I've got two good keyboards, seldom used them even before mBraille, though
neither did I do a loton either idevice, cos writing was such a drag. But
now, I can go all day and interact with all this without putting the PC on
at all, it is almost more efficient, and certainly more convenient
Here is some detailed information directly from Apple support which should
resolve your VoiceOver problem:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5025
Joseph
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Good morning all.
Just to say I got this ap today and it's brilliant! Finally, an
accessible cross word game for iOs! Yes!
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Hi, all,
When I sign into Game center, all I get with any of the tabs is loading. In
progress. It has worked well recently, and I don't remember doing anything to
change the settings. The Apple ID I use still works fine for other stuff. I
have no errors or sign-in screen. i get the same result
Do we know for sure if the new Iphones will be coming out Tuesday?
Last I heard it was rumour, so, want to make sure if this was indeed true or
not.
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Apple's event will be on Tuesday, although the phones may not be available
until around the 20th of the month.
Fred Olver
Author of Dealing with Vision Loss
have a look it just makes sense.
http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
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From: Tess
Hi all,
I have some problems with a couple of apss.
First, find friends. The choose label button doesn't work. I press it and
nothing happens. This happens both with voice over and without it.
Second, I have the same issue with the share button on youtube. worse, once I
press the share button,
Colleagues:
I am casting about for an alternative to a hardware in-car navigation
system. Since I already have access to an iPad Mini and Navagon, I'm
curious if anyone on this list can recommend a compatible GPS receiver
to make Navagon practical.
Thanks,
Brad
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Hi, Ebony consulting has 3 of the Duel XGPS150A and one demo unit of the same
to liquidate. The company is going out of business in December and needs to
get rid of a bunch of random stuff including these receivers. They're a $130
value, but if you email me off list with a reasonable offer,
Hi all. I just bought a RII slim RT MW518
bt keybord and I have paird it with my i phone 4s but I am having a bit of
trubble using it with vo. I have quick nav turned on but I can't seem to
figgure out how to dubble tap. I have tryed hitting the space bar plus the
funkshion key but that
Hi. will someone be recording the keynote for the new iPhone and Ios 7? I won't
be able to listen to it. Apple will be saying when Ios 7 will be out then,
correct? Just curious. :)
Jenifer Barr
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It probably will be announced on Tuesday but it certainly will not be out.
Ron Danvers
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Subject: New Iphones
Do we know
Ok. Dumb question: what is the difference / advantage of the compact voice?
Nora
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Is it possible to format documents IN APA Style in Pages? If so,
where can I find more about this and a guide for VoiceOver users?
Sent From Berkeley,CA
At 12:56 PM 9/5/2013, you wrote:
Hello,
Is it possible to get a word count for a document in Pages for
IOS? If so, how?
Thanks,
Scott
Hello, does anybody know how I can browse the categories of Netflix? I know
that in previous versions you used to be able to do that. Now I can't seem to
find the categories. Any tips would be appreciated thank you
Lelia
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Hi Nora,
The compact voice makes the IOS device a bit more responsive, but one can
tell it is a low quality voice which lacks the crisp articulate sound of the
normal voice you may have become accustomed to by now. Give it a try, you
might find it will be ok for you.
Joseph
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Hi Robin,
Take a look at the following link for info on APA Style and Pages:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/templates-for-pages-for-ipad/id442548006?mt=8
App sounds promising, and you'll definitely have to explore for yourself,
but I strongly advise against writing an APA paper on your
Is the NFL Mobile iOS app VoiceOver friendly/accessible for VZW
users, who are totally blind?
Sent From Berkeley,CA
At 01:55 PM 9/5/2013, you wrote:
The NFL has a subscription for the live broadcast of its games on mobile
devices such as the iPhone and Android. However, you must be a Verizon
Yes, you can label the buttoms using the two finger tap-and-hold if you have
IOS 5 or later.
The buttons on the bottom are Category, Channels, Favorites, On Demand,
Download, and if you swipe three-finger vertically left to get to the next
page, you will see that categories is off-screen and
Apple always makes the podcast available by the next day and sometimes later
that same day.
Just look for Apple Events in your favorite podcast app.
(Sent from Richard's iPhone)
On Sep 7, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Jenifer Barr claudas...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi. will someone be recording the keynote
Hi Andrew,
I have seen apps where double tapping a button didn't work, but split
tapping did or even in some cases where I could only activate a button using
the passthrough gesture (double tap and hold, then tap again). However, you
said the button in Find my Friends doesn't even work when
No, the iPhone is not coming out on Tuesday; information on it will be on
Tuesday. It won't actually be out until probably toward the end of the
month.
