Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
It's still the same. On 1/29/15, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: The last time I checked, the price for the 40 was $3395. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote: what was the price, and is this a 40 cell or 20 cell? Sent from my

Re: still cannot clear notification center!!

2015-01-29 Thread Teresa Cochran
I've found two solutions to this problem. You can either leave things as they are and delete each item individually with the actions rotor item, or you can go to settings, general, reset and reset all your phone settings. The second option is more of a pain, because you may lose your passwords,

Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread Les Kriegler
The last time I checked, the price for the 40 was $3395. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote: what was the price, and is this a 40 cell or 20 cell? Sent from my MobileOffice On Jan 28, 2015, at 10:59 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Sandratomkins
I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't

Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
And a 32 John Diakogeorgiou On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:00 AM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I don't know the price. There is a 20 and a 40. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Feliciano Godoy
TextGrabber is actually really great for what it cost. You can translate text instantly after recognizing text.that alone is something to convince someone to go with.after some practice, you don't end up using the field view report and tilt guidance.although text grabber may not be designed

Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread Davy Cuppens
No that is the new vario ultra which I haven't seen or felt yet. Regards Davy -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Cheryl Homiak Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:25 AM To: viphone Email list Subject: Re: Braille Displays Is this Baum one the one that allows you to connect to multiple

Blocking groups on whatsapp

2015-01-29 Thread TaraPrakash
dear all. someone added me to a group on whatsapp without my consent. How can I get rid of that group? Please let me know how to ensure that I am not added to groups without my consent? My primary concern is to ensure that messages from this group don't reach me. It is annoying to be swamped by

Re: Voice dream writer with braille display

2015-01-29 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, If you use the cursor controls to move through a document, you can move to the previous item, and braille will be exactly where the cursor is. It's not ideal, but it does mean braille is still useful if you can hear VoiceOver. Best, Anna On Jan 28, 2015, at 11:41 PM, Deb Lewis

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Yes, the 4S does work, but I find it's best to remove all items from the app switcher as sometimes I don't get results, possibly because of a memory hungry app needing to use more resources. HTH: Carol P - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Voice dream writer with braille display

2015-01-29 Thread Richard Turner
You can adjust the speech feedback in the audio settings. Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 29, 2015, at 4:24 AM, Anisio Correia

Re: Voice dream writer with braille display

2015-01-29 Thread Anisio Correia
How do you turn off the speech feedback as you go along in a file. When I'm entering text with a braille display, I don't want the app to read back to me my text each time I enter a period. Anisio Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:37 AM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
I am looking at the Super Vario2. I need to make a decision today. Unfortunately I am won't have a chance to feel it. I am going on the recommendation of a friend. It will be used with both the IPhone and a Windows laptop. If anyone has tried this and have a better suggestion please write me off

Re: Braille Displays

2015-01-29 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
On 1/29/15, Davy Cuppens davycupp...@gmail.com wrote: No that is the new vario ultra which I haven't seen or felt yet. Regards Davy -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Cheryl Homiak Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:25 AM To: viphone Email list Subject: Re: Braille Displays Is this

adding locations to Weather Radio - Re: My apologies, I figured out how to how to add the location for W DT weather radio

2015-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
Double tapping on the add new location does nothing. There is no search button or field into which I can type. In short, the add new location button does not function. Anyone have suggestions? --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really!

RE: Introducing Voice Dream Writer

2015-01-29 Thread Deidre Muccio
I'm reading all the viphone messages. You already told me that Richard said the app was for blue tooth keyboard users which I am not at this time. Why is home sharing mno longer working? Did you or I cancel it out by accident. I will call apple this morning. I can't use downcast

Re: Eye Music app

2015-01-29 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Yes. Cool but big learning curve and tiring to listen to jmo. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie wrote: Hi, has anybody tried out the eye Music app? if so, what do you think of it? I downloaded it just tonight. It's free. It transforms shapes,

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
As being a loyal user of Text Grabber with my StandScan Pro, I am able to use the KNFB Reader without the StandScan Pro and the time it takes to get everything aligned to obtain perfect results. Also, the KNFB Reader will nicely read PDF docs. True that one has a translation option in Text

Family Sharing and updating

2015-01-29 Thread Deidre Muccio
Can anyone tell me if when doing Family Sharing if all persons sharing must be running the same IOS version? I am now locked out of all the Apps I downloaded off my sister's purchase page. I just went and looked at her page and now the Apps I shared courtesy of her, say free again but no

apology

2015-01-29 Thread Deidre Muccio
I do not know why this message from me to the list has appeared here again. It was not meant for the list to begin with. My apology. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any

External keyboard using the iPhone

2015-01-29 Thread John Christie
Hi. I am using the amazon external keyboard with the iPhone 5c and was wondering where the function key is? I need to know where it is so that I can get to the notification center using the external keyboard. Thanks for your help and have a great day. -- The following information is important

