My average connection speed went up from 15 mbps to somewhere between 50 and
100. It was my ISP, and they did give me a different router/modem. I know
that my WiFi signal is stronger than it was, whatever the reason.
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Thursday,
The best way I use audo correct is to first type the word.
Next press the delete button until the iPhone makes the sound telling you you
have a misspelled word.
Then swipe left or right to the suggestion that you want and then double tap.
Have you tried that?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan
In using the edit button to delete email you can only tag about 125 emails to
deleted the time after that it gets very sluggish and may go back to the home
screen page so I only do 100 it time finding using the edit field and then cab
on each email or email group you want to delete so that this
What is the name of the site you are using to get the music notation?
On Jan 23, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote:
Hi, all,
I use a site that has a lot of tunes in ABC computer notation for music. I
don't read it on the fly very well, so was wondering if there's an
Hi there Alan.
Will the Legend speak the caller's number in place of name if they are not in
your contacts? Getting ready to upgrade from my Voyager HD Pro whose sound
quality is excellent but doesn't announce caller id.
Best regards,
Rick Alfaro
-Original Message-
From:
Rick, if the caller is not in your contacts, the Ledgend will announce the
telephone number or the name of the caller with caller ID. I espcially like
the answer or ignore feature. Sometimes, I'm busy and can't take the call or
don't want to because I know the caller is one of those people
It's mudcat.org and thesession.org .
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 Jan 23, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the name of the site you are using
Taxi service is terribly expensive here in Reno so I am thinking of giving
Uber a try. I have heard there have been a few bad experiences as in
assaults, etc. because the drivers are not screened. Has anyone had any
problems of this sort? Being a senior lady I don't want to save a couple of
Hi Marie,
I have nothing but good experiences with Uber. The drivers are just regular
people trying to make a little extra money.
The vehicles are much better than a regular taxi cab.
Go go ahead and give it a try. You can use my promo code thoms9 to get a free
ride up to a $20 value.
Let me
Hi Alan,
I noticed that as the notifications started coming in this morning. My dog
thinks it's the doorbell ringing, so i have to teach her not to react to the
phone's bell. Thanks again for the reccomendation.
Eileen
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 23, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Marie
The Legend is an ear peace. It can be worn on either ear. There is a peace
which goes inside the ear but the Legend comes with 3 incerts. Small, medium
or large. In my case, the smallest fits best in my ear.
The Legend is very comfortable to ware. Let me give you an example, I put my
ear
Ok, yes, but still a bit individual and slowish, though faster than flicking
up to the trash button for each item. Having threads turned on will help as
you can select the whole thread at once. The key button is Edit, keep
going down tapping each to select it, then periodically, go to
Both Flight View and Flight Aware are accessible
Marie
-Original Message-
From: Eileen Misrahi
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: any Accessible Flighs Tracking Apps?
Hello Alll,
I have been using Flight Plus in the past. However, there
To find a playlist that you have copied on your iPhone go to music and then go
to playlists.
On Jan 22, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Deidre Muccio deim...@verizon.net wrote:
I'm trying to make playlists from ITunes on my computer that I want to sync
to my iPhone. A tech was remotely controlling my
Because most of the BBC's radio content is not geo-blocked. All of its TV
content, including all the great audio described content, is.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 24/01/2015, at 3:01 am, Teresa Cochran
Taxi service is terribly expensive here in Reno so I have been thinking of
giving Uber a try. there have been some scattered reports of problems because
the drivers are not screened. Has anyone on the list had any issues like
assaults or whatever? As a senior totally blind woman saving a couple
My German wife deals with similar issues when she wants to use the apps for her
TV programs over there by logging into the German ap store and then into my
mother-in-laws account with a VPN on.
It otherwise wont’ work. Even with the VPN enabled. Odd because the trials for
the apps were
Where is the delete all button at the bottom. Is it on the left or right side?
