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I have a wrist speaker that unfortunately seems to be no longer available. The speaker is called Woopower. I had gotten it from Amazon. aI also use these apps when I'm a passenger in a car. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom

Re: To Richard! Helped me too

I'm glad that was helpful. VDR is my primary reading app, then BARD and Audible. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 On Feb 23, 2018, at 2:57 PM, regina alvarado

RE: To Richard! Helped me too

Here you go: Hi, The quickest way to get to the beginning of the book, find the button called, Headings, Bookmarks, and Highlights which is on the left edge even with the play button and double tap. The default is headings. The headings will be a list on the screen. The Notice will be the one

To Richard! Helped me too

I will add my thank you for explaining how to start Bookshare books at the beginning. Grateful. I have been confounded by this since I started using VDR. I would move back and forth until I found the beginning, but your explanation got results immediately. Again, thanks so much. Every once in

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Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

Have you ever tried using them on a bus or train? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > I have a wrist speaker that unfortunately seems to be no longer available. > The speaker is called Woopower. I had gotten it from

Re: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader

Hi, The quickest way to get to the beginning of the book, find the button called, Headings, Bookmarks, and Highlights which is on the left edge even with the play button and double tap. The default is headings. The headings will be a list on the screen. The Notice will be the one highlighted

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8 plus with 11.2.6 VO reads the battery level. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 13:08 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device? Hello Everyone, I have heard some reports that updating to iOS

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

Mark, As others have confirmed, I also am having no issues with the battery indicator on my iPhone 7 after upgrading to iOS 11.2.6. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 12:08 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I have heard some reports that

Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

I use the Aftershokz Trekz Titanium bone conduction headphones. They do not obstruct your ears so you can hear both the announcements and your surroundings. Andy - Original Message - From: kelby carlson To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 2:03 PM

Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

No, I'm spoiled. My wife drives me where I need to go beyond my walking. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 On Feb 23, 2018, at 2:20 PM, kelby carlson

RE: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader

Voice Dream Reader is a book, document, MP3 book, app for listening/reading. It is the best app for those with a Bookshare subscription. But, it will read DAISY books that are not DRM protected, ePub, plain text, html, word, PDf, and play audio files. I believe you can read all about it at:

Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

When you are traveling and using these apps, do you wear headphones or do something else so you can be sure you're hearing all of the announcements? Using headphones on the road seems somewhat unsafe. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:57 PM, Richard Turner

How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader

Hi, When I am reading a book from Bookshare on VDR how do you get through all the info about not sharing and rules from Bookshare and get to the start of the book. I go to the navigation button but I do not understand how to move ahead. Can someone explain to me how to use the navigation button.

Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

My personal choice is Google Maps. It is easy to flick through a route with Google Maps to figure out before you go if it is a good route. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1

RE: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader

Thanks Richard. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader Hi, The quickest way to get to the beginning of the

Re: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader

What, actually, is Voice Dream Reader? Jewel From: Mr. Ed Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 11:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How do you move ahead on Voice Dream Reader Hi, When I am reading a book from Bookshare on VDR how do you get through all the info about not

Re: To Richard! Helped me too

Hi, I apologize but I missed the initial message with the instructions of how to skip the beginning of a book in Voice Dream. Can someone either be kind enough to repost or point me to where I can find them? Thank you! Beth Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2018, at 3:52 PM, regina alvarado

Re: GPS Apps with BlindSquare

I use Apple maps and have no problems. Marie -Original Message- From: kelby carlson Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 1:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: GPS Apps with BlindSquare What is everyone's favorite GPS app they use specifically in conjunction with BlindSquare? So

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

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RE: Issue with the latest GoodReads app and item counts

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RE: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

Hello Alan, and Everyone, Thank you all for your replies. I updated my 8 Plus to iOS 11.2.6 and all is well. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 2:00 PM To:

RE: Home Pod portability?

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hi, it is basicly vibrations that signify an event other htan a speach output. Ithink in this example the apple watch vibrates when he gets an incoming text insted of saying notification or reading out the notification depending on his settings. - Original Message - From: "Kay

Re: HomePod, iPhone, and Apple Watch, An Addicting Scenario I Can Definitely Live With

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Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

Hi Mark, I updated an ipHOne 5s, and the battery info works normally, both on the status bar and in Battery Settings. Best, Anna > On Feb 23, 2018, at 12:08 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I have heard some reports that updating to iOS 11.2.6 removes the

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Hello Everyone, I have heard some reports that updating to iOS 11.2.6 removes the battery indicator for some users. I do not know if this issue refers to merely the visual indicator or not. It may be that, regardless of the visual icon, VoiceOver may continue to read the battery level

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

My iPhone SE also works fine on 11.2.6. Battery indicator is the same as always. My iPod Touch is on the beta, so it doesn't count. It doesn't have an issue either. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Feb 23, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Woody Anna Dresner

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

Hi all: I have an iPhone 7 Plus and have updated to the latest iOS. I did not find any problems with the battery indicator‘s however, our use voiceover, so if it’s missing in a print version I don’t know. Sometimes voiceover reads things that others don’t see on the screen. So far everything is

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

are there any bug fixes, in 11.2.6? Dave. From: Joney Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 7:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device? Hi all: I have an iPhone 7 Plus and have updated to the latest iOS. I did not find any problems

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

They were supposed to be though, I haven’t found any yet. The obvious ones where someone sending a message to you with the crash text won’t work, but bugs that week know about her still there. :-( Joney talk2o...@gmail.com "If God can bring you to it, He will lead you through it." > On Feb

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

Yes. it fixes an issue that if someone sent a particular Indian character to your device it would basically become a brick, temporarily at least. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Feb 23, 2018, at 11:25 AM, Dave > wrote: are

Re: Has Anyone Updated to iOS 11.2.6 on a Non-iPhone 10 Device?

My battery indicator is the same with VoiceOver on my iPhone 8 after updating to iOS 11.2.6. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner

Only in iCloud?

I take my iPad Air to various classes and I have lots of handouts in Pages, in Notes and as pdfs in iBooks. When offline, I cannot access the Pages documents, though Notes and the pdfs in iBooks do seem available. Is there any way to choose to have Pages documents available offline (just as we

Re: Only in iCloud?

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