Amazon Echo and Alexa

[Ketan Kothari]

Hi friends,

Sorry for cross-posting but I have problem with Alexa app.  It is very
sluggish with IOS 11 on my IPhone 7.  I am unable to add skills.

I need some help:  Are there friends who are using Amazon Eco?  Can
you please enlighten me on the best skills available?  Also, how to
add skills and delete them.

What can it do other than reminder and alarm?  I would appreciate any
help that I get.

Thank you all in advance.

With best wishes,

Ketan

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A follow up to my earlier email about a disappearing keyboard in iOS

[Cristóbal]

Hello list,

So a few days ago, I had emailed the list regarding an issue I was having
with the keyboard disappearing in iOS. Be it in dictation or with in my
case, touch typing. It only started since upgrading in iOS 11.X.

I called Apple accessibility and explained my issue. I did think at first it
was perhaps a new feature with V 11.X, but as I found it to be so disruptive
with my usual way of interacting with the keyboard, I thought maybe it
really was a bug or maybe a setting I had overlooked that I could hopefully
change. 

In any event, the Accessibility rep did confirm that it was a new behavior
in iOS 11. That if one engaged the dictation with the two finger double tap
in the edit field and did the same to stop dictation, the keyboard would
remain. Indeed, we tried this and at least while on the phone with him, the
keyboard maintained its presence. 

I am quite nearly certain that the keyboard had disappeared on me when touch
typing and with the two finger double tap, but as I couldn’t reproduce it
with him at that time in that way… However, when double tapping the little
dictate button next to the spacebar made the keyboard disappear every single
time. 

I expressed my frustration with this new behavior as with an iPhone at
least, having to use the two finger double tap to start/stop dictation
almost forces one to use the phone with two hands rather than just one
(usually the thumb for me) making the convenience of a one handed device
moot. 

There are so many times in a day where one interacts with their iPhone. I
would guess in the hundreds if you take the time to consider all the texts,
queries, replies, status updates and so on and all the times you have to go
back and spell check. Not to mention if you have to pronounce words in
another language. Be it a name, nickname, city, etc. Plus all the other
scenarios of ambient noise or dictation simply being wrong. This new
step/feature was really becoming annoying and disruptive with its one extra
step now having to double tap on the keyboard button to bring it back every
single time if you didn’t use the two finger double tap to start/stop
dictation.

Anyway… as you can see, for me at least who uses my phones for personal as
well as for business purposes, it’s really impacted the way I use my phone.
I’m for now trying to remember to do the double finger tap for dictation,
but not only is muscle memory a hassle, but it’s just awkward and not as
convenient than just using the thumb of the hand that you’re holding the
phone in to start/stop dictation. 

The Apple rep said that feedback is welcome and if it’s an issue they hear
enough about, it may be something they would consider for the future.
Improving the user experience, etc. Even a simple toggle to enable or
disable this behavior would be appreciated since I guess on an iPad, it may
be a more natural way to engage dictation. 

So… if you’re like me where this one seemingly little change with the
keyboard on iOS 11 is making itself quite noticeable and not in a good way,
I would encourage you to reach out to Apple or the accessibility team to let
them know your frustrations as well.

Thanks,

Cristobal

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Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Mike B.]

Howdy Rick & Mark,

Here's Cables To Go info:

Phone: 1-800-506-9607

Website:

http://www.cablestogo.com/

Take care.  Mike.  Dodgers, try again next year!
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter


Hi Mark,
Well that certainly narrows the search ,
just thought of another, but don't have a phone number for them
handy.
Cables to Go
Good Luck,
Rick
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To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or
3.5mm, Male, Adapter


Hello Rick,

Thank you for this number.  I'll give them a call.

By the way, I just returned from Frye's Electronics, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and
Target.  No luck, so far.  (smile)

Mark

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Of Rick Justice
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:42 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or
3.5mm, Male, Adapter

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message -
From: "M. Taylor" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm,
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in
an automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a
3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Rick Justice]

Hi Mark,
Well that certainly narrows the search ,
just thought of another, but don't have a phone number for them
handy.
Cables to Go
Good Luck,
Rick
- Original Message - 
From: "M. Taylor" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter


Hello Rick,

Thank you for this number.  I'll give them a call.

By the way, I just returned from Frye's Electronics, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and 
Target.  No luck, so far.  (smile)

Mark

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Of Rick Justice
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:42 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message -
From: "M. Taylor" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a 
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in 
an automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a 
3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are 
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a 
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of 
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Mike B.]

Hi Mark,

I have done business with Cables For Less, & they didn't have the cable I 
needed on the website, so I was transferred to a supervisor, he wrote down 
what I wanted, we discussed the design, & wham bam, I had an estimate with a 
part number to use for ordering the cables within the hour.  Great folks 
there!
Take care.  Mike.  Dodgers, try again next year!
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Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 5:00 PM
Subject: RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter


Hello Rick,

Thank you for this number.  I'll give them a call.

By the way, I just returned from Frye's Electronics, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and 
Target.  No luck, so far.  (smile)

Mark

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Of Rick Justice
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:42 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message -
From: "M. Taylor" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a 
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in 
an automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a 
3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are 
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a 
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of 
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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iPhone X and 8 get faster wireless charging with iOS 11.2 - CNET

[M. Taylor]

CNET News - Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 2:01 PM
iPhone X and 8 get faster wireless charging with iOS 11.2 - CNET
 
The new iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X all come with wireless charging.
James Martin/CNET 
Apple's latest iOS update makes wireless charging on the iPhone 8, iPhone 8
Plus and iPhone X 50 percent faster. 
Currently the three iPhones wirelessly charge at a rate of 5 watts, but the
iOS 11.2 update allows them to charge at a rate of 7.5w, which is a 50
percent increase. The charging update was spotted and tested out by
MacRumors.
Although wireless charging is new to the iPhone, it's been around on Android
devices for several years. iPhones use the Qi wireless charging standard,
which maxes out at a rate of 15w. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8, for example,
supports 15-watt fast wireless charging.
You won't need to buy a new charger to take advantage of faster speeds. The
Mophie and Belkin wireless chargers that Apple sells are already capable of
delivering 7.5w of power. Apple has said on the chargers' listings since
their releases that it will enable "fast wireless charging" with a later
software update -- it's likely that iOS 11.2 is that update.
 
