There was another update to KNFB this morning! I don’t know the details, just saw it when I checked.
I do have a color identifier and have grown used to what it tells me, very occasionally it calls purple black and then purple. Rose Combs <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Merv Keck Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Apple unvails newest iPhone, iPad pro, apple watch and apple TV in the event I was going to purchase a standalone color identifier after losing my vision but decided that color identification is so subjective that it wouldn’t be a wise use of my limited finances. I tend toward wearing black most days anyway. A better light detector would have been nice though. All these little lights are driving me crazy since losing my sight in December and the light detector app on my 5S just does not do an effective job. For example, I bought a new razor last year and it came while I was in the hospital the time I lost the rest of my vision. If I had known that I would be dependent on this little red L E d light to know if the thing was charged I might have made a different choice. A couple of weeks ago contractors were in the apartment and apparently unplugged my charger and I had no idea. I went in one morning before an important meeting to shave and my razor was dead. I never noticed the little red light had gone out. I have tried using the iPhone light detector pap to se the little red light before but it does not see the little red light. Something tells me a 6S+ won’t see it any better. I was also hoping for massive improvement with the KNFB. It already does a pretty good job. But why not go the extra mile. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Apple unvails newest iPhone, iPad pro, apple watch and apple TV in the event I somehow doubt it will make a huge difference for OCR and for colour identifying apps the problem is not fuzzy pictures but variations in lighting and probably simply the way a camera sees colours. I think potentially an app might be more exact if the colours seen by the camera are more “true” or “lifelike”, but keep in mind that a dedicated colour identifier which you place right on top of the object and which has its own light source does not contain a sensor with some huge amount of megapixels, it uses a totally different technology to analyze the colour spectrum of the object. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 11:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Apple unvails newest iPhone, iPad pro, apple watch and apple TV in the event Hi all. The new IPhones have great improved cameras, but how much will that mean to us when we are scanning? Another thing is will it be easier to make a colour testor that works with all these new pixels. Best regards Annie. Den 10/09/2015 kl. 07.22 skrev Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]>: Mary, I’m pretty sure that you can rest assured that it will be accessible. Apple may have dropped the ball in the past on fixing bugs, but I can’t really think of a major feature that is not accessible. From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected][ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 7:42 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: Apple unvails newest iPhone, iPad pro, apple watch and apple TV in the event There is a page on the Apple website that details the accessibility for the new TV OS, according to Apple vis. I haven't been there, but they say voiceover will be there. What I want to know is about the new force touch or touch 3-D. How is voiceover going to work with that. That is a more serious question it seems to me. And of course, we heard nothing about that in today's speeches. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Kerri G < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: yes, it will be accessible. Though they did not specify this in the conference, if they weren’t accessible, consider the fall out. Enthusiasm holds on to our dreams, persistence makes the most of them On Sep 9, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Larry Lumpkin < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: Since the new apple tv runs on TVOS instead IOS, Will it be accessible. From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected][ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Harshit Jaithwar Sent:Wednesday, September 09, 2015 8:07 PM To:viphone < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject:Apple unvails newest iPhone, iPad pro, apple watch and apple TV in the event SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Cook has unveiled two new iPhones, as well as the new Apple TV, iPad Pro and Apple Watches at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for another one of Apple’s patented press events. iPhone “While they may look familiar we have changed everything about these new iPhones,” said Tim Cook. Apple has updated its two smartphones. The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are available in four colors: silver, gold, space gray, and rose gold. The devices are now made from 7000 series aluminum, which is an aircraft-grade material. It’s stronger than the previous phone aluminum and is unlikely to bend. Apple on Wedenesday, September 9, 2015, unveiled the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus as the "most advanced smartphones in the world," Cook said. "While they may look familiar, we have changed everything about these new iPhones." The phones come in four aluminum colors, including rose gold, gold, silver and gray. Apple on Wedenesday, September 9, 2015, unveiled the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus as the “most advanced smartphones in the world,” Cook said. “While they may look familiar, we have changed everything about these new iPhones.” The phones come in four aluminum colors, including