Hi Pete
I think this is a great idea. I am certainly happy to take requests for episode
topics. I have received a couple of requests for a Democast on using Safari on
IOS. I will include an episode that focuses on safari use on the iPad. It may
take a while before I get to this though. Work
I've put all those I don't use and canth ditch in a folder also and they
stay at the end of the list!
Carol P
Original Message
From: Rose Combs rosecom...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 8:37 PM
Subject: RE: Removing the Stocks Folder:
I moved
I don't think it was blocked so far as my connection was concerned. Must
have been something going on in Apple since others have suffered the same
problem. Anyway, fixed now so mnatter closed I think.
Carol P
Original Message
From: chris hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com
To:
Join the club.
I noticed it the first time I used (a couple of days later) after installing
Fleksy and I'd changed my UK settings.) If this is not the cause for me,
I'm looking at dirt around the microphone and will be checking at an Apple
Store this week.
Have you done similar things
Actually I have noticed this problem only after installing fleksy. Now u have
me wondering perhaps the two have a conflict? Not sure but something to
look into?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 22, 2012, at 4:52 AM, Carol Pearson carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Join the club.
I
Hi,
I didn't change it because I wasn't actually adding to the info about the
app, just noting the problem people could have finding info.
I believe though that the current subject line gives better direction to
future browsers of the list archive than does OCR.
Jon
-Original Message-
Sure it's something a good amateur detective could figure out, my thought
was for posterity and of easily searching the wealth of info that folks
contribute for later perusal by new folks.
Jon
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Hi,
Are you using 802.11N at 5GHZ? Apparently the iPhone 4 supports 11N,
but only at 2.4. I'm not sure if this would result in a failed
connect, but it might be something worth looking into.
Cheers,
Ben.
On 7/22/12, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi:I am trying to connect my
Hi Esther,
THank you for sharing all of this because I had not really given much thought
to how best to hold the phone. I have always used portrait, but in considering
what you have stated, I can see how landscape would make more sense. In fact it
makes sense if for no other reason than better
Hi, I just tried this ap. While it is a great concept, I can't get any info
from it. I tried going to the recommended aps, the search, and nothing
happened. No additional info came up for me at all. It's like the ap was
stuck. Anyone else experiencing this?
Jenifer Gilley
email
I wasn't able to find anagram EN anywhere. Does someone have a link for it?
On Jul 22, 2012, at 6:03 AM, RDLAW wrote:
That anagramEN is not a true anagram game.
- Original Message - From: Samara Raine samarara...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012
This is interesting. I've never ever gotten any results at all from Text
grabber. All it says is couldn't get any text or something to that effect.
With PerfectOcr i get much gibberish and one or two words right. With SayText
and docscanner i've only ever had the phone beep once and even then
Makes me feel better to know that others are experiencing it. Whatever's
going on, I wonder!
Carol P
Original Message
From: Grant Hardy grantha...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: Seri and dictation.
Yes, I think this is a
Did that and got no better results.
Carol P
Original Message
From: Rose Waagan r...@chicksdigmacs.net
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Seri and dictation.
I find the best thing to do when siri acts up is to turn
siri off in settings,
Yes, I'm wondering too. Can anyone else shout up and say they actually do
have a problem with Siri dictation and they also have installed Fleksy
recently?
Think I may take out Fleksy and give a test because I'm certainly not happy
with Siri right now!
Carol P
Original Message
I've had exactly the same problem.
Shame as this looks like a grate idea.
Kari. On 22/07/2012, at 7:43 PM, Jenifer Gilley wrote:
Hi, I just tried this ap. While it is a great concept, I can't get any info
from it. I tried going to the recommended aps, the search, and nothing
happened.
Thanks to you all, I've to try other recorders.
Godwin
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Craig Werner
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 8:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Volume with dropvox
It's important to make
Hi Kari and Jennifer,
There seems to be a focus issue with the ViA app if you let it read through to
the end of the descriptive document. Try removing the app from the app
switcher, then relaunch it. When it starts up again, flick to the recommended
apps, search, etc. and double tap to
Sorry about this issue. It's caused by the fact that ViA pulls down its data
from the web and it takes a few seconds when you launch or hit refresh. If this
gets interrupted, it can cause disruptions in what is displayed. We're working
on a fix and I'll keep this group informed as to when we
Thanks For pointing this out. I just corrected it. I appreciate it!
