Re: A Definite Step Backwards for AudioBook Listeners in iOS 8.4 iBooks

2015-07-04 Thread Flor Lynch
I've seen a few podcasts in M4A which is (AFAIK) an Apple audio format for MP3. But the majority of podcast files are .mp3. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 4:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definite Step Backwards for AudioBook Listeners

Re: Hi,Re: Fairly Major Hardware issue with IOS 8.4

2015-07-02 Thread Flor Lynch
It's an error message, but the wording of it is also in error. -Original Message- From: Brian Fischler Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 6:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hi,Re: Fairly Major Hardware issue with IOS 8.4 Hey, well the good news is the issue is looking like it

Re: refund

2015-06-30 Thread Flor Lynch
Wait until you get the order receipt by email from iTunes. (This could happen up to a few days after your purchase.) When you get it, towards the bottom there is a reference to questions or disputes concerning purchases, and, maybe, refunds, click here and then the link. So click that, and fill

Re: recommended app for podcasts

2015-06-24 Thread Flor Lynch
the episode plays fine. DSP includes ‘silence skip’. From: Flor Lynch Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: recommended app for podcasts There is another good app, and it’s called RSSRadio. The fre version does everything the pay version does, except

Re: recommended app for podcasts

2015-06-24 Thread Flor Lynch
There is another good app, and it’s called RSSRadio. The fre version does everything the pay version does, except you pay so as to remove the ads once-and-for-all. It has everything one would reqauire in a pod-catcher. It will stream podcasts if you want it to (although that isn’t recommended on

Re: my weather app

2015-06-24 Thread Flor Lynch
my weather appIn my location, I have sometimes got those details. However, most of the time I don’t. I think they may not always appear. It could also be the time of day you’re looking, but I can’t be certain what. From: Cris Ali Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.

Re: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice

2015-06-21 Thread Flor Lynch
I use Standard English Braille, and on iOS I prefer to use eight-dot braille input, and Contracted Braille output. Generally less errors that way. From: Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice Hi

Re: Do any of the Braille displays use a QWERTY keyboard? RE: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice

2015-06-20 Thread Flor Lynch
Succinctly put, and in context. From: Andy Baracco Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Do any of the Braille displays use a QWERTY keyboard? RE: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice It would be much cheaper to get a small bluetooth Braille display

Re: Do any of the Braille displays use a QWERTY keyboard? RE: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice

2015-06-20 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, I don’t think problems having to do with inputting Braille via the braille display keyboard are intrinsic to Braille or the display itself, but rather with the conversion to and from contracted braille. For QWERTY, there may be a Humanware Apex model. (It will cost a lot more. May do much be

Re: IOS foreign languange entry

2015-06-20 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, Use eight-dot Braille Input (and 8-dot output if you like) on your Focus. This gives you a much greater range of characters to choose from, accented, et al. From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 2:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: IOS foreign languange entry Je

Re: Restaurant menus

2015-06-13 Thread Flor Lynch
Sandy: There's a free app called MenuPages.ie, which I have just had a looik at. It's mostly accessible, but it doesn't have any resturants in my area! (Perhaps you might have better luck in that regard, with it?) Also, the restaurant reviews in it, written by ordinary punters, are interestin

Re: List of bluetooth keyboard commands

2015-06-08 Thread Flor Lynch
ommand. Do you all have any other ideas? If not, it's okay. Sharonda Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes On Jun 7, 2015, at 7:32 AM, Flor Lynch wrote: The Escape key also acts as a two-finger scrub, or Back, button, returning you to the previo

Re: List of bluetooth keyboard commands

2015-06-07 Thread Flor Lynch
57 AM, Flor Lynch wrote: The ESCAPE key, if your keyboard has it. From: Sharonda Greenlaw Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: List of bluetooth keyboard commands Along this same vane, can anyone tell me the keyboard command that emulates a

Re: List of bluetooth keyboard commands

2015-06-07 Thread Flor Lynch
The ESCAPE key, if your keyboard has it. From: Sharonda Greenlaw Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: List of bluetooth keyboard commands Along this same vane, can anyone tell me the keyboard command that emulates a two-finger scrub to go back? Sha

Re: A link for the new Voice Take a Picture app.

