Re: Accessible UK radio app?

2014-10-05 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, yes. there are several. We had a thread hon it six or seven weeks ago, which will be found in the group's archive. If you do a search in the App Store for UK Radio you'll get a number of hits. One that I particularly like for its ease of use is called, Radio in britain for iPhone. The

Re: Vacation mode for this list.

2014-10-05 Thread Flor Lynch
You'd get better accessibility with Firefox there. - Original Message - From: Paul and Paula Jordan To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 2:21 AM Subject: RE: Vacation mode for this list. Hi all. I'm totally frustrated right now

Re: Foregoing iOS 8 on 4S

2014-10-05 Thread Flor Lynch
: Foregoing iOS 8 on 4S Hi, if you delete the download, won't it redownload again, as soon as you plug your phone back in? Dave. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 1:52 AM Subject: Re: Foregoing iOS 8

Re: Email scam alert

2014-10-05 Thread Flor Lynch
Ah, Chris. you forgot to take out the 'list admin' at the bottom of the message! LOL - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 5:40 PM Subject: Email scam alert Hi all Just to let you know

Re: webvisum and iTunes / iCloud

2014-10-05 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, WebVisum is an external add-on to Firefox. (You have to login or be logged into it.) it is screen-reader independent. It does not change or add any functionality to or of the screenreader. - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Foregoing iOS 8 on 4S

2014-10-03 Thread Flor Lynch
You can go into iPhone's Settings, General, usage. Doble-tap on the iOS8 entry, then double-tap again to delete. It may take several seconds (because of its size). - Original Message - From: Joe To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 1:31 AM Subject:

Re: My thoughts on not upgrading to iOS 8

2014-09-30 Thread Flor Lynch
Chris, No point in doing Apple a favour if you're not also doing yourself a favour, or doing it for your own interest. When people need to upgrade, for reasons of favourite app compatibility or interest in extra features offered, for example, they will. latest isn't necessarily, nor always,

Re: App for Google Groups?

2014-09-28 Thread Flor Lynch
It [Siri] turned the word subscribe into six fries. Fancy that! Talk about fast food! - Original Message - From: Joseph Hudson jhud7...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 11:35 PM Subject: Re: App for Google Groups? Hi, my fault. I'm actually

Re: KNFBReader sluggish on iPad mini retina

2014-09-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Again: Difference between 'works on', vs. 'is supported on '. - Original Message - From: mário navarro mario@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:18 PM Subject: Re: KNFBReader sluggish on iPad mini retina wrong. It also supported and

Re: Strange Question of the Day: Is There A Gesture for Toggling QuickNav?

2014-09-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, (Correcting the subject line, LOL.) it might have been flick lef/flick right, but each flick does one or the other. The gesture nearest to it seems to be to change the rotor setting. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday,

Are there any new gestures in iOS8?

2014-09-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Are there any new gestures in iOS8? -- 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 have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

2014-09-23 Thread Flor Lynch
It's usable worldwide, and is available in many countries' App Stores. It also supports several languages. - Original Message - From: Kerri To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:45 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions I have

Re: Strange Question of the Day: Is There A Gesture for Toggling QuickNav?

2014-09-23 Thread Flor Lynch
the Voiceover cursor left and right,. Which rotor setting are you referring to? Thanks, Teresa We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination.--Oliver Sacks On Sep 23, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote

Re: going no mail

2014-09-22 Thread Flor Lynch
think I have a separate account for Gmail and another one for Google Groups. On 09/21/2014 08:35 PM, Flor Lynch wrote: That doesn't appear to address 'going nomail'. If the user has a Googlegroups account, they could change their preferences that way, including unchecking the checkbox

Re: Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool, Today

2014-09-22 Thread Flor Lynch
Not all of 'us' agree that the U2 album is 'trash'? I quite like it. ;:) - Original Message - From: Pablo Morales pablomorale...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:42 AM Subject: RE: Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool, Today What is trash? Trash is

Re: Fleksy 4.0.1

2014-09-22 Thread Flor Lynch
How about Fleksy VO, a different app to Fleksy itself. - Original Message - From: Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:08 AM Subject: Re: Fleksy 4.0.1 Well it was an update to the new Fleksy keyboard but upon switching

Re: Fleksy 4.0.1

2014-09-22 Thread Flor Lynch
Oh well, i see that for now it's no longer available in the App Store. hit by the IOS8 VO bugs, I reckon. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:07 AM Subject: Re: Fleksy 4.0.1 How about Fleksy VO

Re: going no mail

2014-09-21 Thread Flor Lynch
That doesn't appear to address 'going nomail'. If the user has a Googlegroups account, they could change their preferences that way, including unchecking the checkbox for individual email so that mail will be on the Web only. If they don't have such an account, then if they still wish to

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Flor Lynch
In iOS7 (and before), with your braille display Bluetooth paired and Voiceover running, you can already write (in braille) with your braille display's keys, without need of any rotor adjustment beyond the usual Voiceover things. You can also write with the onscreen keyboard and your output can

Re: What is audio ducting in iOS eight

2014-09-19 Thread Flor Lynch
It's a more (hopefully) duirable solution than turning VO volume down in the Rotor. If you're listening intently to something, and then Voiceover comes crashing in with some Notification Alert, you might not appreciate the unwanted message taking over your primary listening experience. . It also

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Perhaps there would need to be a specific 'fraille display' Rotor setting for this? I think Apple/VO can only go so far with differing hardware braille drivers, so that this is unlikely any time soon. . - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: iOS 8 and Feeddler RSS Reader

2014-09-18 Thread Flor Lynch
I came up with 2 results under 'Feedler'. Inoreader, and Airss, both free but with push notifications and in-app purchases (It may be). tTe app your speaking of? I downloaded Inoreader. , and it looks somewhat promising. Still on iOS7.1.2. - Original Message - From: Jonathan

Re: Setting Up VoiceOver On New iPhone

2014-09-17 Thread Flor Lynch
Except that it turns VoiceOver on/off. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Setting Up VoiceOver On New iPhone Hit the home button 3 times. During setup, this enables VO, and you can

Re: Setting Up VoiceOver On New iPhone

2014-09-17 Thread Flor Lynch
a triple click of the home button does nothing until you go to aAccessibility settings and set it to toggle Voiceover on or off. It will not do so automatically once the iPhone is set up for the first time. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor

Re: apps for listening to podcast

2014-09-15 Thread Flor Lynch
And there is also an app in the App Store for AccessWorld which updates each month with its latest issue. You get access to the back issues there as well. - Original Message - From: Michelle Bernstein To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 3:43 PM

Re: Dealing with a zip archive attachment on an iPhone email

2014-09-15 Thread Flor Lynch
I heard of an app called Filer that's supposed to do this and was recommended. there's also another but its name eludes me for the moment. Should i find it I will post it. - Original Message - From: Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: overview of accessibility features in iOS 8

2014-09-13 Thread Flor Lynch
but Isn't the Apple Wireless keyboard considered a Bluetooth keyboard? I believe it is. one would've hoped they tested and figured in BT keyboards adequately. I recently got a Fujitsu LX360 which works pretty well with iOS7 latest. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel

Re: Knitting Apps Re: Installing IOS 8 over 7

2014-09-11 Thread Flor Lynch
Braille displays are under the control of voiceover, and as such are not Bluetooth keyboards per se. (They are Bluetooth 'devices'. Therefore, unless the Bluetooth situation overall is bad, I don't think the problems will extend to that use which, as i indicate, is controlled generally by

Re: Knitting Apps Re: Installing IOS 8 over 7

2014-09-11 Thread Flor Lynch
be more independent of VoiceOver speech? You can turn speech off and just use braille. Thanks, Ari On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Braille displays are under the control of voiceover, and as such are not Bluetooth keyboards per se. (They are Bluetooth

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

2014-09-10 Thread Flor Lynch
The two options in the Always setting are: Handfree Only; or, Always. there's nothing said about Voiceover. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch? I

Re: apple streaming live

2014-09-09 Thread Flor Lynch
500 million trying, according to AppleVis. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 7:43 PM Subject: Re: apple streaming live I think you have to keep in mind the sheer volume of people trying to tune

Re: apps for listening to podcast

2014-09-09 Thread Flor Lynch
In the Podcasts app, I believe you can set when a podcast is deleted after time of download, like 1 week, 2 weeks, or less; or after any chosen number of podcasts downloaded in a feed. - Original Message - From: Andrew J. LaPointe To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday,

Re: IOS8!!!

