RE: Question about Rotor.

When you want it you turn the figurative knob, i.e. you make a sort of turning gesture with two fingers on the screen a bit apart, you can turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. If you don't want to change anything in the rotor, don't turn it. -Original Message- From:

Re: strange problem within a couple of Apps, phone reads by itself

I’m not sure that I completely understand, but I highly recommend that you clear your app switcher, power down your iPhone, wait a few minutes and power it back up. I have had to do this more than usual since iOS 13 and it has fixed some glitches I didn’t expect it to fix. HTH, Christina Sent

Re: Another Question About Selecting Text

Always make sure you have a cursor in an edit field, otherwise, you might not find the edit in the rotor. If you are in in an edit field and you still don’t have the edit option in the rotor, do what Richard suggested below. Also, on rare occasions, I will have to type a space then delete it

Re: Problem continuously scrolling in native Twitter app

I’m on version 7.60, which came out a couple of days ago, and I’m able to scroll down just fine on my timeline. I don’t use the Twitter app much because Twitterrific works better for me personally. Best of luck, Christina Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2019, at 8:49 AM, Kathy Brandt wrote: >

Re: Major prolems with mail and how to fix?

Hi, Go to settings, mail and signatures. On the keyboard, above p key area, expand tool bar. Feliciano For tech tips and updates: LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Follow www.instagram/TheBlindMan12v those who are crazy enough to think they can change

Major prolems with mail and how to fix?

Hi all, I'm running the latest ios and having MAJOR problems with mail! First of all, how dI get rid of the sent from iphone signature. Often the app hangs, I cant move the cursor with my braille display and worse of all, how do I add attachments! I use this for my freelance writing work, so

Re: Accessible guitar tuning app?

There used to be one years ago, but it isn't in the app store any longer. There are the Bill Brown lessons from NLS that you can download with the BARD app. HTH, Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 3, 2019, at 7:48 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Absolutely

Re: Can you do auto advance on a Focus with the iPhone?

hi, no, apple dosn't supports it. it's related to voice Over also if the Braille Display supports it Voice Over needs to supports it in order that it will work. hth נשלח מה-iPhone שלי ‫ב-4 באוק׳ 2019, בשעה 5:30, ‏‏Kevin Minor ‏ כתב/ה:‬  Hi. For those who wonder what I mean, it’s simply

RE: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

I’m not planning on upgrading my 8+ until spring of 2021 or Fall 2020 at the earliest. If Money Reader is not back I use US currency and not a lot of that anymore. I rarely carry cash these days. I tested the latest Seeing a I which I think is 3.2.2 but I may be mistaken. I found it to be

Re: Accessible guitar tuning app?

Absolutely perfect. Thank you. Picking up the guitar after 25 years away. Any recommendations on some accessible apps for instruction? On Oct 3, 2019, at 5:33 PM, Richard Turner wrote: >> I prefer talking Tuner for 99 cents. >> It tells you how sharp or flat you are. >> If you did not know,

RE: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

My money reader works flawlessly. Hope that doesn’t change! SMILEY. God bless! Paula and Garçon From: 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2019 3:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

Can you do auto advance on a Focus with the iPhone?

Hi. For those who wonder what I mean, it's simply having the ability to have the display automatically going to the next part of what's displayed after a brief time. I know some displays have this built in, but I wondered if the iPhone could do this. I called up Apple Accessibility, but the

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

after setting up the one I did for Mail to switch to Samantha and have all punctuation did not load when I opened Mail just now. So maybe that is a work in progress? Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 3, 2019, at 2:58 PM, Anna Dresner wrote:  Hi Mary,

RE: Problem continuously scrolling in native Twitter app

Hi Kathy and all. I rarely use the Twitter app, and I haven't done so since the upgrade, but it sounds like Voiceover is doing exactly what it's supposed to, and that's just reading the current screen. This is an area where, if it's there, the vertical scroll is really handy. You can move

RE: please help to confirm these bugs or not

Hi. I can confirm the S chord on a home screen doesn’t go to the status bar. I really appreciate someone bringing this one up, because I thought something was broken on my end. Well, technically it is, but at least I know I didn’t do anything to cause it other than upgrade the iOS. By the

Re: Over Drive Is Now VoiceOver Accessible in iOS 13

I find Libby impossible to use with any reliability and they even state it is not accessible with screen readers. But I use the Overdrive app and love it. At first I felt the way you did but Mark gave a short tutorial and I followed that and have been using it ever since. I can also easily

RE: Problem continuously scrolling in native Twitter app

Hello Kathy, I have read your post several times and I simply do not understand the issue. Can you please provide step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce this problem? Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

So what exactly is the purpose of activities? What exactly can you do? On 10/3/19, Anna Dresner wrote: > Hi Mary, > > You don't have to have activities in the rotor. You can if you want to > switch to one manually, though. Are you running 13.1.2? Also, did you go > back in and make sure the

Re: please help to confirm these bugs or not

> > I’m using the latest build with my iPhone 8 and a Braille Sense U2. An > s-chord won’t get me to the status bar on any home screen. I’m curious about > what others on the list will say, but it seems that Braille on IOS 13 is much > less stable than Braille on prior versions > On Oof IoOS.

