Hi
How do you guys use skype
for dx, I am intrigued by this.
Regards
Adrien
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil
Scovell
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 6:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: DX using skype
Steve,
Thanks. That is useful information. I'll do some checking.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: DX using skype
> Phil,
>
> There are two similar apps: TapTapSee which gives you some
free =
> pictures, then you pay for the rest per the plan you
choose. Here is =
> info from taptapseeapp.com
> TapTapSee is a subscription based service. New users are
provided with =
> 100 trial pictures to get started. After those images are
exhausted, a =
> message appears requesting the user to select one of the
four =
> subscription plans that are offered:
>
> 1.. 50 Picture Pack for $4.99 (no time limit)
> 2.. 100 Picture Pack for $7.99 (no time limit)
> 3.. One Month of Unlimited Pictures for $9.99
> 4.. Three Months of Unlimited Pictures for $24.99
> You can purchase subscription packages through your Apple
iTunes =
> account.=20
>
>
>
> The second app is BeMyEyes, which is currently free and
relies on =
> volunteers. =20
>
>
>
> The app that started the whole thing was VizWiz. It
worked, but I think =
> it has slower response time because it had no funding
mechanism to pay =
> people. Without crowd-sourcing, there aren't enough
people to make it =
> responsive.
>
>
>
> As for Skype, I don't know what screen-reader you are
using. If you are =
> using Jaws, there are Skype scripts at douglee.com, if you
are using a =
> newer version (above 7.0 I think), there are scripts in
their app store. =
> =20
>
>
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Phil Scovell=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:29 AM
> Subject: DX using skype
>
>
> I have a nephew in his late forties who lives in
Kazakhstan. I think =
> that=20
> used to be UL7 in the USSR but now is UN through UQ if I
read my list=20
> correctly. Anyhow, he and his wife in their early
twenties moved to =
> China=20
> and went to a university there so they lived in country
for 4 years. =
> Then=20
> they moved over the border into Kazakhstan where they work
and live with =
>
> their teenage daughters; one of which is now back in the
states enrolled =
> in=20
> college. Anyhow, he is not a ham so we use skype most of
the time to=20
> communicate. He's the son of one of my older sisters.
So, tonight, I=20
> forgot we had a skype schedule. I was walking through the
living room =
> of=20
> our house when through my bluetooth hearing aids, his name
pops up on my =
>
> phone with a text message reminding me of our skype chat
time. They are =
> 14=20
> hours ahead of mountain time. So, I tried earlier today
firing up skype =
> on=20
> my computer but for the life of me, I couldn't find out
how to access =
> skype=20
> after logging in. I could get to my account and all but
none of the=20
> features to chat or to even locate my list of people with
whom I have in =
> my=20
> skype address book. I gave up because I had an
appointment with my =
> hearing=20
> doctor today because I felt my hearing aids weren't quite
up to snuff. =
> It=20
> turns out they just needed a good internal cleaning and
everything was =
> back=20
> to normal. So when I came home, I told my wife I'd just
use my iPhone =
> since=20
> it has skype on it but with my luck as often as both the
computer skype=20
> software and the iPhone skype app are updated, I might
have the same =
> problem=20
> of logging on. My phone, as it turned out, took me 10
minutes to locate =
> the=20
> button to skype connect with my nephew and that button was
the only one =
> that=20
> would work was labeled, video call. So, when my nephews
says hello, I=20
> explained my problem and why it took me so long to log on.
I asked if =
> he=20
> had his camera on and he said know but he turned it on and
there I was =
> on=20
> his screen. I was telling him how I got his text notice
in my ears and =
> he=20
> asked me all sorts of questions about my hearing aids.
Finally he said, =
>
> "Uncle Phil, can you hold your phone up to the side of
your head so I =
> can=20
> see what it looks like?" I did and he commented on how
small and hidden =
> it=20
> was. So, I pulled out the wire and speaker and held it up
to the =
> iPhone.=20
> He gave me a few instructions and when I got the thing
center, he could =
> see=20
> it clearly. I showed him which was the almond shaped
microphone housing =
>
> with the battery and processor, the thin wire going to the
speaker that=20
> drops down inside my ear and hangs just over my eardrum,
which he said =
> he=20
> saw clearly, and then I held up the antenna for the
bluetooth that curls =
>
> around inside the shell of the ear and he could see even
that thin =
> little=20
> wire clearly. So my point is, that app where you login
and some =
> volunteer=20
> helps identify what your camera is showing, if someone
ever answers that =
> is,=20
> I would think would work and work well. I haven't used
that program =
> yet, I=20
> forget it's name, something ending with the word "See,"
but I'm thinking =
>
> someone tried it using a friend he already knew and it
worked well. My=20
> grown kids never write anything down any more; they just
snap a picture =
> of=20
> it and off they go.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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