Re: Accessibility of iOS 8
Since I hold a developer account and no information was forthcoming at the WWDC, I cannot talk about any enhancements to Braille support and so on. Like most of us here I respect Apple's NDA so will say no more. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 05/06/2014 03:13, denise avant wrote: Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has seen information regarding enhanced Braille display support in IOS 8? thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Contacts list export?r
You can also store your Contacts in other cloud based services. I keep my contacts in Google Contacts, so I can also access them from all of my systems. I'd assume Exchange also allows you to do this. On 6/4/2014 7:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Thanks. I had a bit of trouble with that app before, so I had uninstalled it. But after a VM crash I wound up with an empty Outlook contact list, so maybe I will give it another shot. Bill -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 1:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Contacts list export?r That was really nice when I got my iPhone 5s in late October of last year and my iPad Air in January. When I logged into my account, there was all my contacts etc. I couldn't be happier. I would of hated to have to do it all over again and again for each iDevice. Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Paul Hunt prhu...@att.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Contacts list export?r Hello Bill. Just download and install the ICloud Control Panel. It will create an ICloud mail box with a folder that contains your Contacts folder. When you make changes they are updated on all of your devices. ICloud Control Panel will also synch your callendars and bookmarks. On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Sent from my iPhone hi. Is there a way to export my iPhone or Mac contacts and put them in a format where I can use them to import into Outlook? Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience to plug the thing into a computer or a wall outlet every night. It depends if you have a computer or usb connector near you. For example for a long bus or train journey if you like to follow your location on gps there are not always a usb port to charge. GPS is especially power hungry. 6. The iPhone is not small. It is bigger than a lot of flip phones. response: are you serious? Really, are you kidding me? My wife's Motorola Droid Ultra has a wider form factor. The iPhone fits very comfortably in one hand. I mean, we're not talking about a device like an iPad or a Kindle 8.9 HDX. Should i list here all the smaller phones i know? 7. For a lot of people the iPhone is a lot more technology than they want. It is not for someone who just wants a phone to make and receive calls. response: true, but once blind people discover that the iPhone can act as their digital book player, restaurant menu reader, Web browser, email client, money identifier,
Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Until I purchased a Windows Pocket PC SmartPhone, I was only able to use a mobile phone to make phone calls. I couldn't send, or read, text messages. Yes, it was not fair, and being blind is not fair. And, even worse, considering that legal blindness is 0.5% of the population, any feature phone made for blind people will be more expensive than the top-of-the-line SmartPhone, the iPhone. The fact is, sighted people do not want phones that constantly jabber away. They find it to be extremely irritating. Blind people are such a tiny market that we cannot depend upon economies of scale to bring down costs. All the complaining in the world will not change these simple facts of life. As for the proof of my very irritating statements, I can think of four basic feature phones which have been sold at various times since 2009. None of those phones lasted on the market for more than six months. And, the phone which was made specifically for blind people retailed for more than the most expensive iPhone on contract. Because its market was so small, no carrier was willing to subsidise the cost. Oh, the current attempt is a dumbed down Android phone. Its retail cost is the same as the iPhone subsidised on contract, and again, it is not being subsidised by any carrier. That said, it does exist, though I tend to wonder about how much longer it will be available. Again, life is not fair. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 20:40, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
For item 10, there are a few aids. Go to settings, general, accessibility, home click speed, and select slow or slowest. Also in accessibility, one finds assistive touch which modifies the screen and command structure for limited dexterity, switch control for either a bluetooth switch, or using the front-facing camera to monitor a person's head movements for switch activation, and guided access which limits what a person can do on the iPhone / iOS device. One will also find several options for low vision users, and options for users suffering from hearing loss. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience to plug the thing into a computer or a wall outlet every night. It depends if you have a computer or usb connector near you. For example for a long bus or train journey if
re﹕ Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
I think is dangerous that we are not developer. Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 2014年6月5日 星期四,Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com 寫道﹕ 主題: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail 收件人: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com 副本(CC): viphone@googlegroups.com 日期: 2014年6月5日,星期四,下午5:00 Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
WWDC 2014 keynote on youtube
hey. for someone who can not listen/ watch on the apple website. they have put it on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87fOAG8fjk Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: re﹕ Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
Anybody can become a developer. It is an annual cost of $99 USD. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:29, 'Ming' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: I think is dangerous that we are not developer. Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 2014年6月5日 星期四,Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com 寫道﹕ 主題: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail 收件人: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com 副本(CC): viphone@googlegroups.com 日期: 2014年6月5日,星期四,下午5:00 Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
For your information, Here in Ireland and also in the UK, possibly also in Europe, we can use pay-as-you-go cards in our iPhones. This means, for me, that I can choose between paying five euros and €20 a month for varying amounts of Internet/text capacity. So, for example, if I am using Wi-Fi for most of my connectivity, I can easily make do is paying just five euros a month and still have a lot of talk time texting and Internet access while out and about. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 08:51, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Just a personal note here: I have a friend who has got a 5S and she is getting, constantly, in trouble with it. She works in an office with plenty of other people who have iPhones too! When things go wrong, they try and help out: this usually leads into much more trouble and generally speaking some sort of crash. at This point, she brings it to me. I can always bring the phone back for her. I can always do whatever it is she wanted done in the first place. But here's the rub: my friend and all her co-workers are cited. Their minds, put simply, are not yet attuned to the idea of smart phones apart, that is, from using the camera. Whereas, I, who need all the phones functionality, appear to be something of a Guru to them! So, the access ability of this platform and these devices is so good that I can actually do better than my average cited counterpart. I am sure that this is true of most of us here on this list. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 09:38, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoyed reading your response. Regarding the touchscreen, hand/ear coordination (haptic / auditory) coordination is often difficult for blind people to master. This appears to be because blind people are taught haptic / haptic response coordination. In other words blind people are taught to touch and feel for a tactile response. Sighted people, on the other hand, utilise haptic / visual response. Considering that touchscreen technology is now more expensive than non-touch screen with physical buttons, this interface is, and will continue, replacing the older, haptic rich environment. In fact, for the sighted, in every category / venue studied thus far, directly interactive touchscreen technology kiosks and devices reduce errors from 15%-20% to 3%-5%. So, it becomes incumbent upon us blind people to adapt if we wish to continue fully participate in modern society. As to battery life of the iPhone, if the person were to use the iPhone the way they used to use the Nokia Phone, Windows CE Phone, and/or simple and inexpensive dumb phone with limited accessibility, they would find themselves getting similar levels of battery life. When I switched to my iPhone, I noticed a marked decrease in battery life from 3 or 4 days to just over a day. I wondered about it, so switched back to the previous phone for a week. I took note of what I did and how much time I spent on each system. I then used the iPhone in the same way as the older phone, and got 4 days of battery life. Personally, I prefer using my iPhone as my portable computer. It provides me with unparalleled access across technology sectors. As for using the phone keypad, when one trains one's muscle memory to the locations of the numbers on the keypad, dialling can and does become significantly quicker. That said, practice is essential. As for the battery life of certain blindness specific products, I prefer the much increased access and higher technology of the accessible general market hitech solutions. I can do much more for a greatly reduced price. As to the frustration of learning yet another interface, in the case of the iPhone, or Android Phones for that matter, it does take longer because, not only is a person learning the interface, each blind individual is having to learn an entirely new way of interacting that he/she was never trained for when initially learning blindness skills. Therefore, the teachers of blindness skills should start teaching haptic/auditory response in order to enable better / more efficient adaptation for the blind into the modern technological world. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:38, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very difficult time in coming up with a list of ten objections or things which are not good about the iPhone. In fact, I'm having a very difficult time in coming up with a list of one or two things which are not good about the iPhone. However, no product is perfect and I can handle objectively written product evaluations. Unfortunately, this article was not one of them. I'm going to reprint each of the objections stated by Mr. Chong in their entirety, with my comments below each objection. What Is Not Good About The iPhone 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
David, I enjoyed your comments/explanation of haptic/auditory, haptic/visual and haptic/haptic ccoordination. Very interesting. You said, blindness skills should start teaching haptic/auditory response in order to enable better / more efficient adaptation for the blind into the modern technological world. It would be interested to hear from someone involved in the teaching of blind kids (or the newly blind) with regard to whether those students find touch screen technology easier to learn and use than do older/middle-age blind people like myself. On 6/5/14, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoyed reading your response. Regarding the touchscreen, hand/ear coordination (haptic / auditory) coordination is often difficult for blind people to master. This appears to be because blind people are taught haptic / haptic response coordination. In other words blind people are taught to touch and feel for a tactile response. Sighted people, on the other hand, utilise haptic / visual response. Considering that touchscreen technology is now more expensive than non-touch screen with physical buttons, this interface is, and will continue, replacing the older, haptic rich environment. In fact, for the sighted, in every category / venue studied thus far, directly interactive touchscreen technology kiosks and devices reduce errors from 15%-20% to 3%-5%. So, it becomes incumbent upon us blind people to adapt if we wish to continue fully participate in modern society. As to battery life of the iPhone, if the person were to use the iPhone the way they used to use the Nokia Phone, Windows CE Phone, and/or simple and inexpensive dumb phone with limited accessibility, they would find themselves getting similar levels of battery life. When I switched to my iPhone, I noticed a marked decrease in battery life from 3 or 4 days to just over a day. I wondered about it, so switched back to the previous phone for a week. I took note of what I did and how much time I spent on each system. I then used the iPhone in the same way as the older phone, and got 4 days of battery life. Personally, I prefer using my iPhone as my portable computer. It provides me with unparalleled access across technology sectors. As for using the phone keypad, when one trains one's muscle memory to the locations of the numbers on the keypad, dialling can and does become significantly quicker. That said, practice is essential. As for the battery life of certain blindness specific products, I prefer the much increased access and higher technology of the accessible general market hitech solutions. I can do much more for a greatly reduced price. As to the frustration of learning yet another interface, in the case of the iPhone, or Android Phones for that matter, it does take longer because, not only is a person learning the interface, each blind individual is having to learn an entirely new way of interacting that he/she was never trained for when initially learning blindness skills. Therefore, the teachers of blindness skills should start teaching haptic/auditory response in order to enable better / more efficient adaptation for the blind into the modern technological world. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:38, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very difficult time in coming up with a list of ten objections or things which are not good about the iPhone. In fact, I'm having a very difficult time in coming up with a list of one or two things which are not good about the iPhone. However, no product is perfect and I can handle objectively written product evaluations. Unfortunately, this article was not one of them. I'm going to reprint each of the objections stated by Mr. Chong in their entirety, with my comments below each objection. What Is Not Good About The iPhone 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Hi I have looked those options but got no help so far. My issue is not the home button but double tap i cannot make fast enough an usually only lost the focused item and have to find it again with flicking. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 David Chittenden kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:14:57 +1200 From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com For item 10, there are a few aids. Go to settings, general, accessibility, home click speed, and select slow or slowest. Also in accessibility, one finds assistive touch which modifies the screen and command structure for limited dexterity, switch control for either a bluetooth switch, or using the front-facing camera to monitor a person's head movements for switch activation, and guided access which limits what a person can do on the iPhone / iOS device. One will also find several options for low vision users, and options for users suffering from hearing loss. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
These are the kinds of things that blind people whether newly blind of not should be taught! Unfortunately, the orientation center for which I used to work thought wood shop was more important. Sorry for the off topic message! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi I have looked those options but got no help so far. My issue is not the home button but double tap i cannot make fast enough an usually only lost the focused item and have to find it again with flicking. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 David Chittenden kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:14:57 +1200 From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com For item 10, there are a few aids. Go to settings, general, accessibility, home click speed, and select slow or slowest. Also in accessibility, one finds assistive touch which modifies the screen and command structure for limited dexterity, switch control for either a bluetooth switch, or using the front-facing camera to monitor a person's head movements for switch activation, and guided access which limits what a person can do on the iPhone / iOS device. One will also find several options for low vision users, and options for users suffering from hearing loss. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths,
Re: Accessibility of iOS 8
Without starting anything didn't you say enough by telling everyone you are using 8? On 6/5/14, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Since I hold a developer account and no information was forthcoming at the WWDC, I cannot talk about any enhancements to Braille support and so on. Like most of us here I respect Apple's NDA so will say no more. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 05/06/2014 03:13, denise avant wrote: Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has seen information regarding enhanced Braille display support in IOS 8? thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Where do i normally find the dictation feature in the IPhone?