2015-05-22 Thread Flor Lynch
It can’t work on the 4S. From: Mich Verrier Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A link for the new Voice Take a Picture app. hi all i just downloaded this app on my i phone 4s and can'ts eem to get it to work. there seems to be one un labled butten an

Importing some of the iOS Newstand publications et al. into KNFB Reader?

2015-05-15 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, I understand that KNFB Reader converts images from pdf’s and jpg’s, to text (if there is text to convert). So far, it seems (to me) that KNFB Reader can only open shared pdf’s or jpg’s from email attachments? Does anyone know another location from which such image-based pdf’s or jpg’s could

Re: Do Not Open - Test E-Mail

2015-05-14 Thread Flor Lynch
It does, and should, work. You don't need a Google account to subscribe by email. -Original Message- From: Jim Barbour Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 4:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Do Not Open - Test E-Mail Viphone+subscribe doesn't work for this list. Your friends mus

Re: Scrolling up and down with Bluetooth Braille Display

2015-05-03 Thread Flor Lynch
AFAIK, those two keys are just shift keys & not used for navigating the phone. Press k-chord on it to have it speak the keys as you press them. B-chord to Back out of VO Help. There's no auto-advance on the Focus with the iPhone. And I know of no way to slow down the on-screen scrolling (excep

Re: Scrolling up and down with Bluetooth Braille Display

2015-05-03 Thread Flor Lynch
cific. HtH, Teresa Winging its way from my iPod On May 1, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: (Both with spacebar.) .) How about: Dots 1-456 +SPACE to scroll down 1 page; and dots 3-456 +SPACE to scroll up 1 page. Page right-and-left is o-chord and ow-chord. That is how it is with the Focu

Re: how do you hold down buttons using a braille display

2015-05-03 Thread Flor Lynch
Can't be done thataway. -Original Message- From: Joe Quinn Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 2:02 AM To: Viphone Subject: how do you hold down buttons using a braille display subject says it all. how do you hold down buttons on the touchscreeen using a braille display? or as they may call it

Scrolling up and down with Bluetooth Braille Display

2015-05-01 Thread Flor Lynch
(Both with spacebar.) .) How about: Dots 1-456 +SPACE to scroll down 1 page; and dots 3-456 +SPACE to scroll up 1 page. Page right-and-left is o-chord and ow-chord. That is how it is with the Focus displays. To check: first press dots 1-3 with spacebar, the braille equivalent of VO Help. b+spac

Re: Scrolling up and down with Bluetooth Braille Display

2015-05-01 Thread Flor Lynch
How about: Dots 1-456 to scroll down 1 page; and dots 3-456 to scroll up 1 page. That is how it is with the Focus displays. To check: first press dots 1-3 with spacebar, the braille equivalent of VO Help. b+spacebar is the Escape or back key. -Original Message- From: Jim Fettgather S

Re: Talking Communities App, second version

2015-04-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Sending text chat messages, probably. (You can do that while listening to someone talking, etc.) From: Michelle Bernstein Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Talking Communities App, second version Has anyone used the talking communties app, second vers

Re: Cooking apps, have any recommendations?

2015-04-19 Thread Flor Lynch
You’re makin’ me hungry for the Aldi store soon to be established in my hometown. From: Terrie Arnold Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Cooking apps, have any recommendations? The app in the store name is all D AL DI so I know they have them in I

Re: Deleting Applications

2015-04-08 Thread Flor Lynch
It is normal behaviour. When you've deleted an item by double tap and hold, you're in the editing screen, where you can move items around or delete them. So, pressing the Home Button exits that. -Original Message- From: Hicks Steven (CORNWALL IT SERVICES) Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 20

Re: How do I leave a group in Facebook or Facebook Messnger?

2015-03-25 Thread Flor Lynch
Subject: Re: How do I leave a group in Facebook or Facebook Messnger? What is the name of this group that you were added to? On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: Yeah you could be right. I haven’t come across a members link yet, though, so couldn’t proceed thus. But at least I

Re: How do I leave a group in Facebook or Facebook Messnger?

2015-03-23 Thread Flor Lynch
am but swipe to members and then double tap. Next swipe to the leave group link and double tap. Next swipe to leave group button nd double tap to confirm.the leave. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 22, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: That’s my question. How do I leave a group in Facebook or

How do I leave a group in Facebook or Facebook Messnger?

