Well, congrats on the HomePod. If you’re in the Apple ecosystem as I am, I
think you’ll really like it. In fact that’s probably why they’re urging people
to take it home and give it a try, many more are liking it then not. Are used
to use my AirPods for listening to podcasts while I was working,
I have noticed that when dictating to Siri on my iPhone X, the recognition is
absolutely terrible! I spend much more time correcting dictation than I ever
used to. Just wondering if anyone else--either using a X or not--has noticed
the same thing?
Cheers,
Donna
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Hi all,
If memory serves, something I read said that the HomePod can't do stereo sound
the way the Sonos speakers can. Does anyone know if that is a hardware or
software limitation? I was thinking about picking up a HomePod this weekend,
but eventually having the ability to have stereo sound
True stereo sound is coming in a software update soon.
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 7:29 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> If memory serves, something I read said that the HomePod can't do stereo
> sound the way the Sonos speakers can. Does anyone know if that is a hardw
Excellent! Thanks!
Cheers,
Donna
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:59 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
>
> True stereo sound is coming in a software update soon.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 16, 2018, at 7:29 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If memory serves, someth
Are use dictation quite a bit. Every day. On my iPhone as I’m doing now, and
out on my HomePod. And I have very, very little problem with it. Sometimes when
Siri fumbles, I know it’s because I did.
I’ve not done any, editing on this message. It’s all straight dictation.
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> O
Donna,
Yes, I have found dictation greatly lacking lately. That is on my IPhone 10.
Yesterday, I was dictating a message and after completing it (several
attempts), Siri would not even come back with asking me if I wanted to send it.
I had to find the send button on the screen and tap it.
In t
Hi!
When i use dictation on my Ipad mini 4 i found the same behaviour.
I also find that siri has problems understanding what i want to be played on
apple music.
/A
> 16 feb. 2018 kl. 13:25 skrev Donna Goodin :
>
> I have noticed that when dictating to Siri on my iPhone X, the recognition is
> a
There are certainly dictation mistakes. And every once in a while there is a
real hash. But for the most part, it’s decent. I’m not using an iPhone X. I’m
using 7+. I don’t do it on my iPad Mini too, because it is incredibly slow.
Mary
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 4:25 AM, Donna G
I find issues with it sometimes. I swear siri hates my voice because,
I keep having to repeat messages at times.
On 2/16/18, Mary Otten wrote:
> There are certainly dictation mistakes. And every once in a while there is a
> real hash. But for the most part, it’s decent. I’m not using an iPhone X.
Ha! You sound like my husband. He swears that Siri hates him.
This is interesting. I always got very good results from Siri until switching
to the iPhone X. Given that this phone supposedly has better hardware and a
faster processor, it makes no sense that dictation results would worsen. But
t
Hi. The HomePod doesn’t support multiple timers. You cannot pair it to your
phone either. You can do this with the Amazon Echo. This HomePod has been
rushed into the market and it’s cost Apple around £250 to assemble and they
can’t price it less than what it is right now. I’m happy with my Echos
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone knows anything about the accessibility of documents
that are composed in illustrator? If they are not inherently accessible, is
there a way to render them accessible?
Thanks,
Donna
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Hi all,
I am writing with what I think is very sad news.Baum USA Will be permanently
closing it’s doors this afternoon, due to the parent company in Germany
declaring bankruptcy. I know this is not strictly Apple related, but wanted to
post it to the list in case there are users of the Vario ul
Hello Everyone,
For various reasons, I reboot my iPhone throughout the day, when at home.
After doing this, I find that HomePod cannot access the Personal Request
feature saying that the HomePod needs to be on the same WiFi network at my
iPhone.
The only solution that consistently works to reso
Hi,
Most apps within the Adobe Creative Suite are not very accessible at all.
Adobe uses a ton of custom elements that do not allow VO to hook on to. I have
been on their case about some things, but I don't have a big enough impact on
them. There may have been some improvements lately that I
Sad indeed for I have had the Vario Ultra on my wish list.