Now Playing: Watch this: AirPower: Apple's charge-everything tech 
1:07 
Apple is also planning on releasing its own wireless charging mat, AirPower,
that's designed to charge multiple Apple products at once. It isn't clear if
AirPower would use the faster charging speeds.
To push those charging speeds, the iPhone X, 8 and 8 Plus will charge even
faster with a USB-C to Lightning cable setup. The configuration requires
buying a handful of accessories, but it can reach top charging speeds if you
don't mind the wires. If you want to stay wireless, you're stuck at 7.5w for
now.
Apple didn't respond to a request for comment on this story.
Does the Mac still matter? Apple execs explain why the MacBook Pro was over
four years in the making, and why we should care.
CNET Magazine: Check out a sample of the stories in CNET's newsstand
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RE: looking for an app

[M. Taylor]

Hello Keith,

Just search for a book title.  In its description, it will say something to the 
effect of commercially produced audio book.  Sometimes the description will 
read, produced by the National Library Service, Commercially produced audio 
book.  

As for me, if there are no available copies of an audio book in Over Drive, 
then I'll note the name of the narrator, go to BARD, search for the title and 
see if the name of the narrator is the same as the one listed in the Over Drive 
app.

Only titles that have been produced since 2015 will ever be included in the NLS 
distribution system.  

I really like the BARD app, for, unlike the Over Drive app, one can adjust the 
tone of the audio, in addition to the playback rate.

Good luck and happy reading.

Mark

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:06 PM
To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com'
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hi Mark,

Is there a way to find Audible books on Bard, or does one just search for a 
desired book, and the result will either be an NLS reader or Audible?

Thanks. And, I was glad to hear your description of the Overdrive apps issues 
with bleed through button images. That makes some sense of the experiences I've 
had.

Best, Keith

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:58 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hello Sieghard,

The public library system is completely free in the US.

Amazing stats regarding the differences between the US and Canada.  Thank you 
for sharing.

As for Audible, I think it is a marvelous resource and turn to it, continually, 
for book reviews.  In fact, I am a member of Audible.

Over Drive, is a wonderful tool to access the public library system which, 
sadly, is underused, these days.  

For those who truly cannot afford an Audible membership, who want to enjoy 
commercially produced books, however, Audible may not be an option. 

Finally, thanks to a law passed by the congress a while back, commercially 
produced books can now be distributed via the National Library System, via 
BARD, at no charge to the blind.  This law took effect in 2015.  So, one can 
now download, effectively, an audible title, since they all use the same source 
material, free of charge, from the NLS.  

This law was passed in order to reduce government spending in terms of having 
the NLS produce audio books that have already been produced by commercial 
vendors.  In short, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, time and time 
again.  

Now when I truly like an audio book, I will buy it from the iBook Store.  I 
prefer the iBook Store because the titles can then also be played on my iPod 
Nanno devices.  I also do this in order to support the authors who make my life 
a little brighter because of their work.  

At last count, I think I now have over 100 iBook audio book titles, not to 
mention all of the iBook e-eBook titles.  

But, we digress.  

The good news is that there is something for everyone. (smile)

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hi Mark,

OK, thanks for the explanation. Do these library memberships cost a small fee? 
Even by the time you add up all the travel cost to go to these libraries and 
renew your cards especially if you were to go from LA to SF you could probably 
pay for an Audible membership as well.
I think here in British Columbia we have just one large system. British 
Columbia is well over double the size of California and even about 95,000 
square miles larger than Texas, your largest of the lower 48 States, yet we 
have a population of only 4 Million versus the over 39 Million in California, 
so maybe you wouldn't have to wait for titles too long. It always strikes me 
when you look at the numbers how fortunate we are here in Canada inb that 
respect, the entire population of Canada is a bit over 36 Million which is 3 
Million less than California alone.
The United States is slightly smaller in area than Canada, imagine if the 
population of California were spread across the entire USA and that was it. If 
you look further then of course Canada has a huge portion of its land mass 
above 60 degrees northern latitude, at least one third, about 90% of our 
population lives within 200 miles of the border with the United States. Up here 
where I live in northwestern BC there are about 100,000 people living along 
Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert on the west coast, a stretch of 
over 500 miles and 60,000 of those are in Prince George alone.
Anyhow, I just like the simplicity of Audible, the amazing availability of even 
most 

RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[M. Taylor]

Hello Rick,

Thank you for this number.  I'll give them a call.

By the way, I just returned from Frye's Electronics, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and 
Target.  No luck, so far.  (smile)

Mark

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Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message -
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Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a 
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in an 
automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a 3.5mm, 
male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are 
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a 
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of 
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Sorry, thought at first you wanted something to connect to your iPhone which 
has a male 3.5mm plug.
Now that I looked again I realize what you are looking for. Interestingly 
enough when you Google "female lightning to male 3.5mm adapter" lots of people 
are asking the same thing.

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Rick Justice
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:42 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 
3.5mm, Male, Adapter

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message -
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To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a 
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in an 
automobile audio system.

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male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are 
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a 
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of 
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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RE: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Wouldn't this be what you are looking for?
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Stouch-Headphone-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/B01N46HZM3/ref=pd_sim_23_1?_encoding=UTF8=1=J4X3XAZNSV7HFDFZ1SH7



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M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter

Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a 
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in an 
automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a 3.5mm, 
male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.  

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.  

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are 
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?  

