Hello Dennis, you don't have to be jailbroken to go to a different company, you
just have to have a GSM operating phone. Which most companies are. Verizon and
Sprint are the only ones that are not so thought I would just point that out.
Just out of curiosity which company are you thinking of
I want all features of my phone. I am thinking of going with straight talk.
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From: Joseph Hudson jhud7...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: jail breaking a iphone
Hello Dennis, you don't have to be jailbroken
Yes sir.
I just encourage anyone having whatever problems with Facebook
SPEAK OUT. That is it.
Todd
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From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:44:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Facebook apps please!
They
Dennis, why off list, I'm sure others would be Interested as well, Billy
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From: Dennis Long dennisl1...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:31 AM
Subject: jail breaking a iphone
could someone contact me off list about jail
Yes, it is that I have been saying. Why off list?
It is a topic that should not be tried in the list?
Why every time when somebody ask about this topic, the people ask to do it
off list.
And please, don't respond me that are podcast where they talk about it,
because are podcast for the rest of
GHi
I am being kicked out after reading three posts in my most recent timeline.
I am now using Status report to view my FB timeline. A couple of other apps you
could look at which give a more fuller fb experience are Facely HD, Hootsuit
and Echofon for facebook.
Note I haven't used these
hi frnds, i m facing difficulty in edditing:
sometimes it deletes the character which voice over speaks, sometimes
the previous 1.
Example:
i phone
now if i wonna remove space after i, and i go to p, then it deletes p,
sometimes space.
Pls guide me, and explain me how d edditing works...
Thx
This worked for me so I really hope this works for you to recover deleted
text messages from iphone! Just follow the steps below:
1. Go to settingsgeneralspotlight searchuncheck messages
2. Then turn your phone off and wait a minute! Turn your phone back on and
off again 2 or 3 more
This worked for me so I really hope this works for you to recover deleted
text messages from iphone! Just follow the steps below:
1. Go to settingsgeneralspotlight searchuncheck messages
2. Then turn your phone off and wait a minute! Turn your phone back on and
off again 2 or 3 more times while
Thanks Isaac for the advice on changing the rotor to characters. The
suggestion was very helpful and worked well.
On Sunday, May 18, 2014 12:22:00 PM UTC-4, John christie wrote:
when typing with the iPhone using the notes app, voice-over reads the
title of the note as one word. how do i
Hello,
I will be purchasing an IPhone 5S soon I have a question.
Do you have to use a wireless connection, or can you hook it up to your
computer to download?
I have Verizon as my carrier don't know much about what kind of data plan
I will need.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
How is the Mac book pro for a blind user that wants to do daily tasks on a
laptop..
Arun
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You can achieve your goal either way. That's the short answer. If you're
going to be getting a new iPhone I recommend you get the book Getting
Started with the iPhone and IOS 7.0 by Anna Dresner. It is available from
the National Braille Press in Boston Massachusetts. You can find them on the
Hi Guys,
In less than a week I'll be visiting America, along with my trusty iPhone 4s,
and I was wondering if there are any temperary data and calling plans that can
be renewed after the initial first month, as I will be there for 2 months
travelling up and down the West Coast. Any help or
Hi all,
Follow on from this thread, I'd like to suggest an app that I'd found, but also
hear people's experiences with the other apps mentioned in the below post.
It's called cake reader and it is a simple facebook app that has the timeline
in it. You can like posts, comment on posts. one bug is
Hi all,
I've run a few Google searches, and it appears there might be some neat
features I would like to use on iOS which can only be done via jailbreak.
This link provides some examples such as the Activator app:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/09/top-reasons-jailbreak-ios-7.html
If I
Hi,
Are there voice mail apps for the iPhone that can be used in Asian or
African countries?
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Yes I do believe you should be able to.
How ever if you're running 7.1 you can't jailbreak yet I do believe.
You have to wait till something comes along that will allow you to jailbreak
in that version of software. I don't think it will though.
If I'm incorrect please correct me.
Thanks
Jerry
The native phone app has a tab that leads to the voicemail. I live in israel
and that works fine for me.
Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2014, at 13:49, E V e_vi...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi,
Are there voice mail apps for the iPhone that can be used in Asian or
Hello all,
Does anyone know if when using WhatsApp overseas texting and calling uses the
cellular system, hence incurring international dialing and texting charges? I
have ATT as my iPhone carrier… I usually get an international texting plan
when traveling overseas, but I thought maybe
You can always start with two gigs of data. You can also have Verizon set up
text notifications so you can have a text message sent to you when you are at
50% 75% and 90% of your data plan. As long as you don't listen to music with
streaming apps you should be fine with two gigs. You can start
If I were you when you get the phone I would connect it to you're wifi network
for starters.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skype gold_wildcat
On May 28, 2014, at 5:29 AM, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote:
You can achieve your goal either way. That's the short answer. If you're
going
The mac book pro is great for doing dayley tasks. It really depends on what you
want to do.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skype gold_wildcat
On May 26, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Arun gaa...@att.net wrote:
How is the Mac book pro for a blind user that wants to do daily tasks on a
laptop
Arun
Whatsapp just sends texts to other Whatsapp users over the internet
whether that be cellular data or wifi.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 28/05/2014 12:29, BrianMiller wrote:
Hello all,
Does anyone know if when using WhatsApp overseas
I THINK you should delay your PURCHASE of a VZW Apple iPhone 5S. I
have reason to believe that Apple will be releasing a NEW Apple
iPhone sometime this SUMMER (i.e., June OR July).
I am under the impression that Apple will NOT sit by, and give
Microsoft the ability to dominate the Media with
good point, Apple is scheduled to make an announcement on June 2.
Fred Olver
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From: Robin robin-mel...@comcast.net
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:02 AM
Subject: NEW iPhone User Recommendations Suggestions
I THINK you should delay
The iPhone 5s has been priced at $99 with ian upgrade. This has been changed
for about two months now. That is of course the 16 gig. If the prices remain
the same, the iPhone 6 should be 199 with an upgrade. Or new contract. If there
is no rush, I would wait as well. Unless you Fork the extra
also understand that when the new phones come out there may be substantial
price-drops for the 5, 5C and 5S although I'm betting that the 5 will become
free as of the new release.
Fred Olver
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From: Feliciano G theblindman...@hotmail.com
To:
On 5/28/14, Robin robin-mel...@comcast.net wrote:
I THINK you should delay your PURCHASE of a VZW Apple iPhone 5S. I
have reason to believe that Apple will be releasing a NEW Apple
iPhone sometime this SUMMER (i.e., June OR July).
I am under the impression that Apple will NOT sit by, and give
Yes I am noticing that too. I don't think you can delete a space when using the
rotor you have to delete the previous character before you can delete the space.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skype gold_wildcat
On May 26, 2014, at 10:12 PM, bhavesh dhanak bhavesh.dha...@gmail.com wrote:
hi
I agree that it all depends. For most things I can think of, though, the Mac is
a fine choice, especially if you also have an iOS device. I wrote an article on
the pros and cons of the Mac, and I tried to be as balanced as I could. You
should take a look at it if you are considering switching
The other day the fb app asked me about location of friends and places, well
I turned them on, but I can no longer turn them off unless I go to settings
privacy location and turn fb off, but I just want the friends and nearby by
places off, when I go to that area and see the switch button and
I just checked and the articles are reading for me.
The thing that bugs me is that the author is no longer shown. It has been that
way for several versions now.
It used to be, in particular in the Opinion section, that you would hear both
the article title and the author.
Lately it is just the
Here's the thing: VoiceOver speaks the character you pass, whereas Windows
screen readers always speak the character to the left of the cursor, I believe.
Let's trace an example to make this clearer:
Say we have the word iPhone and, for whatever reason, we want to erase the
i at the beginning
Hi Dennis,
You have all features of your phone, jailbreaking allows you to to more than
what Apple allows in some ways, but it may also make your phone more
unstabil, more prone to crashing depending on which jailbreak tweeks you
install and it may also make it less secure.
Keep in mind that
Hi Pablo,
I don't think people avoid the topic of jailbreaking, but for most people on
this list it is of little interest since they don't want to jailbreak. I,
for example, may give a bit of general information about jailbreaking and
point to a Podcast which goes into more detail because I know
IPhone 4S users?
Just curious.