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Hi all,
I am writing with what I think is very sad news.Baum U
Honestly, it’s the best display I abe ever owned.
Donna
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:16 PM, E.T. wrote:
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> Sad indeed for I have had the Vario Ultra on my wish list.
>
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Hello All,
I am happy to report that as of the latest iOS Twitter app release, today,
the imbedded link-activation bug appears to have been resolved.
Mark
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I have wanted one of those for a while now. sad news.
On 2/16/18, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Honestly, it’s the best display I abe ever owned.
> Donna
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:16 PM, E.T. wrote:
>>
>> Sad indeed for I have had the Vario Ultra on my wish list.
>>
>> From E.
That is why its on my wish list. My Braille Edge is developing some
bad cells but still usable.
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Honestly, it’s the best d
Good evening to the list.
Here are my thoughts on the new Homepod I received today after ordering it
directly from the Apple online store yesterday.
I just cannot get over the sound quality. It's amazing! It actually sounds
bigger than what the Homepod really is, a small, cylindrical but heavywei
Hi Mark,
Thanks for letting us know of this. I have enabled personal requests for now,
but I only turn off my iPhone when I go to bed. I will therefore bear this in
mind, but it is unlikely I will use the personal requests feature frequently.
Again, thanks for letting us know.
> On 16 Feb 2018,
What about the KNFB reader for the IOS devices?
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Hi,
According to t
I'm not really laughing here but
Why is it that apples product range sounds like it's going backwards rather
than forwards
If I was buying one of these home speaker units I think I'd be going amazon
echo if anything
Apple sound like they are really struggling to move ahead
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I know when I last really used vm fusion and mac os I found it easier to work
in the vm with vo off and then vo on command tab to the mac os side to work
there.
They don't make it easy for us is what I've found.
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And then how does the fusion drive work then?
Is the data closer to the middle or the edge of a fusion drive?
Trick question by the way.
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A mouse pad, good thought however what about vibration?
What ever happened to inch long spikes off the bottom of the speaker to stand
them on the floor?
I remember years ago bying speakers that I had to put inch long spikes into the
base of that then stopped them moving and kept them off the ca
I own a VarioConnect with a dead USB port. It cannot be fixed because
of this, so I am having to buy a Braille Edge. This is very
disappointing as the build quality of the display was topnotch.
Eric
On 2/16/18, E.T. wrote:
> That is why its on my wish list. My Braille Edge is developing so
I thought stereo sound would be a hardware thing rather than a software thing.
2 speakers give you stereo
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That's it,
Siri is sexest!
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On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
Sent: Saturday, 17 February 2018 4:50 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially
Hi Donna,
Do you mean adobe illustrator?
I thought it was mainly images based / drawing related
Donna have you got a document I can have a look at?
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Eric,
You might hold off on that braille edge. I have used both, and the quality of
the barrio is far superior!!! My understanding is that they are making
arrangements for devices to be supported. They said nothing about what that
would look like, other than it is not expected that people will
Hi Mark,
Haven't you got an iPhone 8 or +
That to me sounds extremely odd have you had to reboot your phone prior to the
home pod being added in to the network?
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Hi Simon,
Yes. I don’t know why they want to use illustrator. The document is largely
text. But that is the preferred software in this case.
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>
> Hi Donna,
>
> Do you mean adobe illustrator?
>
> I thought it was mainly i
Hi Donna,
>From memory illustrator is a vector graphics based application,
In most cases adobe aren't blind friendly but I wondered about OCR over
illustrator?
A pain in the A but worth having a look at.
I also wondered what other formats illustrator can save to as that would give
another opti
It seems like entirely too many people are falling for the nonsense in the tech
press which is basically saying that the HomePod is meant to compete with cheap
devices like the echo. It isn’t. It is marketed to people who are in the apple
ecosystem want really good sound and don’t want to screw
I am in New York. I sent my Vario Connect in and traded emails with
David Bradburn. He offered to sell me an old used display with only
USB support. Otherwise he suggested I look into a display from HIMS,
Humanware, or VFO.
