Re: iOS9 and Fantastical

2015-09-21 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Yes, you're right there. How do I find where to report it? Carol P - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 2:21 AM Subject: Re: iOS9 and Fantastical I just tried it and you are correct. But, even

Re: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

2015-09-21 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Exactly what I do. Or simply select the text then copy it to the clipboard. That new feature may be more convenient for others though. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v > On Sep 20, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Brent

Re: A couple of questions re IPad Mini 4

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
Not seeing any iPad specific bugs, but in any case, split screens are for certain apps only like the stock Settings and Mail apps. > On 21 Sep 2015, at 05:45, M.Nelson wrote: > > when the excitement settles down, I intend to get a Mini4. I won’t be using > it for phone

Re: Selecting text in a kindle book

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
I thought text selection would work for any text fields, even read only ones, regardless of the app in use? > On 21 Sep 2015, at 05:05, Mary Otten wrote: > > I was not surprised to see that I could not select text with the new text > selection feature in iOS 9 when reading

Re: iOS9 and Fantastical

2015-09-21 Thread Jesper Holten
Hi. Yeah it seems to be broken after Ios 9 upgrade! Hope it gets fixed rather sooner than later! Cheers, Jesper. On 9/21/15, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone wrote: > Hi. > > I've noticed this too, and, as has already been said, it appears not just > to be a VoiceOver bug

Re: How to send feedback to Apple regarding iOS 9?

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi To send accessibility related feedback send it to accessibil...@apple.com for more general feedback submit the form at www.apple.com/feedback > On 21 Sep 2015, at 05:22, dacia.l...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > How does one go about sending feedback to Apple regarding iOS 9? Also, has > anyone

Re: A CALL TO ACTION: VoiceOver No Longer Announcing Number of Messages in the Native iOS 9 Mail App

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
You can get the beta here http://beta.apple.com you must sign in and enrol your device(s) before you can install the beta. Note this is a public, not a developer, beta which the latter requires a paid developer account. The public beta program however is free to anyone with an Apple ID. > On 21

does Seri Speak All The Languages that Voice Over Does?

2015-09-21 Thread Fazil
Hi, list. Hindi is one of the languages spoken by VO, should I assume that Seri should be speaking Hindi too? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a

Re: Email losing focus when dictating in iOS 9

2015-09-21 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Nancy, Yeah, the text boxes sometimes seem to work differently. I had a situation the other day where my position was spoken as being somewhere in the text and the only way I could get to the end was by moving the cursor. This wasn't too much of a bother and I need to do some more editing

Re: is app data included in the iCloud backup

2015-09-21 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Yeah, that would be interesting to know. After all, when you upgrade over the air everything (usually) comes back absolutely sorted as you left it, though I know for some upgrades (if you have the space) it's not necessary that the information is removed, so perhaps that's why! Anyone

Re: iOS9 and Fantastical

2015-09-21 Thread 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone
Hi. I've noticed this too, and, as has already been said, it appears not just to be a VoiceOver bug either as my sighted friend tried it without VO and it wouldn't let her do anything. She looked to see where we could report it, but it wasn't obvious. So if anyone knows where we go to

Re: Need to record distance walked with the iPhone

2015-09-21 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
iTreadmill used to do this, and email you regular results summarising your efforts. - Original Message - From: "DJ" To: Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 2:35 AM Subject: RE: Need to record distance walked with the iPhone I use Walk Log.

Re: Dictation, Facebook, and unwanted chatter from voiceover while dictating

2015-09-21 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
My one comment, is that verbal input needs to be quite short, Siri has a short attention span. The input cursor stays at the end of what you last typed, so you can always hit "Dictate" again, and say some more. Keep it short, and tell it "comma" or "dot" as you go. Don't be too slow

Re: Email losing focus when dictating in iOS 9

2015-09-21 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Sounds more like a focus issue of iOs itself. - Original Message - From: "Nancy Badger" To: Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 3:31 AM Subject: Email losing focus when dictating in iOS 9 Hello, This is something I have noticed since

Re: "Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

2015-09-21 Thread John J Jacques
Hi all, will this app read .BRF files downloaded with the BARD app? Have a good one: John Buffett’s New Enemy Buffett just confirmed his worst fear. Click here for his warning.

