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Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-08 Thread lenron brown

That was a really good read.

On 4/7/18, Arlene  wrote:
> Thank you, Richard. It sounds confusing but we'll try it.
>   - Original Message -
>   From: Richard Turner
>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2018 8:37 PM
>   Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it
> has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,
>
>
>
>
>   Hi,
>   If you want to select all, I used the rotor Text Selection, which is an
> Apple thing, not a Writer feature. You have to enable it in the VoiceOver
> Rotor Settings.
>   But, in Writer, there is a button to use for selecting smaller chunks, but
> it is kind of complicated to explain right now.
>   If you do not have Text Selection on your rotor, I would recommend going
> in the settings for Rotor and enabling it by double tapping on it so it says
> "selected."
>   HTH,
>   Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>   “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world
> quieter.”
>
>   - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1
>
>
>   On Apr 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Arlene  wrote:
>
>
> Richard, where's text selection and writer? Thanks.
>   - Original Message -
>   From: Richard Turner
>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 7:23 PM
>   Subject: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it
> has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,
>
>
>
>
>   Greetings,
>   I decided to use text selection and select all before VoiceOver locked
> up, then copy and paste Mark's message into Writer, then it read well.
>   So, I copied it back out of Writer and am pasting it below. Hopefully,
> whatever was causing the problem is gone.
>   Here is Mark's entire message:
>   Hello Everyone,
>
>
>   I am posting the following article because it references an iOS app.
>
>
>   Mark
>
>
>   A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has
> changed my
>   life
>   by Jonathan Mosen, Posted on 03/04/2018
>
>
>   Introduction
>   Recently, I was pleased to attend the CSUN assistive technology
> conference.
>   I've had the privilege of going to 10 of these before, but it has been
> a few
>   years since I was there last.
>   When you're involved with an industry, you tend to watch developments
> so
>   closely that changes usually seem incremental. But occasionally,
> something
>   new comes along that is so game changing, it stops you in your tracks.
> For
>   me, San Diego-based Aira is one such technology. I am late to this
> party.
>   Aira has been rolling out for some time in the United States. And
> indeed, we
>   covered Aira in an edition of The Blind Side Podcast last year. But
> since
>   mentioning my Aira experience to people via outlet such as my Internet
> radio
>   show, The Mosen Explosion, I've learned that not everyone yet fully
>   understands what the service is or how it works. For those not
> familiar with
>   Aira, or who would like to read someone else's impressions of it, read
> on.
>   What is Aira
>   According to the company's website,
>   Aira is today's fastest growing assistive community. One tap of a
> button
>   instantly connects you with a sighted professional agent who delivers
> visual
>   assistance anytime and anywhere.
>   Here's what that means in practice. At present, Aira is a smart phone
> app,
>   available for iOS and Android. Since Aira is a service for blind
> people,
>   it's no surprise that the app is exemplary in terms of its
> accessibility.
>   And in iOS, it even sports Siri integration.
>   Using the app, you can connect via video, much like a FaceTime call,
> with
>   agents who can provide you with visual information. Audio quality is
>   excellent, far clearer than a standard cell phone connection.
> Essentially,
>   an Aira agent can tell you anything at all that a pair of functioning
> eyes
>   can see, plus perform a range of tasks pertaining to that
> information.
>   You can acquire the visual information using your smart phone's
> camera, or,
>   when you become a subscriber to the Aira service (Aira calls its
> customers
>   "explorers") you receive a pair of smart glasses. These are included
> as part
>   of your subscription, so there's no hardware cost upfront.
>   The service is available officially in the United States at present,
> where
>   Aira has an arrangement with AT Aira explorers receive an AT
> MiFi
>   device, allowing them to use the service on the go without the data
> consumed
>   by the video connection eating up a customer's own cellular plan. If
> you
>   have a cellular plan equipped with the personal hotspot feature, you
> are
>   free to pair your Aira glasses with your phone using that method. For
> those
>   with

Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-07 Thread Arlene

Thank you, Richard. It sounds confusing but we'll try it.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2018 8:37 PM
  Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

