Re: facebook and replying to their emails

2012-10-11 Thread Rob Harris
So long as you click Reply, and put the new comments above the original mesage line; FB will use the new content above that line as a new status or message update. R! - Original Message - From: Vicki Meizinger mom.meizin...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday,

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Kevin, Even though your subject and message were quite clear, I think I misunderstood your previous message and thought you wanted iTunes to open when you plugged in your phone and not when you booted up your Windows 7 computer. What I described takes care of the first, the latter I assume

iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, An interesting observation about iCloud. I have discovered that there are certain apps which store their data in iCloud but which you cannot access from Settings/iCloud/Storage and Backup/Manage Storage/Documents and Data. Fleksy is one example. The user dictionary seems to be stored in

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Robert, Make sure your phone is plugged in, then open iTunes and find you rphone under devices. By default the Summary tab should be checked. Just keep pressing the tab key until you find Open iTunes when phone is connected. It actually doesn't say it exactly in those words, I did have the exact

Re: Netflix question

2012-10-11 Thread Brett
Hi, Netflix is fully usable, but not fully accessible because the apps focus doesn't track the VoiceOver focus. So you can flick to items with VoiceOver that aren't visible on the screen and if you try to tap these items that aren't on screen, they will not get activated. You can successfully

bank deposits

2012-10-11 Thread Lois Butterfield
I think this has been discussed before but can’t remember the answer. I am trying to make a deposit and I keep getting the message that my check cannot be read. Has anyone had success, and if so, how far away does the phone have to be to get a good shot? I’ve tried 20 or 30 times without

Re: bank deposits

2012-10-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I'm not sure which app you are using, but at least with the Chase app, and I imagine others, it's about proper orientation and lighting. My suggestion would be to have someone sighted show you where to position the phone, so you will know for the future. With some of these apps you have to

Re: Netflix question

2012-10-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, when an app says double tap, and they are not aware of you being a Voice Over user, then you, as the Voice Over user have to triple tap. This is because when you have Voice Over running, a triple tap is the same as a double tap when Voice Over isn't running. I hope this makes sense. --

Re: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-11 Thread Scott Davert
Hi. No the app has not been updated as far as I know since the release of iOS 6. I use the app for reading over the web, as there is a lot less clutter, and braile can sometimes be a bit more responsive. Scott On 10/10/12, Damashe Thomas damashe.tho...@gmail.com wrote: I like the app as well,

strange problem with iTunes

2012-10-11 Thread Elizabeth Campbell
Good morning all, I'm having a strange problem with iTunes not syncing correctly with my iPhone 4S. I keep getting an error message saying that the iPhone sync failed to start. I restarted the computer but still get the same thing. Any ideas?? Thanks. -- You received this message because

Re: strange problem with iTunes

2012-10-11 Thread Kimber Gardner
Try a different cable if you have one. K On 10/11/12, Elizabeth Campbell batescampb...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning all, I'm having a strange problem with iTunes not syncing correctly with my iPhone 4S. I keep getting an error message saying that the iPhone sync failed to start. I

Re: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-11 Thread Scott Davert
Hi. A simple Google search found http://www.freedomscientific.com/documentation/displays.asp Select the Focus 14 Blue on that page, and the PDF file should work. It is accesssible, though I don't think detailed enough in some places. The process of pairing the Focus Richard gave is accurate, and I

iPhone 5 Tutorial

2012-10-11 Thread William F. Gallik
Several weeks ago I am certain I saw an announcement somewhere about a recorded tutorial for the iPhone 5. This tutorial offered a basic layout of the iPhone screen and how to maneuver with VO enabled. Can anybody refresh my memory as to the specifics of this tutorial? Holland's Person,

Huge news! Sprint to be acquired?

2012-10-11 Thread Kliphton
Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. is in advanced talks to buy U.S. operator Sprint Nextel Corp. in a deal expected to exceed ¥1 trillion ($12.81 billion) in value, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday. The acquisition, if agreed upon, will mark a massive gamble by

Are slide-on cases really bad?

