Re: Prizmo and the standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Lori Dent
Hi Richard, Thank you. I turned off the flash and turned off the page detector. Then I did exactly what you suggested and it worked. Lori and the Gipper -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing

sound hound problem

2014-03-16 Thread Andrew Head
Hi all, I am playing a song and I want to use soundhound to find out who the artist is. I have it set to automatically listen when I open the app. music was playing and I opened the app, Nothing seemed to happen. I flicked around the screen, and found the identify music button, pressed it,

soundhound issue resolved

2014-03-16 Thread Andrew Head
Hi all, Due to our internet being slow at the moment, I tried connecting the my mac to use personal hotspot to do another task, and found that of course wifi is turned off on the phone thus I was now able to use sound hound properly on the phone. Andrew -- You received this message because

Re: How to Clear Large Email App Badge Number Post iOS 7.1 Upgreade

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
It's probably easier to just delete the mail account and set it up again. With that amount of messages it would sure be time consuming to delete them all. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 01:59, Alan Lemly wrote: I'm not personally experiencing

Re: Can you use iMessage on an iPhone 4s that is not an active phone?

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
I read on an Apple support site that activating iMessage on an iPhone can take up to 24 hours if using an Apple Id. Why just for iPhone I don't know; probably Apple expects you to use your phone number for iMessage hence it being set up that way automatically when setting up an iPhone.

Re: Voice Dream reader continuing reading windscreen is locked?

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
Got the update and am very happy to see my favourite Ivona Amy listed as a voice so much so I paid the £2.99 in the UK. I then opened the welcome sample book and she read what I sample well very well. From a very happy Voice Dream user! Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room

Re: Question about Google maps

2014-03-16 Thread Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
I agree. Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 6:02, Becky platinum42...@gmail.com wrote: That's what I was saying too. When in transit mode, Google maps won't speak the directions. I hope this gets fixed very soon. It would be nice to hear voice

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Stone
Nor me, but I did buy read2go more than a year and a half ago though. Cheers Alex On 15/03/2014 01:20, Wil James wrote: And my opinion, yes, you did waste your money. I have not seen any updates to read to go in the last year and a half. I have seen solid updates from voice dream rear. Sent

Re: sound hound problem

2014-03-16 Thread Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
Did you have headphones plugged in? Even if you don't, sometimes have to try several times. If you do have them in, you have to make the device hear the sound. If your earphones have a mike try putting one earphone against it. If anyone has better ideas I'd like to know myself. HTH, Haya

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Stone
That's very true, but you have to download whatever you want to read into each program separately. Cheers Alex On 15/03/2014 03:00, Keith Bundy wrote: And I have found that there are times when it is not a bad thing at all to have two reading programs on your iDevice. Keith Sent from my

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
I turned off all background refresh. It looks like location services gets switched on. This causes 15-20% battery drain per hour, and the GPS antenna is the only thing that is this power demanding. Also, it looks as though this is only happening to people running VO. None of my sighted friends

Re: Can you use iMessage on an iPhone 4s that is not an active phone?

2014-03-16 Thread Jen Colley
Hi, I found out that you can't use iMessage on a diactivated iPhone because the eime number is different than that of an Ipod or Ipad so even though you've told it to use an email, it still wants you to have a phone number since it's a phone. Face time will not work either. Jen -Original

learning to use a bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Doc Wright
I there a list of standard keyboard commands for the iphone? If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing

Re: learning to use a bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-16 Thread Jewel
Applevis recently did a podcast about the keyboard commands for voiceover. You may want to look on their website for that podcast. Or just search your podcast at app Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:36 AM, Robert Doc Wright yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com wrote: I there a list of

Re: Prizmo and the standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Sandratomkins
Hi Lori, Congratulations on getting started with Prizmo and your stand scan. Now, as regards positioning the phone: did you receive the special stickers that come with the stand Scan pro bundle? If so, the trick is to position the phone perfectly once, either using your own vision or with the

Re: if you use the Chase app

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Doc Wright
the first button after you have taken the picture is to accept the picture If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start? - Original Message - From: Paul Ferrara To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:57 AM

Re: learning to use a bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Doc Wright
right after writing this I found that I already had a text file with voiceover keyboard commands. I will post them here for anyone who wants themn. http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/qxnygs If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start? - Original

