Re: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available:

Not such a big Deel, but i was just asking out of interest. Dave. From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 5:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available: No, but while it’s slightly annoying I don’t consider this to be a big deal, after all, I

RE: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available:

No, but while it’s slightly annoying I don’t consider this to be a big deal, after all, I know when I am making or receiving a call. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 12:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Voice Dream Reader and Using Siri Voices?

Hello List, Let me say up front that I have all the voices I'm asking about downloaded to my iPhone 6 running iOS 10.1.1. I'm using the latest version of Voice Dream Reader and was perusing the available voices under the manage voices setting. Although I see all of the voices I've purchased

RE: Voice Dream Reader Rewind Question

Ooops, meant to ask you Anna: how do you get to the “voice hints for VDR?” Thanks, Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 4:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream

RE: Voice Dream Reader Rewind Question

Could you tell me where to get the “voice hints” for VDR? I just purchased it, and found the quick info on jestures to be completely wrong (so am assuming that info is for non-voiceover users), but don’t know where to look for voiceover use info. Thanks. Chip From:

Re: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Hi Slight correction, press the menu button three times to enable VoiceOver for first time set up. You can also set it this way as an accessibility shortcut in settings>general>accessibility. > On 2 Nov 2016, at 14:42, Daniel L. Gervais > wrote: > > Hi

Re: hiding the on-screen keyboard

ah, forgot to mention that this is an iPhone 5S. I do have a hardware keyboard but don't always have it with me. On 11/2/2016 4:39 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: On the iPad, double tap hide keyboard, however this is only on iPad. On 2 Nov 2016, at 20:35, Tony Hernandez

Re: Voice Dream Reader and Using Siri Voices?

Hi Alan, I think that they'd Siri voices are there, they're just not noted as such. For instance, I am pretty sure that I OS Aaron is the Siri male voice. I just tried a sample of that, by typing in some text as you noted. And it sounds to me like the same voice I am using for Siri. Mary Sent

Re: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Correct, and apology accepted, it was a mistake. > On 2 Nov 2016, at 19:24, Daniel L. Gervais > wrote: > > Oops, my apologies, the 3rd generation Apple TV was the one you had to press > on the Play button. > > > From: christopher hallsworth

RE: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Hi Terri. Daniel is almost right with his directions, except for activating VoiceOver. The button to press three times quickly is the top left button on the remote. If you have an extra $20 to spend, I'd highly recommend Jonathan Mosen's book. I can't remember its exact title, it's something

Re: Is this a good price for an Apple TV?

I got mine from Apple directly but am sure that's not the only place you can get it from. There is one certain exception and that is Amazon who claims it is for competitive reasons they are not allowing the sale of Apple TV. > On 1 Nov 2016, at 14:10, Billy Inglis

Re: hiding the on-screen keyboard

On the iPad, double tap hide keyboard, however this is only on iPad. > On 2 Nov 2016, at 20:35, Tony Hernandez wrote: > > Hi all, > > Sometimes I want to get rid of the on-screen keyboard in order to get it out > of the way to look at parts of the screen that it

hiding the on-screen keyboard

Hi all, Sometimes I want to get rid of the on-screen keyboard in order to get it out of the way to look at parts of the screen that it obscures, but I have not been able to figur a way to do this without scrubbing to go back, which leaves the screen I'm working in and then going back to that

Re: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Oops, my apologies, the 3rd generation Apple TV was the one you had to press on the Play button. From: christopher hallsworth To: Viphone Date: 2016/11/02 3:13 PM Subject:Re: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help! Hi

Re: Even more questions re Apple TV4

Hi You can't use siri on the old remote as there is no dedicated button to activate siri. > On 1 Nov 2016, at 18:26, MamaPeach wrote: > > I did not have to contact NetFlix to initiate description. > No, it is a different remote, but I have heard that the old one can be

Camera click missing?

