Re: Thread hijacking

I apologise. I thought that I had removed all traces of the KNFB post. As I often do this, to save myself the bother of typing the address for a new message, I do the reply to on an existing message to the list, and then remove all traces of it. Apparently, on this occasion, I must have

RE: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

Richard, When this happened to me it was on my iPhone 6S Plus, I had only Audible and one other app in the app switcher and I’m currently using only maybe 20 Gb of my 64 Gb iPhone 6S Plus. The funny thing was that I don’t think I even rebooted, it just seemed to work again later on. From:

RE: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

Hi, Interestingly enough I tried to take several pictures yesterday using Tap Tap See and this happened to me as well. I took the first picture and after that tapping on the Camera button nothing happened and I had to remove the app from the app switcher and start over each time. Later on I

RE: KNFB reader

Hi Krister, Do you know where the camera lens is on your iPhone. The camera lens is at the top right of your iPhone. You need to have the lens in the middle of the paper before lifting it off the paper. Ed -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Thread hijacking was Re: Word Ladder was KNFB Reader

Jewel, I realize I'm not the moderator and I beg Mark's and Cara's forgiveness, but when you reply to another post and change the subject, you hijack the thread as you just did with this thread on the Knfb reader. Those of us who read email by threads as I do on my iPhone get messed up if

Re: KNFB reader

Krister and others, I'll add to Sieghard's already helpful instructions. Try getting a piece of paper you know is white with black text for scanning with Knfb reader. Place it on a table you know is dark in a room with good lighting. After you place the iPhone on top of the paper with the

Re: Word Ladder

I have seen it and been able to open page 3, but still no go with selecting brand new games. However, I will try for the umpteenth time, and, perhaps, the umpteenth and first may yielde better results than have my efforts heretofore! Jewel

Re: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

Arnold, I will try this. It is a good idea. On Jul 2, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: To me, this sounds like it may be some kind of hardware issue with the camera. Before reinstalling the IOS, try taking a video with your phone that lasts longer than the

Re: Word Ladder

Jewel, You do realize that there are three or so number of pages within the game packs, right? Unfortunately, the developer, whom I've been in contact with, has been notified that Voiceover does not change the pages, so I'm afraid the only remedy for this is to turn Voiceover off, then

Re: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

To me, this sounds like it may be some kind of hardware issue with the camera. Before reinstalling the IOS, try taking a video with your phone that lasts longer than the camera usually runs. You will need sighted assistance to watch the video to see if the camera goes weird in it, too. But

Word Ladder

I have asked this question before, and if there was an answer, I did not see it. Finding the daily game is simple and straightforward, but finding others that I have not, already, played is very time-consuming and is a real pain in the neck. It would be lovely if, once a game has been completed,

A Question for iOS Facebook App Users

Hello, I belong to several Facebook Groups. What I have discovered is that even though I can read and interact with posts in the group area, I cannot, it seems, go directly to a poster's Facebook profile, when VoiceOver is enabled. In order for me to jump to a poster's Facebook profile, I

Grubhub

I used the app for the first time last week. I got my food and it was very good. Two days later I went to use the same restaurant and the phone said everything was “dim”. I’m not sure why this happened. Does anyone have experience with this app and can you shed some light? Marie Lyons -- The

RE: KNFB reader

Andy, The stand doesn't do anything when you're on the go or especially not when you try to read something posted on the wall. I'm sure Jim doesn't use a stand when he's on the go. Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]

Re: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

I've never seen that with either app. That sounds like a resource issue. I assume no other apps are running? Have you tried clearing out the memory by holding down the power button until it says power off, then release the power button and hold down the home button until it speaks again. Which

Re: dropvox recorder

Lol, Wayne, it's a great solution and one I should have thought of. But, yeh, it might be six of one and half a dozen of the other except that I don't have to keep changing who I can get calls from with Do Not Disturb. Thank you. -Original Message- From: Wayne Merritt Sent:

Re: KNFB Reader: to anyone who nay be hesitating

Yes, I agree. It was the first app I have ever been able to scan and read with. I paid the full price for it because I figured it beat the high price to buy it for the PC. By comparison, it's cheap, or, I should say a great deal. -Original Message- From: Kimber Gardner Sent:

RE: Dropbox and/or iCloudDrive?

