Re: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread Richard Turner
To add voices to the rotor, you need to go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, rotor. Then you will be able to add rotor voices. Richard "The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure they are going to have some pretty annoying virtues." – Elizabeth

Re: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. not sure, but it sounds like you might need to add language to the Roter. HTH. Maria > On 19 Jun 2016, at 12:10 PM, Jewel wrote: > > The instructions I was given re getting VO to read, continuously, worked a > treat, but I want to > replace Karen, who is far

Re: Notification Alert tone

2016-06-18 Thread Arianna Sepulveda
Some of them can. You can find these changable tones in Settings, under Sounds. Thanks, Ari On 6/18/16, Steve Sweeney wrote: > Hi All, > > Anyone know if the default notification tone can be changed? > > Thx -Steve > > > > -- > The following information is important for all

Re: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread Jewel
The instructions I was given re getting VO to read, continuously, worked a treat, but I want to replace Karen, who is far from convincing to Alex. I have been told to use the rotor and make Alex the reader for this book "The Desperate, the Dying and the Damned", but my rotor has only a few

Notification Alert tone

2016-06-18 Thread Steve Sweeney
Hi All, Anyone know if the default notification tone can be changed? Thx -Steve -- 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 list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate,

RE: siri not working.

2016-06-18 Thread Andrew
I’ve been having the same issues. I just figured Siri is just being stupid.. A network issue can be the case too. Andrew From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Judd Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:53 PM To: viphone mailing list Subject: siri not

Re: siri not working.

2016-06-18 Thread Gordon
Do you have a good solid internet connection? Not sure how that works over here on IOS, but coming from Android I've seen Google now not work if there wasn't a good internet connection. Try it with wifi on and off so you're tapping into wifi and your mobile data connection. On 6/18/2016 5:53

siri not working.

2016-06-18 Thread Chris Judd
Hey all, Every time I press the home button to start siri, I don’t hear the sound for siri to start up. I have tried to turn off siri, and restart it again with no luck. I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem? Chris -- The following information is important for all members of

RE: Watch

2016-06-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I expect there will be a hardware update this fall, maybe it will be in October rather than in September with the iPhones, but since it is only 3 months away I would wait especially since we should definitely know more by August as far s what Apple will probably reveal is concerned.

Re: Watch

2016-06-18 Thread Deb Lewis
There are a lot of things I'd like to see in a hardware update but the rumor mill doesn't have one in the pipeline. Also I think everything they suggested in the software can be supported by the current hardware. So my uneducated guess is that there's no update forthcoming. On 6/18/16, Joney

Watch

2016-06-18 Thread Joney
Was debating on buying an Apple Watch. Now I'm curious, do you think it will be a hardware update to this item in the fall, as well as the large software update? Joney talk2o...@gmail.com "If God can bring you to it, He will lead you through it." -- The following information is important for

Choosing the Facebook app or abrowser when selecting a link in mail

2016-06-18 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
Hi all, I have recently become a little infuriated by a situation involving the reading of a Facebook message from mail or from my notifications. I am finding that, despite the fact that I am tapping and holding down the link in order to get it into the Facebook app, very often it's going into

Re: Siri

2016-06-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I read a review a few months ago on the various digital personal assistants. It was interesting in that it pointed out that Apple's approach is to make it easier to use your device, which is why Siri is so good at launching apps and interacting with the default Apple apps on your iPhone.

RE: turns out IPhone 6s and 6s plus are highly water resistant, and Apple never said

2016-06-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Chip, iFixIt reported these water-resistant improvements shortly after the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus were released and I always thought Apple was quietly doing this to see what sort of reports and returns they get regarding water damage throughout the year before maybe this fall they make an

RE: Questions about iOS 8 and the iPhone 4s

2016-06-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you can get by until the September it will definitely be a good thing. We are only 3 months away from when Apple will announce the new phones this year and that would be the time to decide if you want to go with something like the iPhone SE which was just released recently and which is the

Re: Questions about iOS 8 and the iPhone 4s

2016-06-18 Thread Brandi Penton
Thank you so much. I will get started on this, and I will hold off on getting a new phone for now. Brandi > On Jun 18, 2016, at 12:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Most people find that iOS 9 runs better on a 4S than iOS 8 does so I would > definitely recommend you

turns out IPhone 6s and 6s plus are highly water resistant, and Apple never said

2016-06-18 Thread Chip Orange
https://www.engadget.com/2015/10/02/iphone-6s-waterproof/ Above according to a company named IfixIt Chip -- 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 list, or if you feel that a

Re: sling TV and Apple TV question.

2016-06-18 Thread Larry McCreary
Most of the app is accessible except for the channel list. The guide is okay and the channel can be somewhat determined by the content. Hopefully the channel list will become accessible. On Jun 18, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > It is, as of Monday. I'm not

Re: sling TV and Apple TV question.

2016-06-18 Thread Daniel Miller
It is, as of Monday. I'm not sure how accessible it is. Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus > On Jun 19, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Fred Olver wrote: > > Several months ago I attempted to make use of the Sling app for gaining TV > access. The one thing that held me back was the

sling TV and Apple TV question.

2016-06-18 Thread Fred Olver
Several months ago I attempted to make use of the Sling app for gaining TV access. The one thing that held me back was the inability to access listings for the various channels. Is this access available in or on the current generation Apple TV? Fred Olver Facebook:

Re: Ibooks

2016-06-18 Thread Alan Paganelli
Flick 2 fingers down. You'll hear a sound every time the page automatically changes. If I remember right, a 3 finger single tap will pause the reading. Repeats the gesture to continue. It's been awhile so if I got any of these wrong, I'd be happy to be set straight too. Alan Sent from my

RE: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You also cannot read Audible books with Voice Dream Reader as they are DRM (digital rights management) protected. Only open/unprotected material like audio books in MP3 or M4A format can be read and for eBooks it's all sorts of format like ePub, PDF, txt etc. Regards, Sieghard -Original

Re: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread Kimberly
No, you can't use VDR to read iBooks. I never was successful buying my books from within the iBooks app. What I do is buy the book in iTunes then when I open iBooks the book is there. iBooks may be read with any voice to which VO has access. Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Jun 18, 2016, at

Re: Ibooks

2016-06-18 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
BTW: They do have quite a selection of free iBooks so you could always try it out. They include helps on the IOS system, amongst other things. Carol P On 18/06/2016 04:07, Mary Otten wrote: You cannot read iBooks with voice dream reader. You read iBooks in the iBooks app. To

Re: Buying books from the iBook store

2016-06-18 Thread John Snowling
Hi. I have bought audible books via the pc but I've never yet got round to buying iBooks via the iBook app. Once you have a book can you use something like Voice dream reader to listen to your book with? Cheers. On 6/16/16, Kimber Gardner wrote: > That's really

RE: Questions about iOS 8 and the iPhone 4s

2016-06-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Most people find that iOS 9 runs better on a 4S than iOS 8 does so I would definitely recommend you update and that should also take care of your problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandi Penton Sent: Friday, June