Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
I have tried "On with Headings" but the information is still not very consistent, also the threshhold for change of direction seems to be very low so that headings are announced almost constantly with the slightest change.. I'll do some more testing and report back. Maybe I simply have to get us

Re: Bypassing Security question in App Store, is it possible?

2013-03-02 Thread Lisa belville
Well, the procedure has changed, then, because they want three separate questions when I use the iPhone to modify my ID. I can tell because I flicked to each question in the first list, answered one, and was then presented with a list of different questions, and the same thing happened when I

Re: A couple of apps that are fully VO compliant

2013-03-02 Thread Srikanth Kanuri
hi, i would try the calendar app. thanks for posting these. i have been looking for a good calender app. i am now using an app called due for schedules which is also voiceover compatible but would try this. Sent from my iPhone On 02-Mar-2013, at 5:43 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > HI, > > I have not

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Brett
Hi, Yes I agree, Apple maps does work quite well. My biggest annoyance with it, and the reason why I don't use it, is because it eats battery like nobody's business. It eats about 20% of my battery in 10 minutes. I get much better mileage out of other GPS apps such as Google maps Navigon and Bl

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Brett
Hi, I doubt whether you'll be disappointed, this is the only GPS app I use when on foot. It really does a great job. I would recommend this app to anybody. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 2:46 PM, "Andy Baracco" wrote: > Hard question to answer. I guess that depends on you

RE: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread Kliphton
I already have a google voice number, wish I had of known about this before I got the magic jack. Can you send and receive fax with this device? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MamaPeach Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:19

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Brett
Hi, The app itself is quite accessible, but it doesn't have very much in the way of public transport in my area, which is Melbourne Australia. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 4:27 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > That depends on what you require. It is now free, so try it if

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
That depends on what you require. It is now free, so try it if interested. It can be finicky in some ways, but I like it now because it accesses more info than any other app I've tried. The app description lists all the sources. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile:

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
If you Change tracking on to tracking with headings by double tapping the button again, VO reads the info consistently. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 17:39, Grant Hardy wrote: > The reasons I do not rely

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
But BlindSquare provides excellent monitoring (including crossed streets) in addition to POI discovery and allows you to save your own POIs and monitor them. It even has its own speech so can work in the background and while your device is locked. It's the best publically available app that I've en

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
My apologies, Chris. I misread his message. Yes, in terms of designing a blindness specific notetaker, Android would be the clear choice. Grant On 3/2/13, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > I think you're talking about whether APH will come out with an IOS app > or not, while I think Andy is talking

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
The reasons I do not rely on Apple Maps are twofold: firstly, I find that while tracking information can be spoken by VoiceOver automatically, it's somewhat inconsistent in comparison to other apps. An example of a publically available app which for me tracks more reliably is BlindSquare. I also ad

Re: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread MamaPeach
No, first you have to set up a Google Voice account which lets you either pick a number or it selects one for you. Then you hook up the OBI100 to your router, connect a phone into the OBI100, sign into the dashboard with your Google Voice user ID and password, then it does some calabraating or

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
I stand corrected. As of two months ago, what I said was true, so I had not bothered to use it since. I also had heard nothing about Apple having updated the map data. I just put in the same troublesome address and it came up with a good route on the first try. So, I will be giving Apple Maps a f

Re: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread Kliphton A M
what is the OBI 100, does it give you a free number or cereal number or something to forward calls too? On Mar 2, 2013, at 7:43 PM, "MamaPeach" wrote: > That is why I bought the OBI100. I ordered the device from Amazon, hooked it > up, signed in with my Google Voice account and I have a home ph

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Andy Baracco
How accessible is Localscope with Voiceover? Andy -Original Message- From: David Chittenden Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 7:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Blind square Well, Localscope uses Four-Square amongst other POI services. Click on the link in the message I

RE: Is there a note app that has really good speech to text

2013-03-02 Thread Neal Ewers
No, I had not gotten to that yet. I was not aware it was there. I'll check it out. Thanks. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subj

