I'm not Raul, but this is my favorite keyboard. It is about 10.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches front to back and less than a half an inch thick at its thickest point. It takes two triple A batteries that come in the box, but a little hard to find. I really like the feel of the keys when typing. I have reasonably large hands and yet it is very comfortable to type on. If you've seen the Apple keyboard, it is about a half inch smaller in each direction, yet has more keys. One of the bigger pluses for this keyboard is that it has the option key on both sides of the space bar, which helps with some of the VoiceOver keystrokes.
It is regularly $45, so if it is still on sale for basically $30, which will qualify for free shipping, I'd say go for it. Raul's podcast apparently explains the pairing steps, so I won't go into that here. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard question - Was Re: Question to Raul Hi Raul: Is this a keyboard I should consider. I have been thinking of purchasing one but haven't done any research yet. Thanks! On 3/18/13, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I changed the subject line to be a bit more appropriate to the topic > discussed. In any case, I didn't give those because I said where you > could get it from. I also believe I compared it to the Apple Keyboard. > So, that would have given you a second source to compare it to. I've > provided the link below and it should tell you though. BTW, the cost is > currently $29.99. > > http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Travel-iPhone/dp/B005E OWBKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363583326&sr=8-1&keywords=amazon+basics+blueto oth+keyboard > > Hope that helps. > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Last night I had a crazy dream that I weighed less than a thousandth of > a gram. I was like, 0mg! - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 3/16/2013 11:29 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: >> Raul, when you did your pod cast of the Amazon basics BT keyboard, you >> didn't give the dementions. Can you give me some idea of it's size like >> how long, how wide, how thick? >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 6:26 PM >> Subject: Re: Use NaturalReader On Your iPhone And Get Rid Of The Awful >> Robot Voice [iOS Tips] >> >> >>> Hi, more on this app. I played with it a little more and saw that in >>> order for it to read, it uses cloud-based TTS reading. So this means >>> that which ever document you have loaded in the app, it uses data to >>> send the document to the net and then the TTS voice reads it to you. >>> So, this is a bit like streaming. I don't know how much data it uses >>> up with this method, but I don't see it as being a viable source of >>> reading text files. I also think it only supports txt files, but I >>> could be wrong on this point. I would still choose to use Voice Dream >>> Reader since it offers much more features and it doesn't use a >>> cloud-based TTS to get you that higher quality voice. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> I must say I'm glad I know sign language, It's pretty handy. - Sheldon >>> Cooper >>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>> >>> On 2/26/2013 1:24 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>>> I just downloaded and ran the natural read out the website talks about. >>>> It actually looks pretty good. I was able to scroll to a certain part >>>> of >>>> the text and double tap it. The speech began reading from that point. I >>>> have not yet connected my dropbox account to it or added other things. >>>> So the only experience I have so far is with the sample text. I >>>> switched >>>> between two different voices and it all seems fine. I wonder what the >>>> catch is or what the limits are considering that it is free. I notice >>>> that it only has a 3.5 rating in the App Store. Perhaps I should go >>>> read >>>> the comments to see what others have said. However based on the initial >>>> impressions this app does look rather promising. >>>> >>>> On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Traci <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thought this would Interest some folks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/28f4237c/l/0L0Sculto fmac0N0C2172550Cuse0Enaturalreader0Eon0Eyour0Eiphone0Eand0Eget0Erid0Eof0Ethe 0Eawful0Erobot0Evoice0Eios0Etips0C/story01.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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