Re: Apple Health App

[Herbie Allen]

There are medical bracelets that have hard drives builtin.

> On Aug 7, 2022, at 15:26, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
>   Knowing that one can set up an emergency resource that EMTs can access on 
> the iPhone, I wonder if there is some other mechanism they can access if the 
> iPhone is not available, such as a pendant or bracelet that is tied to said 
> information.
> 
>   Currently I subscribe to MedicAlert but want to research this before I 
> renew my subscription. Would like to hear about possible alternatives. I 
> always have the iPhone on or near me so its idea.
> Thanks.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
> "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
> will make violent revolution inevitable."
> --John F. Kennedy
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RE: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity Check-in

[sarai.bucciarelli]

Which financial apps? 

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 9:06 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity 
Check-in

Jonathan,

I am so sorry to learn about your, quote, swim, quote, in the Potomac river.  
That must have been quite scary.

Good idea about checking the lightening port for lint.  

Also, thank you for the great info in your reply.

Mark


From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 2:09 PM
To: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
Subject: Re: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity 
Check-in

Mark,
In terms of your Lighting port, it is probably lint in the port. If you bring 
it to the Apple store, they can take a pair of tweezers and remove the material 
blocking the Lighting port. This happened to me about two months before my 
iPhone 6S went for a swim in the Potomac River. (Well, I went for that swim too 
and was in the ER 30 minutes later.
I've been thinking about providing shortcuts for VOiceOver Macintosh users that 
can be used with Siri and/or Voice Control. There was a good discussion on the 
Automaker's podcast this week about how OmniGroup has a set of Voice Control 
scripts for nearly all parts of their OmniFocus project tracking software.
That discussion can be found at: 
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t=j==s=web==rja=8=2ahUKEwj6gebo0LX5AhXSEGIAHcnwC94QFnoECA0QAQ=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.relay.fm%2Fautomators%2F107=AOvVaw2WsWJTJ233Lt5REw4SztTX

Today, I just finished a shortcut to save safari web pages to the desktop which 
is essentially the AppleScript I mentioned recently on this list wrapped in a 
shortcut. I'll be doing some testing and then will share with the group.
 

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



On Aug 7, 2022, at 15:36, M. Taylor  wrote:

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to check in with everyone and wish you all a happy Apple 
accessibility summer.  I cannot believe that August 2022 is already underway.

You know, it's kind of funny, I use my Apple devices more and more and yet I 
have less and less to say about them as they continue to get better and better. 
 (smile)

A few things that I have been intending to post but have not:

1.
In addition to my wired EarPods, I now use both AirPods, third gen, and Airpods 
Pro, on a regular basis.  While I would have to say that my Airpods Pro offer 
better sound quality, I like the Airpods third gen, because they offer an 
easier / lighter listening experience.  I know that sounds crazy but, for me, 
it is true.

2.
My poor old 8 Plus is truly on its last legs.  The lightening port can no 
longer hold a cable, unassisted.  This is to say, in order for me to keep a 
cable inserted, the phone must be on a horizontal plain or the cable will fall 
out.  I do use a wireless charger with it but .  I am going to try to make it 
last until the next iPhone release which, hopefully, will offer some form of 
touch ID.  However, If touch ID is not included in the next release I will 
either purchase the biggest best new phone or I will get an S E.  One way or 
another, my beloved 8 Plus is on its way out (smile.)

3.
My iPad 10.5 2017 is going strong; it runs like a champ. However, I am 
definitely going to get a new MacBook Pro after I purchase my next iPhone.
I have a MacBook Air, M1, in the house but I really don't like the fact that it 
automatically powers on at the touch of any key. This is quite annoying.

4.
As for software?  I find that I am using fewer and fewer apps.  I am not sure 
why.  

All of the apps that allow me to easily manage my finances continue to be my 
favorite apps, of course.  However the Amazon apps continue to be at the top of 
my must have list.  I noticed some kind of a glitch between VoiceOver and Alexa 
on an iPhone 11, the other day.  Interesting as this glitch does not occur on 
my beloved 8 Plus.  My solution?  Delete and then reinstall the Alexa app.  

