Just a correction, I did not mean to state that one can search by
exact street address--this seems to not be available. However, address
ranges are announced when walking and you can of course search by the
business name. It also knows about plenty of other residential
locations, too. The other
Could someone tell me the difference between the express and the extreme?
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There are word games such as Moxie, Moxie too, hangman, And seven little words,
which I reviewed in my latest blog at
http://www.fedoraoutlier.com/what-can-you-do-with-seven-little-words/#more-1024
I also like blind memory and zany touch. Grab Justino games, and there are a
number of games
I couldn't help but chime in here to further praise BlindSquare.
I have used every gps out there even trekker for packmate which never
saw the light of day.
BlindSquare is unbelievable! What it really is is not so much a gps
program like navigon but really the best! pair of eyes bar none a
Nice to hear Mark since their site becomes less and less accessible as
time goes on.
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Hi, David.
I told both Gmail on the server (I think) and Mail on the Mac to delete copies
of messages from the server after download, but no one ever listens. :) So,
yes, I'll have to slay this particular hydra as well. I seem to be
consistently having a problem with the Slide one finger up
Hello list,
When I was a kid, I use to play this word game on an old pocket organizer I
had. For example, you would be given a word that contains 6 letters. You
would have to then see how many words you could make given those letters. Does
anyone know what this game is called, and is there
Hi,
If you have a PC or Mac, you could use Skype to call your cell number.
Ron Danvers
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I use my booksense or victor reader stream to read brf files.
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It will only work on a Braille display. Speech will make gibberish
Don't forget about find my iPhone.
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Ron Pelletier
There is an accessible app called Werder. It doesn't give you a word to start
with, but it gives you nine letters. It is not a time to game, But you have to
see how many words you can make using those nine letters. You cannot use a
letter more than once in a word, unless it is listed more than
See some thoughts below.
On 20/01/13 08:56, Mark BurningHawk wrote:
when switching the
keyboard between letters and numbers or symbols, When I double-tap the
more, spot, it'll say, more, numbers, then I have to double tap and
hold again to get the numbers to actually appear. It's almost
Hello,
Thanks. This certainly sounds close. I'll check it out.
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Marcy Weinberg marcy.weinbe...@gmail.com wrote:
There is an accessible app called Werder. It doesn't give
I have these file types, .lit .moby, and .epub. I'd like to open them
through dropbox. Is this possible?
When I try to open them, they say that I can't. I have iBooks the nook app
on the phone. Is there something special I need to do?
Or is the only way to put them on the phone through iTunes?
For the moment, I'musing standard typing. I'll switch to touch typing
eventually, but for now I like to split-tap when I am sure I've got the letter
I want. I'm not slow, I have a hearing loss, and I have like eight passwords
that NEED to be entered correctly or else all sorts of cluster
Hi,
If you go to mail/contacts/calendars you can set up your Gmail account
there. Just add an account, then double tap on Gmail, then enter your
username and password.
Jenn
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Thanks Eric, That did the trick. The Mobi file still doesn't have a way to
play on my iPhone. What app can I use.
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Grant, I believe you can, however search for an address through the Myplace is
option. I've done this to find the office and I work out of and I did this by
specifying a street address.
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Grant Hardy grantha...@gmail.com wrote:
Just a
Anyone know of any live chatting social apps out there, ones that you can chat
with people in your area? Not talking fb or windows messenger, I guess maybe
dating chatting apps?
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http://kliphskornerr.wordpress.com
Yeah, if you can get it to ring. Otherwise, you will need to have someone
look at the map.
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Subject: Re: searching for my iphone?
Don't forget
Now this is a testament with as packed in as it can be in places like New York!
Stores on top of stores and such! I'll have to give blind square a try next
time I'm in Toronto and see how it does, but I like it for our city as well,
have learned a thing or two about stuff I didn't even know
Hi, listers:
This morning, while playing with Settings, in Accessibility, I clicked a
hearing aids, button. Ipad began searching for devices. I assumed it was
searching for something like my Icom, a streamer box for my hearing aids, so I
quickly put it into pairing mode, but they didn't find
Don't know about the hearing aid setting but you can pair the ICom with your
phone via bluetooth. You can answer and hang-up phone calls with the big
button on the front of the ICom.
