Re: Question for Mary Otten, or anyone else who knows the answer, re VO detecting languages

2024-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
, Well, I don’t have a Mac so I have no comments about that at all. As far as the phone or the iPad, how it worked in the past before iOS 18: Add all the languages you want to your language rotor, having downloaded the appropriate voices of course. I have two US English voices, Alex which is my

Re: Disregard, Re: Question re need voice option in rotor

2024-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
Still have not updated my old iPhone to iOS 18. I’m strongly thinking about doing it with my iPad mini first. And I have more than one language in my iOS 17 language rotor, including two English voices, one of which if I have it set, the default one, if I run into Russian on a page, the voice au

Re: To Upgrade Or Not To Upgrade

2024-05-27 Thread Mary Otten
Wow! I haven’t seen a deal from my carrier except if you add a new line. We don’t need another line. So any deals are useless for us. I don’t know how old the SE3 is. But I’d be tempted to go for the 15 just because it’s way newer and therefore probably substantially faster. But how do you feel abo

Re: Apple Watch rapid battery drain during sleep

2024-04-25 Thread Mary Otten
I just saw that language switch thing yesterday. I had never seen it before. In my case, I have Samantha set, but then it sometimes just switches to Russian, which I also have. But I don’t want it except if I’m trying to read Russian, which I don’t usually do on the watch. Sent from my iPhone

Re: Recommendations for a keyboard for an iPad mini?

2024-04-07 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, I am probably one of the few who still likes full-size keyboards with lots of key travel and mechanical switches. To that end, I recently purchased a Logitech MX mechanical keyboard to use with my iPad mini. It is certainly larger than most. It has the full number pad. It has some spac

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-04-04 Thread Mary Otten
I have to agree with Donna about the HomePod. I have had Google nests, the mini ones, and overtime, Google Assistant is actually getting dumber. They’re taking longer and longer to respond and they often don’t have a clue. As for the Amazon devices, they’re OK too I suppose if you don’t mind questi

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-04-04 Thread Mary Otten
was no way we were giving up those > speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, and > gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. Just > thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 > Cheers, > Don

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected

Re: Rotor on iPhone

2024-03-15 Thread Mary Otten
This has been a long-standing problem, and it doesn’t mean that the links aren’t in your rotor. It means that a lot of text messages have links that simply don’t show up as such. At least that’s been my experience. If I’m in a text message that acts like this where the rotor doesn’t move to a li

Re: Anyone else using Apple Pay or an Apple Card?

2024-03-06 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting. I have had legitimate purchases declined by my Apple Card. I get a notification immediately telling me this was declined, did you do it? And if I go click yes, then it goes through. I’ve never had them not catch something. So that was very interesting. I have had fraud on two other

Re: Anyone else using Apple Pay or an Apple Card?

2024-03-06 Thread Mary Otten
I have never had any problems with Apple Pay on my phone, which is the only place I use it. I do use the Apple Card for a lot of things and I love it, because you immediately know when anything was charged to your card. I don’t get that same thing with any other card, so I really appreciate The

Re: Mark on the Aftershock (Shock) Open Run Pro and Open Fit Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone

2024-02-07 Thread Mary Otten
I just got a pair of the open fit, and I purchased them from at guys, keep the money in the blind community when you can if the price is the same or very close, I say. I ordered them on the weekend and they came today. I live in Oregon, and I suspect they were shipped from somewhere back east,

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-05 Thread Mary Otten
You can always hope that Google actually keeps its promise and supports the hid protocol which this device uses. Way too rich for my blood, but really Google. You were on board with the standard, but when push came to shove, you wouldn’t do it. Just another reason not to trust Google I guess. S

Re: ios 17 and two voiceOvers

2023-10-12 Thread Mary Otten
Yes. I have the exact same problem with switching between Alex and Samantha. I can’t figure out when or why it happens. But when it does, it’s annoying, and as you say, voiceover becomes extremely sluggish. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2023, at 7:43 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I have, min

Re: Dictating and sending messages in iOS 16

2022-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, I have not seen that problem. I have seen the problem where after I dictate a message and double tap to stop dictation, it doesn’t stop. Maybe it takes two or three taps for it to stop. But I haven’t seen what you’re describing, thank goodness! Mary. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18,

Re: Displaying actual activity numbers in Watch 9?

