Re: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Deidre Muccio
Oh, I knew that as far as voiceovers concern. I just wondered if there was an option for Samantha enhanced in Voice dream reader. I mostly use book Cher to look more closely at a particular text and when I do that I use my regular desktop computer with jaws. Other than that it's great that

Re: Logitech 480.

2018-03-17 Thread Anthony Vece
Diane Does this keyboard have a bum pad? Thanks God Bless Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Mar 17, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Dianne B Phelps wrote: > > I purchased mine at Christmas time and find it to be the best keyboard > experience I have had in a very long time. I

Logitech 480.

2018-03-17 Thread Dianne B Phelps
I purchased mine at Christmas time and find it to be the best keyboard experience I have had in a very long time. I was a medical transcriptionist before I retired and have become quite particular about keyboards. I am using my Logitech 480 with my iPhone and my Microsoft Surface. Mine cost about

RE: Using a keyboard with IOS

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
Hi, The VO key, is not a key, it is a pair of keys. It is the Control Plus Options key pressed together when you then hit another key. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 From:

RE: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
You do not have to buy any VoiceOver voices. Go into the VoiceOver settings, select speech, and assuming Samantha is your default voice, you should find an option after selecting it again to download the Enhanced version. You have to download it before it is available to Voice Dream Reader.

Re: forst phone has voice over on thank you and second phone is sluggis, if you can help thanks

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Richard, sorry I'm answering this so late, but we did get instructions about going into voice over and found the speech rate. Neither one of us has the knack yet of the rotor, but everything's back to normal now. Arlene - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To:

Re: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Deidre Muccio
Richard, That's probably the difference. I didn't see an option for an enhanced Samanththa Maybe I can by the enhanced voice if that is an option. I fooled around with the pitch and the speed and it helped a little but it still sounds halted, stilted, you know what I mean. I'll keep working

Re: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
I'm not sure if it is the same voice. It is a voice on your iPhone. It is what I use for VoiceOver, and it works well when selected in Voice Dream. I prefer the Enhanced version though it takes more space, but I think its sound quality. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder,

Re: Using a keyboard with IOS

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
I'm sorry, we're really new to all of this, Paul, what is the vo key and where would it belocated on the bluetooth keyboard. This list is going to be very helpful, to navigate with the keyboard. right now with the keyboard we have I use it to get further down the list under different areas,

Re: bluetooth keyboard for iphone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Paul, thanks for telling me about the logitech 811. This keyboard sounds really great, with the battery life, and since we're mainly at home, we don't necessarily need a keyboard that will fold up. It seems what I'm hearing so far not having a number keypad included on some of the keyboards,

Re: bluetooth keyboard for iphone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Richard, thank you for telling me about the logitech k480. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:35 AM Subject: Re: bluetooth keyboard for iphone ios10 and above Hi Arlene, If you do not have a computer

Re: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Richard, we have a few questions about the different voices. Is the Tom voice the same as Tom that is the voice for newsline, and if he is could you use him as a voice on the phone? Thanks. Arlene - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread Michael Feir
Hello Ioana. I've also recently acquired an iPAD. Prior to getting it, I've used an iPHONE since 2011. I've got spacial difficulties and am finding that it isn't at all the easy transition I thought it would be. Personally, I prefer my iPHONE7. I find it easier to keep my gestures from going

Re: Google Assistant with voiceover?

2018-03-17 Thread Harry Bell
Actually, this is pretty much achievable in some respects. I have set the iOS Google app to listen for “ok, google”. With the app switcher completely cleared, if I use Siri to launch Google Assistant, I can say “ok, google” and then voiceover reads out “open mic button” and reads out a random

RE: Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
Navigating on the larger screen can be a bit tricky to adjust to, I think. There will be an additional item on the rotor called containers which seems to quickly take you to different areas of the screen. This can help when navigating. I have found it especially useful when in Settings. You

RE: Google Assistant with voiceover?

2018-03-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
No, Apple would never allow that. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ian Harrison Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 5:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Google Assistant with voiceover? Hi all, do you know if you can get the assistant on your phone

RE: Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
Hi, I would only use an iPad for its extra attery life. I personally don't like having so much screen area to deal with. I convert Kindle books to use in Voice Dream reader, so I don't have to deal with the pauses while pages are changed. They also do generally have better sound, but I have an

Re: Braille display Comparison

2018-03-17 Thread alia robinson
no. On Mar 17, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Kamal Haffar wrote: With the Braille Edge Can you easily switch between connected bluetooth devices? Thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Bigger device tends to work with better or more powerful audio, good for books and music. My device is iPad mini, big enough for me. - Original Message - From: "Ioana Gandrabur" To: Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:19 PM Subject: Use

RE: Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
Hi Ioana, This probably sounds silly, but I like using mine for reading Kindle books. When a page changes when reading a Kindle book, there is a noticeable pause. Since the screen on the iPad is larger, the page changes don't occur as frequently as on the phone, so I find it to be less of a

