Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Mark, Glad I made you laugh. I have told many people that and some even agree with me. Take care and keep laughing. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com Till we speak again, may the warm winds of Heaven blow softly upon your house, may the great spirit bless all who enter there, may your

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Amen, Michael, Amen! Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Feir Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 11:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe It depends on the book. There

RE: Not All Apple Stores are Created Equally (Smile)

Hello Kelly, Wow! That is a wonderful testimony. I wish I had been there with you. Thank you for sharing it with us. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:46 AM To:

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Kay, I cannot stop laughing at your comment. Wow but you did make my day. Thank you so much. Still smiling, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 1:59 AM To:

Re: WayAround app and identification/labelling system

I have WayAround and like it very much. So first, the labels are affixed to buttons or clips or they're stickers. If you were using the button, you'd attach it at the back of your shirt at the collar most likely. They have two buttons, one that can be pinned and another than is better sewn in. The

Re: Audio Description

I have XFinity in Portland, Oregon and have had no issues with CBS, the Big Bang Theory and description. It also works on the Stream app. So, it must be the local channel that turned something off. Have you tried the XFinity Accessibility phone number to see if they could assist in educating

RE: WayAround app and identification/labelling system

I was more curious about just a bit of real-world experience, for example, if somebody has this system, how fast does it recognize stuff, do you hold up your iPhone and it’s virtually instantaneous as in it starts reading the tag in a second or less etc. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

RE: WayAround app and identification/labelling system

I have wanted to try this, but I’m still on an iPhone 6S, so my phone does not have whatever the name is for the near field sensor that would allow me to just hold the phone up to the tags. There are a number of podcasts and videos on the product and I get the sense that you could contact the

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I am often indifferent, , but I do find human narration especially valuable in books where the time period or character switches each chapter. Synthesizers just don't pause well enough for me to pick up that there is a shift. Books just as "Girl on the Train" and "All the Light We Cannot See"

RE: Connected induction cook stoves

Thanks for the link, but it says in the description “Enjoy the comfort of Analog-Knobs combined with the advanced technology of digital touch display”. I went to a Best Buy in Vancouver last Friday and anything I looked at either had only a touch screen/display or a combination of knobs and

Re: Updated lyft App

Andy, I used lyft today and did not have any access issues. I have not knowingly updated ap, so, not sure if I was using the latest version or an older one. What is the latest version? From: Andy Baracco Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Updated

Re: WayAround app and identification/labelling system

I have not used it. But, recall thinking the labeling buttons or tags were rather costly. From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: WayAround app and identification/labelling system Hi, I received an email newsletter from AT Guys

Re: Connected induction cook stoves

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-30-induction-cooktop-stainless-steel/5581713.p?skuId=5581713 Appears to have dials, I've never encountered the unit in person, so I have no idea if it's suitable but if you can find one locally, it might be worth playing with. Keith Bierman khb...@gmail.com

Connected induction cook stoves

Hi, I am curious if anybody has lately been shopping or even purchased an induction range. I would like to replace my 22-year old stove and really would like an induction cook top, but it seems to be almost impossible to find something with analogue dials and maybe buttons, everything I have

RE: Audio Description

Hi Kevin, Thank you for your message. I also live in GA but I am not in Atlanta but we both get our CBS from the same affiliate so I think that I will try and reach out to them to see if I can get them to understand that this is not acceptable. You said that this began happening for you

RE: Audio Description

I’m in the Kalamazoo MI area. My area wasn’t in the initial markets required until they expanded that to the top 50 markets and started requiring the TTS on the boxes, think that was Dec. of 2016, so maybe I just got lucky that the problems I had was when they first were requiring things in my

RE: Updated lyft App

Hi Sieghard and List: Actually, this was an accessibility issue in the app with voiceover. I restarted my phone and uninstalled and reinstalled, and it didn’t work. Lyft has since ddropped an update in the app store and in the description it mentions accessibility fix for voiceover. I updated

WayAround app and identification/labelling system

Hi, I received an email newsletter from AT Guys today and this labelling system was mentioned. Has anybody used it? I am curious as to how large the buttons are they mention and whether they can be used to replace say a regular shirt button. Braille labels are still the best for some things

Re: Audio Description

Hello, I am also actually having that same issue. However, I have Comcast. It actually started happening two weeks ago, and this is something that has happened with my CBS local affiliate in the past, but it has been a long time since it has happened. Also, when it has happened before, it did

RE: Updated lyft App

Just as a suggestion, did you close all apps and did a restart of your phone after updating the app? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Updated lyft App I am a frequent lyft rider. This morning

Updated lyft App

I am a frequent lyft rider. This morning I received an Email from another list saying that yesterday's update to the app created an accessibility glitch in that the "Request a Ride" button no longer worked with Voiceover turned on. later today we took a lyft Ride. There was no issue with that