Hi, I should know this, but i don't remember where i enable the dictation feature on the IPhone. Is it somewhere under settings and if so where? /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Yes, he stil is, and he is the head of the NFB Braille and Technology center. Andy -Original Message- From: don bishop Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I am surprised that he wrote such an article. It is very condescending and not thoughtful. Yes people who are new to the phone struggle with it but if they give it a chance they end up doing quite well. On 6/5/14, Rich Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: These are the kinds of things that blind people whether newly blind of not should be taught! Unfortunately, the orientation center for which I used to work thought wood shop was more important. Sorry for the off topic message! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi I have looked those options but got no help so far. My issue is not the home button but double tap i cannot make fast enough an usually only lost the focused item and have to find it again with flicking. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 David Chittenden kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:14:57 +1200 From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com For item 10, there are a few aids. Go to settings, general, accessibility, home click speed, and select slow or slowest. Also in accessibility, one finds assistive touch which modifies the screen and command structure for limited dexterity, switch control for either a bluetooth switch, or using the front-facing camera to monitor a person's head movements for switch activation, and guided access which limits what a person can do on the iPhone / iOS device. One will also find several options for low vision users, and options for users suffering from hearing loss. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Well, I can't think of anyone who would buy an iPhone just because they need a phone. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience to plug the thing into a computer or a wall outlet every night. It depends if you have a computer or usb connector near you. For example for a long bus or train journey if you like to follow your location on gps there are not always a usb port to charge. GPS is especially power hungry. 6. The iPhone is not small. It is bigger than a lot of flip phones. response: are you serious? Really, are you kidding me? My wife's Motorola Droid Ultra has a wider form factor. The iPhone fits very comfortably in one hand. I mean, we're not talking about a device like an iPad or a Kindle 8.9 HDX. Should i list here all the smaller phones i know? 7. For a lot of people the iPhone is a lot more technology than
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Hello Kimber, I don't think that age has much to do with a blind person's ability with a touch screen. I think it has much more to do with how good your coordination is. I'm in my early sixties and have no problems using my iPhone and wonder how I ever managed without it! It's my phone, my library, my GPS, my assistant in the kitchen for reading labels, my money identifier and much, much more. Cheers, Anne On 5 Jun 2014, at 13:26, Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: It would be interested to hear from someone involved in the teaching of blind kids (or the newly blind) with regard to whether those students find touch screen technology easier to learn and use than do older/middle-age blind people like myself. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
Hi Krister, You have to be a registered developer to install iOS Beta software. If you are you can download the Beta from the Apple developer center, if you are not a registered developer (it costs $99 a year) you should probably not attempt this; in any case, Cara and Raul will kick your butt if you are not a developer and are posting questions or comments to the list regarding running an iOS Beta and if you are a developer you can't post because you would have agreed to an NDA which means a Non-Disclosure Agreement according to which you agreed not to tell anybody about any features of Beta software that is not accessible to the public. Apple announced that the are going to offer a public beta for the new OSX 10 operating system, but there is no public beta for iOS. Now, even if you do have a developer account I would highly discourage you to install a first Beta. They are usually really meant for developers only as they will have lots of bugs and often are not even close to being feature complete. For example, Apple said the Alex voice is coming to the iPhone and I assume this means it will be available as a US English Voiceover voice. Now, it may very well be that in a first or even second Beta this may not even be there. If I remember correctly iOS 7 had 5 Beta versions between the announcement at the beginning of June last year and its release in mid September and unless you are developing apps and need the iOS 8 environment for testing, it's best to wait at least until Beta 3. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:01 AM To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Currently, I have not had my I Phone switched to my cellular plan. I do have WYFY at my house. My reason for doing it this way is because, I wanted to practice typing, using the key pad and other features without being concerned I would accidently call someone. It has worked out very well. I am at the point now, I am ready to have my little flip phone turned off and my I Phone turned on with cellular service. I have learned, so far, using the I Phone is like using JAWS. You learn the basics...eventually. Then, you begin to learn more advanced functions, etc. It most definitely can be over whelming in the beginning, for some. It takes time and patience. Maybe for some blind/VI people, it is not as brain straining as for others. However, everybody learns at a different pace. That does not mean any one is smarter or dumber. The I Phone is not for everyone. It is the same way in the sited world, too. I have talked with several people who are not blind; and they refuse to buy a smart phone, text, etc. Admittedly so, learning this new device has been challenging...but, I do enjoy the challenge. It has made me stretch my limits...and that is a good thing. As long as new technology is being developed, the blind/VI community will face certain battles and struggles. It is most important, in my opinion, for the community to not splinter, but to stay strong. We can agree to disagree...but, we need to support the basic idea of advancing opportunities for the blind/VI community with new technology as it is developed. C - Original Message - From: Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 4:40 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Well said. - Original Message - From: Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:08 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Well, I can't think of anyone who would buy an iPhone just because they need a phone. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience to plug the thing into a computer or a wall outlet every night. It depends if you have a computer or usb connector near you. For example for a long bus or train journey if you like to follow your location on gps there are not always a usb port to charge. GPS is especially power hungry. 6. The iPhone is not small. It is bigger than a lot of flip phones. response: are you serious? Really, are you kidding me? My wife's Motorola Droid Ultra has a wider form factor. The iPhone fits very
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
It also is directly related to how good a person's sense of spatial awareness is. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jun 2014, at 0:10, Anne Robertson annefromo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Kimber, I don't think that age has much to do with a blind person's ability with a touch screen. I think it has much more to do with how good your coordination is. I'm in my early sixties and have no problems using my iPhone and wonder how I ever managed without it! It's my phone, my library, my GPS, my assistant in the kitchen for reading labels, my money identifier and much, much more. Cheers, Anne On 5 Jun 2014, at 13:26, Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: It would be interested to hear from someone involved in the teaching of blind kids (or the newly blind) with regard to whether those students find touch screen technology easier to learn and use than do older/middle-age blind people like myself. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
Hi and thanks to all for the help. Turned out the problem was even more stupid than i thought. You can't open a zip file from within ITunes. Well problem is solved now and i'm now trying to find and enable the dictation function. And i'm a registered developer. /Krister 5 jun 2014 kl. 14:11 skrev Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca: Hi Krister, You have to be a registered developer to install iOS Beta software. If you are you can download the Beta from the Apple developer center, if you are not a registered developer (it costs $99 a year) you should probably not attempt this; in any case, Cara and Raul will kick your butt if you are not a developer and are posting questions or comments to the list regarding running an iOS Beta and if you are a developer you can't post because you would have agreed to an NDA which means a Non-Disclosure Agreement according to which you agreed not to tell anybody about any features of Beta software that is not accessible to the public. Apple announced that the are going to offer a public beta for the new OSX 10 operating system, but there is no public beta for iOS. Now, even if you do have a developer account I would highly discourage you to install a first Beta. They are usually really meant for developers only as they will have lots of bugs and often are not even close to being feature complete. For example, Apple said the Alex voice is coming to the iPhone and I assume this means it will be available as a US English Voiceover voice. Now, it may very well be that in a first or even second Beta this may not even be there. If I remember correctly iOS 7 had 5 Beta versions between the announcement at the beginning of June last year and its release in mid September and unless you are developing apps and need the iOS 8 environment for testing, it's best to wait at least until Beta 3. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:01 AM To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I would suggest looking into assistive touch. Given the situation, it would probably be a good idea to acquire the assistance of an Assistive Technology specialist who specialises in iOS and multiple disabilities. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 23:32, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi I have looked those options but got no help so far. My issue is not the home button but double tap i cannot make fast enough an usually only lost the focused item and have to find it again with flicking. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 David Chittenden kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:14:57 +1200 From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com For item 10, there are a few aids. Go to settings, general, accessibility, home click speed, and select slow or slowest. Also in accessibility, one finds assistive touch which modifies the screen and command structure for limited dexterity, switch control for either a bluetooth switch, or using the front-facing camera to monitor a person's head movements for switch activation, and guided access which limits what a person can do on the iPhone / iOS device. One will also find several options for low vision users, and options for users suffering from hearing loss. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 21:00, Ari Moisio ar...@iki.fi wrote: Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the
Re: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail
In iOS 7, it is necessary to activate Siri under settings in order to activate dictate. I suspect this would continue being the case in iOS 8. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jun 2014, at 0:28, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi and thanks to all for the help. Turned out the problem was even more stupid than i thought. You can't open a zip file from within ITunes. Well problem is solved now and i'm now trying to find and enable the dictation function. And i'm a registered developer. /Krister 5 jun 2014 kl. 14:11 skrev Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca: Hi Krister, You have to be a registered developer to install iOS Beta software. If you are you can download the Beta from the Apple developer center, if you are not a registered developer (it costs $99 a year) you should probably not attempt this; in any case, Cara and Raul will kick your butt if you are not a developer and are posting questions or comments to the list regarding running an iOS Beta and if you are a developer you can't post because you would have agreed to an NDA which means a Non-Disclosure Agreement according to which you agreed not to tell anybody about any features of Beta software that is not accessible to the public. Apple announced that the are going to offer a public beta for the new OSX 10 operating system, but there is no public beta for iOS. Now, even if you do have a developer account I would highly discourage you to install a first Beta. They are usually really meant for developers only as they will have lots of bugs and often are not even close to being feature complete. For example, Apple said the Alex voice is coming to the iPhone and I assume this means it will be available as a US English Voiceover voice. Now, it may very well be that in a first or even second Beta this may not even be there. If I remember correctly iOS 7 had 5 Beta versions between the announcement at the beginning of June last year and its release in mid September and unless you are developing apps and need the iOS 8 environment for testing, it's best to wait at least until Beta 3. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:01 AM To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
If you purchase the book titled getting Started with the iPhone and IOS 7.0 many of these questions will be answered. It can be purchased for $24 from the National Braille Press in several formats go to http://www.nbp.org for more information. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I would like to echo the same request for, a guide on how to use and navigate I Tunes. I have found it challenging, and not very user friendly for a JAWS user. I know if I could understand and be able to master the navigation of it on my PC, using it on my I Phone would be a much better experience. Thanks for your much needed, and useful help. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:59 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Cheryl, Just wanted to tell you, I really love your tag line at the bottom of your e-mail...Lamentations 3:21-23. I have turned to those verses many a time. Thank you for being a light to others. God bless you. C - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:45 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Age in and of itself means nothing. I am going to be 62 in July. Certainly age mixed with some other factors could be significant. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 5, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org wrote: Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 Andy Baracco kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 05:08:57 -0700 From: Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Well, I can't think of anyone who would buy an iPhone just because they need a phone. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience to plug the thing into a computer or a wall outlet every night. It depends if you have a computer or usb connector near you. For example for a long bus or train journey if you like to follow your location on gps there are
Re: Where do i normally find the dictation feature in the IPhone?