I would personally opt for Dropbox. Mind you, this is coming from a PC guy who actively uses Dropbox to manipulate files on that machine. iCloud does not seem as cross-platform friendly for editing files, but again, this is coming from a PC person. I know the experience is probably better on a

Re: KNFB reader

That was jim Gashel's technique, but I notice that he now says that he uses a stand. Andy -Original Message- From: Ann Byrne Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 5:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: KNFB reader Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and your hands up

Re: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

I have tried most obvious solutions, including reinstallation, rebooting, power-off, etc. What I'm looking for is whether anyone else has experienced anything similar and if not I may need to entertain a reset with fresh install of the iOS. On Jul 2, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G.,

RE: Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

Hi, How about turning your phone off, waiting a few minutes, and turn it on again? Sometimes this fixes strange things for me. Best, Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gs Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 2:38 PM To:

Problems with camera and KNFB Reader and Looktel Money Reader

Wondering if someone else can duplicate my issue as it is quite limiting. I am using iOS 9.3.2 and experiencing an issue of the camera only working for a few seconds after starting Looktel money reader. The best I can tell is it works for about 20 seconds. I am one who saves my unidentified

Re: Netflix, and audio described programming

Thank you for this, I really can picture the remote now. Thank you again. > On 2 Jul 2016, at 12:44, Tom Rash wrote: > > The remote has 5 keys. If you are a Braille reader, think of the > positioning of the keys on the remote like a six dot Braille cell. Upper > left

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Hi Ann, At some point, someone highjacked this thread and I am one of the guilty ones following it. Very sorry about that Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 8:10 AM

RE: KNFB reader

Just noticed a mistake in this post. It should have been: Put your elbows against the back of the chair and your fists against the edge of the table. Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Saturday,

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Hello, Honestly, I want the app, and I could take good use of it. If nothing else, get fun out of it. But even while on price, I just get upset, when I think about spending £50 for an app, when that could be the half of a refurbished iPad's price. I just wish it was cheaper. Is there a

RE: KNFB reader

Just noticed a mistake in this post. It should have been: Put your elbows against the back of the chair and your fists against the edge of the table. Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Saturday,

Dropbox and/or iCloudDrive?

Hi, I'm curious if one would most likely use Dropbox or iCloudDrive, or if one would use both? Especially if both are suggested, which would be used for which purposes? I'm at a point where I may need to add storage space, and I don't want to pay for 2 different cloud storage options, unless

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Krister, Please don’t say you asked and didn’t get help on this list. I have seen many posts trying to help you including mine. I do agree that freehand OCR is more difficult for some than it is for others but it only takes a bit of patience. We are all trying to help you and, we will

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Gordon, I’m afraid I dan’t disagree with you more. If a hundred dollars for an app is too rich for your blood, that is fine. Not all people living on a fixed income can afford it. I have been totally blind for about 40 years and I get very good results with the KNFB app. I do understand

RE: KNFB reader

Krister, Please do not feel this way. You are not dumb and you won't get any flaming. Go ahead and persist. Keep asking questions and you will keep getting answers. This what this list is all about. Don't be so hard on yourself. A little patience will get you there. Don't know if you

RE: KNFB reader

Hi Krister, I certainly hope you didn't feel I was "flaming" you; if it came across this way I want to apologize since it certainly wasn't my intention. I was simply responding to your statement you didn't get any help on the list regarding this with examples of helpful posts where people

RE: KNFB reader

Jeremy, I always suggest to the people I work with to practice with a letter size document and to make sure it is squared off with the edge of the desk or table and make sure they are sitting straight. Many of us who are totally blind tend not to sit squared with the table. Putting elbows