RE: keyboard lock is off while calling

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Has she done a reboot since the update? If not that would be the first step to try and if that doesn't fix it I wold try a Reset Network Settings. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Davy Cuppens Sent: Monday, September 21,

RE: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Rose, It really is a simple process, I will explain it one more time and if you follow these steps it should work just fine. 1. After you start the process of adding a fingerprint, place the finger you want to use on the hone button. You will feel a very small and short

Trouble adjusting VO speaking rate on AppleWatch after update

2015-09-21 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Updated to Watch os2 without apparent problem. After, VO speaking rate seemed slower, but Applewatch app indicates 50%. Tried to flick up or down in AppleWatch app on the iPhone, but can't seem to make any progress. Any hints? Thanks in advance, Keith -- The following information is

using Braille display with IOS 9.0

2015-09-21 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
Hi all. When I use my Apex or other Braille displays that I have worked with on my IPhone with IoS 9.0 after typing in an edit field whether I'm in the messages or mail app I can not use dot four chord or move to each field any other way. It seems that Braille is broken in this version of

RE: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
Rose, Try Function F5. That is how both my Work Del and my home Toshiba now turn off the touch pad. I find I often have to turn it off again after rebooting, but at least I can turn it off. I hope that works. I hate touchpads. Richard -Original Message- From:

RE: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

2015-09-21 Thread Thom Spittle
A 3 finger quadruple tap will copy a block of text to the clipboard. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 9:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two small features in

Re: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Kathy Metters
Something is seriously wrong with the Samantha voice. Sounds like she had a very bad operation and it didn't go well. OS9 was not kind to her. Samantha sounds like she has an extreme case of laryngitis. She absolutely sounds awful! I guess we will have to learn to live with Siri, because living

Bluetooth keyboards and commands for iPad

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I saw a list of Bluetooth keyboards commands that they did from iOS 7 I believe. I wonder if there is something newer. I know there are many new commands in iOS nine, but apparently the popovers that show these are not accessible to us. Not too helpful there, Apple.also I wonder if anyone still

Re: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

2015-09-21 Thread Kathy Metters
I absolutely love the text selection feature in iOS nine it's one of the best improvement regarding voiceover so far for me. Katie Lady Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Gmail wrote: > > In earlier versions of iOS, before nine, though, I don't think

Re: "Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

2015-09-21 Thread numamoto jun
HI, John J Jacques, Thank you for your interest. Since we are not accessible with NLS by ourselves due to restriction on Nationality, we are not familiar with BARD app, but, we assume BARD app do not have function to let other app use their downloaded files. So, you have to download same file

RE: Power saving mode

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
BTW, I discovered that while Power Mode is active, the auto lock switches to 30 seconds. I wondered why my phone was locking so bloody fast. Once Power Mode turns off, auto lock goes back to whatever you had it set to. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com

GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Jenifer Barr
Hi all. My model number doesn't match any of the numbers in the link Siegheard provided... and I don't have eyes to read the back of the phone. I went in to settings/general/about, and found that model number. So, since I can't find the matching one... how would I know if my phone uses CDMA+GMA

Re: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Jenifer Barr
Oh, sorry... also I have a 64 gb 5s. Sorry about that. On 9/21/15, Jenifer Barr wrote: > Hi all. > My model number doesn't match any of the numbers in the link Siegheard > provided... and I don't have eyes to read the back of the phone. I > went in to

Re: A CALL TO ACTION: VoiceOver No Longer Announcing Number of Messages in the Native iOS 9 Mail App

2015-09-21 Thread Jenifer Barr
Thanks, I may just do that. (smile) On 9/21/15, christopher hallsworth wrote: > You can get the beta here > http://beta.apple.com > you must sign in and enrol your device(s) before you can install the beta. > Note this is a public, not a developer, beta which the latter

Re: Selecting text in a kindle book

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Well, all I can say is that I have text selection in my rotor, and when I flipped around the rotor with the Kindle book open, it didn't show up. Therefore, I assume it will not appear in the Kindle app. I don't know why this book would've been an exception. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep

Re: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what you're referring to, and I don't see a link in your message, but if you're on AT then you don't use CDMA. You use GSM as described in this article http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407896,00.asp On 09/21/2015 06:03 AM, Jenifer Barr wrote: Hi all. My model number doesn't

Re: hey Siri using power

2015-09-21 Thread Sherrie
I am also planning to get the 6S but how do you know that the Hey Siri will work with earphones or blue tooth headsets? I don't know if these items have the mic always engaged. Just wondering. Hope you are right. Sherrie Gosling -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent:

RE: Selecting text in a kindle book

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
It isn't showing up for me either in Kindle books. I wonder if it has anything to do with the way Kindle takes over the entire screen. The "Speak Screen" function doesn't work with Kindle either, so You can't start a book reading and lock the device. Richard -Original Message-

RE: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
OK,thenI guess Andrew must have been looking in the wrong spot. If you read this, Andrew, make sure you go into Voiceover settings and then Speech and not the Speech option in the main accessibility settings. Once you are there you can either add US English as another language which allows you

Managing podcasts from down cast

2015-09-21 Thread Tom Rash
I have 2 GB of downloaded podcasts. I thought I set it up to stream my podcasts. I did this a while ago and don't remember how to do it. Is there a way to delete a fair number of podcasts without unsubscribing? Whenever I try to delete something it wants to know if I'm sure I want to delete

Re: Voiceover keyboard and Braille display commands

2015-09-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't know if this list has been updated for IOS 9 yet or not, but this might be a good starting point for you http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph6c494dc6.html On 09/21/2015 12:11 AM, denise avant wrote: Hello all, I am searching for a link to a list of the IOS 9 keyboard

RE: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Jennifer, It's GSM not GMA, if you are with AT your phone will be a GSM only phone, I believe in the States only Verizon and Sprint have the GSM/CDMA model. It would, however, still be a good idea to be sure and ask somebody to tell you the number on the back of your phone, that model

Re: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Shawn, I have upgraded to iOS9 on iphone 5C. Does this also make it possible to use siri voice as the default voice for VoiceOver? I've looked under speech in accessibility in settings and also under siri but I can't see an option to do this. Maybe iphone 5C is not capable to utilise

iOS 9 Braille commands with a few extra from Applevis

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
I found a few new braille commands on the Applevis web site for iOS 9. I've included them in the below list. They are for two finger double tap, toggling quicknav andfor the double tap and hold gestures. Common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation using iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Re: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Jenifer Barr
Ok, thanks Sieghard. I will try and do that before apple pulls 8.4.1. Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Jennifer, > > It's GSM not GMA, if you are with AT your phone will be a GSM only phone, I > believe in the

Re: Power saving mode

2015-09-21 Thread Russ Kiehne
Here is what I get on my 5th generation ipod touch when I ask Siri to turn it on. Sorry, but I can’t change Low Power Mode on your iPod. -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 4:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Power saving mode You

RE: Power saving mode

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Isometimes get this on my iPhone, too, try to ask SIRI to "Turn on battery saving mode" that usually seems to work better for me than asking to "Turn of low power mode". SIRI is supposed to understand natural language, but I find it unfortunate that in the last year or two you really have to be

RE: hey Siri using power

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Iknowbecause they said so during the keynote. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sherrie Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 6:01 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hey Siri using power I am also planning to get the

Re: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
The Siri voices are available on my old for S. So I think they should be available on the five as well. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 6:26 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > If it could they would be available if you to to Settings > Accessibility > >

Re: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread John J Jacques
Hi all, they are deffinatly available for the 4 s and up, as I just added them to my girlfriends 4 s! Have a good one: John Buffett’s New Enemy Buffett just confirmed his worst fear. Click here for his warning.

Re: A CALL TO ACTION: VoiceOver No Longer Announcing Number of Messages in the Native iOS 9 Mail App

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
It will probably be a couple of months. I won't comment on the other bug John Diakogeorgiou > On Sep 20, 2015, at 11:10 PM, Jenifer Barr wrote: > > When will the beta come out? Also... I hope the call bug and the bug where vo > crashes after sending email is fixed!!!

