RE: BBC IPlayer global:

TuneIn radio can get the BBC World Service radio broadcast, as can just about any other radio app. TuneIn is my personal favorite and very inexpensive. Some people prefer Ootunes. I used to prefer WunderRadio but TuneIn has a much cleaner interface and so forth. HTH, Richard _ From:

Re: NFB Newsline app available in the app store for iPhone, iTouch and iPad

It really does work well. I haven't seen anything about this, but would like to know if material which is downloaded stays on the phone itself after you exit the application. I haven't seen any way to delete papers etc., from the phone. Thanks, Don On 6/4/2012 9:13 PM, Tom Lange wrote:

Re: NFB Newsline app available in the app store for iPhone, iTouch and iPad

Hi, Thanks for the tip. I tried navigation by heading and it works great, but instead of swiping right I did a two-finger swipe down to start reading at the heading that I selected. Still have a lot of exploring to do but it's a nice app; I like what I see so far. Tom - Original Message

Re: BBC IPlayer global:

Have you run across an app to get BBC world news? - Original Message - From: marie baisez To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 15:29 Subject: BBC IPlayer global: For Richard and anyone else curious about this, it is the app. from the BBC allowing peopl

Re: question about My Tunes Pro

I wonder how it differs from my dj. - Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: "ViPhone Users List" Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:22 Subject: question about My Tunes Pro Hi, I'm wondering if anyone here uses My Tunes Pro and if you do, what do you think about it? I was askin

Foursquare and location services remaining open on iPhone 4

Greetings. As the subject says, I am having an issue where Foursquare is forcing the location services to remain on even after I have closed the app from the App Switcher. I have to physically go into settings, location services, to turn Foursquare off. I don't want to have to keep doing this each

Re: Voicebook VO

I love the app! One feature I would like is to be able to view my messages through this app. Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. On Jun 3, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Active Information S

RE: BBC IPlayer Global on a big screen:

Unfortunately, I just get a message saying that my request couldn't be acted on, or something like that. I think it simply isn't available here yet, though it says on their web site that it should have been in the U.S. late last year. Thanks, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@goo

Re: FaceTime on 4s not working

I've checked and can't see anything random, except phone number saying dimmed after it - did you say this didn't matter? I've discovered I can't FaceTime on my iPad or iPhone even though they're both set up. I tried turning off both FaceTime and the devices, but no difference. On 5 Jun 201

Re: Voicebook VO

I love the app. I am noticing a strange occurrence though. Is anyone else noticing that it will only say there are two comments even though there are many more. Also, when I then click on the view comments, I can only read the most recent two comments. I don't know if that made sense. Thank

Re: FaceTime on 4s not working

Here are a couple of hints about figuring this out. First, go into settings and look for FaceTime. In mine it's just after phone. Once you double tap on it, start swiping around and you should find, phone number to use for video calls, as well as email address. If it says dimmed by the phone nu

Re: FaceTime on 4s not working

Yes I did and set them all and they all seem correct. On 5 Jun 2012, at 00:43, "Raul A. Gallegos" wrote: > Hi, did you make sure to configure your number and/or your email address for > Facetime so the phone knows what to display? I don't use Facetime a lot, but > I think that has to be don

Re: FaceTime on 4s not working

Hi, did you make sure to configure your number and/or your email address for Facetime so the phone knows what to display? I don't use Facetime a lot, but I think that has to be done. You do it from the Settings app in the Facetime section. -- Raul A. Gallegos My wife left me because of my obse

RE: Thinking of buying a new iPhone

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FaceTime on 4s not working

Hi, I've just got a 4s and have set up FaceTime but it won't let me make outgoing calls. I cann however receive incoming FaceTime calls. Any ideas why? Thanks Kirsten -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive

Re: Favorite bedside dock?