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Andy Baracco
The only issue that i have with it is that if you are using it while in a vehicle, it can't seem to keep up with you if you are going more than about 30 mph. On a city bus or walking, it probably would be fine. For all it does, it's well worth the money. Andy -Original Message- Fro

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
The Apple Maps data has been almost completely corrected since Apple's introduction of Apple Maps. Unless you have tried it recently, you are going on very old data. The errors were in the back-end, not on the iPhone, so Apple was able to fix, and continues to improve Apple Maps. Also, Apple Map

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Andy Baracco
Hard question to answer. I guess that depends on your expectations. Andy -Original Message- From: Jennie Facer Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Blind square I bought this app today. Am I going to be disappointed? Thank you so much! Jenn

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
Well, Localscope uses Four-Square amongst other POI services. Click on the link in the message I just sent to read about it. BlindSquare gives a more blind-friendly interface, but I use Localscope all the time now. It brings up the most POI I have seen from any app. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA

Re: Motion GPS app

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
MotionX GPS is not accessible. MotionX GPS Drive is accessible. You need to be careful about the one you get. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 14:48, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > I haven't downloaded it mys

Re: Net Flix App

2013-03-02 Thread Brett
Hi, In terms of accessibility, there is no change in the new update. Therefore you are safe to update if you wish. I am running the latest version here. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 3:51 AM, "Holly" wrote: > Hello, > > I must respectfully disagree with the statemen

Re: Is there a note app that has really good speech to text

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't use it much, but I see a dictate button on the virtual keyboard when I go into the Notes app. Are you saying that when you use this dictate option, the voice recognition isn't as good as when you use SIRI? On 02/03/13 20:30, Neal Ewers wrote: > Hi, I’ve gotten spoiled with Siri and how acc

Re: moving apps

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't have the problem where the apps and folders seem to move around on me while I'm moving an app or a folder. One thing I've found that helps me is to explore the screen to find out where the apps and folders I'll be moving are located before I start moving anything. Sounds like you might alre

RE: moving apps

2013-03-02 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
What sometimes seems to happen to me, and is confusing, is when I start moving an app, the empty space it leaves as I start moving the app causes all the other apps beyond that to shift one space closer to the top. At least that's what it seems to me. So, if I'm targeting an app or folder at ro

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think you're talking about whether APH will come out with an IOS app or not, while I think Andy is talking about why APH didn't build an IOS based braille note taker. Since Android is open source, they don't need to work out any licensing deals with anyone to use Android. This is why APH has come

RE: help with the inquizater audio game.

2013-03-02 Thread Tess
So, there isn't much interaction with the game? I mean something that forces you to do something, something that makes you use your reflexes, or something? You just walk around talking to people? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
David, This sounds cool. Can you give us a primer on how you use all these apps in an integrated way? Is it as simple as just opening them all and it somehow magically happens? Does all these apps working simultaneously, and presumably needing their own gps data, pose a significant battery dra

Re: Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
I don't think you'll be disappointed. I think it is fabulous and is the best publically-available app I have thus encountered in terms of providing realtime information. On 3/2/13, Jennie Facer wrote: > I bought this app today. Am I going to be disappointed? > > Thank you so much! > > Jenn > > Se

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
Here's hoping APH will reconsider their position on this (if indeed this is their position). I cannot imagine any technical restrictions imposed by Apple that would interfere with a blindness specific GPS offering. While there is surely a number of people with vision loss using Android, I would be

Re: moving apps

2013-03-02 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
Hi there. Thanks for the post on moving apps. I'll check out that podcast as well on that web site you mentioned as well as try what you mentioned. Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com sent from my IPhone On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Rebecca, First you have

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
Yes, I have used Apple Maps and there are areas where it is excellent, though no pedestrian turn-by-turn navigation. Then there are those areas where it is way off. >From my office to home it is spot on, and I have never had a GPS app that could recalculate so quickly. However, we were going to do

Blind square

2013-03-02 Thread Jennie Facer
I bought this app today. Am I going to be disappointed? Thank you so much! Jenn 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 pos

net flux again

2013-03-02 Thread denise avant
Hi all, I want to replay an episode of a tv show I was watching. but the app wants to continue playing the most current one. I have tried double tapping to highlight to replay the show I want but nothing happens. what can I do? this app may not be impossible, but its ease of use is probably a 2

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Mary Otten
The manual for the app is available on the Sendero site. And the app has not been released, nor has a price been announced. So all we know is what is in the available documentation, e.g. what are the map sources etc. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you

Re: help with the inquizater audio game.