RE: KNFB reader

Hi, I also keep my phone 25 to 30 centimetres or 10 to 12 inches above my target and get very good results. I agree that holding it lower than that does not work as well. Also, many people try to get too close to the 0º mark and get discouraged as to how long it takes to get there. If I

RE: Deleting Something From IBooks

Hello Arnold, To delete an item from iBook, in iOS, assuming that you have the latest version of iOS, of course: 1. >From within iBook, select Library. 2. Tap the Select button, located in the upper right corner of the display. 3. Locate the item you wish to delete and Single-finger,

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Hi Gordan, I totally understand how KNFB Reader is not valuable to you if it doesn’t support your language. However, I am completely blind with not even any light perception and I can guaranty that if I have a page of printed material that isn’t too difficult in terms of maybe crazy colours

Re: KNFB reader

Hello Jeremy and Krister It is strange how our experiences differ. I get perfect scans all the time. Just as an example: I got a prepaid cell phone sim card yesterday. I took the small card which gives the pin, puc and card number and took a picture with KNFB and got 100% correct info. The card

RE: KNFB reader

You're not alone. I consider myself a bit of a techi, and I too struggle with the KNFB reader. There is only so much time and effort one can devote to these things. I mostly use it on packages to determine who they are addressed to. JR -Original Message- From:

Re: KNFB reader

Hi. Maybe i'm being sarcastic about it because i'm so stupid i don't understand the instructions given and if so this entire thing is simply my fault and i will then try my very best to shut up in this matter and not say another word. And please believe me when i say that this isn't in the

Re: KNFB reader

But how will this affect the placement of the paper? /Krister Skickat från min iPhone > 2 juli 2016 kl. 14:30 skrev Ann Byrne : > > Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and your hands up straight, hold > the phone in your hand and take the picture. > At 07:19 AM

RE: ITunes Transferring files to iPhone 6S

If anyone on this list is a member of NFB or ACB or other blind organizations, perhaps if those organizations legal representatives looked into things from a legal perspective we could get more prompt repairs instead of having a year or two of terrible experiences every time there is an update

Re: Amedia Live Reader

Hi! I'll reply on this one but this is a joint reply to Sieghard, Anne and Sandra. I have some sight left, something between 2 and 5 percent, that's what doctors are saying. I can see the picture on the screen, distinguish icons, even recognize some apps by its icon.

Re: A weird issue with Facebook

Hi, I rarely use the Facebook app on my iPhone but I do on my Windows 7 laptop. I am constantly getting emails from Facebook that I have new notifications. I will log-on to the web site and, lo and behold, there are no new notifications. Unsubscribing from getting the emails is the only

RE: ITunes Transferring files to iPhone 6S

Hi Jeremy and Apple, What sort of files do you want to transfer? I am just asking because unless they are app-specific files there may be work-arounds using Dropbox or similar cloud storage services. Unfortunately iTunes File Transfer to my knowledge hasn't been accessible at all in the iTunes

Re: A weird issue with Facebook

I am not having this problem on my iPhone 6. I have seen this problem though. The problem is the notifications aren't being loaded. In my previous experience with this I reset my network settings & this solved my problem. If you don't want to go to that extreme try turning off wifi then turning

RE: ITunes Transferring files to iPhone 6S

Please, please, call Apple Accessibility and let them know, plus go to apple.com/feedback and send them feedback there. There is no way I know of to get around all that tabbing in iTunes 12. The previous versions had a simple checkbox for each app without the extra 3 or 4 items you have to go

Re: A weird issue with Facebook

i'm not experiencing what you described on my 5S Alan Sent from my iPhone 5s > On Jul 1, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Terri Stimmel wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I have had a weird problem with Facebook, all day! I don't know what to do > about it. I uninstalled the

