Re: Apple Bugs And The Blind Community

2012-05-10 Thread Fanus
Yes, I find it strange that after all the upgrades wich worked quite well, people crusify Apple for a bug in the latest upgrade. My view is for instance that the last 3 upgrades of JAWS are the most unstable of all since JAWS 5 and we have to pay an arm and leg for each upgrade and no one

RE: Removing a language from the VO

2012-05-10 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hae: Very great idea, and it's working, thanks so much. Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter: Ramymoustafa youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber -Original Message- From:

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Mario Loreti
I confirm that the problem happens also with speed at 40%. -- Iscriviti a Dropbox, il servizio per condividere i tuoi file gratis con uno spazio pari a 3500mb. Clicca: http://db.tt/W6C56gy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the

Re: Locating the Add Button in WWeatherRadio

2012-05-10 Thread Lois Butterfield
Hi Eileen, You need to go into settings in weather radio. There, tap on locations. The add button is at the top right. Good luck. Lois -Original Message- From: Eileen Misrahi Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Locating the Add Button in

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
well this all goes to show that it could be what I say it is, we need a few control subjects who use the speed at 100% or at least more than 60%, and who have the issue, to reduce speed for say 48 hours or so and see if it occurred. I use my device at 40%, last night I upped it to 100%, and

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Dan, Do you clear your app switcher daily and power cycle after doing so? at least once a day? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather www.neilbarnfather.com TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mario, do you clear your app switcher at least once a day and power cycle at least once daily? Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather www.neilbarnfather.com TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS

Re: Voice over automatically changing language?

2012-05-10 Thread Peter Durieux
hi, when does this happen? are you browsing the web or reading mail? kr Mvg -Peter Durieux Op 10-mei-2012 om 01:27 heeft Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: HI all: I have avery strange issue again, voice over changed my language without

RE: getting out of the status bar?

2012-05-10 Thread K. F. Ifill
Use the escape key. Kerry -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting out of the status bar? Hi, control-up or control-down

Fwd: Aurify crashes with 4S

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hello all. I sent a message to the makers of aurify. This is in regards to the crashes in the 4S. The below is their response. -- Raul A. Gallegos Sent from my brain http://www.raulgallegos.com Twitter: @rau47 Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Walker cwalke...@mac.com Date: May 10, 2012

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, one more thing. A friend of mine said she had this problem ever since getting her 4S. She recently upgrade to the premium voice, and it hasn't gone silent yet. I was wondering, are those having this issue using the compact or premium voice? I'm using premium, and never encountered this

Re: getting out of the status bar?

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi Kerry, I just tried that with the Stowaway keyboard and escape didn't work. I have to control-up or control-down to move to the first or last item on the home screen or the app which is loaded. -- Raul A. Gallegos Vegetarian: Native American definition for lousy hunter. Home Page:

RE: Voice over automatically changing language?

2012-05-10 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Nothing, just browsing my phone :D No web or something. Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter: Ramymoustafa youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber _ From:

Re: Apple Bugs And The Blind Community

2012-05-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think you guys are totally missing the point. If you pay for something, and it works, then an update is released, and it no longer works, voicing your displeasure is not whining in my opinion. After all, how else would Apple no there is a problem if we all just said oh well,

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Ricardo, good point, I'm also using the high quality premium voice. which of course all ties into my point about speed. those using higher speeds tend not to use the high quality premium voice synth, as it does not scale as well. so, you have a good point here. Regards, Neil Barnfather

Re: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Richard Turner
Assuming you are in the United States, check with the State Attorney General's office in your state. They should have a consumer fraud division. Good luck, Richard On May 10, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: Hi there. I've had an IPhone 4S on Sprint for awhile now,

RE: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Cristobal
This is probably something you should take up with your bank to either dispute and or block charges from this company or simply request a new credit card and change the billing info on your Sprint account and disable any automatic billing features. -Original Message- From:

Re: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Brent Harding
Yes, I live in Wisconsin. I read some laws that I thought pertained to California, but not sure if this organization helps people nationwide, but the carriers are supposed to do something to authenticate if I want the charge or not and to help me dispute it if they fail to do so. Knowing my