2022-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
> >> On Sep 13, 2022, at 7:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi Donna, >> Did you mean the info graph face? The one with 8complications? Thanks. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Sep 13, 2022, at 5:04 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacV

Re: Displaying actual activity numbers in Watch 9?

2022-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
nna > > >> On Sep 13, 2022, at 6:57 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I have an updated yet, because I’m still running iOS 15 on my phone. My >> watch face is the info graph, which I like because it has eight >> complications. Has anybody tried that one? Does it

Re: Displaying actual activity numbers in Watch 9?

2022-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
I have an updated yet, because I’m still running iOS 15 on my phone. My watch face is the info graph, which I like because it has eight complications. Has anybody tried that one? Does it give percentages or numbers? I will not upgrade if it doesn’t give numbers. Too bad, but I really like number

Re: Youtube music, Apple Music, Spotify.

2022-07-02 Thread Mary Otten
I also use Apple Music, because I like the high quality at no extra cost, the ease of use with Siri, the fact that I have HomePods and iOS devices etc. I also had it linked to my Amazon, although that went out a little while back and I haven’t tried it since. I did have Amazon music, but I dropp

Re: Clicking links embedded in iOS text messages

2022-05-05 Thread Mary Otten
ks as it has always worked for as long as I can > remember. > > - Brad - > > > > > On May 5, 2022, at 12:30, Mary Otten wrote: > > This used to work reliably. It’s been broken for quite some time, and yes I > have reported it. Occasionally it works. Most

Re: Clicking links embedded in iOS text messages

2022-05-05 Thread Mary Otten
This used to work reliably. It’s been broken for quite some time, and yes I have reported it. Occasionally it works. Mostly it does not. Even when I’m right on the text that says “link“, when I turn my rotor to links and flick up or down, nothing. I don’t know why, but mostly it’s a Knogo. Sen

Re: Moderator Note - The Next Generation of VIPhone

2022-01-28 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I don’t have an official invitation yet, but I did try clicking on the link that was in the original message where you could supposedly go and get a group subscription link that way. Except I got the same message that Max did. You don’t have permission to access this content. You can try l

My HomePod will not play music

2021-12-04 Thread Mary Otten
I have googled this, and follow the suggestions to restart my HomePod and to sign in and out, or I should say out and in my iCloud on my HomePod using the Home app. Originally, it was still playing stuff from my library, but I couldn’t get it to play anything from Apple Music that wasn’t already

Re: Problem ending a workout on Apple Watch

2021-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Paul, I have the same as you, but I use Siri to start and stop workouts. Generally it works like a charm. Sometimes, Siri can’t do a connection or some dumb thing, but if I repeat what I want, it generally works. And despite the occasional missed connection with Siri, I think this is faster t

Re: A Question About Apple Fitness Plus for VoiceOver Users

2021-09-18 Thread Mary Otten
I have hope everybody who has tried this and found it less than wonderful has been riding to Apple accessibility and wherever else you might have contact. It’s ridiculous. This is one of the main components in their stupid bundle that we have to buy if we want to get a deal. This and the games a

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

2021-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
ies@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:59 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a > Mac as a Blind Student > > For me, the reason I don’t use a

Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student

2021-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
For me, the reason I don’t use a Mac anymore has to do with PDF files and web usage. I found PDFs really difficult to deal with except the short and super simple ones, and in my view, voiceover just doesn’t cut it as compared to windows screen readers with various browsers. It gets busy and goes

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Tim, related to accessing PDFs on a Mac, using the PDF pen that you mentioned, can you efficiently and successfully navigate tables and click on links that take you to websites or elsewhere within a PDF document? I am not using a Mac presently. One of the reasons I reluctantly went to windows

Re: Apple Music or other provider

2021-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
As somebody else already said, that decision is up to you, based on your usage and whether you’re happy with the service. You can save some money if you get a yearly subscription. I believe the cost for that is $100, or $99.99. That means that you would be saving about $20 over the monthly price

