Raul, Firstly, I put the phone on a tray and walked around with it while the level was active. Now, I should explain, I have a terrible sense of the horizontal. Even the plate filled with biscuits, if it is a flat one, will arrive empty when placed on a tray if I am carrying it. The tray full of glasses and bottles, even if all lids are tight shut, is very likely to suffer a landslide, when I am carrying it! But, and here is the point, with the phone nicely nestled in the centre of the tray, starting with it flat on the table, I can transported into another room listening to the level so long as I don't go more than 2° in any direction, I will arrive complete with contents.
Also, pictures/photos etc on the wall, if left up to me, will create the impression of drunken madness. Now, however, I can get them perfect! Here is the thing though, I have "background apps refresh"disabled, so, I haven't tried this out, but, I am wondering, if this spirit level app could work in the background, how useful it would be when we are taking freehand photographs with apps such as Prizmo/TextGrabber? I know that Prizmo does try to help in this respect, but it can be very misleading. Right! I'm off to find a really good quality zip lock plastic bag and I shall further my researches with full glasses of wine on my tray! Oh ye of little faith. Before I go, you speaking of braille copies reminded me of something that happened many years ago: I was reading a very old volume of a braille book from the National Braille library of the RNIB in the UK, it was a lesser-known Russian author, it, obviously, hadn't been read by anyone else for many years. When I got to page 56 I discovered an ancient, mummified, Fried egg! I wonder how many years before someone had lost their breakfast, possibly, blaming the poor, innocent, guide dog for thievery. Sandy(always on the level) Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Mar 2014, at 17:44, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > > Touché, however there comes a time where no matter how wonderful these new > innovative pieces of glasses are, using a low-tech approach to doing certain > everyday tasks is sometimes still better. This is sort of a different topic, > but I know people who have wrapped their notetakers in a big Ziploc so they > can read the braille recipes while they are cooking and their hands are not > clean. While this approach definitely works, it still does not beat good old > braille paper with a recipe that you can throw away afterward if it gets > dirty. > > --- > Sent from Raul's rectangular glass - 832.554.7285 > Please excuse any auto complete or dictation weirdness. > >> On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Raul, >> Have you considered the efficacy of the zip lock plastic bag? >> >> Always inventive, Tomkins. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 21 Mar 2014, at 13:57, "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I used the spirit level just yesterday afternoon to mount a shelf on the >>> wall. It worked very well. I also used a ruler to verify the accuracy of >>> the level and it truly is quite good. >>> >>> Dan Beaver >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> >>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 7:54 AM >>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> Subject: Re: Just a reminder, there is a spirit level Built into your phone. >>> >>> Hi, I totally get wanting to use the iPhone for things which make our >>> lives easier, but to me it would seem that balancing the iPhone on a try >>> with drinks would make me more nervous than just putting the iPhone >>> safely in my pocket while i carry those drinks. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> Most of my mornings consist of me trying to avoid any human interaction. >>> - Sheldon Cooper >>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>> >>>> On 3/21/2014 8:37 AM, Sandratomkins wrote: >>>> Yes! It's very good! >>>> I could wish for just one adjustment. When you hit perfect, that is, when >>>> your phone is perfectly flat, perhaps, on a tabletop, the screen goes >>>> pink. It might be nice if there could be some kind of sound indication >>>> which lasts as long as the perfect status lasts. Think how useful this >>>> might be when, say, carrying a tray with Cups filled with coffee? >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts, >>>> Sandy >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On 21 Mar 2014, at 12:12, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>>> <hayasim...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm gonna have to try this. >>>>> >>>>> Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 21, 2014, at 14:04, "Thom Spittle" <thom3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> It is a tool that you can use to level something. So if you open it, >>>>>> place >>>>>> the long, flat side of your phone on the item you'd like to level (shelf >>>>>> or >>>>>> picture), it should announce how many degrees you are out of alignment. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is also one for when you lay it flat on a table, it will tell you >>>>>> how >>>>>> far out of alignment, but not whether it's left and right, or front to >>>>>> back, >>>>>> that is out of alignment. For that, just use the long, flat edge like >>>>>> before. >>>>>> >>>>>> It also has a vertical one for leveling walls or dressers. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thom >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 1:28 AM >>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Just a reminder, there is a spirit level Built into your >>>>>> phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is it though? >>>>>> >>>>>> Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 21, 2014, at 0:45, "DJ" <grou...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sandy, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for leveling with us. Lol! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> DJ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>>>> Behalf Of Sandratomkins >>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 3:38 PM >>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> Subject: Just a reminder, there is a spirit level Built into your >>>>>>> phone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> In case there are new people who don't know about this, if you open >>>>>>> the compass and then flick with three fingers to the left you will >>>>>>> open the spirit level. I find it is actually quite good! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Always was a bit of a leveller, >>>>>>> Sandy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>>>>> list. >>>>>>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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