I have no interest in using a bluetooth headset with my windows computer. I use a USB headset if I need it for things like zoom calls. I like my apple airpods max, because I use them to listen to audio dramas as well. My problem with those high end wired headsets, is you usually need a dongle, some kind of DAC thing to make them sound their best.
On 12/10/23, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > It is complicated in a way, but if you spend 6 days a week and between 6 and > 12 hours a day on the computer because that is what I do for my business > then looking for something which lasts more than a year makes sense. > Yes, I can get a $25 Usb keyboard and I could throw it out every year and > get a new one and it would take around 5 years strictly from a money > perspective to justify the more expensive one, but you can say the same for > many things. > If I remember, for example, you have an Apple Airpod Max headset which here > in Canada cost North of $700 and I would never even consider spending that > on a headset. If I did consider it I'd buy a wired high-end audio file > headset where even one which costs half that much would give me better > sound. > If I use a headset I listen to audio books 99% of the time, at work I don't > use a headset or if I do it's very seldom and at home with my laptop I use a > $49 Creative Jam V2 headset paired to an Avantree low-latency Bluetooth > receiver because I go crazy using a "regular" bluetooth keyboard where > latency is always an issue and yes, even with your super-expensive Airpods > Max it's an issue and in any case, from what I heard they don't play nice > with a Windows PC to begin with. > Anyhow, everybody uses what they feel gives them the best experience. I also > have a couple of Das Keyboard 4 Professional mechanical keyboards which cost > twice of what the Keychron cost and you don't have any of the customization > options. They are also very good, but sometimes fiddling around a bit to > possibly find something which is truly outstanding is a good idea and if I > really like the Keychron K10 with a different set of switches then next time > I either order it that way or I order the bare bones version, e.g. just the > keyboard without switches and key caps and then order those to my liking > which you can do with Keychron. > Having said all that, I just visited an old blind friend in Ontario when I > was there to attend a trade show. He used to work at the University of > Western Ontario when I was a student there in my first year in 1989/1990. He > is now in his early 70's and retired and he is mostly at home, playing > guitar with a few buddies and messing around on his phone or computer. I > should mention that he hasn't used a Mac or iPhone in his life and he hasn't > used a Windows PC in forever. He is strictly a Linux guy and in his living > room he has a little Raspeberry Pie with eSpeak on it and I guess he uses > that as his media server. I have been using computers since the DOS and Jaws > for DOS days in the late 90's and with an Accent synthesizer at the time > which was maybe more like eSpeak than Eloquence. But he had the thing set so > fast that even I could barely understand anything; he loves to tinker around > and that is his thing. Like I said to each their own. I personally prefer my > Sonos system where along with the Sonos iOS app I get a polished and > accessible experience out of the box and I prefer to spend the money each > month for Apple Music and while I did at one point rip my 250 o rso CD's to > a hard drive in FLAC format (before I sold them all), I rarely bother with > that because why would I if I can just ask Apple Music to play anything I > want. And if I want to listen to really high fidelity music I go downstairs > and fire up my Sonic Frontiers tube amp and the other stuff which is part of > that system and which I bought in the mid 90's for what people paid for a > brand new car; let's just say it was a lot more than $10,000 and still a > fair bit less than $50,000. At times I wish I could sell this system to > somebody for $10 or $15 grant where it would have a good home and get used a > lot more than it does nowadays in my house, but it's so customized with > custom speakers built by a brilliant yet unknown audio engineer in Calgary > that I would not get a lot for it. I could probably sell the Sonic Frontiers > Power 2 amp,, the Sonic Frontiers DA-2 DAC and the Bryston 4NRB amp which > drives the subwoofers fairly easily, but then what would I do with the > speakers and subwoofers which back then alone were $10,000 (all Canadian > Dollars). > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Joshua Hendrickson > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 5:47 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: My latest purchase of a new mechanical keyboard > > Sounds a little complicated for my taste. When I bought my current > computer, I bought a standard USB keyboard from my local computer repair > store that is working just fine. I wouldn't want a keyboard with no > applications key. I use that key all the time for my context menus. > > On 12/10/23, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> During black Friday I ended up buying a Keychron K10 pro mechanical >> keyboard because I recently had come across a few reviews of that brand. >> In short, I am going to keep it since it is highly customizable and I >> want to play around with it, as it is out of the box I am not entirely >> happy with it, but it is mainly because of the type of switches it >> uses and the typing feel they provide. Here is a more detailed >> description: >> >> >> >> you can use this keyboard in wired mode where you connect it to your >> computer with a USB-C cable, but you can also switch it to Bluetooth >> mode to use it with your iPhone, Android