Go to settings general and then go to siri. Next turn on siri. Once siri is on then you should be able to go in to a text field and then do a two finger double tap to start dictation and two finger double tap to stop. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, I should know this, but i don't remember where i enable the dictation feature on the IPhone. Is it somewhere under settings and if so where? /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
go to http://www.applevis.com and you'll find all the information you can digest and more. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
When I first encountered the iPhone, my fundamental thinking about the manner in which blind people used technology had to undergo a radical change. As a long time computer user, I was not as concerned with where icons and the like were located on the screen. I was more concerned about how to issue commands that would accomplish the tasks I needed to perform. As an instructor of newly blinded adults, I did attempt to learn more about screen geography, however, it still was not the most important issue for me. With Apple's touch screen devices, the location of screen items is vital to an overall understanding of how to use the technology efficiently. When I had a stroke in 2012, I seriously considered ditching my iPhone for a dumb phone with buttons. My right hand was, for a time, stupid. I could hardly read Braille! This certainly points out the advantages of being a 2 handed Braille reader! However, my fine motor coordination recovered, and I was determined to stick with the iPhone! It took me quite a while to learn how the screen was laid out and how to accomplish the things I needed and wanted to do. I'm glad I stuck with the iPhone, it allows me to do so many things that have little to do with making phone calls! I listen to sports,music, audio books, gather my daily dose of news and much more! I'll never be a fast typist on a touch screen, but that, for me, is the only drawback! I don't think the iPhone is for everyone, but it's definitely for me! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:12 AM, cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net wrote: Currently, I have not had my I Phone switched to my cellular plan. I do have WYFY at my house. My reason for doing it this way is because, I wanted to practice typing, using the key pad and other features without being concerned I would accidently call someone. It has worked out very well. I am at the point now, I am ready to have my little flip phone turned off and my I Phone turned on with cellular service. I have learned, so far, using the I Phone is like using JAWS. You learn the basics...eventually. Then, you begin to learn more advanced functions, etc. It most definitely can be over whelming in the beginning, for some. It takes time and patience. Maybe for some blind/VI people, it is not as brain straining as for others. However, everybody learns at a different pace. That does not mean any one is smarter or dumber. The I Phone is not for everyone. It is the same way in the sited world, too. I have talked with several people who are not blind; and they refuse to buy a smart phone, text, etc. Admittedly so, learning this new device has been challenging...but, I do enjoy the challenge. It has made me stretch my limits...and that is a good thing. As long as new technology is being developed, the blind/VI community will face certain battles and struggles. It is most important, in my opinion, for the community to not splinter, but to stay strong. We can agree to disagree...but, we need to support the basic idea of advancing opportunities for the blind/VI community with new technology as it is developed. C - Original Message - From: Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 4:40 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I am a witch, how many people would thank me for a pagan tagline? I do not need/want religion on my iphone list. On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:33 AM, cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net wrote: Cheryl, Just wanted to tell you, I really love your tag line at the bottom of your e-mail...Lamentations 3:21-23. I have turned to those verses many a time. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
Thanks. C - Original Message - From: Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:53 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press go to http://www.applevis.com and you'll find all the information you can digest and more. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list
Re: IClean
Does this app work with the ipad and ipod touch? On 6/4/2014 9:48 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes files under the hood such as temp files or files from apps which have been deleted from the phone. You can have in remind you when to run but I have that turned off and just run it every few weeks. The new version seems to delete more. I ran the app on Monday before I got the update then out of curiousity ran it again after the update. The second time it still found more junk to delete. I wouldn't be worried about using it. If you are uncomfortable backup your phone or your data and if their is a problem you can always restore it. On 6/4/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: does it let you know when it needs to be ran again? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean I think it deletes things under the hood. None of my data has been deleted in the time I used it. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 16:54, Teresa Cochran wrote: What exactly does it do? I know it 'cleans' the device, but what is it doing when it does that? Does it delete files that are accessible to the user, or is it doing something under the hood? I feel a little apprehensive about it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: I think the ap makes my I devices run faster *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Please carry on providing such information and ignore the ones who don't appreciate it. I appreciated the help very much since it got lost in translation as it were and I so wanted that app back since it does a good job on my iPhone 4s. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 15:28, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: I didn't post a link for it when I did the original post because I had no reason to turn on my computer and do a search for a product that was already on my phone. I thought people would appreciate knowing that the app had been updated since it was removed from the store for so long. The only mistake I made was not giving the right name since the developer changed it. If people can't appreciate that then I won't waste my time in the future. On 6/4/14, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: Try i encript. - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:16 AM Subject: Re: IClean still can't find I clean or Ior I disk plus and I put in the plus sign *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Got it! I did see a download button instead of an actual price meaning I bought it already. But didn't realize what it was. Cheers! Running it now. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 09:18, Les Kriegler wrote: Okay, I can see why everyone is confused. The program when you open it is called iDisk Plus, that's with the Plus sign. However, when I got the update tonight, it was called i Encript. Encript has an I in it, not a Y. Now, if you search on I Disk you'll find it, but search on I Encript and I think you'll find it faster. I gained back about .7 gig by running it tonight. HTH. Les On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot find iDisk in the App Store. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 00:32, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes unnecessary files from the IPhone. I think they may have changed the name to iDisk+ Their are a few more features but it does the same as before as well and better. On 6/3/14, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think it's back in the App Store. I get notifications all the time to clean up my phone. Also, I just searched for it in the store and could not see it. Sharonda On 6/3/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: can yu tell me what this ap does please? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 1:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: IClean It looks like IClean
Re: Where do i normally find the dictation feature in the IPhone?
Thanks so much, i think i've managed to find it. /Krister 5 jun 2014 kl. 14:41 skrev isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com: Go to settings general and then go to siri. Next turn on siri. Once siri is on then you should be able to go in to a text field and then do a two finger double tap to start dictation and two finger double tap to stop. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, I should know this, but i don't remember where i enable the dictation feature on the IPhone. Is it somewhere under settings and if so where? /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
Hi Cathy and all, The information given below is incorrect as Window-Eyes podcasts more than likely cannot be found on the AppleVis website. Try the following link and search for the word iTunes. http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Webinar_Training/ Here are direct download links: iTunes 11 and Window-Eyes: Part 1 - October 31, 2013 http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Presentations/audio/iTunesPartTwo.mp3 iTunes 11 and Window-Eyes: Part 2 - November 27, 2013 http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Presentations/audio/iTunesPartTwo.mp3 Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:10 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Thanks. C - Original Message - From: Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:53 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press go to http://www.applevis.com and you'll find all the information you can digest and more. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Just so everyone knows, I have been forwarding comments related to this article to the editor of the Braille Monitor, Gary Wunder. nHis address is gwun...@gmail.com if you wish to communicate with him directly. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Paul Ferrara paul.ferr...@insightbb.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:57 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
GW Micro also did a two part tutorial on using itunes with window eyes. On 6/4/2014 7:12 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone wrote: Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Blind Square
Hi list: Just new to blind square and would love to know, is there anyway of integrating Facebook and Twitter? Thanks! DJ Reese Download and install the new Peachtree Radio fM app available in the Android, Apple and Black berry app stores today. Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
Thank you so very much. C - Original Message - From: Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:39 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Hi Cathy and all, The information given below is incorrect as Window-Eyes podcasts more than likely cannot be found on the AppleVis website. Try the following link and search for the word iTunes. http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Webinar_Training/ Here are direct download links: iTunes 11 and Window-Eyes: Part 1 - October 31, 2013 http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Presentations/audio/iTunesPartTwo.mp3 iTunes 11 and Window-Eyes: Part 2 - November 27, 2013 http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Presentations/audio/iTunesPartTwo.mp3 Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:10 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Thanks. C - Original Message - From: Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:53 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press go to http://www.applevis.com and you'll find all the information you can digest and more. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator
Re: Blind Square
No Regards, Feliciano Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:06 AM, DJ Reese atlanticst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list: Just new to blind square and would love to know, is there anyway of integrating Facebook and Twitter? Thanks! DJ Reese Download and install the new Peachtree Radio fM app available in the Android, Apple and Black berry app stores today. Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: How to Test iOS 8 Legally (was Trying to install IOs 8 and fail)
Further to Sieghard's excellent message, if anyone wants to explore what's involved in taking the plunge and testing iOS, I produced a webinar on this subject last year and you can still purchase the MP3 archive. It's at http://mosen.org/index.php/testing-testing-mosen-consulting-ios-webinar/ Personally I encourage anyone who is willing to accept that there'll be bugs, and who is good at clearly articulating to Apple what problems they're having and what causes them, to give it a go. The more capable people we have feeding back at this stage of the process, the more we may benefit through bugs being squashed before release. That said, any software company has to prioritise bugs, so some may just not make being fixed before the final cut. Happy testing. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 6/06/2014, at 12:11 am, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Krister, You have to be a registered developer to install iOS Beta software. If you are you can download the Beta from the Apple developer center, if you are not a registered developer (it costs $99 a year) you should probably not attempt this; in any case, Cara and Raul will kick your butt if you are not a developer and are posting questions or comments to the list regarding running an iOS Beta and if you are a developer you can't post because you would have agreed to an NDA which means a Non-Disclosure Agreement according to which you agreed not to tell anybody about any features of Beta software that is not accessible to the public. Apple announced that the are going to offer a public beta for the new OSX 10 operating system, but there is no public beta for iOS. Now, even if you do have a developer account I would highly discourage you to install a first Beta. They are usually really meant for developers only as they will have lots of bugs and often are not even close to being feature complete. For example, Apple said the Alex voice is coming to the iPhone and I assume this means it will be available as a US English Voiceover voice. Now, it may very well be that in a first or even second Beta this may not even be there. If I remember correctly iOS 7 had 5 Beta versions between the announcement at the beginning of June last year and its release in mid September and unless you are developing apps and need the iOS 8 environment for testing, it's best to wait at least until Beta 3. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:01 AM To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Trying to install IOs 8 and fail Hi and sorry for cross posting but this stupid question of mine conserns both the Mac and the IPhone. I'm trying to install the new IOS8 beta to see how accessibility is and am failing miserably because i get an error message saying the file with the firmware isn't compatible. Now i know that the firmware i downloaded is compatible with my device, the IPhone GSM model, and still Itunes complains over incompatibility so i think that it's the ITunes version that's not the latest one, and i can't find it anywhere, so is there somewhere i can look for a beta version of ITunes? Thanks so much in advance. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
