Hi Sieghard,
Thanks for that logical explanation as to why the phone speaker automatic
switch is under VoiceOver. I didn't realize how easy it was for the sighted to
switch to the speaker. I know it's really easy for them to butt call someone
since calls can be generated with one touch so
Hi Alan,
It is a Voiceover/accessibility feature because if Voiceover is not running the
phone never automatically switches, this feature does not exist for sighted
users because for them it’s super easy to simply tap the speaker button whereas
a blind person has to find it first and if audio
Hmm, that one I am not sure about, I never even bothered changing my wallpaper.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kathy
Brandt
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:31 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Battery drain
For resetting network settings,
Hi Alan,
I believe you already had your answer, but I once again want to point out the
usefulness of the search field in Settings.
If you type “speaker” in that search field the first result is what you want
and if you swipe past it tells you exactly where to find it.
From:
The easiest way to switch keyboards is to double tap and hold, then drag your
finger up to the keyboard you want and let go.
I could swear that I remember from the June keynote when iOS 13 was introduced
that there was supposed to be a separate button to engage the emoji keyboard in
iOS 13. I
For resetting network settings, it was my understanding that your wallpaper
choice is deleted, not that this would concern a lot of us, only, when I reset
network settings, I change my wallpaper, because I want to make sure that it is
still wallpapers versus the dynamic wallpaper, which uses
I believe the dual SIM support started last year with the iPhone XS and XS Max,
not sure if the XR has it also. However, there are not two SIM trays, the one
has to be a so-called e-SIM and I am not sure which carriers in Canada support
e-SIM although the Apple Watch uses e-SIM and it is
Hi Richard,
Your method works just fine, but I still find it easier to simply open the App
Store, then swipe right once to the “My Account” button and double tap on it.
After that touch the screen somewhere in the middle just above the home button
and you easily and quickly find the Updates
When you go to about phone to change your name after a network reset,
you might be prompted to update carrier settings. Be sure to do this as
it will give you updated settings from your carrier.
On 10/30/2019 10:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Judy,
You go to Settings > General > Reset and
Hi Judy,
You go to Settings > General > Reset and then look for Reset Network Settings.
Once you double tap on it, you will get a prompt asking you to confirm if you
want to do this, double tap Yes.
Then your iPhone restarts and when it gets back to the lock screen, enter your
PIN if you have
Go into Settings, keyboard, and disable slide to type.
Andy
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From: "Karen Poulakos"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:53 AM
Subject: On Screen keyboard in 13.2
Hi,
I updated to 13.2 last night. This morning I noticed that one of my
folder
names has
Hi all,
Has anyone tried and had any success with using two sym cards (or
micro-sims) in one phone? I seem to recall this being a feature in the
iPhone 11 onward, but didn't know if anyone had actually tried it.
It's a feature I have high hopes for, as I'd prefer to use one device
for both work
I’m running IOS 13.3 and I’ve noticed that notifications will repeat until
they’re activated by double-tapping them or dissmissing them. To dismiss them,
I usually flick down until I hear VO say “Dismiss”, then double-tap and the
notification disappears.
Tom l
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 8:01 PM,
Since I upgraded to IOS 13.2 I get notifications that repeat every minute. How
do I stop this behavior?
Andy
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From: Alan Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 3:49 PM
To: 'VIPhone Email List'
Subject:
A friend of mine using iPhone told me that her iPhone has the same problem. She
finds it hard to switch among the three keyboards she has.
Regards,
Cris
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Goldfield
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 5:59 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
Thanks so much for that tip, Richard! Glad to hear that. I’ll take care of
that right now.
The home phone is a Panasonic cordless phone with 5 hand sets. The menu
settings are not accessible, but it does have talking caller ID, which is why
we purchased it. It also has a USB port on the
Is the home phone listed in your Bluetooth settings?
If so, you could go to the ore info button and forget that device.
Then, it won't reconnect unless you add it back in.
At least, that is what I think would happen never had such a system.
