Re: Data use on iPhone7+

2016-12-11 Thread Mary Otten
OK, location services for find my iPhone. But not for anything else that doesn't need them. And in such case, the amount of data you use will be negligible. You just don't need to worry about it if all you're doing is texting and talking and everything else is on Wi-Fi. Mary Sent from my

Re: Data use on iPhone7+

2016-12-11 Thread Agent086b
hi, the best reason to turn on location services is so we can use find my iPhone. Thanks for your help. Max. > On 12 Dec. 2016, at 10:31 am, Mary Otten wrote: > > Probably not very much data. But why would you have a location services on if > all you were doing is calling

Re: New app for finding traffic lights

2016-12-11 Thread Demir Ajvazi
Hi, first of all, let me say this is one of the better apps that I've seen. Since I live in Serbia, I am not able to try it, but if you could include this Balcan countries, such as Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and so on, it would be great. Of course, I can even try to contact the department of

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Flor Lynch
Yes. It it simpler to read them on a braille display. Happy are we who have such. . From: Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 11:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille to speech apps? I know that. I simply think if people want to listen to books, they shouldn't

Re: Data use on iPhone7+

2016-12-11 Thread Mary Otten
Probably not very much data. But why would you have a location services on if all you were doing is calling and texting? You pretty much want location services on for things like GPS, weather, other navigation things like maybe four square or yelp. But you don't need it on for most apps. Maybe

Re: Whatsapp

2016-12-11 Thread Danijela Popović
Hi Afik, can you please answer me? On 12/7/16, Danijela Popović wrote: > ? > El El mié, 7 dic 2016 a las 1:08, Danijela Popović > escribió: > >> No problem. Thanks in advance... > >> On 12/6/16, Afik Sofir wrote: >> > Off course,

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Richard Turner
I know that. I simply think if people want to listen to books, they shouldn't use a braille file. Richard “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." - Satsuki Shibuya (Sent from my iPhone 5S) On Dec 11, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Flor Lynch

Re: problem with Alexa app and VO; was what's the email to report an accessibility problem to Apple?

2016-12-11 Thread Dan
Hello, For what it's worth, this is how I usually use the Alexa App on my iPhone 6S Plus iOS 10.1.1. This is how I activate links or check boxes. I double Tap, I hold the tap for a second or so and it usually works. But if I tap quickly and release my finger, usually things won't work. I have

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Anthony Vece
Unfortunately, I have the same problems with the clicks. I also turn voiceover off and the problem. on and, that seems to solve. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 11, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Monica Jones wrote: > > I've had the clicks too, but I turn VO off and back on and it stops

Re: restoring purchased alert tones from iTunes

2016-12-11 Thread Aleeha Dudley
Hi, Tis appears to only work with an iDevice affected by a bug in iOS 8.1. When you go to the site on the current iOS, it says that my tones were not affecteed. Thanks, Aleeha > On Dec 11, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Helga Schreiber > wrote: > > Hi, How are you? Below

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Flor Lynch
Or I should say: Whenever the back-translation (from Braille to text/speech) conterts a contracted .brf file, it would need to ignore the standalone punctuation or ! signs. From: Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille to speech

Re: restoring purchased alert tones from iTunes

2016-12-11 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi, How are you? Below will be a link that will give you instructions in how to restore your alert ringtonesor tones. It says thee you need to go to Itunes to the section of tones. that is one way. Hope this helps! I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks and God bless!

restoring purchased alert tones from iTunes

2016-12-11 Thread Gordon
My GF and I got iPhone 7's this weekend. She has made a few purchases from the iTunes store, but those aren't showing up on her new phone after restoring from the encrypted backup. When she plugged her SE into the computer iTunes told her that purchases were on her phone that hadn't been

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Flor Lynch
Richard, Grade I, or uncontracted, Braille isn’t the same as Computer braille. So you’d have the file in pure uncontracted braille format. From: Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 2:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille to speech apps? I am fairly sure that

problem with Alexa app and VO; was what's the email to report an accessibility problem to Apple?