Apple WWDC 2014 Presentation Summary for iOS
Hi all, From the AppleVis website: Summary of Announcements from WWDC 2014 Keynote | AppleVis http://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-ios-mac-os-x-news/summary-?announcements-wwdc-2014-keynote iOS8 As always, iOS8 will be a free update, scheduled to be released sometime this fall. Unlike OS X Yosemite, though, iOS8 is not a public beta; only registered developers are able to download and test the new operating system. Notifications The Notification Center in Yosemite borrowed the iOS Today view, and iOS8 returned the favor, borrowing a feature from Yosemite. This feature: widgets. You can now download apps that offer widgets; if you do, you will see that a new widget is available next time you open the Notification Center, and you can add it. Also like OS X, notifications are now easier to deal with. You can tap a widget to respond to a notification, or simply pull down on a banner notification to respond. For example, if you are in the Mail app and get a text, you can just pull down the text, type your response, send it, and you're back in Mail. Safari On the iPad, Safari now displays the same sidebar and tab view that Yosemite introduces. No other changes were mentioned for Safari. Mail Have you ever been writing an email and needed to check another email for a detail? You could cancel your message, save it as a draft, check your information, go back to the drafts mailbox, find your draft, and keep writing. With iOS8, you simply pull down while typing your email and it slides out of the way, returning you to your mailbox/message list. When you are ready, tap the button in the lower right and your draft returns, ready for you to continue typing it. Mail also makes extensive use of gestures to flag, delete, and mark messages. I cannot be sure, but I imagine VoiceOver's actions rotor item will be how this happens. In fact, right now, VO users have access to all these features from the rotor, so I doubt much will change on the Mail front as far as Voiceover is concerned. Recent People The App Switcher has been used for years to show you recently used apps. Now, it also shows you recently contacted people, and you can text, call, or FaceTime them right from the new and improved App Switcher. Spotlight Similar to Yosemite, the iOS8 Spotlight search pulls web search results, contacts, iCloud Drive documents, news, and more when you search. It can even find apps, movies, and music you do not have yet and suggest them, a feature for which i currently have rather mixed feelings. Keyboards The stock iOS keyboard now has context-sensitive predictive typing. If you get a message asking how the meeting went yesterday, and you type the m, it might suggest meeting. If the message instead asked how the movie was, the auto-complete suggestion would be movie. Much more exciting, though, is the news that, after years of waiting, third-party keyboards AND BRAILLE are coming to iOS! One day soon, you will be able to use braille, or Fleksy, or any other keyboard you like, to type anywhere in iOS. Imagine using braille to write a text directly in the Messages app, or Fleksy to type out an email or iTunes search. It is coming - Apple's WWDC slides said that six-key braille entry would come with iOS8 as a keyboard option, and the developers of Fleksy plan to be among the first to offer their app as a default keyboard after iOS8 is released. Of all the features in iOS8, I have to say that this is the one to which I am looking forward the most. Messages Messages just got a whole lot more powerful. You can name threads, add/remove people (including removing yourself) from threads, temporarily share your location with others in a thread, and more. You can even send audio or video clips, or still images, right from the messages app itself. If you have an iPhone, sending an audio clip is as easy as raising the phone to your ear, speaking, and lowering it. Other devices can send audio, you just have to tap and hold on the dictation button in the keyboard. You can even set Do Not Disturb for single threads, letting you mute a busy thread you don't care about but still receive all other notifications. Enterprise iOS8 offers several new enterprise features, including passcode locks for apps and files, third-party file servers that integrate into iCloud, VIP message threads, and much more. Health The very aptly named health app will be the central location for all health data you authorize it to know about. It will get this data through the Healthkit framework, which other apps can hook into. For instance, your pedometer app might tell it how far you've walked in the last week, your food app will tell it how many calories you've eaten, your bluetooth scale will tell it how much you've weighed each day, and your bluetooth blood pressure cuff will give it blood pressure information. Health will collate all this into a single set of metrics you can use to keep track
Re: IClean
Yes, it works with the iPod. I'm pretty sure it said it was compatible with iPad too, but don't quote me on it. You can double-check that in the app store. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Russ Kiehne russ94...@gmail.com wrote: Does this app work with the ipad and ipod touch? On 6/4/2014 9:48 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes files under the hood such as temp files or files from apps which have been deleted from the phone. You can have in remind you when to run but I have that turned off and just run it every few weeks. The new version seems to delete more. I ran the app on Monday before I got the update then out of curiousity ran it again after the update. The second time it still found more junk to delete. I wouldn't be worried about using it. If you are uncomfortable backup your phone or your data and if their is a problem you can always restore it. On 6/4/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: does it let you know when it needs to be ran again? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean I think it deletes things under the hood. None of my data has been deleted in the time I used it. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 16:54, Teresa Cochran wrote: What exactly does it do? I know it 'cleans' the device, but what is it doing when it does that? Does it delete files that are accessible to the user, or is it doing something under the hood? I feel a little apprehensive about it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: I think the ap makes my I devices run faster *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Please carry on providing such information and ignore the ones who don't appreciate it. I appreciated the help very much since it got lost in translation as it were and I so wanted that app back since it does a good job on my iPhone 4s. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 15:28, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: I didn't post a link for it when I did the original post because I had no reason to turn on my computer and do a search for a product that was already on my phone. I thought people would appreciate knowing that the app had been updated since it was removed from the store for so long. The only mistake I made was not giving the right name since the developer changed it. If people can't appreciate that then I won't waste my time in the future. On 6/4/14, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: Try i encript. - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:16 AM Subject: Re: IClean still can't find I clean or Ior I disk plus and I put in the plus sign *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Got it! I did see a download button instead of an actual price meaning I bought it already. But didn't realize what it was. Cheers! Running it now. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 09:18, Les Kriegler wrote: Okay, I can see why everyone is confused. The program when you open it is called iDisk Plus, that's with the Plus sign. However, when I got the update tonight, it was called i Encript. Encript has an I in it, not a Y. Now, if you search on I Disk you'll find it, but search on I Encript and I think you'll find it faster. I gained back about .7 gig by running it tonight. HTH. Les On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot find iDisk in the App Store. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 00:32, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes unnecessary files from the IPhone. I think they may have changed the name to iDisk+ Their are a few more features but it does the same as before as well and better. On 6/3/14, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think it's back in the App Store. I get notifications all the time to clean up my phone. Also, I just searched for
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
just to answer the question, though it's straying off-topic for this list: the update to the Samsung Haven and the Jitterbug are the only two feature phones i know of that are totally accessible. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
Just delete what you don't want to read! It's that simple! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
Threaded displays of messages are very very helpful in this regard. One press of a key or double-tap can delete a hundred messages on a topic that is not relevant to you. teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote: Just delete what you don't want to read! It's that simple! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this
Re: Blind Square
The only way you can integrate Facebook and Twitter is if you have a Foursquare account and check in from Blind Square. Jenn Sent from my iPad On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:06 AM, DJ Reese atlanticst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list: Just new to blind square and would love to know, is there anyway of integrating Facebook and Twitter? Thanks! DJ Reese Download and install the new Peachtree Radio fM app available in the Android, Apple and Black berry app stores today. Peachtree Radio FM. where some listen to remember and some listen to forget. www.peachtreeradiofm.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
As I recall, he says that one has to recharge their battery every day. I, for one, have never had to do that. True, I don't play 24 hours of music or use the phone or other applications 12 to 15 hours a day, just to pick some random numbers, but I can often go for days without recharging. It's this kind of blanket statement that makes me wonder how much time he spent with his phone. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone just to answer the question, though it's straying off-topic for this list: the update to the Samsung Haven and the Jitterbug are the only two feature phones i know of that are totally accessible. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature phone without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for nothing, but why should blind people be any different than the general population. This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community have been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone for everything it can do. ATT would not sell an iPhone on contract without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, so forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired features were then crippled. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop donb...@emissives.com wrote: The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that apple does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? Also has he ever heard of wifi? Simply shocking from someone who should know better. Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. Din - Original Message - From: Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some time. It would have been interesting if the article had been written by someone younger. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the teeny keys on a real phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? What is Siri? Hmmm. I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. having said this, I think this article is more than a tad condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there.
Re: re iEncript
Are you supposed to do anything with where it says process? From what I can tell you just let it run and occasionally hit done when it says that your storage capacity is full and then at the end it tells you how much space it cleared up for you, but what does process do? Thanks. On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:19 PM, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Keith. Your response gives me a reason to consider purchasing this app. Have a nice night. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Bundy Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: re iEncript Hello, DJ. It cleans temporary files you no longer need off your iPhone. It can free significant space on your iPhone, especially if you have had it for a while. On 6/4/14, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Will someone please explain exactly what all this app does as the app store discription simply says that it's the new and improved version of iClean. Thank you. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:18 PM To: VIPhone Post Subject: re iEncript HI, just purchased this app, but haven't got a clue how to use it. Tryed looking on the the developers website, and can't find any help guide, and it still talks about the old name for this app, which was iClean. Hope someone can help, as i don't want to mess up my 4s. Many thanks, Dave. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keith Bundy Check out the latest messages from First Baptist Church of Madison, SD at http://www.keithbundy.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,
What's This Mac Master Series Thing Anyway?