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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:07 AM
Subject: New Iphones
Do we
Hello,
A couple weeks ago Raul posted information about the Cloud Beats app to play
music from Dropbox and Box. Is there something similar to play music from a
personal server? I'm looking for something that would let me access folders
and play continuous tracks like a playlist. Thanks much in
Hi,
Just got an iPad mini. Could anyone give me the link for the accessible user
user guide?
Also, out of curioosity, what are your favourit uses for it vs iPhone?
Thanks,
Ioana
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As Fred pointed out, the Apple event during which we learn all about what
the new iPhone has to offer will be on Tuesday at 10 AM Pacific. I can't
remember when you were able to preorder the iPhone 5 last year, but it is
assumed that the new iPhone just like last year will
Hi Mich,
A double tap with quick nav turned on is pressing the up arrow and down
arrow together.
Regards,
Sieghard
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Of Mich
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 6:48 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: how
Hi Nora,
I agree with what Joseph said, the compact voice to me sounds more muffled
and, well, not as high quality as the high quality voice. I have not found
that my 4S is less responsive using the high quality voice. I have read some
posts of people with hearing loss who actually said they can
Hi Jennifer,
As Richard pointed out, Apple has their own Apple Kehynotes Podcast and
you can search for that in a podcast app like Downcast or iCatcher. If I
look at Downcast on my phone it says Apple Keynotes, no episodes, last
published June 10, 2013. This of course was the date of the last
Hello all,
I don't know if this has been discussed on this list, but I found a great new
app that lets you email groups from your iPhone. As far as I know, you can do
this natively from your Mac, but not on the iOS device.
The app is called mailshot pro, and here are instructions I've written
Email, Facebook and youtube, then I sold it. O well, we can't win 'em all.
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From: Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 4:54 PM
Subject: iPad mini user guide and favorite uses
Hi,
Just got an iPad mini.
Use my iPad mini for anything visual, such as watching TV, movies, or videos. I
also use it with Fleksy when typing long messages. I use the two finger hunt
and peck method, which works great with Fleksy.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep 7, 2013, at 10:42
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but here is a completely accessable
Crossword Helper app, that may also come in handy for those who like to cheat
at scrabble, grin.
It is called simply, Crossword Helper by AFKSoft and here is the link:
I had a set of cordless speakers I got about 15 years ago but they have
stopped working, their main use were in the kitchen so my husband and I
could hear the TV even though we could not see it, usually for news in the
morning or sport, Diamondbacks games mostly. These no longer work and we
miss
Hi Sieghardd! Can you kindly post the link to this podcast that you suggest?
Also can you kindly send me the info on Hawaii that you promised me last week?
Thank you and God bless!
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I would be reluctant to carry my iPad mini around with me on a walk, my 4S
phone is better suited as it fits in a pocket.
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Of erik burggraaf
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 6:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Using bluetooth might be easiest. Just like your phone having a
bluetooth transmitter in it, you can buy a bluetooth transmitter that
would plug into the 3.5mm headphone jack on your TV. Then, you could
have a bluetooth speaker that would be easily portable anywhere you
want it. Both a
First the official user's guide is in the iBook store, type in apple and it
will be among the first few titles, it is free.
If you have Kindle you may find lots of books on the iPad but my most often
resource is IPAD the missing manual which is also on Bookshare. Don't let
the name iPad fool
Don't forget that maybe 10 minutes after the Apple presentation someone will
inevitably ask: So what's gonna be on the iPhone 6? and we'll be right
back where we started from. Smile.
Joseph
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Well at least I was thinking on the same link as you, just did not want to
trundle out to look for something impossible again.
Thanks.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jeff Samco
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:30 AM
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So, there is already talk about the Iphone 6 already?
hahaha just kidding, that was totally a joke!
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Of Joseph FreeTech
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:36 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Do you know if doing this will update the contacts list in something like
Google?
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Of Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 1:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
I like the calendar app on the iPad mini.
Jenn
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On Sep 7, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Just got an iPad mini. Could anyone give me the link for the accessible user
user guide?
Also, out of curioosity, what are your favourit uses for
I am an Amazon.com prime member and when I saw this app included on a list of
accessible apps, I downloaded it, and I was able to sign in with my Amazon.com
ID and password, but now that I'm signed in, I can't get VoiceOver to read any
info on the screen and I have no idea how to get or play
I would say that the best thing to do is to try it for yourself. I have
tried both on and off for an extended period of time to be fair to both.
