Re: Heading Level Access In Safari Browser

2024-06-06 Thread Ron Canazzi
then flick down with one finger and that should take you from heading to heading. To go up flick up. If you can't find the heading option in the rotor then you must add it in the VoiceOver rotor settings. Good luck! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi

Heading Level Access In Safari Browser

2024-05-31 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I finally was able to change some settings in Safari Browser on the iPhone to get it to display HTML files that are stored locally on the iPhone.  I  created my modified Dice Football Game Play Sheet by using headings to more quickly navigate from play list to play list.  I have

Off line HTML Documents and Safari Browser

2024-05-23 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I have a document that I downloaded and sent to my iPhone via e-mail attachment.  I saved it to files. When I try to open it, Voice Dream Reader grabs it and opens it. How can I allow Safari Browser to open it? -- Signature: For a nation to admit it has done grievous wrongs and

Which iPhone App Allows The Creation Of level 1 2 and so on of Headings that is accessible with VoiceOver?

2024-05-18 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I want to make a document as part of a game I am creating that will quickly allow me to access aspects of the game via a document using header navigation. I tried using Microsoft Word for PC and moving it to the iPhone but the header navigation seemed broken. Only a few words would

Re: Several Dolphin Easy Reader enquiries

2024-04-05 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Gerardo, Why don't you try the 'free' Bookshare app itself? It is limited to only Bookshare books, but works fine in and of itself for that task. On 4/5/2024 4:27 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: So I'm transitioning from Voice Dream Reader to the Dolphin Easy Reader for Bookshare books,

Beware of IOS Automatic Updates And Cellular/WiFi Settings

2024-04-01 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, On two of my iPhones, with the update a few weeks ago to IOS 17.4, after the reboot after installing, apparently, both iPhones had changed my setting from cellular data/off to cellular data/on.  I have a 1 GB     data limit. I did not notice that this had happened until I got a

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I  would be willing to pay up to twenty dollars yearly, but this is ridiculous. I could afford it, but it is still way too high for an app on an Apple device. As mentioned before, the average price of most apps usable with IOS devices is between five and ten dollars US.  Allowing

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, The Book Share program itself now has its own app. It is free and while a bit limited, it does read book share books quite well and the recent addition of a bookmark feature makes it usable in that limited context. On 3/26/2024 12:38 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: You guys are

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Sarai, You wrote: Yes, but not caviar!  The average yearly subscription for most Apple apps is between 5 and 10 dollars US.  59 dollars is incredibly high. On 3/25/2024 8:24 PM, sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Developers have to eat too. They should get paid.

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I wouldn't mind paing for the app, but fifty-nine dollars yearly??? I pay only a little more for Windows 365 and get a lot more than the current Voice Dream Reader proportionately.  What new features does this new version have? On 3/25/2024 7:59 PM, regina alvarado wrote: The

Re: Saving Voice Mail Messages Question Please.

2024-03-24 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Janet, You may not be asking for the audio, but I regularly save audio versions of my voice mails that are left on my Spectrum Phone account. I am able to look under voice mail under the iPhone app and see a copy of the message. If I swipe up once, I get a menu one item of which is share.

Issue With Zoom and iPhone

2024-03-20 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, In March of 2023, Zoom had a major update that made usage of the program more problematic with the iPhone app for Zoom.  Since then, there have been some improvements to accessibility, but I still have one issue. I am not quite sure what happens, but one of the things that recent

Audio Issue With iPhone SE 2020

2024-03-08 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I believe this may have started with the upgrade to IOS 17.3, but I am not sure. For the past month or so, the audio on my SE 2020 iPhone seems somewhat muted. This is despite the fact that I have the audio under settings set at 100 percent. Is there any generic adjustments I could

The Onscreen Keyboard Issue

2024-01-27 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Candy, Using the Freedom Scientific Focus 40 Blue U Braille display, there is a hot key that if the on screen keyboard does not show up you can press to make it show up.  The unit must be connected when you do this. The hot key is a Q chord on the display.  I do not know if this works for

SiriusXM APP and Sports Rewind

2024-01-06 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, Well the issue of what SiriuisXM has done to it's IOS app has been discussed for a while now on this and other lists. I have slowly begun to adjust to a degree to it's cumbersome and less accessible interface. I listen to this app primarily for sports events. In the older app, I

Re: keyboard disappearing issue on Iphone. Help needed.