CLICK TO TWEET Last chance to lock in your low Mac Master Series rate before the price increases in a few short hours. Tell me: Does learning the Mac seem like an unattainable feat? Like flying to the moon, climbing Mount Everest or winning the Olympics? For many, making the switch from Windows or getting a handle on VoiceOver can seem a little overwhelming at first--but I can tell you with absolute certainty, mastering your Mac has never been easier. During tonight's Mac Mixer event (which starts at 9PM EST), you'll get to meet a few folks who thought some of these very same things. But once they started working through the Mac Master Series, they quickly discovered learning the Mac can be easy, fast and fun. But I realize you probably have a few questions before registering for your free invitation to the event, so I wanted to take a few minutes to answer them right here. (And if you don't see your question here, just reply to this message and I'll make sure to get a response your way this afternoon.) Q: What is the Mac Mixer event? A: It's a live teleconference with dozens of folks who are curious about all of the possibilities the Mac has to offer them. They might be skeptical of Apple's screen reading solution, VoiceOver, or whether or not they would be able to get real work done on a Mac machine. Some are tired of spending money on software maintenance agreements and screen reader updates, while others are just ready for a change. You'll get to discover all of the powerful features of the Mac and OS X, as well as an introduction to VoiceOver, one of the most powerful screen reading solutions on the block. You'll also learn more about the Mac Master Series and how it's changing the lives of others in the blindness community. Plus: Just for registering for the free Mac Mixer event, you'll be entered into a giveaway for a free scholarship to the Mac Master Series (a $240 value.) There's really nothing to lose by signing up, and we can guarantee you'll have a good time. Q: Why should I attend the Mac Mixer event? A: Aside from the fun and chance to win a free scholarship to this one-of-a-kind community for mastering your Mac, you'll get to hear stories from real people (just like you) who are seeing success with their Mac and Apple products. They're doing big things in their own lives--and in the lives of others. You'll hear from switchers and those who just about gave up on VoiceOver altogether. Our hope is that you'll walk away empowered, encouraged and reenergized to tackle your Mac (or any other new tech that's sitting on a shelf.) Q: Are you going to try to sell me something? A: The Mac Master Series is quickly becoming the go-to resource for anyone wanting to do more with the Mac. It's something we're very excited about here at Fedora Outlier, but are even more encouraged to see so many others excited about, too. If you attend the Mac Mixer event, we're not going to ask you to sign on the dotted line or commit to some ironclad contract that gives us naming rights to your first born. Instead, you'll hear about the many success stories coming out of the Mac Master Series, as well as more details about some exclusive, ultra-low pricing we're offering to founding members (which can be locked in to guarantee you always receive the same low, low rate on the Mac Master Series.) But it's important to note: If you're at all interested in getting a handle on your Mac, now is the time to take the plunge and do it (because the price will soon go up--and we won't be able to offer these introductory prices again.) Q: How much is the Mac Master Series anyway? A: You could go out and hire an assistive technology trainer at $50 an hour--and they may (or may not) be able to help you become a proficient Mac user. You could go to an Apple Store and get training with a certified specialist, but their program isn't tailored to the VoiceOver user. We've built the Mac Master Series from the ground up with the VoiceOver user in mind--and with the goal of providing teaching without breaking the bank. You can get access to this most comprehensive and up-to-date teaching on the Mac for only $19.99/month (or a yearly subscription for only $239.99, with two free months included just for paying in advance.) That gives you step-by-step instructions on everything there is to do with your Mac, as well as updates when Apple releases new versions of OS X. It's all included in this low, low price, and if you sign up before the deadline tomorrow, you'll lock in this price forever. Want to learn more about the Mac Mixer and Mac Master series--or are you ready to get your free invitation for tonight's event? Learn more and register now Remember: If you didn't see your question listed here, make sure to hit Reply, and I'll touch base with you shortly. You can also submit a question on the event registration page--and we'll have a team of
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
I have a separate Gmail address just for mailing lists. Gmail groups messages by conversation. I search the inbox of the e-mail messages for mailing lists for viphone and can bounce through the topics with my tab key, skipping the topics I have no interest in. This approach has been very efficient and transferable to any computer. Kelly On 6/5/14, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Threaded displays of messages are very very helpful in this regard. One press of a key or double-tap can delete a hundred messages on a topic that is not relevant to you. teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote: Just delete what you don't want to read! It's that simple! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Frankly, it isn't that bad of an article. I do think his estimation of an individual's text-messaging speed is pretty low, although I am not nearly as fast as my sighted colleagues at texting; and I think this is an inherent issue with the human interface method that we use. It is also accurate that the iPhone is not meant for everyone and that it is not the most efficient way to make phone calls from the keypad; I've heard a computer show where the sighted host said it was a great device but a less-than-average phone. Steve - Original Message - From: Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:45 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Just so everyone knows, I have been forwarding comments related to this article to the editor of the Braille Monitor, Gary Wunder. nHis address is gwun...@gmail.com if you wish to communicate with him directly. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Paul Ferrara paul.ferr...@insightbb.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:57 AM Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all
Re: Drive1 Compared with DropBox
Terrie, I love OneDrive because of the windows 8.1 integration and all the free storage. I have an Internet connection that has a 10 MBPS download speed and a one MBPS upload speed. Text files are uploaded instantly and other files hundreds of megabytes in size take no more than a few hours. Microsoft offers 10 MB of storage free to windows users who synchronize. Another 100 MB of free storage is available as part of the Bing rewards program. I earned the 100 points needed after a week of Bing searches. Accessibility of Dropbox is far superior to that of OneDrive. Dropbox easily allows screen reader users to download files without hassle. I have accessed files and read documents on my iPhone using the OneDrive app. I also have shared files with others by e-mailing a link to a contact using the iPhone app. All receiving parties said they were able to download the 300 MB file easily. Kelly On 6/4/14, Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org wrote: Terrie, a day or so? What is your upload speed. What size files are we talking about? It would be nice to hear that the upload to one drive is faster, but this is user adjustable in DropBox. So perhaps you are not taking full advantage of the upload speed? I'm just curious why it is taking so long. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Drive1 Compared with DropBox If you like Drive 1 better than Dropbox, please share your reasons. I am looking for an alternative because it sometimes takes a day or so to get bigger files into the DropBox website so that they are available to other devices. Thanks. Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to VoiceOver, Bluetooth keyboard, and braille displays. Order at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-REF.html -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The
Moderator's reminder about thank you messages - Was Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press
Hello all. Please let's remember to not send out one line messages to the list. Common ones are the thank you type of messages. This doesn't add to the discussion of the list and adds clutter. If you really want to thank someone, please consider sending your gratitude off list, meaning, directly to the person. Thank you. -- Raul A. Gallegos Oxygen and Potassium went on a date. It went OK. Bazinga! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 6/5/2014 8:10 AM, cathy harris wrote: Thanks. C - Original Message - From: Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:53 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press go to http://www.applevis.com and you'll find all the information you can digest and more. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: cathy harris cathar...@bellsouth.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:25 AM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press I am not a W. E. user. Would you mind telling me where I could find this pod cast/ webinar? Many thanks. C - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Joseph, I didn't realize that GW Micro, or should I say AI Squared also recorded an iTunes webinar. I will definitely have to give it a listen. I actually use it with NVDA and I just find it convenient when I'm looking for podcasts. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 10:15 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: I feel the Window-Eyes iTunes presentation was much more thorough as it described by a sighted or at the least a partially sighted person what is showing on the screen as well as the layout of the various tools within iTunes. I'm a Jaws user and 95% of the presentation can be considered screenreader neutral. Joseph - Original Message - From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Even though many iPhone users work with iTunes on their iDevice, using it on windows is, for me, convenient. Jonathan Mosen recorded an excellent two-part tutorial on its use for two episodes of Freedom Scientific's FSCast but there is so much more that he didn't have time to go into. If I knew the book was coming out, I'd preorder it and I don't usually preorder books. Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 9:20 PM, Terrie Terlau wrote: Hi David and Anna, I would welcome such a book. I would buy it immediately. It would need to define some of the terms in the PC ITunes too because I might know what to do with the buttons if I knew what their labels meant (grin)! Please talk to NBP about such a product. Best, Terrie Terlau -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS reference card now available from National Braille Press Anna, Thank you for letting us know about this. Has there been any demand for a detailed, how-to guide on using iTunes, not just on iOS but also on Windows? Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.DavidGoldfield.info Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-goldfield/12/929/573 Visit my blog http://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/davidgoldfield David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired On 6/4/2014 4:44 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, A few people were requesting a reference card for iOS. I created one based on the reference materials in Getting Started with the iPhone, being sure to include the other iDevices as well. Below is info about it from National Braille Press. Best, Anna iOS 7 Reference Card for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch by Anna Dresner In Braille (one small volume), eBraille (BRF), Word, or DAISY: $6.00 You asked for it! Here's Anna Dresner's quick, handy guide to
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
David, I think you should have mentioned, when stating the cost of the iPhone is over 600 dollars was to point out that if one were to purchase a separate unit to do all of the things the iPhone does for the blind, the cost would run well over thousands of dollars, such as the Humanware Trekker Breeze, the SARA Scanner or Pearl Camera from Freedom Scientific, or the Digital Talking Book Player, such as the Humanware Victor Reader or the BookPort/BookSense. Each of these items perform only one function which is a fragment of what the iPhone currently has to offer a blind person, and yet, only the cost of the phone is looked at. All in all, it was a good response to an otherwise pitiful excuse for what was supposed to be an unbiased article. Victor Gouveia Vice-President Training Coordinator VIP Tech Tel: 1-888-640-6661 Fax: 1-888-640-6669 Home: victor.gouv...@rogers.com Work: viptrain...@rogers.com Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very difficult time in coming up with a list of ten objections or things which are not good about the iPhone. In fact, I'm having a very difficult time in coming up with a list of one or two things which are not good about the iPhone. However, no product is perfect and I can handle objectively written product evaluations. Unfortunately, this article was not one of them. I'm going to reprint each of the objections stated by Mr. Chong in their entirety, with my comments below each objection. What Is Not Good About The iPhone 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
When I started using Smart Phones I decided to get an Android. It was much harder to use and less efficient. However, it made me appreciate the IPhone even more. It also made it easier to use. The article makes it sound like the IPhone is not a good idea. With patience it is a great tool for blind people. It gives us so much better access to mainstream technology at a cheaper price than we are used to. On 6/5/14, Victor Gouveia victor.gouv...@rogers.com wrote: David, I think you should have mentioned, when stating the cost of the iPhone is over 600 dollars was to point out that if one were to purchase a separate unit to do all of the things the iPhone does for the blind, the cost would run well over thousands of dollars, such as the Humanware Trekker Breeze, the SARA Scanner or Pearl Camera from Freedom Scientific, or the Digital Talking Book Player, such as the Humanware Victor Reader or the BookPort/BookSense. Each of these items perform only one function which is a fragment of what the iPhone currently has to offer a blind person, and yet, only the cost of the phone is looked at. All in all, it was a good response to an otherwise pitiful excuse for what was supposed to be an unbiased article. Victor Gouveia Vice-President Training Coordinator VIP Tech Tel: 1-888-640-6661 Fax: 1-888-640-6669 Home: victor.gouv...@rogers.com Work: viptrain...@rogers.com Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very difficult time in coming up with a list of ten objections or things which are not good about the iPhone. In fact, I'm having a very difficult time in coming up with a list of one or two things which are not good about the iPhone. However, no product is perfect and I can handle objectively written product evaluations. Unfortunately, this article was not one of them. I'm going to reprint each of the objections stated by Mr. Chong in their entirety, with my comments below each objection. What Is Not Good About The iPhone 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots.