RE: Question about Rotor.

Thanks, Anna. How do I get it when I want it, and not have it, when I don't? Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:17 PM To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject:

Re: Does any one know if the reminders app is on the i pad

I looked on mine and it is not there > On Oct 3, 2019, at 5:53 PM, Michael Feir wrote: > > It certainly is. The layout of the Reminders app is the same on the iPHONE > and iPAD. > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 7:05 PM 'adrian Leong' via VIPhone > mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> wrote: > Does

Re: Does any one know if the reminders app is on the i pad

It certainly is. The layout of the Reminders app is the same on the iPHONE and iPAD. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 7:05 PM 'adrian Leong' via VIPhone < viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Does any one know if the reminders app is on the i pad? > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > The following information is

Re: Question About Silence Unknown Callers

Not to my knowledge. It's possible I may have answered if they called before. Thanks for letting me know. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi shirley, > > Did you ever call this person? People you have called aren't silenced, even > if they aren't

Indian Rupee Sign Instead of Dollar Sign in My 5S?

Hi, list. I have iPhone5S and 12.4 iOS. The dollar sign is replaced by Indian Rupee sign on keypad of my iPhone5S. How can I get my Dollar sign back, please? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Does any one know if the reminders app is on the i pad

Does any one know if the reminders app is on the i pad? Sent from my iPad -- 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

Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

hi, it doesn’t work in many countries around the world. Max. > On 4 Oct 2019, at 5:17 am, David Whitehead wrote: > > Have you tried, > Seeing AI? > choose the currency channel. > > > >The impossible is the untried, Never under estimate the power of a > dream. > > From: 'Karen

Re: Question about Rotor.

Hi Carolyn, the rotor is a way to choose how to navigate. Pretend there's a knob between two fingers and twist the knob left or right to move through the choices. When you find the one you want, flick up or down to move backward or forward by that element. So to move by headings, you would

Question about Rotor.

I don't really understand Rotor. What do I do when I want it, and then, what do I do if I don't want its interference? If you pray, don't worry; if you worry, don't pray, Carolyn -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

Hi Mary, You don't have to have activities in the rotor. You can if you want to switch to one manually, though. Are you running 13.1.2? Also, did you go back in and make sure the activity is set the way you want it? Best, Anna > On Oct 3, 2019, at 4:49 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Anna,

VoiceOver.

I just made a call, left VoiceMail message, and guess what? VoiceOver off. I did say to the lady at Apple yesterday, it would be like her phone's screen just went black. How can they unfix something that has been fixed for years and years? If you pray, don't worry; if you worry, don't pray,

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

Hi Anna, Well, that’s what I thought. I didn’t even realize you had to have activity in your Rogar I thought activities were supposed to automatically load like they do on the Mac. But I can’t get this one to load no matter what I do. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2019, at 2:33 PM,

Re: Accessible guitar tuning app?

> I prefer talking Tuner for 99 cents. > It tells you how sharp or flat you are. > If you did not know, there are 100 cents between notes, so it might say, d is > 11cents flat, etc. > > > Richard > > Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. > > > On Oct 3, 2019, at 2:27 PM,

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

Hi Richard and Mary, You shouldn't have to select the activity on the rotor. If you selected Mail in the list of apps, the activity should run automatically when you open Mail. Best, Anna > On Oct 3, 2019, at 2:36 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Hi Mary, > I just created an activity to

Accessible guitar tuning app?

Does anyone know the good accessible guitar tuning app? Some of the ones I’ve downloaded, I can’t even get past the ads. -- 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

Re: Question About Silence Unknown Callers

Hi shirley, Did you ever call this person? People you have called aren't silenced, even if they aren't in your contacts list. Best, Anna > On Oct 3, 2019, at 9:29 AM, Shirley Baker wrote: > > I was of the impression that silence unknown callers was supposed to do > exactly that but one

Re: Is It Ok to Delete Backups?

Also, I have upgraded and haven't noticed the bugs that you all are talking about. Just a lot of screen clutter. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2019, at 3:37 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote: > > It depends if you are upgrading. You say very little about your > situation. If you just bought an

Re: Is It Ok to Delete Backups?