I went to my mail then to trash then to edit but could not locate the delete
all button. Maybe it is not there as I do not have and emails in my trash
folder at this time. Could that be why I am not finding it?
Hi,
From the website, can you access the audio described movies and TV shows? Just
curious.
Eileen
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 23, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote:
Ah, thanks, guys. For whatever reason, the BBC is not supporting iOS for its
radio content as an
How do you delete the emails in the trash folder?
Ed
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Probably not more risky than entrusting yourself to the services of a regular
taxi driver.
All in all my Uber/Lyft experiences have been fine. You get the occasional
character, but nothing that would have made me feel uncomfortable. Then again,
I’m 6-2 and 240 pounds. So I can appreciate
Yes, have definitely had good luck with it. They always come fairly close to
the amount of time the app says, and it works great.
- Original Message -
From: Thom Spittle thom3...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Uber app
Hi
Ah, thanks, guys. For whatever reason, the BBC is not supporting iOS for its
radio content as an app. It works on the website, though. It's just a bit
clunky, but not a deal-breaker.
Teresa
We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
the brain is often called
Thanks so much, this is a very nice offer.
Marie
-Original Message-
From: Thom Spittle
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 10:02 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Uber app
Hi Marie,
I have nothing but good experiences with Uber. The drivers are just regular
people trying to
Yesterday, I connected my iPhone to the computer and did a sync. I have the
sink set to include my contacts from Gmail and my address book. However, all I
can see now are contacts from Facebook. All else seems gone. Can anyone tell me
how to fix this?
Kristeen Hughes
--
The following
Hi,
In the main list of mail accounts in the mail app, there is a heading that says
accounts. Here you can double tap on your email, then double tap on trash.
Next, double tap on edit, then at the bottom of the screen, there is a delete
all button.
I hope this makes sense. If not, let me
Isn't there a setting in mail or messages, and maybe even phone that allows
you to set what period of time all trash will be removed? I've got one of
those things set for every 30 days.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Charles Rivard
Sent: Friday,
Not that I'm aware of it.
It is possible when you grant access to your dropbox account to an other app to
specify if it gets access to the whole dropbox or just an app specific folder
but that's as close to what you're saying that I can think of.
Again, I'm not sure 100%.
hth,
Ioana
Sent
What computer are you using to sync the contacts?
On Jan 23, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com wrote:
Yesterday, I connected my iPhone to the computer and did a sync. I have the
sink set to include my contacts from Gmail and my address book. However, all
I can see now are
No, the audio described TV content will only be available if you're in the UK
or use techniques to convince the service that you are.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 24/01/2015, at 9:19 am, Eileen Misrahi
What computer are you using to create the playlists?
On Jan 23, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Deidre Muccio deim...@verizon.net wrote:
Isaac
Yes, I know but they are all empty. The songs did not transfer. I'm
wondering if I needed to hit something on the phone rather than assume that
I had to control
The delete all button is on the right side.
An easier way to get to this button is to do a 4 finger tap at the bottom of
the screen.
On Jan 23, 2015, at 2:48 PM, Pinky pink...@abe.midco.net wrote:
Where is the delete all button at the bottom. Is it on the left or right
side? I went to
Here in Chicago, there have been two incidents of sexual violence, one
against a woman and another against a 5’9 110 pound man. The woman
was intoxicated and passed out in the car. She awoke in the driver’s
apartment with her clothes pulled down to her ankles exposing her
pelvis. The driver
Isaac
My Dell PC running Home XP and Jaws 12 and I do it from within the I Tunes
12 program.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Isaac Hebert
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:24 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: I
I installed Skype onto my iPhone 5 that uses firmware 8.1.2. I allowed access
to both microphone and camera. I signed in successfully. When calling the
test number to check my audio, the recorded instructions were at an extremely
low level, and so was my test message. Pressing the up volume
Would you say the earpiece is secure? Like secure enough to wear while out
walking? I have a Bose earpiece that I am constantly afraid will fall out of my
ear and be lost.