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-14 Thread Mary Otten
playlist with the album, and giving it a different name. But you're > right, that shouldn't be necessary. > > All this said, I don't see how focusing on the Mini is going to fix those > issues. The albums that won't play on my HomePod, also won't play on the m

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-14 Thread Mary Otten
Mini in one of the main living spaces of > the house. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Mar 14, 2021, at 9:05 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I couldn’t agree more, Donna. I was really disappointed. The problem with >> the homePod isn’t the speaker, it’s Apple and t

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-14 Thread Mary Otten
I couldn’t agree more, Donna. I was really disappointed. The problem with the homePod isn’t the speaker, it’s Apple and that god awful Siri. They really have not done what they should be doing with that. And there’s no way I’m interested in any HomePod mini. Why? I bought a pair of HomePods for

Re: Most recent book about Zoom from the perspective of a visually-impaired User?

2021-02-27 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Mike, It may be that the book you are looking for is part of the “take control“ series. Take control of zoom. It’s not written specifically from a blindness perspective. However, people who use this series say it is very well done and is good for voiceover users. So I think that might be the

Re: Unable to back up iPhone, because “some files are not available“

2021-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks for the suggestions. I doubt his iCloud is full, because it seems to me that when my iCloud was almost full, I got a message. And he hasn’t had any such messages. He also doesn’t have a Mac, which is where I ran into trouble with the iCloud in the 50 GB plan. Anyway, I’m forwarding all su

Unable to back up iPhone, because “some files are not available“

2021-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
I’m sending this on behalf of a friend. He has been unable to back up his phone since December of last year. When he tries, he gets a message back that says that some files are not available. And then the whole back up aborts. This is using iCloud. He has emptied his abs switcher and restarted h

Re: Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes, cNet

2020-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
I couldn’t agree more. Facebook‘s actions over the past few years have proven that it is a bad actor. Zuckerberg should go. And I’m all for Apple in this one. I value my privacy. I would never trust Facebook. I signed out of them a couple or three years ago and will never go back. I don’t need t

Re: Follow-up on the Mantis

2020-10-07 Thread Mary Otten
The 20 cell version has braille input rather than typing. A dealbreaker for me. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2020, at 12:16 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > THey should have a 20 cell version. > /A > >> 7 okt. 2020 kl. 20:32 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> : >> >> It's re

Re: Older iOS Devices Disenfranchised by VO in iOS 14

2020-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
I had high hopes for this feature, and so when I got it on my iPhone 10 R, I activated it for an app that used to be lovely and accessible and turn totally useless with lots of things that just said button with no labor. And voiceover didn’t do anything. The app is in Russian, but I have a Russi

Re: Older iOS Devices Disenfranchised by VO in iOS 14

2020-09-27 Thread Mary Otten
Are you probably don’t have the back tap on your iPod touch. I know I don’t have it on my iPhone 7 Plus. As for the neat new recognition features, I think they’re more of a pain than a neat thing. I’ve turned them off. I haven’t found anything useful about them. All they do is add extra verbiage

Re: IOS 14 and Swiping Around Screen

2020-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
You’ve never had a bug in android? That’s really hard to believe, since it’s an operating system, and I happen to see from time to time bugs reported in the main stream press, just like they are with Apple. So I find it hard to believe that you’ve never seen a bug in android or Samsung for that

Re: strange email behavior on my iPad

2020-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, I have no clue about your iPad, but me.com these days it’s just aliased to iCloud.com. So why not just go for iCloud.com, since it’s the same thing? I mean it goes the same place Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2020, at 12:43 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi

Re: Mark on iOS14, iPadOS14, and Scene Descriptions

2020-09-18 Thread Mary Otten
There is some kind of feature in iOS 14 which will speed up having the “use passcode“, if you’re on a phone that has only Face ID. So there is not going to be touch ID on the iPhone 12 I am extremely sure. They put this new feature in 14 to try to help with the mask situation. Sent from my iPh

Re: Focus 40 Braille display

2020-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, Good luck with the cube rail. I had one as a demo right after it came out, and the software was bad. It really didn’t work with voiceover, which was a massive problem for me. I understand it is much better now. It’s still just seems kind of clunky, the way you interact with it in terms

Re: Mantis Q40?

