Re: looking for a calculator app

2012-05-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
What I actually do with the IOS app is use my left hand on the braille display and run the index finger of the right hand over the touch screen. Then, because I'm using touch typing, when I lift my finger, the button is activated. The functions are activated with a split- or double-tapped. This

Re: where can i put the ring tone?

2012-05-18 Thread Lois Butterfield
If you use iringer and you export, it goes right into iTunes. That’s all you have to do. Lois From: Ramy Moustafa Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: where can i put the ring tone? HI all: I made already the ring tone with a

Re: split screen on the iPad

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Harris
Slide a finger down the left to find the section you want and double tap that to select it, then the options within it will be in the panel on the right. The mailer works this way too. - Original Message - From: Robbie Miller millerrob...@comcast.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: typing on the phone

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Harris
This is so counter-intuative given size of thumbs and how much of the keys a thumb would mask out. Someone else mentioned getting the phone close enough to hear well, which ends up with phone up in one hand and use a finger or two on the other to type. Otherwise, it's writing aids like

Re: no wifi connection

2012-05-18 Thread Dean Adams
Hi RDLW, Try entering the ip address subnet mask router ip address and the dns setting manually so for example if you router is using the ip address range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 set your iphone to an ip address that no other device is using if all devices are getting there Ip

Re: Multiple Libraries in iTunes (Windows and JAWS)

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Harris
This is what Holly's family need, they have an iTunes library each. They could keep their respective content separate that way and afford her the means to extract the voice memo file. - Original Message - From: M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 18,

Re: syncing contacts with thunderberd?

2012-05-18 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, this is because iTunes and Thunderbird don't speak the same language. What I like to do because I'm a Google freak, is sync my contacts via my gmail contacts. So, since this email address I post from is a gmail address, I set it up on my phone as an exchange account to sync mail, calendar

Re: How to Calibrate Your Home Button | Snapguide

2012-05-18 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Richard, are you still holding the power button in when you press the home button? It sounds like you are pressing the home button by itself and as you know, doing that for a few seconds brings up Siri. -- Raul A. Gallegos Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give

Re: split screen on the iPad

2012-05-18 Thread Robbie Miller
Thank all of you, settings is a lot clearer now. Robbie - Original Message - From: Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:24 AM Subject: Re: split screen on the iPad Slide a finger down the left to find the section you want and

Concerning Library of Congress

2012-05-18 Thread fred olver
The following article, which appears in this week's edition of the Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind, describes some of the enhancements to the BARD and NLS programs we can expect to see this year: Feature Writer John Christie - National Library Service Increases Reading Options

Re: typing on the phone

2012-05-18 Thread Garth Humphreys
I tend to do a lot of typing with one thumb. I find that I do the typical dopy thing of typing while I am walking along. I hold the phone in my right hand and type with the same thumb. This is where we blind guide dog users have a slight advantage over our sighted counterparts. At least my

RE: where can i put the ring tone?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Ok, I did that, but I cn'at find a place on I tunes to sync it to my I phone? I thought that it will be syned automatically, but after syncing , I can't find any place on my I phone that says custome ring tones or something. Any help please? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer

Re: A question about syncing contacts

2012-05-18 Thread Garth Humphreys
Ok, the two options are sort order and display order. So what i believe you want is sort order to be Last, first and display order to be first, last. This does work consistently and exactly as you would expect. If you find that you have some contacts that are not conforming to the expected

Re: A question about syncing contacts

2012-05-18 Thread Sieghard
Hello Sandy and Kim, Garth already explained the sorting issue correctly. I have my Outlook set up exactly like you, Sandy, but I like contacts on my iPhone displayed the way you would normally say a name, e.g. Sandy Finley and not Finley, Sandy. So I set the sort order to Last, First and the

Re: A question about syncing contacts

2012-05-18 Thread Anthony Vece
Hi Kim; I display my contacts first names all the time and, it works just fine. It doesn't matter what fields you put them in either. E.G. My Dr. I have under the last name as: Dr. Joseph Cavallaro and, companies like AccessLink I have under company. Hope this helps. Anthony Sent from

Re: VO hq/compact

2012-05-18 Thread Victor Hugo Gallegos
Hi! This option is still available in the latest iOS version, it's under settings/general/accessibility/VoiceOver, it's between use pitch change, and the Braille button, the option is called use compact voice, you can toggle on/off. Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2012, at 7:58 AM, RDLAW

RE: typing on the phone

2012-05-18 Thread Rose Combs
Very awkward, my thumb is used to spacing, true but I can't type with it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: typing on the phone

RE: Anyone Have the Jawbone Big Jambox BT Speaker

2012-05-18 Thread Rick Alfaro
Eric, Here's one comparison I ran across this morning. I have the regular JamBox which I love for its size. My only complaint is that it has no music controls on it whatsoever. The Big Jambox does I think and I believe the SoundLink does as well but not sure. They are both twice the price of

RE: Anyone Have the Jawbone Big Jambox BT Speaker

2012-05-18 Thread Rick Alfaro
Big amen to that. I hate their web site. Rick -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Pierson Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Anyone Have the Jawbone Big Jambox BT Speaker Hi

RE: where can i put the ring tone?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Ok, I did that, but I didn't find the ring tone on my iphone, from where on I tunes can I tell the program to sync ring tones? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter: Ramymoustafa youtube

an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Melissa Tucker
zello starts when it isn't opened in my ipad apps. II hear people talking when the app hasn't been started. any ideas on how to fix this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Jim Barbour
Hmmm, what I've seen is that after you started, you can't turn it off. Leaving the app, force quitting the app neither seem to stop incoming messages from being played. I don't have a solution, but I wanted to confirm and further describe the problem. I solved the problem by removing zello, but

