsung has > already narrowed the patent significantly, but according to the judge, > eeven the narrowed patent is unlikely to succeed. I haven't seen the > narrowed patent description, and don't know where it can be found > online if it can be found at all. The US patent is at > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6937700.PN.&OS=PN/6937700&RS=PN/6937700 > The german patent, for those of us who know that language, is at > http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/PatSchrifteneinsicht?docId=DE10040386B4&page=1&dpi=150&lang=de > and a blogger's description of the stay and reasons for it is at > http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/german-court-stays-samsungs-voiceover.html > The blogger, Florian Mueller, has a bunch of interesting links with > his own views about the case and seems to link to source documents > when he can, which is great. I got the links I pasted in above from > his site. Personally, I suspect this is unimportant, I would be > surprised if Samsung's patent was upheld, if Apple were found to have > infringed it and, even if those two astonishing things come to pass, > if Samsung and Apple don't work something out as a licensing > arrangement. Remember that this is all part of a much larger situation > which is worldwide and which is about many other patents/issues. > Aman > > > > > On 2/23/13, Robert Fenton wrote: >> The article that was quoted here was originally published by the BBC. >> However, several of the financial and technology publications have also >> picked this up. There's no question that the thoughts behind the article >> are >> legitimate. >> >> Bob Fenton >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2013-02-23, at 12:51 PM, David Chittenden >> wrote: >> >>> I do not know. I received the message from another list. I'm sure if you >>> do a google search, you will be able to find the publication. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 24/02/2013, at 2:30, Craig Werner wrote: >>> David, what is the source of this article? For whom does Leo Kelion write? Craig On 2/23/13, David Chittenden wrote: > >> Subject: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung >> Reply-To: Blind Democracy Discussion List >> >> >> Even if Samsung does not succeed in their action, the very fact >> they've >> even tried it guarantees I will never buy a Samsung product. >> And to think Samsung was instrumental in establishing the guide dog >> school >> in Korea. >> Unconscionable. >> Alice >> Samsung struggles to block iPhone function for the blindBy Leo >> Kelion >> >> Technology reporter >> >> The VoiceOver function is designed to help >> blind and partially sighted consumers use the >> iPhone Samsung has suffered a setback in its >> effort to win an iPhone ban based on a function >> making its software accessible to blind people. >> >> The South Korean firm had sought an injunction in >> a German court arguing Apple's VoiceOver >> screen-access facility infringed one of its patents. >> >> However, the judge has ordered the case to be >> suspended pending another ruling that could invalidate Samsung's >> claim. >> >> Disability campaigners had expressed concern about the case. >> >> Apple's VoiceOver function is used by blind and >> partially-sighted people to hear a description of >> what the iPhone is showing by touching its screen. >> >> The software covers text and icons including >> audio descriptions of the battery level and >> network signal. It also allows the phones to be >> operated via Braille-based add-ons. >> >> Samsung had argued that Apple had failed to >> licence a patent it owned which describes >> pressing a button to make a handset describe its
Re: Connect to WiFi on iPhone
Thanks Sieghard. Got it. On 12/3/12, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Philip, > > If you get the details screen about your network you double tap the wrong > button. Each network listed is listed by name on the left and to the right > is a "More Info" button. You have to double tap on the network name, for > example, if your WiFi network is called "Philip's House", double tap on > "Philip's House" and not on the button Voiceover reads as "More Info, > Philip's House button". > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Philip S > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 7:31 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Connect to WiFi on iPhone > > Hi group, > > I am trying to connect to WiFi on my iPhone. I use VoiceOver. However, > after > turning on WiFi and when I try to tap / double tap on a network shown on > the > list of nearby hotspots, nothing happens. There's no text field prompting > me > for my network password (I have a secured network). > The only page I get is the Info page with details about IP address. > Please help! How do you get on WiFi on your iPhone with VoiceOver? > > Thanks a lot. > > Phil > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Connect to WiFi on iPhone
Hi group, I am trying to connect to WiFi on my iPhone. I use VoiceOver. However, after turning on WiFi and when I try to tap / double tap on a network shown on the list of nearby hotspots, nothing happens. There's no text field prompting me for my network password (I have a secured network). The only page I get is the Info page with details about IP address. Please help! How do you get on WiFi on your iPhone with VoiceOver? Thanks a lot. Phil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Typing by handwriting on iPhone screen
Hi group,
I was wondering if anyone knows of apps for iPhone that let users type
by using fingers to handwrite English letter by letter on the screen,
and how accessible these apps are.
Thanks!
Phil
On 7/14/12, viphone@googlegroups.com wrote:
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> - Perfect OCR App First Impressions [1 Update]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/2e6a038d6d192f97
> - [Missouri-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: [VICUG-L] FW: New HumanWare iPhone appwill
> get deaf-blind and sighted people talking [1 Update]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/d7763cb3f1b98453
> - Fleksy issue [1 Update]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/7263741be867ef4
> - Has anyone ever used the status shuffle app? If so, is it free or paid
> and who's the developer? [1 Update]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/8cbddfa62017b14a
> - DropVox questions [4 Updates]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/39ef9a7d1892c4bc
> - Speed dots Micro keyboard [2 Updates]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/e78c1096fd060834
> - Baby Adopter game? [2 Updates]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/f53a3c10d9e43ff5
> - Perfect OCR (Free for limited time) [5 Updates]
> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/91846656a641892c
> - Odd behavior with VoiceBook VO [1 Update]
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> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/fcb39d33fcd222e6
> - fleksy [1 Update]
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> From: Eileen Misrahi
> Date: Jul 14 04:07PM -0700
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/msg/fb25717b4cd2bfc
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> Hello Folks,
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> Since this app is still free, I decided to grab it and see what it's all
> about. I will not count the first scan because I wasn't sure of the
> procedure on how the app worked. The next scan was a huge success. The scan
> was crystal clear and surpassed Prizmo. Here's what I did to get a good
> scan.
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> 1. Place the edge of the document up to the edge of the table.
> 2. Finger measured both the width & lentgh.
> 3. Place the camera's (right corner) in the center of the document.
> 4. I lifted the phone about 6-8 inches off from the document and held the
> phone steady.
> 5. Double-tapped on camera and flicked to the right until I heard Flash. i
> double-tapped on it to have more lighting.
> 6. I flicked to the right until I heard camera and double-tapped, which took
> the picture.
> 7. I swiped to right until I found the OCR button and tapped onit. You will
> lose sound, but just wait a few seconds. When the OCR was done, VO read it
> perfectly, with no tildas.
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> I hope these instructions will help others to give this another try.
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> Cheers,
> Eileen
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> From: Eric Oyen
> Date: Jul 14 03:58PM -0700
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/msg/a862f1db57847dd1
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> it would help if SOMEONE would trim all the headers. it gets frustrating to
> have to go through 5 or 6 layers of headers just to read a message.
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> -eric
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> On Jul 14, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Fred Olver wrote:
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> From: "chris hallsworth"
> Date: Jul 14 11:53PM +0100
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/msg/e32f7bd6fde19837
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> To force Fleksy into using landscape mode go to settings, fleksy, force
> landspace.
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