[gps-talkusers] Re: thanks to Ilka and BlindSquare
- From: Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 08:00:50 +0200
Someone has asked me, if I now I'm going to dump Acapela and use iOS TTS
only. It would kind of make sense since now I need to pay royalty fee to
Acapela for each copy I sell, even is user wouldn't need Acapela at all.
I'm not going to do that, since I have lot of users who prefer Acapela
voices, I support also iOS5 and iOS6 users and among 20+ languages I
support, there are ones that Apple doesn't have.
Happily, there are also some languages that Acapela doesn't have, but I
can add them because iOS has them.
In next version there will also be support for dual voices, so users in
China, Korea, Thai etc. can use BlindSquare in English and hear names of
places and street with their own language. It was pretty easy to do with
iOS TTS, but with Acapela it would have needed much more.
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, and blind square also now works well with the built in TTS, and I
> actually prefer it over acapela.
> On Jan 3, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > You are welcome Mike M. I think it is nice if we can all together push
> this technology forward.
> >
> > Mike A., yes, Seeing uses now iOS7's TTS to speak when background. I
> haven't never used that app, but this I know.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Does the new app take advantage of the ability for apps to use the built
> in TTS in IOS 7? If not, this would be a great feature and would allow the
> program to work when the screen is locked. I realize this would exclude
> anyone who is not on IOS 7, but those users are probably few and far
> between, and there is no reason not to upgrade.
> > Original message:
> >
> > We would like to thank Ilka of BlindSquare for the technical information
> he
> > provided that sped up our inclusion of background operation now a
> feature of
> > Seeing Eye GPS 1.3. In this small blindness market, it is essential that
> we
> > work together to achieve the common goal of independent navigation. I
> have
> > had the pleasure of speaking with Ilka and know that he listens
> carefully to
> > his blind testers as is evident in the excellent Blindsquare app, which
> he
> > has created.
> >
> > I am certainly one who uses both Blindsquare and Seeing Eye GPS for
> > situations and I like to participate in the Foursquare game from time to
> > time.
> >
> > From the Sendero team,
> > Thanks Ilka.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael May, CEO
> > Sendero Group, Davis California
> > Developers of accessible GPS
> > Sendero Phone: 888-757-6810, extension 101
> > Home Office: 530-757-6900
> > Email: MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com
> > General GPS web: http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
> > Mike May Personal: http://www.CrashingThrough.com
> >
> >
> >
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