I have a iPhone 6S plus and that's it. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2019, at 3:37 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote: > > It depends if you are upgrading. You say very little about your > situation. If you just bought an iPhone 11 and you have a 6s plus, > both phones will have separate backups in

Re: Apple pay

Have you tried your bank? My non-Apple friends are envious of Apple Pay Cash. I send them paper checks using a free bill pay service. They want me to use Venmo and other services and I tell them about the superior fee structure and privacy that Apple offers. Kelly On 10/2/19, Robert Wright

Re: Is It Ok to Delete Backups?

It depends if you are upgrading. You say very little about your situation. If you just bought an iPhone 11 and you have a 6s plus, both phones will have separate backups in iCloud. I did not delete my backup when I bought my new iPhone until I sold the old one because the new iOS could have

Re: Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts on iOS

> I have them on my web site: > www.turner42.com > > > > Richard > > Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. > > > On Oct 3, 2019, at 10:54 AM, 'Teresa Cochran' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hi, all, > > I've started using an old K480 that my husband bought. I tried

Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

When people post to the list, please specify the country where you will be using the app and what you exactly want to do with the app. There is no one world currency so specifying what currencies you want access to would be extremely useful. Kelly On 10/3/19, David Whitehead wrote: > Have

Re: Another Question About Selecting Text

If she is on iOS 13, have her try double tapping in the edit field a couple times, to get the cursor at the beginning, then edit should show up. Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Shirley Baker wrote:  A friend of mine has copied

Re: strange problem within a couple of Apps, phone reads by itself

In the Accessibility settings, make sure that subtitles and captioning is turned off. It sounds like that got turned on. Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Terri Stimmel wrote: Hello everyone, I don't exactly know how to

Re: Setting up an activity in iOS 13

Hi Mary, I just created an activity to use a different voice, set puncuation to all, and only for the mail app. I just hit the back button at each step where it was there. Then, when all done, hit the back button again. Then switched to the mail app, selected activity 1 on the rotor, and your

strange problem within a couple of Apps, phone reads by itself

Hello everyone, I don't exactly know how to explain an odd problem that I have now encountered twice. However, I am hoping that with the bit of information I can give, someone might know what I am talking about. Alright, a few days ago I was on Facebook. I clicked on a video posted by the

Another Question About Selecting Text

A friend of mine has copied text to her clipboard to be pasted but she couldn't find edit in her rotor to be able to choose paste. What do you do to be able to paste it if edit is not in your rotor? Sometimes edit is there and other times you can't find it on a particular website. This same

RE: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

Have you tried, Seeing AI? choose the currency channel. The impossible is the untried, Never under estimate the power of a dream. From: 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 3:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there an app that

Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

I still have my Money Reader app and it worked a couple days ago when I needed it. Evan From: 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2019 3:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader? If we've already got Money Reader, will it

Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

If we've already got Money Reader, will it still work? Karen At 09:21 AM 10/2/2019, you wrote: I find that eyenote works just fine. It is free. Sent from my iPhone 8 On Oct 2, 2019, at 9:42 AM, Earlene Hughes wrote:  I am looking for an app to identify currency now that MoneyReader is

RE: Over Drive Is Now VoiceOver Accessible in iOS 13

Yeah, in general, I didn't ever find the VoiceOver Overdrive experience on iOS to be all that great be it with e or audiobooks. In the sense that things were labeled and such, sure I suppose, but as far as the user experience... It's not my first or second or third choice to consume reading

Re: Over Drive Is Now VoiceOver Accessible in iOS 13

Hi Mark, I gave a really serious look at the libby app and also the OverDrive app a while back, maybe even before iOS 12. It might’ve been iOS 11. I really really couldn’t get it to work well, either one of them. I wanted to borrow print ebooks, not audiobooks. With the OverDrive app, are you

Over Drive Is Now VoiceOver Accessible in iOS 13

Hello Everyone, I am delighted to inform you that Over Drive, the app used to borrow books from the United States public library system, is now as VoiceOver accessible, in iOS 13, as it is in iOS 12 and earlier. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts on iOS

Hi, all, I've started using an old K480 that my husband bought. I tried looking up the manual, and there's something on the Logitech site, but the actual table of shortcut keys it refers to is either not accessible or not there. Could someone tell me which keys are used for extended functions

Setting up an activity in iOS 13

One of the reasons I updated my older phone to iOS 13.1 and then 13.1.2, was to take advantage of the new activities feature. Accordingly, I have gone into settings, voiceover, activities, and selected activity one. Within that, I changed the settings for table, row and column numbers to off.

Is It Ok to Delete Backups?

