Re: FitBit apps

[Lois Butterfield]

Hi,

If you are concerned with counting steps and tracking sleep, also ability to 
set alarms, you might want the FitBit One.  You clip it to your waist or bra, 
and it accurately counts steps.  Unlike ones that you wear on your wrist, you 
don’t have to worry about moving your arm to have it work.

Unfortunately, the FitBit app has gone down hill as far as ease of use.  When I 
first got my first Flex, at which time most things were accessible, there are 
some problems now with setup and other aspects.

I do still love my Aria scale and my One.

Take care,
Lois

From: Scott Berry 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 2:50 PM
To: Vi Phone 
Subject: Re: Fitbit apps

Hi Sharonda, 

Depends on what you want in your Fitbit.  My biggest concern was sleep so I 
ordered the Charge.  But you can go to www.fitbit.com to decide which version 
you want.
As afar as syncing is concerned simply what happens is that everything you do 
is synced to an account on the web.  One thing Michael made me remember though 
is it tracks what you do by arm movements so you need to be sure the arm you 
put it on is free and able to swing or do what ever that arm does in the 
exercising realm.

On Feb 19, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreen...@gmail.com> wrote: 


  Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one,
  but don't know what to purchase. I would also like to hear more about
  synching, as you all are talking about. Thanks!

  Sharonda

  On 2/19/16, Scott Berry <sb356...@gmail.com> wrote:

Michael,

How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together.  I am having
trouble entering the numbers so that they sync together.



  On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver <mmal...@gmail.com> wrote:

  I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I
  can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
  One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you
  can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen
  go away.


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  To: Vi Phone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
  Subject: Fitbit apps

  Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer
  program?  I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read
  all the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number
  provided by Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync
  together.  I have a sneaking suspicion which I am going to find out later
  that the edit box in the computer program for the Mac is not allowing VO
  to focus in it so therefore the numbers you put in are not going in to the
  app at all.  I have contacted support but they don’t seem to understand so
  I asked for them to escalate it up to their developers.


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Re: Fitbit apps

[Scott Berry]

Hi Sharonda,

Depends on what you want in your Fitbit.  My biggest concern was sleep so I 
ordered the Charge.  But you can go to www.fitbit.com  
to decide which version you want.
As afar as syncing is concerned simply what happens is that everything you do 
is synced to an account on the web.  One thing Michael made me remember though 
is it tracks what you do by arm movements so you need to be sure the arm you 
put it on is free and able to swing or do what ever that arm does in the 
exercising realm.

On Feb 19, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw  wrote:
> 
> Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one,
> but don't know what to purchase. I would also like to hear more about
> synching, as you all are talking about. Thanks!
> 
> Sharonda
> 
> On 2/19/16, Scott Berry  wrote:
>> Michael,
>> 
>> How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together.  I am having
>> trouble entering the numbers so that they sync together.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I
>>> can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
>>> One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you
>>> can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen
>>> go away.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Scott Berry
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:29 PM
>>> To: Vi Phone 
>>> Subject: Fitbit apps
>>> 
>>> Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer
>>> program?  I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read
>>> all the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number
>>> provided by Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync
>>> together.  I have a sneaking suspicion which I am going to find out later
>>> that the edit box in the computer program for the Mac is not allowing VO
>>> to focus in it so therefore the numbers you put in are not going in to the
>>> app at all.  I have contacted support but they don’t seem to understand so
>>> I asked for them to escalate it up to their developers.
>>> 
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Re: Fitbit apps

[Michael Malver]

I don't think it matters which one you ordered. I got the HR, because I like 
the monitors my heart rate.

Michael

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw  wrote:
> 
> Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one,
> but don't know what to purchase. I would also like to hear more about
> synching, as you all are talking about. Thanks!
> 
> Sharonda
> 
>> On 2/19/16, Scott Berry  wrote:
>> Michael,
>> 
>> How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together.  I am having
>> trouble entering the numbers so that they sync together.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I
>>> can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
>>> One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you
>>> can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen
>>> go away.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Scott Berry
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:29 PM
>>> To: Vi Phone 
>>> Subject: Fitbit apps
>>> 
>>> Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer
>>> program?  I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read
>>> all the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number
>>> provided by Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync
>>> together.  I have a sneaking suspicion which I am going to find out later
>>> that the edit box in the computer program for the Mac is not allowing VO
>>> to focus in it so therefore the numbers you put in are not going in to the
>>> app at all.  I have contacted support but they don’t seem to understand so
>>> I asked for them to escalate it up to their developers.
>>> 
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Re: Fitbit apps

[Sharonda Greenlaw]

Which version of the Fitbit should I order? I would like to get one,
but don't know what to purchase. I would also like to hear more about
synching, as you all are talking about. Thanks!

Sharonda

On 2/19/16, Scott Berry  wrote:
> Michael,
>
> How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together.  I am having
> trouble entering the numbers so that they sync together.
>
>
>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver  wrote:
>>
>> I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I
>> can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
>> One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you
>> can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen
>> go away.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Scott Berry
>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:29 PM
>> To: Vi Phone 
>> Subject: Fitbit apps
>>
>> Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer
>> program?  I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read
>> all the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number
>> provided by Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync
>> together.  I have a sneaking suspicion which I am going to find out later
>> that the edit box in the computer program for the Mac is not allowing VO
>> to focus in it so therefore the numbers you put in are not going in to the
>> app at all.  I have contacted support but they don’t seem to understand so
>> I asked for them to escalate it up to their developers.
>>
>>
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Re: Fitbit apps

[Scott Berry]

Michael,

How did you make the Fitbit and the account sync together.  I am having trouble 
entering the numbers so that they sync together.


> On Feb 19, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Michael Malver  wrote:
> 
> I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I 
> can get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
> One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you 
> can't find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen go 
> away.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Scott Berry
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:29 PM
> To: Vi Phone 
> Subject: Fitbit apps
> 
> Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer 
> program?  I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read all 
> the buttons whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number provided by 
> Fitbit in to the app so that the account and your fitbit sync together.  I 
> have a sneaking suspicion which I am going to find out later that the edit 
> box in the computer program for the Mac is not allowing VO to focus in it so 
> therefore the numbers you put in are not going in to the app at all.  I have 
> contacted support but they don’t seem to understand so I asked for them to 
> escalate it up to their developers.
> 
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RE: Fitbit apps

[Michael Malver]

I'm not convinced their develloppers fully understand accessibility, but I can 
get most of what I want to work out of the fitbit iPhone app.
One problem I have is that if you try to use the callary counter, and you can't 
find the food you want, hitting cancel won't make the search screen go away.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Scott Berry
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:29 PM
To: Vi Phone 
Subject: Fitbit apps

Has anyone ordered the Fitbit and tried using the app or the computer program?  
I find some problems with each.  The fitbit app you can’t read all the buttons 
whereas the Fitbit computer you can’t get the number provided by Fitbit in to 
the app so that the account and your fitbit sync together.  I have a sneaking 
suspicion which I am going to find out later that the edit box in the computer 
program for the Mac is not allowing VO to focus in it so therefore the numbers 
you put in are not going in to the app at all.  I have contacted support but 
they don’t seem to understand so I asked for them to escalate it up to their 
developers.


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