Re: Apple looking to add character to text-to-speech voices

2012-10-18 Thread Rob Harris
Well, all screen readers are doing TTS, and the free windows one, NVDA, has various regional variations of English, not just us, Uk or Australia; but within the UK, there is Irish, Scottish, Brummy which is very west midland; and Lancashire; and they sound different for sure; amusing, bu

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I use Yelp and AroundMe fairly often, and foursquare's cool too. Going off on a tangent for a second, a lot of times when I'm out and about or visiting at friends' places I like to look for various restaurants and such, so it would be good if I could find a reliable app for obtaining rest

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Beverly
It is a very good app. What I like about it is when you find what you are looking for, you tap on details and you can use whatever navigation app to get there. Beverly I am using PC Backup to back up my computer. Try it for seven days at http://www.mypcbusiness.com/go/hunt5052 You will be

Apple looking to add character to text-to-speech voices

2012-10-18 Thread Traci
Interesting article. I've kind of wondered what a text to speech voice would sound like as if it was from Alabama or Boston. :) http://appleinsider.com.feedsportal.com/c/33975/f/616168/s/249d5633/l/0Lappleinsider0N0Carticles0C120C10A0C180Capple0Einvention0Egives0Echaracter0Eto0Etext0Eto0Espeech0

RE: iTunes Match how-to's.

2012-10-18 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Yes, you can delete all the tracks that have been matched, and iTunes will stream them from the cloud. You can actually set up a smart playlist that shows you all matched songs so you can then select all and delete. Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:vipho

Re: game sounds and voice over?

2012-10-18 Thread jeffry miller
both of the games i play do that. baby adopter and hanging with friends. i think it is an IOS 6 issue. -- Jeff -- 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.

RE: perkins mini

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Turner
Mary, I'm working very hard to get my hands on a demo unit. I will report to the list if I succeed. Later, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:01 AM To: viphone@googlegrou

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread David Chittenden
Yes they are similar. Yelp is interfaced with Siri and currently has a few more features. Unfortunately, Yelp doesn't work all over the world. Yelp currently works in the US and Canada. Around Me and Where To both work all over. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +

iTunes Match how-to's.

2012-10-18 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
Good evening Mac/Apple people, I recently subscribed to this service, and while I have a couple nuts and bolts questions, am curious as to how those of you who have also taken the plonge are finding it. My question is strictly this: Having had all my music matched, and uploaded, can I then dele

RE: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Jesus Garcia
Don't know about yelp never used it, but around me is a cool little app. And as David stated it seems to work just fine in much of the globe it works for the folks down under, glad about that a wonderful place Australia great people wonderful music and great beer. What is there not to like. -O

RE: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi. Is around me the same type of app as yelp? What are the differences if any? Just curious. Thanks. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:09 PM

RE: Adding links from a webpage to a folder on page 2 of home-screen

2012-10-18 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Shane, At the bottom of the screen in Safari, there is a utilities button. Here is where you can add to home screen. From here, you will have to move it to where you want it. Jenn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shane Cl

Re: battery life and i phone 4s using ios 6.0

2012-10-18 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
Nope thankfully I don't have the email set that way to use push. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: www.facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VI

Re: voice brief Re: Facebook Apps and status report.

2012-10-18 Thread Carla Savage
Hi Donna, When Voice Brief starts playing, stop it and then put your finger just above the home button and slide it up a little. You will then see a button which has DN and the word Arrow. That's the settings button. Double tap and you'll be back in the settings screen. Hope this helps, Cokes.

Re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, based on the tech specs of both iPhone 4S and 5, the results for OCR apps won't be much different. -- Raul A. Gallegos "The greatest thing about Twitter, is that you can quote anything and totally make up the source." - Abraham Lincoln Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://tw

interesting apple pattent

2012-10-18 Thread paras shah
Please read below. Verry cool. An Apple patent application discovered on Thursday outlines an invention that uses metadata from emails, texts and other communications to determine how a synthesized voice sounds in a text-to-speech (TTS) system. Source: USPTO The filing, titled "Voice assignme

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Adding links from a webpage to a folder on page 2 of home-screen

2012-10-18 Thread Shane Clark
Hi, The subject-line says it all. Can this be done? And if so, how? Sent from my iPhone -- 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 gro

perkins mini

2012-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
I have seen the post here and on apple vis about this display. The individual didn't like the recessed display and location of space keys. I'm intrigued by the idea of so much power for so relatively little money, i.e. this has extra features that I think I would find really useful. I'd love to

re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, well, I have never got any useful results with prismo. The reason I go for text detective is because of course it repeatedly scans til it finds text. Prismo is just so fiddly to use, and its extremely frustrating to snap a photo with it, then find out its unusable, and then to have to t

Re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread David Chittenden
Well, here in NZ, pages are usually a4 which is 9 x 12, I think. I go slightly toward the top of the page. If necessary, I do another scan in the lower 3rd, but if that's the case, I usually run Prizmo. I find Prizmo has better OCR. Text Detective gives me the general overview quicker. David Ch

