HI. is there any content available from australia on this app?
God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl On 04/03/2013, at 6:54 PM, Bill Spiry <b.s.sp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your question Nancy. > We designed Earl’s tap & speak interface to make reading newspapers and other > content as easy as possible for anyone, including people who might be > intimidated learning today’s accessibility technology. > Earl is different from NFB’s news reader in at least a couple of ways. > Probably the most notable difference is how the user interacts with Earl in > contrast to NFB Newsline. NFB relies on Voice Over to manipulate the app > controls and settings, and to select and read the content. That means the > user needs to be pretty comfortable with all VO gestures in order to use NFB > Newsline. > Earl on the other hand does not require Voice Over at all. There are no > buttons or controls to navigate, everything is controlled using a single > finger double tap anywhere on the display followed by one of our > straightforward intuitive spoken commands. This same simple tap and speak > approach is also used to make all content selections in Earl. With this > simple interface, a person can select and read their newspapers without > having to learn Voice over gestures at all. As noted in an earlier post, for > those who are comfortable using VO style gestures, we’ve also built in some > gestures that can be used as a quicker alternative to the most frequently > used reading and navigation controls. > Another significant difference is that Earl gives you a choice of five high > quality reading voices with which to read your selected content as noted in > the review excerpt below. > > Here’s an excerpt from a review of Earl by the reviewers over at “Old Hat > Guide” which also speaks to your inquiry. > > “If you are the type of person that likes to stay up to date on current > events, then Earl is the app for you. With Earl you will be able to > independently read one or more than one of over 250 newspapers from around > the world. > > At this point you might be saying, “But I can already do this with the NFB > Newsline app.” Yes this is true, but with Earl you can listen to your > favorite newspaper with high quality synthesized speech as opposed to having > to listen to the normal Samantha voice that Voice Over uses on iOS. This will > make for a much more enjoyable reading experience. > > The first thing that I noticed about Earl upon launching it for the first > time is that you interact with the app with your voice and not with gestures. > This means that Voice Over is not required to operate this app and thus means > that someone who is not blind can very easily use this app as well as someone > who is blind. I love this fact as this is the first application on iOS that I > have come across that can be used by both a blind person and a fully sighted > person without having to do any special customization. > > The developers of Earl were very creative in the design of their app, and by > making an app that can be fully operated with your voice it means that > regardless of your disability, as long as you have the ability to talk, you > will be able to use this app. > > Now let me talk for a minute about the speed of the app. I have found that > overall this app is extremely quick to accept a voice command and then load > up an article and begin reading it to you. > > All that you have to do after launching Earl is double tap anywhere on the > screen and you will hear a tone. Then give Earl a command, and if you do not > know any commands you can simply say, “Help,” and Earl will tell you what > commands you can use.” > > Find the full review at > http://oldhatguide.com/earl-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch/ > > In our most recent release, we’ve also added additional features to help > users get started quicker with Earl and more easily find answers in our in > app help option. > > We’ve got lots more useful information about Earl on our home page at > www.EarlSpeech.com > You can reach us for support at supp...@earlspeech.com > > I hope this is helpful. > Best. > > Bill > > On Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:43:00 AM UTC-8, Nancy wrote: > Can someone help me understand why you would use Earl instead of the NFB > Newsline app? > Nancy > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services > UT Chattanooga > Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > > On Feb 16, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Bill Spiry <b.s....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Here's a bit of updated info. We've changed our website to > > WWW.EarlSpeech.com/ > > feedb...@earlspeech.com > > supp...@earlspeech.com > > > > in the upcoming release, we've added a Quick Guide intro screen as > > well to help folks get oriented to the tap and speak interface. here's > > the info it will include: > > > > Welcome to Earl! > > Please listen carefully. This quick guide will help you get started > > using Earl. > > You will not see any text, buttons, or controls. > > The content of each screen will be read to you out loud. . > > To have Earl read any screen again, including this quick guide, double > > tap the screen with 1 finger, wait until you hear an ascending tone, > > and clearly say. READ AGAIN. > > To select an item from any list, double tap the screen, wait for the > > tone, and speak any word in the name of the option. Or. Speak the > > number of the option. > > To learn more about available commands, gestures, or other help > > options, double tap the screen, wait for the tone, and say. HELP. > > Now you are ready to begin using Earl. > > Do you want to hear this quick Guide the next time Earl starts? To > > make your selection and start using Earl, double tap the screen, wait > > for the tone, and say > > 1. yes. > > 2. no. > > To read this Quick Guide again, double tap the screen, wait for the > > tone, and say. READ AGAIN. > > > > Look for us at the C-Sun Conference. > > > > > > 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 > >> > >> 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. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> viphone+u...@googlegroups.com. > >> 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. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > 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. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com. > > 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. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > 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 viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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