Gerardo,
You can probably already have such a widget in the notification
center, depending on which Twitter client you use. Some let you tweet
straight from the notification center. The items in the control center
strike me as more related to utilities and media, whereas the
notification center is
I believe that the only advantage of the Pro version of TuneIn is to
be able to record streaming broadcasts. Other than that, all the
features are the same.
Wayne
On 2/23/16, Hicks Steven (ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST)
wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Tried this, now really
If you are talking about bingo from the Blindfold games series, it is
called Blindfold Bingo. The developer is Kid Friendly Software. Their
website is:
www.blindfoldGames.org
Good luck,
Wayne
On 2/17/16, Regina Alvarado wrote:
> Can you tell me the name or developer
e of
> the last items is simulate this location.
> Double tap on that, then anything you search for will be in relation to the
> simulated location.
> HTH,
> Richard
>
>
> Sent from my iPod 6
>
>> On Feb 16, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com>
First of all, you are asking if your opinion is wrong, and I would say
no. Personally, I choose to use the virtual keyboard most times. It
does take a little longer if I use one finger to type but it gets the
job done. I have also used a Bluetooth keyboard, Braille screen input,
and the no longer
Greetings. I will be going to a different city this coming weekend and
want to look up some points of interest in that city. BlindSquare is
set to my home city. How can I do this? I thought I could do a search
using the search button, but when I type in the city/state or address
of the hotel where
I have no problems in using BlindSquare with Google Maps, though
dealing with two different voices giving you information is
interesting at times. I prefer Google Maps over other map apps.
BlindSquare is a lot cheaper than Seeing Eye and according to a
coworker who also has it, BlindSquare puts
I have both and from what I understand, ooTunes is always recording
things, but with TuneIn you have to physically tell it to start
recording. I have never gotten any of the ooTunes recordings and named
them, so can't really speak to that. I tend to spend most of my time
listening to ooTunes but I
gt; Feliciano
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>> On Feb 12, 2016, at 6:25 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have no problems in using BlindSquare with Google Maps, tho
If you use the Google search app, and enable Google Now, you can view
the Now cards that have different information below the search area,
like traffic, weather, and news. To do this you will have to grant
Google access to your location regardless if the app is running or
not. If you want to know
I believe that BlindSquare can be used with a Braille display. When it
is set to output to a display, any messages which would have been
spoken will appear on the display. I don't recall how to do this but
perhaps someone else knows.
Wayne
On 2/4/16, Paul Richard McGann
It has been leaked in some news articles that in iOS 9.3 a user will
be able to use their Touch ID to secure their notes. Unfortunately,
that is not yet the case. And, before anyone jumps on me for revealing
beta information, this has been widely reported by several major tech
sites/publications
This issue has been talked about off and on over the last 2 months or
so on this list. At one point, someone circulated a petition to keep
the headphone jack. If interested, search the list archives.
Wayne
On 2/3/16, Admin wrote:
> Hello vphone,
>
> We have published new blog
Kimmer,
Place the finger you use for Touch ID on the home button. Press the
home button but leave your finger there. In theory, the phone will
unlock and you will be placed on your home screen or wherever you last
left it. What you mentioned before about pressing the power/lock
button while a
That explains a lot. I hope they can get it back in the App Store
since it is a good little app that does its job well. Unfortunately
for them, I have moved onto BlindSuare for finding out where I am, and
am glad that I did. I know not everyone has the funds for BlindSquare,
but it is worth the
I've had issues with my 6 with it not recognizing my fingerprint. It
was one of those things that happened for while and then it worked for
awhile. Since I've had the 6S though, rarely have I had issues with
having either my thumb or index fingers not recognized. Usually when
it occurs, my fingers
I've had BlindSquare for the last week and have loved it. BlindSquare
is not a turn-by-turn navigation app, but you can use it with
Apple/Google Maps to get directions. I love how it senses whether I am
traveling by bus, car or on foot and adjusts the announcements of
streets and places
f doing them on a
> computer.
> Richard
>
>
>> On Jan 30, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Jim Ruby <j...@blindsea.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have not used pages much, but would this not have this feature?
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegr
All,
I'm looking for an app to help me write my resume and/or one that has templates
of resume types. It would also help if it had cover letter templates. Finally
if I could save my resumes to Dropbox that would be awesome. Any ideas?
Wayne Merritt
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Haven't really been paying attention to this thread. I experienced the
same behavior this morning when reading a book in iBooks, where I read
a whole page and then my Focus 14 Blue jumped back to the top of the
same page and started reading again. I wonder if turning off auto page
turn/scrolling
I seem to recall one several years ago called Checker-Wise, which I
believe cost a couple of dollars. I think it as accessible but I don't
remember off hand.