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Hello, I have a question about iPhone’s ringtone and alert sounds.
I know that how to add custom ringtones to my iPhone.
But in case of the alert tone (text message or mail alarm), how to add to my
iPhone?
If this is same as adding ringtones, how to differentiate between ringtones and
alert
I have had almost no luck with Siri for several weeks. I've done all the
turning it off, rebooting the phone, turning it back on, etc.
Siri, is a beta, and in my experience a very poor beta. When it works, it
is brilliant, but it doesn't work most of the time for me.
This has nothing to do with
You do this by navigating by headings. I use this to skim the entire paper. I
can go through all my issues in an hour by skim-reading that way.
Jane
On Jul 22, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Tom Rash wrote:
When reading a section of a newspaper, is there a way to flick to the next
article title
Hello,
I had the OverDrive app on my iPhone. I removed it near the end of June. After
a few months of using it, I gave it up for this reason.
A blind person using VO could not delete books without sighted help, because
the delete bubble next to each book title is not accessible to VO users.
I
With many apps, you don't have to unlock orientation in order to use landscape
vs. portrait mode. I don't know if this is the case with Text Detective,
however.
HTh,
Teresa
Nobody ever tells me anything!--James Forsyte, quoted in the Forsyte Saga
On Jul 21, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Paul and Paula
Go to the recents. There are like 4 apps there. Or if you go to search and
instead of typing in a search term, there is a list in the upper half that
you can go through. There are over 400 apps listed though some are
duplicates. I found some apps that I wasn't aware of.
-Original
Yes, set your rotor to headings and you can go from article to article by
flicking down or up.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Rash
To: viphone groups
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:37 AM
Subject: NFB newsline
When reading a section of a newspaper, is there a way to flick to the next
Hi,
Yes, there is. Just set the rotor to headings and flick down to move from
article to article. Works like a champ for me.
Tom
- Original Message -
From: Tom Rash
To: viphone groups
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:37 AM
Subject: NFB newsline
When reading a section of
Exactly, don't think too hard about it, go for it as Carol says.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 21 July 2012 09:15
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: typing with fleksy
One of the little
Hi,
this is the Podcast for it:
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/songify-gives-applevis-podcast-voc
oder-treatment
and iOS App directory:
http://www.applevis.com/ios-app-directory/music/songify
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Hi. I have added custom ring tones to my phone. When I go into Settings,
Sounds, and select texting or any of the other non-phone-ringing events for
which sounds may be chosen, those added ring tones show up in the list of
choices. Try it and let me know how it works.
Sandy
From:
Hi!
I am dictating this message. And I find that I am getting better and better at
doing so. Like most of you I do downloaded Fleksy and installed it. However
having done that I find that voice dictation is vetter any day! I really love
it. I've had no problems whatsoever. If you notice that
Go to settings, general, usage.
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From: Jordan Gallacher jgallacher1...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 6:50 PM
Subject: deleting all music from iTunes
I have decided to make some significant changes to the music I have on my
Hello Richard and Carol,
I always noticed that SIRI has received greatly varying feedback, for some
people like you and Carol it seems to not work very good at all and for
others including myself it works very well almost all of the time. I say
almost all of the time because I also do sometimes
I did this by the Twitter web site.
Jenn
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 22, 2012, at 4:12 AM, Jodie Hoger joho...@internode.on.net wrote:
Hi. Sorry to seem a bit dumb but how do I actually link my facebook to my
twitter account?
Thanks,
Jo
-Original Message-
From:
I just sat here with my phone and went through the process so I can write it
down.
1. Once I enter Newsline, I double tap Publications to navigate to a
list of my favorites. Then I put the rotor on headings.
2. I then flicked right to jump from paper to paper in my publications
Still very confused. On my computer I have a pop3 gmail account. On my
iPhone I did have a pop3, but yesterday I went in and changed it to
exchange.google.com. I used the same user name and password as I have for
gmail but re-entered them on iPhone. I think it is an exchange account now
but
I used to have a pass code for Michigan, in NFB. How do I get started with
newsline in Florida? I do not have a Florida NFB contact as of yet. I know
in Michigan I could go through the library. Can I do it that way here too?
