RE: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Michael G McKay
Aftershokz Bluetooth bone conduction head set is what I use. I find it works great. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nene Sent: August 23, 2018 5:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

RE: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread Alan Lemly
I figured out why it the cold restart wasn't working for me. I had my iPhone connected with the lightning cable to my computer and that apparently prevents the cold restart. Quickly pressing volume up followed by quickly pressing volume down followed by holding down the side power button for

RE: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Anna, I’m trying those instructions with my iPhone 8 but when I press the power button after first quickly pressing the volume up followed by quickly pressing the volume down I get a Power off iPhone question. On my iPone 7, when I held down the applicable buttons, I'd get the Apple logo on

RE: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Cristobal Muñoz
Yes, it does. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 2:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone? I have had a legend for years and love it, and if it were to die, I would replace it

Re: Focus 14 not paging in kindle app

2018-08-23 Thread alia robinson
it’s not all displays. mine’s fine. On Aug 23, 2018, at 4:42 PM, Diane wrote: It was fixed a little while ago and it worked perfectly until the last update a couple weeks ago. They had it working right for a couple weeks. It's all braille displays, not just the focus. I have a focus 40. --

Re: Walmart App and ordering

2018-08-23 Thread Mama Peach
I use the Walmart app all of the time. The current version is very easy to use and it is easy to place an order. -Original Message- From: Terri Stimmel Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Walmart App and ordering Hello everyone, I was

Quick navwith a braille display in iOS

2018-08-23 Thread Mary Otten
I was looking through a document today regarding the focus displays use with iOS. I was surprised to see that they have a key dedicated to turning on quick nav. I love quick nav with a keyboard. But was surprised to see that it was available with this braille display. It seems like all the

Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Andy Baracco
I have had a legend for years and love it, and if it were to die, I would replace it with the 5200. if the 5200 is like the legend, it will speak the power status, battery status, and will tell you when it needs to be recharged. Andy - Original Message - From: Cristobal Muñoz

RE: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Cristobal Muñoz
The 5200 is pretty big. Similar to the Legend that it replaced. It’s got a boom mic and while the earbud part goes in your ear, the rest of the device wraps around/behind your ear. For me at least, I felt the 5200 to be more comfortable than the legend and the other thing is that it charges

Re: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Anthony, With any phone with a HOme button, hold down the Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds to reset. Best, Anna > On Aug 23, 2018, at 12:40 PM, anthony borg wrote: > > Hi anna > I'm using iphone 6se, does that info applies to it as well please? > Thanks in advance > Anthony >

Re: Focus 14 not paging in kindle app

2018-08-23 Thread Diane
It was fixed a little while ago and it worked perfectly until the last update a couple weeks ago. They had it working right for a couple weeks. It's all braille displays, not just the focus. I have a focus 40. - Original Message - From: "Kimber Gardner" To: "viphone" Sent:

Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Nene
Thanks guys to your reply to my query. I always like the over the ear headsets. >From your suggestions, I am looking at the Plantronics Voyager 5200 UC, its >voice commands feature sounds cool, any users’ experience? Nene From: Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 7:29 PM To:

Re: Focus 14 not paging in kindle app

2018-08-23 Thread Tom Lange
> On Aug 23, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Kimber Gardner > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm not sure if this is a know issue since I rarely use my braile > display to read kindle books. But yesterday I was reading a kindle > book with my focus 14 and the display seemed to freeze at the bottom > of a page.

App recommendation needed to transfer text typed on Windows computer to iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi List, I just discovered one of the hazards of not being able to backup apps to a local computer anymore following purchase of a new iPhone. When I restored my iPhone 7 backup to my new iPhone 8 using my encrypted iTunes backup, the Snippets app which I've used for years is no longer on my

Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Andy Baracco
i think you will get as many answers as there are people. Could you be a little more specific? Do you want one earpiece or two? Do you want bone conduction, over the ear, or in the ear? What about price? Andy - Original Message - From: Nene To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: braille display with iPhone 7

2018-08-23 Thread Paul Richard McGann
bonnie, likewise. it is ios itself, as i noticed enginnengineers, and devleopers robably fixed little. i did spoke up to aple accfessiblity team about weird behaivors as we had to keep hitting space bar plus dot 3,6 each time. but now bodily message becomes automatic edit. that is great as

Re: braille display with iPhone 7

2018-08-23 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, Do you have quick nav on or off? to check press space with q and VO should say quick nav on or off. Don't worry I also have a refreshabraille 18. :) Get Outlook for iOS From: 20376232200n behalf of Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 1:46

braille display with iPhone 7

2018-08-23 Thread Rizzino, Bonnie
Hi, I am having a strange problem with text messaging using my iPhone 7 and a refreshabraille. I realize that it is an older display, but it is still supported according to phone settings. When writing a text, I seem not to be able to finish it with the display. It often doesn't accept the

RE: Brailliant BI14?

2018-08-23 Thread Susie Stageberg
I bought a BI14 this morning; it is on back-order. I’ll let you all know what I think. The thing that decided me was watching a video about pairing it with the phone. The Focus Blue requires that dreaded PIN to be typed in, which is why I’m not using my BrailleNote as a display for the phone!