RE: Audio Description

I would check with your local CBS affiliate to make sure they are sending the secondary audio back to Dish. I have had issues off and on over the years and have had to work directly with the local channels as for network programming they are the ones. My local CBS channel had a ton of static

Audio Description

Hello, I know that this list is for iOS related topics but tonight I am very frustrated with a service that I am hoping that some of you on the list might be able to assist me with. My wife and I are huge fans of The Big Bang Theory and up until recently we have been able to enjoy the show

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I still prefer human narration where novels are concerned but if I'm reading a nonfiction book where names are critical or a book on computers, computer applications, or some form of technology, It is hard to beat Bookshare narrated by the TTS voice of my choice in Voice Dream Reader. Alan

RE: voicemail question

And when you want to get to the Clear All button, flick to the right, or at least that is what has worked for me. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 1:56

RE: What do I do to get my weather local instead of New York?

I guess I asked her for both Privacy and Location, should have just asked for one, but finally got it. I will remember that it is pretty far down in Settings. All is well, which explains why it was easy to reset the weather location, once yall told me about going down to the bottom right of the

RE: What do I do to get my weather local instead of New York?

Thanks, Karen. I had forgotten it was that far down. All is well. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 1:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I’m more inclined to listen to a nonfiction book with TTTS and fiction stuff where there’s a human narrator. Spanish language is really hard to get in audiobook format, so there’s not much of a choice there. Mainly a VoiceDreamReader user and while I’ve got a few paid tts voices downloaded, I

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

It depends on the book. There ar definitely times when I prefer a human narrator. However, especially when I want to use a book as a reference rather than just listn to it for enjoyment, having the Kindle or other ebook format is priceless. I have over 1800 Kindle books and even more in epub, pdf

Re: voicemail question

Hi Janet, It only appears if you have deleted voicemail messages and have not cleared them from the dEleted Voicemail section. Best, Anna > On Apr 16, 2019, at 12:48 PM, Janet Bell wrote: > > HI Anna, I have looked in voicemail and I don't see any mention of any > deleted messages

Re: voicemail question

HI Anna, I have looked in voicemail and I don't see any mention of any deleted messages anywhere is this available on any iPhone? Janet -Original Message- From: Anna Dresner Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:04 PM To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: voicemail question Hi Anthony,

RE: voicemail question

Thanks for the info anna. Regards Anthony -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: 16 April 2019 19:05 To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: voicemail question Hi Anthony, Just below the Voicemail heading, you'll find a Deleted Messages

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

As for me, I love the James voice for male-character books, or also it could be Paul from Neospeech since it reminds me of the Kurzweil1000 days; for female-character books, I like Kate from Neospeech. Be as it is, for me a human-narrated book is paradise! But as some of you guys have already

RE: What do I do to get my weather local instead of New York?

It's simply called Privacy and it is in the main Settings right after Battery and before iTunes and App Store. It is not in Settings > General and if you say "Open Privacy Settings" SIRI will open it. Location Services is the first item under Privacy and if you ask SIRI "Open Location Services"

Re: voicemail question

Hi Anthony, Just below the Voicemail heading, you'll find a Deleted Messages button that goes all the way across the screen. Once you double-tap it, you'll be on a screen listing all of your deleted voicemail. You can delete an indivdual message by touching it, flicking up or down to Clear,

RE: What do I do to get my weather local instead of New York?

Carolyn, On my phone, If I go into settings, I find Privacy just below "Battery. It's about 8 items below General If I go into Privacy, the first item is Location Services, and it tells me that it's on When you are on the New York page in your weather app, what happens if you do a 3 finger

Re: Not All Apple Stores are Created Equally (Smile)

The first cell phone I ever b bought was an iPhone 5 on December 21, 2012 at the Apple store on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. This was when Apple was becoming a cultural phenomenon and the stores were tourist destinations. Hundreds of tourists were packed into this storefront to watch Apple

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Rob, look into Balabolka , a free program that can do this for not only one file, but a batch of them if you need that. It’s one of the most feature complete TTS app for Windows. > On Apr 16, 2019, at 7:57 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Rob, > Text

RE: What do I do to get my weather local instead of New York?