2016-12-11 Thread Chip Orange
Hi Sieghard, Good point, so I’ll mention it here: I and my wife and constantly making use of the Amazon Echo feature which lets you create shopping lists. My problem with VO is that when I use the Alexa app on the Iphone, and try to take items off of the list once purchased (by tapping

Data use on iPhone7+

2016-12-11 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, does anybody have any idea how much data an iPhone 7+ will use when location services is on and the phone is just contacting Apple to look for updates etc? In other words if you are only using the phone to make calls send texts and not using the internet. My wife has a prepaid sim and

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Monica Jones
I haven't had to erase yet but I bet it's coming, since it is happening closer together between times. -Original Message- From: alia robinson Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 6:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Having to restart voice over and there will come a time,

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Monica Jones
Yes, Carol, I agree. I know software gets flaky now and again, but I boot my phone daily and get these problemsmore than I like. I am definitely going to report it. From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 4:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Having to

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Monica Jones
I've had the clicks too, but I turn VO off and back on and it stops the clicking. -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 9:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Having to restart voice over Something happened to me last night after I hung

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Monica Jones
I don’t get that problem, but I have to restart VO because I hear two of them working, kind of like a stutter, I suppose. It doesn’t matter which voice I use, but it’s becoming a headache. I’ve had this issue since I upgraded to my 6Plus From: Thom Spittle Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Mr. Ed
Hi Tom, I am using the Samantha compact voice. So it is not just with Alex. Mr. Ed -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 3:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Having to

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Pablo C. Morales
Oh wow, No, I didn't find that problem with emails. I found it using Siri sometimes, not always, and also when I unlock my phone, sometimes also, no always. What is happening more over is that the phone app crash when I double tab on it. Voice over, and the whole phone stop working. I think it

RE: what's the email to report an accessibility problem to Apple?

2016-12-11 Thread Pablo C. Morales
Chip, The email address is accessibil...@apple.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 1:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: what's the email to report

RE: Whatsapp on an iPad

2016-12-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Fanus, I don’t think so, Whats App requires a device with a phone number. There is a web interface for Whats App, but I have never used it and have no idea whether it would work on an iPad with Safari. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

RE: what's the email to report an accessibility problem to Apple?

2016-12-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Chip, What problem are you planning to report? I find it’s often a good idea to also post it to the list and in fact I sometimes post something to the list and CC Apple Accessibility on it or vice versa since sometimes what I think might be a bug is something others don’t experience, have a

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Richard Turner
I find this primarily after either replying to a message with lots of responses or after using MBraille to reply to a message. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo C. Morales Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 9:30

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Pablo C. Morales
I have tried other voices. Samanta for example, and it has the same problem. . -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 12:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Having to restart

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Pablo C. Morales
I have tried Alex and Samanta. Both have the same problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 8:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Having to restart voice over It happens

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Rick Alfaro
I am using Alex as well. So far from what I'm reading, Alex seems to be the common denominator among those seeing this issue. I'm going to change to another voice and see what happens. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Richard Turner
Exactly. But at this point, nothing will do that on the iDevices. Since Bookshare has about 5 times as many titles as BARD, perhaps when someone wants to listen to a file that was designed for braille and they want to use their iDevice, they could get that same book from bookshare. That was all

Re: New app for finding traffic lights

2016-12-11 Thread Erjon B. Hatillari
Hey Andy and Shubert, Because i have too many requests right now and i'm still working on improving the app and adding new cities, it would be great if you could talk to the department of transportation about this app so they can get in touch with me and send me their data. It will make my

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Russ Kiehne
The specialized players like the victor reader stream and booksense will read brf files from NLS. I’ve been using a program called Win Bt to back translate brf files from NLS to text. I’ve found some books I could not find on Bookshare or as a Kindle book. From: Richard Turner Sent:

RE: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Thom Spittle
I changed my voice to Premium Eva and all has been working well for a day. I think it has to do with the Alex voice. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of alia robinson Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 9:20 AM To:

Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Richard Turner
I am fairly sure that Winston Chen did not develop the Voice Braille Reader, but you could write him directly at supp...@voicedream.com to be sure. Just to be clear, BARD braille books are not and never have been designed to be read by anything but a braille

Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread alia robinson
it’s not. > On Dec 11, 2016, at 8:20 AM, Kimberly wrote: > > It happens to me with compact Samantha, so I'm not sure it's related to the > voice being used. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

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Re: Having to restart voice over

2016-12-11 Thread Kimberly
It happens to me with compact Samantha, so I'm not sure it's related to the voice being used. Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Thom Spittle wrote: > > I do have the latest update and have not called apple about it. > I want to pinpoint what is

Re: New app for finding traffic lights

2016-12-11 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi, would it be possible to add Salem, Mass? We have many individuals with visual impairments and tourist from all over the world. It would be very valuable here. Andy and Shubert From: Erjon B. Hatillari Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 2:46 AM To: VIPhone Subject: Re: New app for

Whatsapp on an iPad

2016-12-11 Thread Fanus
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Re: Braille to speech apps?

2016-12-11 Thread Cathy Inglis
I have the book invoice braille reader. When I press the speaker button, it is just jibber jabber. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't seem to recognize it as a grade to braille. Is this only supposed to read grade one braille? It's said that it could read bard books, when I got it. I wrote to