Richard
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for
What is happening is that my iPhone is connecting to my home phone using
bluetooth. Years ago, my son discovered that I could accept calls from my cell
phone on our home phone, which is a set of 5 chordless phones. He tested it,
and it worked. But I thought he had turned it off, because I
All is well with Nearby Explorer, not the on-line version. Tweaked settings
and now I hear street names. Downloaded one of the first 2 in the lists for
Google Maps which appear to be identical only the descriptions aren't. Both
are 144 mb. I was confused by how each app was prefaced by my hearing
Hello again List,
I found my own answer. It's under Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Audio,
Auto select speaker in call. I've now turned this off. I guess I had trouble
finding it because this doesn't seem like an accessibility setting to me
since everyone talks on the phone whether using
Hello.
On the positive side I am thrilled that Flicktype's functionality has been
restored to VoiceOver users as a third party keyboard in iOS 13.2. However,
there is an annoying issue on my iPhone 8 which I have discovered that I wanted
to mention. I plan to email Apple Accessibility about
My watch can't update because there isn't enough free space. I would
be happy to delete most of the apps from the watch, but I can't
figure out how. Could someone please clue me in?
Thx,
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I'm having a devil of a time finding the setting to turn off causing the
phone to send audio through its main speaker when moved away from the ear.
When on a phone call, my phone keeps switching between the main speaker and
the ear speaker even though I'm holding it next to my ear
Hi Sharonda,
Since Facebook took over Instagram, it's become much more accessible, with
picture descriptions, just as you get on Facebook.
There are some ways to go with the App, but it's issues that will play for
now until Facebook get's it's boots dug in.
Victor
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>
> Hi, I use VoiceOver on my phone with Instagram If people are nice enough to
> put captions on their posts, VoiceOver will read the captions. or the person
> can edit the Alt text like on Facebook where VO will say something like
> grass, tress, child standing outdoors. People can edit that
I would be interested in your tips with working with Instagram. I
thought that most stuff there is pictures, so I haven't tried. Do you
use a screenreader? If so, how do you get around? Thanks.
Sharonda
On 10/30/19, Maria Reyes wrote:
>>
>> Hi Robin,
>> Yes Instagram is manageable. I use it on
>
> Hi, you have to be in close range to the other contact. It should just pop up
> on your phone asking if you would like to share the wifi password with your
> contact. I don't think it's a setting you enable or disable.
>
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Michael Irons wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Hi Robin,
> Yes Instagram is manageable. I use it on my 11Pro. I have a few tips if you
> want to post. but If you just want to just follow people, it's pretty easy.
> when you sign up you can either enter your number or sign in with Facebook.
>
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 11:53 AM, R Van Lant
Vicki, reboot your phone which will help. This seems to happen when going
through an update, that when the update it's done it switches to the samantha
voice. For example that's what happened today when Wayne did the update on the
ipad, and the tom voice we use was grayed out, so rebooting you
This bug involves VoiceOver focus randomly leaping to either the top left
button or to some email higher up the list. The bug has been around for a
while. Please do report it to Apple Accessibility!
Harry
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 17:38, Shirley Baker wrote:
>
> My question about reading email is
I just sent them an email and hopefully they will get this corrected.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Please report this to Apple Accessibility. accessibil...@apple.com
> This is a bug in iOS 13.
> It mostly occurs for me on the top
No, you cannot end calls with Siri or Voice Control.
Another thing to constantly request from Apple.
Richard
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it."
-- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane Wagner
On Oct 30, 2019, at
Please report this to Apple Accessibility. accessibil...@apple.com
This is a bug in iOS 13.
It mostly occurs for me on the top email in the list; but it happens elsewhere
or it jumps me back several emails in the list.
Richard
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in
This is a bug, sorry. It should not do this.
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 12:38 PM, Shirley Baker wrote:
>
> My question about reading email is this. Once I read my email message and I
> flick up to delete it, it says mail boxes back button. Instead of being able
> to flick right to the next one,
Do a 1 finger triple tap on the app store icon, and a context menu will come up
near the bottom of the screen. Flick through that with one finger to updates
and double tap.
Also, you may want to do a three finger swipe down once you are in there to
refresh the screen to get the most recent
I have noticed that, with IOS 13.2, VoiceOver gets stuck on the status bar
when I open an app. The Nest app is a great example, but it has happened to
me with others, too. Most of the time if I hit the home button and then go
back to the app I can get at the app, but sometimes I just get stuck
I wanted to check for app updates, and the App Store seems to have changed.