Good luck,
Wayne
On 1/23/16, Michael McKay wrote:
> Hi! Folks: I am wondering if anybody on the list knows of an
A little late on this, but wanted to share an ap. I heard of an app
some time ago called Carrier Compare, which is free and shows the
difference in carrier data speeds based on your location. I don't have
an iTunes link but if you search for Carrier Compare in the App Store
you will find it.
There is also the iFarkle app, which comes in a free version and one
for $0.99 US. This is completely accessible and is a stand-alone game,
verses Diceworld which is a series of dice games. I've spent many
hours with iFarkle, free and paid.
Wayne
On 1/20/16, Woody Anna Dresner
thanks to those that have replied to my original query. I am looking
into Ariadne GPS and it looks like a good option. Now I just need to
get it to work the way that I want. Though it does not report the
nearest intersection, it can alert you when you approach and reach a
favorite point. I have
only play a few times and that's it then it's not
worth it.
Wayne
On 1/19/16, MamaPeach <mamape...@charter.net> wrote:
> The unlimited, from what I am seeing, is $14.99 each game. That is a bit
> steep in my opinion.
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Merritt
> S
I like the games and have gotten many. When I first got them, I bought
a lot of the upgrades in order to support the developer. However,
since then, I haven't really played any of the games. The only game
that they have released which I am totally addicted to is the recent
Blindfold Tile Puzzle,
uch in advance.
> With kind regards
> Maria
> On 19. 1. 2016 15:46, Wayne Merritt wrote:
>> I like the games and have gotten many. When I first got them, I bought
>> a lot of the upgrades in order to support the developer. However,
>> since then, I haven't really played
The game was called DoItWrite, which is all written together. I use
the handwriting feature to open apps all the time. Though you can use
it in other parts of the OS, I typically just stick to the home
screens since I would rather use the virtual keyboard than write the
letters.
Wayne
On
I think you can mark the message as spam using the rodar actions menu
but don't recall off hand the process for doing so. If it looks like
spam, it probably is.
Wayne
On 1/17/16, BBS wrote:
> Sounds like it.
>
> Shawn
> Sent From My White Macbook
> Facebook Username: Shawn
I love it too. I have a few CD's at home that are out of print and
which I could not find on Apple Music, but fortunately I transferred
those songs to my computer a long time ago so they are already in my
collection. I will still never get rid of those CD's though. Anyway,
there have been a few
what I am wanting. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Wayne Merritt
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There are probably others, but the two that come to mind are Read2Go
(note how it is written) for $20 and Voice Dream Reader for $10. Voice
Dream offers many more features, such as reading/reviewing other
document types, and the Read2Go app is strictly BookShare books. I
don't know about Voice
When using the regular Fleksy app , I had major issues in getting back
to the regular US keyboard. I know that you double tap on the globe or
emogy icon, but that for whatever reason never worked consistently for
me. I've deleted Fleksy from my phone and hope that someone creates an
equally easy
app in action on a
> bus. Listen to the podcast and then maybe you can put an iTunes gift card on
> your wish list for your next holiday or birthday. :)
>
> Christina
>> On Jan 14, 2016, at 8:50 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings. I am looking
I have had trouble with the iPhone YouTube app too. My temporary work
around is to use the YouPlayer app, which I believe is free. With the
YouPlayer app, you can accessibly like/unlike videos, as well as have
access to rodar actions in your list of liked videos. Hopefully
YouTube will fix their
In AiPoly, in order to hear the descriptions read continuously, you
will have to turn VoiceOver off. This is after you hit the button to
recognize an object. I have had mixed success with it, some things it
gets right and some, well, not so much. It identified a can of diet
soda as lotion,
I have tried the free version of Goggles and have not had much
success. After a few shots the app crashes. Perhaps I will try the
paid version to experience the better recognition. It sounds like that
one is working fine. I have an iPhone 6S with iOS 9.2.
Wayne
On 1/8/16, Anne Robertson
I was able to get a replacement for my wife's 5C last year from our US
carrier, at that time it was AT, due to a faulty lightning cable
which messed up the phone and we could not get it to power on even
trying other lightning cables. That faulty cable did something to the
port. Anyway, the
I use one of the many Pro Football apps until October or November when
I realized that I wasn't getting all the games that I wanted to get,
mainly due to stations/teams being blocked from streaming by the
league. I then started a 7 day trial with TuneIn Radio Premium and
have been using it ever
Coming to this late due to being on vacation, but the other big thing
is that with ChromeCast ,you are limited to what you can do with the
service. However, with Apple TV, it looks like you have access to
everything and everything therefore speaks with VoiceOver. I don't
have either, though I have
Try the app called Blue Light, which sounds like it does the same
thing, allowing you to contact the nearest EMS services. When I got it
it was free but there may be a subscription now. The app is very
accessible, though there may be more exploring involved in the initial
sign-up screens.