Hey and thanks for posting. I think I now know what to get my daughter for her birthday. She has an iPhone 3G and even though it's not the latest and greatest, she loves it. She mentioned to me the other day that she would like an alarm clock radio and this might just fit right since she likes

Want A $5 Keyboard again

Today we reviewed a iOS keyboard for our iPhone 4S that was fantastic! The app (yes we said app) worked as advertised. It turns your Macs keyboard into a bluetooth keyboard for your iOS devices. http://www.fedoraoutlier.com/want-a-5-keyboard-2/ -- You received this message because you are sub

Want A $5 Keyboard?

Today we reviewed a iOS keyboard for our iPhone 4S that was fantastic! The app (yes we said app) worked as advertised. It turns your Macs keyboard into a bluetooth keyboard for your iOS devices. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search

Re: Moving iTunes to a new computer

I hope someone else chimes in here, but my help is a bit limited. :) My recommendation is to use an external hard drive or large enough USB drive. Inside your my music folder, copy the entire iTunes folder over to the external storage. This iTunes folder should contain everything: music, apps

Re: Spotify?

Last.FM and services like Pandora do not offer the same "music store at your fingertips" that Spotify does. I use my virtual Windows machine to use it on the Mac, which is similar to how I used iTunes from 2003-2007. You might also want to look into Mog, which has quite a bit of stuff that Spotif

Re: new iPhone 4S questions

Hello, congratulations on your new iPhone4s. I love mine. :) I don't have the volume issues, but here's my suggestion. As far as I can tell, there are 3 different volumes in the iPhone. The ringer, the phone, and voice over. Generally, I have my ringer volume around 50-60, my phone volume,

RE: Thinking of buying a new iPhone

I would get the 4S. They are the same price unless you are getting a used one. I understand the 4S has a faster processor and better camera. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1:43 PM T

Thinking of buying a new iPhone

Hi all, > > > I'm planning to buy a new iPhone. > I have to decide between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S. > The main feature in the 4S, I believe, is Siri. > But, then again, Vokul, which can be used on the iPhone 4, is equally good, I > think. > So, are there any major differences between the

Re: Favorite bedside dock?

Hey all, Thought I'd bring this topic back up. Over the weekend, I bought a small, and I mean small, Sony clock radio with dock on top. It is nothing spectacular, but it suits my bedside needs. It was $35, has a radio, and charges both my iPhone4s and Nano 5th Gen. Both devices can be dock

Re: iGrill (bluetooth thermometer review

Hello, I'd like to address the few follow up questions that came up after my post. Digital thermometers in general, use a metal probe that you press into the meat and leave there. The probe is probably about three inches long and then has a 90 degree bend, so it looks like a capital L. Then

Re: Renaming an ap?

Oddly, I found that it lost the name once you move the renamed app to somewhere else. I wanted those 1touch apps in a common place near the bottom and I ended up with two called camera next to each other. I fixed it, but shows how names get important. - Original Message - From: "Jenni

What gps app to use

Hi, A week ago more or less i took Ariadne GPS for a spin to see what it would do for me and i got really impressed. The app even saved my bacon when i accidentally got lost on my way home from the bank that i went to. Now i'm starting to think that there are actually so many blind specific gps

Re: Renaming an ap?

You can do a two-finger double tap on the app you wish to remain, and then you can put in what you want VO to say when you have focus on that app. It doesn't rename the app itself, it is just for your records for example. Jenn To the world you are someone but to someone you are the world! On J

Re: Keyboard Cases

It has like a kick stand on the back, so you can view it as a wide screen. I don't see how it would stand up the other way though. Lois -Original Message- From: K. F. Ifill Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 2:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Keyboard Cases Thanks to everyone

RE: Keyboard Cases

Thanks to everyone for the great info. My question on the Ilove cases is the Ipad able to be placed in various viewing positions? Thanks Kerryann -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lois Butterfield Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1

Re: Keyboard Cases

I really like the iLuv folio case with keyboard. I had to mark a few keys though because they are very flat. You'd probably want to touch one before you bought it. Lois -Original Message- From: Kerryann Ifill Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Keyboard Cases

Kickstarter.com supported a new keyboard case for the iPad 2 or 3 which will be coming out soon. Here is the link: www.thebrydge.com On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Kerryann Ifill wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a case for my Ipad2. I like the look and feel of the >

Re: Spotify?