2023-12-31 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I also have this issue using the Focus 40 Blue Braille Keyboard. I guess it has something to do with the bluetooth grabbing access to the iPhone and somehow hiding the keyboard.  I believe the toggle for the Focus 40 Blue to hide and show the keyboard is the Q chord (dots 1, 2, 3,

Re: Sirius app update improvements and observations

2023-12-22 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Wayne, I downloaded the update today and I am still confused. I am having a great difficulty getting to the NFL play by play area. I keep getting the last station played player open without playing and I cannot get rid of it, even if I close the app and restart it. On 12/22/2023 5:22 PM,

Re: StarplayrX Working Again

2023-12-16 Thread Ron Canazzi
on the page. On 12/15/2023 6:05 PM, Ron Canazzi wrote: Hi Group, For all of yesterday, I was getting the log in error for StarplayrX.  I tried it this afternoon and it is working again. Can anyone else confirm this? -- Signature: For a nation to admit it has done grievous wrongs

StarplayrX Working Again

2023-12-15 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, For all of yesterday, I was getting the log in error for StarplayrX.  I tried it this afternoon and it is working again. Can anyone else confirm this? -- Signature: For a nation to admit it has done grievous wrongs and will strive to correct them for the betterment of all is no

My Analysis Of the SiriusXM and StarplayrX Apps

2023-12-14 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I sent this one to another list, but that is a more general tech list and not an Apple list. Hi Group, I also got the error with the StarplayrX app. It says 'error logging in; your IP address has been blocked for 24 hours because of too many log-in errors.'  This is odd because I

Re: SiriusXM To Update Service And App: How Will This Affect Accessibility?

2023-12-08 Thread Ron Canazzi
name and password and you are good to go. If siriusXm app updates break accessibility starplayrx is a good alternative--assuming that this alternative interface does not somehow get broken by the changes. On 11/30/2023 5:38 PM, Ron Canazzi wrote: Hi Group, As a platinum subscriber

Re: xm radio app

2023-11-14 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Richard, I use the SiriusXM app and at this point, I have no problems with it. One always looks for alternatives because some programmers just can't wait to change the appearance to make it look more appealing and often times break accessibility. Take the NHL app for listening to hockey

Re: seo in communication

2023-10-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, In the past few hours, I have gotten a bunch of e-mails from this list filtered properly into my viPhone folder that contain only links.  I would think this must be some sort of Spam.  Is anyone else receiving these types of e-mails? On 10/26/2023 12:53 AM, Ghulam Abbas wrote:

Re: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

2023-10-25 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I guess it depends on what you are using these automated helpers for. I find Siri better than Alexa or Curtana for general knowledge.  As far as opening apps, I do that myself. Early on when I first began using the iPhone, I learned to edit my home screen, group various apps by

Re: Onscreen Keyboard Does Not Show Up On my iPhones since Recent Update

2023-10-23 Thread Ron Canazzi
: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 2:00 AM To: ViPhone List Subject: Onscreen Keyboard Does Not Show Up On my iPhones since Recent Update Hi Group, I am wondering if anyone else is seeing this and if there is a fix. For years now, when using

Re: Onscreen Keyboard Does Not Show Up On my iPhones since Recent Update

2023-10-20 Thread Ron Canazzi
, Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: https://www.turner42.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Friday

Onscreen Keyboard Does Not Show Up On my iPhones since Recent Update

2023-10-20 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I  am wondering if anyone else is seeing this and if there is a fix. For years now, when using the iPhone, when I double tap an edit field, I get the message: 'text field insertion point at start (sometimes insertion point at end.' I can then move down to a keyboard with standard

Re: We Deserve Better from Apple Why I Can No Longer Recommend a Mac to Fellow Blind Computer Users.

2023-10-08 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, Since this editorial involves primarily Safari browser and since there are other browsers such as Firefox that can be used on the Mac, has anyone tried Firefox on a Mac or perhaps any other browser? On 10/8/2023 7:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: I love my iPhone and even my Apple

Clumsy Work Around For Broken Spectrum TV App

2023-09-23 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, After four days of groaning, carping and gnashing of teeth, I played with the Spectrum TV App for the iPhone and figured out a clumsy but usable work around for accessing channels.  Here's how it works. 1.  Launch the app and move to the bottom of the screen and double tap on the

Re: Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility

2023-09-21 Thread Ron Canazzi
-- From: "Ron Canazzi" Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:15 PM To: Subject: Re: Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility Hi Group, The Spectrum mobile app (no spec connect or my spectrum in the title) is the one I am talking about. That used

Re: Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility

2023-09-20 Thread Ron Canazzi
and a My Spectrum TV app. Both seem reasonably accessible to me, at least so far. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2023, at 12:05, Michael Amaro wrote: The mobile app is no more. Every thing is done threw my spectrum app -- From: "Ron Ca

Re: Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility

2023-09-19 Thread Ron Canazzi
channels but this is not acceptable. The filters didn't seem to work for me even though I had them set for all channels and in numerical order. What a mess! Debbie -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 6:08 PM

Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility

2023-09-19 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, i got my first iPhone in March of 2019. I installed the Spectrum Mobile App for iPhone in June of 2019. The app worked perfectly and was totally accessible until yesterday. The app updated and now I have difficulty navigating the interface. The app opens with a group of new filters,

[Lynx-dev] Issue With Windows Version Of Lynx Browser

2023-09-08 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hello Group, I have been a long time Windows user and am pretty proficient with that OS as well as the Apple system.  I stumbled across the Lynx browser online a while back and it reminds me of the good old days of Unix Shell operation before the days of the specialized browsers with graphics

Re: navigating my Iphone with my braille display

2023-08-27 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I just purchased a focus 40 braille display. I am very new at it. I have read the manual but am a bit confused. Some of the keystrokes they mentioned don't work with the display when it is connected to the iPhone. Are there a separate set of keystrokes for the display when using it

Re: A new Screen Reader, the "More Responsive Talkback", for helping people.

2023-08-24 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Song, Isn't talk back for Android phones? This is a iPhone/apple list. On 8/24/2023 4:18 AM, Song Ji wrote: Hi guys, Hope you are doing great today! We are a team called Prudence, and we’ve built this product, the Prudence Screen Reader, as a "more responsive Talkback”. This

Re: Weatherology iOS app

2023-08-14 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Richard, I see one of the notifications you list is called 'sporting event.' Was that thrown in by you as a joke or that one legitimate. If legitimate, please explain. On 8/14/2023 3:29 PM, Richard Turner wrote: Yes. Double tap the settings button. Then, if you have your location set

Re: The second time around on Amazon can be more expensive.

2023-08-10 Thread Ron Canazzi
of stress for those who are in touch with it.”  --  Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: https://www.turner42.com <https://www.turner42.com> *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Ron Canazzi *Sent:* Thursday, August 10, 2023 11:43 AM *To:* v

Re: The second time around on Amazon can be more expensive.

2023-08-10 Thread Ron Canazzi
yeah when Biden is overthrown in a coup we'll  all be better for it. The first thing they'll do is kill all the ungrateful blinkers! h On 8/10/2023 1:43 PM, Jenny Bomareto wrote: That’s how grams used to buy when she was buying just like you explained Richard. Now, of course, as we know

NFL App Accessibility

2023-07-26 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, Since someone else on list mentioned NFL alerts, I am wondering if anyone has tried the NFL app and if it is still largely inaccessible when it comes to accessing radio feeds. A little history: I used the NFL App for radio feeds from back in 2005 to 2020. It was largely accessible

Re: Something of interest, maybe?

2023-07-15 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Maria, Are you actually activating the closed captioning for the hearing impaired? If so, that would explain this. With my MLB app here in the Buffalo, New York area, I get local commercials somehow instead of the NYC commercials.  I am wondering if you are running a VPN? I wondered what

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-08 Thread Ron Canazzi
and while I spend a bit of time on their website looking at many of their very interesting products, I did not see a reference to a talking thermometer. Do you have a name for it? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 9:35

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-07 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, Now just what this has to do with the iPhone, I don't know, but as long as the topic hasn't been locked, here is a great talking Thermometer. It is from Thermoworks. https://www.thermoworks.com/ Thermoworks Talking Thermometer phone: 801 756 7705 Model: RT-8400 This is a simple

Re: Can I change my Zoom name on my iPad mini?

2023-06-21 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, As long as we're talking about Zoom on this list/thread, at the risk of somewhat hijacking the actual topic, but I am desperate so here goes: I sent a message a few weeks ago to this and another Apple list about the Zoom program update in March of 2023 wherein since then I cannot

Re: Siri’s selective hearing problem still prevails at the end of the iOS 16 cycle

2023-06-12 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I have been using the iPhone for over 4 years now and I use Siri only in a limited context.  While I can use the text keyboard, I am still quite slow at it and so I choose to use Siri for Text messages. It works quite well if you speak slowly--using some punctuation  and have

Issue With Zoom and iPhone App

2023-06-11 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Group, I am a newcomer to this list. I am a reasonably competent user of the Apple iPhone series since 2019--starting with the iPhone 8 and now using the iPhone SE 2022. I have been using the Zoom app for the iPhone almost since the beginning of my experience in 2019.  The app was very

lynx-dev Question Concerning URL Access

2000-02-28 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hello Lynx Dev: I recently downloaded a compiled version of Lynx for Windows 95/98/NT (win32) from http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm and while it works quite well, I seem to have one problem that I can't solve. In an earlier version (version 2.7x) I did not have to type the