2015-03-22 Thread Flor Lynch
That’s my question. How do I leave a group in Facebook or Facebook Messnger? I’ve blocked some of its people from seeing me, but that doesn’t cut it. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you

Re: Editing text with Braille Displalythe.7+ key does not work for me. I have also tried grabbing the cursor button with the braille display, and nothing happened. I do not know how to edit this. I ty

2015-03-02 Thread Flor Lynch
attend, and I cannot seem to get them to edit. Jenn and Kumi On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 1:01 PM -0800, "Flor Lynch" wrote: There are probably a few ways to do it. If doing it by Braille, What I do is: Switch off contracted Braille; Turn the Rotor to characters or words; Go to th

Re: Editing text with Braille Display

2015-03-01 Thread Flor Lynch
There are probably a few ways to do it. If doing it by Braille, What I do is: Switch off contracted Braille; Turn the Rotor to characters or words; Go to the line the offending character's on; press the cursor button on the display corresponding to the character, press d-chord to delete. -Ori

Re: Urgent help managing subscriptions in the ap store!

2015-02-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Your ITunes account, in iTunes. -Original Message- From: Jenifer Barr Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 9:00 AM To: iPhone List Subject: Urgent help managing subscriptions in the ap store! Hi all! Can someone please tell me how to get to the subscriptions page in the ap store on the pho

Re: Scrub Gesture

2015-02-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Or: you can do this in the VoiceOver Help, opened from anywhere with a four-finger double-tap. The scrub movement will then close it! From: Michelle Bernstein Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: kelbycarl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Scrub Gesture Take your

Re: Scrub Gesture

2015-02-18 Thread Flor Lynch
I move right then left back again with two fingers. Once you get it working, you'll get the knack. -Original Message- From: kelby carlson Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Scrub Gesture Anyone have any tips for how to learn the srub gestur

Re: Mail App Taking up Space even after Deleting Account

2015-02-15 Thread Flor Lynch
116 MB seems excessive for it remaining though. -Original Message- From: RobH. Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mail App Taking up Space even after Deleting Account But the app is a system app and won't go away no matter what. The app a

Re: iPhone accessibility tweets

2015-02-07 Thread Flor Lynch
Is there a place or repository where one cahn check out popular hashtags, and/or hashtags in current usage? From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 5:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone accessibility tweets Hi Tracy, a lot of people simply use #accessibility.

Re: Eye Music app

2015-01-30 Thread Flor Lynch
my iPhone On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: Hi, has anybody tried out the eye Music app? if so, what do you think of it? I downloaded it just tonight. It's free. It transforms shapes, colours, words, letters, objects even, into musical sounds, some of them played with diff

Re: configuring wifi vs. cellular

2015-01-23 Thread Flor Lynch
to do with the router though and not the cable or DSL connection itself. On 01/21/2015 02:19 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: On my previous connection, a DSL broadband, the WiFi signal sometimes dropped out on my iPhone. On my present one, a FibreOptic connection, it never does. Meanwhile, check that

Re: iOS Access for All (iOS 8 Edition) Released

2015-01-21 Thread Flor Lynch
, Flor :) -shelly Shelly Brisbin, podcast juggernaut Shelly's Podcast: http://shellyspodcast.com (winner, 2008 Podcast Peer Award, Best Audio Blog) App Store Pundit: http://appstorepundit.com On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: Shelly: Your book, “iOS7 Acces

Re: iOS Access for All (iOS 8 Edition) Released

2015-01-21 Thread Flor Lynch
Shelly: Your book, “iOS7 Access For All: ...” was very good, also on the VO front. – a satisfied purchaser. From: Shelly Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 6:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: iOS Access for All (iOS 8 Edition) Released Hello, I'm thrilled to announce that my book, iO

Re: Strange behavior from my new iPhone 6 Plus

2015-01-21 Thread Flor Lynch
On the 5S, after you press the sleep/wake button quickly, the unlock button is towards the bottom left of the screen. Keep moving your finger along the screen and VoiceOver should be speaking as you go. If it's not, press but do not hold the sleep/wake button again, and locate again. -Orig