2014-09-09 Thread Flor Lynch
Do remember that there are a lot of people new here since the last major upgrade. . - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:09 AM Subject: Re: IOS8!!! Pablo I don't mean to be rude but

Re: Resolution Settings on PC

2014-09-08 Thread Flor Lynch
observing and using JAWS for several years, I don't think it has a problem with higher screen resolution in most circumstances at this stage . # - Original Message - From: M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 11:40 PM Subject: RE:

Re: Apple will again offer live stream of Tuesday's iPhone 6 event

2014-09-07 Thread Flor Lynch
What time is it at or around? - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Apple will again offer live stream of Tuesday's iPhone 6 event Thanks for the reminders about list rules, let's hope they

Re: Apple will again offer live stream of Tuesday's iPhone 6 event

2014-09-07 Thread Flor Lynch
If you are an Apple [product user or devotee, that is. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Apple will again offer live stream of Tuesday's iPhone 6 event Thanks for the reminders about

Re: Sample of Alex

2014-09-06 Thread Flor Lynch
If you use Windows Media player to play the file you can slow it down to half or less. Admittedly, that will degrade the quality but it will increase the 'intelligibility', LOL. Best to compare it at normal speed with a slower speed, then. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall

Re: Sample of Alex

2014-09-06 Thread Flor Lynch
he will also probably sound different on smaller iDevices. As it is, I believes he suffers from the lo-fi defect heard in Apple's premium voices. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 11:21 PM Subject: Re: Sample

Re: Sample of Alex

2014-09-06 Thread Flor Lynch
From the link in the email, if using Windows: Choose Save Target As. ENTER. Then in the next part, tab over to the save button and ENTER. next, after some seconds, you'll be prompted that the download is complete, and you can then tab to OPEN and activate that. - Original Message -

Re: I’m looking for CAPTCHA Recognizer

2014-09-04 Thread Flor Lynch
But it doesn't run on iOS yet, despite rumours that it will, going back a fair bit. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 3:10 PM Subject: RE: I’m looking for CAPTCHA Recognizer Hi Simon,

Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone?

2014-09-02 Thread Flor Lynch
August 2014 16:49 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone? Hi, this one seems great. Accessible straight forward. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uk-radio-live-united-kingdom/id670061461?mt=8 Traci On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:30 AM, Flor Lynch florl

Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone?

2014-08-31 Thread Flor Lynch
-live-united-kingdom/id670061461?mt=8 Traci On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:30 AM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, This is not about BBC Radio iPlayer. I know about the (international) TuneIn Radio and ooTunes apps; but) there are many, many apps dedicated to streaming british/UK Radio stations

Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone?

2014-08-31 Thread Flor Lynch
? I had OOtunes for a hwile, it got pretty well all stations. Might reload that now i have a Mini again. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 11:23 AM Subject: Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone? It's

Can VDR read material that VoiceOver cannot

2014-08-31 Thread Flor Lynch
Voice Dream Reader can read pdf's. How about newsstand publications? Or, can such publications be OCR-ed? Thanks. -- 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 have any questions or concerns

reviewing and comparing work among similar apps of different app developers'

2014-08-31 Thread Flor Lynch
reviewing and comparing work among similar apps of different app developers' Besides doing searching on apps, one can also search on the names of app developers. is there a go-to site for reviewing and/or comparing apps from different developers? (As one can do in eBay.) -- The following

Re: how do i go no mail?

2014-08-30 Thread Flor Lynch
These Google mail pages work better with Firefox than Internet Explorer. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:37 PM Subject: RE: how do i go no mail? Click on the following link to go to the

Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone?

2014-08-28 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, This is not about BBC Radio iPlayer. I know about the (international) TuneIn Radio and ooTunes apps; but) there are many, many apps dedicated to streaming british/UK Radio stations, and at least some of them would appear to have accessibility issues. So I'm looking for recommendations of

Re: Good and accessible UK Radio app, anyone?

2014-08-28 Thread Flor Lynch
, 2014, at 4:30 AM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, This is not about BBC Radio iPlayer. I know about the (international) TuneIn Radio and ooTunes apps; but) there are many, many apps dedicated to streaming british/UK Radio stations, and at least some of them would appear to have

Re: A question regarding the volume of my ringer and VoiceOver

2014-08-24 Thread Flor Lynch
How about activating settings, Reset button (at the bottom). ? - Original Message - From: SoonerAnnie sooneran...@att.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 1:36 AM Subject: Re: A question regarding the volume of my ringer and VoiceOver Noo! I haven't had

Re: braille command to clOse an app inthe app switcher

2014-08-20 Thread Flor Lynch
. This strikes me as a bit less decisive, in case you forget and leave your rotor setting on close. HtH, Teresa We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination.--Oliver Sacks On Aug 19, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Flor Lynch florl

Re: Flexy VO, where is it?

