Hi Penny,
The apps that are being discussed use map data/information which is compiled
by companies which do that. There are only a few of these in the world and
basically all of the apps buy the rights to use this information from them.
Google and Apple have gone out done a lot of their own
Hello Penny and List,
I apologize, I should have changed the subject the way I did now since the
original topic of travel apps really referred to apps for booking flights,
hotels etc. Penny's question was about GPS navigation and I guess if this
thread grows somebody should probably start a new
Hi.
When I go into FiRe, I'm having a problem. It seems that if I press on the add
or the configure buttons, then voiceover is switched off. Pressing the home
button 3 times doesn't allow me to turn voiceover back on. Is there a work
around? Has anyone else had this problem?
Any help would be
Hi all,
As subject above suggest, is that a way to do a group call using Skype for
IPhone/IPad app?
I don't seems able to find it anyway on the app.
Your help is very much appreciated.
?Regards
Joanne Shuang Chua
Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate
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I believe they do, though admit, I've not had the latter, only Otterbox.
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Subject: Comparison of
I'd give Navigon my vote simply because none of the other apps except Tomtom is
available and in Motionx Gps-drives case probably never will be available
outside the anglocentric world. I'd be curious to know what other scandinavian
folks and also others outside the world according to the
As far as i can remember, and i could be wrong here, but Navigon now lets you
decide what options you want, pedestrian, truck, car etc before starting a
route.
/Krister
11 jul 2013 kl. 01:53 skrev Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net:
I think motion x's instructions are also the most detailed, and I
I got to experiment a lot with Navigon recently. There are many features I
didn't even know about that work well. It is easy to have the last
instruction repeated. You can also get the list of instructions for the
entire route if you want to see them. There was one case where we couldn't
have
Actually, MapQuest does not buy their map information. MapQuest gets their
information from OSM, Open Street Maps, a free street map system.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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On 11/07/2013, at 18:38, Sieghard Weitzel
I give my votes to TomTom and Apple Maps. Navigon is the only other accessible
maps app that works here in New Zealand.
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On 11/07/2013, at 21:15, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote:
Thank you all. I guess I was surprised as the last time I baught a book it
automatically showed up. I appreciate the responses I received.
Jenifer Barr
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Hi Jenifer! In the audible App, go
I like navigon. I'm in chustralia. But there's just one thing
that really bugs me. I have it in walking mode, but I'm still
told to take the second exct on the round about etc.
it's frustrating and annoying.
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directions as you walk? I'd never gotten this to work. How does
it compare to navigon?
Steph
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Hi, this is a problem known to the developers. The app no longer reliably
works with voiceover. According to them, this will be fixed in the next
version. They are not yet saying when this will be available. I was first
told that it will have to wait until iOS 7, but we will have to see if they
HI David,
I have already tried that but thank you for the suggestion!
Debbie
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:33 PM
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Hi esther. My wife loves cookbooks and we didn't have any ios ones so I
jumped on these. However, I can't get the recipes or videoss to come up or
play. Can yyou point me in some direction concerning help for these apps?
Thanks.
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Hi Sieghard,
That helped with entering an email address so I thank you however it didn't
work in another area under mail settings where I tried to put in an email
address. Thanks!
Debbie
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Hi Mike,
I'm beginning to wonder if you are correct in that the developer can
determine what type of text field to use as now that I've turned on
punctuation in the rotor and set it to some and and then to all, in both
cases the @ sign appeared when entering an email address. However, in
Hello, everyone.
I am trying to open an item on an app, and as long as I perform a left
flick followed by a double-tap, the item will open. However, if I
perform a right-flick followed by a double-tap, I hear the two-click
sound that precedes the opening of an item but not the musical tones
I had no luck with these either. I have removed them from my device.
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From: Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:23 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: iCookbook and iCookbook Diabetic apps free today (July 10,
2013)
Hi esther. My wife loves
That's the one I use but another good free one is dictionary.com. I don't
remember what the name is in the apple app store. If you search for dictionary
in the free apps you'll find quite a few so you can try several out until you
find one that suits your needs. Also, iSpellChecker is
Hi Debbie,
Can you tell me exactly where you are when you are looking for the @ symbol?
The fact is that in designated email fields, for example, when you enter the
To address while you are composing an email, the @ symbol is just to the
right of the space bar and to the right of that is a
Hi list:
Anyway to change your email address within your profile or will I have to do
that using the Pc? Thanks!
Reese
Now playing the best in RB, Blues and Soft rock. Its the new Peachtree
Radio FM.
http://www.peachtreeradiofm.com
iBlink radio, TuneIn Radio search for Peachtree Radio.
It may muffle Voiceover just a little bit, but I can't tell much of a
difference.
Jenn
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On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Kellie pebbles...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm curious, how is the sound quality using the life proof case? Does it
muffled voice over? That was one Thing which
HI Sieghard,
Thanks for that most comprehensive explanation!