According to some Phonak customers you can use a Panasonic KX-TG-774x phone
with the Icom or Com Pilot. This
Hi,
You are correct. However, just a note this has only just came in in the latest
version.
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On 21/01/2013, at 6:30 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:
Grant, I believe you can, however search for an address through the Myplace
is option. I've done this to
Has anyone actually done this? I'd love to be able to use the BT portion of
the Icom--the microphone does NOT work when you patch it in to something via
3.5-MM jack. That'd be neat, and I could pace while on the phone again! So
d,es that big button actually work?
Mark BurningHawk
Skype and
I don't have these devices, but I am pretty sure they have a translation option
that will read the books in grade Two format. The IDevices don't have this
feature.
Teresa
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Russ Kiehne russ94...@gmail.com
Hello Eric,
I have the IPOD 5g the latest and it is very similar to IPhone except
that you don't always have internet. I am totally blind and I like it
because as a student, I go to school and I was put on a bus with so
many kids that have some kind of disability with me being only blind.
But
Anagrams???
At 09:54 AM 1/20/2013, you wrote:
Hello,
Thanks. This certainly sounds close. I'll check it out.
Ricardo Walker
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Marcy Weinberg
marcy.weinbe...@gmail.com wrote:
There is
Oh, I've been there! I usually pick up my cordless phone, call the
Iphone, then walk around the house and listen for the ringing of the
phone until I find it.
Tina
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National braille press has great e books on this as well.
for IPhone and 2 for apps
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/find.html?mv_session_id=aFhgjgJAmv_action=searchmv_form_profile=search_typew=iphonec=mv_click=Go
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has a bunch of really good beginning podcasts. They speak funny
English down under, but you can translate. (lol)
At 10:57 AM 1/20/2013, you wrote:
All:
I have a friend who just got his iPhone 5. He is struggling
mightily, which I told him would happen.
Though I still haven't updated my IPhone3GS to latest IOs, as a hearing aid
user myself, am wonderring the same: what's the Hearing aid setting do exactly?
Thanks for info.
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El 20/01/2013, a las 02:48 p.m., Mark BurningHawk stone_tr...@sbcglobal.net
escribió:
Hi,
Hi, list.
This is a new subscriber with his first question.
I'm trying to purchase an app via my Iphone5. When It comes to enter the
expression date of my card, it gives me a pop up button saying double-tap to
activate the picker. When I double-tap it, it says slide one finger to pick up
a
What if you're not using a blue tooth keyboard? I am not using that
and I just slide my fingers to read the document and in agreement to
Joe, it is annoying to go up and down and it would be nice if there
was a go to top of the document and go to the bottom of the document
and jump to paragraphs
If I remember right, A T guys has over lays for the iPhone which is intended
to assist people with getting around the touch screen. It seems to me
though that it kind of defects the purpose of having a touch screen. Maybe
it's just meant as a teaching aid until you can get along with out it.
I've had a talking thermostat for 6 or 7 years now. It has 4 variations plus a
weekend schedule. Just because we can isn't always a good reason to do it.
That's fine if you travel often but how many blind people do you know who spend
more time on the road then at home? We own a motor home
David woodbridge pod caste are also excellent.
apple and other accessible technology.
Laura Ann
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Hello everybody,
I just got my ipod and i heard somewhere that there is some kind of setting
where when u type something, u just slide your finger and when u get to the
letter u want to insert, u just lift your finger and the letter is inserted.
Right now i have to find the letter and double
Thanks for explaining this. I've seen the VIP folder and was thinking it
would be nice to have a folder to use for friends and family but haven't got
around to it thinking it would be a pain in the back side to set up. Now
I'm thinking it might not be bad at all.
Thanks again!
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The iPhone 5 isn't in that book. The book was written before the iPhone 5
came out.