2012-10-11 Thread Cheryl Ann Homiak
In the book from NBP about the iPhone and iOS 5, at one point the authors state that you shouldn't use slide-on cases because a bit of dirt could get caught in there and cause a scratch leading to an eventual crack. Yet I notice that a lot of people on this list, myself included, use tfu

braille pen

2012-10-11 Thread Cheryl Ann Homiak
Does anybody use the basic braille pen with an iphone? Since it provides for braille input but doesn't actually provide a braille display, does anybody find it advantageous just for the input method? I know that sometimes I can type faster in grade two braille but I wondered if this would

the camera

2012-10-11 Thread Patti Johnson
I was wondering if anybody knows what HDR means in the options on the camera. I tried taking a picture of my cat, doubt it turned out. Should HDR be on or off, I kept flash on. Patti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone

Re: Are slide-on cases really bad?

2012-10-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, you bring up a good point. When I think of a slide on case, I think of the kinds which come up from the top or bottom of the phone and the phone slides into place. But I honestly don't know if there is a technical term to distinguish a slide case from a snap on case or something else. The

RE: the camera

2012-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Patty, HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. It combines 3 pictures into 1 to hopefully get a better quality picture. Anyhow, a quick Google search for What is HDR on the iPhone gives you the usual flood of results, below is a more detailed explanation from the very first search result,

Re: Are slide-on cases really bad?

2012-10-11 Thread Cheryl Ann Homiak
Yes, I think what I was thinking might fit in the slide-on category is really snap-on. thanks for the clarification. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14, HCSB) -- You received this message

Re: Accessible Speed Test App

2012-10-11 Thread Conrad Bennett
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cell-phone-coverage-map/id399701910?mt=8 Sent from Conrad's iPhone On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:48 AM, Earle e.zwic...@sympatico.ca wrote: I haven't found 1 yet. That's why I was asking the list if anyone new of an accessible speed test app for the iPhone.

RE: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-11 Thread Karl Smith
The pairing code is . Also, all the documentation for the unit is on the CD that came with it. BTW, you will have to enter the pairing code pretty quickly as it will time out if you don't. Karl __ Karl Smith, Access Technology Consultant Axis 4304 South El Camino St. Taylorsville,

Re: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-11 Thread VaShaun Jones
Funny there were no instructions for this device there were just spec docs. On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Scott Davert scottslistm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. A simple Google search found http://www.freedomscientific.com/documentation/displays.asp Select the Focus 14 Blue on that page, and the PDF

RE: the camera

2012-10-11 Thread Patti Johnson
Thanks for this. I appreciate it, now I know what this means. Patti _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: the camera Hi Patty, HDR stands

Re: Huge news! Sprint to be acquired?

2012-10-11 Thread Hank Smith
if they did purchase sprent wonder what new updates would be made to sprent customers? On 10/11/2012 6:33 AM, Kliphton wrote: Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. is in advanced talks to buy U.S. operator Sprint Nextel Corp. in a deal expected to exceed ¥1 trillion ($12.81 billion) in value,

iBlink questions

2012-10-11 Thread Shane Clark
Hi All, I've noticed that every now and then when in the iBlink app, it'll push me out of the app, and put me back on the home screen, on my third page of apps where iBlink is currently at. Any thoughts on why this would be? Not really a big deal, I don't guess, just curious as to what's going

Creating folders

2012-10-11 Thread Shane Clark
Hi, How to I create folders and put stuff in them? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send

Re: Accessible-iOS iBlink questions

2012-10-11 Thread Shane Clark
Oh one other thing. When clicking on a station, is there not a way to see what artist or song/on-air personality is on? I couldn't seem to find such a feature. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 11, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I've noticed that every now and

Jailbreaking Apple Tv

2012-10-11 Thread Shane Clark
Hello everyone, How would I jailbreak my Apple TV3rd gen. And, is an unteathered jb one where its done without hooking it up to the computer, and a teathered one is where you do? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To

Re: Creating folders

2012-10-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I went to the list archives and typed the word folders into the search. The very first message gives the answer. I hope this helps. The message is in the below link. http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/msg04455.html -- Raul A. Gallegos I'm so broke that I was forced to

Re: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I believe he said he didn't have access to reading the contents of a CD, hens the question. On a side note would you also know where electronic documentation can be found on this display because I don't use CD's and there is no thumb drive Thanks. -- Raul A. Gallegos The customer

Re: [Maccessibility] Hide Newsstand In A Folder On iOS 6 With One Click, No Jailbreak Required

2012-10-11 Thread jeffry miller
there is a link to a video which tells you how to use it. just download and install the app, and plug your device in, and then click on hide newsstand folder. it will put it in a folder called magic. -- Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google

Re: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-11 Thread Scott Davert
Hi Raul. Did the link I provided work? That's the only digital way I know of accessing the manual. Supposedly, the PDF file is accesible. On 10/11/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, I believe he said he didn't have access to reading the contents of a CD, hens the question.