Re: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Brent Harding
I don't know if the bank can help me. They just deliver the bill. I paid Sprint the portion I would owe if this charge wasn't there by subtracting $9.99 from the total, but Sprint implies it's all up to these unknown people to give me money and I am on the hook with Sprint for it, with no

Re: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
So it's happened to me twice in 24 hours. I was about to email and agree but decided to slow speech first, only to discover it already at 50% instead of what I thought of as 65%. I reduxwd it to 40 but can no longer cope with that slow. I'm fairly certain I have hq American though being in uk

RE: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Cristobal
Then just ask for a new credit card number if all else fails. They can't charge to a dead number. That and disable any automatic billing going forward if trying to reach the company is proving to be too much of a hassle or impossible. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Aurify crashes with 4S

2012-05-10 Thread Rick Alfaro
Glad to see you got a response. I totally gave up on the game due to its constant crashing on my 4s and when I last checked their web site, it sure looked like they had pretty much abandoned the project judging by the lack of responses to others feedback on the game. Best, Rick

How To Revert To Old Apps

2012-05-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
hi, all, I've successfully used the method outlined in this website to restore the old version of Google Books, since accessibility is broken in the latest version. I thought this might be useful. It involves restoring the apps from trash or Time Machine in Mac OS X. I'd imagine this could

Re: Aurify crashes with 4S

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
I love this game and I hope they don't give up on it. So hopefully the response I got wasn't a canned one. I would urge those of you who play this game and have 4S phones, to also contact them and give them a positive report on how it doesn't work. If you read the app reviews, it's obvious

More feedback on speed dots?

2012-05-10 Thread Traci
Hi all, I went through some of the viPhone archives and read about folks using the speed dots screen covers. I was hoping to get some more feedback on the 2 models. If I understand them correctly, 1 model has all the letters covered with dots except fj, and the other model has fj covered.

Re: Online database for app instruction and tutorials

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
I think the Prizmo are on Applevis.com as you yourself said. So, perhaps you mean something else and I misunderstood. There are a few other sites which are devoted to accessible iOS stuff. the accessible is another example. -- Raul A. Gallegos True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks

Re: Online database for app instruction and tutorials

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
I meant to say the iAccessBlog site. Was too fast on the spell checker. -- Raul A. Gallegos Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47

Re: More feedback on speed dots?

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I use the one with more dots. I find it very helpful even in noisy environments, but still like the voice to be heard to be sure. As for sticking or not sticking, if you find that it doesn't stick, you can go to a room full of steam, such as the bathroom when the shower is running and the

RE: More feedback on speed dots?

2012-05-10 Thread Rick Alfaro
Traci, I have the standard model with dots on all the letters except for f and j. I do find having it quite helpful. However I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say I'd be totally comfortable with absolutely no VO feedback. Note that I do have clicks turned off and have keyboard voice set to

Re: saving an attached ringtone?

2012-05-10 Thread chris hallsworth
Which sucks but there you go. I tried sending a ringtone to myself. It worked but I could only open not save the attachment. Christopher Hallsworth On 10/05/2012 05:10, Moop Curran wrote: Hi Mary, Unfortunately, you're right. You have to save it on your mac or pc first. Then you copy it to

RE: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Cristobal
Go through the usual steps. Ask to speak to a supervisor, document your calls and who you spoke to. Email them with the same queries etc. Complain politely, but insistently and if you want, as someone else on the list recommended reach out to a third party government agency if you want to go that

Re: Removing a language from the VO

2012-05-10 Thread chris hallsworth
Go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, language rotor. Christopher Hallsworth On 09/05/2012 23:48, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all: I put a wrong language in the language roder in voice over, how can I remove it please? Thanks in advance Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and

Re: Contacts

2012-05-10 Thread Grant Hardy
You shouldn't lose anything. I would recommend backing up your iTunes library folder, as it saves some sync settings and makes the process of setting up easier. It's usually located under your My Music folder. Whether you do so or not, though, iTunes will stop syncing contacts automatically. When