2020-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, I have not use this display, but if you are interested, there is a mailing list dedicated to both it and the Chamaeleon, the 20cell variant that has a braille keyboard rather than a quirky one. You can also see the manual on the APH mantis dedicated page. If you’re interested in the em

Re: New for voiceover and iOS 14 and Mac operating system big sur

2020-06-22 Thread Mary Otten
Or something. > Devin Prater > d.pra...@me.com > Https://devinprater.github.io > >> On Jun 22, 2020, at 6:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> In all the coverage of the online event today, I have seen absolutely >> nothing about anything new for Accessibility, voiceov

Re: New for voiceover and iOS 14 and Mac operating system big sur

2020-06-22 Thread Mary Otten
s of your environment to your hearing needs. > > Devin Prater > d.pra...@me.com > Https://devinprater.github.io > >> On Jun 22, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi Devon, quite honestly, if this isn’t coming from Apple, it’s not worth >> very much. So, bef

Re: New for voiceover and iOS 14 and Mac operating system big sur

2020-06-22 Thread Mary Otten
r says, “There’s always > another secret.” Or something. > Devin Prater > d.pra...@me.com > Https://devinprater.github.io > >> On Jun 22, 2020, at 6:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> In all the coverage of the online event today, I have seen absolutely >> not

New for voiceover and iOS 14 and Mac operating system big sur

2020-06-22 Thread Mary Otten
In all the coverage of the online event today, I have seen absolutely nothing about anything new for Accessibility, voiceover or otherwise. That’s not unusual. But sometimes they show stuff on the slides that they don’t announce. I haven’t seen anything about Accessibility and any of the tech ar

Re: How do I use the new COVID-19 tracking feature in IOS 13.5?

2020-05-21 Thread Mary Otten
This is just an API that Apple and Google have built. In order to use it, you need an app. To the best of my knowledge, only three states have said they are participating in this program at this time, many have not said, and some have said no. It will be up to the health authority of each state

Re: Picker Items

2020-05-09 Thread Mary Otten
In theory, you double tap on the picker, then you flick up or down, or I have even occasionally seen them from left to right, to pick the item you want. The problem which has become more so with iOS 13 is that sometimes when you double tap on the picker, the list doesn’t pop up. I have no idea w

Re: How Do You Mute the Chat In A Zoom Meeting

2020-04-15 Thread Mary Otten
I don’t know anything about zoom for the Mac, but cant you mute voiceover speech? It’s easy enough to do on the phone, and I thought there was a way to do it on the Mac as well. Then if you need to navigate around, just unmute the speech. I know it’s a workaround, but it should work, just like i

Re: Mesh Wifi Routers

2020-04-09 Thread Mary Otten
We also have the Orbi and are happy with it. I think it is the RBK 50, but I’m not totally sure so I would have to get some checking on that. The app is reasonably accessible. There’s part of it that isn’t, some sort of map that shows where your points are and how to optimize them. But it is acc

Re: Possible bug with iOS 13.4?

2020-03-27 Thread Mary Otten
The bug is back. It was reported and not fixed. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > I updated my phone to IOS 13.4 this morning and have noticed that when I > open a new email and do a two finger swipe up to read all it just goes donk > donk each t

Audio description on CBS all access using iPhone or Apple TV

2020-02-22 Thread Mary Otten
Has anyone had success finding how to access audio description in the CBS all axis app on either your iPhone or your Apple TV? I am interested in the new Star Trek Picard series, and I understand it’s supposedly has audio description. A friend of mine, who watches this series with sided friends,

Re: ios how to delete Audible books from iCloud?

