Hi Candy,
I have a splitter that enables you to plug in two lightning plugs into the
phone at the same time. If you are using the earphones that came with your
phone with the lightning plug, it would work fine for you.
Write me off list if you want more information on it.
Take care,
Lois
Hi, maybe this has been covered before, but I can’t get a search box to
appear when I ask for spotlight search. All it gives me are siri app
suggestions. And when I turn those off, in search, and in lookup, it just
says, no items found, and I have no search box to type something in. Anyone
lese
I do think Apple needs to think this one over a little more. I think that
it could be a good feature *if* the current action is spoken a little
sooner than at the very end of the utterance. Either that, or make it to
where one can swipe up to the action they want, double tap with two
fingers,
Yes, I did try container, but the result wasn't what I expected. Regarding
dragging, no I'm not just referring to moving folders like you can on an iPhone
running iOS 11. I'm referring to the expanded functionality of the files app
that is available only on iPads.
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> On Oct
Okay, I did check, and for some reason, it will not put out sound to two
headsets. You can use either port on the splitter for sound but not both.
I was very happy with mine, and I think it cost between $15 and $20 on
Amazon.
Take care,
Lois
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I think the spotlight search is reached by three finger swipe from left to
right to reach page 1 of all screens. At the very top is a Search field, which
seems to be what you want?
Harry
> On 1 Oct 2017, at 13:54, Richard Turner wrote:
>
> I've never tried using
Thanks for the encouragementto rejoin the beta program, Sieghard! I found the
original beta so gruelling that I bailed out. Now I have rejoined, I do see
what you mean about VoiceOver improvements!
Cheers
Harry
> On 1 Oct 2017, at 15:18, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Hi
No, haven’t tried the status bar thing so will give that a try. Yes, I use it
to find apps on the phone. Um, if I used handwriting, wouldn’t I need to know
how to write in print? Maybe that’s a dumb question but I’ve never used it and
all I can do in print is sign my name at best, but I can do
Thanks for this. I know I had it but, well you know how it goes.
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 9:09 AM
Subject: RE: how to stop notifications when getting in to a
Yes, unless you take a picture of yourself to train Seeing AI to recognize you.
In that case you can switch to the front camera for taking the picture, but the
actual person recognition is via the back camera which is why screen brightness
or screen curtain make absolutely no difference.
I just
Dave, have you tried using the braille screen input keyboard to look up apps?
It works just like the handwriting but uses braille instead.
On your home screen switch your rotor to the braille screen input keyboard.
Now just start typing in the name of the app you are looking for. I normally
Well, I have done the same thing and it definitely makes a difference on
my phone.
On 10/1/2017 3:55 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Yes, unless you take a picture of yourself to train Seeing AI to
recognize you. In that case you can switch to the front camera for
taking the picture, but the
If anyone on the list wears their apple watch in bed at night, how do you
manage to track sleep, check time but not have VoiceOver wake up your partner?
Harry
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the keys work on my logitech k760 and I am running 11.1 beta. they have never
stopped working for me even before this.
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Hi Anna, and others who have upgraded their AppleWatch.
I made the plunge to the GPS model.
Any advice for steps on how to deal with decommissioning my original AppleWatch
and setting up the new one? Should be here on Tuesday.
Thanks in advance. Keith
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Hi David,
As long as you know the alphabet usually all that is required for you is to
draw one or two letters to narrow it down.
I could see how it might take some practice, but I would give it a try. Maybe
it’s easy for me to say because I had full sight until I was almost 17 so
writing of
Hi Sieghard,
Thank you for the reply.
I thought about the router, but it seems it is not the problem. I
rebooted it. It is my own and it is old with the latest possible
firmware, but I have no problems with other devices. At the moment I
have only my laptop connected and I can open sites,
I think you need a sighted person there who can see what you are doing wrong.
For that to work, though, you would need to temporarily turn off the screen
curtain and turn up the brightness.
HTH,
Richard
On Oct 1, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Deidre Muccio
Unfortunally this option is too expencive. The nearest Apple store is
in a neighbouring country. I bought the device from US, because it was
cheeper and a friend brought it to me. And I am in Europe.