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi David, The battery draining problem is getting worse, so yesterday evening before going out I charged the phone as much as I could and timed the drainage. It dropped 35% in a 3 1/2 hour period of time. Hence, I will place my complaint to Apple accessibility. The phone was completely

vdr James observation

2014-03-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, After updating vdr I had a new look at the voice store and noticed something strange: I listened to James's sample text used in the store and found it sounded better then the voice actually downloaded when buying it for vdr. I know this is subjective but am pretty sure it's so. Anyone

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Les Kriegler
If you don't need to look at the screen, I would recommend turning down screen brightness. You can find that setting in the general option under settings. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, The battery draining

A good app for writing and editing and adding to my journal and being able to store my journal and dropbox

2014-03-16 Thread Lea Langley
Hi all, and thank you for the help. I would like to keep a journal on my phone which would mean that I would edit it and add to it. I would like to be able to store the journal and my dropbox and I would use and mbraille for editing the journal and then I would need an application that I could

Re: A good app for writing and editing and adding to my journal and being able to store my journal and dropbox

2014-03-16 Thread Sandratomkins
Hi, I'm sure you will get many responses telling you of all the various apps, some of which are specially dedicated to keeping journals. However, I find the built-in notes at to be absolutely fine! Each note is automatically given a date, which makes it perfect for journalling app. Just my

Setting up the Standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I'm still waiting for my Standscan. How do I assemble it? Are the instructions accessible or at least scannable with Kurzweil or Open book? How do the guides for positioning the phone work? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group.

Re: A good app for writing and editing and adding to my journal and being able to store my journal and dropbox

2014-03-16 Thread Lea Langley
Hi, thank you for the reply. The only problem that I have found with the notes app is that if you want to edit an entry that you have previously added or I should say a note, I find this very difficult. If you know a way that this is resolved please tell me and I would be glad to try it. Thank

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Russ Kiehne
I did go back to the app store later and found what you posted. The last couple of times I did the update, the what's new info was in voice dream reader itself. I just wished voice dream reader would support the daisy books from open library.org. -Original Message- From: Richard

Control Center

2014-03-16 Thread Kamal Haffar
Hi Everyone: Since upgrading to IOS 7.1, it seems that I am no longer able to bring up the control center by swiping from the bottom of the screen. However, it works when VoiceOver is turned off. Is anyone experiencing this problem? Thanks, Kamal --- This email is free from viruses and

Re: Had a long talk with Apple and think I might have the battery draining issue resolved.

2014-03-16 Thread CrazyEyez
Apples answer to everything is restore, or do a hard reset. They need to fix the issues that they broke in this latest version. Stop giving us workarounds, and give us a fix for the damn problem! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:36 AM, Joseph Hudson jhud7...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: A good app for writing and editing and adding to my journal and being able to store my journal and dropbox

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Hall
Editing notes is simple: double tap on the note, and there you are. You will have a text field with the note's text, which you can edit. Once you are happy with the changes, hit the done button. For use with Mbraille and Dropbox, nothing beats Drafts. Braille your entry, use the .drafts (or

Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Stone
This is obviously me being stupid, but I can't work out how to advance through the text detective tutorial, or get out of it, so I can't use the app, but only the tutorial. Any help would be most welcome. Cheers Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google

Re: Trouble opening the app switcher under 7.1

2014-03-16 Thread Russ Kiehne
That's because the ipod touch 4th generation doesn't support ios 7. You are using ios 6. -Original Message- From: rubyalphonse Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Trouble opening the app switcher under 7.1 Hi Richard, in my I Pod Touch

RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread BBS
Hi all. I don't think Joey is worth buying. Sounds too robotic and so does Sally. I like the new voice that Ivona has made, Raveena out of all of them. As for the comment of making the voices available for the Mac, I've wrote to them time and again to consider making them available. They've said

RE: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Richard Turner
Have you written the developer about Open Library? Or, have you tried any of their books since this update? Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:28 AM To:

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread Russ Kiehne
Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? I like those very much. -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: a comparison of James,