2013-03-02 Thread paras shah
How do u interact with the inventory. Also, how do I saddle the horse. In the inventory, how do u put the saddle on the horse. On 3/2/13, BBS wrote: > Hi will. There really isn't any puzzles to solve. It's just basically > going around and talking to people and collecting various things. The > ch

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Mary Otten
Richard, Have you tried the apple maps? I've heard some people say that they have no issue with Apple maps. I guess it just depends on the luck of the draw, rather like Navigon and what it does with Portland. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are sub

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Michael Malver
If the price were $100 for three years, I'd buy it. If it were one year, I'd sadly have to forgo what would probably be a well-designed app. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 7:48

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, I remember such posts, but people are talking like they already know all about the app and how much it will cost and how it'll work and so on. Just seems like maybe we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves here. On 02/03/13 19:48, Richard Turner wrote: > If you missed my original post on this

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
If you missed my original post on this topic, 1. it has not been released and there is no projected date, it could be soon or it could be months yet. 2. Mike May stated at CSUN yesterday that the price would likely be around $100 and he wasn't sure if that would be for one year or up to three y

Re: Motion GPS app

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I haven't downloaded it myself, but it's been discussed on this list as being accessible with VO, and I believe it's also discussed on applevis.com. Have you checked out applevis.com yet or looked at the archive for this list? On 02/03/13 16:17, David Gross wrote: > Has anyone downloaded and use

Re: emoticons?

2013-03-02 Thread Sharon Ballantyne
Yes they are under keyboards. It has been awhile but I think under international keyboards. On my iPhone, it becomes a second keyboard option on the keyboard. I think someone told me the visual is a "world" keyboard. To select it go to the left of space button. It is a tap and hold to switch

Re: help with the inquizater audio game.

2013-03-02 Thread BBS
Hi will. There really isn't any puzzles to solve. It's just basically going around and talking to people and collecting various things. The character itself solves any complex puzzles. -- Shawn Sent from my White MacBook using SamNet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread MamaPeach
The Google Voice site is a real pain to use as far as changing settings. -Original Message- From: Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack Hi, what Google Voice portion are you

Re: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread MamaPeach
That is why I bought the OBI100. I ordered the device from Amazon, hooked it up, signed in with my Google Voice account and I have a home phone at no cost to me. I can with my Google Voice account forward calls to a different phone number if I go out too which is really great. People can call my

RE: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
Hi Raul, When I set up the Talkatone app, one of the steps was to log into your Google Voice account and set it to forward to Google Chat. I tried to find that with Window-Eyes and NVDA, but no luck. Finally, I gave up and had my wife look at it and use the mouse to get to the right place. That w

Re: "The Inquisitor Audiogame Adventure"

2013-03-02 Thread BBS
Hi Soren. If you say you've played the game multiple times, perhaps you can tell me what to do to make the guy examine the books in the secret library without burning them with the candle stick you're holding. Thanks. -- Shawn Sent from my White MacBook using SamNet -- You received this messag

Re: Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread Fred Olver
Hi all, Well, one thing that I found out is that you can't answer your googlevoice number it is only a transfer point. I bought an Ivo tech gadget to use with googlevoice thinking I'd hook my home phone to it and be able to answer the phone, not true. Luckily for me I had also set up my cell p

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Has the Sendero app been released yet or are we still just speculating on it's price and functionality? As with all of these discussions, everyone can obviously have an opinion, but each person needs to decide for themselves if the feature set is worth the price or not. Sure, you may get close to

Accessing Google Voice - Was Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, what Google Voice portion are you and Richard talking about? Perhaps I can give pointers. -- Raul A. Gallegos My mother + my father - condom = the most amazing human being alive. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/2/2013 10:46 AM, Fred Olver wrote: Yes, I agree, I