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a 
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of 
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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RE: looking for an app

[Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.]

Hi Mark,

Is there a way to find Audible books on Bard, or does one just search for a 
desired book, and the result will either be an NLS reader or Audible?

Thanks. And, I was glad to hear your description of the Overdrive apps issues 
with bleed through button images. That makes some sense of the experiences I've 
had.

Best, Keith

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M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:58 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hello Sieghard,

The public library system is completely free in the US.

Amazing stats regarding the differences between the US and Canada.  Thank you 
for sharing.

As for Audible, I think it is a marvelous resource and turn to it, continually, 
for book reviews.  In fact, I am a member of Audible.

Over Drive, is a wonderful tool to access the public library system which, 
sadly, is underused, these days.  

For those who truly cannot afford an Audible membership, who want to enjoy 
commercially produced books, however, Audible may not be an option. 

Finally, thanks to a law passed by the congress a while back, commercially 
produced books can now be distributed via the National Library System, via 
BARD, at no charge to the blind.  This law took effect in 2015.  So, one can 
now download, effectively, an audible title, since they all use the same source 
material, free of charge, from the NLS.  

This law was passed in order to reduce government spending in terms of having 
the NLS produce audio books that have already been produced by commercial 
vendors.  In short, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, time and time 
again.  

Now when I truly like an audio book, I will buy it from the iBook Store.  I 
prefer the iBook Store because the titles can then also be played on my iPod 
Nanno devices.  I also do this in order to support the authors who make my life 
a little brighter because of their work.  

At last count, I think I now have over 100 iBook audio book titles, not to 
mention all of the iBook e-eBook titles.  

But, we digress.  

The good news is that there is something for everyone. (smile)

Mark

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Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hi Mark,

OK, thanks for the explanation. Do these library memberships cost a small fee? 
Even by the time you add up all the travel cost to go to these libraries and 
renew your cards especially if you were to go from LA to SF you could probably 
pay for an Audible membership as well.
I think here in British Columbia we have just one large system. British 
Columbia is well over double the size of California and even about 95,000 
square miles larger than Texas, your largest of the lower 48 States, yet we 
have a population of only 4 Million versus the over 39 Million in California, 
so maybe you wouldn't have to wait for titles too long. It always strikes me 
when you look at the numbers how fortunate we are here in Canada inb that 
respect, the entire population of Canada is a bit over 36 Million which is 3 
Million less than California alone.
The United States is slightly smaller in area than Canada, imagine if the 
population of California were spread across the entire USA and that was it. If 
you look further then of course Canada has a huge portion of its land mass 
above 60 degrees northern latitude, at least one third, about 90% of our 
population lives within 200 miles of the border with the United States. Up here 
where I live in northwestern BC there are about 100,000 people living along 
Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert on the west coast, a stretch of 
over 500 miles and 60,000 of those are in Prince George alone.
Anyhow, I just like the simplicity of Audible, the amazing availability of even 
most of the newest books and the very easy-to-use app. Yes, I do spend probably 
$400  or $400 a year on books, about $275 of that is for my Platinum (2-credits 
a month) membership and the rest is for books I buy for $3 to $6 a book from 
their daily deal email where whichever book is featured is between $1.95 and 
$5.95 and from when they have a $4.95 or $5.95 sale where a list of a couple of 
hundred titles is on sale for that price. Once or twice I took the time to add 
up how many books I bought over the course of 1 year and what I spent in total 
and I usually average about $7 or $8 per book. Getting professionally produced, 
unabridged audio books for that price to me is well worth it and the books are 
mine forever and with 700 or 800 titles in my library by now there I plenty for 
me to choose from to read a second time if I happen to be out of credits or new 
books. It's of course also nice that now I can simply return a book if I end up 
buying something that is not what I thought it was, I 

Re: A giant error in today's "Seven Little Words

[Jewel]

Donna!  I went to http://dictionary.com/browse/secular, but I did not find an 
alternative meaning for * secular but I was given several meanings for * 
atenuate, and why that should have been so when I had, clearly, written 
secular, I cannot fathom.  What did you see?

 Jewel

 


From: Donna 
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:18 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: Re: A giant error in today's "Seven Little Words






  Hi Jewel,


The 7 little word clue & its answer is correct. It seems at times the clues 
&/or the meanings bounce from english to UK words & meanings. Here is a link to 
the defination of SECULAR from dictionary.com.  
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/secular?s=t




Donna

  I have a head start on many of you so if you play the game and don't want to 
know the answer to one 
  of Thursday's clues, delete this message, pronto and without delay!

  Q:
  Occurring once a century:  seven letters.
  A:  SECUL.
  Not the meaning of secular that I know, thought I, which is "Without 
religion",   but it was 
  possible, though unlikely, that I was wrong, so I looked it up and as I had 
thought "without 
  religion" or  words to that affect is the only meaning.  How the game could 
have made such an error 
  boggles the imagination, or, have I missed something?
  Sometimes, I hear a question which I struggle to answer, but when I spell it 
out, letter by letter, 
  it is not as I had heard it, but not in this case.

  Jewel


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Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[lenron brown]

I have been needing the same thing.

On 11/15/17, Rick Justice  wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
> Cables For Less-custom cables
> 800-273-9556
> 888-860-7509
> I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.
>
> HTH,
> Rick
> - Original Message -
> From: "M. Taylor" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
> Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm,
>
> Male, Adapter
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a
> non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or
> in
> an automobile audio system.
>
> In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a
> 3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.
>
> Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.
>
> I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are
> aware of any such adapters.
>
> They must, however, exist, right?
>
> Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a
> non-Lightning male device.
>
> If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of
> adapters, please let me know.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark
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Re: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[Rick Justice]

Hi Mark,
If you can't find what you are looking for, give this a try:
Cables For Less-custom cables
800-273-9556
888-860-7509
I haven't used them as of yet, but understand they are reasonable.