Re: configuring wifi vs. cellular

2015-01-21 Thread Flor Lynch
On my previous connection, a DSL broadband, the WiFi signal sometimes dropped out on my iPhone. On my present one, a FibreOptic connection, it never does. Meanwhile, check that you are in fact connected to WiFi before you begin your activity that (you believe) requires it. Examples of such would

Re: Focus 40 original and IOS 8

2015-01-18 Thread Flor Lynch
I thought this way too, until my Focus14 Blue decided to go-slow and then quit working. The Focus40 Bluue classic is far more robust (but heavier) than the Focus14. Meanwhile, my Focus14 went back for repairreplacement, being under the manufacturer's two-year warranty. -Original Message---

Re: Focus 40 original and IOS 8

2015-01-17 Thread Flor Lynch
You may find that eight-dot braille input - select with one or two presses of the 236-chord - will give you more flexibility with braile entry. Also, with VoiceOver Help on, pressing keys and chords on the Focus40 will tell you what they will do. The 56-chord cycles forward through the rotor, t

Re: how to perform a double finger tap with brail shortcuts

2015-01-17 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, It wil be the right Selector key or the right Mode key (or equivalent), press once. -Original Message- From: Davy Cuppens Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 3:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: how to perform a double finger tap with brail shortcuts Hi Folks The subject say

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-11 Thread Flor Lynch
now. It's not a matter of creating an account. I just don't want to have to deal with another account for an app that used to work fine without it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 9.51 AM To: v

Re: How do I get my Facebook alerts sent to my Gmail inbox on an I phone?.

2015-01-07 Thread Flor Lynch
Actually, SMS is an acronym for Short Message Service, which I guess is the conventional standard under which text messages operate. From: Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 2:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do I get my Facebook alerts sent to my Gmail inbox o

Re: can't completely turn off Tune In Radio

2015-01-05 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, By default, two-finger double tap on your iPhone screen plays your last music/audio/stream, whatever that was, regardless of whether the program that made it is in the App Switcher or not. There is a way to turn this off completely, somewhere in settings; but I change it (so far) only on an

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
. From: Andy Baracco Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 9:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TuneIn question I created the account on the PC. No big deal! More and more services like this are requiring that you set up an account. Get used to it! Andy From: Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
creating an account. I just don’t want to have to deal with another account for an app that used to work fine without it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 9:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
I know. It's not a matter of creating an account. I just don't want to have to deal with another account for an app that used to work fine without it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, January 04, 201

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
just don’t want to have to deal with another account for an app that used to work fine without it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 9:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TuneIn question I

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TuneIn question What reason would there be to create an account for Tune-In Radio? Does it provide additional features? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:51 PM To: viphone

Re: TuneIn question

2015-01-04 Thread Flor Lynch
I know that creating an account there is easy enough to do on your PC. From: Jim Portillo Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 5:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TuneIn question Hi, Is there any way of using TuneIn without having to log in or create an account or anything of the sort?

Re: turning off sounds but not VO

2015-01-03 Thread Flor Lynch
Go into Settings | General | VoiceOver On | Use Sounds Effets (on). This is a toggle, and the effect of switching them off is immediate. From: Ann Chiappetta Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 9:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: turning off sounds but not VO Hi all, I have a I phone

Re: subscription for trial wall street journal

2015-01-03 Thread Flor Lynch
I believe you would turn that subscription off in your iTunes acount. -Original Message- From: Larry McCreary Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 4:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: subscription for trial wall street journal The journal is accessible my concern is the messag

Re: Simply ask SIRI, was: AN INDEPENDENT PLUG FOR APPLEVIS

2015-01-01 Thread Flor Lynch
Ah, some of us can do it the old-fashioned way. . From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Simply ask SIRI, was: AN INDEPENDENT PLUG FOR APPLEVIS Hi Carol, Another very easy way to find out what weekday a particular date is to sim

Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.

2014-12-30 Thread Flor Lynch
ginal Message - From: "Flor Lynch" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list. Then, maybe you can invoke Google on Slovakia Spain connections. Or he wil eventually get enough money together to pay for the desire

Re: [Bulk] Re: Deleting an App.

2014-12-30 Thread Flor Lynch
There are in fact three tones in very quick succession, to denote that an app has moved, if you double tap and then hold long enough on an app. Other than that, there is the ability to remove an app through the manage storage option in the Settings, General, Usage tab. -Original Message---

Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.