Re: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, not sure why it's not working, but unless you installed some jailbreak tweak specific to changing how mail is handled, I would doubt that jailbreaking caused your mail to not work. I have a jailbroken iPhone 4S and before that, a jailbroken 3GS and never had mail trouble. Maybe your push

Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Robert Carter
Hi Melissa, Zello runs in the background unless you remove it from the app switcher. Do you know how to remove an app from the app switcher? Robert Carter On May 18, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Melissa Tucker wrote: zello starts when it isn't opened in my ipad apps. II hear people talking

Re: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Grant Hardy
Sounds like you simply need to reboot the phone. Press and hold POWER for a few seconds until the shutdown screen appears, then with VoiceOver, double-tap on the slide to power off control. After a few seconds, again press POWER for a couple seconds and wait until your phone reboots. Then try to

Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
I didn't know one could remove an app from the app switcher. Very intrigued. On 5/18/12, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Melissa, Zello runs in the background unless you remove it from the app switcher. Do you know how to remove an app from the app switcher? Robert Carter On

RE: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Ok, from what I understood, I just hit the mail tap, and the phone start collecting my emails, is it right? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter: Ramymoustafa youtube chanael:

RE: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
I did this without any success Don't know why, 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: How to Calibrate Your Home Button | Snapguide

2012-05-18 Thread Richard Turner
Fascinating. It worked when playing music. It will not work in the calendar or weather apps. I did the exact same steps too. TTFN, Richard On May 18, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, You hold down the Power button until the shutdown message appears. Then

RE: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
When I hit the mail tap, I hear a sound, then nothing at all on the home screen, then It went back to the home screen, After 2 or 3 seconds Nothing opened at all. Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter:

Re: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Grant Hardy
Ah, well that would clear things up. I'm actually surprised that anything works without doing a tethered boot! Grant On 5/18/12, Ben Mustill-Rose b...@benmr.com wrote: Well, I'm not sure about Mail, but the reason why your Safari isn't working is because you have a tethered jailbreak and your

RE: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Ok, thanks so much I will install the original software tomorrow, and I will not jailbreak my phone. Is ti ok? Will it work after that? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa Owner and producer of Harmony recording studios skype: roma30 Facebook: moustafa.r...@gmail.com Twitter: Ramymoustafa youtube chanael:

Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Harris
Goodness!... is this the updated version, I odn't have that on mine. But if it did, I'd remove it sooner than that; I've not used it since the previous version. - Original Message - From: Melissa Tucker melissatuck...@att.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc:

Re: Mail is not working, is it because jailbreaking?

2012-05-18 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
I must have missed the memo on which kind of jailbreak he has. In that case, it makes sense that because of the jailbreak, mail isn't working. A note to all wood be jailbreakers though, it's not the jailbreak, it's the tethered jailbreak which causes issues because if you don't plug in when

Re: Scanning Apps

2012-05-18 Thread Jennie Facer
Try Prizmo. It takes a lot to get with practice, but it can be done. Jenn To the world you are someone but to someone you are the world! On May 18, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have SayText on my iPod, but having trouble making it see documents. Are there any

NPR app -- not authorized on this computer

2012-05-18 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, I downloaded the NPR app. When I try to sync it to my phone I get the message that the app was not sync-ed because it is not authorized on this computer. What the heck does that mean? Thanks, Kim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To

How to use dictation

2012-05-18 Thread Shirley Chesson
Okay I know it is probably simple but how does the dictation work on the iPhone 4s 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

Re: typing on the phone

2012-05-18 Thread Holly
I usually type with my thumbs, but sometimes with my right index finger. I became accustomed to typing with my thumbs while using a querty keyboard on an android. I have used a home row on a computer since age nine, so learning to locate keys with my thumbs was not too hard. I am not very fast,

Awareness app confusion

2012-05-18 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
I see one is free and the other is $6.99. Do they both work? Thanks in advance. 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

Re: How to use dictation

2012-05-18 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. whereever there is a text field there wil be a dictate button bottom left of the screen if you have the phone in portrait. double tap the dictate button and say what you want to say. You can add punctuation if you like. Then either double tap the dictate button again or double tap with

Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Maria Chapman
mmm usually removing it from the app switcher turns it off for me. YOu can also disconnect yourself from channels hth. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.powerradio104.us where we play lots of great music On 19/05/2012, at 5:34 AM,

RE: How to use dictation

2012-05-18 Thread Darla Rogers
Thanks, Maria; very clear, concise, easy-to-follow instructions. With Gratitude, Darla -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria Chapman Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to use

Re: How to use dictation

2012-05-18 Thread Maria Chapman
No problem. if you have any more problems just let me know. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 19/05/2012, at 1:37 PM, Darla Rogers wrote: Thanks, Maria; very

Re: How to use dictation

2012-05-18 Thread Veronica Elsea
Another thing is that if you're dictating in a message, rather than just by holding down the home button to speak to Siri, when you double tap to stop dictation, if you double-tap on the dictate button again, you can add to your message. It was a happy day when I discovered that I could stop

testin'

2012-05-18 Thread Robin
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Re: an annoying problem with zello

2012-05-18 Thread Earle
I never disconnect myself from channels or chats in Zello. Once I remove it from the app switcher, I receive no further messages. I'm running the latest version on an iPhone 3GS. -- Earle Msn: peterson...@sympatico.ca Skype, Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo: rowdyamerican Aim:

Re: typing on the phone

2012-05-18 Thread Maria Chapman
lol i'll have to try typing with one thumb while walking along with a guide dog. hubby don't mind voice over while we're driving. Half the time i can't hear it though. I normally use my index finger while typing.. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb