Agreed, Sieghard, however the plain level that is built in to IOS 7 still needs some tweaking from an accessibility standpoint. I sent an email to accessibil...@apple.com letting them know that an announcement of x and y axis when spoken with voice over, would help us trememdously. I also suggested that an option for a solid tone to be played when the 0% level has been reached. Currently, the screen changes color, so a tone shouldn't be hard to do.
Thom > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:00 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Prizmo utilizes level functionality, was: New Spirit level feature > part of iOS 7. Wow > > Hello, > > I haven't had a chance to try this yet, but I did notice in the What's New > section of the most recent Prizmo update that they said something about an > indication that the iPhone is held flat and parallel to the table. Of course > this would easily be possible if they query the level function which Apple > has built into the compass app and maybe it will help a lot with getting > better free hand OCR results. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Alex Stone > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 1:15 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > Tom, I've just done exactly the same. > Cheers > > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Thom Spittle > Sent: 20 September 2013 13:26 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > I am sending an email to accessibil...@apple.com for this matter. > With all of the levels that this app provides, when 0 degrees is reached, > there is a color change to the screen. > I am suggesting that Apple add a tone to this. > With the plain level, it's very difficult to get it just right. You need to lift one > side, then another to see what the readout says. > I have low vision, and on screen, there are two circles that, when level, will > make a ring, since one circle is slightly larger than the other. > Please send along your comments to apple as well, so that the blind can use > such a wonderful tool. > > Thom > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On > > Behalf Of Alex Stone > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:22 AM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: RE: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > > > This is all very well, but when I want it to tell me whether my desk > > is > level, > > and it says -2 degrees, is my desk sloping to m y left or right? I'm > > sure > this is > > perfectly obvious visually, but doesn't make a lot of sense in voiceover. > > Cheers > > Alex > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On > > Behalf Of Thom Spittle > > Sent: 19 September 2013 14:44 > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > > > A spirit level tells you when something is level. > > If you lay your iPhone on it's long edge with the screen facing you, > > you > get a > > horizontal level. > > If you hold the long edge of your iPhone against a wall, you're > > checking vertical level. > > And, if you lay your iphone on a table with the screen facing up, you > > are using a plane level. > > With any of these, your iPhone will tell you the amount of degrees > > that > your > > phone is off of horizontal, vertical level, or plane level. > > So, let's say I place it on a picture frame, on edge, with the screen > facing me, > > and the level running. I can adust the frame until the iPhone level > > tells > me > > that it's at zero degrees. This would tell me that the picture frame > > is > level. > > Do the same on shelving to check level from side to side, or from > > front to back. > > > > I hope this helps, > > Thom > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Pardon me for asking, but could you explain exactly what the spirit > > > level refers to? How would you use that in putting up shelves? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Wayne > > > > > >> On 9/19/13, Andy Lane <andylanesem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi all, has anyone noticed the new spirit level feature in compass > app??? > > >> Previously compass was just a compass but now if you 3 finger swipe > > >> to the second page, you get a spirit level which is very accurate > indeed. > > >> Unfortunately it doesn't do less than 1 degree resolution which > > >> would be even better but the accuracy is good enough for putting up > > >> shelves, levelling pictures etc. It also works on 2 axis > > >> simultaneously. Very impressive. On a negative note though the > > >> compass app doesn't seem to read out headings anymore so great we > > >> got spirit level but not so great they seem to have broke the compass. > > >> Hopefully I am wrong and doing something incorrectly or they fix it > > >> very quickly. Also very disappointed the Safari bug where focus > > >> jumps around is still there. 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