2014-12-30 Thread Flor Lynch
top up credit on his sim card so that he can use mobile internet to communicate with family. But it seems there is no way doing that. It is quite bad that companies like mobile carriers do not support paypal. Thanks again. With regards Maria On 30. 12. 2014 20:37, Flor Lynch wrote: Hi Mária

Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.

2014-12-30 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi Mária, Following are my thoughts: Do you, or does your brother, know or have any Slovak friends living in Spain, who could help, who may have been in a situation similar to this one when they first arrived in Spain? That might be a way to go. Perhaps your brother could raise the issue wit

Re: unable to purchase knfb reader due to lack of money somebody gift me please!

2014-12-26 Thread Flor Lynch
Definitely that sort of thing can happen, even to a tech person (who trusted some younger nephewsnieces , as did happen to a friend of mine some years ago. The young'un sent emails with rather unflttering nicknames to a listserv friend was on, and I was surrprised at it all. -Original Mess

Re: unable to purchase knfb reader due to lack of money somebody gift me please!

2014-12-26 Thread Flor Lynch
I hope though that we haven't forgotten what Scrooge eventually learned. . Have a good Christmas and New Year break, all. -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 3:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: unable to purchase knfb reader due to lack

Re: What's the Difference Between Predictive Text and Autocorrect?

2014-12-07 Thread Flor Lynch
I'll hazard: predictive text deals with what (iPhone, etc) thinks you're going to type, while AutoCorrection deals with what you've already typed. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 12:27 AM Subject: What's

Re: how are people liking KNFB reader?

2014-12-06 Thread Flor Lynch
platforms. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 6 Dec 2014, at 14:45, Flor Lynch wrote: it may be possible (in the event of it not being online), the restaurant could give you in advance a printed menu so you could

Re: Emails from this List Going into Junk Folder

2014-12-05 Thread Flor Lynch
Also, I know that even emails from me privately to people on sbcglobal.net are blocked. :) - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 1:05 AM Subject: Re: Emails from this List Going into Junk Folder I don't think it's a coincidence that

Re: how are people liking KNFB reader?

2014-12-05 Thread Flor Lynch
it may be possible (in the event of it not being online), the restaurant could give you in advance a printed menu so you could scan that with the KNFB Reader. Having said that, perhaps KNFB Reader should offer a choice of OCR engines - between (say) FineReader and ScanSoft. I've seen instances r

Re: Kindle book cannot be read using iOS Kindle app

2014-12-01 Thread Flor Lynch
Maybe there's a project in that kind of material, for KNFB Reader developers to tackle? - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 1:49 AM Subject: Re: Kindle book cannot be read using iOS Kindle app Well Howar

Re: airplay with iOS 8.1.1

2014-12-01 Thread Flor Lynch
In Settings | General | Accessibility | VoiceOver | Rotor. Double-tap audio ducking there, and it will be among the items in your rotor. - Original Message - From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 9:18 PM Subjec

Re: Braille Sluggishness, Was Re: Any other way of Reorganizing what's in the Rotor?

2014-11-28 Thread Flor Lynch
ed imagination."--Oliver Sacks On Nov 27, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: I'm wondering why my Focus14 braille display's ability to move by panning down and up the screen slowed down in the last few days. Ok, I may have increased VO's speaking rate slightly. Undo

Re: Any other way of Reorganizing what's in the Rotor?

2014-11-27 Thread Flor Lynch
as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: Since it appears that nnobody knows of any other way of organizing setting in the Rotor, other than via Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Rotor

Re: Any other way of Reorganizing what's in the Rotor?

2014-11-26 Thread Flor Lynch
eader then reads the words comma dash period etc in full, instead of in natural format.) - Original Message - From: "Flor Lynch" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:31 AM Subject: Any other way of Reorganizing what's in the Rotor? Hi, First question is, is there a

Any other way of Reorganizing what's in the Rotor?

