What I do is when I double tap the add button and VoiceOver dies, I doubletap with two fingers to bring VoiceOber back on and I do another two finger double To keep voiceover and stop music playing. That always works for me.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2013, at 2:49 PM, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > Esther, as per usual, you are full of lengthy, sound advice. There are a > couple things to add here. My Fire 2 app dies as soon as I open it. It not > only dies, but the screen is frozen, so nothing can be acted upon. I have had > sighted assistance look at what happens and nothing we do changes anything. > Now, this might be different on other people’s devices. If, however, you have > my problem, I would suggest that you turn VoiceOver off before you open the > app. Then follow Esther’s very concise instructions. On the other hand, if > your app does not die right away, her instructions can likely be followed to > the letter. > > Let’s hope Rode brings back the functionality of this app. > > Thanks again Esther. > > Neal > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Esther > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 4:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Very interesting news about Fire 2 recorder > > Hi Neal, Brent, Cokes, and Others who asked about FiRe 2, > > Neal's correct that earlier versions of FiRe 2 from January at the beginning > of this year, up to the last version (released May 28, 2013), worked with > VoiceOver. The FiRe 2 app got purchased by RØDE microphones, who will be > taking over support for the app from Audiofile Engineering. They announced > this on the RØDE microphones web site on July 2nd. > > If you have an older version of the app that you can revert to, by deleting > the latest version on your iOS device and using iTunes on your computer to > sync this across to your device, you can still use the app. There's also a > clunky way to get the audio back using the latest version, provided that you > don't want to change the recording specs for bit rate on the configuration > screen. It's based on being to navigate the controls of the screen by > knowing where the control sequence is without audio feedback from VoiceOver, > because you lose the VOiceOver audio when you double tap the "Recordings List > Configure Input" button in the bottom left corner of the "Recordings" screen, > and you don't get it back until you double tap the "Recordings List Add" > button in the bottom right corner of the same "Recordings" screen. > > So, if you aren't changing the hardware configuration of recording setup or > the recording bit rate, which is set to 44.1 KHz by default., do the > following when you start a new recording: > > 1. Double tap the "Recordings List Add" button in the bottom right corner of > the "Recordings" screen. This is where you lose audio from VoiceOver, > because the app launches the configuration screen, as though you double > tapped the "Recordings List Configure Input" button. However, focus will be > on the "Cancel, back" button, so double tap to get out of the configuration > screen. > > 2. You'll be taken back to the "Recordings" screen, still without VoiceOver > audio. Do a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen to move to the > last element of the screen, which is the "Recordings List Add" button, and > then double tap. > > 3. At this point you'll be in the screen for the recording you just added, > and should be able to record normally. If you don't have the "Record" > button, navigate to the "Settings" button at the bottom of the screen and > double tap. Navigate to "Transport" and make sure that "Button Controls" > switch under the Record button heading of the Transport screen is set to > "on". Then navigate back to your recording and record as usual. > > Once you've done this, you can add recordings with the "Recordings List Add" > button on the Recordings screen and make new recordings as long as the app is > open without losing VoiceOver. But if you close the app, you'll have to go > through this again to start your recordings. > > I haven't used additional stereo mic connections with FiRe. If you want to > save those settings, I think that when you reach the configure screen, after > about 5 or so seconds of checking for your hardware configuration, the app > will add stereo channels to the end of the screen. Neal can probably tell > you whether this is selected by default. If you want to save this setting, > and it is selected by default, just flick twice to the right and double tap. > You're moving from the default focus of the "Cancel" button at the top left > of the configure screen, to the screen heading, and then to the "Save" > button. Again, you'll be at the Recordings screen, and will want to pick up > at step 2., where you do a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen > to move to the "Recordings List Add" button and double tap to get back your > VoiceOver audio. > > Can people try this and check that it works for them? > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On 12 Jul 2013, at 08:24, Neal Ewers wrote: > > > Hi, previous versions did work. The last one totally crashed VoiceOver. I > have no clue what Rode will do with this. I will just have to wait and see. > > Neal > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Brent Harding > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:44 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Very interesting news about Fire 2 recorder > > I bought this thing awhile ago. Besides having to use the Focus 40 blue in > place of hearing audio from VO, is there a way to not have it turn the audio > all the way off when launching it? I suppose it's $6 down the drain, most > likely, but thought I'd ask. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neal Ewers > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:33 AM > Subject: Very interesting news about Fire 2 recorder > > I just got this from the developer. > I had ask when the upade that would fix the voiceover problems would be out. > Their answer follows. > > > > “It will be available in RØDE Rec 2.8. As you might have heard, RØDE > Microphones acquired FiRe a couple of weeks ago. We imagine version 2.8 will > ship late August.” > > > Neal > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