HTH,
Rick
- Original Message - 
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To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, 
Male, Adapter


Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in
an automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a
3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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Looking for a Lightning, Female, to USB, Thunderbolt, and/or 3.5mm, Male, Adapter

[M. Taylor]

Hello Everyone,

You know, I would like to be able to use my Apple Earpods headset on a
non-lightning enabled device such as a PC, my current MacBook Pro, and/or in
an automobile audio system.

In order to do this, I am searching for a female lightning to either a
3.5mm, male, Thunderbolt, male, and/or USB, male, adapter.  

Try as I may, I cannot seem to locate any on the web.  

I have gone to two different Apple Stores and no one in either of them are
aware of any such adapters.

They must, however, exist, right?  

Remember, the key here is that the adapter must be a Lightning female to a
non-Lightning male device.

If you know from where I can purchase any or all of these three types of
adapters, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mark

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Re: A Quick Tip for Low Vision iOS 11 Users

[Harry Bell]

With smart invert colours and this black background, I find that when making or 
receiving phone calls, the screen is unreadable as the buttons are white on a 
white background. Classic invert colours does not produce this problem but I do 
like the bit of colour I can still see. Does anyone know of a solution? 
Harry

> On 15 Nov 2017, at 17:21, Donna  wrote:
> 
> Another tip..If you havent updated to IOS 11.x but want a blackground..Take 
> an up close photo of something black. To set the photo as your background; go 
> to settings, wallpaper & tap on choose a new wallpaper. 
> 
> Donna  
>> 
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> If you're like me, you may find it much easier to read/see white text on a
>> black background.  This also holds true for distinguishing the icons on the
>> iOS launch pad.  This is to say, it's easier to see the icons when placed on
>> a dark or black, solid, background.  
>> 
>> For many years, I have been lobbying Apple to include a solid black
>> background image in its native wallpaper collection.  
>> 
>> In iOS 11, they have finally answered the call by including that long
>> awaited black background image in the wallpaper area.  
>> 
>> Check it out and give it a try.  
>> 
>> Mark
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Re: photographs

[Janet Bell]

Hi everyone thanks very much for your suggestions I think I will try and get 
some sighted assistance with this   Janet


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From: M. Taylor

Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 4:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: photographs

Hello Janet,

Were you able to get your photos posted to Facebook?

As for your question, the answer will depend a great deal on how versed you 
are in both using iTunes on your computer and file management in Windows 
Explorer,


Generally speaking, I would simply post the photos to Facebook directly from 
the PC.


However, if you truly want to post them to your account, via iOS, using only 
native resources, then you will have to copy the photos into a specific 
folder on your PC and then sync them to your iOS device where they will 
appear in your Photos app.


Of course, there are many other ways of accomplishing your task but the most 
direct way, I suspect, would be one of the two methods I outlined above.


Mark

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Janet Bell

Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: photographs

I need some help from you lovely people who are a lot more knowledgeable 
about these things than I am.  someone has kindly sent me some pictures of 
an event I went to yesterday.  unfortunately they are on my pc and I would 
like to put them on facebook which is on my iPhone.  any help would be 
appreciated.  step by step instruction would be great.  thanks in advance, 
Janet

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RE: A Quick Tip for Low Vision iOS 11 Users

[M. Taylor]

Hello Donna,

Yes, for years, this was my method of obtaining background colors of any type 
but, it's nice that Apple finally recognizes that background colors can truly 
make a difference in one's experience, especially when one is low vision.

Mark

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Donna
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:22 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A Quick Tip for Low Vision iOS 11 Users

Another tip..If you havent updated to IOS 11.x but want a blackground..Take an 
up close photo of something black. To set the photo as your background; go to 
settings, wallpaper & tap on choose a new wallpaper. 

Donna  
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> If you're like me, you may find it much easier to read/see white text 
> on a black background.  This also holds true for distinguishing the 
> icons on the iOS launch pad.  This is to say, it's easier to see the 
> icons when placed on a dark or black, solid, background.
> 
> For many years, I have been lobbying Apple to include a solid black 
> background image in its native wallpaper collection.
> 
> In iOS 11, they have finally answered the call by including that long 
> awaited black background image in the wallpaper area.
> 
> Check it out and give it a try.  
> 
> Mark
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RE: looking for an app

[M. Taylor]

Hello Sieghard,

The public library system is completely free in the US.

Amazing stats regarding the differences between the US and Canada.  Thank you 
for sharing.

As for Audible, I think it is a marvelous resource and turn to it, continually, 
for book reviews.  In fact, I am a member of Audible.

Over Drive, is a wonderful tool to access the public library system which, 
sadly, is underused, these days.  

For those who truly cannot afford an Audible membership, who want to enjoy 
commercially produced books, however, Audible may not be an option. 

Finally, thanks to a law passed by the congress a while back, commercially 
produced books can now be distributed via the National Library System, via 
BARD, at no charge to the blind.  This law took effect in 2015.  So, one can 
now download, effectively, an audible title, since they all use the same source 
material, free of charge, from the NLS.  

This law was passed in order to reduce government spending in terms of having 
the NLS produce audio books that have already been produced by commercial 
vendors.  In short, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, time and time 
again.  

Now when I truly like an audio book, I will buy it from the iBook Store.  I 
prefer the iBook Store because the titles can then also be played on my iPod 
Nanno devices.  I also do this in order to support the authors who make my life 
a little brighter because of their work.  

At last count, I think I now have over 100 iBook audio book titles, not to 
mention all of the iBook e-eBook titles.  

But, we digress.  