A tip for others updating to a recent iPhone model: I just got my iPhone 7 plus and rang Apple Care because the camera made no click when taking photos. They told me to reset all settings and were then trying to persuade me to totally erase the phone and start again when my wife interrupted to

Re: mostly OT: Echo Link and ham radio

first, echolink does not replace radio. For obvious reasons it can't particularly in emergencies. Second, the technology is profoundly improved. The big antennas you refer to are necessary to operate on lower bands but not so for local communications. The equipment these days is in many cases

Backing Up Photos and Videos

Hello, all. I know I have iCloud photo sharing enabled. I believe that this means that my photos and videos are backed up the cloud, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to check this out? Thanks for any thoughts you may have. Keith -- Keith Bundy Check out the latest messages from First Baptist

Re: Camera click missing?

Hi, This happened to me, and it took a lot of trouble to figure out the problem. You need to turn off live photo. It's a toggle in the camera app. Take care, Lois -Original Message- From: Harry Bell Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 4:17 PM To: Abridged Recipients Subject: Camera

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

Hi, I use it with an iphone 6 and the newest ios 10 version. Although I must say I have heard complaints about bluetooth and this display for years now. Greetings, Anouk, > On 2 Nov 2016, at 02:16, Keith B. wrote: > > Hello, Anouk. I too have noticed the sluggish bluetooth

Re: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available:

There are no accessibility fixes, even Apple is declining this bug! -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Arnold Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 11:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available: Did this update fix the problem with the cursor not

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

Todd, I use the humanware brailliant bi40 with an iphone 6 and latest ios 10 version. I am not sure hwat you ean by what kind or type of bluetooth…. I use the humanware braille protocol… Greetings, Anouk, > On 2 Nov 2016, at 05:01, Todd Patkus wrote: > > Anouk, > > What

Re: Backing Up Photos and Videos

Hi Keith, Yes, iCloud Photo Library backs up your photos and videos to iCloud. Best, Anna > On Nov 2, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Keith Bundy wrote: > > Hello, all. I know I have iCloud photo sharing enabled. I believe that this > means that my photos and videos are backed up the

Re: Option missing

todd, big shrugs!!! sorry that yo might have bug this time. ouch! just press navigator button when you are on done. that is all. like richard said reboot. or else. I know you did, but oh well! sincerely, rich From: Todd Patkus Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 12:19 AM To:

Loving Apple tv, have more questions

Hello to Daniel and all who have helped me with my Apple tv, so far. I really appreciate it. I really dislike saying this, because I was so hesetant to purchase it. But I absolutely love it! I think it's awesome! My friend helped me set it up, because I didn't see the message in time,

Re: Option missing

Todd, You will need to do a hard reset on your iphone. By holding the power button and home button at the same time for up to 10 to 30 seconds that will help to resolve the problems. Good luck. Scott Dollar From: Paul Richard McGann Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 11:11 PM To:

RE: Option missing

Scott, I did that, yes. Nothing. Someone will be here in the morning, so I can ask him to see what it says on the screen. Todd From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Dollar Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 12:28 AM To:

RE: Apps Updating Even When Background Refresh Is Off

Hi Arnold, Whether apps update automatically or not has nothing to do with background app refresh. If you don't want this to happen you have to go to Settings > iTunes and App Store and turn on automatic downloads for apps. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From:

RE: Backing Up Photos and Videos

Hi Anna, How would you describe the difference between iCloud Photo Library and Photo Stream. Photo Stream existed before the iCloud Photo Library came along, but I thought if you have iCloud Photo Library turned on on multiple devices that your photos that, for example, you take on the iPhone

Apps Updating Even When Background Refresh Is Off

Does anybody know how to stop this? Background App Refresh definitely is off, but some apps still update automatically. It started after updating to IOS 10. Thanks for any information. Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone -- The following information is important for all members

RE: Voice Dream Reader and Using Siri Voices?