RE: Voiceover keyboard and Braille display commands

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
I just went to a link in the iOS 9 iPHone manual which I down loaded in iBooks and it had a list dated February 2015. I think there may be more commands than are in this list but here you go: Common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation using iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch When using a

Re: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Jenifer Barr
Thanks Chris. You're right I forgot to post the link. Sorry. http://www.iphonehacks.com/download-iphone-ios-firmware I was trying to figure out which firmware to install. There are two versions for the 5s, one for GMA+CDMA phones, and one for just GMA. Sorry about that. Jen On 9/21/15,

RE: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If it could they would be available if you to to Settings > Accessibility > Voiceover > Speech > Default Dialect. If they are not there then like Alex the SIRI voices are most likely only available on 64 Bit devices which the iPhone 5 and 5C are not. The oldest device where this would be

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Well someone on another list just told me that you cannot turn off the touchpad on a MacBook. That is disgusting. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Rose, > Try Function F5. That is how both my Work Del and my

Re: Minor Bugs I have noticed in IoS 9

2015-09-21 Thread Shai
Hi, Another minor bug I have noticed here is that when one moves an app using the touch screen, the app just moved seems to stay in the same place even though VoiceOver announces that it is moving. In order to get the app in the right place with VoiceOver one has to move the app again and then

RE: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
I have never, ever gotten past the trip message regardless of what I have tried in more than 25 times of trying this. For me, it just isn’t going to happen as nothing works and I eventually end up canceling out. I am not normally terribly patient but I’d think trying to do this for more than

RE: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
I have a fairly new Perkins as my old one finally stopped working and my late husband did not want to send it for repairs so bought another. Can't believe how hard I have to punch the keys on the new one to get letters to show up on paper. Since he passed I can't even find the older one to

Re: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

2015-09-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't have a phone running IOS 8 where I can test this any more, but I'm pretty sure I used to select text from things like web pages in Safari and paste it into LinkedIn updates. You'd have to use the pinch gesture first to highlight some text and then the copy option would show up in the

RE: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
Well Word would be fine with me but, input into any iDevice without a real keyboard with keys of the right size is my huge problem. Even the Apple keyboard I have, Bluetooth, was difficult for me to build up speed on because the keys were flat, very little travel. I spent an inordinate amount

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I assume this is a joke, but being a geek myself, I feel obligated to stand up for geeks everywhere. First, I don't think it's an easy task to come up with an algorithm that's going to know how to pronounce an abbreviation correctly in every context. I don't think it's a case of a geek with

RE: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
Another reason not to have a Macbook, or to have to use a USB keyboard, which defeats the idea of having the portability. Isn't technology fun? Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, September

RE: "Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
I just looked at the description in the app store. It is $14.99. I don’t plan to buy it since if I have a braille file, I’ll likely read it in braille with a braille display. I expect if it does what it claims, a lot of folks will find it useful though. Richard From:

"Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

2015-09-21 Thread jn nt
Greetings to VIPhone members and friends, I hope this find you well. Excuse us for sudden message. We are C-FES Co. Ltd, developer of iOS apps and we have recently released iOS app called “Voice Braille Reader” and would like to introduce to VIPhone members. “Voice Braille Reader” is

RE: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Thanks for this. Maybe I'm just tired after a long day, but I'm not sure how to use this page. Where do I put in the Serial Number of my phone? Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Monday,

RE: Need to record distance walked with the iPhone

2015-09-21 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Could someone please give me instructions for using walklog. I can't figure out how to start it and don't see a help file anywhere in the app. It's probably something obvious, but I can't figure it out. Thanks.It sounds like an app I'd like to use since Boston and I both like to walk. God

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Jewel
I had heard much of Alex so when I was wandering through settings/voices last night and came upon the option to invite him into my humble iPhone, I did so! To say that I was, distinctly underwhelmed would not be overstating the case! I want to give him the "bum's rush", but now that he has

RE: Explore by touch focus issue fixed in IOS 9

2015-09-21 Thread Richard Turner
I found the same thing. Finally, delete is really delete. It also used to often skip the delete button if you were flicking right, it would go Mark message, Move, Reply, Compose and only when you went back to the left did you hear the delete button. Nice to have a little annoyance like that

Re: Trouble adjusting VO speaking rate on AppleWatch after update

2015-09-21 Thread Alex Hall
Have you tried the pass-through on the speech rate slider? Double tap and hold on the slider, then slowly move your finger left or right--left is slower, right is faster. It's not perfect, but it should work pretty well. Note that I'm not using the Watch app as I lack a Watch, but this gesture

