I am surprised and happy with their response to the iphone with voiceover. I wonder if NFB will benefit somehow from the accessible iphone. On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote:
> Yes, but you'd have to turn it on using the iTunes acount to which > the iPhone is conected. So, you'd have to use the iPhone owner's > computer and iTunes acount, not JPR's. > K. > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kaare dehard > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:17 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB > > or you can hook it up and turn it on in itunes I believe. > On 2009-09-25, at 7:27 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > >> You have to ask the sighted friend to turn it on in preferences, I >> think. >> K. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe >> Rykiel >> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 5:30 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> Dear Chris, >> a friend of mine has one of these. Can you simply tell me how to >> turn v o on and off on his device so I can give it a try. >> Cheers, >> JPR >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Chris Blouch >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:05 AM >> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >> >> It's called voiceover and as something that makes a device >> accessible via speech and controls, it is voiceover, but with a >> different voice (not Alex) and a phone-specific set of gestures >> instead of keyboard controls. That said, it's included on every >> iPhone 3GS and the newer iPod Touch. Previous models didn't have >> the hardware performance to run this so there is no upgrade to get >> VO on the older devices. >> >> CB >> >> Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >>> >>> Sorry for a very down-to-earth question, but does the IPhone come >>> with V O as well? >>> JPR >>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Chris Blouch >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:48 PM >>> Subject: Re: iPhone honored by NFB >>> >>> >>> Some have difficulty comprehending what is new and, by definition, >>> not >>> well understood. So they define the new in terms of what's known >>> from >>> the past, but when something is a revolution rather than an >>> evolution >>> the comparisons fail. Some will lodge those failures as the fault of >>> what was being measured and dismiss it as being flawed. Others, more >>> rarely, will correctly realize that the measurement framework has >>> failed >>> and reevaluate their worldview. The NFB has been measuring sharks >>> for a >>> long while and Apple brought in an leopard. It will take time for >>> the >>> definition of 'good' to be redefined. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> william lomas wrote: >>> > they can soon praise the iPhone yet slam the mac? >>> > hyppocrits >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
