Judy Dixon has written a book on taking pictures if you're blind called "get the Picture.
Thanks, Ari > On Apr 5, 2016, at 9:08 AM, rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > Actually, interesting. I've attempted to take pictures of my cat, and send > it through an iMessage, if you point the camera at the right angle, you can > achieve something. But, as you say, who would want to do it? Certainly not > me. Still, the option is there. > > Sent from a BrailleNote > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 17:18:48 +0200 > Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? > > Hi I don't know if we should drift off into another topic, but let me just > say that yes, it was me who had the problems with the camera, and this has to > do with mindset just as much as the operation itself. I just can't get into > my thick head how blind folks want to and even take pictures knowing that > there's no way in hell to check what the results of their attempts would be > and i just don't want to embbarras myself with pictures that look like a > blind person has taken them. But that's me and it's also another thread or > topic alltogether. > /Krister > > 5 apr. 2016 kl. 16:02 skrev Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca>: > > Hi Krister, > > I am certainly not flogging you, in fact, I think it's awesome you are so > proficient with Fleksy and I wish I could be, but it seems to be one of those > situations where you just seem to have a particular skill/ability which > allows you to use it and most others don't. I seem to remember you once > wrote you can't take good pictures with the iPhone. I think that is > something that can be learned also and I certainly have no problems doing so > and getting great results with apps like KNFB Reader, Tap Tap See, Talking > Goggles etc. Sorry if it was a different thing you once stated you couldn't > do if your life depended on it or if I am mixing you up with somebody else, > but there just are some things that are easier for some than for others. I > typically have a pretty good spacial awareness of the screen and all that and > I have tried everything you said and also read Alan's excellent tutorial yet > still find Fleksy is just not working for me. I sometimes hear Podcasts > where people use Braille Input and it sounds like it works great and they are > very fast with that. I wish I could do that, but unfortunately the hand > injuries I have when I blew myself up 30 some years ago make that impossible, > I only have two fingers and the thumb on each hand so can't use braille input > since you need at least three fingers. So I'm stuck with the regular iOS > keyboard and of course dictation which works quite well. If I travel and > only take my iPhone I usually bring a Bluetooth keyboard for situations where > I may have to reply to an email and type quite a lot of text. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 11:39 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? > > I shouldn't bother to give any help on this topic since the unanymous vote of > the blind community is that it is useless and those who think differently get > flogged, but here goes: The keyboard can be resized. There are 3 different > sizes of the keyboard and you can select size from the settings. When one's > new to the keyboard i'd recommend the largest size. > /Krister > > 5 apr. 2016 kl. 01:34 skrev Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com > <mailto:wale...@gmail.com>>: > > Chuck, > > I still find the Fleksy VO app very useful and still use it. I'm trying to > make myself use the Fleksy Keyboard more often since like they say, practice > makes perfect, or in this case, practice does give you better results. > > After you type what you need with Fleksy VO, do a 2 finger swipe up and > you'll be taken to the screen where VO will read your input and let you copy > it for pasting to the app of your choice. > > You might try using the Fleksy Keyboard in minimal mode instead of with the > spacebar present. This will present the keyboard more like the original > Fleksy app. You can switch from the spacebar keyboard by doing a 2 finger > swipe down in the keyboard area. A 2 finger swipe up while in the minimal > Fleksy keyboard will switch back to the Fleksy spacebar keyboard. > > Good luck. > > Alan > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Chuck Dean > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 5:51 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? > > Hi Alan, I read your tutorial, excellent job! > > However, I went back and tried Fleksy and had very poor results. It's first > prediction is wrong about 99% of the time. Second or third prediction is > usually the correct one. > > I do not know if this will improve over time, I seem to remember that it does > have a learning future with in it. It is technically faster than the iOS > keyboard, but it is very frustrating! > > By the way, I went back to my old Fleksy VO app, and tried typing with it. > It got every word right! 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