Pill Reminder, My Chart, CA Lottery, and Yelp also head-up my favorite apps 
list, these days.  Of course, I am omitting all of the native Apple apps as 
their significance to my accessible life is unparalleled 

While I continue to be a big fan of Twitter, for some reason, the app, and the 
service itself, for that matter, feel less streamline and unencumbered, these 
days.  Just my opinion, of course.

Uber, Lift, and Insta Cart are amazing, as always.   

And of course, all of the book reading apps remain dear to my heart.  

While I would love to list some games that I enjoy on either iOS or iPad OS, 
alas, I cannot.  I do not know of any onboard (not requiring an internet
connection) VoiceOver accessible card games and / or board games; a sad 
reality, to be sure.

All replies to this post are welcome and, in fact, greatly appreciated.

I hope this finds you all happy and well.

RE: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity Check-in

[M. Taylor]

Jonathan,

I am so sorry to learn about your, quote, swim, quote, in the Potomac river.  
That must have been quite scary.

Good idea about checking the lightening port for lint.  

Also, thank you for the great info in your reply.

Mark


From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 2:09 PM
To: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
Subject: Re: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity 
Check-in

Mark,
In terms of your Lighting port, it is probably lint in the port. If you bring 
it to the Apple store, they can take a pair of tweezers and remove the material 
blocking the Lighting port. This happened to me about two months before my 
iPhone 6S went for a swim in the Potomac River. (Well, I went for that swim too 
and was in the ER 30 minutes later.
I've been thinking about providing shortcuts for VOiceOver Macintosh users that 
can be used with Siri and/or Voice Control. There was a good discussion on the 
Automaker's podcast this week about how OmniGroup has a set of Voice Control 
scripts for nearly all parts of their OmniFocus project tracking software.
That discussion can be found at: 
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t=j==s=web==rja=8=2ahUKEwj6gebo0LX5AhXSEGIAHcnwC94QFnoECA0QAQ=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.relay.fm%2Fautomators%2F107=AOvVaw2WsWJTJ233Lt5REw4SztTX

Today, I just finished a shortcut to save safari web pages to the desktop which 
is essentially the AppleScript I mentioned recently on this list wrapped in a 
shortcut. I'll be doing some testing and then will share with the group.
 

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



On Aug 7, 2022, at 15:36, M. Taylor  wrote:

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to check in with everyone and wish you all a happy Apple
accessibility summer.  I cannot believe that August 2022 is already
underway.

You know, it's kind of funny, I use my Apple devices more and more and yet I
have less and less to say about them as they continue to get better and
better.  (smile)

A few things that I have been intending to post but have not:

1.
In addition to my wired EarPods, I now use both AirPods, third gen, and
Airpods Pro, on a regular basis.  While I would have to say that my Airpods
Pro offer better sound quality, I like the Airpods third gen, because they
offer an easier / lighter listening experience.  I know that sounds crazy
but, for me, it is true.

2.
My poor old 8 Plus is truly on its last legs.  The lightening port can no
longer hold a cable, unassisted.  This is to say, in order for me to keep a
cable inserted, the phone must be on a horizontal plain or the cable will
fall out.  I do use a wireless charger with it but .  I am going to try to
make it last until the next iPhone release which, hopefully, will offer some
form of touch ID.  However, If touch ID is not included in the next release
I will either purchase the biggest best new phone or I will get an S E.  One
way or another, my beloved 8 Plus is on its way out (smile.)

3.
My iPad 10.5 2017 is going strong; it runs like a champ. However, I am
definitely going to get a new MacBook Pro after I purchase my next iPhone.
I have a MacBook Air, M1, in the house but I really don't like the fact that
it automatically powers on at the touch of any key. This is quite annoying.

4.
As for software?  I find that I am using fewer and fewer apps.  I am not
sure why.  

All of the apps that allow me to easily manage my finances continue to be my
favorite apps, of course.  However the Amazon apps continue to be at the top
of my must have list.  I noticed some kind of a glitch between VoiceOver and
Alexa on an iPhone 11, the other day.  Interesting as this glitch does not
occur on my beloved 8 Plus.  My solution?  Delete and then reinstall the
Alexa app.  