Ditto. That's why I prefer Last.fm. It's accessible across the board. Christopher Hallsworth On 04/06/2012 15:10, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi Eric. Here are the reasons for I've given up on Spotify: 1: The app is totally inaccessible on the Mac. 2: The app on the iPhone works okay, but it's not fu

Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

That is how the site reads. The site owner is quite responsive to email. There is a phone number listed, but I haven't spoken with anyone related to this product on the phone. Brett On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:18 AM, Rob Harris wrote: > Even a brick like the Otterbox defenders? > - Original Mess

Re: Dropbox and iPhone pics free extra space

Hi, just go to the camera uploads folder and nuke them after you upload and get the extra free space. -- Raul A. Gallegos Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http

Re: audable books not playing

thanks for all your help have now got the books playing had to redownload them. Regards Christopher Huby tel no: 07967603395. Email 1: christopher.h...@blueyonder.co.uk email 2: christopher.h...@hotmail.co.uk On 27 May 2012, at 11:04 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Can you tell us the exac

Keyboard Cases

Hi! Your question has really answered my question!! I read that for Weiss all well you need to press the control – option key with another key! I was wondering what these are now that you seesaw – I understand that the controlling option keys have to be pressed together with the liquor keys. P

Re: Sonos and Spotify

Hi Sieghard. Thanks so much for this awesome review. I'm surprised of the accessibility and flexibility of the system.. I especially like the small box you can take with you in an other room. I already have a nice theatur system. Can I somehow just buy this small box without buying the whole

Re: Spotify?

Hi Eric. Here are the reasons for I've given up on Spotify: 1: The app is totally inaccessible on the Mac. 2: The app on the iPhone works okay, but it's not fully accessible. Or, it wasn't then I tried it a half year ago. So why should I pay for being able to only listen to music on my iPhone whe

Re: Navigating in large emails

Hi. I'm not sure I understand your question correctly, but if you're searching for a way to get back to the message you've read in your indbox in the mail app, you can do the 2 finger scrub gesture. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind

Re: iGrill (bluetooth thermometer review

Perhaps the following will help: Mike Calvo’s Review of the Bradley Smoker http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.serotalk.com/podcasts/serospectives/bradley_smoker.mp3 -Original Message- From: Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 4:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: R

Re: A Time to Wear iPhone Around my Neck

I think I may order one of these holders. Yesterday I was dumping empty cans and bottles in to the plastic re-cycling container and my I Phone 4 s fell out of my shirt pocket and in to the recycling container! What a pain, , I had to tip the container, dig through empty cans and bottles to find

Re: A dirty phone - Was Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

I can still kiss my iPhone but not what you compared it with. I haven't been following this thread closely, but I have a aluminium cover I bought over EBay for 8 bucks or so. It has a provision for using a strap or a string etc. - Original Message - From: "Sandra Heaton" To: Sent:

Re: Dropbox and iPhone pics free extra space

It places a camera folder on your PC in the dropbox folder. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2012, at 12:03 AM, Maria Chapman wrote: > HI. i too saw this window and quit out of it not realizeing what it was. so > if i upload pictures to the drop box, can i then access them by going in to > my

Re: HOw to get info on stars etc in The Night Sky

Hallo Fanus, when starting the app, there is a butto called "Info" in the lower right of the screen. If you press it, you will be asked for the in-app purchase of the Info pack. Before deselecting it in the settings, there was also a bigger view announcing this possibility. Greetings Jan ---

Keyboard Cases

Hi all, I'm looking for a case for my Ipad2. I like the look and feel of the Targus versaview case, but i canceled my order this morning because on further review, the built in bluetooth keyboard has the ctrl and option keys on opposite sides of the keyboard. Has anyone bought a keyboard case f

Re: How do I delete audible books from my phone?