  Hi, 
  If you want to select all, I used the rotor Text Selection, which is an Apple 
thing, not a Writer feature. You have to enable it in the VoiceOver Rotor 
Settings.
  But, in Writer, there is a button to use for selecting smaller chunks, but it 
is kind of complicated to explain right now.
  If you do not have Text Selection on your rotor, I would recommend going in 
the settings for Rotor and enabling it by double tapping on it so it says 
"selected."
  HTH,
  Richard

  “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” 

  - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1

  On Apr 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Arlene  wrote:

Richard, where's text selection and writer? Thanks.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 7:23 PM
  Subject: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

  Greetings,
  I decided to use text selection and select all before VoiceOver locked 
up, then copy and paste Mark's message into Writer, then it read well.
  So, I copied it back out of Writer and am pasting it below. Hopefully, 
whatever was causing the problem is gone.
  Here is Mark's entire message:
  Hello Everyone,  

  I am posting the following article because it references an iOS app.

  Mark

  A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my
  life
  by Jonathan Mosen, Posted on 03/04/2018

  Introduction
  Recently, I was pleased to attend the CSUN assistive technology 
conference.
  I've had the privilege of going to 10 of these before, but it has been a 
few
  years since I was there last.
  When you're involved with an industry, you tend to watch developments so
  closely that changes usually seem incremental. But occasionally, something
  new comes along that is so game changing, it stops you in your tracks. For
  me, San Diego-based Aira is one such technology. I am late to this party.
  Aira has been rolling out for some time in the United States. And indeed, 
we
  covered Aira in an edition of The Blind Side Podcast last year. But since
  mentioning my Aira experience to people via outlet such as my Internet 
radio
  show, The Mosen Explosion, I've learned that not everyone yet fully
  understands what the service is or how it works. For those not familiar 
with
  Aira, or who would like to read someone else's impressions of it, read on.
  What is Aira
  According to the company's website,
  Aira is today's fastest growing assistive community. One tap of a button
  instantly connects you with a sighted professional agent who delivers 
visual
  assistance anytime and anywhere.
  Here's what that means in practice. At present, Aira is a smart phone app,
  available for iOS and Android. Since Aira is a service for blind people,
  it's no surprise that the app is exemplary in terms of its accessibility.
  And in iOS, it even sports Siri integration.
  Using the app, you can connect via video, much like a FaceTime call, with
  agents who can provide you with visual information. Audio quality is
  excellent, far clearer than a standard cell phone connection. Essentially,
  an Aira agent can tell you anything at all that a pair of functioning eyes
  can see, plus perform a range of tasks pertaining to that information.
  You can acquire the visual information using your smart phone's camera, 
or,
  when you become a subscriber to the Aira service (Aira calls its customers
  "explorers") you receive a pair of smart glasses. These are included as 
part
  of your subscription, so there's no hardware cost upfront.
  The service is available officially in the United States at present, where
  Aira has an arrangement with AT Aira explorers receive an AT MiFi
  device, allowing them to use the service on the go without the data 
consumed
  by the video connection eating up a customer's own cellular plan. If you
  have a cellular plan equipped with the personal hotspot feature, you are
  free to pair your Aira glasses with your phone using that method. For 
those
  with large data plans, this may be attractive because there is one less
  device to keep track of, carry, and charge. The downside, other than the
  data consumption, is that a video connection to Aira for a long time may
  cause significant battery drain on your smart phone.
  When you're at

Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-07 Thread Richard Turner


Hi,
If you want to select all, I used the rotor Text Selection, which is an Apple 
thing, not a Writer feature. You have to enable it in the VoiceOver Rotor 
Settings.
But, in Writer, there is a button to use for selecting smaller chunks, but it 
is kind of complicated to explain right now.
If you do not have Text Selection on your rotor, I would recommend going in the 
settings for Rotor and enabling it by double tapping on it so it says 
"selected."
HTH,
Richard




“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”

- Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1

On Apr 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Arlene 
> wrote:

Richard, where's text selection and writer? Thanks.
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 7:23 PM
Subject: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,


Greetings,
I decided to use text selection and select all before VoiceOver locked up, then 
copy and paste Mark's message into Writer, then it read well.
So, I copied it back out of Writer and am pasting it below. Hopefully, whatever 
was causing the problem is gone.
Here is Mark's entire message:
Hello Everyone,

I am posting the following article because it references an iOS app.