Re: Simular apps like Tap Tap See

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Stone
I find omobi to be worse than useless these days. Cheers Alex On 15/03/2014 13:53, Dawn Petty wrote: Omoby and camfind. -Original Message- From: Margaret Booth Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 7:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Simular apps like Tap Tap See I have tap tap see

RE: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Pablo Morales
It is what I did Eileen I deleted from my iPhone the apps that I don't want to update, for example skype. Later I did a restore as new device. After this, I downloaded the restore from iCloud to my device. Later I stored a backup of my iPhone in my computer, replacing the old backup. Now, I

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't used a Kindle, so I have no idea. However, I am almost certain Bookshare uses Kendra. I think she sounds too broken up - you can almost hear the individual recorded phonemes. She is not in VDR, by the way. That said, Bookshare may have switched voices in the year or so since I tried

RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread Richard Turner
I'm glad you asked that question. I had no idea until I just did a Google search that Amazon has purchase Ivona. Sadly, nothing on the web that I have found identifies the voices used on the Kindle Fire, other than there is only U.S. and U.K. English voices. That was from the Amazon Kindle

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Pablo, Thanks for your directions on what has helped with the battery issue. I was hoping that I didn't have to go to that exreme. Between the iPhone 4, the Dell freezing, and the Win 8 not installing in Bootcamp properly, I am tech dumb for now. I have fully charged the phone this morning,

RE: Setting up the Standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Paul, When I got mine, I scanned the instructions and read them. I don't usually have problems understanding instructions but I had trouble picturing them. If you have a sighted person to help for the first time it would be great because its more obvious if you can see it. Having said that,

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Sent from my iPhoneHi Alex, I haven't ran the tutorial in aeav long time. In general, when VO conflicts an app is to turn off VO do a 3 finger flick from right to left and turn VO back on. This may do the trick when I get stuck in an app and there are only images on the screen. HTH. Best,

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Russ Kiehne
No, from reading the following readme file that comes with these books, I have a feeling that this won't be possible: This DAISY book is encrypted with a key from the National Library Service, and may be read on appropriate reading devices with the key installed. For more information, see

RE: Trouble opening the app switcher under 7.1

2014-03-16 Thread rubyalphonse
Yes, but I just wanted to know if there is a way to close all applications after I have done with them, since I want my battery to last longer. Because I use IPod Touch a lot to listen to audio books, and news papers. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: A good app for writing and editing and adding to my journal and being able to store my journal and dropbox

2014-03-16 Thread Sandratomkins
Hello again, I just tried it with one of my old notes at random. I found that you have to touch the middle of the screen to bring the note itself into focus. If you then double tap you will hear something like note editing. The virtual keyboard will have appeared on the bottom half of your

RE: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Richard Turner
Also from the Open Library web page, Frequently Asked Questions: There are two types of DAISYs on Open Library: open and protected. All of open DAISYs are also available in PDF, TXT, and ePub format. Anyone can access the open DAISYs by searching Open Library and checking the Only show eBooks

Re: Post iPhone Update and Rcovery - Missing Apps

2014-03-16 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Alan, yes, cable the phone to the computer, and choose the restore backup option from the context menu when the device's name has focus on iTunes. It will take a while so it's really important iTunes isn't closed or the phone uncabled during the process. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting

Re: Had a long talk with Apple and think I might have the battery draining issue resolved.

2014-03-16 Thread Corey Michael Cook
Agreed fully Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:29 AM, CrazyEyez bmkreco...@gmail.com wrote: Apples answer to everything is restore, or do a hard reset. They need to fix the issues that they broke in this latest version. Stop giving us workarounds, and give us a fix for the damn

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread chris
It's also in the Control Centre. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16 Mar 2014, at 13:46, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: If you don't need to look at the screen, I would recommend turning down screen brightness. You can find that setting in the

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Stone
Thanks for this, I hadn't heard the story and thoroughly enjoyed it! Cheers Alex On 15/03/2014 22:21, Richard Turner wrote: If you have not heard the story behind Voice Dream Reader, I'll post a direct link to an NPR story from last year. He wrote it for himself to teach himself how to

Re: Can you use iMessage on an iPhone 4s that is not an active phone?

