Setting favorites using StarPlayrX presets was RE: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi List, I think I might have figured out how to use the Presets button with the StarPlayrX app to set SiriusXM favorites with StarPlayrX. The app doesn't seem entirely consistent so I hope this works. First, find a channel you'd like to mark as a favorite by double tapping it until it starts

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Chris Judd
Hi Julie, What I figured out was, if you go in to a category, and double tap on a station, and it starts playing, you will see an option that says preset off, if you double tap on the toggle, and make it say on, then I'm thinking it will make some sort of favorite, but I can't access them.

RE: Earphones Like the Aftershock Type to Use in Bed?

2020-11-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not aware of a bone conduction option that will let you do this, but something like the Apple Airpods will work just fine when you're lying down. The Airpods have minimal passive noise cancellation and the Airpod Pros have transparency mode. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Gmail >

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Julie Dawson
Dear Chris, How do you turn on the presets? I just downloaded the app about twenty minutes ago so am just now getting used to it. Having it sort by categories is so much easier. - Original Message - From: Chris Judd To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020

RE: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Kevin Minor
Hi. Will this app allow you to play on demand content such as the NFL games that will post tomorrow? Kevin and Jilly -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Chris Judd Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 7:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Attention,

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Chris Judd
That is the problem that I am having.  I did also turn on the presets for several stations, but I can't figure out how to access them either.  Looks like we will all have to do a bit of exploring. Chris On 11/15/2020 5:18 PM, Kristen Steele wrote: This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I've

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Julie Dawson
How did you save the stations as presets? Thank you. - Original Message - From: Kristen Steele To: Chris Judd Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Julie Dawson
I just downloaded and installed the app. What a wonderful and easy to use app! Thank you for telling me about this app! - Original Message - From: Chris Judd To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play

Earphones Like the Aftershock Type to Use in Bed?

2020-11-15 Thread dani pagador
Hi, Everyone. My husband got Aftershock headphones and loaned them to me to try. I really enjoy using them and wish there were something like that that could be used while lying down. The band across the back of the headset doesn't seem like it'd hold up very well if used when lying down. I need

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Kristen Steele
This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I've saved several stations as presets, but not sure how to access them. Any thoughts? Best, — Kristen On Nov 15, 2020 4:23 PM, Chris Judd wrote: > > Starplayrx streams the XM channels. > It is really accessible, and it puts everything in catagories. >

RE: Apple airpods pro

2020-11-15 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeha to pair the pods with your phone, Like the instructions on the phone say during pairing, You will need to press that button to assist in the pairing process. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cris Ali Sent: Monday, 16 November 2020 6:15 am To:

RE: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Simon A Fogarty
I wonder if that's the beeping I was hearing lastnight and couldn't figure out what the hell it was. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of K. Scott Carlson Sent: Monday, 16 November 2020 4:09 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Strange Beeping and

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Chris Judd
Starplayrx streams the XM channels. It is really accessible, and it puts everything in catagories. I don't know if it has any favorits though, that is the only problem I am having, but other than that, I love the app. On 11/15/2020 4:07 PM, Julie Dawson wrote: What does starplayerX do in

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread K. Scott Carlson
Richard's tip worked; turning the sound for detect text off worked. > On Nov 15, 2020, at 4:46 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >  Kathy, that is what I thought. > In my first reply, I said to check under audio, sound the VO settings. > Then someone said the VoiceOver recognition was in the 7. >

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Julie Dawson
What does starplayerX do in relation to SiriusXM on the iPhone? Thank you. - Original Message - From: Nicki Keck To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 3:27 PM Subject: Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM I agree. It's so much easier to use.

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Richard Turner
Kathy, that is what I thought. In my first reply, I said to check under audio, sound the VO settings. Then someone said the VoiceOver recognition was in the 7. Glad to know the feature has a similar name, but in fact is under audio, sounds, not VO recognition on older phones. Later, Richard

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Kathy Brandt
My iPod touch seventh generation doesn’t have the voice recognition option after braille, so after exploration what I did was: Settings/accessibility/voiceover/audio/sound/detected text and images; I hear no beeps after turning sound to off. > On Nov 15, 2020, at 4:25 PM, Dave Clement wrote:

Re: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Nicki Keck
I agree. It's so much easier to use. Thnk much for the mention. Nicki Sent from my iPad > On Nov 15, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Chris, > > Thanks for posting about StarPlayrX for those of us with SiriusXM accounts. > This app is much friendlier for accessing SiriusXM content

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Dave Clement
Hello, I believe that if an iphone 7 is being used, the Voiceover Recognition features are not available and I don't believe the option even shows up in Settings. It does not do so on my iphone 8 running IOS 14.2. Apple says that the VO Recognition feature only works on iphone 10R or 10S or

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Richard Turner
If it is on the iPhone 7, it is in the setting called VoiceOver Recognition. On my SE 2020 it is immediately after braille settings. Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread K. Scott Carlson
It's not directly in the Voicever settings on my phone; is it in a submenu? > On Nov 15, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Donna Casteen wrote: > > This feature is called text recognition & can be turned off in accessibility > under voiceover. IPhone 7 does have this feature. > > Donna > > >> >> I

Re: Getting rid of an e-mail address

2020-11-15 Thread 'Kimberly Samco' via VIPhone
Thanks so much Richard! That was so easy! Kim > On Nov 14, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Type enough of his old address into the to field to have it come up when you > flick to the right a couple of times. > When you land on it, flick up with one finger and you should hear

RE: Nest thermostat.