The good news is that there is something for everyone. (smile)

Mark

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Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hi Mark,

OK, thanks for the explanation. Do these library memberships cost a small fee? 
Even by the time you add up all the travel cost to go to these libraries and 
renew your cards especially if you were to go from LA to SF you could probably 
pay for an Audible membership as well.
I think here in British Columbia we have just one large system. British 
Columbia is well over double the size of California and even about 95,000 
square miles larger than Texas, your largest of the lower 48 States, yet we 
have a population of only 4 Million versus the over 39 Million in California, 
so maybe you wouldn't have to wait for titles too long. It always strikes me 
when you look at the numbers how fortunate we are here in Canada inb that 
respect, the entire population of Canada is a bit over 36 Million which is 3 
Million less than California alone.
The United States is slightly smaller in area than Canada, imagine if the 
population of California were spread across the entire USA and that was it. If 
you look further then of course Canada has a huge portion of its land mass 
above 60 degrees northern latitude, at least one third, about 90% of our 
population lives within 200 miles of the border with the United States. Up here 
where I live in northwestern BC there are about 100,000 people living along 
Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert on the west coast, a stretch of 
over 500 miles and 60,000 of those are in Prince George alone.
Anyhow, I just like the simplicity of Audible, the amazing availability of even 
most of the newest books and the very easy-to-use app. Yes, I do spend probably 
$400  or $400 a year on books, about $275 of that is for my Platinum (2-credits 
a month) membership and the rest is for books I buy for $3 to $6 a book from 
their daily deal email where whichever book is featured is between $1.95 and 
$5.95 and from when they have a $4.95 or $5.95 sale where a list of a couple of 
hundred titles is on sale for that price. Once or twice I took the time to add 
up how many books I bought over the course of 1 year and what I spent in total 
and I usually average about $7 or $8 per book. Getting professionally produced, 
unabridged audio books for that price to me is well worth it and the books are 
mine forever and with 700 or 800 titles in my library by now there I plenty for 
me to choose from to read a second time if I happen to be out of credits or new 
books. It's of course also nice that now I can simply return a book if I end up 
buying something that is not what I thought it was, I simply request a return 
and get a refund if I paid a few Dollars for the book or I get my credit back. 
Interestingly enough the books still seem to stay in my library.

Take care,
Sieghard

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:39 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Sieghard,

As much as I wish your words were true, in the US, anyway, it's not quite that 
simple.  

One has access to only those books that a 

RE: photographs

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Since she doesn't have Dropbox it would be much easier if she just emailed the 
pictures to herself than to use iTunes.
She can then open them, tap on Share and share them to Facebook.


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M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: photographs

Hello Janet,

Were you able to get your photos posted to Facebook?  

As for your question, the answer will depend a great deal on how versed you are 
in both using iTunes on your computer and file management in Windows Explorer,

Generally speaking, I would simply post the photos to Facebook directly from 
the PC.  

However, if you truly want to post them to your account, via iOS, using only 
native resources, then you will have to copy the photos into a specific folder 
on your PC and then sync them to your iOS device where they will appear in your 
Photos app.

Of course, there are many other ways of accomplishing your task but the most 
direct way, I suspect, would be one of the two methods I outlined above.

Mark 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Janet Bell
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: photographs

I need some help from you lovely people who are a lot more knowledgeable about 
these things than I am.  someone has kindly sent me some pictures of an event I 
went to yesterday.  unfortunately they are on my pc and I would like to put 
them on facebook which is on my iPhone.  any help would be appreciated.  step 
by step instruction would be great.  thanks in advance,  Janet
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RE: looking for an app

[Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.]

I use Overdrive with only light perception, and screen curtain on all the time. 
It is difficult and frustrating, but usable at a moderate level, especially 
with audiobooks. I have had some success with Kindle ebooks available through 
my library on the app, as well, but much less so.

Keith

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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hello Paula,

While Over Drive is VoiceOver accessible, I cannot recommend it, 
wholeheartedly, to a totally blind person.  This is because, while all of the 
controls are properly labeled and function as expected, there is a great deal 
of display bleed-through.  

This means that using explore by touch, button labels that, while not currently 
being displayed, will be read by VoiceOver.  Unless one were intimately 
familiar with the Over Drive app, one would find it extremely frustrating to 
use without sighted assistance.  

Now, were I to lose the remainder of my vision, assuming the Over Drive 
interface remained the same as it is now, I could use the app but this is only 
because I know the app, extremely well, as a partially sighted user.

Earlier this summer, just before undergoing major eye surgery where, I could 
have quite easily lost the remainder of my vision, I turned the screen curtain 
on for about a week; in preparation for a worst case scenario.  During that 
time, I used all of my favorite apps, including Over Drive with no problem, all 
be it a little more slowly.  In the case of Over Drive, however, I was 
absolutely certain that my ability to use it stemmed from having an extremely 
thorough knowledge of its display layout.  

Mark

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Paul and Paula Jordan
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

How accessible is overdrive with voice over?
God bless!
Paula and Garcon

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:15 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hi Keith,

I believe the point of Overdrive is that as long as you are a member of any 
public library you have access to a huge catalogue of titles not just what your 
particular library may physically have there.


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Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:52 AM
To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' 
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Unfortunately for me, our library here usually only gets 1 of any audiobook, 
and for popular books, one may have to wait weeks or even many months before 
that one book becomes available, as the library can only loan out at any one  
time the number of books they have purchased. So, if I want to read a new 
release that is popular, and wasn't lucky enough to get in line fast enough, 
I'm still using Audible. Keith

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M. Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app

Hello Rebecca,

I use the Over Drive public Library app to see lists of books by either the 
same author or by the book series.  In fact, Over Drive will even tell you what 
number, in the series, a book is, when possible.

I love this app.  I was going to begin an Audible subscription but discovered 
Over Drive, just in time.  The thing is that Over Drive uses the exact same 
titles as Audible.

This is all based on being a member of your local public library but other than 
that, the sky is the limit.  

As for a completely stand alone app that allows one to search for book series, 
I would be interested in obtaining that, also.

Mark

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Rebecca Ilniski
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 9:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: looking for an app

Hi all. Are there any apps where you can look for a list of book titles by 
series? Thanks. 

