RE: Question about Voiceover?

2024-06-18 Thread Mario Eiland
Hi Candie, Are you aware that you can isolate VoiceOver's volume by adding it to the rotor, and instead of using the volume buttons on your iPhone you would use the volume control on the rotor? Otherwise when you use the hard volume buttons of the iPhone you turn up or down the volume to

RE: Question about Voiceover?

2024-06-17 Thread Mario Eiland
I find it easier to manage this process by using either headphones or my airpods. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 3:52 PM To: viPhone Subject: Question about Voiceover? Do any of you have a hard time hearing

RE: Whatsapp question

2024-06-17 Thread Mario Eiland
HI Marilyn, Try this: 1. Tap Settings > Privacy. 2. Tap Default message timer. 3. Select 24 hours, 7 days, 90 days, or Off. 4. If you want to apply the timer to existing chats, tap "by selecting them" and then tap the chats. Turn on disappearing messages in a specific chat Anyone can turn on

RE: How can I get an AI Chatbot to interpret a nine page PDF?

2024-06-01 Thread Mario Eiland
HI Keith, This might help. Here is a YouTube video tutorial for a Chrome Image to Text for ChatGPT extension. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zob0us4bPc8 -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Keith Kramlinger Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2024 2:40 PM To:

RE: Heading Level Access In Safari Browser

2024-05-31 Thread Mario Eiland
Use the rotor while in the Safari app and look for headings. Once you hear headings then flick down with one finger and that should take you from heading to heading. To go up flick up. If you can't find the heading option in the rotor then you must add it in the VoiceOver rotor settings. Good

RE: Caller ID Help Please.

2024-05-04 Thread Mario Eiland
This is an anomaly with Verizon. I would suggest to give them a call. I myself use AT and I'm able to access this feature in the phone settings. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2024 7:57 AM To:

RE: Caller ID Help Please.

2024-05-04 Thread Mario Eiland
Who is your carrier? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Caller ID Help Please. That is where I have gone - Settings and Phone. I get: Phone heading Allow phone to

RE: Caller ID Help Please.

2024-05-04 Thread Mario Eiland
That has to do with your carrier. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Caller ID Help Please. I went into My Card and put my name in, yet, still mine will show

RE: Opening Attached Photo In Email App

2024-04-03 Thread Mario Eiland
After you open the attached photo you should see the Share button. Double tap on that. Then you should see another button that says Share File Via… Double tap on that again. Now, swipe until you find the app you want to use to recognize the picture. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf

RE: Problems with email

2024-03-22 Thread Mario Eiland
Are you referring to notification sounds? I use the Outlook app and this app works really well if you want a notification for every message that comes in. You’ll have an add bar showing at the top, but you can ignore that. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Peggy Kane Sent:

RE: Accessible doorbell systems

2024-03-12 Thread Mario Eiland
: package, groceries etc. Peter T. On 2024-03-11 7:51 AM, Mario Eiland wrote: The doorbell has to be installed outside like your standard doorbell. I had someone sighted do that for me. Actually, I had a professional do it for me. I think that’s all you would need, accept I went further

RE: Accessible doorbell systems

2024-03-12 Thread Mario Eiland
excuse me if this has already been answered from others; but, take it that can talk back and forth through the system when someone rings the doorbell? Thanks. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of

RE: Accessible doorbell systems

2024-03-12 Thread Mario Eiland
assume it is attached to the wall. does a hole need to be drilled through the wall to connect to the household wiring? Thanks, Peter T. On 2024-03-11 7:51 AM, Mario Eiland wrote: The doorbell has to be installed outside like your standard doorbell. I had someone sighted do that for me

RE: Accessible doorbell systems

2024-03-11 Thread Mario Eiland
plus my iPhone and google home too. Are they expensive? Thanks. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Mario Eiland Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 9:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@g

RE: Those of you that have Nest Thermostats.

2024-03-10 Thread Mario Eiland
my iPhone 15 On Mar 10, 2024, at 12:02 AM, Mario Eiland mailto:eila...@gmail.com> > wrote:  Hi Jenny, It sounds like you might have your thermostat set on learning mode? I turned learning mode off and I just go with the conventional way of using a schedule. I keep mine always in

RE: Accessible doorbell systems

2024-03-10 Thread Mario Eiland
Hi Don, When asking about accessible doorbells, what do you mean by accessible? How accessible would you like it to be? I also use the Ring doorbell and I have it integrated with everybody’s iPhone who lives in the house plus our Echo devices. Any time anyone nears our house porch we

RE: Those of you that have Nest Thermostats.