Thanks.
Reggie
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com
Hi,
Last week, I published a podcast all about working with the Braille Sense U2
from Hims Corporation.
This week, I published a fascinating interview with freelance writer, editor
and poet Deborah Kendrick.
Both podcasts are available at
http://www.dr-carter.com
Enjoy,
Robert Carter
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Hello Courtney,
Thank you for the heads-up on this.
This is an excellent App.
Mark
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Courtney Curran
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:47 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Meteorology dictionary.
Meteorology
I have this app and I am having problems with it. It will read the first few
enteries of fb and then will shut down. Has anyone had this problem with
this app or have any suggestions?Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda
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I think you send yourself books by email and you then get an option to open
them in iLike2read. If you have web space as I do, put the file you want
somewhere you can find it in your web space, then point iLike2Read at it
directly and it will suck it in that way too. i've not explored beyond
Hi,
You want the page two not page one.
Godwin
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Teresa Cochran
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 4:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: unlocking orientation
With many apps, you don't
Hi Reggie
You do need to have your gmail set to exchange on the PC as well. Once you've
done this I would also go to your gmail account settings on the web interface
and turn off POP.
Garth
On 23/07/2012, at 4:34 AM, Regina Alvarado wrote:
Still very confused. On my computer I have a
Well, fortunately, I haven't pinned it down to Fleksy either but am still
unhappy with what I'm getting.
I suppose I'll have to resort to headset and mic for best possible results
now, whereas I used to manage perfectly happily with the mic from the phone.
Carol P
Original Message
I am one that has not yet installed fleksy and what I use most from
Siri is the dictate feature where I use the dictate button on the
software keyboard. My experience lately has not been any real issue
with accuracy, but quite a frequent issue with getting it to come back
with the results from
Hi.
If you are reading a text file, a PDF or a rtf file, you can open them simply
by sending them as email, and use the option in mail, where you can open an
attachet file in another app.
It also says that you can open html and epub, how to do that, I can not figure
out.
Best regards Annie.
Hi. apologies if this has already been answered. with touch target you get a
gold letter voice over will say something like gold up d depending on the
letter of course. this letter has to be used in every word you make. You make
words by double tapping on the letters. when you have made a
mm this could work well in conjunction with a dog or cane?
regards
Maria and crew from australia
email:
bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
check out
www.powerradio104.us
where we play lots of great music
On 21/07/2012, at 1:25 AM, Fred Olver wrote:
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Bluetooth shoes
I am a big fan of podcasts! I listen to about 5 per day on average. They range
from topics on technology, business, leadership and life. I was excited to hear
about the release of Apples new podcasting app, but that excitement wained soon
after I started using it.
Read the rest here.
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You
As a former transcriptionist, my feeling is that the jury is still out on
voice recognition dictation. On many lists, I have seen examples of Siri's
work. Sometimes, it is all right, but it never corrects things which are
repeted such as generating Juaneta for Juanita or just throwing odd words
Hi,
You should be able to use your Michigan ID in Florida, but I could be wrong.
Jenn
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 22, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Regina Alvarado reggie.alvar...@gmail.com wrote:
I used to have a pass code for Michigan, in NFB. How do I get started with
newsline in Florida? I do not
Hi all,
Is there any way, via the facebook app or any other apps, to share one of your
friends' posts? It is a pain to go to the site on the computer just to find and
copy a post you want to share, since I do all my facebook stuff via the IPhone.
Thanks.
Nicki
Sent from my iPhone
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I have been using ICatcher for a while now. I wonder if the app
getting stuck issue is a voiceover conflict. I have not read the
comments on the podcast app in the app store, I have not even
downloaded it after reading people's general experiences with it here
on this list, but I have heard
Nah. Just call the toll-free number, and speak to someone, Tell them you had an
account and need to restart it. They will remind you of your credentials and
you can start using the app.
Jane
On Jul 22, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote:
I used to have a pass code for Michigan, in
Please give me the toll-free number. Everything I have had to place in
memory, it has flown. Thanks.
Reggie
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jane
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 7:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: NFB
I would like to know if it is possible to have downcast open a podcast that was
stopped in the middle of the stream. I looked all around the app to see how to
do this, but I didn't find any buttons that would do the trick. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Eileen
Hello my apps that are on nmy iphone are not downloading to my ipad via
icloud
is this supposed to happen?
also another question that is related to that if it does work and is
supposed to download the apps accrost ios devices does the ipad go and
get the ipad vrersion of the apps that are on
Stanza indeed doesn't work if the kindle book has DRM
(copy-protection) on it. Just fyi.
-Marc
On 7/21/12, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
It is a problem with mobi books, not books in other formats. I am also using
stanza for converting my scanned books, that works
hi i cant find this in the app store
molly
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 22, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi. apologies if this has already been answered. with touch target you get
a gold letter voice over will say something like gold up d depending on the
I still get the problem of it stuttering or long pauses with downcast if I move
through the audio.
On Jul 22, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi VaShaun;
My biggest success is with Downcast.
I don’t believe I’ve used iTunes since I downloaded Downcast.
Anthony
Just finally got around to updating my wife's iphone 4 to ios5. I
notice she appears not to have siri on her phone. I have it on my
iphone 4s and thought it was a part of ios5 and would work on the iphone
4.
Does siri only work on the iphone 4s?
If it can or does work on the iphone 4, how
Hello Don, Siri is only available on the 4S.
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On 7/22/2012 9:14 PM, don bishop wrote:
Just
Hi Don,
Siri is only on the 4S.
It will be added to the new iPad with IOS6.
Hth,
Richard
(Sent from my iPhone)
On Jul 22, 2012, at 6:14 PM, don bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote:
Just finally got around to updating my wife's iphone 4 to ios5. I notice she
appears not to have siri on her
It only works on the 4S.
On 7/22/12, don bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote:
Just finally got around to updating my wife's iphone 4 to ios5. I
notice she appears not to have siri on her phone. I have it on my
iphone 4s and thought it was a part of ios5 and would work on the iphone
4.
Does
Hi Anna,
Could you please tell me how to start a new game in worder after i've hit
the flag button. I couldn't seem to find a button to start a new game. I
saw a couple of unlabeled buttons, but I couldn't quite figure out what they
do. When I first open the app I did what you said and
Hi,
Siri on iPhone 4: yes and no. No, because Siri is not natively installed on
iPhone 4's iOS5 firmware. Partially yes, if she jailbreaks her phone.
Cheers,
Joseph
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of don bishop
Sent: Sunday,
Molly here is a link to a description of Touch Target in the app store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-target/id358111681?mt=8
HTH
JoJo
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I thought that Downcast did this automatically. If you tap on the episode again
at a later time, it should just pick the stream back up at the point you left
off. The playback position is not always retained correctly though. I sometime
find that it doesn't work properly, especially if the app
The Verbatum keyboard might meet your needs. It's a folding keyboard,
and when folded up, it's about the size of a small paperback book. When
folded out, the keys are fairly normal sized, so you can easily touch
type. A few keys are in slightly different positions due to things like
the fold, so
Hi Hank,
Go to Settings on your iPad and choose Store. There you can control which
content gets automatically downloaded to it. I'm pretty sure the iPad version
of an app downloads automatically when two versions of an app exist.
Best,
Anna
On Jul 22, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Hank Smith wrote:
I am using 2.4 I can tell because I gave the two networks a different name.
I guess I am wondering what encryption method I should choose.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 5:30 AM
The other option is to locate the button that takes the picture, turn Voiceover
off, do what the app suggests in terms of positioning the camera, then finally,
pressing the button the one time to take the picture.
Once the picture is taken, you can then turn Voiceover on again, and you’re ok.
i believe if you want to get rid of a song go to the songs you want to
get rid of and double tap and then swipe to the right. it will give you
a confermation dialog. sometimes you may have to do it a few times. it
works the same with artists or albums or podcasts or whatever you want
to
I use an app in FB called Selective Tweets. So when I find a tweet in
twitter I want to post on Facebook, I just retweet it, putting #fb at the
end, and it automatically gets sent to my FB wall.
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