What I am trying to do is to enter a user name in the incoming and outgoing
mail server fields. This is where I am now not seeing the @ sign; I just
have the spacebar in that bottom area of the screen as you described. It's
probably
Hello Larry and all:
I am not Esther so by definition this email is not going to satisfy all of your
questions because Esther is much smarter than me :). however, I have had some
luck with this app. at first glance, it can look a tad disjointed because there
are a variety of things on the
Hi,
Word Web also works quite nicely with Voiceover.
Robin
From: Alan Paganelli
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for an accessible dictionary app
That's the one I use but another good free one is dictionary.com. I don't
remember what
Hi. Today, I called my home number to leave a message for my partner. The
call went through, I heard the greeting. I have a mailbox on the voice mail
system and so does my partner. If you leave me a message, you just wait for
the tone. To leave her a message, you have to press 2. There was
Hello All,
My name is Mark and I have been an avid user of JAWS for years. I have been
using an LG cell phone for years but finally am taking the plunge to an I
Phone 5. Is there a basic file or podcast to utilize for setting up the
phone for a blind user?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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Thanks.
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Sendero has put up a page on their site where people can vote on some new
features for the Seeing Eye GPS. See the following email.
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Hi all,
is there gps feature in any gps app where automatic street announcements occur
as in a trekker without having to shake phone as in blind square?
that to me at least seems strange.
regards,
William.
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At what point do I need to start worrying about recharging my 4s? What happens
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Hello all, when I tried to turn on a push mail on my phone, it does not seem to
be working with Google mail. Do I need to set the fetch settings, or they
different? Thanks
Will
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Hi Debbie,
I am sending this to the list and also directly to you so you don't miss it
and also because it may be of use to somebody else.
I just went into Settings and Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then Add
Account to try and reproduce the issue.
I started to set up a mail account and
Thanks. How do you get to the next page of reci[pes (13 to 20 of 2000)?
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Patrick Neazer vantagepoint1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Larry and all:
I am not Esther so by definition this email is not going to satisfy all of
your questions because
I believe the app name is Multi Contacts. It will go through all your contacts
and report back which ones it finds that are an exact match. Ok, those are
easy. Then there are contacts that have no email address, others who have no
phone numbers etc. You can set the app to ignore any of
Here is a link to a page on the National Braille Press web site with some great
resources:
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/find.html?mv_session_id=xBrWRh5wmv_action=searchmv_form_profile=search_typew=Iphonec=mv_click=Go
You will also want to check:
www.applevis.com
HTH,
Richard
(Sent from Richard's
For best battery care with an LI battery, you want to use shallow
charges whenever convenient, so charge the phone whenever you can.
Keeping your battery charged between 40% and 80% would be ideal. That
being said, you aren't doing any permanent damage by letting the charge
go down all the
In the past, I have used the iHeart radio app with comparatively little
difficulty except for the aggravation of the constantly refreshing first
page. Now, however, I am having difficulty. For example, if I attempt to
search for KFI in Los Angeles, I can't figure out how to conduct the search.
I thought I found a settings button, and a bit about profile, and tapped on
anything I was interested, there was usually both an Ok and Cancell buttons
when it looked like changing something.
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This problem does not put me between a rock and a hard place, but it is
rather perplexing.
I had hoped to find a program for my iPhone 4 which would allow me to
dictate text or email messages and to call persons in my contacts. I
tried Dragon dictate and struck out, after which I checked
Hi,
Ok, maybe I'm having a dense moment, but how do I get books from bookshare into
voice dream? Do I have to use iTunes to do this?
I'm using a mac.
thanks,
Cait
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Hello Larry and all:
A three finger swipe upward should work. It does here.
Hopefully this information proves useful. Please let us know.
Take good care and I wish you enough.
Patrick
On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Larry Lumpkin llump...@austin.rr.com wrote:
Thanks. How do you get to the
Are you sure you aren't thinking of Multi Edit - Contact Manager? I did
a quick search, and I didn't see anything called just Multi Contacts.
Plus Multi Edit is an app that's been discussed here on the list a bit,
but I don't recall any discussion about an app called Multi Contacts.
On
Seeing Eye will do this.
Subscriptions run about $70 for one year and about $130 for three years.
Richard
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Will will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
is there gps feature in any gps app where automatic street
to be fair, Mapquest only works for people in the United States.
So that is one thing that many other apps provide that Mapquest does not, IE,
maps for other countries.
Richard
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Craig Werner coffeeb...@gmail.com wrote:
I
Hi friend. In my opinion, it is normal because on-screen keyboard is not always
the same in different situations. E.g. in the address field in Safary, the
.com key and . key will appear while in others like chat field on Yahoo or
Skype, those keys are not present and you will have to hit on
Hi all, David is correct. Depending on the app used, the map source will
come from different places. I believe that Google uses their own data or
maybe it's still a part of Tele Atlas. Waze and Mapquest are from
Openstreet, and Garmin uses navtek.
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Hi, thanks to this message and Sieghard's positive results, I've gotten
this app and just booked my next hotel stay. The app is super friendly
to use, and things were straight forward. I highly recommend this app
for your next booking needs. Here I sound like I work for them or
something.
LexicEN is currently my go to dictionary, and it works well with VO.
It's spelled with the first and last two letters capitalized, but you can
search for it with all lower case.