Use scenarios for ipad over iPhone for blind users

2018-03-17 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi everyone I just got an iPad air unexpectedly. Question for you totally blind users: What are your main use scenarios where you prefer using ipad rather than iPhone? Thanks for your thoughts, Ioana Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Re: Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Paul Sandoval
Arlene, Note that the k810 has the Windows key layout. The K811 is the Apple layout. I hope this helps. Paul Sandoval Blind Tech Training 720-620-8007 blindtechtrain...@gmail.com On Mar 17, 2018, at 6:35 AM, Arlene

Re: Best Password Manager

2018-03-17 Thread Nimer Jaber
Lastpass, 1password, and bitwarden are ones I recommend and which work well. Thanks. On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM christopher hallsworth < challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: > Agreed, 1Password all the way for me. I use this in combination with > iCloud keychain since I only have iOS devices

RE: Braille display Comparison

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
Only by turning Bluetooth off on one device. It can only connect to one device at a time. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Braille display Comparison

2018-03-17 Thread Kamal Haffar
With the Braille Edge Can you easily switch between connected bluetooth devices? Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:50 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > > I used the Braille Edge for several years. The note taker is basic, and works > best if the

Re: No longer can check out on Safeway app

2018-03-17 Thread Kathy Brandt
I'm glad it's not just me. Right before reading your message, I wrote to the address you suggested; thank you very much. I had been in touch with her years ago when there were problems with Safeway. I was only able, luckily, to place my order because of having an old iPod with a version of the

RE: Book share an voice dream reader

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
Try going into Voice Dream Settings, Manage my voices, selecting Samantha, then flick once to the more info button and double tap. In there, you can set it as your preferred voice, you can adjust the default speed and other things as well as type in sample text to test the voice. I just tested

RE: An App to read medication bottles?

2018-03-17 Thread Richard Turner
I just tried the suggestion of using my Fopydo Scanning Stand with Seeing AI's short Text on a prescription bottle. Granted it only sees a portion of the label at a time, but if you slowly rotate the bottle, it will read everything. Name, RX number, dosage instructions, and whether there is a

Bulk deleting emails with the gmail app for iOS

2018-03-17 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi all, wondered if it were at all possible to delete emails in bulk with the gmail app for iOS and using VoiceOver. Thanks Daniel -- 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

Re: No longer can check out on Safeway out

2018-03-17 Thread Eric Oyen
this is something you might have to report. btw, another blind person here in the phoenix area tried to use the safeway site with abysmal results. they were fully accessible before the design change 3 weeks ago. btw, you might want to send a note to i...@lflegal.com (one of the attorneys who

bluetooth flash drives

2018-03-17 Thread Doc wright
Has anyone found a bluetooth flash drive that they are comfortable with? I had a sandisk but the app was useless -- 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

No longer can check out on Safeway out

2018-03-17 Thread Kathy Brandt
If anyone is able to do this, how do you do it? I can’t seem to select a date and delivery time, have no indication as to what has been saved, and don’t know what the enable and disable left and right arrows are supposed to do. Are used to use them a lot, and, won’t be a horrible loss, since

Re: Amazon makes it easier to give Alexa follow-up commands

2018-03-17 Thread lenron brown
It's a feature that's still being rolled out. On 3/17/18, 'Martin Maidment' via VIPhone wrote: > I think this only works in the States. In the U.K. I don't have an option > for it in settings and my device. > > Martin > > > -Original Message- > From:

Re: Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Thanks again, Don. I'll consider the 810. We're also going to do some looking around at the stores. Walmart has several keyboards including a nuber of logitech ones. - Original Message - From: Donald Moore To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 6:12 AM

Re: Google Assistant with voiceover?

2018-03-17 Thread Ian Harrison
Hi all, do you know if you can get the assistant on your phone to work the same as the stand alone device? That is not to have to tap the microphone or at least have google read the results back to you rather than have to scroll down the answers and have voice over read them? Thanks Ian > On

Re: Braille displays: braille me or orbit braille reader?

2018-03-17 Thread michv
i to have herd the sound of the orbit on podcasts as well and agree the sound of it refreshing all the time like that would be anoying for shure. i also woudl like to know what is the costof the braille me? from Mich. -Original Message- From: Patti Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 17,

Re: Braille displays: braille me or orbit braille reader?

2018-03-17 Thread Patti Johnson
I agree, Mary, plus the delay in going from line to line. Patti On 3/16/18, Mary Otten wrote: > Although I have not had the orbit 20 in my hands, I have heard podcast with > demonstrations. The continuous sound of the refreshing of the orbit braille > display for every line

RE: Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Donald Moore
I got mine from Amazon. It’s the 810, and if I recall it wasn’t very expensive either. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arlene Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 4:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone ios10

RE: Amazon makes it easier to give Alexa follow-up commands

2018-03-17 Thread 'Martin Maidment' via VIPhone
I think this only works in the States. In the U.K. I don't have an option for it in settings and my device. Martin -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: 16 March 2018 22:08 To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone ios10 and above

2018-03-17 Thread Arlene
Don, that's great to know that you can pare your phone up to several keyboards. Where did you buy these logitech 810 keyboards, and do they have the number keypad? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Donald Moore To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018