rose gold, gold, silver and gray. The devices’ biggest addition is a 3D touch screen, a feature introduced on Apple trackpads and the Apple Watch, that was previously known as Force Touch. The technology recognizes new gestures like pressing and holding. It vibrates slightly to let you know it’s been pressed. The new iPhones also come with a 12 megapixel iSight rear camera, with 50% more pixels than the iPhone 6. iPad Pro As expected, Apple is making a bigger, faster iPad. The iPad Pro is 12.9 inches. It’s the same height as the iPad Air, so you can run iPad Air apps side by side. The screen has 5.6 million pixels — more than a 15-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display. The iPad Pro starts at $799. Inside it’s much faster. The iPad Pro has a new A9X 64-bit chip. It’s 1.8 times faster than the previous iPad’s CPU (“desktop class” according to Apple executive Phil Schiller). It is powerful enough to edit three streams of 4K video at a time. It has a 10-hour battery life, is super thin, weighs just over 1.5 lbs. “Why make an iPad with a bigger display?” asked Schiller. Good question! Apple on Wedenesday, September 9, 2015, unveiled an iPad Pro. The new tablet device has a starting price of $799, with the optional purchase of an Apple Pencil, a low latency stylus that sells for an additonal $99. Apple on Wedenesday, September 9, 2015, unveiled an iPad Pro. The new tablet device has a starting price of $799, with the optional purchase of an Apple Pencil, a low latency stylus that sells for an additonal $99. Games and movies look better on a bigger screen, he said. It’s big enough to have a full-size keyboard on the screen. If you don’t want to type on the screen, Apple has made a new smart keyboard that doubles as a cover, Microsoft Surface-style. The keyboard is coated with a thin fabric. The company is also making its own stylus, but with the usual over-the-top design and marketing. Yes, it’s the Apple Pencil, a low latency stylus that feels like a real pencil. It even got its own Jony Ive narrated videos. it “feels like a true writing or drawing instrument,” said Ive. As the name implies, the iPad Pro’s real target audience is business users. To show that it’s serious, Apple brought out a very unexpected partner to demo the iPad Pro: Microsoft’s Kirk Konenigsbauer. He demonstrated Microsoft Office for iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil. Adobe also demoed its IPad Pro apps including a new product called Photoshop Fix, a retouching tool. Using the iPad Pro and new stylus, Adobe’s Eric Snowden did some realtime edits including the odd choice of changing a photo of a model to make her smile more. (It was the first woman on stage during the presentation.) For the final demo, Irene Walsh from 3D4Medical showed off her startups 3D medical app that shows 3D interactive anatomy images for medical students and patients. The company also announced a new iPad Mini 4. Apple TV “We believe the future of television is apps” said Tim Cook before introducing the expected new Apple TV. The latest Apple TV features a third-party App Store, a new remote, Siri controls, and a completely overhauled operating system. The TV now runs on tvOS, which is based on iOS and “built for the living room,” according to Apple’s Eddie Cue. The device will start shipping in October and cost $149 for the 32 GB version and $199 for 64 GB. The new black remote features a glass touch surface on the top half, so you can navigate the Apple TV with swipes and other gestures. The Bluetooth remote has volume controls for the TV and a built-in accelerometer and gyroscope. It can last three months on one charge. It recharges using a Lightning connector. Too lazy to swipe? Tell Siri what you want, like “Siri, show me a New Girl episode with Jamie Lee Curtis in it.” If you miss something, say “Siri, what did she say?” and the episode will rewind a few seconds and turn on captions. Don’t know what you want to watch, Siri can make movie and TV suggestions based on things like genre. Siri searches across all apps, so you don’t have to jump between HBO Go and Netflix to find something specific. The biggest boost for the device is opening it up to third-party developers. You can use the device to play multiplayer games. Apple demoed a few examples, including Harmonix’s Beat Sports and Hipster Whale’s Crossy Road. Another app by Gilt lets you shop directly from the Apple TV. MLB has an Apple TV app for watching multiple live games at a time with pop-up notifications and interactive stats. Apple Watch The company kicked off the event with an update about the Apple Watch. Fashionistas now have more band options. The biggest addition is a wrap-around brown leather Hermés band, which will be available in October. The watch itself now comes in gold and rose gold, and there are new sports bands options as well. The smart device was released in April. There are now more than 10,000 watch apps, including a few new important additions. Facebook Messenger’s app will let you send text, audio and location messages. GoPro’s app acts as a viewfinder for your camera. iTranslate lets you speak a word and get a translation and AirStrip is a tool for medical professionals. It’s also adding transit directions to the included Maps app. The company is also due to update its iPhone line. One of the more intriguing rumors is that Apple is working on a larger version of its iPad to appeal to professionals and businesses. When it comes to these events, Apple is a well-oiled machine. Led by Tim Cook, a roster of Apple execs and some special guests will take the stage to unveil the latest products. A similar production happens every fall, giving the company a nice lead time before the holidays to build anticipation for new products. -- Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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