phone or a laptop or of >> course a desktop provided it has Bluetooth. The switch is a slider on >> the back left of the keyboard, to the left it is wired, in the middle >> it is off and to the right is Bluetooth. >> >> It then has a second slider switch which changes the layout from >> Windows/Android to Mac/iOS, left is Mac/iOS and right is Windows/Android. >> >> When I looked up how to put it in pairing mode online, the instruction >> said to of course switch it to Bluetooth mode and then to press the FN >> key + 1 on the number row for 4 seconds. >> >> I felt the keys before and noticed a standard layout with Control, >> Windows Key and Alt on the left side of the spacebar and Alt, Windows >> Key, what I assume was an application key and Control on the right. >> >> So I took a picture of the keys near the bottom with Be My Eyes and it >> told me that the picture was of a mechanical keyboard with several keys >> visible. >> I think it mentioned some of the key labels, I then sent a message >> asking if there was an FN key and the reply came back promptly “Yes, >> there is a FN key on the right side between the Windows Key and the >> Control Key”. Man, I really love this Be My AI service! In other words >> what I thought was the application key was in fact the FN key. >> >> And for those who may wonder, no there is no application key, a >> Windows key on each side of the spacebar yes, but no application/context >> menu key. >> >> However, in addition to the typical F1 to F12 keys on the top and the >> Printscreen, Scroll Lock and Pause keys to the right of the F-Keys, >> there is in fact an F13, F14, F15 and F16 key which are above the numeric >> pad. >> >> These can be programmed. However, this is as far as I can tell not an >> accessible process as an application called "VIA" is used for this and >> one has to drag whatever you want the key to do to the key. >> >> In fact, you can completely assign anything to any key including >> macros and in addition to that the keyboard can be completely >> customized with whatever mechanical switches you want to use. >> >> The version I bought from Amazon Canada for a sale price of $109 >> Canadian comes with Gateron switches and I believe they are the Linear >> Brown switches. It's wonderful typing, very quiet, but I think for my >> taste they are too sensitive and often even lightly resting my fingers >> on the F and J may end up putting one of them into my text. It's also >> very easy to type say a "ds" if all you wanted was a "d" if you are >> not a very precise typist. In the end I will most likely order either >> a set of Gateron switches which are more equivalent to a Cherry MX >> Blue wjhich is a more clicky switch and requires a bit more force >> before it registers. The nice thing is that you can use actual Cherry >> MX switches in that keyboard in addition to the somewhat less >> exxpensive Gateron switches and you can even use KAILH switches. How >> easy it is to disassemble the keyboard, pull the switches and >> reinstall the others I don't know, bvut my store manager is a very >> handy person so I'll probably get him to do it or at least show me in case >> I could do it. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf >> Of Andrew J LaPointe >> Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2023 1:26 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: App to see power light? >> >> >> >> Good afternoon Richard, I have the color identifier that also has a >> light detector. That part works quite well. I also for $25 got a >> keychain type of light detector from laws actually not loves it was >> the tech guys. That works quite well. also small enough to keep in >> your pocket of purse or whatever you’re using. so those two are >> standalone. Anyway, good luck. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >>> On Dec 9, 2023, at 12:39 PM, Richard >>> <richard.pe...@earthlink.net<mailto:richard.pe...@earthlink.net>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Kim, >> >>> >> >>> I am terribly sorry for your loss and I send thoughts and prayers in >>> your late husband's memory and for you in difficult times. Surely >>> these small things such as checking lights can become quite big >>> without assistance. I have the hope you will soon have a simple >>> solution. >> >>> >> >>> My experience is that iPhone apps aren't as good as the light probes >>> that once were available--and still may be available. >> >>> >> >>> I find it difficult for the iPhone camera to focus down on a single >>> light or to show the color of the light. Others may have found ways >>> to make this work, although I haven't. >> >>> >> >>> Does anyone on the list know whether lower-level technology such as >>> dedicated light detectors are still available and where they can be >>> found? >> >>> >> >>> Richard >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> On Behalf Of M. >>> Taylor >> >>> Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 3:32 PM >> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> >>> Subject: RE: App to see power light? >> >>> >> >>> Hello Kim, >> >>> >> >>> I am so, so sorry for your loss. >> >>> >> >>> Losing both a life partner and access to instant sighted assistance >>> is truly a life-changing event. >> >>> >> >>> Please know that we are all here for you and I, personally, will keep >>> you in my thoughts. >> >>> >> >>> Mark >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: 'Kimberly Samco' via VIPhone >>> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> >> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 6:20 PM >> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> >>> Subject: App to see power light? >> >>> >> >>> Hello, >> >>> >> >>> My husband recently died so I no longer have sighted help. 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