[mac4theblind] Re: talkler
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:57:10 -0800
Ther ewas a review on apple vis about this. but I dunno if people liked it or
not as I don't have my computer at the moment, not until tomorrow anyways.
Take care.
On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:57, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> They should not need separate versions of the app.
> http://talkler.com/
> Control Your E-mail with Your Voice: A Look at the Upcoming Talkler App from
> Talkler Labs
> Janet Ingber
> A new, innovative app called Talkler, which allows users to read and manage
> e-mails with voice commands, is about to make its debut. This mainstream app
> was created by Talkler Labs, LLC, and during its development, the staff has
> been using it with VoiceOver to ensure accessibility. Jeffrey Korn, Talkler
> Labs CEO, said, "Whether you're sighted or not, Talkler is easy to use, and
> it's remarkably helpful. We are aiming to come out with a version that is
> optimized specifically for visually impaired users." He added that the
> optimized version will be released not long after the initial version's
> launch. The free version of Talkler plays a brief advertisement every so
> often (similar to how the free version of the Pandora app works); to
> eliminate the ads, users can pay $1.99 per month.
> Both voice controls and on-screen gestures can be used with the app. Korn
> explained, "Talkler takes advantage of what we're calling 'Talkler
> TapAnywhere,' which are these on-screen gestures that you can implement by
> tapping anywhere near the middle of the screen without having to hunt for a
> tiny button. You can tap to pause the playback and tap again to resume. You
> can swipe anywhere to move from e-mail to e-mail. We developed the use of the
> pinching gesture, sort of like crumpling a piece of paper and tossing it in
> the trash. This is the gesture for deleting an e-mail."
> Regarding Talkler's speech, Korn explained, "Talkler performs all of its
> speech recognition on the iPhone itself. Most other systems have to send each
> utterance out to the Cloud, then process and interpret the utterance in the
> Cloud, and then make a return trip back to the iPhone with the interpreted
> text.
> Talkler, on the other hand, does all the work right on the device. This is
> faster than Cloud-based speech recognition and more secure [since every
> spoken word doesn't have to make a round trip through the Cloud]. Plus,
> Talkler works even when you have zero bars in a cell phone dead zone."
>
>
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