2024-03-09 Thread Mario Eiland
Hi Jenny, It sounds like you might have your thermostat set on learning mode? I turned learning mode off and I just go with the conventional way of using a schedule. I keep mine always in heat or cool mode depending in which season we are and om home mode all the time. There are four of us

RE: Apps and Widgets

2024-03-07 Thread Mario Eiland
by just flicking down once and double tapping. I have the weather widget in a stacked widget, and I hear “74 degrees, cloudy, high of 74 degrees, low of 64 degrees” when I touch the app, so I think Mario is right, and that’s what you need. I’m also wondering what you get when you turn on badges

RE: Apps and Widgets

2024-03-07 Thread Mario Eiland
HI Jim, If I remember correctly widgets were an option we could have on or turned off when we first set up our iPhones. If that’s something you want back such as the weather widget, then try the following. Double tap twice and hold on the second tap and you will hear couple of tones and

Re: Transferring contacts from a Nokia N82 to an iPhone 5s while preserving labels

2013-12-23 Thread Mario Barbuto
. Proceed as indicated in my previous message. All the best! Mario. At 03:34 23/12/2013, brian albriton wrote: Hi, Mario. Could you give a few more details on joining the contacts into single _vcf file? I had mangled contacts myself when the phone company switched them over. What a mess

RE:Transferring contacts from a Nokia N82 to an iPhone 5s while preserving labels

2013-12-17 Thread Mario Barbuto
months ago, this procedure worked quite well for me without data losses or misplacements. I hope this will help. Warmly, Mario. --- Original message --- Subject: Transferring contacts from a Nokia N82 to an iPhone 5s while preserving labels Date: 15/12/2013 5:34 From: Pranav Lal pranav

Re: I Found a Braille command for sliding to unlock in IOS7

2013-09-26 Thread Mario Barbuto
Hi Teresa, thank you for your information. Actually the Braille command dots 2-4-6-space corresponds to the three-finger left swipe and it works in all the situations where that swiping gesture is required, for example to scroll on the desktop pages. Warmly, Mario. At 09:30 26/09

Re: For Alia was Re: braille displays?

2013-09-25 Thread Mario Barbuto
fast. The price is rather expensive too. I hope this helps. Mario. At 13:55 24/09/2013, erik burggraaf wrote: I don't have access to them for testing and training. I only commented on the ones that I've personally held in my hand and taught clients to use. I couldn't speculate at all

Re: braille displays?

2013-09-22 Thread Mario Barbuto
case; goodlooking aspect and not too expensive in price; very efficient support for Jaws screen reader for Windows; support for BrailleBack screen reader for Android devices. I hope this information will help you. Mario. - messaggio originale - da: alia robinson ali...@gmail.com

Re: The Apple Braille Crisis. It's Got to be Fixed for our Kids

2013-09-20 Thread Mario Barbuto
. Warmly, Mario. - messaggio originale - da: Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org a: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com data: venerdě, 20 settembre 2013 10:10 oggetto: The Apple Braille Crisis. It's Got to be Fixed for our Kids Hi everyone, since I believe this is such a vital

Re: Apple's possible reason for going 64Bit

2013-09-17 Thread Mario Barbuto
this will improve applications' performances it is difficult to estimate, considering many other factors are involved. In any case, using 64bit processors, large amount of data will be processed faster, reducing at least the transfer time. Warmly, Mario. At 04:32 17/09/2013, Mike wrote: From

Re: Features of the 5S and 5C

2013-09-11 Thread Mario Barbuto
will be able to dramatically increase text recognition capabilities. Talking of simple black white text recognition it especially depends on the picture clearness and understandability rather than on the higher megapixels resolution. We will see! Warmly, Mario. At 00:12 11/09/2013, Annie Skov

Re: Braille Sense On Hand

2013-09-05 Thread Mario Barbuto
of VoiceOver bluetooth visible devices ready to pairing as usual. Thank you very much indeed to people who gave me ideas and suggestions. Warmly, Mario. At 00:00 03/09/2013, ROBERT CARTER wrote: Hi Mario, I use my Braille Sense OnHand just fine with my iPhone 5. If you would like to contact me

Re: Braille Sense On Hand

2013-09-03 Thread Mario Barbuto
own OnHand. After that test and according to its result, I'll get intouch with you offlist for more help, taking advantage of your kind invitation. Thank you very much indeed for your helpfulness. M. At 00:00 03/09/2013, ROBERT CARTER wrote: Hi Mario, I use my Braille Sense OnHand just fine