2014-11-25 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, First question is, is there any other way than the Rotor Reorder buttons in Settings | General | Accessibility | VoiceOver | Rotor?, to reorganize items in the rotor? (Incidentally, it's possible to remove the Braille Input Mode change from the rotor, and I did just that, attempting to get

Re: Perplexing skype problem

2014-11-22 Thread Flor Lynch
have you shut down i.e., quit Skype on your PC, via the System Tray, Skype right-mouse menu, and there activated Quit? Setting your status in Skype to Invisible is not enough. - Original Message - From: "David" To: "VIPhone Post" Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 5:59 PM Subject: Pe

Re: Siri Says

2014-11-21 Thread Flor Lynch
Thinking about it, I asked Siri: "Are you able to sing?" He Replied: "I'm sorry Flor, I can't answer that". !! - Original Message - From: Alan J Paganelli To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:53 PM Subject: Siri Says I use the subject line of S

Re: 8.11 on 4s?

2014-11-20 Thread Flor Lynch
Radium works in the UK too, and in ireland. (It's a bit like tuneIn Radio.) - Original Message - From: "Christopher Hallsworth" To: Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:37 AM Subject: Re: 8.11 on 4s? I don't know about XM since we in the U.K. do not have such a service. But TuneIn R

Re: Status of braille support in 8.1.1.

2014-11-19 Thread Flor Lynch
9/2014 2:01 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: Although I do think that the provision of separate braille input and output modes in iOS8 has slowed down the braille typing experience, from what it was in iOS7 - faster, and simpler. - Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" To: Sent: Wednes

Re: Status of braille support in 8.1.1.

2014-11-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Although I do think that the provision of separate braille input and output modes in iOS8 has slowed down the braille typing experience, from what it was in iOS7 - faster, and simpler. - Original Message - From: "Flor Lynch" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:48

Re: Status of braille support in 8.1.1.

2014-11-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Turn off Automatic Translation; use eight-dot Braille input. Those are my two. You can have six-dot contracted braille output at the same time as the above in 8.1.1. I find this fast enough. - Original Message - From: "Daniel K. Gartmann" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:44

Re: Inquiry concerning iOS 8.1:

2014-11-17 Thread Flor Lynch
How's that so? Does 8.1.1 eventually not appear in *Everybody's* software update, in Settings | General | Software Update? Why then the recommendation previously, that you could now update directly to 8.1.1 from iOS7 etc? If it does come to your iPhone, or if it is available for your iOS device

Re: Question about the Nook ap

2014-11-17 Thread Flor Lynch
To get into landscape Mode, turn the phone or i-device so that the Home button is on your right. In Orientation Unlocked state VoiceOver will speak "landscape" when you've changed the mode. - Original Message - From: denise colley To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, No

Re: Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store?

2014-11-17 Thread Flor Lynch
ssage - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 2:04 AM Subject: RE: Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store? Hi Flor and Richard, That is exactly why I wrote “Flora”, with Jaws Flor Lynch also sounds like Flora Lynch and wh

Re: Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store?

2014-11-17 Thread Flor Lynch
bject: RE: Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store? Hi Flor and Richard, That is exactly why I wrote “Flora”, with Jaws Flor Lynch also sounds like Flora Lynch and while I often do check the spelling of names to make sure I address people correctly, when it sounds obvious

Re: iOS 8.1.1 has been released

2014-11-17 Thread Flor Lynch
You may see a notification in the Notifications center (if you are connected to WiFi), when it is ready to be installed on your phone. - Original Message - From: "Eden Kizer" To: Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 9:22 PM Subject: Re: iOS 8.1.1 has been released so if i avoid these st

Re: Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store?

2014-11-16 Thread Flor Lynch
the keyboard. Quite often if you check the quick results as you are typing an app name it doesn't show anything, but as soon as you tap on the search button the app then is easy to find. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@google

Any syntax towards refining your search in the App Store?

2014-11-16 Thread Flor Lynch
Hello, Google Help (and that of yahoo, et al.) offers hints and tips on how to improve one's search queries so that one may get results more closely matching what is being sought. (For example: This could include putting a phrase in quotes so that only the key phrase - exactly as typed - appe

Deleting podcasts in Downcast, without unsubscribing?