Yes, that is exactly what was happening. I had downloaded a book when I first got the audible app, then later I synced a few more books onto my phone and was listening through the music rather than the audible app. Another list member sent me a very helpful and thorough explanation of the differen

Re: HOw to get info on stars etc in The Night Sky

Hello Jan Where does one purchase the info pack? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: "Scott Howell" To: Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 11:31 AM Subject: Re: HOw to get info on stars etc in The Night Sky Ah, so the app is essentially limited without purchasing the info pack. Maybe t

Re: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around?

you could set a favorite at the top of the steps, but remember that GPS accuracy is 30 feet so you may have to use other mobility techniques to actually find the steps. Andy -Original Message- From: Sandy Finley Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 3:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subjec

Re: How do I delete audible books from my phone?

Hi, you can get Audible books into your phone in 1 or 2 ways. Either via iTunes or via the net without iTunes. If you sync from iTunes, then Audible will see those books and so might your music library. However if you get a book from the Audible app by itself and no iTunes, then only the Audibl

Re: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around?

Hi Sandy, My experience with Ariadne is that it wouldn't be accurate enough for what you need. I do wonder though about MyWay Lite, which is supposed to be better at helping a blind person to make customize routes and then guide him or her through them. Maybe users of that app could chime in

Re: Renaming an ap?

No, it cannot. The closest you will get is to pretend to rename it by giving Voice Over a label. You do this with 2-finger tap and hold gesture. Note that this only creates a label for Voice Over tp speak something else, visually nothing changes. -- Raul A. Gallegos A guy at work went in for a

Re: A Time to Wear iPhone Around my Neck

Hello, Nope, it is not exaggerated. I am hoping that one of my accidents will damage it so that I can use my insurance to replace it. It fell in to water a few months ago, so will no longer be repaired by Apple or my carrier. Only my renters content insurance will cover it, and only then if by

Re: A dirty phone - Was Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

Yeah I can well believe that. Sandra Braille Greeting Cards www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk - Original Message - From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: A dirty phone - Was Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

Renaming an ap?

Can this be done? If so, how? Thanks in advance! 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 vi

RE: Playing M4A Files on a Windows XP Machine

Get winamp. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 5:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: OT: Playing M4A Files on a Windows XP Machine Greetings to the list. It appears that even

OT: Playing M4A Files on a Windows XP Machine

Greetings to the list. It appears that even the latest version of Windows Media Player will not play M4A files on a Windows XP machine. I have these files set to play via iTunes, but it seems silly to load a big program such as iTunes just to play small files I have saved to my Dropbox account vi

RE: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around?

How accurate is the monitoring feature? In my daily commute I walk down the one side of a street that has a sidewalk. To use a convenient short cut to the subway, I have to cross the street at a particular place in the middle of the block to locate a flight of steps that goes down off of the bluf

Re: Zello

hi yes this happens to me. i also have to reset my volume everytime Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Jennie Facer wrote: > Has anyone had the problem where when you launch Zello, all speech comes out > of your earpiece? That is what happened to me. I just got a refurbished > iP

re putting audio books that i have downloaded on to cd.

good morning all, please could some one tell me how i can put audio books that i have downloaded on to my phone to cd. if some one could help me i would b most grateful. Regards Christopher Huby tel no: 07967603395. Email 1: christopher.h...@blueyonder.co.uk email 2: christopher.h...@hotmai

Re: Two Bluetooth devices?

