RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device?

2024-08-27 Thread lange85
Hi, I found the code scanner in Control Center. My understanding is that QR codes are similar to bar codes, but much more versatile. I've tried to use code scanner on food packaging such as a box containing a Trader Joe's frozen food item, but I'm having a hell of a time finding where the QR co

RE: Spectrum TV App Made More Inaccessible Within Last Few Days

2024-08-27 Thread lange85
Hi Ron, You wrote: Hi Group, Remember before September of 2023, when the Spectdrum TV app was very straight forward? It had a main interface where a simgle swipe left or right would move channel by channel and if the app ws properly configured, VoiceOver would read the channel number, station

RE: Retrieving a Deleted Phone Number

2024-08-25 Thread lange85
Hi Mike, You wrote: Hi All, Running iOS17.6.1 on an SE2022. My wife accidentally deleted a phone number she was trying to as to her contacts from the Recents folder. Is it possible to retrieve a deleted contact from the Recents folder? If so, how can it be done? If the call was

Important: Data Breach

2024-08-17 Thread lange85
Hi all, I tried posting the following on Facebook, but not all of the links showed up in my post, so I took it down. While this isn't specifically related to JAWS, iPhones and other assistive technologies, I felt that it was important enough to spread the news far and wide through a couple of e

RE: "Kindle Question

2024-08-07 Thread lange85
Hi, As Richard said, you have to go to the Kindle Store on the web in order to buy Kindle books. When you get there, log into your Amazon account and you're in business. You may also want to use the Share option to add the Kindle Store to your home screen. That's what I did and I put the shortcu

NFB Newsline Mobile

2024-07-13 Thread lange85
Hi all, Imagine my surprise to find that the NFB Newsline mobile app appears to be working again. Earlier this morning there was still a server issue, but a short time ago, some time between 10 and 11 a.m. I was able to login successfully, and the app remembered all of my favorite publications. So

RE: Kindle to braille or audio

2024-07-10 Thread lange85
Hi Stargazer, To use your eReader with your iPhone, you’ll need to set up a Bluetooth connection to the iPhone, and once that’s done, you’ll use the eReader in Braille Display Mode. You can read about this in chapter 6 of the eReader user guide on your eReader. I’ve included text from this chap

Be My AI Rocks!

2024-07-03 Thread lange85
Hi all, Today I got a reminder of how much I dig the hell out of Be My AI. It's been a while since I've used Be My Eyes, and especially its Be My AI feature. I've used Be My AI for reading various types of mail and packaging and it works pretty darn well. For example, I can use it to read an enve

What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

2024-06-19 Thread lange85
Hi all, Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail app on my phone. It's amazing what I find in there sometimes. Unfortunately, I keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should have gone directly to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead.

RE: Mail Annoyance with Message Threads

2024-06-17 Thread lange85
Hi Alan, You wrote: I'm also using the native Mail app on the latest version of iOS but I'm not following your question. You mention a new thread which I'm assuming is one in your inbox containing multiple messages. Yes, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. But you don't say anyth

Mail Annoyance with Message Threads

2024-06-17 Thread lange85
Hi, This situation has been around for years and I don't know what to do about it. I'm running the native Mail app on an iPhone 12 Pro with the latest IOS. I have Mail set up so that messages are threaded, which is particularly useful on high-traffic mailing lists when I want to temporarily ignore

Apple Music: Getting An Accurate Count

2024-06-14 Thread lange85
Hi all, I Love, love, Love Apple Music and have had it since it was introduced way back when. Over the years I've amassed a huge library of music of all styles, including classic rock, classical, country, jazz, bluegrass R&B and all kinds of stuff. My old CD player died years ago, so I got rid of

FW: [Tech-VI] From TTJ: Open Apple Q&A: Thursday, June 13, 8:00 PM Eastern Time

2024-06-10 Thread lange85
Hi, I saw this on the Tech-VI list and thought I’d pass it on. A link in the below message points to an article about what’s coming in SIRI. Will she at long last gain some real intelligence? ? I hope so. Time will tell. Tom From: tech...@groups.io On Behalf Of David Goldfield via

RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread lange85
Hi all, This is going to be a rather lengthy post, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya. I was born in 1954. My parents gave me musical toys to play with as early as when I was one-and-a-half years old, and I used to pick out tunes that I heard on the radio or on television. One of those musical toys

RE: Sonos App Update

2024-05-21 Thread lange85
Hi Sieghard, Funny timing indeed! I ran the update just after I saw your message. After looking at a couple of dialogs which I closed, the new app wanted me to do a software update for my Sonos speakers, which are the old Sonos 1. The firmware update completed successfully and I’m happy to sa

Sonos App Update

2024-05-21 Thread lange85
Hi, I checked out the app store this morning and found version 80.01.10 of the Sonos app is available, and, among other things it's supposed to have improved VoiceOver support. Has anybody tried it yet? Just curious. I'm still running the older version prior to the redesign. Tom -- The fol

Facebook App and Its Web Browser

2024-05-07 Thread lange85
Hi folks, While using the Facebook app, I often encounter posts which will direct me to various web pages which are often riddled with ads. Needless to say, this can be a major pain to have to wade through. If the page is exceedingly large and overrun with ads, things can get hopelessly bogged do

RE: Native Mail app focus issues under iOS 13.2

2019-11-01 Thread lange85
Hi, The “misspelled Words” item in the rotor is definitely a bug. Here’s what someone at Applevis has to say about it. There are numerous places system-wide where the Misspelled Words item will be in the VoiceOver rotor's Action menu where this functionality is not available (examples incl

RE: Native Mail app focus issues under iOS 13.2

2019-11-01 Thread lange85
Hi Alan, I’ve experienced similar issues with the native Mail app since IOS 13 came out. I reported it to Apple Accessibility and they responded, saying that the problem couldn’t be reproduced. I suspect that the guy who handled the situation didn’t know what I was talking about and was basic