On 10/1/17, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> You might want to go to an Apple Store
Hi David,
Have you tried to touch an item in the status bar like the time and then do a
double tap?
Do you use it to find apps on your phone? Why not use handwriting, it is much
faster and works great.
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Dave Bahr
Hi all. i have found when i have updated to ios 11 i have found that when i am
in hangouts or messenger or other messaging apps that for some reason vo reads
out things like brakeing and other stuff when you are trying to read your
messages in hangouts or messenger has any one elts found this
Hi Keith,
When the new watch arrives, unpair the old one. This will erase all the content
and back it up to your phone. Then pair the new one and restore it from your
backup. That's what I did, and it worked great.
Best,
Anna
> On Oct 1, 2017, at 11:45 AM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
>
Hello Jan,
I wonder if what you describe is a VoiceOver bug or a system bug. Have you
tried receiving a text message when VoiceOver is disabled and the screen is
locked? If so, did your text message alert sound occur?
Regardless, I am so sorry this is happening to you. We all have come so
Yes, I do.
On 10/1/2017 3:45 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote:
Hi,
Do you have Flash on, or at least set to automatic? Keith
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I just did a test using both scene beta and short text.
I tried it with the brightness set to 0, then 100 as well as then turning on
the screen curtain.
I got pretty much the same results in all cases. I tried to keep my hand in the
same position, but it is impossible to be absolutely exact
I too, have my screen brightness set low. I haven't had any problems when using
the app, except when there isn't enough light in the room where Im trying to
take a photo & have it recognized.
Donna
>
> Does anybody know if Seeing AI'S results are affected by the level of
> screen
First of all, if 3G is displayed in addition to WiFi with no bars this usually
means your WiFi is down or very weak.
As for getting some notifications/some things working and others are not, do
you by any chance don't allow things like mail to work via 3G?
Two things come to mind:
1. Have you
Hi all,
I have just submitted a bug with apple accessibility and would like to see if
you can reproduce it.
I use a BI40 to write text.
The problem happens when the edit cursor is not at the end of the text.
I write a word and press space bar and vo instead of announcing the word I have
just
thank you guys so much for the help. I will definitely purchase the Belkin
rockstar.
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Hey Lois,
I am just curious as to whether the splitter you have is the Belkin one or a
different brand. Also, does it allow only for a Lightning headset to be
connected along with a Lightning cable to charge the phone or can you plug in
two Lightning headsets? I am curious because there are
Hmmm, guess I should have explained this better. The search field shows up
occasionally. However, when I wrote the message I did, when I would do the
3-finger swipe down, all voiceover would say is, siri app suggestions, heading.
No matter which way I tried to move and scroll pages, I could not
Alan, can you use it to plug in two sets of Lightning earpods or does it only
work for Earpods and charging?
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We have a guest room and it's ccanadian thanks-giving next weekend. There will
be turkey, bread dumplings, red cabbage, all the good german stuff. Our local
airport code is YYD that should make it easy to book your flight so feel free
to drop by for a few days and bring it with you *smile*.
Hi Harry,
Doing a 3-finger swipe to the right when on the main home screen gives you the
Today screen. To get to spotlight search you touch any app or folder on any of
your home screens and do a 3-finger swipe down.
Somebody else needs to check this for David, I have already moved on to the iOS
Have you tried changing your rotor to container while checking your mail? When
you speak of dragging are you referring to moving apps and folderrs?
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I find that I no longer land on the record button when opening the app or going
to it from the app switcher. The button is very easy to find, just above the
physical home button. But…
Also, it seems they have done away with the daily folders. While not deal
breakers for me, it does change the
Hello Marie,
I was just wondering if you were ever able to get things sorted out with your
voicemail password?
Did you contact your wireless provider for assistance?
In the old days, one's initial voicemail password was the last 4 digits of the
phone number associated with the account.
