A friend on Twitter asked my impressions on Voice Control. That prompted me to finally install iOS13 and give it a go. I am very enthused by the result. Voice Control acts just like most Apple products do – they do what they say and they show thought and attention to detail. It’s a gameContinueContinue reading “Apple’s Voice Control in iOS13 is the real deal”
Category Archives: Talking
Siri Shortcuts stands to be a boon for people living with disability
I watched the Apple WWDC presentation this morning and was excited to see the announcement of Shortcuts. Siri Shortcuts Streamline the things you do often with shortcuts. Siri can now intelligently pair your daily routines with third-party apps to suggest convenient shortcuts right when you need them. So if you typically pick up a coffeeContinueContinue reading “Siri Shortcuts stands to be a boon for people living with disability”
Lifekludger Quick Links: Hand Stylus; Voice Activated Alarm Clock
The Hand Stylus The Hand Stylus is a kickstarter-funded project. It has a retractable stylus tip. The tip rotates automatically to prevent wearing on one side. [via Chip Chick] ivee Voice Activated Alarm Clock Can speak to it Able to understand more than 30 simple voice commands Touchscreen capabilities and volume adjustment 5” LEDContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Quick Links: Hand Stylus; Voice Activated Alarm Clock”
BrailleTouch – a Braille-like texting app
Georgia Tech has come up with BrailleTouch – a Braille-like texting app. This ia a prototype app for touchscreen mobile device. You can Text not even having to even look at the device’s display at all – which bodes well for the visually impaired, of course. “Research has shown that chorded, or gesture-based, texting isContinueContinue reading “BrailleTouch – a Braille-like texting app”
Voice Controlled Alarm Clock
[Link: Moshi Alarm Clocks: Speak to your Moshi Alarm Clock and it speaks back] Moshi Alarm Clocks are sleekly designed clocks with voice recognition technology. The Moshi Alarm Clock is fully voice interactive and can be operated without ever even seeing the clock. Speak to your Moshi in plain English and it will speak backContinueContinue reading “Voice Controlled Alarm Clock”
Phone designed for the Blind shows importance of feedback
SENS concept phone. by Japanese designer, Takumi Yoshida I’ve written previously about the importance of the correct type of feedback for input, especially when one or more of your senses fail you. This SENS phone uses a combination of tactile sensors and audio feedback to the user. When a person key is pressed the phoneContinueContinue reading “Phone designed for the Blind shows importance of feedback”
Emporia Life Phone info sought
Back here I wrote about the Emporia Life Phone. The other day I got an email asking me about where to get one in Australia, which it appears you can’t. Can anyone help shelly? Are you listening Emporia? shelly wrote: EMPORIA PHONE These are not available in Australia at present and nobody I have spokenContinueContinue reading “Emporia Life Phone info sought”
More simple cell phones for life
emporia have a great statement on their site which states: What is simple will be understood. What is understood generates relevance. I came across these phones made by emporia via Popgadget blog. They reminded me of my observations made in an earlier post where I see that simpler interfaces for devices that hide the convergenceContinueContinue reading “More simple cell phones for life”
Hands free dialling
Make reports on a telephone that features a built-in PIR motion sensor. If an intruder is detected within a 30 ft. range, TeleSpy calls a preset telephone number and allows you to listen in to the premises. Now, what a cool concept. If this phone was positioned in a certain way and programmed with aContinueContinue reading “Hands free dialling”
Media Centre Voice Reccognition
The other day the e-HomeUpgrade blog had news and a review about some speech recognition software from OneVoice Technologies. The Media Center Communicator Version 2, is designed to let you talk to and control your Media Center PC. For the future One Voice Communications is working with other partners on integrating voice command into homeContinueContinue reading “Media Centre Voice Reccognition”
SGD interface for mobiles wins on Inventors
Last year I met Toan Nguyen at a seminar in Adelaide. Tonight I was watching The New Inventors on ABC TV and Toan was on as a contestant with his SGD Mobile Access interface : SGD Mobile Access is a software interface added to existing technology. This enables users who do not have the useContinueContinue reading “SGD interface for mobiles wins on Inventors”
Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga
Over at Frank Arrigo’s blog he has the low down on a kludge to get VoiceCommand to take commands straight from a BT headset. frankarr – an aussie microsoft blogger : K-JAM, Microsoft Voice Command, Bluetooth earpiece and a registry hack Longtime readers will know the ongoing battle I’ve had with this BT stuff onContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga”
The Sony mouse phone
This is a neat idea by Sony. This is a phone handset built into a mouse. Okay, so it’s not the most ergonomic looking rodent but for limited space or limited reach that would mean a mouse and phone together would not be able to be used, it could just fit the bill. Only problemContinueContinue reading “The Sony mouse phone”
Bluetooth and PDA interoperability – again
Here I am again reporting on the PDA-Bluetooth issues I’ve alluded to in previous posts and written about in a paper about mobile technologies for people with a disability. As a result of that I’ve pointed my feed reader over at the bluetoothlounge.com. A hugely indepth article about the technical problems of why it’s soContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth and PDA interoperability – again”
XEG, the mobile phone pad
I’m not sure exactly what functions of a mobile telephone this controls (aside from the games, obviously) but if it controls more than just games, one of these type mobile phone extenders could prove handy for accessing those phones with tiny buttons. You can see a lot of close-up images from the link below. viaContinueContinue reading “XEG, the mobile phone pad”
Talking Remote Holder
This device is a remote control and holder. The difference between it and the rest of it’s ilk is the holder asks questions when the remote isn’t put back. Probing HAL-like questions such as: “Where’s the remote?” “Are you still using the remote?” Now this is cool, and maybe I could’ve used it for theContinueContinue reading “Talking Remote Holder”
iSkype headset
This just cracks me up. This guy took an iSight camera and taped it to a pair of headphones. Reason? The iSight has a microphone and the iSight plugs into the Mac firewire port viz a digital mic input! Kludge-o-rama baby! iSkype – ReesesWiki – musing/2005-11-01 DIY Skype Headset
Old Phones Made Mobile
Here’s a take on the idea of converting an old style land-line telephone by hooking it up to a mobile inside it. This article shows how it’s done. I thought what a neat idea for someone needing a mobile phone with big buttons! Article – http://www.tristanperich.com/Art/Telephone/ via make – http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/old_phone_to_new_phone.html