2020-01-14 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Paul, That is not actually iCloud where you’re seeing those books. If you set the audible app to cloud rather than device, you are seeing every single book that you ever bought that is still in your audible library. Alas, I don’t know of any way to get rid of this stuff, and there really shou

Re: Weather app

2020-01-13 Thread Mary Otten
r jokes and it is VoiceOver accessible. You can find it on the >> AppStore. I can’t remember if I had to pay for it, but if I did, it wasn’t >> much and it was worth it. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> On Jan 12, 2020, at 22:38, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>

Weather app

2020-01-12 Thread Mary Otten
I have become increasingly dissatisfied with the weather app that comes with the iPhone. It seems like I almost never get a temperature reading. It’s usually blank. I also have the dark sky. Are used to really love that app, as it provided accurate information and precipitation etc. But these da

Documents 7 review: Free iOS file manager puts Apple’s Files app to shame

2020-01-02 Thread Mary Otten
I wonder if this is accessible. Documents 7 review: Free iOS file manager puts Apple’s Files app to shame Macworld / J.R. Bookwalter Documents 7 is a free iOS app for reading PDF, EPUB, Word, and Excel documents, opening ZIP archives, viewing images, downloading and much more. At a Glance Do

Re: Amazon fire tablets Accessibility with Voice view screen reader

2019-12-07 Thread Mary Otten
I have had a couple of those tablets, and I have sworn off of them. The speakers are lousy. The screen lags something crazy. They have very little storage space, which means you need to buy cards, and then if you’re unlucky like I was, the card reader will die, and you need to buy a new device.

Re: Problems with Siri playing music seem to be getting worse.

2019-12-01 Thread Mary Otten
s, and then plugged it back in. > It then came up and restarted as a new HomePod. If you can't unplug it, you > could try just holding down the power/play button, and seeing if that works. > > There may be another way to do this, but that's what I did. Hope it helps. > Che

Re: Problems with Siri playing music seem to be getting worse.

2019-12-01 Thread Mary Otten
f I should just give up and use Alexa like the rest of > the world. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Dec 1, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> In a word, yes. And it is highly annoying! >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>

Re: Problems with Siri playing music seem to be getting worse.

2019-12-01 Thread Mary Otten
orking on converting our > sound system to something I can control via our HomePod, but I'm really > starting to wonder if I should just give up and use Alexa like the rest of > the world. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Dec 1, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Mary Otten wrote: &g

Re: Problems with Siri playing music seem to be getting worse.

2019-12-01 Thread Mary Otten
In a word, yes. And it is highly annoying! Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2019, at 4:41 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Yesterday I returned home from my Thanksgiving travels. Since then, Every > single time I have asked Siri to play an album that is in

Re: Siri in the HomePod

2019-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
for things even > such as start a workout. > Odd I think > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Friday, 29 November 2019 12:45 PM > To: VIPhone via ; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Siri in the HomeP

Siri in the HomePod

2019-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
I have an absolutely no luck today getting Siri to play anything on my HomePods. I can hand off from my phone, but if I ask her directly on the HomePod to play some album or other that I know is in Apple Music or in my iTunes library, she has said she can’t find it every single time. Seems to be

Re: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV?

2019-11-27 Thread Mary Otten
he firestick to that which is available > through amazon prime the app on the apple tv I have? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2019 4:11 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com &g

Re: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV?

2019-11-27 Thread Mary Otten
> On Nov 27, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Mary, > > Have you fed this back to the companys concerned > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2019 4:14 PM > To

Re: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV?

2019-11-27 Thread Mary Otten
My only problem with the fire stick is the screen reader. Apps like Hulu and Netflix for example, don’t honor the screen reader settings that you have set. If you speed it up your speech, when you go into apps like that, it slows down to a crawl. It’s very very annoying. It’s a good product. But

Re: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV?

2019-11-27 Thread Mary Otten
Amazon in the States. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2019, at 7:10 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Where is this stick on sale for 25 dollars? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Christina > Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2019 3:16 PM > To: ma

Re: Siri weirdness on HomePod

2019-11-25 Thread Mary Otten
Wow! I’ve never seen that. I know that when a song is playing, you can tell Siri you don’t like it. And she says “got it“. But then I don’t know what would happen if you requested that very same song, even though it’s a different version. Really strange. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2019,

Re: Netgear Orby setup accessible?