Re: braille pen

2012-10-11 Thread Fanus
Hello Cheryl Yes, I use the BraillePen Slim with my iPhone and iPad. I can tipe quite fast and for long documents and email I find it more convenient. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Cheryl Ann Homiak cahom...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11,

Re: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-11 Thread Steve
Hey Kevin, Are you sure it isn't running in the background? Have a look at the running processes in the Process Manager. 73's, Steve - Original Message - From: Kevin Minor kmi...@windstream.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:27 PM Subject: RE: How

Nano iPod with PC

2012-10-11 Thread Jennie Facer
My friend is bringing an iPod over that has some music I want. How do I copy the individual songs? I tried copy and paste one time and it didn't work. Is there something special I need to do before it will do this? It would let me copy my music to the iPod, but not to my PC. Any help would be

Re: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-11 Thread Anita Everette
I'd like to know the answer to this question too, thanks. On 10/10/12, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Well are there differences in going to the website than just using the app? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All,

[Maccessibility] The Magazine

2012-10-11 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] The Magazine Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'The Magazine' Partially from these constraints, and partially in the spirit of Louis C.K.’s anecdote, The Magazine’s articles won’t be laid out separately for portrait and landscape orientations. Articles won’t have

iblink

2012-10-11 Thread Patti Johnson
I had it on for about an hour and then it kicked me out of the app, and it just did it again. wonder what's up. Patti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

storeNews problem

2012-10-11 Thread Negoslav Sabev
Hello, When I try to open a link to an app from a storeNews app, iTunes opens instead of appstore. It began since this morning. No problems till today. iPhone 4s, IOS 5.1.1, jailbroken. Reboot or respring doesn't help. Restore to factory settings is not acceptable. Any ideas? Negoslav --

Muxica crashing on iPhone 5

2012-10-11 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings. I know this topic has been discussed before. I just wanted to add my voice to the issue of Muxica crashing. I was playing it awhile ago on my iPhone 5 with iOS 6, and after I skipped a few songs, the app crashed and put me back on my home screen. I was able to launch it from the home

RE: Headphone and headdsets for iPhone also work with iPodTouch?

2012-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Keith, Any of the iPhone headsets will work with the vthird generation iPod Touch. In fact, the iPod Touches come with the same headset as the iPhone and the new fifth generation iPod Touch models come with the new earpod. Starting with the fourth generation, the iPod Touch also has a

Re: Nano iPod with PC

2012-10-11 Thread Chris
Try checking manually manage music and video. Christopher Hallsworth On 11/10/2012 18:09, Jennie Facer wrote: My friend is bringing an iPod over that has some music I want. How do I copy the individual songs? I tried copy and paste one time and it didn't work. Is there something special I

Re: iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Damashe Thomas
Hi Grant, If you g to steeings, iCloud, storage and backup, mange storage, then select a device name, you can view which apps are storing data in iCloud. You will get a shortened list of apps with the option to show all apps. On this screen, you can enable or disable which apps store data in

Re: iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Damashe, yes that is true, but that approach only works for backups. There's another way iCloud can store app-specific data, and it isn't in a backup. It's meant so that you can easily have the same data on more than one device. It is this that I'm trying to find. Grant On 10/11/12, Damashe

typing on the new youtube app

2012-10-11 Thread Brian Albriton
When attempting to sign in on the youtube app for the iPhone 5, the keys only click when I switch to numbers or symbols. Has anyone else experienced this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

adding Instapaper Read Later bookmark to Safari

2012-10-11 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hello, Does anyone know of an accessible way to do this? The app recommends creating the bookmark in Safari on a Mac and then syncing the iPHone, but when I tried that on the Mac, I was told to drag the bookmarklet to the Bookmarks toolbar, and when I use the VO command to drag, I'm told it's

Re: accessible games for iphone 5

2012-10-11 Thread Jonathan Chacón
Hello Donald, I published two accessible games for iPhone and iPad. you can buy these accessible games in the app store. accessible minesweeper: http://itunes.apple.com/app/buscaminas-accesible/id405094331?mt=8 Accessible FruitMachine:

using Instapaper for email

2012-10-11 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hello, As a follow-up to my previous post, I'm having trouble setting up a contact so I can save emailed articles and links to Instapaper. I go to Settings and choose to add ReadLater to email, and I double-tap the Add Contact button, then done to exit Settings, but no contact called ReadLater