Some folks say with the compact voice off, that their iPhone ran slower. I
didn't experience that with my iPhone 4. My problem with compact voice
Hi. agree with email and I also like to read books on the mini because the
pages don't turn as much if you know what I mean. Also like using mbraille on
the ipad but I don't mind that on the phone either. Haven't quite mastered web
browsing but am getting there.
Warm regards and blessings
Hi Penny,
I went to my instant video app and everything worked as it should.
It gave me options to browse a few different ways. I chose movies and
flicked right until I heard the movie I wanted and double tapped, then
swiped to watch now and double tapped.
Are you getting any voice over feedback?
I just went to the blind geek zone web page that Christopher gave a link to
to listen to the podcast on MBraille since I'm thinking seriously about
buying it. I wasn't able to find the podcast anywhere. Any suggestions.
I'd really like to hear it.
Thanks.
God bless!
Paula and Babe
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Sorry about this. I will contact the people at Blind Geek Zone to sort
this out. Again sorry for any inconveniences caused. I thought they were
up there but like you I could not find them.
On 07/09/2013 21:49, Paul and Paula Jordan wrote:
I just went to the blind geek zone web page that
Tell you what, I will send all the links in one go, then you have them
at your disposal. Here they are in part order.
MBraille Podcast Part1 on Sendspace:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1xratr
MBraille Podcast Part1 on Dropbox:
Oh I did use the keyboard quite a bit before mbraille and fleksy especially
when I was away on holidays and wasn't always near a computer.
Maria and Joe Chapman
bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
On 07/09/2013, at 4:28 PM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote:
I've got two good keyboards, seldom used
Apple is making an announcement on Tuesday. It has been reported according to
iPhone Life magazine that ATT has told all it's ATTT store employees that
nobody gets the weekend of September 20ith off. Because of that, many people
myself included believe that this coming Tuesday's announcement
Hi Chris. I used your link and found the podcast on Blind Geeks. I started
listening to it and company came and I didn't get back to it. It was there
and it looks like you did a great job of it.
Regards,
Wayne
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Do such exist and (subjectively) which have you folks found to work best?
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
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Siegard, Are there still rumors the 5 is going away? Just wondering what I will
be able to get at upgrade time in December. Thought I would be going to the 5,
but on Apple Today, think that is the name, it seemed to be the rumor 5 would
be going away. Maybe the 5-c would be the upgrade, hoping
Actually it is there. I just did a search on BGZ and found it. Perhaps the
spelling on MBraille? Needs two capitalized letters at the beginning.
Did you mean: Braille
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/mbraille-podcast-part1/ MBraille Podcast
Part1
www.blind-geek-zone.net
Lelia, there is an unlabeled button on the left side of the screen at the top
just below the status bar. You could miss it as I think it is right above a
back button I think it is. It is almost on top of it. If you need further help,
please let me know.
Reggie and Allegra
On Sep 7, 2013, at
In my opinion, you would be better served by listening to the following
podcast as it is very professional and of great quality in content etc:
http://www.hllf.net/113
Joseph
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the podcast link I sent you is probably the
most current. This is important because there have been lots of changes to
MBraille and listening to an older podcast will confuse you as it pertains
to newly added or changed features. Just listen through at least 5
Ditto, I haven't done an updated podcast. Will do this in the future.
Sorry a lot going on at the moment personally; nothing bad; all good.
Thanks for the heads up.
On 07/09/2013 23:29, Joseph FreeTech wrote:
In my opinion, you would be better served by listening to the following
podcast as
No I don't think so the 5 will be staying. I know a friend who will be
upgrading to the 5 very shortly so this is proof.
On 07/09/2013 23:03, Regina Alvarado wrote:
Siegard, Are there still rumors the 5 is going away? Just wondering what I will
be able to get at upgrade time in December.
Hopefully you are not misunderstanding me as I'm not making a request from
you, I'm merely conveying to the list that there is a very professionally
produced podcast available from another person at the previous link I
provided.
Joseph
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From: Chris H
The NFL mobile app just received an update this afternoon.
According to the whats new, the way I understand it, anyone, Verizon customer
or not, should be able to listen to live audio feeds.
Now I did look in the app, and I have not found where these audio feeds can be
accessed, but plan on
I am not sure. I just know that the app puts an entry in your IOS contacts.
There's probably another app to do what you want, though.
Best,
Antonio
On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you know if doing this will update the contacts list in something like
Google?