Explore by touch focus issue fixed in IOS 9

2015-09-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
An annoying little bug I had throughout IOS 8 appears to have been fixed in IOS 9. I'm talking about the bug where I'd find a button by exploring the screen but double tapping would activate an adjacent button. For example, I'd go to delete a message in the Mail app by touching the screen

Re: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, if you could do that crazy pinch gesture with reliability, which I never could, you could copy stuff off of webpages. This is way easier in my opinion. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > > I don't have a phone running

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Well, having started the thread with that little slam on Mr. Alex, I think I have to defend him. Perhaps because I've used them on the Mac for several years now I really like Alex. I feel he is one of the more natural reading voices around, probably because he breeds, usually in the right

RE: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
I’d like Alex back but he seems to be off playing with something, he refuses to come back. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-21 Thread Paul Hunt
Simply use Microsoft Word for IOS. It's accessible and works well. > On Sep 21, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I appreciate all the feedback. I just got more info on this little job they > want me to do, and it may be something I can do. They look like they're

Re: "Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

2015-09-21 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Sounds like a good app if it weren't for the steep price tag. $17 canadian is a little too high and there are apps out there that are cheaper than that or even free that can read books to you in any format. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle:

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
No, I am changing carriers, and I had to turn in the phone as part of the deal moving to the new carrier. But I will have the the old phone until I get the new phone up and running of course. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:45 AM, John Diakogeorgiou >

Sling tv is the sling app accesible:

2015-09-21 Thread Don Breda
I am posting for a friend who is not subscribed to the list. He signed up for a 7 day free trial of sling tv. slingtv.com which allows you to listen to some tv stations without a sling box. You can listen on your computer or iPhone or android device for a monthly fee. He seems to find

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I was kind of hoping that I would be able to take the phone out of the box, and connect it to my Mac, where the backup of my old phone is encrypted. Then I can restore from that, and then fool with upgrading the Sim card. Or I should say programming the Sim card. Or whatever you call it. The

Re: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Do you have to set up a password then to get into that area to do Touch ID? (Is this a failsafe method so you can get in if/when the Touch ID doesn't work)? Carol P Carol P - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent:

Observation about the voiceover crash after replying to an email

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I have noticed a couple of things about this bug. The first one is that, the amount of time it seems to take for voiceover to recover has something to do with the number of messages in the thread that is being replied to. The more messages in the thread, the longer the wait. Or thus it seems to

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Brent Harding
I remember back when that System Access To Go's speech would say fathoms where FM should've been in radio listings. The ones I really found annoying were back in school when they used Kurzweil 3000 to try to turn scanned books in to audio, hearing web addresses completely pronounced with all

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Indeed, my wife was reading a book the other day, in which one of the characters ended up dying of terabytes. To follow all the political excitement in Australia last week, I was listening to a station in Sydney called 2 G B, which default Daniel, my voice of choice, called 2 Gigabytes. I also

RE: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I assume you got the message I sent you privately, just get back to me directly if you want help with this. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 6:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, In case anyone else is struggling with this, entering the last 3 or 4 characters of your phones serial number on this http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/ page should give you all the information you need. The serial number can be found in settings > general > about. Cheers, Ben. On

Re: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
no it doesn't. You may find that using the finger print is easier than the pass code each time. On 9/21/15, dacia.l...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > When I upgraded to I OS 9 yesterday, it made me create a passcode. I chose > not to do the fingerprint, as that seems more

RE: GMA+CMDA VS. GMA?

2015-09-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Ben, Thanks for the reminder, I bookmarked this site a long time ago and totally forgot about it. It's a great way to get important information about your device and it would be an easy way for Jennifer to confirm which exact model she has. Here is what came up when I entered my 5S serial

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
I forgot about that. I've always started by programing the phone first. I don't know if that varies from carier to carier though. On 9/21/15, Mary Otten wrote: > No, I am changing carriers, and I had to turn in the phone as part of the > deal moving to the new carrier. But I

Re: Managing podcasts from down cast

2015-09-21 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Tom, you'd need to delete the individual episodes, not the podcasts themselves. So double-tap each podcast, review the episodes Downcast has, and delete them. You should be able to do this using the actions rotor in VO. One slightly quicker way would be to set up a playlist containing all of

Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Good old Alex has discovered a new cooking term. Did you know that when you're making short ribs in the slow cooker, you need to add one and a half terabytes of balsamic vinegar? When, when, will the folks who make the speech synthesizers stop trying to guess what abbreviations mean and leave

Re: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
Yes because if you need to reboot your phone you must enter the password the first time. On 9/21/15, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone wrote: > Do you have to set up a password then to get into that area to do Touch ID? > > (Is this a failsafe method so you

Re: notifications not reading in IOS 9.