Good
If you go to the now playing screen, which is above the tabs at the
bottom of the window, look for the shuffle button and double tap to
turn it off. It sounds like Music is shuffling all of the tracks. If
this has already been mentioned then my apologies.
Wayne
On 12/16/15, Jennie Facer
I think it takes afew seconds for all of your widgets to update, since
I experience a short delay as well. In my case, I've got sports
scores, calendar events and weather from Dark Sky. I can't just swipe
through the info immediately when I bring up the Today view. If the
delay is more than 5 to
Greetings. I have a family share account with my wife for Apple Music.
If I add an iTunes gift card to my account, is that balance also
available to my wife due to the family share status?
Thanks,
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> Greetings. I
I've also experienced it running 9.1 on an iPhone 6S. Not a huge deal
since when it happens, I just touch the center of the screen and
Voiceover usually reads an app from a home screen, when it decides to
work. I've updated to 9.2 but haven't used it enough to tell if the
bug persists.
Wayne
On
Not certain, but I think it means if your device is locked, VoiceOver
will once again announce the time when the power or home buttons are
pressed to bring up the lock screen.
Wayne
On 12/9/15, Don & Cher wrote:
> What does ' Adding support for VoiceOver to wake up
There have been rumors of smaller iPhones for the last few years and
it hasn't happened yet. Not to say that it won't but just that this
rumor has made the rounds a few times before. We won't know until next
June. Rest assured that there will be plenty of rumors though, and
many from good sources,
I think you need to do a 2 finger double tap and hold to be able to
rename. Also, if you name a photo and then take more pictures, are the
names maintained? I had heard some time ago that if you renamed some
photos and then took more pictures, that the named photos changed
positions and the names
The days of getting a new phone on carrier contract are fading fast.
Like was said before, if you want a phone on contract then hit those
carriers quick. My wife and I got new 6S's in September through
T-Mobile and signed onto the new lease program, paying a certain
amount per month. If we had
than sending separate messages. How would I do
this?
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On the iPhone in Apple Music, once you have searched for an artist and
are looking at the list of albums, you can also do a flick up/down to
More, double tap, then swipe right until VO says, "Add to Playlist."
You can then double tap on the playlist you want and the entire album
will be added.
>From my own experience, I haven't had any major issues when leaving
the phone plugged in even after it reaches a full charge. I plug mine
in overnight, and figure that it spends most of the night at afull
charge. Those with more knowledge in iPhone batteries will have to
comment, but I don't
for my bank and credit card but
want a refresher on the process.
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At one time there was an app called Zoom Reader from AI Squared. I'm
not sure if this is what you are looking for. It was released a ffew
years ago and at that time cost $20. Though it does have some
self-voicing reading functions, its main purpose I believe was to
magnify text like a CCTV.
Wayne
On the Plus, are you sure that your rodar is set to Actions? Even if
it is not, I'm pretty sure you can double tap the Edit button in the
upper left or upper right corner, and then double tap the delete
button beside the message you want to delete. Using this method, you
will be asked to confirm.
I've observed that Direct Touch is appearing more and more in my
rodar, such as in the TuneIn Radio app. I often come across it. What
are some examples of where it can be useful? I'm not completely
understanding how it would work or benefit me to turn on in the rodar.
Thanks,
Wayne
On 11/30/15,
The Sendero Look Around app is also good for finding out where you
are, what intersection you are near, or what 5 points of interest are
closest to your location. It does not give direction from point to
point, or from your location to the points of interest, but rather
gives you information about
Though I just subscribed to iTunes Match this year, I am going to
really like it since I will be able to have my music with me no matter
what device I will be using in the future. So if I upgrade to a newer
iPhone or other i-device, then I have access to all the songs and
playlists that I had
Even if you don't think you would use it, the 3 month trial is more
than enough to try it out and see how much or little you will use it.
