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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