can't click on links with safari

2019-01-06 Thread masood
hello friends. I receive emails from vyphone group in the from of bridged. when I use inter explorer on windows10 I can click on each link but when I use safari or google crome I can't click. what should I do? thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone lis

Re: How to switch BeatsX or AirPods back to phone from watch?

2019-01-06 Thread lenron brown
Please no way I would give apple a pass with this. Your are completely right about the way the airpods tend to have to be made to switch between the watch and the phone. On 1/6/19, Anthony Vece wrote: > Everything is a work in progress. > > Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > >> On Jan 6, 2019, at

Re: How to switch BeatsX or AirPods back to phone from watch?

2019-01-06 Thread Anthony Vece
Everything is a work in progress. Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Jan 6, 2019, at 11:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > That's the beauty of Apple's own product performing worse than every other > Bluetooth headset out there. My Voyager Edge is connected to my iPhone and my > Watch as w

RE: How to switch BeatsX or AirPods back to phone from watch?

2019-01-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Sieghard, This is great info. I did not realize that I could pair both my phone and my watch to my Voyager Edge. Hmmm!! I'll have to give this a try. Seamless switching between the phone and the watch sounds good to me. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.

RE: Eye Phone 8 and pdf files.

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you get your email on both your PC and your iPhone and the email with the ticket is showing up on both devices then the attachment is also there. Also, if your Dropbox is correctly set up on your iPhone then copying the PDF file to say the Public folder in your Dropbox folder should also give

RE: How to switch BeatsX or AirPods back to phone from watch?

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
That's the beauty of Apple's own product performing worse than every other Bluetooth headset out there. My Voyager Edge is connected to my iPhone and my Watch as well. If I am listening to a book on my iPhone and I use the watch the watch audio interrupts the book, but as soon as I am done I wou

How to switch BeatsX or AirPods back to phone from watch?

2019-01-06 Thread 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone
Hi, I have both BeatsX and Air Pods, and use them with an iPhone X and AppleWatch. When the headphones are actively linked to the phone and Voiceover is reading or Audible Is playing, and an alarm goes off on my phone, the watch sounds come through the headphones, but then the sound does not sw

Re: Airplane Mode.

2019-01-06 Thread Tom Lange
Siri cannot work while airplane mode is on. In addition to switching airplane mode on/off in Settings, you can easily do it from Control Center. Touch your status bar, do a 3-finger swipe up and you’re there. Airplane Mode is the first thing you’ll see there. Double-tap it to turn it off, then e

How To Set the Preferred Device to Track Steps in the Health App Between Your Apple Watch or iPhone, MacTrast

2019-01-06 Thread M. Taylor
How To Set the Preferred Device to Track Steps in the Health App Between Your Apple Watch or iPhone By Chris Hauk, Jan 6, 2019 If you're an iPhone and Apple Watch owner that uses the Health app to keep track of your step count, there may come a day you'll want to set a preference as to which devic

Eye Phone 8 and pdf files.

2019-01-06 Thread mich verrier
Hi all. I am trying to get a pdf file of a tickitt that I purchersed for a concert on to my eye phone 8. I am not shure how to do this. Does any one know of any way to do this that is accessible using vo? I have tried to coppy it into dropbox and the file is not showing up. I also have tried to fin

Re: Apple Watch Series 4: Can I get it to express time in VIBra;ns8

2019-01-06 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, If you double tap on the watch, the time will vibrate. For example if it was 7:30 the watch will vibrate 7 times then pause for a second then vibrate 3 times for the 3 in 30 then there will be no vibration for the zero. Maria blindt...@gmail.com Want to talk all about blind technology? Jo

Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Michael Feir
Thanks for that very nice catch Sieghard. I sit corrected and have changed my guide accordingly.. With help from this list and the Applevis community, my readers will be in excellent hands when this thing's finally ready. On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 7:13 PM Marie N. wrote: > I use my IPhone much more

Apple Watch Series 4: Can I get it to express time in VIBra;ns8

2019-01-06 Thread kathy blackburn
I have the Apple Watch Series 4 GPS. I use VoiceOver, but I would really prefer having the hours and minutes expressed as vibrations. I looked under "sounds and haptics" but can't find a way to save any setting I change. I downloaded the Time Buzz app, but it doesn't seem to do anything unle

Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Marie N.
I use my IPhone much more than my sighted friends or family members and often help them learn how to do things. Most of the blind users I know depend on the phone for many things. Marie -Original Message- From: Carolyn Arnold Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegr

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Reg, Looks like currently the Apple Store, Best Buy or Home Depot are good places to buy the Honeywell Lyric T5. There don't seem to be any deals, it's mostly the same price except that Home Depot sells it for an even $179.00, the Apple Store is $179.95 and Best By is $179.99. Home Depot al

RE: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Not sure if I understand this correctly, but if you are on a phone call going back to the phone app doesn't necessarily get you back to the active call. If you go to the app switcher during a phone call you will find that you have two separate listings, one for "Phone" which is the phone app and

Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Michael Feir
You can go into the app switcher and either simply go back to the phone app or close any apps you wish to. Going to the phone app would get you back into the call screen. To get at your contact information, I believe you'd have to use the contacts app during a call. On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 5:29 PM

RE: Airplane Mode.

2019-01-06 Thread Carolyn Arnold
It did help, thanks, Richard. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 10:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Airplane Mode. VoiceOver stays on when

RE: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Carolyn Arnold
If you pressw Home button, are you still hearing your caller. Once you have checked whatever, do you do anything to get back to your caller. Can you close the ap that you checked by going into Ap Closer? Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto

RE: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Sieghard, you are way smart - so good that you get the maximum use from your phone, use it like my sighted daughter-in-law. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, January 6

Re: My fight with the Ring Pro and thoughts on the Nest Hello Video Doorbell and the Google Home smartspeakers

2019-01-06 Thread Robin Frost
Hey Sieghard, Can you tell us more about the different sounders the Nest Hello video doorbell offers for things like motion detection or actual ringing of bell? I’ll hit up youtube to see if anyone has offered them but they’d be fun to hear for comparison’s sake especially for those of us who ha

RE: airplay2 speakers advice (maybe sonos)?

2019-01-06 Thread Brett
Hi Seighard, I would try get a listen of the home pods before purchasing then., a good friend has them and I really don't like their sound. For a lot of stuff the mids are really resessed and they seem to try to do the sound bar surround sound type of thing, which is good for some kind of musi

RE: sonos subwoofer and airplay?

2019-01-06 Thread Brett
Hi, Agreed, the sub will work when paired with the play 5's. But if it were me, I would start with the 2 play 5's and add the sub on later, if you think you need it. The 5's have bass in spades, so much so, I tend to reduce the bass a bit. Cheers, Brett. On 7 January 2019 4:35:51 am Sieg

RE: Uploading a mp3 file to youtube....

2019-01-06 Thread Robert Wright
But you will need a way to attach a picture or video to the mp3. Windows did have movie maker but I haven’t looked in windows 10 to see if it is still there. Note, youtube prefers flv files. character is found in how you treat people who cannot do anything for you!      

Re: My fight with the Ring Pro and thoughts on the Nest Hello Video Doorbell and the Google Home smartspeakers

2019-01-06 Thread Esther Levegnale
Hi, Sieghard, I too had the Ring Doorbell and I got pretty frustrated with it. Sometimes it worked when someone rang my doorbell, and other times it did not. I was rather disappointed in it, so I had my handyman find a regular doorbell for me, and I have this now. It has a chime and I really

Re: sonos subwoofer and airplay?

2019-01-06 Thread Sandy Finley
For whatever it’s worth, we did not get a sub, just a beam and two speakers. I think the sound is just fine—depends on how much base and fullness you want. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > The Sub does not require stand-alone Airplay 2 support if

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Reg Sullivan
Hi Sieghard. I haven’t ordered the Honeywell thermostat yet, it’s on my to do list, hopefully today. I now have two Google Mini’s and one Amazon Echo Plus with Hub. Now that I am beginning to make my home smarter I have discovered that the Amazon Hub that I bought over a year ago offers less

RE: sonos subwoofer and airplay?

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The Sub does not require stand-alone Airplay 2 support if it is paired to a set of Play 5 or Sonos One speakers. With Sonos it's all a bit like magic or, as Steve Jobbs used to say, it just works. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Sunday,

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Tom Rash
I agree with that. That is just the one I started out with. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 8:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats Hi Tom, I have no doubt the Nest thermo

Uploading a mp3 file to youtube....