2014-08-20 Thread Flor Lynch
:08 AM Subject: Re: Flexy VO, where is it? Since then, Fleksy has become accessible again. I suspect that this is why the other version may have been pulled. Andy -Original Message- From: Flor Lynch Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: braille commAND to clOse an app inthe app switcher

2014-08-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, On the app which you can get to with dot4-chord, press dot6-chord (or dot3-chord depending on what setting the action rotor is on), and then dot36-chord to double-tap to close. Dots56-chord selects next rotor setting; dots23-chord selects previous rotor setting. - Original Message

Re: Flexy VO, where is it?

2014-08-19 Thread Flor Lynch
Fleksy VO is spelled F l e k s y space v o. (As I first wrote it.) Try searching on that. I've heard that the original Fleksy has had so many bells whistles added, that it became difficult to use with VO. . - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com To:

Getting Rid of a City in the Weather App

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, How does one get rid of, or delete, a city from the Weather App, when one no longer requires to know the weather in that city? (iOS7.1.2.) -- 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: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
of a City in the Weather App I think you go into Edit and press Remove (name of city) or something similar. On Aug 16, 2014, at 22:35, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, How does one get rid of, or delete, a city from the Weather App, when one no longer requires to know the weather

Re: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
@googlegroups.com Cc: Haya Simkin hayasim...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 9:27 PM Subject: Re: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup Perhaps you need to double-tap on the city. On Aug 16, 2014, at 23:22, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: I don't see a way to remove entries that you

Re: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
: Haya Simkin Subject: Re: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup Perhaps you need to double-tap on the city. On Aug 16, 2014, at 23:22, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: I don't see a way to remove entries that you already put in your list of lookup locations. - Original

Re: How do you get Rid of a City in your Weather lookup

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
and which as you stated opens the city, the other option is Delete. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 1:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do you

Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate

2014-08-16 Thread Flor Lynch
If I may say so, your PC analogy is misleading. You don't unplug your PC when using the reset switch. On some mobile phones that i know of, and indeed other small memory-aware devices, when power is off, taking the battery out and reinserting it, will cause them to reset. (that is probably not

Re: My First 48 Hours with the RII Mini Bluetooth Keyboard

2014-08-11 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, You might like to try Fleksy VO (the VO being for voiceOver), free, from the App Store. It mimics most of the keys of a QWERTY keyboard on the phone screen, and produces click sounds in responds to key presses. then there are More... tabs, with Numbers, letters, Symbols, etc. it's fast.

Re: Question mark and new line in Braille?

2014-08-10 Thread Flor Lynch
In English Grade 2 (or contracted) braille, the question-mark (dots2-3-6) follows and is unspacedd from the preceding word. In order to write a question mark after a space, switch to Grade 1 (uncontracted braille) and write dots1-4-5-6 . . I don't use an Apex; but the ENTER or RETURN key

downloading and installing an app

2014-08-04 Thread Flor Lynch
I've changed the subject line, since you've left the BBC Radio 3 topic. This is something like my experience occasionally. When you double-click on a item to download it, your iPhone will say, connecting... Then it may or may not connect to the download. if it doesn't after a while, close out

Re: A question About the Focus 14 Blue.

2014-08-04 Thread Flor Lynch
Similar to the back button. This button, Escapes the current context. Doesn't always operate where I had expected it to. You're right about the keyboard on the 14 being so comfortable to write with! Doing texts on it is almost a pleasure. :-) - Original Message - From: Kawal

Re: Best books to read to learn VoiceOver gestures for iPad

2014-08-04 Thread Flor Lynch
viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Best books to read to learn VoiceOver gestures for iPad I was wondering about Shelluy's book, but she covers everything; not just voiceover; so not sure how much voiceover she covers. On Aug 1, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Flor Lynch

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-03 Thread Flor Lynch
: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 2:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye If and when you do get the payPal issue sorted out, be assured that it'll

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-03 Thread Flor Lynch
for 5, and 6, figure it out on my own or wait until a missing manual or even an Apple book full of pictures is available, not so helpful but I have done it before. From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Saturday

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-03 Thread Flor Lynch
for iOS 8 Without the Eye Well Then Microsoft should make something similar that accomplishes the same thing in my humble opinion. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 7:19 AM To: viphone