Sent from Kimber's iPhone
On Jan 23, 2015, at 11:39 AM, Alan J Paganelli
alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote:
The
Ooops, I meant to write for a phone running 7.01.2 or somewhere in there. I
now have a 6.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Deidre Muccio
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: I Tunes
Is abc notation just for Irish and folk music? I want to find a good notation
system for all kinds of music but that also has ways to convert the notation
into midi or any other kind of file, and allows for listening to the file
before conversion to midi. And I make music more by ear, so I'd
Hi List,
If you already have a dropbox account and have been using it on your pc, and
decide to install the dropbox app on your iPhone 6 plus, is there a way to
suppress folders that are visible on the pc side but you don't want some of
these folders to be visible on the iPhone, is there such a
There is an iPlayer Radio app, but it's only available in the UK Store.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 24/01/2015, at 8:06 am, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote:
Ah, thanks, guys. For whatever reason, the BBC is not
I wish there were a delete all button in every folder. I have over 13,000
Emails in my inbox dating back several months.
---
Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished,
you! really! are! finished!
- Original Message -
From: Isaac Hebert
To:
Isaac
Yes, I know but they are all empty. The songs did not transfer. I'm
wondering if I needed to hit something on the phone rather than assume that
I had to control everything from ITunes on the computer while the phone and
computer were connected. . I see information in the Dresner book in
My email invite to the meeting is a direct link so I don't have to
find the join button. But I do see the button fine. I know I can use
the phone connection, but they also want us to log in so they have a
record of us. So I'm hoping I can do that much. And I'd like to do
more.
On 1/23/15, Ezzie
If you are in the trash folder, and you want to delete all of the messages
at once, first use the edit button. Then, at the bottom of the folder,
use the delete all button. It will ask if you want to delete them all,
and you choose to do so. There is no need to select any messages first.
Thanks for your reply.
I have done this and it works well
Any idea what the difference between auto correct and word prediction is ?
Regards
Ioana
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 23, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote:
The best way I use audo correct is
The only way to delete multiple messages is to double tap the edit button in
the upper right corner, then double tap the messages you want to delete, one at
a time, then double tap the trash button in the lower right. On the 5S, after
about 100 messages are selected, the phone gets very
Hi,
I’m thinking about getting myself a bluetooth headset and have more or less
decided that it’s going to be a Plantronics one. However my question is which
one? I’ve heard good things about both the M55 and the Voyager legend and so i
want to hear from those who have the two or have tried
I have the legend and love it. It works very well with 8.2. It has several
hands free/voice commands so you really don't have to touch the legend if your
hands are full or you just don't want to the legend. Love this headset.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
How is it that there is an app for the Kindle Fire tablet called Listen to the
BBC and not for iOS. Geographical restrictions wouldn't be the entire story, I
don't think.
Teresa
We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
the brain is often called
Well, have you tried the app to see if it works outside of the UK? It
could be that the fires app store isn't clever enough to hide aps that
have regiional restrictions.
If it does work, are you absolutely certain that it's an official BBC
app and not a third party one that uses some questionable
I am in the U.K. so unless you reside there I cannot gift it you at least.
Anyway, I only gift apps to people I know and trust, and not anybody everybody.
Just my £0.02 worth.
On 22 Jan 2015, at 22:56, Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote:
I really can't wait to have enough money to
Hello,
I tried using it on my phone, and it looks accessible. The problem is that when
you are in an edit field to type your meeting number name and email address,
it's hard to find the join button. You can scroll through the different fields,
but the join button is impossible to find. What I
What kind of results has anyone had using uber that has a dog guide?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Cristóbal
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 2:09 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Uber app
Probably not more risky than entrusting
Hi all,
After having received a prompt reply from VoiceDream writer support he reminded
me about please rating the app 5* if I like it.
