hi carol well must get time to check this but when doing an email or putting in a contact or reading anything in braille will be a help. what i must try is to see if i can use the ability to type things in from the apex as it is quite difficult with the iphone keyboard. will let you know how i get on. ----- source message ----- from: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> date: 2010/06/28 08:30:16 subject: [access-uk] Re: iphone as a braille display and a speech difficulty > > > Wow John, this is really good news. So tell me exactly how this assists, I > mean, when navigating on screens, rather than just reading text. > > -- > Carol > carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:41 AM > Subject: [access-uk] iphone as a braille display and a > speech difficulty > > > hi sorry to reply this way but using the braille sense > > plus. i am so pleased to say i can connect my apex to the > > iphone as a braille display. did not think this would > > work but it does. i cannot seem to do it with the sense > > though. now to my other difficulty. i have a new 64 bit > > laptop an hp pavilion dv 7 3105 ae or something like. > > this machine arrived last friday and i am waiting for my > > window eyes disk for it. you need a diferent window eyes > > disk with the 64 bit windows 7 machine. i have system > > access on my netbook so if i get sighted help i could use > > the new machine if it can be connected to my router. but > > wonder if i can use system acces by downloading it on to > > the new machine until my window eyes disk comes to me. > > now how good is the narator on windows 7 would that get > > me along until window eyes. now my last one here sorry > > about the long email is. i had a big difficulty that i > > could not download the most up to date iphone software. i > > got a message. internet time out. wh at i did to resolve > > this problem was to disable nod 32. not surely somewhere > > in nod 32 there must be a way to set a rule about itunes. > > any help will be truly apreciated. many thanks. > > > > ----- source message ----- > > from: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > to: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > date: 2010/06/27 09:25:26 > > subject: [access-uk] Re: Freezer alarms > > > >ar > >ar > >ar Hi Derek > >ar > >ar Many moons ago, there used to be something you could > >ar purchase from RNIB called Freeze Alert. You tied it to > >ar the inside of your freezer, say on a shelf or something, > >ar and it certainly bleeped if you left the door open when > >ar it detected an increase in temperature. It was pretty > >ar loud and aggravating when you were packing shopping > >ar away, for example, but it was a useful gadget. I don't > >ar think such a device exists any more from RNIB though. > >ar > >ar Similarly, there used to be a Rain Alert device from > >ar RNIB that you hooked up to a sill with an outdoor > >ar sensor. I found this a brilliant gadget for alerting me > >ar to rain if my son was playing outside as a child as he > >ar liked playing in the rain if he got the opportunity, > >ar (smile). It was really useful for knowing when to bring > >ar in the washing too. I wish we could have this gadget > >ar back again! I remember that the window-cleaner who did > >ar his round at that time used to tease the life out of the > >ar Rain Alert by splashing it so that I'd go outside to > >ar find out what the weather was up to. > >ar > >ar > >ar Kind Regards, > >ar > >ar Jackie Cairns > >ar J&M Work-Ability > >ar > >ar jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >ar www.work-ability.co.uk > >ar -----Original Message----- > >ar From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >ar [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derek > >ar Hornby > >ar Sent: 26 June 2010 23:20 > >ar To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >ar Subject: [access-uk] Freezer alarms > >ar > >ar Hi all > >ar Does anyone know if there is such product that would > >ar Alert one if say the freezer went off. > >ar > >ar I was thinking it might work like this. > >ar Plug the alarm into wall socket, and the freezer into > >ar the Alarm. 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