RE: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
Try turning the rotor very slowly. I had the words, characters, etc., the first try, then I just tapped the screen and it worked fine after that. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Saturday, March 02,

Re: Trouble setting up gmail on my iphone

2013-03-02 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi there. I can't remember why it was that I fo8und that using calendars from the exchange setup was better than from the normal gmail setup. It might have been the ability to use shared calendars. I knew I should have taken notes, . -- Raul A. Gallegos Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On

Re: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Cara, What a terrific idea! I am certain this will benefit a lot of new users of VoiceOver. I had a play with it and mostly it is fun and easy to get the hang of. I will say though that the second, combination lock game seems quite buggy at least on my particular iPhone 5. VoiceOver rarely anno

Re: changing subject-lines

2013-03-02 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, I couldn't agree more. I actually believe the mods have also stated this on several different occasions as well. On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:57 PM, "Nadia Mattiazzo" wrote: > Please please please can people change subjectlines to reflect the contents > of their messages? > > I'm sick and tired o

Re: TuneIn Radio Pro fixes accessibility

2013-03-02 Thread Martin Nelson
Unfortunately the alarm record areas is still lacking access the field for the hour in a minute cannot be read by voice over they have not fixed this after several updates Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2013, at 4:46 PM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: > Car mode works as well. So does the ability

Re: speaking of magic jack

2013-03-02 Thread MamaPeach
I loved Talkatone, but when I purchased the OBI100 to use with my Google Voice account in order to get free home phone service, it clashed with the Talkatone app, so I had to remove that app. I miss it a lot, but I prefer having totally free home telephone service, lol. From: Richard Turner Se

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Andy Baracco
Didn't Alva try this with their MPO, and we saw what happened to that. Andy -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN I think the background is that APH and

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Andy Baracco
Larry from APH has said that Apple does not afford the access to the guts of the OS that they require, and that Apple's business and marketing policies are too restrictive. Andy -Original Message- From: James Mannion Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.c

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
I wish the Apple Maps data was too be trusted here, but it isn't. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing E

changing subject-lines

2013-03-02 Thread Nadia Mattiazzo
Please please please can people change subjectlines to reflect the contents of their messages? I'm sick and tired of reading unrelated messages because their subjectlines have not been changed! Thank you Nadia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google G

RE: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hey Cara, What a great app. I already have two people I am working with who are at the beginner level. I'll get them to use this app. Looking forward to your new game. Ron & Danvers From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Satu

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Robert Fenton
Hello everybody: At the risk of offending some people, I offer a different perspective on the developer of the seeing eye app charging fees every year or every three years. If the developer went to a one time pricing model, it would have to price the app higher to recover its development costs

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
Which is why I have everything covered that the Seeing Eye app will be providing in a few apps. TomTom and Apple Maps gives me just about everything I need including names of streets I am passing, turn by turn directions, automatic routing and rerouting, with onboard maps (TomTom) or online maps

Re: iPhone 5/Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus Problem

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
Look at the headset's estimated talk time to know if it will work for the time required. A Bluetooth stereo headset will last long enough because it has a larger battery and is designed for continuous use. Unfortunately, unless you get one with a chord between the ear-cups, it will most likely b

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Keith Watson
John, Exactly. You bought a device, it had maps on it. You can now choose to upgrade or not to upgrade those maps on the device when they become available. If you do not choose to upgrade the device will continue to work the way it was sold to you. Now I buy a device, lets call it an iPhone. I

RE: Life proof case

2013-03-02 Thread Lois Butterfield
I wonder if there is an air bubble under your screen protector as well. Maybe it is just a matter of having someone take it off and put it back on without the air? I should think they'd be willing to do that for you in the store where you got your phone and case. Good luck, Lois -Original Me

RE: iPhone 5/Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus Problem

2013-03-02 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi David, Thanks for the information. The white noise idea sounds like a good solution. Typically, when I use my headset, it's for 2 to 4 hours at a time. I would think the headset batteries would last that long even with the white noise playing in the bakground. If not, then I'll have to sta