2015-09-21 Thread Robin Frost
Hi, I have noticed notifications being quite inconsistent in iOS9 with a bevvy of apps including messages, news headline apps and Westminster chimes to name a few. Robin From: Chris Judd Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:49 AM To: viphone mailing list Subject: notifications not reading in

qr code labels?

2015-09-21 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
I am looking for qr coded labels for clothes that are able to be used in the washer and dryer. does anyone have a place where I can purchase these? I have the ID Mate but, the labels just don’t stand out in the wash for more than 2 or 3 was washings. Also, I just can’t get digit eyes to work

RE: Siri voice for voice over

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
Currently I am running Siri female the larger on my phone, not sure if it uses Kindle or not but was reading my Bible from Kindle very well. I was also reading an iBook yesterday and with the rate at 55 to 60 I actually could hear it better than Alex, even though I think I still prefer Alex.

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
I was talking to Verizon about this earlier. They send their phones out preprogramed. On 9/21/15, Mary Otten wrote: > I was kind of hoping that I would be able to take the phone out of the box, > and connect it to my Mac, where the backup of my old phone is encrypted. > Then

RE: My apple Bluetooth keyboard works in iOS 9

2015-09-21 Thread Rose Combs
I am unable to get a Logitech or Apple keyboard to connect to my iPhone 6, never have been able to do it for some reason. Alone, no one to read numbers I may need to enter on the phone, have not found them either. Frustrating as I will be taking a class soon where having the ability to type

Minor Bugs I have noticed in IoS 9

2015-09-21 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, After using IOS 9 for a few days here are a couple of bugs I have noticed that I have yet to see mentioned. If anyone has figured out any work around please let us know. 1. Heading Navigation is gone in some apps For example if you use grub hub the ability to quickly flick from food

Re: WatchOS 2 is here

2015-09-21 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Keith. Here's a pretty good review . Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 22/09/2015, at 6:10 AM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: > >

Re: Observation about the voiceover crash after replying to an email

2015-09-21 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
you may be right because when I replied to your message where their was no thread VO didn't crash at all. On 9/21/15, Mary Otten wrote: > I have noticed a couple of things about this bug. The first one is that, the > amount of time it seems to take for voiceover to recover

Re: Cooking with terabytes

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I haven't found that Alex is any worse than any of the other voices. Perhaps your mileage varies depending on what you read. I did notice that the GM or gold master turned into grams. Which I thought was interesting. I'm sure there are many of these, and they've been happening for years. I

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting about Verizon. When I did the deal with T-Mobile last week, or maybe it was two weeks ago, I got a Sim card from them. They explained that once I got my phone, I had the choice of putting this new one in, or using one that should already be in the phone. But I gathered that the one

RE: Problem with App store

2015-09-21 Thread rhs
The app I’ve been trying to update is ITunesU so I don’t think that is it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 11:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problem with App store Think there have been some problems with

Re: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
You can set up the fingerprint then the passcode or vice versa. There doesn't seem to be a particular order of presidence in my experience. > On 21 Sep 2015, at 18:21, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: > > It's been a while since I did this. I think though you need to have > the

Re: Setting up a new iPhone from scratch

2015-09-21 Thread brenda mueller
Mary, In that braille manual, Getting Started with the iPhone and IOS8 Step by Step Instructions, installing that SIM card is very early in the process. All that happened before that was that VoiceOver was turned on. These were the instructions in that braille manual by Anna Dresner about

Re: Question about passcode and answering phone calls

2015-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
In all cases, when you reboot the phone or you don't unlock it within 48 hours, you must enter the passcode. > On 21 Sep 2015, at 17:57, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone > wrote: > > So, the first time being when you're setting up the Touch ID, or each

RE: WatchOS 2 is here

2015-09-21 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Thanks, Jonathan. Is there an informational site you’d recommend detailing what’s new in WatchOS2? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 12:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: WatchOS 2 is here Hi

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