Where do I find them?
Thanks.
Karen P
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Ok, my keyboard problem is solved. It was the slide to touch feature that
was the problem. Thanks for the help with that.
Now, I just received a call on my iPhone, that also rang on my land line
phone. That's also new since the 13.2 update. What do I need to turn off
to solve that problem,
My question about reading email is this. Once I read my email message and I
flick up to delete it, it says mail boxes back button. Instead of being able to
flick right to the next one, that's when I get this messsage. What should I set
my rotor to so it won't say mail boxes back button after
I love love that too.
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 11:11 AM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Well, so far I like that if I hang up from a call, I don't lose VoiceOver,
> worth the annoyance of that when Bluetooth on, sound effects do not stream to
> my hearing aids. I'd rather that be
Well, so far I like that if I hang up from a call, I don't lose VoiceOver,
worth the annoyance of that when Bluetooth on, sound effects do not stream to
my hearing aids. I'd rather that be like it was, but when compared to what I
was putting up with, no problem in this world.
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Did you check in Hearing Devices or VoiceOver for Audio Routing? Thanks.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Duane Steele
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 7:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: when answering my
Ok, please someone remind me where to go to turn off all the key clicks, beeps,
etc. so the rest of the world does not hear when I am accessing my phone.
Best,
Terri Hedgpeth
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:02 PM
To:
Sieghard I have never done a network
Reset. How do you do it and do you have to put a lot of data back.
Judy
Sent from my iPhone
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 16:31, lenron brown wrote:
>
> My battery has been draining a lot lately, but my battery health is good
> though.
>
>> On 10/30/19,
Thank you Candy, Michael and Gordon will let you know of the outcome frrom the
Apple shop. I am quite prepared to buy a new battery as I am very happy with
my SE.
Judy
Sent from my iPhone
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 13:36, Candy Lowe wrote:
>
> Judy,
> I am having a similar problem with my
My battery has been draining a lot lately, but my battery health is good though.
On 10/30/19, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Do a Reset Network Settings and see if that helps.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Candy
> Lowe
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30,
After I read an email using iPhone 6S plus with the latest update, it says mail
boxes back button. What can I do to go to the next message? I don't always open
each message to read them but I lay 3 fingers on the screen and let it read the
message unless the message is very long and I flick up
I have had no desire to join Instagram, but an aspect of my job, some volunteer
work and even an assignment my daughter had to do for school makes me think I
at least need to get on as a viewer. Anyone here using the iPhone app and can
I manage it? I have assumed it's kind of like when
Hi there, I am actually trying to set things up so that I can bring someone
onto the Wi-Fi without having to give him the password.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> I don't quite follow what you are trying to do. What does a contact on your
>
I don't quite follow what you are trying to do. What does a contact on your
phone have to do with connecting your Mac to your WiFi?
Is there a reason why you can't simply type in your WiFi password? If you want
to make sure you are typing it correctly just type it first in a text editor,
copy
Do a Reset Network Settings and see if that helps.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Candy
Lowe
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Battery drain
Judy,
I am having a similar problem with my iPhone 8. It does
Could you provide a reason why you don’t want a keyboard which potentially can
support more than one device? If you don’t want to use the feature you don’t
have to.
There is always the Apple wireless keyboard, I think it’s called the Magic
Keyboard.
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
Sent:
I added the English us braille table, but the English us is
dimmed and the unified English is selected. I can’t figure out how to unselect
it. The double tap doesn’t seem to do the trick. Sorry for being so dense.
God bless!
Paula and Garçon
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
Hi all,
I just updated my iPhone 7 yesterday. To my dismay, I found the scrub
gesture no longer works to exit braille screen input.
I seem to recall there is some way to define this gesture so I can
still use it. Is this true? And if so would someone list the steps for
me?
And finally, why the
Hi, wondering if it is only my phone. Just annoying so if I have to do what I
have been doing so be it. Just curious to know if anyone else has noticed this.