Rebecca and Zeb
email: rilni...@gmail.com
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RE: voice over bug, badge app icon

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I only had this problem on my 6S Plus with the second to last iOS 11.1 public 
beta so I'm not sure why some people experience this. Maybe instead of a 
regular restart try a Reset Network Settings.


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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Jesper Holten
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:32 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: voice over bug, badge app icon

Hi. I have a costomer WHO experience the same problem, however, he also sees 
the problem in facebook and twitter. A restart solves the problem for a Little 
while, after which, the mail, message app etc says nothing or 0 unread 
messages, even though this is not the case.
The person has an iPhone 6s running Ios 11.1.1.  Any idea? Thanks in advance, 
Kindest regards, jesper.

On 11/4/17, Chris Chaffin  wrote:
> Hello Debbie, All of my verbosity settings are on their default 
> setting, so my punctuation is set to some.
> Thanks for the idea!
>
> I have even changed voices to see if that makes a difference, but no 
> matter the voice, the badge app icons stay undetected by voice over.
>
> Chris
>
>
>> On Nov 4, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Debby  wrote:
>>
>> Ok, here is your long shot of the day. Is there a possibility that 
>> the punctuation setting is causing the problem? I have found that if 
>> punctuation is set to none, that in the weather app any number that 
>> is immediately followed by a degree symbol isn't read. I know that 
>> the mail badge doesn't have a punctuation character after it, but 
>> there is a comma and a space before it.
>>
>> I can't try anything with the app store because all of my apps are 
>> updated.
>>
>> Debby
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Chris Chaffin
>> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2017 1:10 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: voice over bug, badge app icon
>>
>>
>> From further investigation, I have learned that the badge app icons 
>> only disappear after you open the app then close it with your home 
>> button and go back to your home screen.
>> For example, I had 3 app updates, so I opened the app store, 
>> downloaded 1 update, then hit the home button to go back to my home 
>> screen.  Even though I still had 2 app updates, my badge app icon for 
>> the app store was gone.
>> I have also learned that this is a voice over problem, not an ios problem.
>>  I got a sighted family member to look, and there is a number 2 
>> beside my app store icon on my home screen, even though voice over sees 
>> nothing.
>> As I said previously, the only way to fix it is to restart your 
>> phone, and sometimes you are forced to reset your phone in order to fix it.
>>
>> I am running ios 11.1 on an iPhone 6.
>> I am thinking this is a voice over bug in ios 11.1, but wanted to 
>> check if anyone else is continuely having this problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
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RE: looking for an app

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Mark,

OK, thanks for the explanation. Do these library memberships cost a small fee? 
Even by the time you add up all the travel cost to go to these libraries and 
renew your cards especially if you were to go from LA to SF you could probably 
pay for an Audible membership as well.
I think here in British Columbia we have just one large system. British 
Columbia is well over double the size of California and even about 95,000 
square miles larger than Texas, your largest of the lower 48 States, yet we 
have a population of only 4 Million versus the over 39 Million in California, 
so maybe you wouldn't have to wait for titles too long. It always strikes me 
when you look at the numbers how fortunate we are here in Canada inb that 
respect, the entire population of Canada is a bit over 36 Million which is 3 
Million less than California alone.
The United States is slightly smaller in area than Canada, imagine if the 
population of California were spread across the entire USA and that was it. If 
you look further then of course Canada has a huge portion of its land mass 
above 60 degrees northern latitude, at least one third, about 90% of our 
population lives within 200 miles of the border with the United States. Up here 
where I live in northwestern BC there are about 100,000 people living along 
Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert on the west coast, a stretch of 
over 500 miles and 60,000 of those are in Prince George alone.
Anyhow, I just like the simplicity of Audible, the amazing availability of even 
most of the newest books and the very easy-to-use app. Yes, I do spend probably 
$400  or $400 a year on books, about $275 of that is for my Platinum (2-credits 
a month) membership and the rest is for books I buy for $3 to $6 a book from 
their daily deal email where whichever book is featured is between $1.95 and 
$5.95 and from when they have a $4.95 or $5.95 sale where a list of a couple of 
hundred titles is on sale for that price. Once or twice I took the time to add 
up how many books I bought over the course of 1 year and what I spent in total 
and I usually average about $7 or $8 per book. Getting professionally produced, 
unabridged audio books for that price to me is well worth it and the books are 
mine forever and with 700 or 800 titles in my library by now there I plenty for 
me to choose from to read a second time if I happen to be out of credits or new 
books. It's of course also nice that now I can simply return a book if I end up 
buying something that is not what I thought it was, I simply request a return 
and get a refund if I paid a few Dollars for the book or I get my credit back. 
Interestingly enough the books still seem to stay in my library.

Take care,
Sieghard

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M. Taylor
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Sieghard,

As much as I wish your words were true, in the US, anyway, it's not quite that 
simple.  

One has access to only those books that a particular libraries system owns.  
Large cities such as Los Angeles, for example, buy up to hundreds of copies of 
one title so, in such a situation, because the actual library system is so big, 
one only need join that one system.  

However, some libraries choose to go it alone, Such as the San Diego public 
Library while others choose to create their own systems, made up of a bunch of 
tiny libraries, such as the Southern California library system which includes 
tiny, tiny city libraries, which, when combined, make up a large repository of 
books.

As long as one can prove residency in 1 state, say California, one can join, 
for free, any and all of the library systems in that state.  In the case of 
California, there are over a hundred library systems, some public, some private.

Personally, I belong to 8 different libraries systems.  As a result, I can get 
virtually any audio book I want at almost any time because each system usually 
buys multiple copies of titles.  Every now and then, a new title will come out 
that has a waiting list of over 2 hundred people but, in those instances, I 
simply try another of my library systems and, usually, I can find the title, 
immediately or the title will be available soon.  