2019-11-03 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, We have the system. We’ve had it for over a year, and to be honest, I don’t recall if it was totally accessible to set up. I know it’s accessible to maintain. There are parts of it that are not accessible, such as the map. So I think the partwhere you are supposed to look at it to tell

Re: Navigating emails via headings on the iPhone

2019-11-03 Thread Mary Otten
I don’t know if it’s considered a bug by Apple, but I think it is. So I will join you in writing them. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 3, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hi all, > I’m thinking of writing to Apple accessibility but thought I’d ask here > first, as I’m not sure i

Re: Hey Siri not working well on HomePod after update

2019-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
. Maybe everybody’s trying stuff. I don’t know. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > >  > Crazy question, > > Have you simply restarted the home pod to see if things change? > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >

Re: iTunes Store and Touch ID

2019-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
I have heard of people having this problem. I have not had it. But I have been using either Face ID or touch ID, depending on the phone. Nothing seems to of changed with the update to iOS 13. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:55 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > I was wondering if t

Re: Hey Siri not working well on HomePod after update

2019-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
rus Tuerlings wrote: > > I’m guessing one can turn it off and back on again? This works for most > other things if it isn’t working the way you want? You probably tried this > already? We don’t have the HomePod in New Zealand so I can’t test this. > >> On 1/11/2019, at

Re: Hey Siri not working well on HomePod after update

2019-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
> other things if it isn’t working the way you want? You probably tried this > already? We don’t have the HomePod in New Zealand so I can’t test this. > >> On 1/11/2019, at 11:09, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I was really looking forward to the update to 13.2 for the Hom

Hey Siri not working well on HomePod after update

2019-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
I was really looking forward to the update to 13.2 for the HomePod. And I finally got it after the first one was withdrawn and they introduced 13.2.1. Now it seems that at least half of the time, Siri is deaf. I can say hey Siri two or three times before I get any results at all. And she comes u

Los Angeles times app

2019-10-12 Thread Mary Otten
I wonder if anybody is able to successfully get past the opening screen of the LA Times app on the iPhone. I just downloaded it and opened it, and there are only two things spoken, one is welcome to the times or something like that, and the other says something about an all new news experience.

Re: sound loss in iOS 13.1.2

2019-10-06 Thread Mary Otten
I only have 13.1.2 on an older phone, this one, a 7+. I finally had the loss of sound bug yesterday, and it wasn’t from a phone call. I was reading an article in an RSS news reader. I open Safari, using the open in Safari option in my news reader, and things went from being sort of draggy and s

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

2019-10-03 Thread Mary Otten
ivities. And yes the first time I did one I was looking for where’s > the save button. But just going back out put it there in the list and they > worked for me. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 3, 2019, at 13:38, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> One of the reasons

Setting up an activity in iOS 13

2019-10-03 Thread Mary Otten
One of the reasons I updated my older phone to iOS 13.1 and then 13.1.2, was to take advantage of the new activities feature. Accordingly, I have gone into settings, voiceover, activities, and selected activity one. Within that, I changed the settings for table, row and column numbers to off. Th

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-03 Thread Mary Otten
to a list of genres. If you pick a genre you should get more >> choices. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 2, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>  >> I got a reply from Apple accessibility about the adjustable index, but it >> didn’t

Re: Movies with audio description on iTunes

2019-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
ardless weather they ar in > a bundle or you get them one by one. > >> On 3/10/2019, at 07:36, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Thanks, Tim. It does make sense. I was actually really surprised to see that >> the two movies I am interested in were listed with audio descriptio

Re: Movies with audio description on iTunes

2019-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
gt; > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Jamf Certified Associate > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Oct 2, 2019, at 12:18, Mary Otten wrote: > > Does anyone have experience purchasing bundle of movies on iTunes? I have > found tw

Movies with audio description on iTunes

2019-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
Does anyone have experience purchasing bundle of movies on iTunes? I have found two separate movies on iTunes both of which say they have audio description. You can also get both of them in a bundle, which costs less than if you purchased the two movies separately. But when I look at the bundle,