2014-03-16 Thread chris
True but this can be changed by going to settings messages and double tap on send and receive. You can deselect the number there so only e-mail is used for iMessage. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16 Mar 2014, at 11:18, Jen Colley jen.col...@shaw.ca wrote:

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread Dionesque
Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception of synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader yet but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it has always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice,

Re: Control Center

2014-03-16 Thread Christopher J Chaltain
I don't have a problem bringing up the Control Panel by either touching a status icon at the top of the screen and performing a three finger swipe up or by touching and holding the bottom of the screen before sliding my finger up. These methods both work for me while VO is running. I'm doing

Re: Prizmo and the standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Lori Dent
DHi Sandy, Thank you for the explaination on how I should be positioning my phone on top of the standscan. Yes, I do have the guides that came with the standscan.I will go back and place these guides in place once I get my phone positioned and lined up properly.Oh by the way, I'm left handed

Re: Voice Dream Reader 3 update, What's New

2014-03-16 Thread Lelia Struve
O wow, I just bought voice dream and wow just heard the story, what a story. Now I hope I will be able to figure this out. I'd especially love to use my Braille display. wow what a story. -- Lelia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a

Re: Trouble opening the app switcher under 7.1

2014-03-16 Thread Christopher J Chaltain
Are you asking how to close an app from the App Switcher? It's been a while since I've run IOS 6, but after bringing up the App Switcher, double tap and hold until you hear the tones on one of the apps in the App Switcher. Double tapping an app after that should close it. As far as I know,

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-16 Thread Alex Hall
Sorry, but Kendra is not offered in VDR. The two female Ivona voices are Sally (American) and Amy (British). On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Dionesque diones...@interia.pl wrote: Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception of synthetic speech can bee! I haven't

Re: learning to use a bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-16 Thread Christopher J Chaltain
It's also pretty easy to find such references on line with a Google search, such as this page from Apple: http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph6c494dc6.html On 3/16/2014 7:29 AM, Robert Doc Wright wrote: right after writing this I found that I already had a text file with voiceover

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
The only way I am able to get location services to disappear from the status bar is to completely disable background app refresh. I attempted it again last night with the same result after a reboot and a warm reset. Go to settings, general, background app refresh. Again, this appears to only

Re: Control Center

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
It works for me. Remember to hold the finger still until the two ascending tones before sliding the finger vertically up the screen. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17 Mar 2014, at 3:28, Kamal Haffar khaf...@gmail.com

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
Thank you pablo, I will follow your steps later this morning. I was already planning on doing so, and your message confirms that it may correct the problem. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17 Mar 2014, at 4:21, Pablo

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
The battery drain problem with location services being switched on permanently did not start until iOS 7.1 for me. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17 Mar 2014, at 4:36, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote:

RE: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Richard Turner
David, Good points as always. For those who are wanting to use any GPS while the phone is locked, however, they will need to turn on background app refresh for those apps while traveling. It isn't that difficult, just a step to remember before going out. Also, someone had the flashlight in the

Re: Prizmo and the standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Sandratomkins
Hi again there, I am left-handed too! Indeed, I placed the phone on the diagonally opposite corner from the one I suggested to you. So, if you have the stand Scan in front of you with its open side towards you, your phone should be on the further left hand corner. Obviously, the camera will

Re: Simular apps like Tap Tap See

2014-03-16 Thread Eric Caron
VizWiz is still out there though often slow in responding. This one has my favorite interface. Also, it is free. Eric Caron On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Alex Stone alex.st...@gmail.com wrote: I find omobi to be worse than useless these days. Cheers Alex On 15/03/2014 13:53, Dawn Petty

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Andy Baracco
But if you do this, won't that render any app that needs location services, such as a GPS app useless? Andy -Original Message- From: David Chittenden Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Battery draining The only way I am able to get

events missing in calendar since upgrading to 7.1

2014-03-16 Thread Mark Furness
Since upgrading my 5c to 7.1 2 things have happened. 1. all my events are lost. 2. Canadian holidays have opened up. 3. I can not go through events. every day is showing up, not just the ones with an event on it. when in calendar, I hit the calendar button and it said that canadian holidays

I did it! (Prizmo and standxan)

2014-03-16 Thread Lori Dent
Hi Sandy, I placed my guides around my phone on top of the standscan after I got my phone lens camera positioned over the hole and I took some pictures and practiced and I had no problems with the phone positioning anymore. But now I have some more questions to ask about Prizmo. 1. What is