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-02 Thread Flor Lynch
That is a CAPTCHA! Now, on the PC, you can decide instead to use an audio CAPTCHA; or use WebVisum with Firefox, to resolve it. So, CAPTCHA solutions for iPhone? I was already signed up when I got a smartphone. - Original Message - From: Rose Combs To:

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-02 Thread Flor Lynch
If and when you do get the payPal issue sorted out, be assured that it'll be worth it. they and we need security, so some sort of verification code is necessary to authenticate the user. For one-off payments, sometimes a credit card is a preferred option. I think I remember coming across that

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-08-02 Thread Flor Lynch
has anyone tried the Rumola CAPTCHA solution service? It is supposed to be able to work on iPhone. - Original Message - From: Rose Combs To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 9:51 PM Subject: RE: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye I am

Re: Best books to read to learn VoiceOver gestures for iPad

2014-08-01 Thread Flor Lynch
iOS Access For All: Your Comprehensive Guide to Accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, by Shelly Brisbin, is another good book. www.iosaccessbooks.com She is a visually-impaired iPhone and iPad user, who uses VoiceOver extensively. Covers VoiceOver speech and braille. The book is

Re: Continuous reading in iBooks, is it possible?

2014-07-31 Thread Flor Lynch
If you can read the braille fast enough and slow down the speech enough, you can have the braille your panning through and the audio you're listening to, track each other approximately. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: Middle Eastern News Stream

2014-07-30 Thread Flor Lynch
Also of interest may be an interview that was done on the BBC Radio 4 In Touch programme, available via podcast and in full from the BBC Radio 4 Web site, of two blind women, Naama Shang of israel and Bilal (Lebanese) now living in Gaza. It was broadcast last week, so it's still around. -

Re: Pre-orders now open for iOS 8 Without the Eye

2014-07-29 Thread Flor Lynch
Well said, Christopher. Also, different people certainly have different learning styles, as Jonathan said. And people's patience and frustration levels with a new tool, such as iOS8 will be, also vary. Lists can only get you so far; and one often finds more negative messages about things wrong

Any issues with connecting iPhone to new WiFi connection

2014-07-29 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, I'll be getting a FibreOptic installation (new modem) tomorrow, replacing my existing DSL WiFi with a faster connectivity (at same cost). Now there were some issues (or bugs) when connecting 7.0 as new to WiFi, as I needed to do. One needed to go into Airplane Mode, maybe, or do other

Re: Brl display not working with certain applications

2014-07-29 Thread Flor Lynch
At the start try the DownArrow key, dot-4-chord. You may also like to adjust the Rotor settings. - Original Message - From: Diane To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Re: Brl display not working with certain applications How do I

Re: Any issues with connecting iPhone to new WiFi connection

2014-07-29 Thread Flor Lynch
: Any issues with connecting iPhone to new WiFi connection To connect to wifi go to settings wifi and then select the network you want to use. Then type in the password if the en==network requires it and then press return to join. On Jul 29, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote

Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information

2014-07-24 Thread Flor Lynch
with the brain is often called imagination.--Oliver Sacks On Jul 23, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Sorry I had worded the part in my message Re: the Focus14 blue and status cells poorly. What the Focus14 blue doesn't have, is the Navrow of buttons that the 40 blue does have

Re: tunein radio still not working

2014-07-24 Thread Flor Lynch
How about Artists/songs? Can you get those to play? Which tab are you in? - Original Message - From: Jed Barton jedbar...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:27 PM Subject: tunein radio still not working Hey guys, Alright, now i'm pretty upset.

Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information

2014-07-24 Thread Flor Lynch
24, 2014, at 2:49 AM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi Teresa, Almost precisely! It is *not* a human-generated message, but software generated. So the developer put nothing more into it, it seems to me. There are a few other situations on iPhone where this occurs

Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information

2014-07-23 Thread Flor Lynch
But does VoiceOver know them as 'status cells'? - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:22 PM Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information Oh, but I want to

Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information

2014-07-23 Thread Flor Lynch
can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination.--Oliver Sacks On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: But does VoiceOver know them as 'status cells'? - Original Message - From

Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking Information

2014-07-23 Thread Flor Lynch
Sorry I had worded the part in my message Re: the Focus14 blue and status cells poorly. What the Focus14 blue doesn't have, is the Navrow of buttons that the 40 blue does have. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Re: VoiceS Dream reader