I've connected a braille display and a speaker at the same time. While it's possible, I noticed particularly with the speaker a sluggishness in the response of the device. I have not tried this with the latest IOS version. When I did this, I was using an iPhone 4S. Les On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:1

Re: HOw to get info on stars etc in The Night Sky

Ah, so the app is essentially limited without purchasing the info pack. Maybe that extra purchase is worth it if you really can get some extra info. On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Jan Blüher wrote: > Hallo Cara and list, > > it only works if you bought the info pack for 1,59€ (1.99$). In the basic

Re: Message rules

Yes setting up the rules is pretty easy. On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi Scott, > Perhaps slightly off-topic, but is it easy to set up filters etc in Gmail? > Reply off list if more appropriate. > > > > > On 3 Jun 2012, at 23:42, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Daniell

Re: Store News App was RE: Multi Edit - Contacts Manager is currently free

Are, Cool, thanks for that. I haven't restarted the phone since installing the app, I will try doing that and then have another go. Cheers, Brett. Brett On 4/06/2012 7:18 PM, Lois Butterfield wrote: I was having the same problem, but when I opened it this morning, I found a merge button ar

Re: Voicebook VO

Features?... Ok, I'd lvoe to be able to search for Fok, users, members, real friends; preferably without having to give them all my login details. I don't keep that many contact details anyway and none of them on my mailer servers. I find even the web apge very frustratingi n this respect.

Re: question about My Tunes Pro

Geepers! Did I write that! Lets try again. The app is fully accessible, but there are some minor accessibility quirks. When ever you click a button that changes screens, the easiest way to see the new information is to touch the top left of the screen where the back button is, then flick thr

Re: Store News App was RE: Multi Edit - Contacts Manager is currently free

I was having the same problem, but when I opened it this morning, I found a merge button around the top right. I clicked on that, then verified with a button near the bottom right. That did it. However, now I have 2 groups still, one for my PC contacts and one for iCloud. I wonder if there i

Re: Store News App was RE: Multi Edit - Contacts Manager is currently free

Hi, Any tips on how to clean up contacts, I tried to merge a couple but coundn't find a way to do it, unless I manually editted them. I can do this with out the app, so I am sure that I am just missing something. Thanks, Brett On 4/06/2012 8:01 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: I used it to clea

Uk users-BT email question

Hi Kirsten, You could set up a Gmail account for your Vi-phone and Macvisionary emails and this would work fine with Imap. I will take a look on the BT site later today when I get home to see if there is anything about Imap. Kind regards Graham -- You received this message because you ar

Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

Even a brick like the Otterbox defenders? - Original Message - From: "Brett C." To: Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 11:27 PM Subject: Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck. Hi Crystal, I don't usually use a case, I like the naked feel of the iPhone. The m

Re: Zello

That is a setting, useful as it can irritating when others keep hearing that initial BeeEEeeP! I can't think where the menu is and we are't all up yet, so don't want to put it on to find out. I know when you activate or connect to something, it is the button above the speak button, or there

Re: How do I delete audible books from my phone?

These instructions were very helpful once I realized I had to be in the audible app for it to work. I have a related question. Why is the list of audible books different depending on whether I am in the audible app or in the music library and looking at playlists? This is confusing. I have four a

Re: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around?

What is that database Ariadne can import from? would it not import poi from that? I know nothing else about that service. - Original Message - From: "Andy Baracco" To: Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 9:55 PM Subject: Re: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around? I like the monitoring feature of ar

Re: A Time to Wear iPhone Around my Neck

I see they take PayPal payment, that's useful, more so if they post abroad. I'll find out soon enough. RobH. - Original Message - From: "Rick Alfaro" To: Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 9:53 PM Subject: RE: A Time to Wear iPhone Around my Neck Hi, indeed this sounds like a very useful op

Re: Is there a solution that lets you wear you IPhone around your neck.

Hi. Ok yes i also think the phone would be heavy if you wear it around your nec all the time, but with such a hanger you can wear it in different ways. You know women has not so often pockets, and I am not using handbags much. I often have the problem that I leave my phone somewhere in my house

Re: Ariadne or Sundero Look Around?

Those with Ariadne, tend to like it, and often it's the only one they got on with, so only speak from that perspective, not one of comparison. MyWayLite was my first venture, it did little enough, but was free. £12-13 for the pro version was different to paying £3 for Ariadne. As was said, i