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Hi, all. I've been on
Hi.
Is Blindsquare a paid app?
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Grant, I believe you can,
Hello. I'm testing. Somehow I subscribed under my default E-Mail
address, which is not tis one and I am getting all my mail through
gmail. Is that the way it's suppose to go?
Take care, and thanks,
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HI guys: I'm Gerardo from Mexico; have been off and on on here, but
now I'm here to stay! Every email has something interesting to learn!
I've got an IPhone 3gs since july; looking forward to share experiences
and learn. Please let me know if this gets through, or what I have to do
to make
Hi listers
The other day, I read a comment on Twitter regarding how the new BlindSquare
update really really slows down the IPhone5 but how accurate is this for you
guys?
Thanks for info.
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El 20/01/2013, a las 01:23 a.m., Grant Hardy grantha...@gmail.com escribió:
I
My only concern with something like this, is that if a third person saw you
when imersed in something like it, that they don't call the anonymous van
with the straight jackets and men in white coats.
I was at a blind school, some of the kids did get imersed in purely
imaginary games and day
Hello.
Last evening I was reading an I Book with my braille display with the speech
off. Now, I start reading the same I book with my braille display with the
speech off and can't turn the page with space bar dot six or dots three. I
have removed everything from the App switcher and rebooted
Yes, your eMails are coming through.
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HI guys: I'm Gerardo from Mexico; have been off and on on here, but now
Hithere,
The setting you want for your typing is touch typing. I haven't set it up in so
long, I am afraid I do not recall exact deals when you activate the router.
Hope someone can be clearer.
Peace and Positivity,
Sharon
On 2013-01-20, at 2:43 PM, Nimit Kaur Gmail kaur.ni...@gmail.com
Remember, to get that selection in the router, you must be in an edit field.
Eric
On Jan 20, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Sharon Ballantyne sbal...@nexicom.net wrote:
Hithere,
The setting you want for your typing is touch typing. I haven't set it up in so
long, I am afraid I do not recall exact deals
Hello Listers,
I was wondering what are teh app names that are out that one can use to
recognize objects? I know Omoby can do this but I thought I recently heard a
podcast that there's a new one out.
If anyone knows please let me know, if not I'll have to go review the podcasts
I subscribe
The one that you are thinking of is called tap tap see. It's free in the app
store.
We have used this for about a week now, and it's pretty amazing at times.
Today it said that I was in the Big Lot's parking lot.
Enjoy,
Thom
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Excellent points Don, I have no idea what finally made me decide to
buy the app but I definitely never would have considered using it in
the past. I never use FourSquare, and I didn't imagine the app would
be that much different from other blindness-specific GPS apps. But
within the first few
Thanks for the correction Les. I was pretty sure that you could find
an exact street address, but after posting my review I had a quick
look and couldn't find the option. Wanted to make sure I wasn't making
claims that weren't true. ;) Thanks for confirming that yes, you can
look for exact street
Yes, it is a payday. When I purchased it, it was $14.99.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 20, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Fazil urdu...@telus.net wrote:
Hi.
Is Blindsquare a paid app?
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iBlindTech is a different set of podcasts altogether. If you go to
www.iblindtech.com you will find all podcasts. You can also use an app like
downcast to look for those podcasts. Just search for I blend tech and you'll
find it.
Jen
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Lisa
Hello, I know this has been asked and answered much, probably, but could
someone tell me what a good app is for reading .txt and/or .rtf files on the
iPhone?
Thanks.
Kristeen
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I just installed this app and would like to know whether this only works
outdoors? If I double tap on the about button there is a heading that says
Tap Tap See and a subheading that says about this app but then when you
double tap on it nothing happens!
So far it just says picture 1 was null or
make sure you have a good light source
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I just installed this app and
I hope they aren't forcing us to use their new dish anywhere app. It's totally
Inaccessible. Very disappointing; and it appears they could care less.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 17, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
About a month ago, I updated my Dish app which
I don't think there is one. Gospel library is the best out there right now.
