Re: Favorite VO voices?

I'm a huge, huge NeoSpeech fan, myself. If I could get Kate, James, Ashley, and Bridget on my iPhone as system-wide voices, I'd die a very happy woman lol. For now, though, I use compact Samantha. I can't stand her HQ version. She says things all weird. she has weird up/down inflections in her

Re: Why You Should Avoid Your iPhone's Calculator - CNET

Lol! Just lol! I guess I can't find the operator keys fast enough, since as far as I know, I haven't run into this issue. :) Thanks, Ari > On Nov 12, 2017, at 10:46 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > CNET How To - Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:23 AM > Why you should avoid your

RE: looking for an app

I don't know of an app, but on the Audible website if a book is part of a series that information is usually a link and if you activate it you then get to a page where all the books in that series are displayed in order. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

That damage where the two cables split is exactly what had happened to mine and like I said, that particular Apple employee told me this was not covered. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Monday, November 13,

RE: looking for an app

Hello Rebecca, I use the Over Drive public Library app to see lists of books by either the same author or by the book series. In fact, Over Drive will even tell you what number, in the series, a book is, when possible. I love this app. I was going to begin an Audible subscription but

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Sieghard, Wow! That's something. The employees always replace my headset after confirming that I have Apple Care Plus. In the old days, they would take the headsets in the back to confirm their malfunction but, the last two times I took one in, they just swapped it out, no questions

looking for an app

Hi all. Are there any apps where you can look for a list of book titles by series? Thanks. Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com Twitter: applegirl1994 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Mark, Just a comment regarding headset replacement. Not sure if Apple employees might do different things here, but I also have had headsets replacement under Apple Care Plus, but I believe officially this is limited to 2 replacements. Also, last year I went into the Apple Store with a

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

SIRI still tells me information of planes and usually when it says I found this and this on the web take a look I can then review this information. Not sure why this doesn't work for you. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

apple music and spotify

hi all! I am using both apple music and spotify! what I found is: when I Close the Spotify app oon the app switcher ! and double tap with 2 fingers or prress the play/paus button on your headset. it will continue playing your spotify music. but, in apple music. when I close the app on apps

Re: 24 iOS 11 Privacy & Security Settings You Should Check Right Now

When I first read the article I thought maybe you needed to flip back in time and have a flip phone. Flip phone that I had was only partly accessible. I got an iPhone so I would have things on a smart phone that works festival. And I’m not willing to turn everything off just to get two days out

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Hello Deidra, I'm only now just jumping into this thread but, am I correct in that you are unhappy at the speech Recognition of Siri? If so, then there may be a particular problem with your device. I and many of my friends use Siri to look up info and make calls on a daily basis without

RE: Audio described content in iTunes

Hello Joe, In the United States, which is where I live, the number to call is: (800) APL-CARE (800) 275-2273. At the prompt, just say iTunes Store. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Quinn Sent:

Re: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

There are things that siri used to do well that it doesn't any more. Like look up entries in your contacts. If I put in a business name it is for my benefit not for siri because it doesn't recognize them. You used to be able to ask what the plane was that was flying over you and get that

Re: Are Others Getting a Different Pronunciation of Wi-Fi?

Yup just tested it out for my self and when I set it to all, VO said 3 of 3 Wi fi bars. Maria Reyes Owner of the following groups: Apple 411: apple411+subscr...@groups.io Open the following link to join my Google Allo group: Join our group chat on Allo :)

Re: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Yes Sieghart I figured out quite some time ago that company name where it tells you to put it is not the only place you can put it to have Siri recognize it. In fact I don't even bother to enter anything in the company field anymore. Yes the first name goes in the first edit field and the last

RE: 24 iOS 11 Privacy & Security Settings You Should Check Right Now

Actually a few of the recommendations are just fine, you definitely don't need Frequent Locations or whatever it's called now in iOS 11 and the same goes for ad tracking, I always turn these off because I don't need my iPhone to build a list over time of all the places I have been. But I don't

Re: 24 iOS 11 Privacy & Security Settings You Should Check Right Now

Yeah what this article says is you really shouldn't have an IPhone because well your so worried about privacy. Turn off everything and crawl in to the whole pretty much. So of those features are features you really need. On 11/13/17, Davy Cuppens wrote: > What a stupid

