thanks Richard. On Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:49:42 PM UTC-8, Richard Turner wrote: > > Bill, > You need to make sure your responses are at the top of the reply message > instead of at the end. > > I'm pasting below your response that was almost missed because it was at > the > end of the message: > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.HiPeter. > Sorry I didn't get back to you on this sooner. I'm inserting a guide below > on the gesture alternatives for EARL. in our next release (anticipating > the > week of Feb 25 in conjunction with C-Sun), we have some updates to our > help > function that we hope will make it much easier to use. > Gesture alternatives for certain voice commands > > We’ve designed Earl so that every single function can be controlled using > the double tap gesture followed by one of Earl’s voice commands. > > For users who are comfortable using gestures, we have also built in some > gesture controls that can be used instead of voice commands for certain > navigational and playback functions. Voice over Users will find Earl’s > gestures familiar. With a bit of practice, these gestures can speed up > navigation in Earl when used in conjunction with our voice commands. > > > > Earl Function Voice Command > 1 finger double tap + Gesture Equivalent > Stop reading STOP 2 finger double tap > Resume reading START 2 finger double tap > Read screen from top READ AGAIN Two finger scrub side to > side > Move up 1 paragraph MOVE UP 3 finger swipe downward > Move down 1 paragraph MOVE DOWN 3 finger swipe upward > Go back 1 screen in history GO BACK 3 finger swipe to the > right > Go forward 1 screen in history GO FORWARD 3 finger swipe to > the left > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] On Behalf > Of Bill Spiry > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:37 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Re: new accessible news reading app - Earl > > > > Peter Holdstock wrote: > > Hi, sorry as I know I should email any technical support queries > elsewhere > > but thought it might be useful for this list to see the response. I > tried > to > > find out about the finger gestures as for me it would be much quicker > and > > convenient than using the speech. It didn't seem that you could navigate > the > > whole app using gestures. Is that correct? If not, could you provide a > list > > of gestures as voice over commands don't seem to wortk in most cases > i.e. > I > > want to be able to scan through the list of options, make a selection, > go > > back etc with gestures. > > > > The app is great but a little slow to use with just speech and I'd like > to > > see more content for the UK but I realise a lot of papers have their > content > > subscription based now. > > > > Thanks > > > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Spiry > > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:34 AM > > To: VIPhone > > Subject: new accessible news reading app - Earl > > > > Greetings friends. > > > > Read Again Earl > > We�ve just released our new accessible news reading app called > �Earl.� > > It�s our first, and I�d really like to hear what you all think about > > it. We�ve put a lot of time and effort into getting it right and I > > think Earl is pretty special. > > > > Here are some details� > > > > We�ve designed Earl for every person who wants to read the paper every > > day, and do it without having to spend a lot of time learning and > > using a complicated set of gestures and commands. > > > > Just double-tap your screen, listen for the double tone, speak a few > > straightforward commands and Earl� will read articles you select from > > nearly 300 newspapers from around the world, without your ever having > > to see the screen. From national news sources to your local paper, > > Earl� makes the latest news accessible to you, anytime, anywhere. All > > you need is an iPhone�, iPad� or iPod Touch�, an internet > connection > > and a desire to keep up on what's happening in your community and > > around the world. The Earl app is uncomplicated, accessible with or > > without VoiceOver and just plain fun to use. > > > > The Earl app gives you full control over all of Earl�s powerful > > features. You�ll be able to try out all of Earl's features including > > our tap and speak controls, voice and speed settings, ability to > > customize your favorites newspaper list, and bookmarking articles. > > Without a subscription, you�ll have access to read up to three > > articles a day from all of the content available from our growing > > library of nearly 300 U.S. and international newspapers. > > > > By double tapping any Earl screen, waiting for the double tone, and > > saying �SUBSCRIBE�, the app will take you to the Apple App Store > where > > you can subscribe to the Earl Subscription service. Once you > > subscribe, you�ll have unlimited access to read as much as you want > > from all of our extensive and growing content from around the world. > > > > Go to our Read Again Earl website to find more info about our app and > > subscription service. You�ll find an extensive FAQ that answers many > > of the questions we anticipate from users and we�ve included a set of > > tutorial podcasts you can find in the �learning� tab as well as an > > intro and demo video. > > > > Earl Home Page > > http://readagainearl.com/ > > > > Earl in the App Store: > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Earl/id573701016?ls=1&mt=8 > > > > We�re already working on our first update to Earl which will include > > some great enhancements, such as the ability to launch a customer > > support phone call or email to Earl Support directly from within the > > app. > > > > I would appreciate any public feedback you all would be willing to > > give our Earl App through the App Store, our �read Again Earl� > > Facebook page, Twitter, or any other likely suspects you are aware of. > > We would really like your �likes� if you feel we deserve them! > > > > > > also, feel free to contact me directly at > > bill....@anglellc.com<javascript:> > > > > thanks. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > > Group. > > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "VIPhone" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.HiPeter. > Sorry I didn't get back to you on this sooner. I'm inserting a guide below > on the gesture alternatives for EARL. in our next release (anticipating > the > week of Feb 25 in conjunction with C-Sun), we have some updates to our > help > function that we hope will make it much easier to use. > Gesture alternatives for certain voice commands > > We’ve designed Earl so that every single function can be controlled > using the double tap gesture followed by one of Earl’s voice commands. > > For users who are comfortable using gestures, we have also built in > some gesture controls that can be used instead of voice commands for > certain navigational and playback functions. Voice over Users will > find Earl’s gestures familiar. With a bit of practice, these gestures > can speed up navigation in Earl when used in conjunction with our > voice commands. > > > > Earl Function Voice Command > 1 finger double tap + Gesture Equivalent > Stop reading STOP 2 finger double tap > Resume reading START 2 finger double tap > Read screen from top READ AGAIN Two finger scrub side to > side > Move up 1 paragraph MOVE UP 3 finger swipe downward > Move down 1 paragraph MOVE DOWN 3 finger swipe upward > Go back 1 screen in history GO BACK 3 finger swipe to the > right > Go forward 1 screen in history GO FORWARD 3 finger swipe to > the left > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >
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