Re: re iEncript
I'm not sure what it does. I ran it the same way as you did. This button was not in the previous version. On 6/5/14, Kathy Brandt katya20...@gmail.com wrote: Are you supposed to do anything with where it says process? From what I can tell you just let it run and occasionally hit done when it says that your storage capacity is full and then at the end it tells you how much space it cleared up for you, but what does process do? Thanks. On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:19 PM, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Keith. Your response gives me a reason to consider purchasing this app. Have a nice night. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Bundy Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: re iEncript Hello, DJ. It cleans temporary files you no longer need off your iPhone. It can free significant space on your iPhone, especially if you have had it for a while. On 6/4/14, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Will someone please explain exactly what all this app does as the app store discription simply says that it's the new and improved version of iClean. Thank you. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:18 PM To: VIPhone Post Subject: re iEncript HI, just purchased this app, but haven't got a clue how to use it. Tryed looking on the the developers website, and can't find any help guide, and it still talks about the old name for this app, which was iClean. Hope someone can help, as i don't want to mess up my 4s. Many thanks, Dave. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keith Bundy Check out the latest messages from First Baptist Church of Madison, SD at http://www.keithbundy.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Re: IClean
It works with all three. I have an old third generation IPod which I've used it on as well as a 5s and IPad. On 6/5/14, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Yes, it works with the iPod. I'm pretty sure it said it was compatible with iPad too, but don't quote me on it. You can double-check that in the app store. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Russ Kiehne russ94...@gmail.com wrote: Does this app work with the ipad and ipod touch? On 6/4/2014 9:48 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes files under the hood such as temp files or files from apps which have been deleted from the phone. You can have in remind you when to run but I have that turned off and just run it every few weeks. The new version seems to delete more. I ran the app on Monday before I got the update then out of curiousity ran it again after the update. The second time it still found more junk to delete. I wouldn't be worried about using it. If you are uncomfortable backup your phone or your data and if their is a problem you can always restore it. On 6/4/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: does it let you know when it needs to be ran again? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean I think it deletes things under the hood. None of my data has been deleted in the time I used it. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 16:54, Teresa Cochran wrote: What exactly does it do? I know it 'cleans' the device, but what is it doing when it does that? Does it delete files that are accessible to the user, or is it doing something under the hood? I feel a little apprehensive about it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: I think the ap makes my I devices run faster *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Please carry on providing such information and ignore the ones who don't appreciate it. I appreciated the help very much since it got lost in translation as it were and I so wanted that app back since it does a good job on my iPhone 4s. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 15:28, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: I didn't post a link for it when I did the original post because I had no reason to turn on my computer and do a search for a product that was already on my phone. I thought people would appreciate knowing that the app had been updated since it was removed from the store for so long. The only mistake I made was not giving the right name since the developer changed it. If people can't appreciate that then I won't waste my time in the future. On 6/4/14, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: Try i encript. - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:16 AM Subject: Re: IClean still can't find I clean or Ior I disk plus and I put in the plus sign *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Got it! I did see a download button instead of an actual price meaning I bought it already. But didn't realize what it was. Cheers! Running it now. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 09:18, Les Kriegler wrote: Okay, I can see why everyone is confused. The program when you open it is called iDisk Plus, that's with the Plus sign. However, when I got the update tonight, it was called i Encript. Encript has an I in it, not a Y. Now, if you search on I Disk you'll find it, but search on I Encript and I think you'll find it faster. I gained back about .7 gig by running it tonight. HTH. Les On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot find iDisk in the App Store. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 00:32, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes unnecessary files from the IPhone. I think they may have changed the name to iDisk+ Their are a few more features but it does the same as before as well and better. On 6/3/14, Sharonda Greenlaw
I encrypt Process Button
Under the word process are two choices--fast or safe. I think selecting one of those two choices refers to the type of cleaning that will be used on the device. That was my interpretation when I looked at the three lines--process, fast, and safe. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: IClean
Will just say this from knowledge. Most iPhone apps work also on the iPod Touch. Speciality apps that requires use of phone specific features like Whatsapp will only work on an iPhone. Having said that iClean is not such an app so yes it will work on not only the iPod Touch but the iPad as well. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 05/06/2014 14:33, Russ Kiehne wrote: Does this app work with the ipad and ipod touch? On 6/4/2014 9:48 AM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes files under the hood such as temp files or files from apps which have been deleted from the phone. You can have in remind you when to run but I have that turned off and just run it every few weeks. The new version seems to delete more. I ran the app on Monday before I got the update then out of curiousity ran it again after the update. The second time it still found more junk to delete. I wouldn't be worried about using it. If you are uncomfortable backup your phone or your data and if their is a problem you can always restore it. On 6/4/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: does it let you know when it needs to be ran again? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean I think it deletes things under the hood. None of my data has been deleted in the time I used it. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 16:54, Teresa Cochran wrote: What exactly does it do? I know it 'cleans' the device, but what is it doing when it does that? Does it delete files that are accessible to the user, or is it doing something under the hood? I feel a little apprehensive about it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: I think the ap makes my I devices run faster *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Please carry on providing such information and ignore the ones who don't appreciate it. I appreciated the help very much since it got lost in translation as it were and I so wanted that app back since it does a good job on my iPhone 4s. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 15:28, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: I didn't post a link for it when I did the original post because I had no reason to turn on my computer and do a search for a product that was already on my phone. I thought people would appreciate knowing that the app had been updated since it was removed from the store for so long. The only mistake I made was not giving the right name since the developer changed it. If people can't appreciate that then I won't waste my time in the future. On 6/4/14, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: Try i encript. - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:16 AM Subject: Re: IClean still can't find I clean or Ior I disk plus and I put in the plus sign *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Got it! I did see a download button instead of an actual price meaning I bought it already. But didn't realize what it was. Cheers! Running it now. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 09:18, Les Kriegler wrote: Okay, I can see why everyone is confused. The program when you open it is called iDisk Plus, that's with the Plus sign. However, when I got the update tonight, it was called i Encript. Encript has an I in it, not a Y. Now, if you search on I Disk you'll find it, but search on I Encript and I think you'll find it faster. I gained back about .7 gig by running it tonight. HTH. Les On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot find iDisk in the App Store. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 00:32, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes unnecessary files from the IPhone. I think they may have changed the name to iDisk+ Their are a few more features but it does the same as before as well and better. On 6/3/14, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think it's back in the App Store. I get notifications all the time to clean up my phone. Also, I just searched
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
It's very true. I end up being contacted by sighted friends who need help fixing stuff on their iDevices. It's kind of scary since I am usually coming to this list or Twitter when I get stuck--but I can help others. And I don't even own an iPhone. But the devices are similar enough that I can talk anyone through fixing it, or at least through turning VoiceOver on so I can fix it for them. With some of them, I have them set tripple-click home so I can turn VO on and off easily. LOL! Jane On Jun 5, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: Just a personal note here: I have a friend who has got a 5S and she is getting, constantly, in trouble with it. She works in an office with plenty of other people who have iPhones too! When things go wrong, they try and help out: this usually leads into much more trouble and generally speaking some sort of crash. at This point, she brings it to me. I can always bring the phone back for her. I can always do whatever it is she wanted done in the first place. But here's the rub: my friend and all her co-workers are cited. Their minds, put simply, are not yet attuned to the idea of smart phones apart, that is, from using the camera. Whereas, I, who need all the phones functionality, appear to be something of a Guru to them! So, the access ability of this platform and these devices is so good that I can actually do better than my average cited counterpart. I am sure that this is true of most of us here on this list. Just my thoughts, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 09:38, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoyed reading your response. Regarding the touchscreen, hand/ear coordination (haptic / auditory) coordination is often difficult for blind people to master. This appears to be because blind people are taught haptic / haptic response coordination. In other words blind people are taught to touch and feel for a tactile response. Sighted people, on the other hand, utilise haptic / visual response. Considering that touchscreen technology is now more expensive than non-touch screen with physical buttons, this interface is, and will continue, replacing the older, haptic rich environment. In fact, for the sighted, in every category / venue studied thus far, directly interactive touchscreen technology kiosks and devices reduce errors from 15%-20% to 3%-5%. So, it becomes incumbent upon us blind people to adapt if we wish to continue fully participate in modern society. As to battery life of the iPhone, if the person were to use the iPhone the way they used to use the Nokia Phone, Windows CE Phone, and/or simple and inexpensive dumb phone with limited accessibility, they would find themselves getting similar levels of battery life. When I switched to my iPhone, I noticed a marked decrease in battery life from 3 or 4 days to just over a day. I wondered about it, so switched back to the previous phone for a week. I took note of what I did and how much time I spent on each system. I then used the iPhone in the same way as the older phone, and got 4 days of battery life. Personally, I prefer using my iPhone as my portable computer. It provides me with unparalleled access across technology sectors. As for using the phone keypad, when one trains one's muscle memory to the locations of the numbers on the keypad, dialling can and does become significantly quicker. That said, practice is essential. As for the battery life of certain blindness specific products, I prefer the much increased access and higher technology of the accessible general market hitech solutions. I can do much more for a greatly reduced price. As to the frustration of learning yet another interface, in the case of the iPhone, or Android Phones for that matter, it does take longer because, not only is a person learning the interface, each blind individual is having to learn an entirely new way of interacting that he/she was never trained for when initially learning blindness skills. Therefore, the teachers of blindness skills should start teaching haptic/auditory response in order to enable better / more efficient adaptation for the blind into the modern technological world. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:38, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very
Fleksy?