Mark

A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my
life
by Jonathan Mosen, Posted on 03/04/2018

Introduction
Recently, I was pleased to attend the CSUN assistive technology conference.
I've had the privilege of going to 10 of these before, but it has been a few
years since I was there last.
When you're involved with an industry, you tend to watch developments so
closely that changes usually seem incremental. But occasionally, something
new comes along that is so game changing, it stops you in your tracks. For
me, San Diego-based Aira is one such technology. I am late to this party.
Aira has been rolling out for some time in the United States. And indeed, we
covered Aira in an edition of The Blind Side Podcast last year. But since
mentioning my Aira experience to people via outlet such as my Internet radio
show, The Mosen Explosion, I've learned that not everyone yet fully
understands what the service is or how it works. For those not familiar with
Aira, or who would like to read someone else's impressions of it, read on.
What is Aira
According to the company's website,
Aira is today's fastest growing assistive community. One tap of a button
instantly connects you with a sighted professional agent who delivers visual
assistance anytime and anywhere.
Here's what that means in practice. At present, Aira is a smart phone app,
available for iOS and Android. Since Aira is a service for blind people,
it's no surprise that the app is exemplary in terms of its accessibility.
And in iOS, it even sports Siri integration.
Using the app, you can connect via video, much like a FaceTime call, with
agents who can provide you with visual information. Audio quality is
excellent, far clearer than a standard cell phone connection. Essentially,
an Aira agent can tell you anything at all that a pair of functioning eyes
can see, plus perform a range of tasks pertaining to that information.
You can acquire the visual information using your smart phone's camera, or,
when you become a subscriber to the Aira service (Aira calls its customers
"explorers") you receive a pair of smart glasses. These are included as part
of your subscription, so there's no hardware cost upfront.
The service is available officially in the United States at present, where
Aira has an arrangement with AT Aira explorers receive an AT MiFi
device, allowing them to use the service on the go without the data consumed
by the video connection eating up a customer's own cellular plan. If you
have a cellular plan equipped with the personal hotspot feature, you are
free to pair your Aira glasses with your phone using that method. For those
with large data plans, this may be attractive because there is one less
device to keep track of, carry, and charge. The downside, other than the
data consumption, is that a video connection to Aira for a long time may
cause significant battery drain on your smart phone.
When you're at home, work, or anywhere that Wi-Fi is available that doesn't
require web-based authentication, you can pair your Aira glasses to that
network. As far as I have been able to ascertain, 5 GHZ Wi-Fi isn't
supported at present.
Because of the need for high quality video, the glasses pair via Wi-Fi, and
not Bluetooth. The glasses are associated with your Aira account. This is
useful if, like in Bonnie's and my house, you're sharing your minutes as a
couple. More on that later.
The upshot of all of this is that for 18 hours of every day, professional,
well-trained sighted assistance is just a

Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-07 Thread Arlene

Richard, where's text selection and writer? Thanks.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 7:23 PM
  Subject: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

  Greetings,
  I decided to use text selection and select all before VoiceOver locked up, 
then copy and paste Mark's message into Writer, then it read well.
  So, I copied it back out of Writer and am pasting it below. Hopefully, 
whatever was causing the problem is gone.
  Here is Mark's entire message:
  Hello Everyone,  

  I am posting the following article because it references an iOS app.