In some cases, I have recommended titles to my various libraries and, almost 
always, they buy at least 1 copy, giving me first dibs on borrowing it.  

Now, in smaller states, say, for example, Wisconsin, there may only be 1 or two 
libraries systems.  In those instances, given the budget of the state, titles 
can be difficult to find or wait lists may be very, very long.  

Despite all of the problems that come from living in a large metropolitan area, 
there are some very definite advantages that go along with it, also.  

By the way, The reason I don't belong to more libraries systems is because I'd 
have to travel further to 

Re: Braille display focus 14 issues connecting.

[Anthony Vece]

I also have issues connecting with my Braille Edge 40..


Sent from my Verizon iPhone 8!!!

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> Hello Jenifer,
> 
> I have not yet setup my Focus 40 Blue with my 8 Plus but this is something to 
> which I will definitely pay attention.
> 
> Mark
> 
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> 
> Hi all.
> My focus 14 has been working quite nicely with my iPhone eight. All of a 
> sudden the other day, it just disconnected. I tried everything as far as I 
> know. The device, forgetting device, restarting my phone, turning on and off 
> Bluetooth, turning on and off the display, now, the messages that I'm getting 
> says that the display is not supported. Any suggestions? Sorry, dictating 
> this message, so if it's a very run on I apologize.
> 
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Re: A Quick Tip for Low Vision iOS 11 Users

[Donna]

Another tip..If you havent updated to IOS 11.x but want a blackground..Take an 
up close photo of something black. To set the photo as your background; go to 
settings, wallpaper & tap on choose a new wallpaper. 

Donna  
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> If you're like me, you may find it much easier to read/see white text on a
> black background.  This also holds true for distinguishing the icons on the
> iOS launch pad.  This is to say, it's easier to see the icons when placed on
> a dark or black, solid, background.  
> 
> For many years, I have been lobbying Apple to include a solid black
> background image in its native wallpaper collection.  
> 
> In iOS 11, they have finally answered the call by including that long
> awaited black background image in the wallpaper area.  
> 
> Check it out and give it a try.  
> 
> Mark
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RE: Braille display focus 14 issues connecting.

[M. Taylor]

Hello Jenifer,

I have not yet setup my Focus 40 Blue with my 8 Plus but this is something to 
which I will definitely pay attention.

Mark

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Jenifer Barr
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:37 AM
To: iPhone List
Subject: Braille display focus 14 issues connecting.

Hi all.
My focus 14 has been working quite nicely with my iPhone eight. All of a sudden 
the other day, it just disconnected. I tried everything as far as I know. The 
device, forgetting device, restarting my phone, turning on and off Bluetooth, 
turning on and off the display, now, the messages that I'm getting says that 
the display is not supported. Any suggestions? Sorry, dictating this message, 
so if it's a very run on I apologize.

Sent from my iPhone

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RE: photographs

[M. Taylor]

Hello Janet,

Were you able to get your photos posted to Facebook?  

As for your question, the answer will depend a great deal on how versed you are 
in both using iTunes on your computer and file management in Windows Explorer,

Generally speaking, I would simply post the photos to Facebook directly from 
the PC.  

However, if you truly want to post them to your account, via iOS, using only 
native resources, then you will have to copy the photos into a specific folder 
on your PC and then sync them to your iOS device where they will appear in your 
Photos app.

Of course, there are many other ways of accomplishing your task but the most 
direct way, I suspect, would be one of the two methods I outlined above.

Mark 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Janet Bell
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: photographs

I need some help from you lovely people who are a lot more knowledgeable about 
these things than I am.  someone has kindly sent me some pictures of an event I 
went to yesterday.  unfortunately they are on my pc and I would like to put 
them on facebook which is on my iPhone.  any help would be appreciated.  step 
by step instruction would be great.  thanks in advance,  Janet
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A Quick Tip for Low Vision iOS 11 Users

[M. Taylor]

Hello All,

If you're like me, you may find it much easier to read/see white text on a
black background.  This also holds true for distinguishing the icons on the
iOS launch pad.  This is to say, it's easier to see the icons when placed on
a dark or black, solid, background.  

For many years, I have been lobbying Apple to include a solid black
background image in its native wallpaper collection.  

In iOS 11, they have finally answered the call by including that long
awaited black background image in the wallpaper area.  

Check it out and give it a try.  

Mark

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Re: photographs

[Janet Bell]

no I haven’t got drop box.  Janet

From: Aleeha Dudley 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:33 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: Re: photographs

Hi,  
Do you have a service like Dropbox or OneDrive? If so, you could transfer them 
through that service to your phone, then save them to your camera roll using 
the app from whichever service you have. I can’t give much more info without 
knowing whether you have such a service.
Aleeha 



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  I need some help from you lovely people who are a lot more knowledgeable 
about these things than I am.  someone has kindly sent me some pictures of an 
event I went to yesterday.  unfortunately they are on my pc and I would like to 
put them on facebook which is on my iPhone.  any help would be appreciated.  
step by step instruction would be great.  thanks in advance,  Janet

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Re: Live Audio on facebook

[Brian Moore]

NO.  I have the same thing.  It appears that live audio can't happen for 
the Canadian market.  I haven't looked in a few weeks so this might have 
changed but I don't think so.



Brian.

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On 11/15/2017 9:48 AM, Jen . wrote:


Hi,

I’m using the latest version of the facebook app and latest version of 
iOS on my iPhone SE and iPod touch6.


I am just curious if there are other users who don’t still have the 
ability to post live audio on facebook.


I check every update and only option I have is live video and 
apparently the options button that is supposed to switch between audio 
and video with voiceover doesn’t do anything when you double tap and a 
sited friend told me that there is no options button visible.


I wish facebook would allow me to use this feature along with anyone 
else who doesn’t have it.


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Live Audio on facebook

[Jen .]