Gary
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Hi Richard,
Oh, thanks! Well, duh, don't know why I didn't think of checking in settings
before posting here!
Sheesh! And it's Thursday today and not Monday so I can't even use that as an
excuse! (smile)
Thanks!
Cait, off to find some books now
On 2013-07-11, at 2:43 PM, Richard Turner
This email will be sent to multiple lists, because, it involves my Mac, and my
iPhone.
Recently, I downloaded an app for my Mac called Type 2 phone. The apps purpose
is to allow you to use the keyboard on your Mac as a bluetooth keyboard for i
devices.
The instructions tell me that I must
You need to have Type2Phone running in order for the connection to work.
On 11/07/2013 20:48, Richard Ring wrote:
This email will be sent to multiple lists, because, it involves my Mac, and my
iPhone.
Recently, I downloaded an app for my Mac called Type 2 phone. The apps purpose
is to allow
Thanks! Got it! I shall try again!
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Chris H christopher...@gmail.com wrote:
You need to have Type2Phone running in order for the connection
Gmail does not support push as far as I know.
So you won't be able to use push with Gmail and the stock email client.
You can install Google's own Gmail app which will send you a push notification
when you receive new mail.
I'm not a Gmail user so I don't know how accessible the Gmail app is.
Hi, if it's a user name field, the @ sign will be there. if ti's a
server field it may not be there, although I have seen it on occasion.
So it depends. However as others have said, it may be in a different
location. If ti's not in the usual spot of an email address entry field,
then tap the
Hi, if I'm on a call, and another call comes in, how can I switch to the
incoming call? I'm sure there's some icon somewhere I can probably tap, but
I was curious if there was an easy gesture like a double tap or finger flick
or some dang thing to make it easier than fumbling around looking for
Thanks! We've got it figured out!
Debbie
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Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Weird onscreen keyboard problem!
Hi, if it's a
Hello all,
Just wanted to forward an email that I have recieved from Mike May. He is
having issues in posting a new topic. So he ask if I post this on behalf of
him.
So he would greatly appreciate any suggestions that you may have.
Here is the message that he wrote:
I am a big fan of
Yes you can do this. Near the bottom of the screen are the “hold call plus
answer button” and the “end call plus answer button” Double tap the one you
want.
If you use the hold call plus answer button, after finishing with the second
call, you have to double tap the hold button to bring back
There are plenty of podcasts available for iPhone use at:
www.applevis.com
I hope you find this list helpful also.
Have a great day!
Jenn
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Hello Reese, I don't believe that there is a way to change the Skype email
toward different email. I think you will have to change your entire thing.
Joseph Hudson
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Reese atlanticst...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi list:
Hi everyone, I play a game on my phone called match my music and I really like
it but I would like to contact the developer to make some suggestions but when
I'm in the app store on my phone and I swipe to the left I hear voiceover say
developer information and then when I flick left again I
Hi all, thank you for how to use that information in this cookbook. I thought I
would take a look and see if they are still free. They are, so I downloaded
them thank you very much for the help with them. This will be very useful. I
made this as a new thread since it was not July 10 anymore.
Hi,
I'm used to Lock Screen in Music or Downcast, and still getting playback.
Tried Lock Screen while listening to NFB Newsline on a safe, quiet walk
tonight, and Lock Screen seemed to always stop VO reading. Is this the way it
works, or is there something I can do to change this. I'd like to
Zoe, if the Match My Music game you're talking about is a memory game that
uses your music library and which costs $.99, the developer is SuperMoose
Development. Here's a link to their website:
http://supermoosedevelopment.com/
The email address to contact them is
Lock screen always stops voiceover.
which makes sense when you think about it; Voiceover needs the screen to be
live in order to do anything.
Richard
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote:
Hi,
I’m
Thanks. So, this would apply also to Auto Lock?
The explanation certainly makes sense, and helps me understand. I thought if I
did a Read All for a Full Edition of a magazine or newspaper, then Lock Screen,
it would keep reading until done, and then stop until there was a new gesture,
Hello Don, have you updated to the current version of I heart radio? Because of
the current version of our radio you should not have the refreshing all the
time.
Joseph Hudson
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On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:17 PM, Donald L. Roberts
Hello, and welcome to list I don't think I've seen your name on the email
before. I'm going to try and attempt to answer your questions. So when you
called your home voicemail, to leave a message for your partner. Where you
holding the phone stripping down to where is it that would come on
Hello Kelly, no ma'am it does not muffle voiceover.
Joseph Hudson
Email
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On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Kellie pebbles...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm curious, how is the sound quality using the life proof case? Does it
muffled voice over? That was one Thing which
Hello Margo, I understand where you're coming from. In order for voice over the
work once you've made a telephone call and if you put the phone to your ear to
activate the sensor you need to wake your phone going to speakerphone first.
Then you should be a will to hear voice over at the number
Hi Esther,
Thank you for the info and my thanks to everyone who tossed out
suggestions. I am subscribed to so many lists and I know this subject had come
up on one of the lists. I appreciate all of the feedback and will pass along
the suggestions.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
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