2019-01-06 Thread Arun
Is there a way to upload a mp3 file to youtube... Arun -- 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 mo

My fight with the Ring Pro and thoughts on the Nest Hello Video Doorbell and the Google Home smartspeakers

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi, I have had a Ring Pro Video Doorbell at the backdoor of my retail store for many years. For all those years we had nothing but problems with it primarily with reliability and the doorbell dropping off the WiFi. I should mention that I also have one of the older Ring video doorbells at home,

RE: airplay2 speakers advice (maybe Sonos)?

2019-01-06 Thread Merv Keck
Hi, We have three pairs of Sonos Ones. When a friend recommended them I didn't think I could afford them. Now I can't imagine not having them here. I also have both Echo and Google represented throughout the house but Sonos is King of the Castle. Or at least Queen. Since the Sonos has Alexa. Lau

sonos subwoofer and airplay?

2019-01-06 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, Ok this will take saving up for but a worthy goal i think 2x sonos play:5 plus a sonos sub. But will the sub work with airplay2? It does not support airplay2 natively bur i read on the sonos site thatIF one of your speakers supports airplay 2 then the rest of the system will work as well. B

Re: a Spanish keyboard but English otherwise

2019-01-06 Thread regina alvarado
Thanks so, so much! Know i am not to write thank-yous here, but I have been looking for something about this for as long as I have been trying to learn Spanish. Now I can write it correctly! On Jan 5, 2019, at 2:31 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz wrote: Indeed. The only reason I even have the Spanish lang

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Tom, I have no doubt the Nest thermostat is also good, but the Lyric T5 can do the same thing at less than half the price. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tom Rash Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 5:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Therm

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Reg, Did you just order it or is it already hooked up? As for the Google Home I must say that I am impressed with it and while I'll put my thoughts in a separate post along with my review of the Nest Hello video doorbell I just bought for my business, I think I like it a lot more than my Ech

RE: airplay2 speakers advice (maybe sonos)?

2019-01-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I can only agree with Brett and Sandy that Sonos is absolutely the way to go. I bought my first Sonos equipment almost 10 years ago and while for the first couple of years accessibility was a challenge this is long in the past. Around 2011 or 2012 Sonos decided accessibility was important and the

RE: Airplane Mode.

2019-01-06 Thread Richard Turner
VoiceOver stays on when in Airplane mode. Siri cannot be used while Airplane mode is on. But, you can open settings and double tap on Airplane Mode to turn it back on. HTH, Richard “Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips

Airplane Mode.

2019-01-06 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Question: If I turn on Airplane Mode, then how to I get Siri to turn it off? If not Siri, how would I get it off. Would Voice Over still be on, and I could go to Settings and turn it off? Thanks. If you pray, don't worry; if you worry, don't pray, Carolyn -- The following information is impor

RE: Ecobee4, and Nest gen3 Smart Thermostats

2019-01-06 Thread Tom Rash
We control our Nest thermostat via the iPhone or Alexa. I’m not able to actually turn on heat or cool. For example, if it is set to heat, which it usually is in the winter, just say Alexa, set the thermostat to 72 and the heat comes on. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Steve

Re: airplay2 speakers advice (maybe sonos)?

2019-01-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
beyond what has been mentioned, few other airplay 2 speakers are available. The new technology requires more memory than what speakers have had in the past so it is not possible to upgrade them. Apple missed a development cycle by releasing a final version of Airplay 2 nearly a year after it was

Re: airplay2 speakers advice (maybe sonos)?

2019-01-06 Thread Sandy Finley
Brett, we have 2 Sonos Play1 speakers and a Beam, which is a sound bar in our living room and are delighted with them. You can control them through the app or, in the case of Play 1 and the Beam, Alexa. They are completely accessible and it was not the sighted member of this couple who hooked

RE: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen

2019-01-06 Thread Robert Wright
If you are on a call you probably will not be able to hear your voicemail. As far as everything else once you hit the home button or activated the home button you can go anywhere and get whatever information you need as long as it is being read by voiceover. character is found in how you treat