Hi,
Do you have Flash on, or at least set to automatic? Keith
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Deidre Muccio
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 12:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Seeing AI and Screen Brightness
I've been wondering about
Settings > Do Not Disturb > Do Not Disturb While Driving
Set this to “Manual”, if it is already on manual change it to automatic and
then back to manual, somebody said that at first when it was on manual it still
happened and this is how it was for me, but apparently changing it to automatic
Candy,
I'd recommend the Belkin Rockstar lightning adapter and also recommend you get
it from the Apple online store which has free shipping. It is $40 as Sieghard
has said and it gives full functionality of the remote and other buttons on the
earpods.
Alan Lemly
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> On
Hi,
Unpairing the watch erases it completely. I think you would have to pair it
again to be able to get to the Reset option.
Best,
Anna
> On Oct 1, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Chris Chaffin wrote:
>
>
> First unpair your watch from your phone. Then go to Settings on your
Does anybody know if Seeing AI'S results are affected by the level of
screen brightness? I like to keep mine at 0, but I've noticed the
camera seems to work much better when I turn it up high.
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Unless you had turned the phone around so the back was facing you, you were
using the front facing camera. Apparently screen brightness does interfere with
that one. I, like others, assumed you were using the back camera for something
like short text, etc.
Richard
(Sent from the iPod Touch
I've been wondering about the screen brightness and screen curtain on when
using the Camera and other scanning type applications. So as I suspected, that
is not the reason my photos are all turning out to dark! The fact that I
usually have screen brightness completely off and scan screen
You might want to go to an Apple Store if you have one nearby and get them to
run some diagnostics as there is always a chance something could be wrong with
your WiFi.
Of course they would probably want to restore and set up as a new phone. If you
do a backup this is not such a big deal, use it
From what I understand you still need to use the back facing camera for
the "person" function, at least that is always how I have had to do it.
On 10/1/2017 1:15 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
Unless you had turned the phone around so the back was facing you, you
were using the front facing
Dave,
Did you go into the Siri and Search settings and turn off app suggestions?
Maybe that would help.
Richard
(Sent from the iPod Touch 6)
On Oct 1, 2017, at 8:08 AM, Dave Bahr
> wrote:
No, haven’t tried the status bar thing so will give that a
Hi all,
I have a really strange problem with my internet connnectivity. It has
been happening for fiew months now. I cann't find any pattern or
specific conditions that cause it. No specific dates,, days, time or
actions on my behalf. It runs from fiew hours to about two days.
Here it is.
when having problems with your keyboard try turning off the keyboard's power
and then turning it back on.
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Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 7:32 PM
To: viphone
Subject: problem with Bluetooth keyboard
I tried the "person" setting. When my brightness was at 0, it would
say "no people detected" but when I put it at 100 it described my
face.
On 10/1/17, Richard Turner wrote:
> I just did a test using both scene beta and short text.
> I tried it with the brightness
Hi Seigard,
No, I went with an off brand called Sinemax, and it worked fine for me. I'm
thinking it would work for double headphones with lightning plugs, because I
could plug the charging cable and headphones into either one.
If you lived closer, I'd run it over to you. I don't use it
Sieghard,
Unfortunately, the Belkin Rockstar adapter doesn't appear to support
simultaneous usage of two lightning earpods. I tried it with two earpods
connected both when playing an audiobook with the BARD Mobile app and when
playing a music track with the Apple music app. Both times, sound
Thanks, Alan, that's too bad and I guess it potentially saves me $50 which I
assume this thing would cost here in Canada.
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I will try mine soon and let you know if double works.
Lois
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Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 2:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: adapter for charging and listening with headphones at the same
time
We have a guest room and it's
Hi,
I am not sure if someone had asked this before and I just missed an
answer, but all my ringtones are missing from my iPhone since I
upgraded to ios 11. I do not see anywhere in the new iTunes to put
them back on my phone. Can someone tell me how I would go about doing
this? Thanks for any
I don't know, but the funny thing was, I plugged lightning headphones into
an IPhone 6S, and they worked. I was surprised.
By the way, I'd love to visit up there someday. I'm sure it's beautiful
country. If you ever feel like visiting an oven like Florida, let me know.
You'd be welcome.