Lol
Jerry Mader
Jerry Mader
Sent from my PC
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:59 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: jail breaking a
Hi Joseph,
I had a quick look at the article you provided the link for and if you read
it again you'll find that most of the reasons to jailbreak are things the
author is hoping the iOS 7 jailbreak would allow. The article was written
right after iOS 7 was released and before a jailbreak was
No iPhone in June or July. Next weeks World Wide Developer's Conference will
be for announcing iOS 8 and typically there will be some news about Mac
computers and this time hopefully about a new Apple TV. In my opinion there
is 0% chance that Apple will announce a new iPhone which will then be
I am aware of the context in which the article was written in terms of
timeline. The link to the article was only an example of why one would want
to jail break and not the specific features I feel I need. Thank you for
partially answering my question in your very last sentence.
Joseph
-
I know I must just be missing a setting somewhere but I can't figure this out.
On my iPad in mail I can double-tap on the from field and then tap on ! from
email address and choose another email address to send from. But despite the
fact that I have the same email accounts on both my iphone 5
Hello,
A few days ago, my iPhone fell out of my pocket while traveling and the case
cracked. I am looking to get a new case. I've used both the Otterbox
Defender and the Speck cases in the past, but I'm looking for something
sturdy yet slim that will protect my iPhone 5S. I even pondered
Cheryl, in order to change the email, do the following. when you open a message
to send, you see the to field, and then a from cc, etc. double tap where it
says Cc and you'll see the fields shown. Go to the from field, it will have an
address selected already, double tap that, and you'll have a
Hi Kathie,
You can't bulk delete emails in iOS, the best you get is to double tap each
message to select it and then delete the selected messages. I don't think
that's a good option with 8,000 messages. The only exception is the Trash
mailbox, if you had that many emails in there you could just
Tristan,
Shortly after I activated my iPhone my wife found a case for me at
Wal-mart from a company called Tough Mobile, which I think costs around
thirty dollars, give or take a few. While I haven't done actual drop
tests to verify its durability it does seem pretty tough, is reasonably
No, unless I'm misunderstanding a step, this doesn't work for me. I am using a
braille display so I'm not actually swiping. But while choices appear on my
ipad, they don't on my iphones; no picker appears.
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Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to
I think people get confused when it comes to jailbreaking versus unlocking,
neither of which are illegal. Jailbreaking sounds illegal, so people think it's
a taboo topic, but it is not. Unlocking is tricky, and you have to know what
you are going to do once you unlock, or you won't get any
I just tried this with my braille display. Use your cursor-routing key on the
from field. Then do a dots 4-5-6-chord to go to the bottom of the screen, and
the picker should be there. Unfortunately, I don't find a done button. I'd be
willing to bet that it appears when you show the keyboard.
I am aware that it's not the same as unlocking. I am considering getting an
iphone. I'm trying to get any and all questions answered first.
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From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:53 AM
Subject: RE:
My phone behaves differently. I double tap the from field, and I am placed in
the bcc field. I have to double tap 'from again to get the picker to show.
Once it is on the screen, I make my selection and simply double tap once I have
swiped to the desired email address. That selects it, no done
I didn't know if that would be allowed on list. by all means if it is let's
talk about it on list.Are there companies or services that will do it or
is that not necessary? understand I would be coming from android thus the
question. sorry in advance for so many questions.
- Original
Have you thought about a case that closes like a book and does not block
the 30 pin connector or lightning connectors?
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 28/05/2014 15:33, Tristan wrote:
Hello,
A few days ago, my iPhone fell out of my
You may be CORRECT, but Apple previously used to RELEASE NEW Apple
iPhones IN either June OR July. Don't you RECALL June 2009 (i.e.,
Apple iPhone 3 Apple iPhone 3GS) and June 2010 (i.e., Apple iPhone
4). Apple ONLY began releasing NEW Apple iPhones in the FALL (i.e.,
September or October) IN
I like you're way of thinking. :Thumbs up:
Regards, Feliciano
www.twitter.com/theblindman12v
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From: Robin
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: NEW iPhone User Recommendations Suggestions
You may be CORRECT, but Apple
This is true, but Apple has now more or less locked themselves into a
September/October cycle for releasing new phone models. It only makes sense
as folks for a few releases now have fallen into the pattern of having their
two year commitments with their carriers come due around that time.