  Mark

  A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my
  life
  by Jonathan Mosen, Posted on 03/04/2018

  Introduction
  Recently, I was pleased to attend the CSUN assistive technology conference.
  I've had the privilege of going to 10 of these before, but it has been a few
  years since I was there last.
  When you're involved with an industry, you tend to watch developments so
  closely that changes usually seem incremental. But occasionally, something
  new comes along that is so game changing, it stops you in your tracks. For
  me, San Diego-based Aira is one such technology. I am late to this party.
  Aira has been rolling out for some time in the United States. And indeed, we
  covered Aira in an edition of The Blind Side Podcast last year. But since
  mentioning my Aira experience to people via outlet such as my Internet radio
  show, The Mosen Explosion, I've learned that not everyone yet fully
  understands what the service is or how it works. For those not familiar with
  Aira, or who would like to read someone else's impressions of it, read on.
  What is Aira
  According to the company's website,
  Aira is today's fastest growing assistive community. One tap of a button
  instantly connects you with a sighted professional agent who delivers visual
  assistance anytime and anywhere.
  Here's what that means in practice. At present, Aira is a smart phone app,
  available for iOS and Android. Since Aira is a service for blind people,
  it's no surprise that the app is exemplary in terms of its accessibility.
  And in iOS, it even sports Siri integration.
  Using the app, you can connect via video, much like a FaceTime call, with
  agents who can provide you with visual information. Audio quality is
  excellent, far clearer than a standard cell phone connection. Essentially,
  an Aira agent can tell you anything at all that a pair of functioning eyes
  can see, plus perform a range of tasks pertaining to that information.
  You can acquire the visual information using your smart phone's camera, or,
  when you become a subscriber to the Aira service (Aira calls its customers
  "explorers") you receive a pair of smart glasses. These are included as part
  of your subscription, so there's no hardware cost upfront.
  The service is available officially in the United States at present, where
  Aira has an arrangement with AT Aira explorers receive an AT MiFi
  device, allowing them to use the service on the go without the data consumed
  by the video connection eating up a customer's own cellular plan. If you
  have a cellular plan equipped with the personal hotspot feature, you are
  free to pair your Aira glasses with your phone using that method. For those
  with large data plans, this may be attractive because there is one less
  device to keep track of, carry, and charge. The downside, other than the
  data consumption, is that a video connection to Aira for a long time may
  cause significant battery drain on your smart phone.
  When you're at home, work, or anywhere that Wi-Fi is available that doesn't
  require web-based authentication, you can pair your Aira glasses to that
  network. As far as I have been able to ascertain, 5 GHZ Wi-Fi isn't
  supported at present.
  Because of the need for high quality video, the glasses pair via Wi-Fi, and
  not Bluetooth. The glasses are associated with your Aira account. This is
  useful if, like in Bonnie's and my house, you're sharing your minutes as a
  couple. More on that later.
  The upshot of all of this is that for 18 hours of every day, professional,
  well-trained sighted assistance is just a few taps or a Siri command away.
  Describing it like this makes it sound kind of cool. But I want to explain
  the impact that Aira has had on our lives in the brief time we have had it,
  to illustrate that, at least for some of us, this technology is more than
  just pretty cool, it's life-changing.
  My first Aira experience
  If you've been reading this blog or listening to The Blind Side Podcast over
  the years, you will know that in recent times I have come out as having a
  hearing impairment. I love going to these big conferences because I get to
  catch up with old friends and make new ones, as well as see the latest and
  greatest

RE: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-06 Thread Fazil M.

I am reading it just fine on my desktop that has Windows7-Basic.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Andy Baracco
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 6:09 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

You can find it on the Mozen Consulting web site.

Andy

- Original Message -
From: "Richard Turner" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,


>
> Well, that did not seem to work.
> Perhaps just googling for it and reading it online?
> Richard
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2018-04-06 Thread Richard Turner

Direct link here:
http://mosen.org/aira/

Richard



“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” 
- Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Andy 
Baracco
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 6:09 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

You can find it on the Mozen Consulting web site.

Andy

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To: 
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,


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Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-06 Thread Andy Baracco

You can find it on the Mozen Consulting web site.

Andy

- Original Message - 
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To: 
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Subject: Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has 
changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

Well, that did not seem to work.
Perhaps just googling for it and reading it online?
Richard

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Re: A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-06 Thread Richard Turner


Well, that did not seem to work.
Perhaps just googling for it and reading it online?
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A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my life by Jonathan Mosen,

2018-04-06 Thread Richard Turner


Greetings,
I decided to use text selection and select all before VoiceOver locked up, then 
copy and paste Mark's message into Writer, then it read well.
So, I copied it back out of Writer and am pasting it below. Hopefully, whatever 
was causing the problem is gone.
Here is Mark's entire message:
Hello Everyone,

I am posting the following article because it references an iOS app.