Pill Reminder, My Chart, CA Lottery, and Yelp also head-up my favorite apps
list, these days.  Of course, I am omitting all of the native Apple apps as
their significance to my accessible life is unparalleled 

While I continue to be a big fan of Twitter, for some reason, the app, and
the service itself, for that matter, feel less streamline and unencumbered,
these days.  Just my opinion, of course.

Uber, Lift, and Insta Cart are amazing, as always.   

And of course, all of the book reading apps remain dear to my heart.  

While I would love to list some games that I enjoy on either iOS or iPad OS,
alas, I cannot.  I do not know of any onboard (not requiring an internet
connection) VoiceOver accessible card games and / or board games; a sad
reality, to be sure.

All replies to this post are welcome and, in fact, greatly appreciated.

I hope this finds you all happy and well.

Mark


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Apple Health App

['E.T.' via MacVisionaries]

   Knowing that one can set up an emergency resource that EMTs can 
access on the iPhone, I wonder if there is some other mechanism they can 
access if the iPhone is not available, such as a pendant or bracelet 
that is tied to said information.


   Currently I subscribe to MedicAlert but want to research this before 
I renew my subscription. Would like to hear about possible alternatives. 
I always have the iPhone on or near me so its idea.

Thanks.

From E.T.'s Keyboard...
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
will make violent revolution inevitable."
 --John F. Kennedy
My e-Mail:
ancient.ali...@icloud.com

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Re: From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity Check-in

[Jonathan Cohn]

Mark,
In terms of your Lighting port, it is probably lint in the port. If you bring 
it to the Apple store, they can take a pair of tweezers and remove the material 
blocking the Lighting port. This happened to me about two months before my 
iPhone 6S went for a swim in the Potomac River. (Well, I went for that swim too 
and was in the ER 30 minutes later.
I've been thinking about providing shortcuts for VOiceOver Macintosh users that 
can be used with Siri and/or Voice Control. There was a good discussion on the 
Automaker's podcast this week about how OmniGroup has a set of Voice Control 
scripts for nearly all parts of their OmniFocus project tracking software.
That discussion can be found at: Automators #107: Control with your Voice, with 
Sal Soghoianhttps://www.relay.fm › automators 


Today, I just finished a shortcut to save safari web pages to the desktop which 
is essentially the AppleScript I mentioned recently on this list wrapped in a 
shortcut. I'll be doing some testing and then will share with the group.
 

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Aug 7, 2022, at 15:36, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Just wanted to check in with everyone and wish you all a happy Apple
> accessibility summer.  I cannot believe that August 2022 is already
> underway.
> 
> You know, it's kind of funny, I use my Apple devices more and more and yet I
> have less and less to say about them as they continue to get better and
> better.  (smile)
> 
> A few things that I have been intending to post but have not:
> 
> 1.
> In addition to my wired EarPods, I now use both AirPods, third gen, and
> Airpods Pro, on a regular basis.  While I would have to say that my Airpods
> Pro offer better sound quality, I like the Airpods third gen, because they
> offer an easier / lighter listening experience.  I know that sounds crazy
> but, for me, it is true.
> 
> 2.
> My poor old 8 Plus is truly on its last legs.  The lightening port can no
> longer hold a cable, unassisted.  This is to say, in order for me to keep a
> cable inserted, the phone must be on a horizontal plain or the cable will
> fall out.  I do use a wireless charger with it but .  I am going to try to
> make it last until the next iPhone release which, hopefully, will offer some
> form of touch ID.  However, If touch ID is not included in the next release
> I will either purchase the biggest best new phone or I will get an S E.  One
> way or another, my beloved 8 Plus is on its way out (smile.)
> 
> 3.
> My iPad 10.5 2017 is going strong; it runs like a champ. However, I am
> definitely going to get a new MacBook Pro after I purchase my next iPhone.
> I have a MacBook Air, M1, in the house but I really don't like the fact that
> it automatically powers on at the touch of any key. This is quite annoying.
> 
> 4.
> As for software?  I find that I am using fewer and fewer apps.  I am not
> sure why.  
> 
> All of the apps that allow me to easily manage my finances continue to be my
> favorite apps, of course.  However the Amazon apps continue to be at the top
> of my must have list.  I noticed some kind of a glitch between VoiceOver and
> Alexa on an iPhone 11, the other day.  Interesting as this glitch does not
> occur on my beloved 8 Plus.  My solution?  Delete and then reinstall the
> Alexa app.  
> 
> Pill Reminder, My Chart, CA Lottery, and Yelp also head-up my favorite apps
> list, these days.  Of course, I am omitting all of the native Apple apps as
> their significance to my accessible life is unparalleled 
> 
> While I continue to be a big fan of Twitter, for some reason, the app, and
> the service itself, for that matter, feel less streamline and unencumbered,
> these days.  Just my opinion, of course.
> 
> Uber, Lift, and Insta Cart are amazing, as always.   
> 
> And of course, all of the book reading apps remain dear to my heart.  
> 
> While I would love to list some games that I enjoy on either iOS or iPad OS,
> alas, I cannot.  I do not know of any onboard (not requiring an internet
> connection) VoiceOver accessible card games and / or board games; a sad
> reality, to be sure.
> 
> All replies to this post are welcome and, in fact, greatly appreciated.
> 
> I hope this finds you all happy and well.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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> list.
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> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at 
> caraqu...@caraquinn.com
> 
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> 