Braille Sense On Hand

2013-09-02 Thread Mario Barbuto
to connect the Braille Sense to a Windows PC, an Android phone, a Nokia N95 and all of them regularly found the device that means its bluetooth component seems working as expected. Some ideas? Some suggestions? Help will be highly appreciated. TIA. Mario. -- You received this message

Re: Braille Sense On Hand

2013-09-02 Thread Mario Barbuto
Hi Tracy, it is exactly what I'm doing since a couple of days, but Iphone doesn't want to find the on hand Braille device. Grateful for your advice! Mario. - messaggio originale - da: Tracy tr...@blindsa.org.za a: viphone@googlegroups.com data: lunedě, 2 settembre 2013 20:59

Re: Braille Sense On Hand

2013-09-02 Thread Mario Barbuto
the maximum success, hoping the hebrew voice will be integrated into the Idevices soon. Mario. - messaggio originale - da: Adi Kushnir adikush...@gmail.com a: viphone@googlegroups.com data: lunedě, 2 settembre 2013 20:59 oggetto: RE: Braille Sense On Hand Hi, In the Braille Sense

Re: Introduction And File Storage Questionn

2013-07-29 Thread Mario Barbuto
fully accessible; at any rate, all of them could be managed almost efficiently using VoiceOver and a little patience. Warmly, Mario. At 15:50 25/07/2013, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, My name is Desi Noller and I live in Phoenix Arizona. I have an iMac, an iPhone 4S, and a 4th Generation

Re: Introduction And File Storage Questionn

2013-07-29 Thread Mario Barbuto
Thank you, Ari! I'll try it soon. Although only reading rtf files, it could help. Furthermore, it's an opportunity to test another app new to me. Warmly, Mario. At 16.38 29/07/2013, you wrote: Notesy can view, though not edit, rtf files. Thanks, Ari Mario Barbuto

Re: Moving out of the status bar while using a Braille display.

2013-07-22 Thread Mario Barbuto
Perhaps Space+h could help? Mario. At 01:37 22/07/2013, Arianna wrote: As the subject would suggest, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to move out of the status bar area when using my Braille display. I know that I can get into it by pressing space with dots 2-3-4, but how do I

Re: Action games for iOS devices

2013-07-04 Thread Mario Barbuto
having tapped it. My IOS system is updated to the last version, while my Iphone is 4. Some suggestions or ideas? Where I'm making mistake? Thank you. Mario. At 18:33 02/07/2013, Alan Paganelli wrote: I like shut the box chrome. It's a maddening little game. I won't spoil the surprise by telling

Re: Action games for iOS devices

2013-07-04 Thread Mario Barbuto
Thank you, Donna! I guess it's better to renounce for the moment. Alan, please, don't apologize... The programer of the game should do it, instead... Mario. At 16.15 04/07/2013, you wrote: I have this same problem with STB chrome. The problem seems to come and go without any reason. I have

RE: RE: Questions concerning using email on the iPhone.

2013-07-02 Thread Mario Barbuto
. Warmly, Mario. At 05:44 02/07/2013, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Mario, Might I ask how you would suggest this can be improved? What gestures would you like to see for selecting text and are there other touch screen devices which offer a better experience? I guess I should rephrase this, do Android

RE:RE: Questions concerning using email on the iPhone.

2013-07-01 Thread Mario Barbuto
Yes, Sarah, you are right! But when you have hundreds lines to remove from a text, this way I wish you good luck! and see you tomorrow!. The lack of very usual text editing functions, actually, in my opinion, represents a boring limitation of IOS system and VO screen reader. Mario

Re: Selecting Text Using a Braille Display?

2013-06-26 Thread Mario Barbuto
VO Braille interface is really using it in its daily work. Mario. Il giorno 25/giu/2013, alle ore 22:18, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com ha scritto: Hi, Richard, Thanks much. I'm familiar with those commands, but they only select character, word, and line, depending

Re: Braille typing apps

2013-06-03 Thread Mario Barbuto
I find is the poor editing functions. Brailletouch and BraillePad are almost similar, except the last one is available for free. Mario. At 20.29 02/06/2013, you wrote: The thing that I find most confusing about these types of apps, is that while most of them have you type as if the dots

Re: Adding a VCF Attachment to Contacts

2013-05-30 Thread Mario Barbuto
Hi Bill, tap on the .vcf file as you wish to open it. It would have to ask if you want to add the contacts contained in it into your contact list. I did that successfully with an iPhone 4. Hoping it helps. Mario. At 14:12 29/05/2013, Bill Gallik wrote: I sent a VCF file