Re: Hey Siri Question

Hey Siri without it being plugged in depends on the hardware, not the iOS. I do not remember with which hardware, but I suspect it might be the 6s and beyond. I know my 5s has to be plugged in. Also, I thought Siri was more verbal if VoiceOver was on no matter how you invoked Siri. Richard

Re: Radium and Siriusxm

Shawn, I wanted to let you know that I just tried it and Radium worked just fine for me. I am running ios 11.1 on an iPhone 6. Chris > On Nov 13, 2017, at 5:04 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hey everyone. I'm sending this to multiple lists because this effects >

RE: THE ROTOR - IS IT TIME TO THINK AGAIN?

Hi Carool, The rotor always has been context sensitive, e.g. items like links, form fields, buttons and so on are only available when you are on a webpage or in an email where these elements can be found. If you add typing mode then this only shows up when you are in an edit field etc. I don’t

THE ROTOR - IS IT TIME TO THINK AGAIN?

Hi all/, I have been noticing that, with the increase of features and upgrades, so too have there become more rotor actions that, perhaps, I might want to use, so I have put them there but found that often the rotor needs a fair amount of turning to get to a particular option right in the

RE: Please join me in asking Apple to make rotor options consistent again and to fix the delete rotor bug which they say is not a bug

This has already been addressed in iOS 11.1 and the rotor behaviour is now back to what it was all along. From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 4:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Please join me in asking Apple to make

Re: Please join me in asking Apple to make rotor options consistent again and to fix the delete rotor bug which they say is not a bug

Sieghard, Ever since I began reading mail on an ipod, I have actually started by opening a message and flicking up with two fingers to read from the cursor position. This was often exactly where I wanted to be. If not, after positioning the first message, this has worked consistently for me.

Re: Hey Siri Question

Thank you very much for your reply. Saying, Hey Siri, has worked since we got our SE iPhones running 9.32 last year, & they didn't need to be plugged in. My wife, I know doesn't use the, Hey Siri, feature& I use it very seldom. I just couldn't remember if Siri was supposed to talk or not

Radium and Siriusxm

Hey everyone. I'm sending this to multiple lists because this effects everyone. Last night I said to one of the lists that everything seems to be working as normal with Radium and Siriusxm. Well as of this writing it appears that Siriusxm isn't working again. I've emailed Catpig Studios,

RE: Hey Siri Question

Hey SIRI is simply a replacement for pressing and holding the home button. I can’t remember if Hey SIRI became available when the phone is not plugged in with iOS 10 or just now with iOS 11. I think it was iOS 10, before it only worked when the phone was plugged into power. It also used to

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

OK, I wouldn't go quite that far, I don't think SIRI works any worse now than it did last year or when I had my 4S and in fact it is smarter in that you can ask it to make a Whats App call or order an Uber for you and so on, but when it comes to general knowledge and information it still has a

RE: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

Keith, I bet if you had somebody carefully wrap a bit of medical tape around the Airpods you would get the same effect. The might even fit in the charging case with that, you would have to try it, if it doesn’t work just take it off and you are no worse off. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Hey Siri Question

Hi All, I've never noticed, mainly because I don't say, Hey Siri, hardly ever, but when you call on Siri with the, Hey Siri, voice command, is Siri supposed to reply verbally along with sound, or with just the sound alert? Running the SE with 10.33. Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Dodgers,

Re: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

I agree with everything you said! Siri works less well with each passing day. Siri works better when I had my four is. Siri tells me nothing! Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Kay Malmquist wrote: > > Yes! Yes! yes! Thank you for saying what I have

RE: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

It does, thanks. I’m considering them for only occasional use when out and about, having had one fall out into my soup when eating lunch at a restaurant. Well, actually, it was my salad, but soup makes for a more interesting story. And, it could have been soup. If you want to sell your skins

Re: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

I wish I could say the same. every time I use mine I think they are going to fall out or someone is going to nick them. don’t want much just a slightly smaller pair or at least one. Janet From: Ed Worrell Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 7:18 PM To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone Subject: Re:

Re: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

Hey, They are not that hard to take on/off. It just becomes a little bit tedious after awhile. I had a little zipper case from my old head-phones that I used for several years. I kept them in the pouch and the AirPods in the outer shell. I found with the ear hooks that I have, if you slide the

RE: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

Thank you. How hard are they to put on and off? How hard is it to keep track of them when they’re off the AirPods? Have you found a reliable method to keep track of them? Thanks, Keith From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ed Worrell Sent: Monday,

Re: With EarSkins on AirPods, do the AirPods still fit in the case?