Take
This is controlled however by a setting in VoiceOver/Audio settings. I have
mine disabled because just my normal head movements will often cause it to
constantly switch between ear piece and speaker, and it causes anyone I’m
talking with to drop out for a fraction of a second, and they also
I have had the same issue with my LG headset. It seems to get better when you
turn the volume down quite a bit, and I thought it may be related to a setting
my LG has where if it thinks the volume is higher than normal, it gives you a
special beep when you adjust the volume level to high.
Hi all,
I am not having much consistent luck working with Hulu and VoiceOver since the
latest update to my 4th generation Apple TV nor on my iPhone 8 plus with iOS
11. What in the world is going on? It reads the categories and the shows as I
scroll through when on Apple TV, but when I try to
It was really weird! I couldn’t get anyone except the automated system when I
called. I took another look and the screen I had been seeing was no longer
there and it seemed to be back to normal.
Marie Lyons
> On Oct 1, 2017, at 2:46 PM, M. Taylor wrote:
>
> Hello Marie,
>
> I
Same as what Keith said about the Belkin, I wonder why this is so difficult on
an iPhone.
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Lois Butterfield
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 1:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
It’s easy – go to sounds and haptics. New the beginning of the list of options,
there is a link to download the ringtones that work on your old phone.
Hope this helps.
Donna
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> On Oct 1, 2017, at 2:27 PM, sharon mace wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am not sure if
Thanks for this, Sieghard. Would this work for a folder of ringtones, too? Or,
does one need to transfer 1 tone at a time? Thanks in advance, Keith
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It seems to adjust based on how loud the sound is.
I just whistled right into the microphone and it went from 2.4 to 3.0.
Double tapping on it just jumps around like you said.
HTH,
Richard
On Oct 1, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Karen Poulakos
> wrote:
I seem
Yes, I think Nearby Explorer from APH is far superior to Blind Square, however,
it is relatively more expensive at around $80 the last time I looked. Still,
this price is much better than that of the Seeing Eye app from Sendero Group.
Chip
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I suppose something might be interfearing with your GPS signal such that it
doesn’t quite have your positional correct.
Chip
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Richard Petty
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 5:37 PM
To:
I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help. But, on my iPhone 6S
running iOS 11.0.1, I've had no problems with hearing my text
message sound when the screen is locked. It, as well as other
notification sounds for other apps, plays as expected.
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I discovered the copy / paste ringtones workaround that sigherd mention when I
gave up downloading them through iOS itself :)
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Hi Lois,
Lightning Earpods work even on a 5S, anything with a Lightning port. When the
7/7 Plus came out last year and Apple started selling Lightning Earpods because
of course there is no more 3.5mm port I bought a set just because I was curious
whether they sound better. I have a 6S Plus and
Right. Mine was low as well. But, if I whistled loudly into the microphone, it
jumped up. The threshold is 3.4 which is the field just after the current level.
Richard
On Oct 1, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Karen Poulakos
> wrote:
I read in Help and Support
So I am curious about 2 factor authentication. I have both an iPhone and iPad,
and considering turning this feature on. Question being let’s say I were to
upgrade my iPhone to a newer model how would I receive the code to verify my
identity to activate my device?
Let’s say I take my iPhone 6
Thanks, Sieghard. I like that Taptic time feature! It could save me from being
booted out of bed!
Harry
> On 1 Oct 2017, at 22:16, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> When my wife sleeps I could play my Apple Watch time announcement via a
> bluetooth speaker at 80% volume and it
Hi Sharon,
There is no tones library any more in the media section, only when your phone
is connected in the device section.
Here is what you do:
1. Connect your phone and open iTunes.
2. Find the "iPhone" button and activate it.
3. Use F6 or tab to get into the treeview where you will be on the
I seem to have a problem with accidently changing the sound settings. Right
now my problem is with the one labeled "current sound level." I can't seem
to get it to 3.0 Every time I touch it, it changes, ranging from 0 point
something to 2.4. I can't figure out whether to flick up or down.
Many people pay less than $80. iTunes gift cards can be found at a 15
to 20 percent discount from face value so the app can be bought for
less than $70. The price difference reflects the licensing fee for
the downloaded maps. Mainstream iPhone apps with downloaded maps cost
real money compared
Hello everyone I am using an iPhone 6 with iOS 11. I noticed that when using
voice over when closing applications using the app switcher, if for some reason
VoiceOver will act as if an application that you recently closed is still open.
