[gps-talkusers] Re: thanks to Ilka and BlindSquare
- From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 07:28:07 -0600
Speech is a very subjective thing, one person likes one voice, and anohter
person prefers something different. I would think by now those still on IOS 5
and IOS 6 would have updated. I wonder if other apps are dropping their TTS
engines and using what is built in.
On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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