From Mark to the List, Just a General Apple Accessibility Gravity Check-in

[M. Taylor]

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to check in with everyone and wish you all a happy Apple
accessibility summer.  I cannot believe that August 2022 is already
underway.

You know, it's kind of funny, I use my Apple devices more and more and yet I
have less and less to say about them as they continue to get better and
better.  (smile)

A few things that I have been intending to post but have not:

1.
In addition to my wired EarPods, I now use both AirPods, third gen, and
Airpods Pro, on a regular basis.  While I would have to say that my Airpods
Pro offer better sound quality, I like the Airpods third gen, because they
offer an easier / lighter listening experience.  I know that sounds crazy
but, for me, it is true.

2.
My poor old 8 Plus is truly on its last legs.  The lightening port can no
longer hold a cable, unassisted.  This is to say, in order for me to keep a
cable inserted, the phone must be on a horizontal plain or the cable will
fall out.  I do use a wireless charger with it but .  I am going to try to
make it last until the next iPhone release which, hopefully, will offer some
form of touch ID.  However, If touch ID is not included in the next release
I will either purchase the biggest best new phone or I will get an S E.  One
way or another, my beloved 8 Plus is on its way out (smile.)

3.
My iPad 10.5 2017 is going strong; it runs like a champ. However, I am
definitely going to get a new MacBook Pro after I purchase my next iPhone.
I have a MacBook Air, M1, in the house but I really don't like the fact that
it automatically powers on at the touch of any key. This is quite annoying.

4.
As for software?  I find that I am using fewer and fewer apps.  I am not
sure why.  

All of the apps that allow me to easily manage my finances continue to be my
favorite apps, of course.  However the Amazon apps continue to be at the top
of my must have list.  I noticed some kind of a glitch between VoiceOver and
Alexa on an iPhone 11, the other day.  Interesting as this glitch does not
occur on my beloved 8 Plus.  My solution?  Delete and then reinstall the
Alexa app.  

Pill Reminder, My Chart, CA Lottery, and Yelp also head-up my favorite apps
list, these days.  Of course, I am omitting all of the native Apple apps as
their significance to my accessible life is unparalleled 

While I continue to be a big fan of Twitter, for some reason, the app, and
the service itself, for that matter, feel less streamline and unencumbered,
these days.  Just my opinion, of course.

Uber, Lift, and Insta Cart are amazing, as always.   

And of course, all of the book reading apps remain dear to my heart.  

While I would love to list some games that I enjoy on either iOS or iPad OS,
alas, I cannot.  I do not know of any onboard (not requiring an internet
connection) VoiceOver accessible card games and / or board games; a sad
reality, to be sure.

All replies to this post are welcome and, in fact, greatly appreciated.

I hope this finds you all happy and well.

Mark


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Paralels Desktop and Windows

[Tibor Niesner]

Hello all,

has anyone use a Paralels Desktop with Windows on Mac?
Does work it on Mac, and is it OK?
Do you use NVDA or Jaws there?

Thanks.

Best regard

Tibor Niesner

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