Re: Text grabber

2013-05-20 Thread Mario Barbuto
, comparing, informing all of us. Don't hesitate if you need further help for italian language. Warmly, Mario. At 13.32 19/05/2013, you wrote: Hi Shoshana, I don't know if this is going to work, and we may need to rely upon a native Italian speaker to discover just how good

Re: Setting brightness to 0 on Kindle app bug

2013-05-09 Thread Mario Barbuto
and tap them. To get back the menu to normal, I mean, to turn the left/right single finger flicks working as usual, just set the Kindle app brightness value to 100 again. This way, in my experience, the app reinstall process is not needed. Mario. At 18:24 08/05/2013, Rick Alfaro wrote: I'm

RE:Re: transfering contacts from nokia to iPhone?

2013-04-18 Thread Mario Barbuto
. I hope it will help. Mario. hello all, does anyone know of a quick and easy way of transferring contacts from my nokia N96 to an iPhone 4S? at a guess, I have about 170 contacts to transfer across. Simon -- You received this message because you

RE: Double Tap and Hold Using a Braille Display

2013-04-18 Thread Mario Barbuto
Hi Sarah, the Find command is also missing in Braille keyboard VoiceOver driver. I mean the command Control-Option-f. Mario. At 15:07 18/04/2013, Sarah Cranston wrote: Hi Scott, Fix both? What a concept! LOL! I suspected as much, but thanks for verifying. Sarah -Original

Re: Opening a dropbox file in access note

2013-04-12 Thread Mario Barbuto
it could help you too. Warmly, Mario. At 18:14 11/04/2013, Kimber Gardner wrote: Well, I did open the file in dropbox, but I wasn't sure what app I was using to edit the file when I did that because it just opened when I double tapped it. Is there some way to tell dropbox I want to open

Re: Opening a dropbox file in access note

2013-04-11 Thread Mario Barbuto
could help you. Warmly, Mario. At 14:35 11/04/2013, Kimber Gardner wrote: I have a txt file which I placed in dropbox. I would like to open the file and work on it in access note but I can't figure out how to do it. Maybe I am just having a brain freeze because I feel like this should

RE:Re: braille displays

2013-04-03 Thread Mario Barbuto
Spacebar+1-4 dots command actually unlocks the screen, but only after having pushed the home or lock/unlock buttons on the phone. Mario. --- Original message --- Subject: Re: braille displays Date: 4/2/2013 3:47:56 PM From: Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: best epub reader app for I Phone and accessibility?

2013-03-28 Thread Mario Barbuto
the OverDrive app seems dealing a little with that kind of books, but with bunch of shortcomings. Of course, this is just my personal experience, hoping it could help. Mario. At 11:57 27/03/2013, Dan Beaver GMail wrote: Hi, I see that project Gutenberg suggests several apps for reading

Re: Some more Braille questions.

2013-03-26 Thread Mario Barbuto
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Introducing myself

2013-03-24 Thread Mario Barbuto
Hi everybody, just a few lines to introduce myself as a new member of this group. My name is Mario and I live in Italy. I work as director of the F. Cavazza institute of the blind, located in bologna. I'm personally and professionally interested to technological devices and software

Re: Recording Audio While Out

2013-03-12 Thread Mario
Hi, enable the record as a button in the settings / transport window relative of the recording. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Recording Audio While Out

2013-03-12 Thread Mario
tip: when you have recorded something, the playback cursor is alwais at the end of the track, and you can't click the play button. To go to the start of the track, disable vo and double tap the middle left and right sections of the screen. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere

Re: Recording Audio While Out

2013-03-12 Thread Mario
http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/fire/ -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public

Re: Recording Audio While Out

2013-03-09 Thread Mario
Hi, use FiRe 2. it's not free, it's 5€.49, but allows to bypass ios audio processing and provides a very good recording quality. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message

Apogee MiC on Iphone 4s

2013-03-06 Thread Mario
Hi, anyone uses this professional microphone for iPhone? it seems Amazing, but does not have a headphone jack for direct monitoring. Anyone has some experience with it? Thanks. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca:

Re: Looking for a good free if possible ring tone maker and all the blackberry and android ring and alert tones

2012-05-15 Thread Mario Loreti
Hi, if you want to share your ringtone, I will be happy to have them. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Mario Loreti
I confirm that the problem happens also with speed at 40%. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the