2020-11-15 Thread Marcia Yale
That’s due to your thermostat’s learned schedule, which so far has been inaccessible. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert stigile Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Nest thermostat. Hi, Yes I

Re: Nest thermostat.

2020-11-15 Thread Jenny Bomareto
I just asked the Google referring not to the app on our phone but to the actual thing that sitting on the table asked what the family room temperature is, and he said cooling is 77 with the current temperature of 73 so I’m hoping everything‘s OK and I’m not messing up the nest thermostat. As I

Re: Nest thermostat.

2020-11-15 Thread Robert stigile
Hi, Yes I have the nest thermostat connected to the Google home mini. I find that periodically during the day the temperature changes on its own. And I have to up it back to 77. Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President National Federation of the Blind of California President San Fernando Valley

Nest thermostat.

2020-11-15 Thread Jenny Bomareto
Hello, Do any of you have this thermostat? I think I’m having a little problems with it but I’m not sure. Since my Matt always took care of office for setting it properly. So here is my issue. So right now, the G word is saying cooling is set to 77 with the current temperature of 73. If my

RE: Iphone and security cameras or doorbells

2020-11-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have a Ring Pro video doorbell at home as well as a Nest Hello at the back/delivery door of my retail store. Both work quite well, I am curious what you find didn't work with the Ring app, I find it very accessible with Voiceover and haven't really found anything which is a problem. The nice

RE: Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Alan Lemly
Chris, Thanks for posting about StarPlayrX for those of us with SiriusXM accounts. This app is much friendlier for accessing SiriusXM content when using Voiceover. Alan Lemly -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin

Re: Apple airpods pro

2020-11-15 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks Alan. I just received my apple airpod pro this morning, and as you folks suggested, pairing them was a breeze. I noticed that there is a tiny little button on the case, does anyone know what it is for? Cris Sent from my iPad > On Nov 14, 2020, at 11:27 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: > >

RE: Searching in the Instacart App

2020-11-15 Thread Richard Petty
Another approach is shown here: after you have fully entered the store in which you are shopping, you will find across the bottom of the screen these buttons: Shop, explore, and Buy it Again. At times I also find a button labeled Savings among this group of buttons. Double tap Explore. You

RE: Mailing Labels in IOS

2020-11-15 Thread Richard Turner
Mark Taylor had posted the below for printing envelopes from the Pages app. There may also be a labels option in the same area so hopefully this will help. To print an envelope from Pages: Open Pages for iOS. In the create new document area, there is a very, very long list of document template

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Donna Casteen
This feature is called text recognition & can be turned off in accessibility under voiceover. IPhone 7 does have this feature. Donna > > I don't see this setting anywhere, and I don't think it is available on the > iPhone 7. Could it be something else? > >> On Nov 15, 2020, at 8:30 AM,

RE: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Richard Turner
I think VoiceOver recognition is not available until the SE2020 and the 11's and maybe the X series and of course the 12's. Check under VoiceOver Audio settings. That sounds like one of the new sound options in iOS 14. There are lots. Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread K. Scott Carlson
I don't see this setting anywhere, and I don't think it is available on the iPhone 7. Could it be something else? > On Nov 15, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Chris Chaffin wrote: > >  > This is a new feature of iOS 14 called VoiceOver Recognition. There are three > parts to this setting, and text

Re: Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread Chris Chaffin
This is a new feature of iOS 14 called VoiceOver Recognition. There are three parts to this setting, and text recognition is turned on by default. The setting can be found under Accessibility / VoiceOver / VoiceOver Recognition. I believe you can find more information and even a podcast about

Strange Beeping and Repeated Text

2020-11-15 Thread K. Scott Carlson
Ever since I updated to iOS 14, after VoiceOver stops speaking on the screen, occasionally I hear a beep and it speaks some text on a different part of the screen. I've gone into settings, but have no idea what this could be. -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Attention, Easier Way to Play SiriusXM

2020-11-15 Thread Chris Chaffin
For those that listen to SiriusXM on their phone, here is a more simple and accessible app that you can use. I got this from the Mosen at Large podcast. The app is free and the link can be found below. StarPlayrX https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starplayrx/id1453335612 Enjoy, Chris -- The

Mailing Labels in IOS

2020-11-15 Thread 'ChalmersAS' via VIPhone
Hello all Never having had much luck with printing labels from Contacts on my Mac, I thought I might try to print them off either my iPhone SE or my iPad Mini. However, I have searched high and low and can’t find any instructions on how to do this, nor yet if it is possible. A friend has