It got me thinking and I checked other apps I love such as MBraille and it had
not received enough ratings to post them on the app store. THis is not even for
I use uber regularly with my guide dog and am very pleased with the results.
I have had one or two drivers not want to take my dog but I’m able to find this
out in advance because I call the driver to let them know I am a blind person
with a guide dog. I think that’s a reasonable courtesy and I
Yes, I'm sure ABC is a versatile tool, and you could use it to create any kind
of music. There are apps for computers, but I don't rememer names.
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 Jan
To my knowledge, this is a bug in audio ducking. Specifically, if you have
disabled audio ducking, VoiceOver is very quiet during phone calls. If you
enable it, the volume is supposed to go back to normal. I haven't personally
tested this.
On Jan 23, 2015, at 8:30 PM, Hope Paulos
Hi. I just purchased the Looktel Money Reader from the App Store and am
having trouble using it. How do I identify various bills? I attempt to point
them towards the iPhone but don't get any feedback on what the bill is. What
am I doing wrong. Thanksa llot and have a great day.
--
The
Hi folks,
I have Pear Note on my phone and iPad. It seems Voice Over friendly
but I’m finding it challenging to figure out how to take notes while recording
and later have it play back the audio when I’m in the text.
Are there any other folks using Pear note and meeting success?
tips
I know that the NFB of California has litigation going about discrimination
against guide dog users on the part of uber drivers.
Andy
From: rex wisdom
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Uber app
What kind of results has anyone had using uber that
Hi, I also know a person who has this problem, but on the iPhone 6. Her volume
is very very low. I don’t think this will help, but you might try not allowing
Skype to see the camera and see if that changes the audio. OK, I just did that
and it did not, just as I thought. I don’t have the same
Now that’s a different story. I haven’t had a guide in years, but you’re always
hearing about terrible experiences with folks and their dogs. Part of it has to
do with the driver’s lack of knowledge having to do with service animals and
regulations and sometimes they’re just jerks. Refusing to
I'm quite sure this topic has been discussed in previous posts to this list,
but a friend has been complaining that VoiceOver on her iPhone 6 is too low
during conversations. Can anyone advise the steps to take to remedy this
situation?
Thanks in Advance!
- Bill Leader Dog Holland
-
Hi,
The looktel money reader uses the back camera.
The first bill it recognizes might take 5 or 10 seconds, but after that I've
found it is almost instantaneous.
Just either put the phone face down and hold the bill 4 to 6 inches above the
phone, or have the bill on the table or flat in one hand
Ok, thanks, Jonathan. Eileen, no, the described videos and most of the other
video is not accessible from the US, but radio is.
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 Jan 23, 2015, at 1:01
I haven't done what I'm about to advise here, but I do understand that since
I suspect you have all of your devices using the same account the assumption
is made that you'll want access to all of that account's data. You may
consider creating an alternative DropBox account for your iPhone so
Auto correct will take a word you misspell and try to change it to what it
guesses you meant to say. Predictive typing, on the other hand, looks at what
you're typing as you type it. It makes a guess about what word you are trying
to type, letting you tap the word once you see it. I've been
I am now using ios 8 with my iphone 6+ and this isn’t working anymore when I
go into the control center. When I double tap on orientation locked it doesn’t
unlock it. Has something changed?
Denise
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Richard
She can add volume to the rotor, and when she is on a telephone conversation,
before calling, she can turn down the voice over volume.
Hope Paulos
On Jan 23, 2015, at 8:22 PM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote:
I'm quite sure this topic has been discussed in previous posts to this
My understanding is that you can do this in the Pro account, but last time I
checked it wasn’t accessible.
I know they were supposedly working on it though and someone with a Pro
account might be able to comment.
On Jan 23, 2015, at 1:46 PM, E V e_vi...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi List,
If
Not sure why you'd want to email to yourself when it's already on your
iDevice. Depends on where or how you want to upload to the net, you can
get it to facebook or the like from the share menu.