Hello Steph and everyone,
I am going to try your suggestion. It took a while to find, though. For the
information of anyone who also wants to give this app a try, it is called
Cake The Reader. That should make your search much quicker.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Ron Miller
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Have you considered the LifeProof case? I happen to like it for traveling.
Jenn
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Tristan theblinddj...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
A few days ago, my iPhone fell out of my pocket while traveling and the case
cracked. I am looking to get a
I DISAGREE.
If Apple really cared it wouldn't have RELEASED 2 Apple iPads IN the
same year. (i.e., April 2012 Apple iPad October 2012 Apple iPad 4)
Only 6 months between releases. Do you RECALL that.
Sent From Berkeley,CA
At 09:32 AM 5/28/2014, you wrote:
This is true, but Apple has now
It was obvious that the New iPad or iPad III or whatever it was called was
more a gap-stop to the newer model iPad that came out later that year.
Besides, an iPad is not an iPhone and no where near as dependant on time
cycles tied into carrier commitments. And again, there's no iOS 8 yet so how
My bad, meant to say stopgap...
It was obvious that the New iPad or iPad III or whatever it was called was
more a gap-stop to the newer model iPad that came out later that year.
Besides, an iPad is not an iPhone and no where near as dependant on time
cycles tied into carrier commitments. And
Kate, I would be interested in participating in any Skype discussions.
On 5/14/14, kate andrekson kate.andrek...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
As the co-moderator of another iphone list, we are organizing a
list lead skype event.
This means that the topics discussed at this event will be
sieghard, I did not have the speak notifications in locked screen option turned
on in the accessibility VoiceOver options. This fixed the problem and thanks so
very much. I'm thinking this option must have come in with iOS 7.
Alan
Sent from my iPhone
On May 27, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Sieghard
Also, you may consider joining a mailing list like Mac Visionaries. There are a
lot of people on that list, including myself, that can answer most of your Mac
questions.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
On May 28, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
I agree that it all
Is there a way to get Twitterific and Twitter to open up on the latest
entries? Every time that I open the Apss I am at the last entry that I
read. I have to swipe down to get to the top of the page.
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That's the idea - it will go to the last tweet you read, so you can keep
reading, in order, from there. If you want to start from the top, simply touch
any of the buttons on the top (Home, Mentions, messages, Compose, etc) and
flick right. This is for Twitterrific - I don't know about the main
Does anyone have any consistent success with VoiceBook? I recently
returned to it after Apple replaced my IPhone 5 because it wouldn't
make connections when I used it as a phone and it had been dropping 50
percent of calls. When I first tried VoiceBook again, I was thrilled
to find that it was
Does anyone know if the new Bank of America app is voiceover friendly
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I just downloaded the update and it appears to be working fine with voiceover.
There is an additional menu on the screen which is also accessible. But the
familiar options are still there, and everything seems to be working as it
should.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Corey
Voicebook is being worked on as we speak.
Jenn
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Penny Reeder penny.ree...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have any consistent success with VoiceBook? I recently
returned to it after Apple replaced my IPhone 5 because it wouldn't
make
Thanks for this information. I was so afraid to download the update only to
find that they had changed it so much that it was no longer accessible with
VoiceOver.
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From: Les Kriegler
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
In fact, I would say this new update is better than it was before.
Richard
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Victor Hugo
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2014, at 4:06 PM, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net wrote:
Thanks for this information. I was so afraid to
The 10 best iPhone tricks you didn't know existed: iPhone tips, shortcuts and
hidden features
by Ashleigh Allsopp http://www.macworld.co.uk/author/ashleigh-allsopp/
http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/10-best-iphone-tips-tricks-you-didnt-know-existed-3514829/
iPhone keyboard tips
Unless a new one just came out today, then the app is very accessible. I
used it early this morning.
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From: Corey Michael Cook corey.coo...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:27 PM
Subject: Bank of america app
Does anyone know
The new one hit the App Store this afternoon. It is a new design, but
quite accessible. I am sure I will find minor problems, but nothing serious
thus far. Amazing what happens when these companies have good testing
practices.
