Thanks I have heard good things about Feed wrangler too. I also like Lire and the developer has really put a lot of work into VO support on iOS. But I find it slow to load my very large number of feeds, and the syncing is a biggy. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 7/07/2013, at 6:51 AM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Jonathan, I haven't tried it yet, but have heard good things about Read > Kit. With the demise of Newsrack, I have decided in order for me to buy > anything, that synching is also important to me. I bought Lire on IOS a month > ago, and do really like it, but it doesn't seem to sync with anything on the > desktop, so please do let us know if you discover a good synching across > platforms. People seem to also like Feed Wrangler, and I have heard that all > of these are pretty accessible. > On Jul 6, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > >> Feeddler on iOS is supporting 3 cloud-based RSS services and plans to add >> more. I really hope there's a Mac client that will support at least one of >> the services Feeddler does. For me, syncing across devices is important. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 6/07/2013, at 10:45 AM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just checked out Luck News. At first glance it is very accessible. I will >>> need to play around with it a little, as it looks like there is an extra >>> step to open a link than there was in Newsrack. Also if you want to import >>> more than 8 feeds, it will cost you .99 not bad at all just wanted to >>> mention this to the board. I also haven't noticed if there is a direct way >>> to post to Facebook or Twitter, but that can be done easy enough by opening >>> the article in safari and doing so. Thanks for mentioning this again. >>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Nektarios Mallas <nmal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok no problem. >>>> Actually, about news rack, You know that you can use it in standalone mode >>>> and not depend on syncing with Google reader. Don't you? >>>> That's another possibility as well. >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> Nektarios. >>>> >>>> On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:25 AM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the suggestion Nek, and thanks for letting us know Alex. I >>>>> will probably check it out this weekend. Bummed about Newsrack, but >>>>> Newsrack wasn't a hundred percent accessible. Ideally, would love to find >>>>> something that syncs, but that could take awhile. >>>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's free, so I gave it a look. I have not added any subscriptions yet >>>>>> (I'm really, really hoping that it and Lire will one day support the >>>>>> same syncing service) but it seems fine. You have two tables, I assume >>>>>> one for folders and one for articles in the selected folder, then an >>>>>> HTML content area where the article is shown. There are hotkeys for a >>>>>> lot of things, though there could be more, and nothing is unlabeled. >>>>>> There are even keystrokes for next and previous article, so you could >>>>>> probably skip through articles very quickly without leaving the HMTL >>>>>> content. Give it a shot, at least - as I said, it's free, so you have >>>>>> nothing to lose. Thank you, Nektarios, for the great suggestion. I've >>>>>> been looking for an easy-to-use, free RSS reader for the mac for a >>>>>> while, and this one seems to fit the bill beautifully. As I said, I am >>>>>> not just hoping it and Lire will one day sync with the same service so I >>>>>> can keep all my feeds up to date across devices. >>>>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Nektarios Mallas <nmal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello. >>>>>>> Try luck news. I haven't tried it personally, but from the description >>>>>>> I have read must be accessible. >>>>>>> A blind mac user from the Greek mac community told me about this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is the description. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> LuckNews is a fully featured, easy to use, fast, news reader for your >>>>>>> Mac. Try out LuckNews - you'll appreciate its elegance. Some of its >>>>>>> features are: folders, search, notification center, easy navigation, >>>>>>> full screen. There is much, much more. LuckNews does not use Google >>>>>>> Reader. (Google has announced that they are going to retire the Google >>>>>>> Reader service in July 2013.) Selected features: • Article navigation >>>>>>> is very easy - use the swipe gesture to advance to the next article. >>>>>>> Navigating through articles in LuckNews is a pleasure • Enhanced for >>>>>>> Retina display • Organize your subscriptions into folders • Article >>>>>>> Search. Quickly search for articles that contain keywords • Retrieve >>>>>>> RSS subscriptions that were in Mail before Mountain Lion (prior to >>>>>>> 10.8) • Supports Notification Center • Read articles offline • >>>>>>> Import/Export of OPML files (OPML is a subscription interchange format) >>>>>>> • Able to display RSS content in any language • Online help is >>>>>>> available at the support site LuckNews has many additional features and >>>>>>> nice touches which need to be used to be appreciated. LuckNews has been >>>>>>> designed to provide a quality news reading experience >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey all, As an avid RSS user, I just found out that Newsrack is going >>>>>>>> bye bye. I mostly follow my RSS feeds on my iPhone now with Lire, but >>>>>>>> would like to have the option to go through them on the mac as well. I >>>>>>>> don't believe any app on the mac will sync up with Lire, so I guess >>>>>>>> just find a cheap accessible mac rss client would be the way to go. >>>>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I also have Newsify on the iPhone, but haven't really used it lately >>>>>>>> as I am enjoying using Lire. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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