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 2:17 AM, Lea Langley wrenlang...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi all, thank you for the help. I have the LDS gospel library, but I would
like a scripture app that has footnotes and
turn on and off screen curtain in IOS6? and, while Im on it, how do I add
things to the app switcher? and, when I return there, do how do I close an app
so that it's no long using resources/
When I open Music, it says no music. Now, I CAN instruct Itunes on my MBP to
share all 86GB of my
You double tap the picture to activate, then you swipe up-and-down with one
finger and then that will choose the month Or day or whatever the choices are
in the picker. When you find the one you want, you can double tap it, or flick
to the left or right and find the done button.
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I think each device has put things that can be done with them. The iPhone is
obviously a phone, and can be used whenever and wherever you are regardless of
Wi-Fi. I have the iPad Mini Wi-Fi only in addition, and I use it every single
day. I check my email, go to Safari, and use many of the
As long as the iOS device you're looking for is on, I have never had a problem
with getting it to play the sound.
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Hi, Kawal,
There are two ways to switch pages with the Braille display in IBooks. One is
to use dots 1-3-5-space and dots 2-4-6-space from within the text. Another is
to use dots 3- and 6-space from within the page chooser. These keystrokes are
specific to the locations. Are you using dots3
If I'm in I books, when I get to the page chooser, I use spacebar dots six or
spacebar dots 3 to go back. I did also try space bar o and spacebar ow for some
reason these did not work at times, so I put the speech back on, flicked up two
fingers to read, when the page changed, silence speech,
Thanks Tom,
I was able to remember the name by going to AppleVis. I downloaded it onto my
iPhone 4S and using moderate room light I was able to get it to successfully
identify nearly all the objects I placed in front of it. For a first version I
think it's pretty good, but like others have
Hi all,
I spoke with dish this evening, and they said an update would be available for
the new Dish anywhere app that was released on Thursday. The number that I have
for this app is 312. Can anyone confirm if this is a fixed update to the app,
and if so, does voice over work with it now? And
Hello Deb,
Tap TapSee has a camera button. It works best for objects that are
relatively close up. For example, it can recognize a coke can, an office
style telephone set, even US currency, etc. It also appears as though the
conversion might take place in the cloud, but not absolutely clear
try flicking it up or down when on the area after you activate it.
it will change value.
Laura Ann
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Hi Paul,
I just spoke with Dish, and they said a new Anywhere update for the Anywhere
app is being worked on and should be out soon, and should fix the problem of
nothing showing up when searching for things.
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Paul Henrichsen pfhj2...@gmail.com
That is the cost today as well.
I purchased it after the conversation here to try and work with it.
:)
Thanks,
laura Ann
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Yes, it is a payday. When I purchased it, it was $14.99.
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nope, there should be nothing to do. Voiceover should be automatically routed
through your ear piece as soon as it is paired if, the ear piece supports A2DP.
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On Jan 20, 2013, at 11:31 PM, Traci
Hi,
screen curtain is toggled on/off with a 3 finger triple tap. Things are added
to the app switcher just by opening them. Open mail, it ends up in your app
switcher. Open contacts, it ends up in your app switcher, etc. To close items
in your app switcher, move voiceover focus to an app
I think you may be referring to the tactile screen protectors from
speeddots.com. They neither defeat the purpose of a touch screen nor are
intended as just introductory teaching aids. I have one of their tactile
screen protectors on my iPhone 4S. They are quite subtle and don't get
in the way of
As someone else said, how many apps are truly necessary. I don't have
such an app, but I also don't have a talking thermostat either. If I
were to upgrade to an accessible thermostat, I'd definitely consider
going with a network capable thermostat along with an accessible app.
From what I could
Hello. Try documents 2. It has a lot of useful features.
Josh
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Subject: text file reader for the iPhone
Hello, I know this has
Hi,.
Two I would recommend iLike2Read and voice dream reader. Voice dream reader
will read more document types and has a wide variety of voices, which sound
great and can be sped up more than VoiceOver. However, currently with VoiceOver
you cannot see the text if you wanted to check the
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