RE: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread anthony borg
Hi anna I'm using iphone 6se, does that info applies to it as well please? Thanks in advance Anthony -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: 23 August 2018 19:33 To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re:

Re: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Anthony, To reset an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or 10, tap Volume Up, then Volume Down. Then hold the Side button for about 10 seconds. Best, Anna > On Aug 23, 2018, at 12:29 PM, anthony borg wrote: > > Hi sorry for my silly question. But can you please explain to me what to do > to restart the

RE: Resetting iPhone

2018-08-23 Thread anthony borg
Hi sorry for my silly question. But can you please explain to me what to do to restart the device? Also how to do the reset of a display or something else? Thanks in advance Anthony -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Focus 14 not paging in kindle app

2018-08-23 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is a know issue since I rarely use my braile display to read kindle books. But yesterday I was reading a kindle book with my focus 14 and the display seemed to freeze at the bottom of a page. Is this a known problem? As soon as I exited the app the display behaved

Re: Why one iPhone6 can change carriers but another can't?

2018-08-23 Thread Kelly Pierce
Sprint is notorious for rejecting phones with CDMA technology that were not authorized by Sprint originally. It is these kinds of games that are causing Sprint to lose subscribers and why investors are trying to unload this dysfunctional company onto the better managed T-Mobile. Kelly On

Re: Why one iPhone6 can change carriers but another can't?

2018-08-23 Thread Kimber Gardner
That seems like a reasonable explanation. What we ended up doing was activating my old iPhone for my granddaughter. I made the switch to sprint this morning and so far so good. On 8/22/18, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > I agree, the refurbished phone is probably a GSM model and I don't think you >

Re: Brailliant BI14?

2018-08-23 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, I have a Brailliant 14 and I agree with some of the last posts notes on the device. 1. I actually love the feel of the keyboard. I think that the keys have a very nice feel to the when typing. 2. I too am not a big fan of the cursor routing keys. I actually have started to use the

Re: Purchased Ring Tone No Longer Working for Text Notifications

2018-08-23 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, I'm also experiencingthis problem. Although sometimes the purchased tone will play when I get a text and sometimes the default tone will play. Get Outlook for iOS From: 20365214740n behalf of Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 12:19 PM

RE: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Cristobal Muñoz
A quick note. The Plantronics 3200 is the updated model to the Voyager Edge. Whereas the 5200 is the updated version to the Voyager Legend. When my Edge started to give up the ghost last year, I tried both of these out and ended up keeping the 5200. It felt more comfortable and had one extra

Purchased Ring Tone No Longer Working for Text Notifications

2018-08-23 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
I have a purchased ring tone which I have been using for my text notifications and it has been working fine until last night. It is now playing the default tone instead of my purchased tone. The purchased tone still shows as my selected sound for texts, and it still plays fine when I

Re: apple watch series 3

2018-08-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
Even if you don't want or need the latest and greatest, you might consider waiting till after the new watches are announced, and then getting the Series 3 for a discount. Wayne On 8/22/18, joediner...@gmail.com wrote: > Is there a particular reason you are picking it up now??? Is there a big >

RE: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
As Carol says, the main question would be if you want a single earpiece or a stereo headset? Also, how much are you willing to spend at most? If price is not a consideration, e.g. you want to spend whatever it takes, then probably the Apple Airpods would be best, you can use just one or both

RE: pluggable blue tooth keyboard

2018-08-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Wow, could you give makes and model numbers? None of the Logitech wireless keyboards ever have two Windows Key, they do have a key on the right which one assume should be an application key but which doesn’t function as such at least not out of the box and my K780 bluetooth keyboard only has an

Re: pluggable blue tooth keyboard

2018-08-23 Thread Marie
I guess that shows that old dogs can learn new tricks. I have been a PC user since the eighties and never owned a keyboard with two Windows keys. But then, of course there was no Windows OS when I began using computers. Thanks for that info and even at my age, learning new things is great.

RE: Walmart App and ordering

2018-08-23 Thread Rizzino, Bonnie
It works wonderfully. -Original Message- From: Terri Stimmel [mailto:icecreamlove...@outlook.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Walmart App and ordering Hello everyone, I was wondering, how accessible is the Walmart App? Also, how easy

Walmart App and ordering

2018-08-23 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I was wondering, how accessible is the Walmart App? Also, how easy might it be to place orders? I can now order groceries and such, where I live, and have them delivered the same day. So I would like to try this out and see how well it could work. Thank you, Terri --

Re: best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread 'Carol Adams' via VIPhone
Hi, I would say it depends on what you want them for and how you use them also about whether you want them in your ears or not. Some people like AirPods and some people like earphones and some people like over the head ones. There are so many different makes out there and I know it took me ages

best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone?

2018-08-23 Thread Nene
Hello, any best Bluetooth headset recommendation for iPhone? I want something that is easy to fit in the pocket. Thank you in advance for any suggestion. Nene -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: Blue tooth keyboard with two windows keys?

2018-08-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The one I have is an old keyboard from Rocketfish. I doubt it's still available. I'm not sure if you can still find bluetooth keyboards with two Windows keys, but it isn't true that there aren't any keyboards out there with two Windows keys, and I think it's a perfectly good question. On

Blue tooth keyboard with two windows keys?

2018-08-23 Thread Ann Byrne
which blue tooth keyboard has two Windows keys? -- 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 owners or moderators

Re: pluggable blue tooth keyboard

2018-08-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I just checked four keyboards around my house and they all had two Windows keys. They're all desktop keyboards, with one being bluetooth. None of them are terribly new though. On 08/22/2018 10:18 PM, Marie wrote: To my knowledge, no keyboard has two Windows keys. The one on the left is the