Re: Contacts

2012-05-10 Thread Grant Hardy
You shouldn't lose anything. I would recommend backing up your iTunes library folder, as it saves some sync settings and makes the process of setting up easier. It's usually located under your My Music folder. Whether you do so or not, though, iTunes will stop syncing contacts automatically. When

iCloud/Microsoft Outlook 2010 issues

2012-05-10 Thread scott blanks
Hey all, My first post here. Great information thus far. I'm trying to assist a friend who has an iPhone 4s, Microsoft Outlook 2010, and Jaws 13. He is attempting to get up and running with iCloud. I'm pasting his message below in hopes that someone will have further experience working with the

RE: iCloud/Microsoft Outlook 2010 issues

2012-05-10 Thread Michael Malver
I hope you get an answer. I am using outlook 2007 and am experiencing the same problem of being unable to dismiss through outlook reminders and calendar appointments stored on the cloud, accept through using the jaws cursor. thanks -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Audible and Downcast

2012-05-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Since Audible books are protected, you can't read them with downcast. YOu can play them in the Audible app or the iPhone's built-in music player. Best, Anna On May 10, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Can someone outline the steps to reading an Audible book with Downcast? I

how to put songson a jailbroken i phone?

2012-05-10 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: My I phone now is jailbroken, so is there a way to put songs on it without I tunes, I can open it with iphone explorer or something like that, but where to put the songs? And, can't I use the same way to put contacts also? After I did so, if I will connect it with I tune,

Re: Audible and Downcast

2012-05-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, You can play media files from other apps, such as Filer, in Downcast if they aren't protected. Best, Anna On May 10, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Bill Holton wrote: OK, thanks. I thought I saw a discussion recently that he had got it working, somehow. BILL HOLTON Email:

Re: Audible and Downcast

2012-05-10 Thread Kevin Barry
I believe audible titles are DRM protected so downcast won't play them. The audible app is quite accessible from what I've seen though. At 03:30 PM 5/10/2012, you wrote: Hi. Can someone outline the steps to reading an Audible book with Downcast? I have the Audible app installed and a book

RE: Contacts

2012-05-10 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Ok but if the enteries in the outlook contacts r not as my contast on I phone, will I phone will tak e the enteries from outlook? So, what will I do to stop this? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter:

Re: Voiceover Problem

2012-05-10 Thread Julian
Hi, You need to go into the voiceover settings and turn on speak hints. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2012, at 5:22 PM, CD cd5...@gmail.com wrote: This problem just started and my friend who has the iPhone 4 is also having the same problem. I have the 4S. It doesn’t say

Sort of ot: Bought used iPhone. How do I disassociate previous owner?

2012-05-10 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Subject says it all. IPhone 4, os 5.1. Tia. Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter @lpnalda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

RE: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread paul and paula jordan
Hi. Probably a dumb question, but how would I know if I have the high quality premium voice? Just wondering. I've had none of the voice over voice stopping described, but am still running ios5. Thanks. God bless! Paula Jordan and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

re: More feedback on speed dots?

2012-05-10 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, just to weigh in hear, I have had mine on since getting the 4s in I think november or end of october last year, it has shown no sign of coming off at all, and the dots seem to be standing up quite well to being taken in and out of pockets etc. I have the version with all the dots

RE: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread Cristobal
Settings, general, Accessibility, Voiceover and scroll down and you'll see an option for either turning off or on the compact voice. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of paul and paula jordan Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:06 PM

RE: iOS 5.1.1 is out Voiceover going silent bug

2012-05-10 Thread paul and paula jordan
Okay, now is the compact voice the high quality premium voice, or should it be turned off? Sorry, still fairly new at all this. God bless! Paula and babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Sent: Thursday, May 10,

Longer cord?

