I am sending an email to accessibil...@apple.com for this matter. With all of the levels that this app provides, when 0 degrees is reached, there is a color change to the screen. I am suggesting that Apple add a tone to this. With the plain level, it's very difficult to get it just right. You need to lift one side, then another to see what the readout says. I have low vision, and on screen, there are two circles that, when level, will make a ring, since one circle is slightly larger than the other. Please send along your comments to apple as well, so that the blind can use such a wonderful tool.
Thom > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Alex Stone > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:22 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > This is all very well, but when I want it to tell me whether my desk is level, > and it says -2 degrees, is my desk sloping to m y left or right? I'm sure this is > perfectly obvious visually, but doesn't make a lot of sense in voiceover. > Cheers > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Thom Spittle > Sent: 19 September 2013 14:44 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Spirit level feature part of iOS 7. Wow > > A spirit level tells you when something is level. > If you lay your iPhone on it's long edge with the screen facing you, you get a > horizontal level. > If you hold the long edge of your iPhone against a wall, you're checking > vertical level. > And, if you lay your iphone on a table with the screen facing up, you are > using a plane level. > With any of these, your iPhone will tell you the amount of degrees that your > phone is off of horizontal, vertical level, or plane level. > So, let's say I place it on a picture frame, on edge, with the screen facing me, > and the level running. I can adust the frame until the iPhone level tells me > that it's at zero degrees. This would tell me that the picture frame is level. > Do the same on shelving to check level from side to side, or from front to > back. > > I hope this helps, > Thom > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Pardon me for asking, but could you explain exactly what the spirit > > level refers to? How would you use that in putting up shelves? > > > > Regards, > > Wayne > > > >> On 9/19/13, Andy Lane <andylanesem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, has anyone noticed the new spirit level feature in compass app??? > >> Previously compass was just a compass but now if you 3 finger swipe > >> to the second page, you get a spirit level which is very accurate indeed. > >> Unfortunately it doesn't do less than 1 degree resolution which would > >> be even better but the accuracy is good enough for putting up > >> shelves, levelling pictures etc. It also works on 2 axis > >> simultaneously. Very impressive. On a negative note though the > >> compass app doesn't seem to read out headings anymore so great we got > >> spirit level but not so great they seem to have broke the compass. > >> Hopefully I am wrong and doing something incorrectly or they fix it > >> very quickly. Also very disappointed the Safari bug where focus > >> jumps around is still there. 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