Mark

A review of Aira. What it is, how it works, and the ways it has changed my
life
by Jonathan Mosen, Posted on 03/04/2018

Introduction
Recently, I was pleased to attend the CSUN assistive technology conference.
I've had the privilege of going to 10 of these before, but it has been a few
years since I was there last.
When you're involved with an industry, you tend to watch developments so
closely that changes usually seem incremental. But occasionally, something
new comes along that is so game changing, it stops you in your tracks. For
me, San Diego-based Aira is one such technology. I am late to this party.
Aira has been rolling out for some time in the United States. And indeed, we
covered Aira in an edition of The Blind Side Podcast last year. But since
mentioning my Aira experience to people via outlet such as my Internet radio
show, The Mosen Explosion, I've learned that not everyone yet fully
understands what the service is or how it works. For those not familiar with
Aira, or who would like to read someone else's impressions of it, read on.
What is Aira
According to the company's website,
Aira is today's fastest growing assistive community. One tap of a button
instantly connects you with a sighted professional agent who delivers visual
assistance anytime and anywhere.
Here's what that means in practice. At present, Aira is a smart phone app,
available for iOS and Android. Since Aira is a service for blind people,
it's no surprise that the app is exemplary in terms of its accessibility.
And in iOS, it even sports Siri integration.
Using the app, you can connect via video, much like a FaceTime call, with
agents who can provide you with visual information. Audio quality is
excellent, far clearer than a standard cell phone connection. Essentially,
an Aira agent can tell you anything at all that a pair of functioning eyes
can see, plus perform a range of tasks pertaining to that information.
You can acquire the visual information using your smart phone's camera, or,
when you become a subscriber to the Aira service (Aira calls its customers
"explorers") you receive a pair of smart glasses. These are included as part
of your subscription, so there's no hardware cost upfront.
The service is available officially in the United States at present, where
Aira has an arrangement with AT Aira explorers receive an AT MiFi
device, allowing them to use the service on the go without the data consumed
by the video connection eating up a customer's own cellular plan. If you
have a cellular plan equipped with the personal hotspot feature, you are
free to pair your Aira glasses with your phone using that method. For those
with large data plans, this may be attractive because there is one less
device to keep track of, carry, and charge. The downside, other than the
data consumption, is that a video connection to Aira for a long time may
cause significant battery drain on your smart phone.
When you're at home, work, or anywhere that Wi-Fi is available that doesn't
require web-based authentication, you can pair your Aira glasses to that
network. As far as I have been able to ascertain, 5 GHZ Wi-Fi isn't
supported at present.
Because of the need for high quality video, the glasses pair via Wi-Fi, and
not Bluetooth. The glasses are associated with your Aira account. This is
useful if, like in Bonnie's and my house, you're sharing your minutes as a
couple. More on that later.
The upshot of all of this is that for 18 hours of every day, professional,
well-trained sighted assistance is just a few taps or a Siri command away.
Describing it like this makes it sound kind of cool. But I want to explain
the impact that Aira has had on our lives in the brief time we have had it,
to illustrate that, at least for some of us, this technology is more than
just pretty cool, it's life-changing.
My first Aira experience
If you've been reading this blog or listening to The Blind Side Podcast over
the years, you will know that in recent times I have come out as having a
hearing impairment. I love going to these big conferences because I get to
catch up with old friends and make new ones, as well as see the latest and
greatest technology. I hate going to these big conferences because often, I
find myself in difficult audio environments. It can be very noisy. Hotel
lobbies and restaurants are often exceedingly crowded, with high ceilings
causing noise to bounce everywhere. The environment is difficult and tiring,
but I keep going and doing the best I can, because the alternative is to sit
at home and rust away, and I'm certainly not going to do that.
One smart

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