The focus will not shift to any other open application.
regarding iOS 11 has anybody noticed, since updating your iPhone gets warm? I
have an iPhone 6 has mentioned before and for some reason my device gets quite
warm when in use.
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update is available to install you can install the update at a later time ?
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Haven't tried it with a folder, but it might. I would just try it, I doubt it
will hurt, either nothing happens or they all get added.
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Yes, I still have an update available under Settings, Software update.
Alan Lemly
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Msolaun
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 11:55 PM
To: VIPhone
Subject: Re: How to Stop iOS from Prompting for
When my wife sleeps I could play my Apple Watch time announcement via a
bluetooth speaker at 80% volume and it would not wake her up. But I guess
that's not everybody. Two choices:
1. Use taptic time telling so you get the time via vibrations
2. Turn Voiceover volume way down so you can hear it
Hi all,
I Have some little things for sale with Mark’s permission.
Two Lightning to 3.5 mm adapters $5. each,
Pink Smart cover for IPad $20,
Simenmax splitter for charging and listening with headphones simultaneously,
both lightning plugs $10,
ILuv IPad case with built-in bluetooth keyboard,
I could not get mine to work at all, but I haven’t followed up with TiVo
support yet (no time).
Chip
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Dana
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 5:22 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: OT a question about
I read in Help and Support that the default is 3.0. But, it doesn't give
directions for the best way to adjust it. I got it to 2.4, and when I touched
it again, it droped down again.
Karen P
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I like this implementation a lot. It avoids reading the account
number as 7 quadrillion followed by a number in the hundreds of
millions and so forth. Reading numbers this way is nearly impossible
for a screen reader user to comprehend. Most of the time, the user
simply needs to hear the account
Thanks for the reply I will give that a try Sharon
>
> On Oct 1, 2017 at 5:19 PM, mailto:siegh...@live.ca)>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Sharon, There is no tones library any more in the media section, only
> when your phone is connected in the device section. Here is
Somebody posted something a few weeks ago that the latest Hulu update on the
iPhone at least for the most part made it inaccessible. As a subscriber you
should complain to them.
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Hello,
It is mostly accessible. The only issue I run into is when I am trying to pay
my credit card. The edit field for the amount does not read right so it can be
a bit tricky to do.
Regards,
Greg Wocher
> On Sep 30, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
>
Hi Folks:
Does anyone have any experience with the latest updated "Just Press Record"
app? If so, how so?
Thanks all over the place.
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Mark,
Thanks for this info. I had the exact same thing happen to me last night and I
also selected disagree on the terms dialog which seemed the logical thing to do
to stop an unsolicited install. I'm still puzzling over why the thing
progressed as far as it did without any prompting on my
Hello all,
I am passing my Apple watch to someone else. Is it enough to disconnect the
watch from my phone or is there a reset function to clear out any of my
data? Thanks.
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yes, cdorrect. you can choose later whenever yo want.
my hearing-sighted friends haven't upgraded their iphones 6 as they still
stick with ios 8. they won't do anything about it as the were not hapy about
the voices from iphone. they told me that they were happy with ios 7, but
after ios 8,
I've never tried using Siri to ask for a spotlight search. A three finger swipe
down in the middle of the screen works every time.
Richard
(Sent from the iPod Touch 6)
On Oct 1, 2017, at 1:29 AM, Dave Bahr
> wrote:
Hi, maybe this has been covered
Hi all,
Can someone please tell me the steps for turning off the do not disturb
notifications when getting in and out of a car in ios 11?
I know someone posted this and I thought I kept it. I did a search for it
and can not find it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks much.
Kay Malmquist
First unpair your watch from your phone. Then go to Settings on your watch and
reset your watch.
To get to reset on your watch, go to settings, general, and reset.
Hope this helps.
Chris
> On Oct 1, 2017, at 8:29 AM, denise Avant wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I am
Hi, list.
I am trying to purchase an air ticket from skyscanner.ca but I am having
difficulty in selecting a date. How can I pick up the departure and return
dates please?
Thanks!
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