2014-11-16 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, When deleting, I get the prompt, "Are you sure you want to delete and unsubscribe from the podcast xyz?" Can we not just delete episodes (played or unplayed), without unsubscribing? Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members

Re: prospective buyer

2014-11-15 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, perhaps a compatible external keyboard (Bluetooth keyboard) would be a help to you when typing and also in navigating the mostly flat screen. There is a comprehensive set of keyboard commands which pertain there. - Original Message - From: Deidre Muccio To: viphone@googlegr

Re: Dark Sky verses native Weather app

2014-11-14 Thread Flor Lynch
Seems to depend on the type of search that one does. If you press search at the bottom of the screen, you'll get more results (in my country's App Store 82 results for Dark Sky: These include games, etc.) - Original Message - From: "Robin Frost" To: Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 1

Re: PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET THINGS OFF MY PHONE

2014-11-14 Thread Flor Lynch
On your phone, Go into: Settings; General; usage; manage Storage, (and select your iPhone in the manage Storage options); Swipe to your MoneyReader that you want to delete, and double-tap on it. You will then be asked to confirm that you want to delete. Again Double-tap. - Original Message

Eye Music app

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, has anybody tried out the eye Music app? if so, what do you think of it? I downloaded it just tonight. It's free. It transforms shapes, colours, words, letters, objects even, into musical sounds, some of them played with different instruments as signifiers. Developed by a Professor at jer

Re: iOS7 Updates

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
No more updates to iOS7 from Apple, now that iOS8 is out and rolling about. - Original Message - From: "Joe" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:46 PM Subject: iOS7 Updates Hi, for the moment I've chosen not to update my 4S to iOS 8. Does that mean I forego any updates to iOS

Re: AccessWorld App Problem

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
ovember 12, 2014 3:09 PM Subject: Re: AccessWorld App Problem No. That's why I wish we could put AccessWorld in there. It's a magazine. It belongs there. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Flor Lynch wrote: Is there anything accessible in the newsstand folder? --

Re: introduction and questions

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, you can't do double-tap and hold, on a braille display; because the display works through Voiceover and that gesture is also the Voiceover bypass key. You can do it on a Bluetooth keyboard. there are some very light BT keyboards. - Original Message - From: "Eden Kizer" To: Sen

Re: AccessWorld App Problem

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
Is there anything accessible in the newsstand folder? - Original Message - From: "Jessica Dail" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Re: AccessWorld App Problem Where is the November issue? I wish we could move this app into the “newsstand” folder, where it belon

Re: Clearing The Search Field - Was: Problems with Picker Items in iTunes and App Store.

2014-11-12 Thread Flor Lynch
When I've done that, I then get "trending searches". I don't need or want to have them. - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:39 PM Subject: Clearing The Search Field - Was: Problems with Picker Items in iTunes

Re: AccessWorld App Problem

2014-11-09 Thread Flor Lynch
The weekend isn't over yet. - Original Message - From: "Jessica Dail" To: Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 11:04 PM Subject: Re: AccessWorld App Problem I wrote to them and they have not responded. On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:54 PM, Chris Chaffin wrote: For those who think the problems

Re: New Malware Can Infect IPhones via Mac Computers

2014-11-07 Thread Flor Lynch
Writing from memory, so this here isn't 100% accurate. yes, there are two threats, one of which is in the wild; and an article was published in The Guardian, Technology Section - www.theguardian.com - about it. macs were targeted in this instance, because of a loophole that has been discovered

Re: Taking punctuation out of the rotor ?

2014-11-07 Thread Flor Lynch
ility/voiceover, rotor; this is a list with a bunch of toggle buttons. - Original Message - From: "Flor Lynch" To: Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:08 PM Subject: Taking punctuation out of the rotor ? How do I do this, take punctuation out of my rotor settings, or, if I

Taking punctuation out of the rotor ?

2014-11-06 Thread Flor Lynch
How do I do this, take punctuation out of my rotor settings, or, if I reorder it, where to? (I don't mean turning off punctuation; rather, just leaving the value at some.) (Using iOS8.1, iPhone 5S.) -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members

Re: Urgent help with Focus 40 Blue keyboard

2014-11-05 Thread Flor Lynch
wrote: How דdo you access that? Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2014, at 07:38, Gmail wrote: I know that there's a keyboard lock mode on the Focus Braille displays. Maybe you accidentally locked your keyboard. Thanks, Ari On Nov 4, 2014, at 12:35 PM, Fl

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