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Hello Regina and list. Thank you for your help, I also found an Apple this
podcast by a Melissa, which was extremely helpful. So, anyone wanting to know
anything about the Netflix app can go to that podcast it is very helpful.
Lelia
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On Sep 7, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Regina
Hi all,
I thought I had a guitar tuning app on my old 3gs phone, but it's not on my
iPhone 5. I can't remember the name of the app anymore. I've recently
starting playing guitar again after about thirty years and I'd like to find
an accessible and a accurate guitar tuner. Any suggestions?
Sherry
I use talking tuner to tune my bass. Seems to work fine except on the very
low open b string. I have a 5-string bass.
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Of Sherry Gomes
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 7:58 PM
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Best Buy has lost most of their credibility over the past couple of years as
far as I'm concerned. It's a shame because they use to be good. Not any
more.
_
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Of Rose Combs
Sent: Saturday, September 07,
The iphone shortcuts are really a great way of inputing oft repeated words,
phrases, sentences, paragraphs and even whole pages just by entering a few
letters!
For example I just type sd and my whole signature line appears. Similarly I
just type sse and my email address is typed! Or cg and my
I am unable to receive email in my iPhone email application. It says the
server IMAP.Gmail.com does not respond please check settings?!! I used the
default settings in the email application for Gmail. I made some of the
other accounts and they all work fine. Can anyone tell what I am doing
Hi,
I either use Talking tuner or GJ tuner. Both work pretty well.
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone
On 8 Sep 2013, at 9:58 am, Sherry Gomes sherri...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I thought I had a guitar tuning app on my old 3gs phone, but it's not on my
iPhone 5. I can't remember the
To my knowledge, there is no way to insert a line break/carriage return into
a shortcut with the builtin shortcut facility. There are probably third
party apps that will accomplish it but they would not be usable system wide
un-jail broken.
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Hi Keith, if you're talking about updates to iOS, then yes, typically all
eligible devices can update on the same day. If you mean hardware, then
typically Apple hold separate iPhone and iPad events.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
Jumping in to this discussion, I doubt the five will be going away anytime
soon. In Florida don't know about anywhere else Wall Mart is selling the 5
16 GB phone for $98.00 with two year contract on provider of choice.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
I'm having problems with a Kindle account. Though it's only been a few
short months since I got my iPhone, could someone who remembers better than
me please tell me what information the app would have asked me to enter when
I first installed it? It has owner's name, but that's it. What else
Hello,
Thank you for your information. I was actually looking for the HTML version off
the user guide that is written with accessible format in mind. I find that it
is easier to navigate than an iBook. I also think it might be written slightly
differently. I found the accessible user guide for
Possibly your amazon email address and password?
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On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 11:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Kindle
I'm having problems with a
I am not getting VoiceOver feedback at all, but I am in a place where the WIFI
is not a strong or reliable signal, so I will re-evaluate when I am in a better
WIFI situation. Thanks for writing back. Penny
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Thom Spittle thom3...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Reggie, Jesus and others,
I can't say if the 5 will go away or not and I doubt until next Tuesday
anybody can say for sure unless maybe Tim Cook and a few others;
unfortunately I don't think Tim is on this list *smile*.
In any case, in my opinion it is possible that both the 4S and 5 will
Thanks for this update. I poked around this evening, but I can't figure
out how to get the audio feeds. I do have an NFL account, and I have
signed up for Audio Pass. For example, I pulled up the recap of the
Broncos Ravens game, but I couldn't find anything that lead to an audio
stream of the
I use ITuner. Pretty straight forward.
On Sep 7, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I either use Talking tuner or GJ tuner. Both work pretty well.
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone
On 8 Sep 2013, at 9:58 am, Sherry Gomes sherri...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Could you compose the text in notes and put in the line breaks there?
On Sep 7, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Geoff Stephens geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote:
To my knowledge, there is no way to insert a line break/carriage return into
a shortcut with the builtin shortcut facility. There are probably third
On 9/7/13, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is some detailed information directly from Apple support which should
resolve your VoiceOver problem:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5025
Joseph
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To:
My apps have suddenly started having trouble updating. When I go to the app
store and whether I select update all, or whether I try to update them
individually, they do not install. When I go back out of the folder, it lists
the name of the folder where I have the apps. And says Seven new
Hi Chasity,
There is nothing you can do, this happens sometimes and is most likely an
issue on Apple's end. Simply wait maybe until the morning, then if you have
an app which you know had an update, just double tap on that app. If the app
has an update this will not open the app but restart the
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