My wife said that she didn't want anything to do with Apple Music
during the trial. About a week later, she came to me and said that she
had changed her mind
Similar to Tom, I don't use Be My Eyes often but it is there when I
need it. It is like having a volunteer in my pocket, available
anytime. Yesterday I showed a student I am working with how to use it
and he was blown away. I think this app still has its place, even if
it is for the person who
Regarding the original question of showing more messages from the
email account, I believe the first answer was correct, of going into
the Mail Contacts and Calendars setting, and changing the option of
messages to keep to keep all messages, or no limit. This should work
regardless of what email
Whenever I have to update my payment information I have had no trouble
in using the App Store app on my iPhone to do so. Also, you can
buy/place orders for accessories and other things through the Apple
Store app. This makes the process of ordering things a little too
easy, especially since if you
Anyone know where to find bookmarks in FireFox? I added a book mark
but then could not find it at the bottom of the screen or in the
Firefox settings.
Wayne
On 11/13/15, Nicki keck wrote:
> You cannot view flash content or listen to flash content with the Firefox
> IOS
I think there have been some entries on AppleVis, but I don't recall
the app names off hand.
Wayne
On 11/13/15, MamaPeach wrote:
> It is listed as Hatchi - A Retro Virtual Pet and the developer is Portable
> Pixels
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Trea Abma
> Sent:
When you make the appointment, though you cannot set an alert when
doing it with Siri, if you make it in the Calendar you do have the
option of setting 2 different alerts before the event happens. For
instance, you could set an alert for 15 minutes before and an alert
for 30 minutes before the
The 6S appears to be much more sensitive to touch than earlier models.
This took me a while to get used to.
Wayne
On 10/28/15, Joe Orozco wrote:
> I've only had the phone for a couple days and have admittedly only
> done extensive typing in the Messages app. I've searched
Hi. No, the 2 factor authentication is different from iCloud Keychain.
Keychain keeps passwords and log-in information secure in Safari,
while 2 factor authentication prevents someone else from unlocking or
getting into your iPhone, at least I think that's right.
Wayne
On 10/27/15, Regina
I think that many Blu-Ray titles have description on them, at least
that has been my experience.
Wayne
On 10/27/15, Tom Rash wrote:
> The only movie I've seen with description through iTunes is the Dysney
> movie, "Up". I like the Netflicks descriptive movie aproach. On
Hi. I too found the podcast on 1Password very helpful and informative.
I downloaded the app, and couldn't get passed the first screen of
setting up a new account. I entered all of the information, and then
was prompted to enter my master password again. I kept getting the
prompt for the master
This topic is interesting. Here are more Apple TV questions: since
VoiceOver comes standard on the Apple TV, is there a way of accessing
a guide of some sort to find out what is on all those channels? Also,
can the Apple TV record show for playback later? Is that process
accessible?
Wayne
On
I can also confirm that the focus issue has been fixed in iOS 9.1. For
a few days after the initial release of 9, I was using TweetList 4 and
Tweetings and putting up with the issue. After that, I finally got fed
up with constantly having to find my place again. I was extremely
happy to see that
.
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Everyone,
Think for a moment how many bugs and issues there were in iOS 8.X last
year. A number of them were directly related to VoiceOver and a number
were in the mainstream. Apple got so much ill will from everyone
across the board for putting out things that didn't work. Now, with
iOS 9, I
I won't be updating until tonight. I am interested to know if the
focus issues with VoiceOver have been fixed. Even though they were not
mentioned in the fixes on AppleVis, I had heard from someone privately
that the focus issues would be fixed for 9.1. Can anyone confirm? This
bug was when you
One work around for the sleep timer issue is to turn Audio Ducking on
and then deal with the sleep timer button. Once you have it set to the
right amount you could turn Audio Ducking off again. An inconvenience
but it is what it is.
Wayne
On 10/21/15, Paul and Paula Jordan
It can't hurt, but I also don't want to be an "app switcher neat
freak" and close every app each time it is opened. I usually keep my
app switcher with between 10 and 14 apps running at any one time, and
often more like 10 to 12. IMO, too much above that and you are slowing
down your device.
Haven't used TuneIN Premium, but you can find many games through some
of the free or low cost apps, like the various Pro Football Radio apps
and All Football. I thought I would need something nicer to listen but
I've been able to get most games through these apps. A few teams do
not stream their
Greetings. As a follow up to my issue of not seeing all my purchases,
as it turned out, all my purchases were restored along with the other
music that I had imported through iTunes on my Mac. The problem I am
now having is adding those songs/albums to playlists that I have in my
Music app. I am
me. Harry
>
>
>
>> On 18 Oct 2015, at 04:46, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have signed up for the iTunes Match service to help keep copies of all
>> my music and take it from one device to the next. I was having a problem
>> with iTunes
Another thing that they added was an add/delete to/from wish list
button in the more info page for a book. So if you are looking at
recent books or magazines, then in addition to downloading the book on
the more info screen you can now add it to your wish list. If however
you are looking at the
Uber should be one of the top results. Make sure you spell it U B E R.