Sent from my iPhone I just downloaded it to my Iphone 4s. How do I use it? For instance in writing this? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
What is frustrating about this list is the number of inane and one-line messages. You can't necessarily use the archives because you can't tell which messages contribute to the topic as opposed to those that are quibbles or me-toos. Secondly, occasionally people still reply to a message while hijacking the subject line. I would really love to find a way to cull through the muck as Jeff suggests. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Threaded displays of messages are very very helpful in this regard. One press of a key or double-tap can delete a hundred messages on a topic that is not relevant to you. teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote: Just delete what you don't want to read! It's that simple! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading
Hi Steve; As I said in an earlier post, if a message is annoying just delete. Anthony Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Steve pipeguy...@gmail.com wrote: What is frustrating about this list is the number of inane and one-line messages. You can't necessarily use the archives because you can't tell which messages contribute to the topic as opposed to those that are quibbles or me-toos. Secondly, occasionally people still reply to a message while hijacking the subject line. I would really love to find a way to cull through the muck as Jeff suggests. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Threaded displays of messages are very very helpful in this regard. One press of a key or double-tap can delete a hundred messages on a topic that is not relevant to you. teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote: Just delete what you don't want to read! It's that simple! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You can also set the list to no mail and also look at the archive. I do that with several list that I occasionally post to. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:26 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: So why not unsubscribe from the list and simply use the archives to read your 10 messages of interest? I did just this before joining the list when I was in the market for a new earpiece. I used the archives to review all previous messages regarding earpieces. It was actually kinda cool since all threads had already been exhausted, so there was no waiting on subsequent posts. Most of my questions had already been asked by others, so the archive turned out to be a great resource for me. The archive is also easy to use. The only problem is that you won't be able to ask specific questions relating to a current on-going issue, but this will also not be the case with what you're proposing. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Seeking collaborators on efficient VIPhone list reading Hello List Members, This list is an extremely valuable asset, and I thank the owners, moderators, contributors and readers that make it work. It has been my primary tool for learning how to use my iPhone, which I wouldn't dream of living without at this point in my life. However, no matter how well moderated the list is, there are inevitably messages filling the list I don't care about. In fact, I'd say on a normal day, no more than 10 messages peak my interest. This message, for example, is not likely to interest many people, but, if you are in my boat, and are interested in culling the valuable content from this list and weeding out the complaints, opinions, one-liners, repetitive beginner questions, and cutting your reading to a quarter of what it now is, please write me offline. My idea is to share the burden among 4 like-minded, committed list readers. Rather than reading through each message every day, we would all take one week, cull the valuable content, and only forward the good stuff to the other three participants. We could discuss ahead of time what constitutes valuable content. This being an opinion, not everyone will agree on what is valuable, but I'm sure we can work it out. I hope three people out there will join me and give this a try, and I really, really hope this doesn't generate unnecessary list traffic. Warmly, Jeffrey Turner jturner...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns
Is SoloDX finished or not?
I am very confused and I do not follow soloDX on twitter to know the latest. I don't use faceBook or twitter. :) http://www.accessibilityhound.com/solo-dx/ http://serotalk.com/2014/04/28/high-contrast-episode-20-screen-dump/ I have not listened to the podcast yet. I will try to soon but I just won't have time until this weekend. Is this all old news or is it new news? The last I heard is that the movieReading app and SoloDX was no longer going to be an option for described movies and TV shows. Thanks to anyone who can straighten out my confusion. :) Christina -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: re iEncript
It looks to me like process is the label for the button group that says fast and safe. As in 'do you want to run the fast or the safe process? This is just a guess, though. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Jun 5, 2014, at 10:33 AM, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure what it does. I ran it the same way as you did. This button was not in the previous version. On 6/5/14, Kathy Brandt katya20...@gmail.com wrote: Are you supposed to do anything with where it says process? From what I can tell you just let it run and occasionally hit done when it says that your storage capacity is full and then at the end it tells you how much space it cleared up for you, but what does process do? Thanks. On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:19 PM, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Keith. Your response gives me a reason to consider purchasing this app. Have a nice night. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Bundy Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: re iEncript Hello, DJ. It cleans temporary files you no longer need off your iPhone. It can free significant space on your iPhone, especially if you have had it for a while. On 6/4/14, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Will someone please explain exactly what all this app does as the app store discription simply says that it's the new and improved version of iClean. Thank you. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:18 PM To: VIPhone Post Subject: re iEncript HI, just purchased this app, but haven't got a clue how to use it. Tryed looking on the the developers website, and can't find any help guide, and it still talks about the old name for this app, which was iClean. Hope someone can help, as i don't want to mess up my 4s. Many thanks, Dave. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keith Bundy Check out the latest messages from First Baptist Church of Madison, SD at http://www.keithbundy.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are
Re: Fleksy?
When you open Fleksy, there is a settings button near the top left, double tap that and then double tap on gestures- It explains all the ways to use it. Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Victor Hugo Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:57 AM, david gross david.dgro...@gmail.com wrote: Sent from my iPhone I just downloaded it to my Iphone 4s. How do I use it? For instance in writing this? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: IClean
Yes it can remind you but if I remember right, that's a part of the setup once you install the app and use it the first time. Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:01 AM Subject: Re: IClean does it let you know when it needs to be ran again? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean I think it deletes things under the hood. None of my data has been deleted in the time I used it. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 16:54, Teresa Cochran wrote: What exactly does it do? I know it 'cleans' the device, but what is it doing when it does that? Does it delete files that are accessible to the user, or is it doing something under the hood? I feel a little apprehensive about it. teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:49 AM, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: I think the ap makes my I devices run faster *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Please carry on providing such information and ignore the ones who don't appreciate it. I appreciated the help very much since it got lost in translation as it were and I so wanted that app back since it does a good job on my iPhone 4s. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 15:28, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: I didn't post a link for it when I did the original post because I had no reason to turn on my computer and do a search for a product that was already on my phone. I thought people would appreciate knowing that the app had been updated since it was removed from the store for so long. The only mistake I made was not giving the right name since the developer changed it. If people can't appreciate that then I won't waste my time in the future. On 6/4/14, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: Try i encript. - Original Message - From: janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 7:16 AM Subject: Re: IClean still can't find I clean or Ior I disk plus and I put in the plus sign *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IClean Got it! I did see a download button instead of an actual price meaning I bought it already. But didn't realize what it was. Cheers! Running it now. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 09:18, Les Kriegler wrote: Okay, I can see why everyone is confused. The program when you open it is called iDisk Plus, that's with the Plus sign. However, when I got the update tonight, it was called i Encript. Encript has an I in it, not a Y. Now, if you search on I Disk you'll find it, but search on I Encript and I think you'll find it faster. I gained back about .7 gig by running it tonight. HTH. Les On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot find iDisk in the App Store. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 04/06/2014 00:32, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: It deletes unnecessary files from the IPhone. I think they may have changed the name to iDisk+ Their are a few more features but it does the same as before as well and better. On 6/3/14, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think it's back in the App Store. I get notifications all the time to clean up my phone. Also, I just searched for it in the store and could not see it. Sharonda On 6/3/14, janet wright jan...@wrighthere.net wrote: can yu tell me what this ap does please? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -Original Message- From: John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 1:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: IClean It
Apple Maps: A Life Hacker Tip -- Set Walking Directions as the Default in Apple Maps
Not everyone needs driving directions all the time, so it's nice that TUAW reminds us that if you prefer walking directions you can set Apple's Maps to default to them if you know where to look. If you'd prefer to get walking directions by default, just head into Settings Maps and scroll down to Preferred Directions. Change the checkbox to Walking and you're all set. If you need to switch back to driving directions occasionally, you can just tap the arrow in the top left of the Maps screen to change the direction type. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Fleksy?
I would suggest you get the Fleksy VO app because I find it much easier to use than the Fleksy keyboard app. I know the plan is to only have one Fleksy app eventually but until that happens, I find typing much easier with Fleksy VO because your swipes can occur anywhere on the screen and not just in the keyboard area as required with Fleksy keyboard. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: When you open Fleksy, there is a settings button near the top left, double tap that and then double tap on gestures- It explains all the ways to use it. Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Victor Hugo Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:57 AM, david gross david.dgro...@gmail.com wrote: Sent from my iPhone I just downloaded it to my Iphone 4s. How do I use it? For instance in writing this? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help with mail
I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help with mail
you could delete the account and then add it again. HtH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Beverly reesesw...@gmail.com wrote: I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help with mail
This may not work if she is using IMap, which might try to re-download all the messages again. Joseph - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Help with mail you could delete the account and then add it again. HtH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Beverly reesesw...@gmail.com wrote: I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
WWDC 2014
For those of you who have an Apple TV, I noticed today that the most recent WWDC held this past Monday is an option in the menu of possible items to work with, not in the iTunes menu. Fred Olver Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fred.olver Skype: Fred.olver1 For more information about my book which is available in accessible formats go to: http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com also available as a kindel download from amazon. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help with mail
Hi Beverly, While you get more feedback from the list, give the following link a read: How to delete ALL mail messages from iPhone/iPad in one step http://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/01/how-to-delete-all-mail-messages-from-iphoneipad-in-one-step/ Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Beverly reesesw...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Help with mail I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help with mail
Hmmm, yes, that would be a problem. sorry about that. Yes, you might have to go onto the web or use your computer's mail client to delete the messages if you are using IMAP. I thought there was a setting in iOS that allows one to turn this off temporarily, but I can't be sure. teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: This may not work if she is using IMap, which might try to re-download all the messages again. Joseph - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Help with mail you could delete the account and then add it again. HtH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Beverly reesesw...@gmail.com wrote: I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
can you save POIs in blind square?
I lost my Iphone. This caused me to ask thi question. Can you save POIs created in BlindSquare? If yes, how, so you can put them unto another Iphone? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: can you save POIs in blind square?