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Last summer I used AroundMe to book a hotel reservation while we were driving, and it worked beautifully. We got one of the last rooms in town, as it turned out. So yes, it's a wonderful app. Best, Woody On Oct 18, 2012, at 7:03 AM, Rob Harris wrote: > Ok ok, this is a gem. Been poki

RE: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Turner
Are we talking about an i.5 by 11 sheet and you are getting the entire page? I've never gotten more than a half a page and that seldom. I don't have particularly long arms, but I will try that approach. I'm guessing you are about 16 to 18 inches above the page? Holding the phone landscape, is it ov

Re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread David Chittenden
I find, with Text Detective, if I place my elbows on either side of the paper and have my arms go straight up, I hold my iPhone in landscape orientation at the top. This gives me a good image. I have fairly long arms. With Prizmo, I start with the iPhone flat on the page and raise up slowly unti

Re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread David Chittenden
Yes, OCR depends on how clear the image is. I regularly have excellent success with both Text Detective and Prizmo. I find that Prizmo has more accurate OCR when a clear image is taken, but Text Detective is easier to get an image initially. Compared with my iPhone 4, both apps work better on my

Re: Looking for an RSS Reader with a Specific Feature

2012-10-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Which RSS reader are you referring to? I don't see the message/thread you're replying to. On 18/10/12 04:47, Musiclady wrote: > I use this rss reader daily. It is synced to my google reader account. > You can add feeds by using the pluss buton on the right of the screen > and then typing key wor

RE: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Thom
Hi Alex, I have a 4S, and the camera is the same is on the 5, as far as megapixels. I've come to like Say Text. The way I use it is to place the paper in front of me. I put the camera in the very center of the paper, lift straight up with two hands. There is an auto take feature that will prompt y

RE: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Turner
Alex, I don't have the iPhone 5 yet, but on the 4S I can only get small portions of text with Text Detective. Prizmo is the only OCR app I can get reliable results with. I've continued to try, DocScanner, SayText, Text Grabber, Text4u (not sure on the spelling of that one) and Prizmo and Prizmo w

RE: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Alex, I have an iPhone 4S, but I can tell you that I doubt there will be any change in how accurate OCR will be. The camera of the iPhone 5 is the same as in the 4S except that they put a slightly better lens cover over it and did a few things on the software end which make it a bit better. Low

Re: voice-activated camera app for Iphone, Ipad and more.

2012-10-18 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks for this will try it. Kawal. On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Thom wrote: > Hi there, I'm not Kawal, but when I was sighted, I was a professional > photographer. > To get a subject in the picture, you want it to be at a 90 degree angle from > the face of the camera or phone. > Hold the phone

question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I am planning to get the iPhone 5, as I have had the chance of a very good deal on the phone. I am just wondering, has anyone tried any of the OCR apps on the 5? in particular I am interested in text detective, but observations on the performance of other apps would be interesting to

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Rob Harris
Ok ok, this is a gem. Been poking around my locality and various others I remember the UK post codes for. Fascinating, will go nosey around places over the waters next. So yes, highly recommended. RobH. - Original Message - From: "Jesus Garcia" To: Sent: Thursday, October 18, 201

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Rob Harris
Ok ok, this is a gem. Been poking around my locality and various others I remember the UK post codes for. Fascinating, will go nosey around places over the waters next. So yes, highly recommended. RobH. - Original Message - From: "Jesus Garcia" To: Sent: Thursday, October 18, 201

Re: game sounds and voice over?

2012-10-18 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
Hey Scott, Consider it done. The FaceTime issue was actually the first thing I noticed cutting out, and I've been in dialogues with support both via email, and the phone since. Noticed it the morning after IOS6's release; the audio cutting out in games/other apps which use audio was noticed lat

RE: Looking for an RSS Reader with a Specific Feature

2012-10-18 Thread Musiclady
I use this rss reader daily. It is synced to my google reader account. You can add feeds by using the pluss buton on the right of the screen and then typing key words on the url of the feed. It's also great, because I tell it I want to read the full text of an article. Also, you can download

Re: game sounds and voice over?

2012-10-18 Thread Scott Howell
I got a response from APple and the issue has been referred to Engineering. There is speculation as to the issue, but if you can, update APple about your experience with FaceTime as well. This may provide another area for them to investigate. Thanks On Oct 17, 2012, at 8:38 PM, ShamelessFanGir

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2012-10-18 Thread Robert Doc Wright
I discovered what was wrong though I'm still puzzled. Somehow my log in was cleared and I had to log in again. *** character is found in how you treat people who can't do anything for you. web page http://www.wrighthere.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone

RE: problems activating my apple id

2012-10-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Donald, Often when you have a picker item like choosing the country in your case you double tap on the control. It appears like nothing is changing as you said, but in fact you may find a list of countries elsewhere on the screen, usually below the picker item. I suggest you give it another try