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
You can download the Google Maps app from the App Store. Google has had the Google Maps app since October. I found it to be less accessible than Apple Maps. APH went with Android because they were creating their new Braille Plus, and Apple does not allow iOS to be on devices other than the offic

RE: Tips for using the apple bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone

2013-03-02 Thread Neal Ewers
Extremely strange. How did you know it was a different language? Were you able to see the screen enough to tell? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 8:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ti

Re: iPhone 5/Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus Problem

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
This is normal behaviour, and how Bluetooth earpieces can last more than a few hours on a charge. You need to have the iPhone send a continuous signal to the earpiece in order to keep the channel open. Try playing a quiet sound track in the music player. You can find white noise MP3 tracks on th

Re: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Cara Quinn
thanks Wendy and Richard for your compliments and feedback on this! We're most definitely interested in feedback from teachers and the general public as well! So your impressions mean a lot to us! :) Keep them coming! I'm heading over to AppleVis right now to catch the review! Thanks again and

Re: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Wendy Alling
Applevis has a demo of this app and it is great! - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 4:40 PM Subject: RE: LookTel VO Tutorial I just stumbled upon it when looking for BreadCrumbs and as an instructor of iDev

Re: A couple of apps that are fully VO compliant

2013-03-02 Thread James Mannion
Hi Keith, Thanks for pointing out these apps. I had not heard of either of them before you mentioned them. I am sure I will go get the conditions app. I would consider the other one. On 3/1/13, Keith Watson wrote: > HI, > > I have not seen any chatter about these apps on the list so I thought I >

RE: LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
I just stumbled upon it when looking for BreadCrumbs and as an instructor of iDevices, I must say I am impressed. As a first start, it is excellent! I'm looking forward to the rest of the lessons/gestures and games. I'll be informing my clients and other teachers of this great tutorial. I'll

LookTel VO Tutorial

2013-03-02 Thread Cara Quinn
Well, since I haven't seen this one chatted about here on the list, here goes… LookTel has just released, this week, a free app called Voiceover Tutorial. (VO Tutorial) It is a basic tutorial app for new iPhone / iPod users (soon to be on iPad) which teaches all of the necessary gestures so a u

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Cara Quinn
No not beta testing. ;) I'm the developer. I work with LookTel. My apologies. I thought most here on the list knew so I don't tend to make a big deal of it. :) The reason you don't see Breadcrumbs on the App Store as yet is because LookTel is transitioning to non-profit status, after which we'

Re: emoticons?

2013-03-02 Thread Agent086b
On 03/03/2013, at 12:26 AM, "RobH!" wrote: > I read a thread about these, can't find them, not under keyboard for sure. > I checked the list and all were real countries. So where are they? or is > this a latest update thing. > > Thanks, RobH. > > -- > You received this message be

How do I set up an ftp account on my iPhone

2013-03-02 Thread Neal Ewers
Hi all, I am using Fire 2 recorder and am trying to send a file from my iPhone to my ftp server. This is one of the options in file sharing in that program. I put in my ftp site and clicked send only to be told that I had not set up an ftp account on my phone. Does anyone know how I go about doing

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
Cara, I see nothing by Looktel called Breadcrumbs in the app store. Are you beta testing? There are a few other breadcrumb apps. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:22 PM To

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Cara Quinn
Google has a public API which anyone can use on any platform to get map and location data. LookTel Breadcrumbs GPS uses this currently to retrieve nearest address, street and city / state info for a traveler's current GPS position. So the answer to your question is yes. Google Maps is available

Re: A couple of apps that are fully VO compliant

2013-03-02 Thread Brett
Hi, I agree with Keith on this one. I have purchased the app and am happy with my purchase. It's not an app you absolutely need, as the inbuilt calendar is fully accessible. However, the efficiency that this app provides is well worth it in my opinion. If you rely on the calendar a lot, as I do

Re: Trouble setting up gmail on my iphone

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I too use Exchange to manage my contacts, but I still enable my Google Calendar through my Gmail account. I still seem to be able to manage my Google Calendar this way and subscribe to other interesting calendars. Your post makes me think I'm missing something though. On 02/03/13 13:00, Raul A. Ga