It could be that Uber is not available in your area, but even then it
should still show up in the App Store.
Good luck,
Wayne
On 10/19/15, 'Simon w' via VIPhone wrote:
> When I check in the search
ell bard that want the feature the smart people will make it
>> happen and please don't flood me with reasons why you think it'll never
>> happen. Somebody just needs to find a way. Remember, they told Thomas
>> Edison he was nuts too. The only way to make light is with f
I have signed up for the iTunes Match service to help keep copies of all my
music and take it from one device to the next. I was having a problem with
iTunes on my MacBook Pro and took it to my local Apple Store. Long story short,
I was told to delete all the songs from the iTunes library and
Jennifer, and anyone else interested in submitting AppleVis content,
Here is the link to submit podcasts to AppleVis, along with links on
this page for their guidelines and other information:
http://www.applevis.com/content/upload-audio-inclusion-podcast
I would encourage anyone to submit content
There are several out there and some transit companies have their own
apps, which may or may not be accessible. I use one called Transit
Times, don't remember the developer but it cost $1 or $2 I believe. It
is laid out very well in 4 different tabs. Though if you want to look
at stop times for
iOS 9 has been mostly positive for me. The one hting that I have
experienced which is a major inconvenience and very frustrating for me
is the focus bug where your focus jumps to the top of a list of items
each time you go back. This has happened for me in Settings, the
Contacts page of the Phone,
antastical 2 update fixes VO issue with new appointments,
>> > but dumps you back 6 months to a year when opening the app
>> >
>> > I am not being jumped into the past either.
>> >
>> >
>> > Jenn and Kumi
>> >
>> >> On Oct
If you use labels in the Gmail web interface, the Gmail app lets you
apply multiple labels to a message at one time, which is something
that you cannot do with Gmail in basic view on the web. I used the
Gmail app for a while and the switched back to the native mail app,
mainly because I was not
Because it hasn't been mentioned yet, one ggame that I keep returning
to time and again is iAssociate 2 on the iPhone and iAssociate 2 HD on
the iPad. A great word associations game. I have a few others on my
phone, like some of the Blindfold games and iFarkle but iAssociate 2
has had lots of
the mail app?
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com>
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Date: Monday, October 12, 2015 4:51 pm
> Subject: Re: Upgrading to IOS 9?
>
>>
>>
>> iOS 9 has been mostly positive for me.
Greetings. Does anyone know if it is possible to assign different
vibration patterns for voicemails in iOS? I think it would be helpful
to have a different vibration pattern for an incoming call verses a
voicemail message. Using iOS 9.0.2 on an iPhone 6S, for what it's
worth.
Wayne
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in time to either May 2015 or
>>>> November 2014.
>>>> That also happens if you use the go to a date by double tap and hold on
>>>> the go to today button and then pick a date. As soon as you hit done, it
>>>> jumps you back.
>>>> Annoying at the very leas
To my knowledge, the only place where the new Text Selection feature
does not work is in Messages. This is one big place where I wish it
would work. If you open a text message and find some text, you will
not find the Text Selection rodar item at all. I was talking with some
colleagues today about
I've experienced this as well on both a 6 and a 6S. I have emailed
Apple Accessibility to let them know and would encourage others to do
the same. I know my phone is not muted. I still miss the notification
sounds and sometimes the notifications from messages or other apps.
Wayne
On 10/8/15,
for my calendar management
tasks, verses the native calendar app.
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Good day. To those that have the iPhone 6S/+, if you have been
struggling with using the new 3D Touch gesture, I discovered something
that might help. I have listened to several podcasts on using 3D Touch
and though I learned how it worked, I was not able to get it to work
on my 6S. Until this
One way to deal with it and have your number entered but keep it
secure would be to only enter your card/account number in the phone
number, but not your password/passcode. This is what I do for my
checking and credit card account numbers, since the account number is
way more digits than I can do
updated to iOS 9.0.2, did a reset, and erase all data
and settings on the phone. Then restoring from iCloud was not a
problem. This was probably the long way around on my part, but I did
have a brand new 6S and wouldn't really lose anything important.
Wayne
On 10/1/15, Wayne Merritt <wcm
ive you don’t have a large video or something taking up space? I know
> someone who could not get their iPhone to backup to iCloud until they
> removed a few videos.
>
> Christina
>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Than
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