Hi, Yes, I can confirm that my Siri voices are working fine in Voice Dream and, as Mary said, they are referred to by their names: The US male and female voices are Arron and Nicky (but I promise she isn’t me, I’m British); I think the UK Siri voices are named Arthur and Martha, and the

Option missing

All: I downloaded/installed iOS 10.1.1.. I noticed there is no option called Done while in contacts. Edit and done were in iOS 10.1 but neither appears in 10.1.1! I have an iPhone 6s running 10.1.1.and a Braille Sense Mini U2. How do I get out of the contact where a new contact

Re: Voice Dream Reader Rewind Question

I believe he is referring to having VoiceOver Hints turned on and when you touch a button, wait to hear what the hint says. Also, in the user manual, here is the VoiceOver specific section: VoiceOver Users Only The navigation controls change for VoiceOver users. Voice Dream contains a special

Re: Option missing

When I am entering a new contact in iOS 10.1, the done button is at the top right where it always has been. Did you put in a last name or title? Without those, I believe you are just going to find cancel. Perhaps you need to reboot the phone? Or I'm missing something. Richard (Sent from my

RE: Option missing

Richard, I said 10.1.1, not 10.1. Now I cannot get the iPhone and the U2 working where Braille appears. It says Terminal mode on the U2. I did try pressing the home button thrice to get VO do in Braille but nothing. I sometimes got a click on the home button that feels like pop up.

Re: Option missing

todd and richard, I tested mine, and I see done and I tried and was successful back to normal. sincerely, rich From: Todd Patkus Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 11:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Option missing Richard, I said 10.1.1, not 10.1. Now I cannot

RE: Option missing

Rich, How did you succeed? I sent a message to my text but no response. Todd From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Richard McGann Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 11:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Option missing

Re: Option missing

Sorry Todd. I have 10.1.1. I missed the extra digit. I wish I could help with the braille display issue. You may have to turn off bluetooth on both devices, reboot both devices, then turn bluetooth on on the phone then the braille display but that will likely take sighted help on the iPhone.

RE: Option missing

Richard, I did use the soft reset on the U2. Nothing changes. I will have a friend here in the morning, so he could help me. Thank you anyway. Todd From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Getting Ads In Twitterific

i just got an iphone 7 and restored from iCloud so I could keep apps and settings I had on my 6. But now I am getting ads in Twitterific, which never happened until the restoration. I looked in settings and found no way to restore purchases, so I'm curious as to what may be going on. Any

Re: Voice Dream Reader and Using Siri Voices?

Nicky and Mary, Many thanks for getting me straight on this. I had not ever learned the first names of the Siri voices so I wasn't connecting with the voices in my available list. I'll commit these names to memory. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Nicola Sanders

Re: Trivia Game For Apple TV

No, not as of yet. I did contact Marty from Blindfold games and here is his reply. A jeopardy like game will be coming soon From: MamaPeach Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 7:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trivia Game For Apple TV Have you visited the applevis site? A lot

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

Hi. Yes, I've also noticed that the Brailliant display line has had various issues with Bluetooth connectivity over the past few years. The newer firmware seemed to be a bit better when using the HID mode, but I haven't honestly used it enough to really say that it's better over a longer period of

Re: is there a recording time limit on the voice memos app?

Hi, In IOS9, and 10, you can also email voice memos. Done that myself, not so long ago, think last week, it was. Sent from a BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Scott Davert

Re: is there a recording time limit on the voice memos app?

In iOS 8, which was when I quit using Voice memos, while you could record as long of memos as you had the memory to, you could only share memos by text that were like 10 minutes in length. I used to record longer voice messages to friends, and send them along, but ditched that idea with the

RE: Syncing iPhone Calendar with Outlook, Can This Be Done?