Re: accessible games for iphone 5

2012-10-11 Thread Fred Olver
go to http://www.applevis.com lots of games there. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Donald Raikes don.rai...@gmail.com To: viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:32 PM Subject: accessible games for iphone 5 hello, I should be receiving my iphone

RE: using Instapaper for email

2012-10-11 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Anna, I hope someone comes to help you because I am in bad need of it also. I'm trying to figure out this thing but I can't figure anything out. I'm still at the stage of trying to put the icon on the favourites bar and have no idea how to do it. Hope someone comes to our rescue. Ron

RE: using Instapaper for email

2012-10-11 Thread Jesus Garcia
Yes please if someone has a way to do this post on the list. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Pelletier Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 18:47 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: using Instapaper for email Hi Anna,

Re: using Instapaper for email

2012-10-11 Thread Scott Howell
Ok all, hang in there and let me try to remember how I did this myself. If someone figures it out or has the info before I get back to you all that would be great. I set this up several years ago, I will also check to see how I set it up in my contacts Anna. On Oct 11, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Ron

Accessible Planner Apps?

2012-10-11 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Are there any accessible planner apps with push notifications for the iphone/ipad? Thanks, Courtney Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

Re: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-11 Thread Robert Doc Wright
that checkbox isnt showing for me. *** character is found in how you treat people who can't do anything for you. web page http://www.wrighthere.net - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:22 AM

Novigon -- how's it working in iOS 6?

2012-10-11 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Went to the app store to check it out before buying it when my iPhone 5 arrives, and reviewer comments were quite negative about its functionality with iOS 6. Haven't heard anything negative here recently, but thought I'd inquire before buying it. Thanks in advance. Keith -- You

Navigon - sorry for the misspelling RE: Novigon -- how's it working in iOS 6?

2012-10-11 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:59 PM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: Novigon -- how's it working in iOS 6? Hi, Went to the app store to check

Braille braille and more braille

2012-10-11 Thread VaShaun Jones
Listers as the subject says I'm looking for some braille answers. 1. Is there a list for braille users? *using braille or braille devices* 2. Does anyone know the commands for the Focus to go from settings to the home screen and the command to delete a letter? 3. Does anyone know if there is a

Re: storeNews problem

2012-10-11 Thread Jeff Samco
Hello, Negoslav, I am having a similar problem with Store News also starting this morning on my iPhone 4 not-jail broken. I get an error message that the ap store URL cannot be opened. I'm guessing it's a problem internal to the Store News app and how it functions through its own server. HTH,

facebook issues not connecting with server on ios 6 having to re enter password not recieving notifications

2012-10-11 Thread Andrew Head
to other users of ios 6, is anyone else having problems with facebook on their iphone? I got an alert yesterday saying I had to reconnect my facebook by entering my password in settings because there was a problem connecting to the server. I have now doen this, but am still not recieving

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Re: iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Damashe Thomas
I see. I was thinking that the reason this data was available on multiple devices is due to the fact it was being backed up to iCloud. I thought that was why you have the option to use cellular to push data to the cloud if wifi isn't available. - Original Message - From: Grant Hardy

Re: iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Grant Hardy
The thing is, when a backup is done in iCloud my understanding is that it's analogous to backing up in iTunes. All data (call records, texts, favorites, app data, etc) is included in the backup. Unlike in iTunes however, since you are dealing with very limited storage space on iCloud the option is

Re: iCloud question

2012-10-11 Thread Damashe Thomas
I get it. I just never separated the two types of storage. I just treated or thought them as iCloud and didn't go beyond that. I have noticed that some apps have options in their settings to manage this behavior. Downcast is one of these. - Original Message - From: Grant Hardy

Re: facebook issues not connecting with server on ios 6 having to re enter password not recieving notifications

2012-10-11 Thread Chris
Ok try removing all apps out of the app switcher then do either a soft or hard reset. If that does not work! Then you may have to restore your iPhone from a backup. Christopher Hallsworth On 12/10/2012 04:28, Andrew Head wrote: to other users of ios 6, is anyone else having problems with