Hi, Yes, the pOIs you save as favorites or ad to My places are backed up automatically to iCloud and restored to your new phone without your having to do anything. I guess if you don't use iCloud, they're backed up to your computer, but that's just a guess. Best, Anna On Jun 5, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote: I lost my Iphone. This caused me to ask thi question. Can you save POIs created in BlindSquare? If yes, how, so you can put them unto another Iphone? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I read the article when I first saw the URL show up on various lists. I didn't save the URL, but it was easy enough to find with Google. BTW, he does include an even longer list of the good things about the iPhone. The URL to the article is at https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1406/bm140608.htm On 6/5/2014 7:57 AM, Paul Ferrara wrote: David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
problem in native weather app
Hi all, For some reason, the temperatures in the weather app are shown in Celsius now, instead of Fahrenheit. How can I change it back to Fahrenheit? Thanks in advance for any help you can give. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I'm late to this thread, so sorry if this has been covered. Has this guy never heard of a bluetooth keyboard, Fleksy, iOS8's global third-party keyboard support, a braille display, tactile screen protectors, a two-finger double tap... I understand that no single person can know everything. Still, before pointing out negatives that can easily be overcome, do your research, particularly before putting something like this in such a major publication! No, the iPhone is not right for everyone, of course, but it is right for more people than the article claims. Okay, rant over. Does anyone have this guy's contact information? Comments don't seem to be allowed on the article, so contacting the writer is the next best thing. On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I read the article when I first saw the URL show up on various lists. I didn't save the URL, but it was easy enough to find with Google. BTW, he does include an even longer list of the good things about the iPhone. The URL to the article is at https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1406/bm140608.htm On 6/5/2014 7:57 AM, Paul Ferrara wrote: David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. Thank you. Paul -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are not good about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things which the article claims are not good about the device. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
This is true and a good point, but it doesn't apply to those blind people who wouldn't be buying those extra devices. On 6/5/2014 12:20 PM, Victor Gouveia wrote: David, I think you should have mentioned, when stating the cost of the iPhone is over 600 dollars was to point out that if one were to purchase a separate unit to do all of the things the iPhone does for the blind, the cost would run well over thousands of dollars, such as the Humanware Trekker Breeze, the SARA Scanner or Pearl Camera from Freedom Scientific, or the Digital Talking Book Player, such as the Humanware Victor Reader or the BookPort/BookSense. Each of these items perform only one function which is a fragment of what the iPhone currently has to offer a blind person, and yet, only the cost of the phone is looked at. All in all, it was a good response to an otherwise pitiful excuse for what was supposed to be an unbiased article. Victor Gouveia Vice-President Training Coordinator VIP Tech Tel: 1-888-640-6661 Fax: 1-888-640-6669 Home: victor.gouv...@rogers.com Work: viptrain...@rogers.com Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities -Original Message- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Here is the article which I have just published to my blog. My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone Comment on My comments on the Braille Monitor Article concerning the iPhone the June 2014 edition of the Braille Monitor contained an article by Curtis Chong titled Knowing what Is Good about the iPhone and What is Not.I was intrigued by the title. I have to admit that I've become quite the Apple fanboy of late and I would have a very difficult time in coming up with a list of ten objections or things which are not good about the iPhone. In fact, I'm having a very difficult time in coming up with a list of one or two things which are not good about the iPhone. However, no product is perfect and I can handle objectively written product evaluations. Unfortunately, this article was not one of them. I'm going to reprint each of the objections stated by Mr. Chong in their entirety, with my comments below each objection. What Is Not Good About The iPhone 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I've heard from several blind people who got an iPhone because they were told it was their only accessible cell phone option or that it was so easy to use for a blind person. I've also seen people on lists like this saying that any blind person who wants a cell phone should just get an iPhone and not bother with the few accessible feature phones that are out there. I think there's definitely a pervasive attitude out there that the iPhone is the way to go if you're blind and want a cell phone, even if you're not going to use the smart phone features. I don't know why Curtis Chong wrote this article, but I suspect it was this pervasive opinion that he was specifically addressing. On 6/5/2014 7:34 AM, Ari Moisio wrote: Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Help with mail
Joseph, Have you done this with VoiceOver? When I get to the step that says: Press and hold the move button and uncheck the message that you had checked earlier. If I press and hold the move button, I don't have a way to uncheck the message. Thanks, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph FreeTech Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help with mail Hi Beverly, While you get more feedback from the list, give the following link a read: How to delete ALL mail messages from iPhone/iPad in one step http://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/01/how-to-delet e-all-mail-messages-from-iphoneipad-in-one-step/ Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Beverly reesesw...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Help with mail I have about 29,000 emails on my iPhone. What is the best way to delete them all? Beverly Hunter Recruting Specialist THE OTCN www.theotcn.com Phone: 888-348-8182 Ext. 9275 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
Possibly, and I agree that the iPhone isn't for everyone. Some are better off with Android, some with a Haven. My point is that what he calls downsides are sometimes easily overcome (Fleksy and Braille integration in iOS8) and sometimes totally wrong (answering/hanging up is a two-finger double tap, but he made it sound horribly difficult). On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard from several blind people who got an iPhone because they were told it was their only accessible cell phone option or that it was so easy to use for a blind person. I've also seen people on lists like this saying that any blind person who wants a cell phone should just get an iPhone and not bother with the few accessible feature phones that are out there. I think there's definitely a pervasive attitude out there that the iPhone is the way to go if you're blind and want a cell phone, even if you're not going to use the smart phone features. I don't know why Curtis Chong wrote this article, but I suspect it was this pervasive opinion that he was specifically addressing. On 6/5/2014 7:34 AM, Ari Moisio wrote: Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I've heard this attitude before, too. however, it just seems to me that the subject could have been approached differently. Maybe an explanation of smart phones in general or describing what the phone does and doesn't do instead of generalizing about what blind people are capable of doing or not doing. Something to that effect. The tone of the article gets to me on a visceral level, but then I'm not good at coping with condescension, or what I perceive as condescension. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Jun 5, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Christopher J Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard from several blind people who got an iPhone because they were told it was their only accessible cell phone option or that it was so easy to use for a blind person. I've also seen people on lists like this saying that any blind person who wants a cell phone should just get an iPhone and not bother with the few accessible feature phones that are out there. I think there's definitely a pervasive attitude out there that the iPhone is the way to go if you're blind and want a cell phone, even if you're not going to use the smart phone features. I don't know why Curtis Chong wrote this article, but I suspect it was this pervasive opinion that he was specifically addressing. On 6/5/2014 7:34 AM, Ari Moisio wrote: Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: problem in native weather app
Should be a button on the botten left corner of the screen to change it back. On 6/5/2014 7:46 PM, Jessica Barr wrote: Hi all, For some reason, the temperatures in the weather app are shown in Celsius now, instead of Fahrenheit. How can I change it back to Fahrenheit? Thanks in advance for any help you can give. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I bought it for all of those reasons and more. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 Andy Baracco kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 05:08:57 -0700 From: Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Well, I can't think of anyone who would buy an iPhone just because they need a phone. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that service, and turning your screen brightness down to zero percent will do a lot to save battery life. Besides, it's not exactly a major inconvenience
Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
I think it's really neat to use the same device that many others use. When folks see me using the iPhone, they have no idea that there is any assistive tech involved unless I choose to tell them. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Some sighted buy it because it looks so cool, some will buy it because its Apple. Many blind will buy because they have heard it is accessible. -- mr. M01510 guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 Andy Baracco kirjoitti Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 05:08:57 -0700 From: Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Well, I can't think of anyone who would buy an iPhone just because they need a phone. Andy -Original Message- From: Ari Moisio Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:00 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Hi Comments about comments about comments: 1. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, the iPhone has no option for that. A data plan will cost you about twenty dollars a month. You need a data plan for the iPhone to be able to communicate over the Internet. Response: you need to pay for a monthly plan to get anything on the Internet. If a consumer already has an Internet connection in his home, he can buy an iPod Touch or an iPad. These devices run iOS and don't require an additional monthly data plan. The fact is that any computer or device that accesses the Internet is usually going to require you to pay for some sort of access plan. On the other hand you cannot use ipad as a phone. Most non-iphones works as a phone without a data plan. 2. It is very inefficient to make a simple phone call with the iPhone, particularly if you don't have a person in your contacts list. You can dial a phone number that you know much more quickly with a keypad that has real, physical buttons. Response: not at all. You can simply press the home button and command siri to call any number, such as saying call 302 555-1212. That's hardly what I'd call inefficient. Also, a consumer can order screen protectors from Speeddots containing tactile keyboard overlays. Finally, the rivo keyboard, while insanely expensive, gives you a keypad allowing for quick telephone entry and it also provides keyboard commands which let you control many other functions of the iPhone. We also had that kind on telephone services at early 70's where one had to dictate the telephone number to the operator. Then we got the rotary dial and after that the tone dial. That's why i consider Siri a bit old-fashion:-) Even with different tactile screen protectors you cannot simply push harder to press the button. Also each application will spread it's buttons around the screen so every application you'll use needs it's own tactile layer. Good business, i have to admit. 3. On the iPhone touch typing for texting and email is very slow as compared to a regular keyboard; this has been somewhat mitigated by Braille apps, of which there are now two. However, you should know that research has shown that, on average, a blind person entering data using the touch-screen QWERTY keyboard is writing at about three words per minute. By contrast, users of the built-in Braille apps have been clocked at around 23 words per minute. response: you can use any number of Bluetooth keyboards if you want to compose a lengthy email or text message. For short text messages, composing one is as quick as dictating the text to Siri, just as you can use your voice to place a call. Keyboards are even bulkiert than the iphone itself. If i have to dictate something i can call with same effort. 4. The iPhone is very much a technology requiring good hand-ear coordination. People who want real buttons that they can operate silently by touch will be very disappointed in the iPhone. As I stated in a previous response, you can purchase affordable tactile overlays from Speeddots. Besides, in the section in the article covering the iPhone's strengths, it is stated correctly that the iPhone demonstrates, with a properly designed user interface, that blind people can successfully operate a touchscreen. But people who prefer tactile buttons are still disappointed. 5. Battery life for the iPhone is still an issue. You have to charge it at least once a day--a lot more if you use GPS. Response: yes, I long for the days when products like the Braille 'n Speak could give us 30 hours of battery life from one charge. However, this is a non-issue. During the day, I connect my iPhone to my computer's USB port and when I get home I connect it to my computer for a few hours before going to bed. Turning off Bluetooth, if you're not using that
looktel money reader
Hi all. I lost my old i bill which has served me well for a long time. I needed another way to identify bills so decided to check out looktel money reader and it was definitely worth my ten bucks. It made its way to my home screen. Awesome app. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com twitter: zebs_mom -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Focus 40 classic and IOS 7.1.1
A few months ago, I acquired a Focus 40 blue classic which I want to use both with my Windows PC and also at times with my iPhone running 7.1.1. I have the user's guide from Freedom Scientific and wonder whether there are podcasts or other training materials which tell me how to use this thing effectively with my iPhone. Specifically, I am wondering whether one can make changes such as reversing the panning buttons as I seem to recall someone stating that one could not do so. Also, I would like to completely disable the cursor when I want only to read a document rather than edit the document. Lastly, I need to change it from 8 to 6 dot mode. The freedom help files will tell me how to do this when connected to a Windows PC, but I don't know whether this info will work when using the Focus with my iPhone. I would be most grateful for any pointers other listers may be able to provide. Incidentally, I have already paired the Focus with the iPhone, so this isn't an issue. Don Roberts -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.