So sendero Group could now give what some users want in order to save battery life! To use Seeing I with the screen locked! I look forward to it when ever it comes to Europe or the UK! Nothing like competition is there! Kawal. Sent from my I phone > On 22 Nov 2013, at 02:05 pm, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hello Kawal, you asked me to join the discussion so here I am :-) > > Yes, Apple opened SDK to produce speech on iOS7. Since I have BlindSquare > users who has also iOS5 or iOS6 and I also support languages that Apple > doesn't have, I have support both for iOS voices and Acapela. So, even iOS7 > users can still use Acapela voices if they prefer to do so. > > This indeed would allow Seeing Eye to implement background operation on iOS7 > devices. There is also another way to do it even with iOS5 and iOS6 by > sending local notifications. Since voiceover reads push notifications, also > local apps can cause phone to speak those. I have seen some apps doing that, > but user experience is much worse than having an app that has full control > what is spoken and when. > > >> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawal_g@xxxxxx> wrote: >> As of 21st November, Blind Square is now using IOS default voices. This is >> confirmed in what's new if you look in your updated App list in the App >> Store if you have Blind Square installed. I know the dchveloper is on this >> list and no doubt he will write and confirm. So I'm afraid Chris Sendero >> theeeing I app will have to follow suit! >> >> Kawal. >> >> Sent from my I phone >> >>> On 22 Nov 2013, at 09:11 am, Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> https://audioboo.fm/boos/1742247-blindsqare-news-podcast-2-for-release-1-52 >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Kawal Gucukoglu <kawal_g@xxxxxx> >>> To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:03:43 +0000 >>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Sendero Seeing I App to follow by example. >>> >>>> Not if you have the update as you will see if you download it. >>>> >>>> Sent from my I phone >>>> >>>>> On 22 Nov 2013, at 09:01 am, Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Technically it isn't VoiceOver thats speaking using Blindsquare, they are >>>>> generating their own tts messages and have been doing so for a long time. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Kawal Gucukoglu <kawal_g@xxxxxx> >>>>> To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:53:17 +0000 >>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Sendero Seeing I App to follow by example. >>>>> >>>>>> Hello. >>>>>> >>>>>> Whilst I'm waiting forthe Seeing I App to come out in the UK, I am >>>>>> having to use Blind Square. So today, I discovered that Voice Over was >>>>>> speaking automatically withthe screen locked. So I am really hoping that >>>>>> by the time I get The Seeing I app, one can lock the screen andthe >>>>>> Seeing I app can announce things with the screen locked and thus saving >>>>>> battery life. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>> Sent from my I phone >>>>> >>>>> To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation >>>>> mode): >>>>> http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm >>>>> >>>>> Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to >>>>> gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. >>> >>> To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): >>> http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm >>> >>> Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to >>> gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. >