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
No, any app that is running in the foreground which needs location services, automatically turns on GPS. This just keeps apps from monitoring when they are not open in the foreground. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17

Re: Prizmo and the standscan

2014-03-16 Thread Lori Dent
Hi Sandy, I also have text grabber along with Prizmo. And yes your posts have been very helpful to me. I just sent you a lengthy post on all my questions about Prizmo.. Thanks for taking the time to help me out with the Prizmo app and standscan. I appreciate it. Lori and the Gipper -- You

the bigger jawbone speaker

2014-03-16 Thread Patti Johnson
If anyone has one of these, can you write me privately and tell me the sequence of the buttons? Some one sent this to me and I have it charging and wonder does it need 24 hours to charge, and the sequence of the buttons, I cannot figure out which one is the power button. Thanks, Patti -- You

RE: I did it! (Prizmo and standscan)

2014-03-16 Thread Terrie Terlau
Sandy and Lori, Sandy, thank you for such clear answers to Lori's questions and Lori, thank you for asking the questions that I would need to ask in order to understand this app. I too very much want to use it wisely with the StandScan. Please keep answering Lori's questions; a lot more of us

Re: Papa sangre II level 19

2014-03-16 Thread Peter Durieux
Tx for the tip. I'm looking forward for their next fame. :) With kind regards, -Peter Durieux Op 14-mrt.-2014 om 06:29 heeft Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: My experience is different. As long as you don't run but walk not too fast while the rumble of

Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Fenton
Hello everybody: Sorry if this has been asked before. I purchased a monthly subscription to at bat and linked it to my MLB account. When I tried to restore Itunes purchases with my apple tv, I couldn't since only the yearly package was available. Any suggestions as to how I can access audio

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Katey Glass
Good Afternoon All, I just wanted to let you know that this location services bug of staying on constantly doesn't just effect us VoiceOver users. In fact, It hadn't affected me (a VO user) but did affect my fiance who's not a VO user. I first went to Privacy Location services (I turned

Re: Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Fred Olver
You have to purchase the TV package for one month at a time or the monthly TV subscription. An atbat purchase if only audio does not qualify you for the TV stuff. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Robert Fenton robert.fen...@samobile.net To: Viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
After reading your message, I went in to settings, general, background with fresh, and turned it back on. I then check each out to determine which ones will keep in location services on. The surprising one for me is dropbox. When I turned Dropbox off, location services disappeared from my

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
I have another question about text detective. I just got it when it was free and tomorrow I'm hoping to use it for the first time to read a restaurant menu. How would I position my phone and the menu to get it to scan a whole page if possible? What else do I need to know my first scan? How do

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Katey Glass
Glad to hear it helped! Katey Sent from my iPad On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:54 PM, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: After reading your message, I went in to settings, general, background with fresh, and turned it back on. I then check each out to determine which ones will

RE: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Corey Michael Cook
This is very interesting. I don't have the location services issue but ever since the 7.1 update I have noticed my battery is draining much faster than before. Corey Cook Facebook: corey.coo...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
Sorry but why would Dropbox want your location anyway! Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 20:54, David Chittenden wrote: After reading your message, I went in to settings, general, background with fresh, and turned it back on. I then check each out

RE: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Corey Michael Cook
Many apps want your location that you would assume don't need your location. Corey Cook Facebook: corey.coo...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Apple boy Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:06 PM To:

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Cliff Self
My advice would be to practice at home with a printed page or possibly a book. Lighting in restaurants tends to be low, so you might want to experiment in different lighting conditions. So far, I've only used Textdetective once to help me identify some new violin strings and it worked like a

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Andy Baracco
My experience with Text Detective is that no matter what you do, you can’t get it to scan a whole page. Andy From: Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Text detective issue I have another question about text detective. I

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Haya, let's start with the basic requirement of good lighting. If the restaurant is dark and there are no lamps or enough illumination, then you may have some difficulty in getting Text Detector, TapTapSee, or any other object recognition app to work. The back facing camera needs to be

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
Yes, and, in such a way that it is always requesting my location, even when the app is closed and out of the app switcher. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17 Mar 2014, at 10:05, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com