-Len
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com
My suggestion for a really secure iPhone is the Ballistic hard Core
case. The iPhone fits in a bed between two very hard pieces of
plastic that snap together. Because the iPhone is sandwiched between
the two pieces, it does not wiggle around. also ballistic includes a
rubber case that wraps
It's also easier to push out the release of a product than it is to pull
it in. As others have mentioned, Apple needs to get IOS 8 developd,
tested and betad before a new Iphone shows up. There are also numerous
contracts with parts suppliers, manufacturers and distributors. I can't
say it
I agree with Sieghard. I haven't seen anyone discourage the discussion
of jail breaking on the list. I went looking for an old message from the
owner or the moderator of the list on whether discussing jail breaking
is permitted, and I couldn't find anything, but I'm pretty sure they've
never
Alex has a great post below. The only thing I would add, that might
help, is that the cursor on the iPhone and the Mac is a vertical line
that is placed between two characters. VO announces the character that
the cursor jumps over. New characters are inserted where the cursor is
located
There usually isn't a done button for that, at least not on the ipad. Once
you make the choice you are just back out of the picker and into the email.
--
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I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash!
Then God gave me a
Hello all. I have an odd voiceover issue. Voice over works fine when in my
headset, but when I unplug the headphones, nothing speaks. The speaker works
fine, because Siri works from the external speaker. What can I do to fix this?
Hope Paulos
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Have you checked your VO volume? Go to a home screen, go to the top, do a
two-finger swipe down to read all, and hit the volume up key. The iPhone stores
a different audio level for the speaker than for headphones, so a headset may
work fine while VoiceOver's internal speaker volume is low.
S. I've done that. It seems to have something to do with Siri. After I use
Siri, voiceover goes silent if the headset is not plugged in.
Hope Paulos
On May 28, 2014, at 9:56 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
Have you checked your VO volume? Go to a home screen, go to the top, do a
Hello Seacord, as you are so correct I do have to correct you on one thing.
That is regarding contracts and phone carriers. As I just watched from Sprint
to ATT, this is the way I did it without paying the penalty fee on my current
contract. I went to ATT purchased my phone, contacted Sprint
Hi Hope,
What kind of device are you on? I’m going to assume iPhone, but some listers do
ask about other iOS devices here. If it’s an iPhone, which model (4S, 5, 5S,
etc)?
I found an AppleVis article regarding an iPhone 4S that might help you. I’ve
never had this problem with any of my
I just wondered if there was a better way to manage this. I have a Braille
Edge which I would like to be able to use with an iPhone 5, iPhone 5S and
iPad Air. Now I realize I can't use the Edge with all the devices at the same
time but here is my problem. I'd like to keep the Edge paired
Wow, that is tricky. I use the same display with my mac and my iPod, and have
few problems with that. When I get notifications, my display sticks with
whatever I've got it on at the time. I've never tried it with multiple iOS
devices. Is it possible you could turn off notifications for some
Correction: I meant to say turn off *speak notifications in locked screen.
This way you could still hear the alert tones for at least some of the devices.
HtH,
Teresa
Visualize whirled peas.
On May 28, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote:
Wow, that is tricky. I use the
I tried turning off notifications in locked screen but my devices still
announce something about having a certain number of notifications periodically
so that still doesn't solve the problem. I haven't had much problem with this
when using just a Mac plus one i-device. Of course with the Edge,
Hi all,
I need some help with the recording pro app.Can someone give me some step by
step directions on how to use recording pro?What is the best form matt to
record in? Also what is the red and blue buttons for and where's the delete
button at? Thanks.
Lori and the Gipper
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The following
Yeah any time a new device wakes up it will try to pair. I know of no way
around this. I actually thought something was wrong with my display because it
would lose its mind. then I realized it only happened when I was using it with
one device and the other was nearby.
Never happened when I
Using Braille, I press a routing key on the field that says from /cc. Then I
route on the from button, then space 4-5-6 to bottom of screen and the picker
becomes active. I only do this if I'm changing the from field for a reply.
Otherwise, I just open the account i want if it's a new message.
Correct, and one big consideration for that cycle is the 2-year contract
period most people are locked into. After 3 years of fall releases a lot of
people are locked into their contract until the fall.
Furthermore, there is some chance that the new iPhone may have a touch
screen which is entirely
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