On 2/16/18, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Eric,
>
> You might hold off on that
Hi Donna.
Yes, I got the same news on the VarioUltra list that Baum USA would be closing
this afternoon. Very sad news for sure. 😞 The VarioUltra has been one of the
best and most reliable braille displays I have ever used. I use it all the time
at work and it's great with my iPhone too. Now I'm
Well, he’s obviously your best source of information. That’s too bad.
Donna
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote:
>
> I am in New York. I sent my Vario Connect in and traded emails with
> David Bradburn. He offered to sell me an old used display with only
> U
I think that may be what I will need to do, turn VO off when I want
to work in the VM. I agree, its not easy.
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I know whe
Hey Tim,
That's pretty much what I was afraid of. Adobe doesn't concern itself much
with accessibility. Well, thanks for letting me know.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:14 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Most apps within the Adobe Creative Suite are not very accessible at all.
>
Hi Simon,
Yep, that's what i thought. Thanks.
Best,
Donna
> On Feb 16, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>
> Hi Donna,
>
> From memory illustrator is a vector graphics based application,
> In most cases adobe aren't blind friendly but I wondered about OCR over
> illustrator?
>
> A pain
Hello All.
I have been using my new generation Focus 40 for just over a week now.
I have a few questions to ask regarding UEB as I normally write in UEB these
days as I can't remember the Standard English Braille Code although that is
what I grew up with!
Anyway, I have noticed that some of
I don't understand why you would want a mouse pad. I am waiting for the next
generation of Home Pod. I don't want an echo speaker as I like my Apple stuff
although one of these days I might get an ;El Braille although this is just a
aought rather than I want!
Kawal.
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> On 1
I would rather buy some nice equipment than spend my money on a home
pod. Seriously come on I want a smart speaker not a speaker that
pretends to be smart, and only gives me really good audio.
On 2/16/18, Mary Otten wrote:
> It seems like entirely too many people are falling for the nonsense in t
Simon,
It's a little more complicated than that. I can have two speakers, each
playing the same channel, thus it is not stereo sound. In true stereo sound,
the left and right speakers play different audio and are synchronized to make
things sound like they come out of one, the other or both.
What you guys need to realize is, Apple intended the speaker to be smart in
terms of the spatial awareness capabilities. Meaning it sounds great no matter
where you place it. Yes, I think we all would like Siri to be smarter, but
that’s not their vision for the speaker.
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>
Hello All,
Here is the link to the HomePod user guide:
http://help.apple.com/homepod/
Mark
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Hello Simon,
Yes, I have an iPhone 8 Plus.
I do not need to reboot my phone, I choose to reboot it based on my activity
throughout the day.
Strangely enough, today, HomePod detects the device without using the Wi-Fi
on/off method, described in my previous post.
Mark
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you aren't the only one. even simple sentences have been bolloxed badly. I have
seen changes in pronouns, had entire words appear that I didn't speak and even
had one sentence get badly mangled.
It's gotten so that I have to use a bluetooth keyboard to compose messages,
Facebook posts and even t
I promise I won't flood the list with these kinds of posts but I have to
admit that I found myself doing something this evening that I haven't done
in over 10 years. I actually sat in my living room, with a hardcopy Braille
novel and enjoyed listening to my music on my HomePod, in front of my
fire
In UEB, for at sign, it is dot 4 followed by dot 1.
Kind regards,
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> On 17 Feb 2018, at 09:07, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
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> Hello All.
>
> I have been using my new generation Focus 40 for just
Lol Simon. That was good. In all seriousness though, has anyone tried turning
off and on both Siri and dictation? I hear that supposedly any issue you've had
with those two things should clear up after toggling them on and off.
Shawn
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