I had tried that, Sieghard, but since you said this, I tried again, even asked Siri, launch Privacy and Locations. She said I did not have that app. Now, I think that once I did. This is crazy. I thought that if she could open it, as I backed out, I'd know where to come to it again. I checked

Re: How to send a contact's info from iPhone

The person’s phone number is what you should type in to the to field. Don’t use hyphens or anything in the number just the 10 digit number. If that person is in your contacts you can select it that way. John Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Fanus Buys wrote: > > Hello Jenn

RE: How to send a contact's info from iPhone

Hello Jenn I tried to share with the message option but I am not sure what to type in the to field because when I type the person's cell number and then activate the send button I get an error. Regards Fanus -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Using assistive touch to clear active ram in iPhone 10R

When you go into the assistive touch settings: do not turn the feature on until you have selected the functions for each gesture. Go down to the area where you can customize the menu. Remember that a single tap is actually the double tap for users of voiceover and the double tap is a triple

Re: How to send a contact's info from iPhone

i there, Go into your contact that you want to share. There is a share contact button in there. Double tap that and then you can use message or mail or air drop however you want to share it. Hope this helps, Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On Apr 16, 2019, at 8:11 AM, Fanus Buys wrote: > > Hello

RE: voicemail question

Hi anna where should find that voice mail deleted button. Please? Regards Anthony -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: 15 April 2019 23:07 To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: voicemail question Hi Denise, When you delete voicemail

How to send a contact's info from iPhone

Hello list I want to send the info from one of my contacts to someone but I can not remember how to do it from the iPhone. Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I alternate between reading books — frequently novels — from BookShare and NLS. It turns out that i like TTS on my Stream and NLS narrators equally well. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2019, at 1:42 AM, goshawk on horseback > wrote: > > definitely not for me! > I would rather buy

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

In my case, I perfer Neospeech Kate using voice dream reader over using Samantha TTS engine to read Kindle books. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 9:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel?

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

As I think someone said, reading voice is purely a mater of taste. I like bard books sometimes and sometimes I prefer text to speech. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Rob, Text Aloud might be a possibility for you: https://nextup.com/ Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I've read a ton of novels with Voice Dream Reader using Amy from Ivona. I especially prefer Voice Dream Reader over Kindle because you can adjust the pauses between sentences so it has an even more human-like inflection. Plus, I can read faster with a TTS engine. Richard Check out my web site

Using assistive touch to clear active ram in iPhone 10R

So on the phones with home buttons you would hold down the power button until the power off came up. Then you would release and hold down the home button until voiceover would speak again. At that point you had cleared your active ram and dumped temporary app cache. There is a way to do this

RE: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I agree. I would mutch rather lissen to a humin narader of a audio book then a text to speech engon or voice any time hands down. The way I see it is that as blind people we have to lissen to enough text to speech stuff with jaws wile checking the e mail or serfing the web or voice over on our

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

If the narrator is great, then I love a good audio book. But if they vary their speaking volume too much, like actually whispering, then that's when I want good ol' Alex to read it. Really though, a braille display is how I absorb information the best, for me at least. Get Outlook for

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

I hate audio books, hate them. it’s why I wanted a braille display so badly. if I have to read text with sound, then I want it to sound as automated as possible. the overly dramatic people reading is so distracting. I can’t stand it. -- The following information is important for all members

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

The voice thing is so subjective. Everyone is different. The regular Samantha voice sounds to me like she is gripping a cigarette between her teeth and is having a bad hair day. Just my opinion though. It used to be much worse with the old Garmin GPS. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

See, I like the enhanced version and can't tell you why. I can read manuals and so many things with her and that really surprises me. She is an easy listen and I enjoy her reading. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com Till we speak again, may the warm winds of Heaven blow softly upon your

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Hi, This is a very interesting topic indeed. Most of the time I'll default to a human voice as my preference. However I have had occasions when either I didn't like the narrator for the Audible version of a book so I then went with BookShare and one of the many voices available through

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

exactly! Simon - Original Message - From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:00 AM Subject: Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe Like Lauralli King? - Original Message - From: "goshawk on horseback" To: Sent:

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Like Lauralli King? - Original Message - From: "goshawk on horseback" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:42 AM Subject: Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe definitely not for me! I would rather buy audiobooks that I actually want to listen to, with

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Experience from a long time audio reader, is the familiarity you get with TTS, until you're imune to its peculiarities. Like our screen readers. i'm trying to track down an old utility for Windows that directly converts .txt to .mp3/wav via any TTS voice you have installed. I wouldn't

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Yes I think Samantha is a particularly good voice, very clear and somehow gives me a sense of wellbeing. I also don’t use the enhanced version. I find I’m not so keen on the enhanced voices I’ve heard samples of. All the best Angie > On 16 Apr 2019, at 07:20, Jenifer Barr wrote: > > Hi Mark

Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe

Hi Mark and all. I have read several books in iBooks and Kindel with Samantha. Call me crazy but I enjoy her reading a lot. I've tried other voice-over voices, but I'm just used to Samantha. Not the enhanced version either. Lol. Jen Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2019, at 2:25 PM, M. Taylor