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread john gallagher
hi there very interesting about the gps receiver. i think mike said the garmin glo one was difficult to get working for the braille note and the braille sense products. i agree about the costs again for us blind people we have to think about the cost of all this. -- You received this messa

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
There are more reasons to choose Android over IOS than just being an Android or Google fan boy. Accessibility is just one factor, although be it a significant one for blind users, when choosing a device. A blind person may choose a certain amount of inconvenience with regards to accessibility as a

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread erik burggraaf
I disagree, as a former mobile geo user having tested internal vs external receivers, I believe I personally would want a receiver for my phone, even if it had one built in. External receivers increase battery life accuracy and gps performance. Every inch of accuracy you can eak out of a GPS i

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Android also uses the Linux kernel so this makes sense. On 02/03/13 13:48, Richard Turner wrote: > I think the background is that APH and Levelstar joined forces to release > the Braille Plus several years ago based on the Linux platform. > Apparently, they reached the end of what they could do wi

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread john gallagher
hi richard i just put in a search for maps here in the uk on the apple store and it is amazing how many there are truly amazing also how many gps apps are there as well. as i said earlier at least we have the choice now. it will be very interesting to see how it all plans out. i did notice g

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
I think the background is that APH and Levelstar joined forces to release the Braille Plus several years ago based on the Linux platform. Apparently, they reached the end of what they could do with Linux and fell vastly short of what was promised for that machine. They chose then to recreate the d

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread James Mannion
Oh that explains it. Sounds like there is little to no chance that the APH option is coming to IOS then. On 3/2/13, David Chittenden wrote: > APH explained, in an interview last year, that they decided on Android > because it gives them the flexibility to develop their Braille Plus on the > platf

Re: Trouble setting up gmail on my iphone

2013-03-02 Thread Chris H
Does this still work as I thought it was discontinued for new setups after the 30th of January. Christopher Hallsworth On 02/03/2013 16:08, matthew Dyer wrote: Jed, Try setting up as an exchange account. I can work you through how to do this on skype if you wish. I find that contacts is

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread James Mannion
There is a population of blind Android usesers that swear by it and swear off Apple and accept inferior accessibility because their priority is google and the Android platform. I think there are still more blind Iphone users because better accessibility is a priority. So my point is that APH has a

iPhone 5/Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus Problem

2013-03-02 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi all, I'm using a Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus with my iPhone 5. The problem I'm having is that the headset seems to go into a sleep state when nothing is sent to it for a number of seconds. When this happens, I have to drag my finger around the display to get the headset working again. Usua

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
APH explained, in an interview last year, that they decided on Android because it gives them the flexibility to develop their Braille Plus on the platform; something which they could not get from Apple. They developed their GPS system for Braille Plus. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitt

RE: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Turner
Navigon updates are kind of free. You can opt to pay for more frequent map updates as I understand it. I don't like Navigon because here in Portland, OR, it thinks the city is Lake Jeanclia, which may explain why so many addresses don't show up. I've deleted the app and reinstalled it and it still

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
I am sticking with my iPhone. I use TomTom, Apple Maps, Local Scope (which nicely accesses and integrates multiple sources for POIs, listing, for example, all of the local bus stops in my city), Where To (though Local Scope has become my primary app for POIs), Navigon (I much prefer TomTom), iMo

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread john gallagher
hi there keith interesting but say on my sendero on the apex because the maps are actually on the machine even though they will not get updated they will still work and yes cost is important for blind people as we have to pay much more for our devices and of course the software. am i correct i

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread john gallagher
hi there well not sure how sensative the inbuilt receiver is i suppose it is like the treka breeze how good is it's gps receiver. hard to say really. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread Mary Otten
APH designed their app for the brailleplus 18, their blindness-oriented notetaker/phone that runs Android, and after that was on the market for a while, they released the app to the playstore. So it makes sense that they'd do that imho. The map data the Sendero app uses come from navteq, or you

Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN

2013-03-02 Thread David Chittenden
Actually, APH developed an entire Android braille phone device. the maps was just part of the device. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/03/2013, at 2:04, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: > What I'm really curious about is why A

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