Hi,
I’m using the latest version of the facebook app and latest version of iOS on 
my iPhone SE and iPod touch6.
I am just curious if there are other users who don’t still have the ability to 
post live audio on facebook.
I check every update and only option I have is live video and apparently the 
options button that is supposed to switch between audio and video with 
voiceover doesn’t do anything when you double tap and a sited friend told me 
that there is no options button visible.
I wish facebook would allow me to use this feature along with anyone else who 
doesn’t have it.
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Re: photographs

[Aleeha Dudley]

Hi, 
Do you have a service like Dropbox or OneDrive? If so, you could transfer them 
through that service to your phone, then save them to your camera roll using 
the app from whichever service you have. I can’t give much more info without 
knowing whether you have such a service.
Aleeha 

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 8:40 PM, Janet Bell  wrote:
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> I need some help from you lovely people who are a lot more knowledgeable 
> about these things than I am.  someone has kindly sent me some pictures of an 
> event I went to yesterday.  unfortunately they are on my pc and I would like 
> to put them on facebook which is on my iPhone.  any help would be 
> appreciated.  step by step instruction would be great.  thanks in advance,  
> Janet
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Re: Braille display focus 14 issues connecting.

[Wayne Scott]

I use an iPhone 7. Sometimes I too have this problem. I just restarted my phone 
and that seems to solve it.   

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 1:36 AM, Jenifer Barr  wrote:
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> Hi all.
> My focus 14 has been working quite nicely with my iPhone eight. All of a 
> sudden the other day, it just disconnected. I tried everything as far as I 
> know. The device, forgetting device, restarting my phone, turning on and off 
> Bluetooth, turning on and off the display, now, the messages that I'm getting 
> says that the display is not supported. Any suggestions? Sorry, dictating 
> this message, so if it's a very run on I apologize.
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Re: A giant error in today's "Seven Little Words

[Donna]

> 
> Hi Jewel,

The 7 little word clue & its answer is correct. It seems at times the clues 
&/or the meanings bounce from english to UK words & meanings. Here is a link to 
the defination of SECULAR from dictionary.com. 
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/secular?s=t


Donna
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> Q:
> Occurring once a century:  seven letters.
> A:  SECUL.
> Not the meaning of secular that I know, thought I, which is "Without 
> religion",   but it was 
> possible, though unlikely, that I was wrong, so I looked it up and as I had 
> thought "without 
> religion" or  words to that affect is the only meaning.  How the game could 
> have made such an error 
> boggles the imagination, or, have I missed something?
> Sometimes, I hear a question which I struggle to answer, but when I spell it 
> out, letter by letter, 
> it is not as I had heard it, but not in this case.
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A giant error in today's "Seven Little Words

[Jewel]

I have a head start on many of you so if you play the game and don't want to 
know the answer to one 
of Thursday's clues, delete this message, pronto and without delay!

Q:
Occurring once a century:  seven letters.
A:  SECULAR.
Not the meaning of secular that I know, thought I, which is "Without religion", 
  but it was 
possible, though unlikely, that I was wrong, so I looked it up and as I had 
thought "without 
religion" or  words to that affect is the only meaning.  How the game could 
have made such an error 
boggles the imagination, or, have I missed something?
Sometimes, I hear a question which I struggle to answer, but when I spell it 
out, letter by letter, 
it is not as I had heard it, but not in this case.

 Jewel
 

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Braille display focus 14 issues connecting.

[Jenifer Barr]

Hi all.
My focus 14 has been working quite nicely with my iPhone eight. All of a sudden 
the other day, it just disconnected. I tried everything as far as I know. The 
device, forgetting device, restarting my phone, turning on and off Bluetooth, 
turning on and off the display, now, the messages that I'm getting says that 
the display is not supported. Any suggestions? Sorry, dictating this message, 
so if it's a very run on I apologize.

Sent from my iPhone

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Re: voice over bug, badge app icon

[Jesper Holten]

Hi. I have a costomer WHO experience the same problem, however, he
also sees the problem in facebook and twitter. A restart solves the
problem for a Little while, after which, the mail, message app etc
says nothing or 0 unread messages, even though this is not the case.
The person has an iPhone 6s running Ios 11.1.1.  Any idea? Thanks in
advance, Kindest regards, jesper.

On 11/4/17, Chris Chaffin  wrote:
> Hello Debbie, All of my verbosity settings are on their default setting, so
> my punctuation is set to some.
> Thanks for the idea!
>
> I have even changed voices to see if that makes a difference, but no matter
> the voice, the badge app icons stay undetected by voice over.
>
> Chris
>
>
>> On Nov 4, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Debby  wrote:
>>
>> Ok, here is your long shot of the day. Is there a possibility that the
>> punctuation setting is causing the problem? I have found that if
>> punctuation is set to none, that in the weather app any number that is
>> immediately followed by a degree symbol isn't read. I know that the mail
>> badge doesn't have a punctuation character after it, but there is a comma
>> and a space before it.
>>
>> I can't try anything with the app store because all of my apps are
>> updated.
>>
>> Debby
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Chris Chaffin
>> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2017 1:10 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: voice over bug, badge app icon
>>
>>
>> From further investigation, I have learned that the badge app icons only
>> disappear after you open the app then close it with your home button and
>> go back to your home screen.
>> For example, I had 3 app updates, so I opened the app store, downloaded 1
>> update, then hit the home button to go back to my home screen.  Even
>> though I still had 2 app updates, my badge app icon for the app store was
>> gone.
>> I have also learned that this is a voice over problem, not an ios problem.
>>  I got a sighted family member to look, and there is a number 2 beside my
>> app store icon on my home screen, even though voice over sees nothing.
>> As I said previously, the only way to fix it is to restart your phone, and
>> sometimes you are forced to reset your phone in order to fix it.
>>
>> I am running ios 11.1 on an iPhone 6.
>> I am thinking this is a voice over bug in ios 11.1, but wanted to check if
>> anyone else is continuely having this problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
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