2014-07-22 Thread Flor Lynch
It is Voice *Dream*. - Original Message - From: kathiemarburger via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:54 AM Subject: VoiceStream reader Where do you go to get the app for the voice stream reader thank you Sent from my iPhone

Re: Listening or watching programmes on BBC iplayer with screen locked

2014-07-20 Thread Flor Lynch
because it's video (or has video components), the programme you're watching on iPlayer stops when the screen is locked. TuneIn, being audio only, does not and need not. - Original Message - From: Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com To: VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July

Re: App Switcher Closing Running Apps

2014-07-19 Thread Flor Lynch
It also works pretty cool on a braille display. - Original Message - From: Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 1:15 AM Subject: Re: App Switcher Closing Running Apps No, it can also work with touch typing. This

Re: Braille entry on the iPad

2014-07-18 Thread Flor Lynch
How about Fleksy VO, which is free? I've heard good things about its latest version. - Original Message - From: Annie Skov Nielsen To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Braille entry on the iPad Hi. I do not think you should

Re: Text Attributes and VO?

2014-07-16 Thread Flor Lynch
Could the All punctuation setting in the Rotor punctuation settings do something here? - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Text Attributes and VO? Thanks, Alia. Bill, I'm

Re: Hope to find a podcast or instructions

2014-07-16 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, You'll find some referencing articles on Applevis.com. You can find all these in VoiceObver practic e (or VoiceOver Help in iOS7). In iOS7, VoiceOver Help with dots-1-3 chord, then press any key combo on the display to learn what it does. g-chord would change from contracted to

Re: [Bulk] Re: Deleting an unsent message- how to do it?

2014-07-14 Thread Flor Lynch
Can you do a 'Select all'? with a two-finger 'flick'? Then cut to clipboard? Have you rebooted the phone since the problem started? - Original Message - From: Don Cher To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 4:39 PM Subject: RE: [Bulk] Re: Deleting an

Re: Determining When A Third-party Keyboard Battery is Low?

2014-07-12 Thread Flor Lynch
On the Freedom Scientific braille displays - such as the focus Blue - if you turn off voiceover (or the computer) and navigate on the display, you get its battery percentage remaining. Also the leftmost cursor routing button blinks when it gets to below 10% (I think). - Original Message

Re: Screen curtain!

2014-07-10 Thread Flor Lynch
But you would also hope that Screen Curtain does what it says it means, smile. The screen curtain feature probably wouldn't be there if there was no need of it. - Original Message - From: Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July

Re: Notifications question

2014-07-09 Thread Flor Lynch
In Settings, Notification Center, Perhaps turn off the items you don't think you need to hear. I do not have the problem however, and i don't recall altering anything. Thus, i hear the most recent item (if I'm there), and no more. There may also be some in-app settings you can look at, to

Re: Adjusting the Speaking Rate of VoiceOver

2014-07-09 Thread Flor Lynch
keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: Re: Adjusting the Speaking Rate

Adjusting the Speaking Rate of VoiceOver

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
Hi, This should be a straightforward thing. How do I adjust the Speech Rate of VoiceOver? If I do it in Settings | General | Accessibility | Voiceover, by double-tapping on Speaking Rate, Adjustable, and then swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value, all that happens then is that

Re: Hearing Aid App - Was: Aftershock headphones

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
There are also several apps, many of them free, available if you type hearing aid in the search field. - Original Message - From: Ron Pelletier To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: Hearing Aid App - Was: Aftershock headphones

Re: Streaming Music Services!

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
The person may wonder why it is not available to them, and it isn't obvious to a beginner (of which there are several). Nobody said iTunes Radio oir any of the other georestricted music streaming services are worthless. I understand from the media that there are plans to extend iTunes Radio

Re: Hearing Aid App - Was: Aftershock headphones

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
I typed and sent the below message on Saturday last. It's now Tuesday the 8th. let's see when (on what date) this reaches the list. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Hearing Aid App

Re: Adjusting the Speaking Rate of VoiceOver

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
And the below question was sent on tuesday the 8th at 19.36 BST. It was answered on another list,long before it even arrived here. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 7:36 PM Subject: Adjusting the Speaking

Re: Adjusting the Speaking Rate of VoiceOver

2014-07-08 Thread Flor Lynch
may be moving your finger too slowly, and having the gesture interpreted as simply moving your finger on the screen. The up/down flick should be as fast as a left/right flick. On Jul 8, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, This should be a straightforward thing

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