RE: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Michael G McKay
Hi! All: I have had the iPhone5, for almost two years, and had the issue of the battery draining a lot. I remedied that by opening the app switcher, and turning off all apps that were running at the time. I made a practice of doing that after each time I used apps, and along with locking the

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
Well, the way Text Detective works using landscape rather than portrait, you cannot get it to scan an entire page at once. As for your first scan, before you go to the restaurant, use a printed sheet of paper at home and practice, practice, practice. Otherwise, you will become frustrated and

Re: Text detective issue

2014-03-16 Thread Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
Thanks. I'll let you know how it works out if you like. Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 23:19, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Haya, let's start with the basic requirement of good lighting. If the restaurant is dark and there are

Re: I did it! (Prizmo and standxan)

2014-03-16 Thread Sandratomkins
Just a quick response for now, once Prizmo has said results, a two finger flick up will read you everything including your scanned text. Will take a look at your other questions tomorrow, it being quite late here in Ireland. Well done, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 16 Mar 2014, at 19:54,

Re: Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Fenton
I have purchased a TV subscription on the monthly basis. Apple TV only seems to recognize the one-year subscription. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote: You have to purchase the TV package for one month at a time or the

Re: Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Wil James
You can also airplane games to your Apple TV from your other Apple devices. There is your workaround. Although, you will be using two devices to do this, so I see what you're trying to do. That is the best way I know without spending $124 a year. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:54

Re: Battery draining

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
Very true and I disallow all but weather and map applications. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 21:06, Corey Michael Cook wrote: Many apps want your location that you would assume don't need your location. Corey Cook Facebook:

Re: events missing in calendar since upgrading to 7.1

2014-03-16 Thread Donna
Hi Mark I found by hiding the US holidays and birthdays, the calendar view returned to that in IOS 7.06. To get rid of the holiday and birthdays, open the calendar app, across the bottom you will find a calendar button, select this, scroll down to Holidays, if VO says selected Holidays

fixed missing events in calendar

2014-03-16 Thread Mark Furness
I had to retype my password for my ICloud account. Why this worked and why it was wrong to begin with is anyones guess! Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and

Re: Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Fred Olver
Then call customer service at 866 800-1275. - Original Message - From: Robert Fenton robert.fen...@samobile.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Apple tv major league baseball I have purchased a TV subscription on the monthly basis.

Re: Apple tv major league baseball

2014-03-16 Thread Fred Olver
I think what you mean to say is air play, yes that would work. Fred Olver - Original Message - From: Wil James w...@wilanddenise.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 4:33 PM Subject: Re: Apple tv major league baseball You can also airplane games to your Apple

TapTapSee repurchasing issue.

2014-03-16 Thread Jenifer Barr
Hi all. I am trying to use TapTapSee, have purchased it, the unlimited package. But now, every time I go back into it it asks me to purchase again. I know this is been covered, and I apologize. What do I do? Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are

Re: Can you use iMessage on an iPhone 4s that is not an active phone?

2014-03-16 Thread Jeff Samco
Actually, I have a 5s, I bought it used, it's locked to ATT, and currently don't have it on a cell plan. But, I have used it with Facetime. HTH, Jeff . At 04:18 AM 3/16/2014, you wrote: Hi, I found out that you can't use iMessage on a diactivated iPhone because the eime number is different

Re: TapTapSee repurchasing issue.

2014-03-16 Thread Marianne Denning
It is a 30 or 90 day unlimited package. There isn't an unlimited package forever. On 3/16/14, Jenifer Barr claudas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I am trying to use TapTapSee, have purchased it, the unlimited package. But now, every time I go back into it it asks me to purchase again. I know

Setting up the StandScan Pro

2014-03-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, Here is a description of how to set up the StandScan Pro that I posted almost a year ago. Lay the folded StandScan on a table with the small flap away from you. Open the small flap and fold back the body of the StandScan towards you. Now the topmost piece should open to the

Re: Apple TV 6.1 has enhanced voices and new voice options.

2014-03-16 Thread Kliphton -------
I have been logged in to WWE network since launch day. Don't know, mayybe its the area. I do know you have to setup an accoun first on WWE.com or subscribe threw iTunes. On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Shane Clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Only bad thing about it is that you can't

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