I have the iPhone 6S plus, running the most recent update. I would like to know if it is okay to delete previous backups and how do you do this? Thank you. Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns

RE: Has any one experienced the bug where you hang up a face time call and you lose all speech

It is that, and Jessica at Apple Accessibility told me they'd received a lot of calls about it. She documented mine, because she said that the more calls they received, the more attention it would draw to the problem. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From:

RE: iTunes remote

Windows. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iTunes remote I’ve not used it for years, but are you on Windows or Mac? I think the big changes to iTunes will be on the Mac first

Re: Question About Silence Unknown Callers

Call Apple. Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 3, 2019, at 7:29 AM, Shirley Baker wrote: I was of the impression that silence unknown callers was supposed to do exactly that but one got through this morning and the caller is not in my contact list. I

Re: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

Cash reader does lots of currencies, but is not free: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cash-reader-bill-identifier/id1344802905 In-App Purchases, Yes, Full Version for Lifetime,$17.99, Full Version for 14 days,$0.00, Full

RE: Has any one experienced the bug where you hang up a face time call and you lose all speech

That has never worked for me, when this happens on my phone all sounds are gone and I mean "all", if I call the phone it doesn't ring or vibrate, if I activate SIRI I hear no tone or SIRI speaks o answers (my sighted wife confirms it's all there on the screen). Having said all this, I made at

RE: Is there an app that replaces MoneyReader?

If you are in the US, remember there are many people on this list from around the world and for them iNote does exactly nothing. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Candy Lowe Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there an app that

Problem continuously scrolling in native Twitter app

Past updates had restored the show more tweets button, but with this latest, it’s gone again. After reading what it allows you to, there is a new tweets button, but that puts you back at the top. I know probably they are thinking people want to know what’s happening right then, but it should be

Re: bBattery Drain Issue

That's what I do. If I'm listening to an audio book or audio drama, I'll lock my screen and turn off my speech. On 10/3/19, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > I recently changed my Screen Lock to never, so always lock when putting > phone down if no longer using it. > > Best

Question About Silence Unknown Callers

I was of the impression that silence unknown callers was supposed to do exactly that but one got through this morning and the caller is not in my contact list. I hope it's not going to end up being like call block because that never worked because those calls kept coming through but both my

RE: bBattery Drain Issue

I recently changed my Screen Lock to never, so always lock when putting phone down if no longer using it. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: 'cwc' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 10:49 PM To: VIPhone Subject: bBattery

RE: iTunes remote

I’ve not used it for years, but are you on Windows or Mac? I think the big changes to iTunes will be on the Mac first and no knowing if it will happen on Windows. Richard  Live long and prosper Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com From:

RE: please help to confirm these bugs or not

The adding an unknown caller to the contacts works fine. You are mislead however, when it opens the contact VoiceOver says “is editing” but in fact, it isn’t. Double tap on the First Name field and you can enter text without having to go to a different field first. I believe the Go To Status

please help to confirm these bugs or not

Hi folks First when being called by an unknown number and afterwards you want to add that number as a contact, when filling in the forst name, you cannot edit this field with voiceover. Workaround: change the vo cursor to another field, go back and then you can type. Second, a possible brail

iTunes remote

Is anyone using the iTunes remote. I use it quite often. This is the remote for controlling your music selections and volume, not the Apple TV remote. I've used the remote app for years. The problem is that my iPhone cannot find my music library by the remote app. The problems seems to be

Re: voice dream update

Go into the app store. Go to the updates tab, and swipe down, with 3 fingers, to refresh the page, and do an update all. Dave. -Original Message- From: Anthony Borg Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2019 10:11 AM To: Anthony Borg Subject: voice dream update Hi listers Can you explain to

RE: voice dream update

Hi Anthony, No doubt the update for VDR will show up for you automatically, but if it hasn't yet here is the answer from Christine's message. "When you’re on the app store updates page, make sure to refresh the screen. Make sure you are at the very top of the page and perform a 3-finger swipe

RE: Problem with VO, File Browser and IOS13.2

Hi Christine, Thanks. Got the update now and the problem with VDR is now fixed. Regards. Ian -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christina Sent: 02 October 2019 20:43 To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone Subject: Re: Problem with VO, File Browser and IOS13.2

Re: voice dream update

Go in to the app store. Click on updates. And in there if there is one it will show, you just click on update when your in there it should be the button next to the voice dream reader update description. shirley - Original Message - From: "Anthony Borg" To: "Anthony Borg" Sent:

voice dream update

Hi listers Can you explain to me how to check out for a voice dream latest update please? Thanks in advance Anthony -- 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

RE: Accessing Status Bar on home screen

That gesture does work, but only from within apps. I've tried it on the home screen and I get nothing. Debbie -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of blindfait...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2019 12:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: