RE: Amedia Live Reader app

Hi Grant, This sounds interesting if it works well, but I am also not quite prepared to shell out $40 Canadian (I assume it's $29.99 in the US) for a new app which nobody seems to have ever heard about. I also wonder about the following item in the feature explanation: Hold the device flat

RE: Changing my CC #

Hi Debbie, Yes, you can change your credit card number on your iPhone 5S very easily, here is how: 1. Open the App Store 2. Make sure the “Featured” tab at the bottom left is selected 3. Again make sure focus is on that tab, then swipe left twice which should put you on

RE: Alarm Clock options?

Hi Kerri, As Richard said, you can select a song of your choice as your alarm sound. I assume most people will wake up in the time it takes for an entire song to play at which point you can turn on any music you like. If you ever contemplate to invest in a Sonos Player or players, Sonos can

Re: Question on Siri

I think there is some tention going on these days between google and seeri! On 6/8/16, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > I just asked SIRI exactly what Ed said and received this answer: > > Sorry, I can’t play song charts by genre, but I can find top songs from a > year or I can create

Re: How to check battery cycles in iPhone?

I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate, but I've been using the following third-party application: Battery Life: check internal battery statistics by Robert Tkotzyk https://appsto.re/ca/zeBBab.i I hope this is of some use. Grant Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2016, at 7:58 PM, Dr. Harshit

How to check battery cycles in iPhone?

Hi friends, like mac, is there any way to check, how many cycles of my phones battery has completed or remaining from it's purchase? Normally got to know there are 300-500 cycles when battery is supposed to perform at it's best, so thought to check how many cycles have been completed or

RE: Comprehensive Analysis of Apple's Big Reveal from a Blindness Perspective

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the advice on the iblink app. I was not aware this app existed for the fourth generation Apple TV. I spent the evening enjoying Mushroom radio as well as several podcasts, blindy TV, and other entertainment sources I was surprised to see readily available on my TV.

Re: Siri, YouTube

I have just done that and speaking as clearly as I could, I asked Siri to: "Search Google for the spelling of the New Zealand town Kaiteretere" [pronounced Kie Terry Terry]. what returned was "Cannot find a New Zealand town called can I titty titty" so I tried again adding, this time, that it

Re: Alarm Clock options?

oOTunes will do it. Sent from my Verizon iPhone SE > On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > > I don't know about apps that would play a station, but in the iPhone Alarm > sound selection, you have near the top, "pick a song" where you can pick

Amedia Live Reader app

Hi all, Wondering if anybody has tried this app, which apparently provides real-time OCR using the FineReader engine. I have not purchased it as I would rather wait to hear a few users’ reviews first. Amedia Live Reader by Amedia Corporation https://appsto.re/ca/YCPa-.i Thanks! Grant --

Re: RENAMING PICTURES

If you use a Mac and you’ve enabled iCloud Photo Library, you can assign descriptions to photos in the Photos App on your Mac. These will be reflected when browsing pictures on your iPhone. I’m not aware of any other way to do this using the native photos library. Grant > On Monday May 30,

Changing my CC #

Hi all, I need to make changes to my credit card information; can I do this from my 5S or do I have to go through Itunes? Thanks! Debbie -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: Siri

I personally don't think there's anything to worry about here. If a personal assistant makes something easier for you then that just means you have more time to work on another skill. The same argument can be made for any piece of technology, any tool or any time saving machine. On 07/06/16

Re: Firefox Web browser

Although all of the browsers use the same underlying engine, performance can still differ quite a bit. Here's a web page where you'll see that Firefox compares favorably with Safari, while Chrome and Opera lag a bit behind:

Re: Alarm Clock options?

I don't know about apps that would play a station, but in the iPhone Alarm sound selection, you have near the top, "pick a song" where you can pick any song on your device. HTH, Richard “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have

Re: Firefox Web browser

Actually, on I O S, firefox uses the safari engine to display web pages, so the pages will read the same way they do in safari, therefore, while it's good that firefox is accessible, I'm not sure if there is really any benefit to using it over safari. > On Jun 7, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Mary Otten

Alarm Clock options?

Hi Everyone: Instead of the Iphone default ringtone for my alarm, I think I need the alarm to be top 40 music to wake me up. Is there an app or something where I could set it to wake me up with a top 40 station? Is there any way to set the Iphone alarm to play the Top Pop station in Apple music

RE: RENAMING PICTURES

Hi Tom, What you are doing is simply applying a custom label to the file name and that of course is only valid with Voiceover. You can’t rename picture files unless of course you save them to your PC and do it there with the help of a sighted person. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Questions regarding offer up

Hello everyone, I was wondering, have any of you tried to use the application, offer up? I installed it about a month ago, and found it very inaccessible. I was wondering, is there a work around, to make this application more accessible? If not, is there a craigslist application that is

Re: Firefox Web browser

I wasn't aware that Firefox was accessible for the iPhone. I know on platforms like windows, there is a reader that makes it like the safari reader. Is that feature available on the iPhone version? I really like the safari reader. I wouldn't be willing to give that up. Mary Sent from my

Re: RENAMING PICTURES

Hi Richard, Thanks for the tip. I've successfully assigned labels to several pictures in my camera roll. While this method is certainly useful for helping me keep track of which photo is which, I should point out that it doesn't actually rename the file itself, as I discovered when I e-mailed

Firefox Web browser

Hi all, I just thought I'd mention how much I'm enjoying the FireFox browser on the iPhone. It appears very straightforward and I particularly like that it's easier and more consistent when it comes to closing opened pages: If anyone hasn't given it a look, I'd recommend you may wish to do so.

Question about the If app for the If This Then That site VoiceOver iOS 9.3.2

Hello all, Yesterday, I created an account with the ifttt (If this then that) website on the computer and attempted to download their app for iOs. After downloading it and opening the app, I tapped on the sign in button which asked for my user name or email. I double tapped on the text field to

RE: Question on Siri

I just asked SIRI exactly what Ed said and received this answer: Sorry, I can’t play song charts by genre, but I can find top songs from a year or I can create a country radio station for you. I am wondering why SIRI doesn’t know the top song from a particular genre as this information should

RE: Question on Siri

Hi Ed, It works, except you can’t get it to play the number 1 song for that year, and it does not play charts by genre. Try saying “Play the number 1 song from June 1972” That will play “Oh Girl” by The Chi-Lites. I’m sure this is not what you wanted. You can have Siri create a classic country

Question on Siri

Hi Everyone, I thought I read on this group one time that you could asked Siri "What is the number one country song in 1972" and Siri would play it. I have not been able to get my 6s plus to do that. So does anyone know if this workds or not? Ed -- The following information is important for

Re: Comprehensive Analysis of Apple's Big Reveal from a Blindness Perspective

Yes and I hope to tune into the presentation on my Apple TV 3rd generation as it will be days after my possible new line installation at my apartment. > On 6 Jun 2016, at 22:12, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Next Monday, Apple’s Worldwide developers conference begins with a big >

Re: Siri

Hell with the notion of dependency in regard to phones. I think the beauty of the iPhone is its versatility. I don't think any of us are so rigid that we're stuck on one way of operating our phones or at least that's not the impression I get. Deidre > On Jun 7, 2016, at 1:06 PM, Krister

Re: Siri

Hi, One more thing to add to this, if you don’t know your phone thoroughly you can’t fix things when/if they go wrong. I have always thought and been accused of thinking wrongly that before you can make an informed decision on what input method to choose, you must know them all. Some like the

Re: Siri

I am probably going to be unpopular when I say this but... Are we wanting to depend too much on the personal assistants these days. It seems that some want them to do everything for them instead of keeping our skills up by doing some things on our own? I am happy to use dictation when I want

Re: RENAMING PICTURES

Yes, so do I, or I will have a lots to do! :-) Thanks again! On 7 Jun 2016, at 15:04, Richard Turner wrote: I’ve only renamed them in the camera roll or photos app and they have never left as I’ve updated iOS. If you are labeling pictures in another app, I don’t

Re: Comprehensive Analysis of Apple's Big Reveal from a Blindness Perspective

Jonathan, very, very interested. Can I go to mushroom and stream on my mobile device? reggie & Lex On Jun 6, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: Next Monday, Apple’s Worldwide developers conference begins with a big reveal. We’ll find out about many of the key new

Re: error -465054 in itunes music store

Hello Sieghard Thanks much for making the instructions easier. I did get to the instruction page but I could not figure out exactly what they want me to do. With your changes I new what to do and it worked perfectly. I wish I had your vast knowledge base, so thanks for always helping me out.

RE: RENAMING PICTURES

I’ve only renamed them in the camera roll or photos app and they have never left as I’ve updated iOS. If you are labeling pictures in another app, I don’t know. I hope they stick. Happy labelling, Richard From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent:

Re: Siri, YouTube

, Yes, that is definitely easier. I suppose I also don't like Safari much. You know what, I'm not always so negative! Deidre > On Jun 7, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > All you have to do to get SIRI to bring up google results instead of Bing > results is

RE: what are the options to export the images or text from knfb reader?

KNFB Reader is primarily for extracting text from a picture of a document. It has a built-in feature to "add page to document" so you can compile many pages into one document. I know of no way to piece all that back together unless you first export the text from each one and then use a word

RE: Siri, YouTube

All you have to do to get SIRI to bring up google results instead of Bing results is say "Search Google for" followed by what you want to search for. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Deidre Muccio Sent: Tuesday, June 7,

RE: error -465054 in itunes music store

Hi Fanus, Googling “How to fix a -45054 error in the iTunes Store” brought up an Apple support article with the following instructions (I modified this a bit to hopefully make it easier to follow when it comes to how you get to the “ProgramData folder etc.: If files or folders that iTunes

what are the options to export the images or text from knfb reader?

One of my friends is struggling to export the images from iPhone to his computer. He is saying, the images are not opening in his computer, because knfb reader is saving the images in special format, and not in jpeg format. So whether is it possible to save the images in JPEG format or extract the

Re: Siri

As I understand it, in iOS 10, Siri gets greatly improved and you should be able to talk to her just like talking to a neighbor or friend. Personally, I'm just waiting to see that for myself. I do know this though. Sooner or later it will happen. Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Jun 6,

Re: RENAMING PICTURES

Richard, I had forgotten about that one so, well done to you! I'm interested to know whether these labels stay or if they get taken out if you install new software for anything! I look forward to hearing of your experience. Meantime, I am happily labeling photos! :-) Thank you again ! On 3 Jun

RE: Search for cell network under system services, what is it?

I was away from my computer, so I could not respond earlier. You guys were right, I found System Services right where you said it was. I appreciate the help. Now I'm on the same page as the rest of you. Thanks again to all of you. Gary -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Siri, YouTube

Now that you mention it, that is always at the top of my results Bing. I have downloaded Google so maybe I'll try that and see if I get better results. Deidre > On Jun 7, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > > Last I knew, Apple used Bing, but there was talk

Re: Siri, YouTube

Finally you guys have answered my question! Choke on a secondhand whisker? That's funny. Deidre > On Jun 7, 2016, at 4:07 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Google is quite good at isolating phonymns rather than spellings, and does a > good line in context quite

Re: which navigon app

Hi there. Truthfully I used to be a big navigon fan but I would not recommend it at all anymore. I used it a couple of weeks ago and it never alerted me when I was at my destination which it was always the best at doing. It didn't display street names anymore in some cases as it used

Re: Siri, YouTube

Last I knew, Apple used Bing, but there was talk they were looking into their own search engine. On 07/06/16 02:58, 'RobH.' via VIPhone wrote: I'm not sure if Apple have their own search engine servers, I thought siri might just submit any search term to the big boys like google, then filter

Re: Comprehensive Analysis of Apple's Big Reveal from a Blindness Perspective

Hello Jonathan I was just wondering, while internet streaming is so expensive here in South Africa, do you perhaps intend to make your show available as a podcast which we can download sometime after the show? Regards Fanus From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 11:12 PM To: 'Carol

error -465054 in itunes music store

Hello list I want to purchase music via itunes and when I enter on the amount I get this -45054 error. I never encountered this before so I do not have a clue what its all about. Can someone please help? Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

RE: which navigon app

I live in Chicago. I think I’ll get the north America version. Thanks. Robbie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 9:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: which navigon app It depends

Re: Using my iPodTouch to make a Video?

3 more thoughts: Recording: remember that the camera is recording as soon as you press that button, hwile you are putting it on the mount and you are getting into position; so having got there, count yourselfin 4.3.2.1.Go!, pause for 2 beats, opening greeting, opening remarks to say what

Re: Using my iPodTouch to make a Video?

A further thought: To address audience in the right manner, think of someone you like, respect, absolutely non-gender, so make this person someone from childhood maybe, but not parent as this will put the level of communication on the wrong plane. When you find someone you can talk to

Re: Question about setting up email on iphone

Hi! Not sure at the moment since I'm not using POP3 protocol but maybe the easiest way would be to delete and create the desired account from scratch. If you are not comfortable with that try to explore advanced sections of your account setup in Mail, Contacts,

Re: Using my iPodTouch to make a Video?

My first thoughts: Be sure to grasp the concept of viewing angle ( which is essentially conicle fanning out from the camera lense), so you know how wide it is at how far; so you can be sure you have all you need to show, fully in the angle of view. Make sure you're always fully aware of

Re: Siri, YouTube

Google is quite good at isolating phonymns rather than spellings, and does a good line in context quite often. This as distinct from trying to reverse-TTS (STT) to reproduce a written phrase,... whichit probably then submits to the search engines. Even Google would choke on a second-hand

Re: Siri, YouTube

Geeze!... tell us about it; dictation is so good,... hwenit works, and so less when it gets confused. - Original Message - From: "Jewel" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 3:32 AM Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube I have to

Re: Siri, YouTube

I'm not sure if Apple have their own search engine servers, I thought siri might just submit any search term to the big boys like google, then filter the responses before sending it you back. Global web crawling is not really Apple's thing, so a bit of an error if they have one dedicated for