That is: in your photo stream folder where the picture is, if you tap on
the new picture, you
Would you mind telling me the city you live in. We have just gotten uber in
Dallas Texas, or I just heard about it a few days ago.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Deb Lewis
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
That does not unlock the phone; it allows the phone to change from portrait to
landscape and vice versa when you orientate the phone.
On 23 Jan 2015, at 23:40, denise colley dmc0...@comcast.net wrote:
I am now using ios 8 with my iphone 6+ and this isn’t working anymore when I
go into the
That is interesting. I would have thought because the car was privately owned
the driver didn’t come under the same laws as taxi cabs. I guess I thought
this because when I worked at the Pentagon many times co-workers would have a
party and some of them asked me not to bring my guide to the
Ride share drivers are independent contractors, but basically, you can consider
them driving you as the service they’re providing and their car as that place
of service that they’re providing it in so they have to follow ADA guidelines.
Some drivers may not be up to speed on what that entails
Hi all
Was just wondering if anyone knew how I could get rid of some music from my
Itunes which I no longer want? When I purchased it at the time it was great,
but now I really don't want it any more and would prefer to have the storage
space on my Iphone/Ipad etc instead. So if anyone has
Hey, list:
Somehow I think I already know the answer to this question however, here it
goes! Anyway to delete multiple email messages at once? Please say yes
otherwise, I'm going to have one hell of a time deleting 4000 messages. (sad
face)
DJ Reese
Winamp, iTunes: http://t.co/yHaWbe1hR8
Eileen,
I hope you enjoy the FlightView app. One of the things I like most about it is
that when it sends you a notification, it uses an audio tone that is very
similar to the sound used on airplanes to get your attention such as to fasten
your seatbelt. I think that's pretty cool.
Alan
Hi,
I changed from the Legend to the Edge because it was purported to have
longer battery life. Although this is true if you use the supplied battery
case every five or six hours to boost the Edge battery, the legend is more
comfortable and just as good quality sound in my humble opinion. I wish
You can use TIDAL on your mac with Safari or Google Chrome. Some who has
uppgraded to Yosemeti have problems using Google Chrome in general. I believe
TIDAL works in Safari too. You go to the homepage and log into the web player
with either Safari or Chrome. Very accessible. IOS app should work
No, I am unable to set up a PayPal account because of the CAPTCHA that must be
entered so if it is PayPal I can't do it. I tried to follow someone's
directions to get Webvism installed on Fire fox with no results, no invite,
nothing. Since I am alone and the one family member who visits is
Is the Legend a single ear piece or stereo?
Does it sit on the ear or is it an earbud style that goes in the ear?
Thanks,
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Sent from my iPhone 5S
Hi, all,
I use a site that has a lot of tunes in ABC computer notation for music. I
don't read it on the fly very well, so was wondering if there's an accessible
app for converting those into music?
Thanks,
Teresa
We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
On the PC, you can use a free program called email stripper and it removes them
from your message. In outlook if you're forwarding a message there's a setting
to have it appear as regular text, indented text or with the signs.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
The greater sighns are incerted to show that that text is a copy of
other text and not from the sender. There is no way to have them
automatically removed. You would have to remove them manually from within a
new document and it would take forever and may not even be possible on newer
I think the Legend is a great ear peace. I especially like the hands free
part. When a call comes in the ear peace announces, Joe Blow calling.
Answer or ignore. Just say your choice.
Regards,
Alan
Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out.
Get
a job.
OK, seem to havef missed that one. Thanks.
Carol P
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description
At the top of the screen is an add document button.
HI list:
How do I go about backing up my photos from my IPhone 4S to the computer?
Currently using ITunes 12. Thanks!
DJ Reese
Winamp, iTunes: http://t.co/yHaWbe1hR8
Windows Media Player, http://is.gd/S6gYxc
Download and install the new Peachtree Radio fM app available in the
Android, Apple
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