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Oct 2, 2019, at 10:23 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi Donna, >> So far as I am aware, Tune in just has the one shortcut, which is play last >> station. So if that’s the only station you want, you’re good. But if you >> l

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
gt; where we used to live, that I access on TuneIn. The only way I could get it > to play with Siri was to set up a shortcut for the TuneIn app. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Oct 1, 2019, at 10:08 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Interesting, but when I want our internat

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-01 Thread Mary Otten
You also can > add the source if you want it from a particular service, as some stations are > on both .. hope this helps .. > >> On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> It possibly being locations specific could be why people in countries other >&

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-01 Thread Mary Otten
bed in order to create your own stations. Weird. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >>> On Oct 1, 2019, at 6:56 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>> Hi Donna, >>> Well, did you say that you were or were not subscribe to Apple Music? If >>> you ar

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-01 Thread Mary Otten
>>>> you're searching for the artist Bob Marley, you would slide till you hear >>>> the letter B. then you would see all artists whose name starts with that >>>> letter. Does it not work the same way in the radio section? >>>> Cheers, >>

Re: How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-01 Thread Mary Otten
ou would slide till you hear the >>> letter B. then you would see all artists whose name starts with that >>> letter. Does it not work the same way in the radio section? >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>>>> On Oct 1, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Mary Otten

How to use the adjustable index in the broadcast radio section of Apple Music on iOS 13

2019-10-01 Thread Mary Otten
If you have updated to iOS 13, you can go into the Music app, and you will find that there is a radio tab. New in this tab is a section for broadcast radio. Right after the heading that says broadcast radio, which is the last heading in the whole tab, there is a “See all“ button. If you double t

Problems navigating by line within the composition field of an email message

2019-09-30 Thread Mary Otten
Since upgrading to iOS 13.1, and then the subsequent smaller upgrades, I have noticed a problem with not being able to navigate by line within the compose area of an email message. For example, dictate a small message that consist of a paragraph or so. Listen to voice over read your message back

Where did my list of Siri shortcuts go?

2019-09-29 Thread Mary Otten
I updated my iPhone 7 Plus iOS 13.1 and then to 13.1.1. I wanted to go and see my list of Siri shortcuts which migrated from 12.4. I open settings and then found Siri and search. The shortcuts used to be in there. They aren’t anymore. They still work, but where can I find the entire list? That s

Format options replacing reader mode button in iOS 13

2019-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
With iOS 13, the reader mode button is gone on webpages. Now, there is a format options in its place. You have to activate that, then find reader, and activate that. That’s two steps instead of one. A step back in my view. Is there a way to get it back the way it used to be? I don’t care about t

HomePod and iOS 13

2019-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
Is there anybody on this list I should say these lists, who has HomePods which have been updated past iOS 12? I keep checking, going into the home app. I have automatic updates on. When I go in there and click software update in the home app, I’m always being told my HomePod is up to date on Ios

HomePod update

2019-09-25 Thread Mary Otten
I updated my older phone, 7+, to iOS 13. This phone is still on 12 41. I tried to update my HomePod, although it is set for auto update. I tried it on both phones. I’m being told it is up-to-date with iOS 12.4. But I thought 13 should be out for the HomePod. Does anybody know? Sent from my iPh

Question about getting my Alex voice back on Apple TV HD

2019-09-25 Thread Mary Otten
I just updated my Apple TV HD to the latest iOS. Update went smoothly, but it came up with the Samantha voice talking, and not even enhanced, just the regular one. I went into voiceover speech and Alex was still selected. I clicked on it with the remote, it said retrieving info, and then said it

Re: Text based resource for iOS 13 from a blindness perspective and voice dream

2019-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
something, but I can >>>> only get voiceover to read the first page of that section. How do I get it >>>> to read the entire paragraph? I’m still on IOS 12.4.1 as I’ll update >>>> tonight when my wife is home. I always like to have some working eyes >>&

Using voice control to enter a passcode

2019-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
I understand that voice control does not have the blind and visually impaired as its primary audience. However, a friend of mine has upgraded his phone and was playing around with voice control and rather likes it. This raised the question of whether it is possible to enter a passcode to open yo

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