ITunes Transferring files to iPhone 6S

Hi all, Does anyone have any tips or tricks for using Windows version of iTunes 12.latest to transfer files into an iPhone? When I select the Apps item I tab through the screen but must literally tab hundreds of times through all my apps. I have about 160 apps, but sizes and date installed and

RE: Wimbledon 2016

I wrote them and have not received a reply as yet. But, fat lot of good it will do waiting until after the championships to fix it. Good thing TuneIn works fine. You just can’t easily get the schedule within an app… Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Deleting Something From IBooks

I opened a pdf of my latest power bill in IBooks, and now, I can't figure out how to delete it. Is there a way, other than uninstalling IBooks, then reinstalling from the cloud the things I had in there? There has to be a better way. A definite better way is for me to have used Voice Dream.

RE: Amedia Live Reader

Hi Krister, I must agree with Sandy in that you have gotten plenty of help. I have been reading this thread and several people have explained exactly what they do to make it work. I think Ron explained how he is holding the phone with both elbows on the side of the page they want to scan which

Re: Wimbledon 2016

I received the following after using the contact form. Would be good if other interested people would write also: Hi, thanks for your Wimbledon feedback. We will review the app for accessibility after the Championships and work out how is can be improved further. In the meantime

KNFB reader

Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and your hands up straight, hold the phone in your hand and take the picture. At 07:19 AM 7/2/2016, you wrote: I have a standscan or what they are called but i'd rather try doing it free hand since there's no room for a stand at the desk where i

Re: Amedia Live Reader

I have a standscan or what they are called but i'd rather try doing it free hand since there's no room for a stand at the desk where i sit. Thanks for the info /Krister Skickat från min iPhone > 2 juli 2016 kl. 14:13 skrev 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone > : > >

Re: Amedia Live Reader

Krista, Did you ever get a stand to use with the OCR apps? I know this isn't the same as taking a picture on the fly, and I would be very happy to try again explaining how I do that. but a stand is a surefire way of getting good results. Krista, when you say you never got any help from the

Re: Amedia Live Reader

Per the subject of this post, has anyone tried Amedia Live Reader??? -- 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, please contact the

RE: Netflix, and audio described programming

The remote has 5 keys. If you are a Braille reader, think of the positioning of the keys on the remote like a six dot Braille cell. Upper left being position one is the menu key. Position 2, middle left is the Siri button used for communicating with Siri. Position 3, lower left is play/pause

re new app for the blind. Bespecular

I managed to sign up, and take my first picture. I closed the app, after it uploaded, like you are supposed to do. within a few seconds i got a notification, saying that someone had replied to my question. when i activated the notification to the app, it kept crashing. I closed it in my app

Re: Amedia Live Reader

How nice that people are getting such splended results with the knfv reader. I have to aggree with Gordan though. I don't know what the hell i do wrong vut for me the knfv reader just don't work period. I have asked on this list and on Applevis for help but haven't gotten any so now i rely

Neato app update

Hallo to any Neato BotVac Connected users, there is an update to the app which I have installed and find it is fine. VO seems to be perfectly OK with it. In case, anyone was concerned. I must admit, I installed it on my spare phone, just to be sure. As far as I can see, there are not

Re: Strange thing happening when using the braille input mode

Hi, I don't have an answer for you, but for me when using built-in iOS braille, the home button is on the right. Cheers, Brett. On 7/2/2016 4:16 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote: It’s by design. Always have done this since it was introduced in iOS 8. Use it every day so should know .

Re: Amedia Live Reader

Hi Gordon, I would like to add my voice to Anne's here! I think it was both she and I who first championed the use of Prizmo, some years back, using the old 4 phone!! Certainly, at first it was a challenge, but we did get some results which would, at the very least, give one a good

Re: Amedia Live Reader

Gordon, I have to disagree with you. For several years now, I have had very good results freehand first with Prizmo and now with KNFBReader and I’m totally blind. I think what makes the difference is whether we have good spacial awareness or not. I was able to see perfectly as a young child,