When I get a notification it no longer leaves the screen after a couple
seconds. I actually have to dismiss it. Sometimes it gets in the
Hello
3 days ago I downloaded Nearby Explorer from a family sharing purchase page
in the App Store. What I have is Version1.30.00 copywright date of
2010-2019. I've hard since that the only Nearby Explorer now available is
the on-line App. This does not appear to be true since the app I
Go into the braille settings and change the braille table to US.
Richard
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it."
-- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane Wagner
On Oct 30, 2019, at 7:42 AM, Paul and Paula Jordan
wrote:
Hi,
You need to change your braille table to U.S. English Braille. To do this, open
VoiceOver Settings, choose Braille, then Braille Tables. You'll find a button
that says, "English, Unified, System." Double-tap that and then double-tap
English, U.S.
Best,
Anna
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 9:42
Hello everyone I am trying to get a MacBook Air onto the Wi-Fi. How do I set up
a contact in my phone so that I can bring the computer onto the Wi-Fi without
having to put in the passcode?
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Hi Karen,
It sounds like you're engaging Slide to type, which allows you to type by
sliding your finger to all the letters of the word instead of tapping each
letter. This feature is engaged if you hold your finger on a letter for more
than a second. You can either turn it off or increase the
Hi. Yes, I’m one of those old school people who wants contracted braille
input and output. I just updated to 13.2 and my braille output shows up in
UEB. I’ve tried turning my phone off and back on again and also doing a
hard re-set with the volume up, then volume down and holding the lock
Hi,
I updated to 13.2 last night. This morning I noticed that one of my folder
names has been changed to "Folder". I've been trying to correct it. I use
the touch typing setting. As I run my finger over the letters to find the
correct letter, groups of letters seem to be inserted to my folder
But you still cannot use Siri nor voice control on iPhone to end the call.
Harry
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 13:06, Richard Turner wrote:
>
> You cannot do that with Siri, but you can with Voice Control.
> It is something that may take two or three tries, but if you have Voice
> Control on, and the
Judy,
I am having a similar problem with my iPhone 8. It does not seem to be holding
a charge, but, when I check the battery health everything shows up as fine. I
have been in contact with apple accessibility, and they are supposed to call me
back this morning. I will let you know if I learn
You cannot do that with Siri, but you can with Voice Control.
It is something that may take two or three tries, but if you have Voice Control
on, and the phone rings you can try either saying "VoiceOver Magic Tap," which
you may have to repeat a couple times.
Or, say "swipe right" which should
My work around for getting to the control center or notification center with
the keyboard is to do the status bar command followed by the swipe up or down
command with Options Key up or down arrow:
Notification Center: VO-m then Option key-up arrow
Control Center: VO-m then Option key-down arrow
It's all about your battery. I've known several people who have had this
same problem and needed a battery replacement. So be prepared to pay for
that when you take the phone in.
On 10/30/2019 7:20 AM, Judy Pryor wrote:
For the past 2 nights my fully charged iPhone has dropped to 10 percent
For the past 2 nights my fully charged iPhone has dropped to 10 percent
yesterday and 1 percent today. I have been on to Apple support who tested
everything and could find nothing wrong. They have booked me into my local
Apple approved shop for further investigation. Has anyone got
ah so I was not the only one seeing that. While I am not a beginner, I still
thought it a pain.
DE WA4WGA
From: Davy Cuppens
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 17:48
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: small announcement bug in settings when going back
Folks
When in a menu f.e. settings
I do not quite understand you. An Apple iPod is an Apple device, so if Imazing
can transfer music from a pc to an iPhone the same would be true for an iPod.
Or do I totally misunderstand the whole concept of Imazing? So my question is
if one can transfer music from pc to iPhone or is it only
I was afraid they had stopped making that keyboard and I am contemplating a
replacement for that reason. Suggestions? Keeping in mind, I want to stay away
from multi-device keyboards. Now, to your question. Apparently, according to
the list of keyboard commands listed under accessibility, the
Why is it that I can say hey Siri and ask it to make a call and some times it
will respond with, “ calling on speaker” but not every time?
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Hi,
Yes I am not disputing that at all. In fact I'm in agreement with you. It
was my understanding of what the other poster had said that this was
available for every app in notification center. I was just reporting in that
I understood it to be different that's all.
Take good care.
Robin
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