I installed iCloud to my PC and moved my calendar and other items to iCloud. Now my appointments sync between my PC and iPhone without having to connect the iPhone to the PC via iTunes. When you do this, Outlook will create an iCloud folder and add your calendar and whatever else you

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

Hi, Scott. WHAT is h i d mode and how do you run it with the Brailliant BI 40? Also I am wondering if phone memory makes a difference. I have 16 GB and the phone I used the 32 with on Monday night had 128 GB. Your thoughts? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Scott Davert

Re: Trivia Game For Apple TV

I did contact Marty from Blindfold games and here is his reply. A jeopardy like game will be coming soon From: Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 7:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trivia Game For Apple TV I looked up that title in the App Store and did not find

Re: Radium

Hi richard, When you did your reinstallation, did you get your favorites back? I know it is supposed to sync across devices for favorites. But my never has done that. So what is on my iPhone is different from what is on my Mac. I don't care that much, except I don't want to lose what I have on

Re: KNFB Reader Question

No. KNFBReader is more designed to scan using the camera. I attempted to scan a 51 page PDF (it was a scanned image) and not everything got scanned. However, I used a desktop app with fantastic results. On 11/1/2016 11:12 PM, kelby carlson wrote: > If I receive a scan of a PDF where the scanner

Re: is there a recording time limit on the voice memos app?

M4a Sent from my iphone ‫ב-2 בנוב׳ 2016, בשעה 5:50, ‏‏regina alvarado ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > > In the memos app, what is the format of the memos? > > > Reggie and Lex > > > On Nov 1, 2016, at 9:03 PM, ‫ליאל בן סימון‬‎ wrote: > > Hi! No, there is no

Re: is there a recording time limit on the voice memos app?

no, yes, and yes. On 11/1/2016 9:35 PM, Chris Judd wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering, is there a recording time limit on the voice memos > app? also, can you record while the screen is locked, and does it still > record? > Thanks for any help, > Chris > > > -- > The following

Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Hello everyone, Well, I broke down and purchased my new Apple tv last night. I got the 32 gig model. I didn't mess with it last night though, because I just wasn't feeling the best. It's all open, and all hooked up now. It is a little chunkier, and bigger. But I think I like that. I do like

Re: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!

Hi Terri, I think you will enjoy your new Apple TV, I know I bought the exact same one and I love it. As for the remote, below the gesture area, from the top left going down, you have the Menu, Siri and Play/Pause buttons. From the top right going down, you have the Home button and below

Re: Radium

It had been so long since I'd used it, I can't say for sure. All I have in it are about 7 different BBC stations. I honestly don't remember if I had others. Sorry about that. Richard (Sent from my iPhone 5S) On Nov 2, 2016, at 5:46 AM, Mary Otten

Re: Radium

My favorites sync across my devices fine. And although I got the warning, I've had no real problems using it. My husband uses it for XM and reports no problems as well. On 11/2/16, Richard Turner wrote: > > It had been so long since I'd used it, I can't say for sure.

Mail App: Braille Display Showing Extraneous Information about Conversational Thread

Greetings to the list. I am posting this concern for a friend who owns an iPhone 6 running the latest iteration of iOS 10 and a Braille Edge display. When he opens a message in the Mail appe the Braille Edge displays the text "message X of X" where "X" refers to the number of a message in a

Re: volume differences between VO and Siri

I know exactly what volume problem you're talking about. It has nothing to do with the volume settings of either Siri or voice over. Voiceover get super loud during phone calls or when the alarm is going off. Then once the other activity is done, VoiceOver goes back to its normal volume. I

Re: volume differences between VO and Siri

No! I think the world of him for the voiceover and warning for this Siri is different Ming Skype: chungchiming9950 > On 2 Nov 2016, at 4:45 PM, Kimberly wrote: > > I know exactly what volume problem you're talking about. It has nothing to do > with the volume

Re: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available:

Hi, does it fix, the Voiceover bug, that says incoming call, when an out-going call is being made? From: Todd Patkus Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 4:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available: Everyone, In order to expedite this issue, contact Apple

RE: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available:

Hi davy, Unfortentally, not. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 9:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 10.1.1 Is Now Available: Hi, does it fix, the Voiceover bug, that says incoming

Re: Apple tv 4th generation size

hi Sieghard, this was so helpful, as I am thinking of either purchasing the Apple TV or Amazon fire tv?, Billy On 01/11/2016 15:02, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: It has the same footprint, but it's just a bit taller. The connections on it are almost the same except that it does not have the