Hello, No they have to be removed every time that you need to charge on of the buds. Apple has made the slot that the EarPods rest in to tight of a fit. I hope this helps, Ed > On Nov 11, 2017, at 4:04 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: > > Hi, > > With

Re: Is there a VO-Friendly Flashcard App?

Hi Danny, Yes, there is. Try Flashcards Deluxe by Ernest Thomason. Best, Anna > On Nov 13, 2017, at 6:13 AM, Dani Pagador wrote: > > Hi, Everyone. > I read an article about memorization and learning at > >

Audio described content in iTunes

Mark: Thanks for the ideas I will employ them. What phone number did you contact for the iTunes Store? The only phone number that I know to contact them is the number that appears on your credit card statement when you make a purchase, and calling back just yields a message telling you to

Re: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Yes! Yes! yes! Thank you for saying what I have been feeling for quite some time about siri. She, he or it is in my opinion, getting more and more dense. Seems to me when I first got my 4 S years ago, siri was much more, dare I say intelligent? Not so any more and I more often than not

RE: SIRI & spelling

Only way is to go back afterwards and check what SIRI wrote, I rarely just send a message assuming it got everything right. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicki W. Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 8:10 AM To: IPhone

RE: How to easily transfer iPhone music to a computer using WinX MediaTrans

I have yet to run across one of these utilities (and there are many) which is accessible. I won’t bother with it, if somebody else wants to try it and reports this one is accessible I’ll be pleasantly surprised. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary

RE: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

Can you give a few examples? Are these phone numbers for people or for companies? If they are for companies, do you put the name only in the Company field? If so you have to also add it to Last Name because SIRI is so stupid (and has been for years) that it doesn't search the company field

SIRI & spelling

Is there a way to make sure when speaking to SIRI that words are spelled correctly? One of my daughters is named Lisa. She is in my contacts and when I send a text to her, SIRI does it correctly. However, if I mention her name in a text, SIRI spells it L E A S A and her name is spelled L I S

How to easily transfer iPhone music to a computer using WinX MediaTrans

I ran across this article, and if this application is accessible, it could be a boon for PC users who don’t like iTunes, or who just want a different way of doing things. Good luck. Mary How to easily transfer iPhone music to a computer using WinX MediaTrans TechRadar - All the latest

Re: 24 iOS 11 Privacy & Security Settings You Should Check Right Now

What a stupid article, here in Belgium literally translated we have an idiom: anxiety is the worst advisor ever! I'd advise we go all into our bunkers. Regards Davy 2017-11-12 18:55 GMT+01:00, Sieghard Weitzel : > If you turn off everything they say you might as well go back to

Invitation to closed testing round for accessible Trello mac app

Hi everyone, As I am one of the directors of my startup, I am required to fulfill daily organisational tasks, and have an overview of the entire processes our business is going through. This includes a variety of sections such as hardware, software, finances, coms, the list goes on. ALl this

Re: 4 Ways to Make Siri Smarter on Your iPhone, CNET

And how can I make Siri as smart as a Bumblebee when I ask her to dial or call a phone number that is already in my contacts? Half the time she acts like those contacts do not exist. Deidre > On Nov 13, 2017, at 1:48 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > CNET How To - Wednesday, November

Is there a VO-Friendly Flashcard App?

Hi, Everyone. I read an article about memorization and learning at https://www.thesimpledollar.com/the-most-efficient-science-driven-way-to-memorize-nearly-anything/ and am wanting to use flashcards to help me learn and retain concepts. Is there a flashcard type app that works with VO? Thanks,