2012-05-10 Thread Don Moore
The cord that comes with the iPhone is pretty short for some tasks. Do any of you know if a longer cord can be purchased? Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

Re: Aurify crashes with 4S

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
For those of you who may not have the game because of this issue, I'll be sure and post to the list when there is an update. -- Raul A. Gallegos Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook:

Re: getting refunds for unauthorized third-party charges

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
That sounds still like Sprint is giving you the run-around. Since the company is billing Sprint, who is in turn billing you, there has to be something that Sprint can do. It's annoying for sure, but I would keep at it and if all else fails, then have Sprint change your cell number at no charge

Re: Audible and Downcast

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
You cannot as far as I can tell because Audible.com .aa or .aax books are drm protected and can only be read from the Audible app or from iTunes music app itself. -- Raul A. Gallegos A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - Mark Twain Home Page:

Sim card and iPhone 4S

2012-05-10 Thread Conrad Bennett
How do I remove the Sim card in my iPhone for S Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Longer cord?

2012-05-10 Thread Jan Stirbens
Hello, Yes, a longer cord can be purchased. I purchased mine from the Apple store. Jan - Original Message - From: Don Moore don.moor...@comcast.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Longer cord? The cord that comes with the iPhone is pretty

Re: Sim card and iPhone 4S

2012-05-10 Thread ThanhVinh
Hi friend, there is a thing that you've got altogether with the iPhone when you bought it, just hit that thing into the hole next to the sim slot, your sim card will get out together with the sim card tray. Jimmy Vinh Nguyen (Nguyen Thanh Vinh) Primary email: nguyenthanhvin...@gmail.com

Re: Calling All Chess Players For Help

2012-05-10 Thread Richard Turner
I don't know about that one. Shredder chess and chess-wise, are both accessible. They both have a free version. Later, Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch) On May 10, 2012, at 5:16 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello, A while back I downloaded HiArcs Chess. For whatever

Re: how to put songson a jailbroken i phone?

2012-05-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, whether it's jailbroken or not, you can always put songs on it via a file browser app such as Filer. If you want to use the Music app though, you can get a jailbreak app called PwnTunes. This app basically turns your iPhone into what would be considered a normal usb stick. When it's in

Re: Sort of ot: Bought used iPhone. How do I disassociate previous owner?

2012-05-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Go to SEttings/General/Reset and choose the reset to erase all data. Then either set it up as a new phone or restore from a backup if you had an iPhone before and want all of its app data on your new phone. Best, Anna On May 10, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Louie P. (Pete) Nalda wrote: Subject

Re: un-registering iPhone 4G-Need urgent help

2012-05-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, You can definitely erase your friend's info and get your data on the phone. Here's how. Back up your old phone to either iTunes or iCloud before you start. That way, you'll have the very latest info on your new phone. To erase all the data on the new phone, go to Settings, choose General,

Re: Sort of ot: Bought used iPhone. How do I disassociate previous owner?

2012-05-10 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Thank you. Strangely enough, it found my acct, and asked me if I wanted to use it instead of the previous person's. Do you think i'll still need to wipe it? Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda

re: Longer cord?

2012-05-10 Thread Kim
Yes, I got a 6 foot cord with the adapter and I love it. Actually, I got it when I bought the mini keyboard from speed dots. Kim - Original Message - From: Don Moore don.moor...@comcast.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:50:53 -0400 Subject: Longer cord?

Re: How To Revert To Old Apps

2012-05-10 Thread Katey Glass
Has anyone restored from an earlier version on windows?I haven't synced my iPhone in months with if so I'm pretty sure I have an older version. Play books won't let me turn the page. Guess we all should write google too. How sad they broke it. I have a few books I bought I want to

Re: How To Revert To Old Apps

2012-05-10 Thread Katey Glass
I just looked at the play books app in the app store it says it is BO compatible. So, how can we do this? Maybe by writing google. Katey. Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2012, at 1:05 PM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: hi, all, I've successfully used the method

Trekker Breeze On Sale

2012-05-10 Thread Les Kriegler
For anybody interested in the Trekker Breeze, Humanware just announced a $200 discount for US customers. Through June 30, the cost of the Breeze is $729. Humanware, (800)722-3393. Les -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the