Re: External keyboard using the iPhone

2015-01-29 Thread christopher hallsworth
Where it normally is, first key on bottom row to the left of control. Tip: press control-option-k to invoke VoiceOver practice. On 29 Jan 2015, at 19:11, John Christie christi...@verizon.net wrote: Hi. I am using the amazon external keyboard with the iPhone 5c and was wondering where the

[New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens

2015-01-29 Thread christopher hallsworth
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RE: External keyboard using the iPhone

2015-01-29 Thread John Christie
Hi Chris. Thanks for the tip on getting in to Voiceover practice using the external keyboard. So far, I've pressed FN plus vo plus up arro without success. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015

direct touch typing bug in notification reply?

2015-01-29 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Did anyone notice that direct touch typing does not work within message reply from notification? On my iphone 5 it acts as standard typing would. Do you also see this? Will be writing to Apple accessibility. Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for

Transferring playlists to the iPhone

2015-01-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
I know how to have my iPhone sync and fill from specific play lists but for some reason, the play list name is never transferred across to the device. Am I missing a step or doing something wrong, or is this not possible? I have several playlists that I've put together but it's quite tedious to

RE: Siri no longer reads my last unread text message

2015-01-29 Thread Neal Ewers
Hi Rick, Thanks for the message. I have rebooted several times since this happened. It didn't start with a new OS, it just stopped doing it one day and has not done it since. I'll keep looking to see if I can find anything. Thanks again. Neal -Original Message- From:

Looking for music app with cross fading

2015-01-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
I'm looking for a music playback app that can do cross fading and even normalizing if at all possible. I used to use an app called Muxica but for whatever reason, it has stopped working as of IOS 8.x. I've deleted it and reinstalled with no improvement so I'd like to find a similar app to replace

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Gmail
I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the

Re: Introducing Voice Dream Writer

2015-01-29 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
I think I must be subscribed as I got a message from Winston, the same as was shared here. Carol P - Original Message - From: Wren Langley To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:58 AM Subject: Re: Introducing Voice Dream Writer Hi Richard, even

Re: Introducing Voice Dream Writer

2015-01-29 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Can't remember whether I took them out of the App Switcher but, thinking I didn't, I'll try again. I got my paid voice selected and it read for a sentence or so and then I stopped for some reason, only to find I was back with my iOS voice again. Carol P - Original Message -

RE: Siri no longer reads my last unread text message

2015-01-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
Neal, I've noticed this as well. Sometimes, a reboot will clear this issue up but not always. You are not the only one but I haven't tested this with the latest IOS upgrade which I installed a couple of days ago. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From:

Re: Looking for music app with cross fading

2015-01-29 Thread Brent Harding
I wish one of the services like Spotify or Pandora would do a good job at this. Spotify attempts to crossfade, but it's kind of hit or miss. Also, it is the most varied on the volume level, being louder than most other stuff on the phone when hooked up to a dock most of the time, to some songs

Re: Introducing Voice Dream Writer

2015-01-29 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Yes, if there is a list, I'd like it also, please! I'm a real beginner and am hoping that someone, more knowledgeable than myself, will be able to do a podcast. Carol P - Original Message - From: Wren Langley To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:15

RE: I thought i was done asking about the Plantronics Legend but

2015-01-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
Alan, If there is caller id info, is it announced by your TTS voice? I would imagine so since usually voice prompts built into headsets are usually pre-recorded human voice files with predetermined vocabulary. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From:

Re: Lock screen time out

2015-01-29 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
Go to settings, general, and auto lock. You can change the time and even to never. On 1/26/15, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list Is there a setting to increase the lock screen time out. When I receive an sms the screen locks before the whole sms is spoken. It is a pain to first

Re: still cannot clear notification center!!

2015-01-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I’ll take option 1! Thank you! On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: I've found two solutions to this problem. You can either leave things as they are and delete each item individually with the actions rotor item, or you can go to settings, general, reset and

RE: Looking for music app with cross fading

2015-01-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
Hi Brett, thanks for the suggestion. I'm checking it out right now. I certainly don't mind paying for apps if they do what I need. I'm assuming that since you are recommending it, accessibility is decent? Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Lori Dent
Hi Bill and all, I'm also getting good results with my knfb reader using it on a iPhone 5. I love my knfe reader and it was worth the money I paid for it. Take care. Lori and the Gipper -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the

Re: opening a document in voice dream writer

2015-01-29 Thread Richard Turner
Use word to save as plain text. Then open it in Writer, use the mark down features to put in headers, bold, etc, and export it back as a word file. Or, just start using it as a plain text file. Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Bill Herzler
I am getting good results on my iPod Touch 5th Gen. I have found good lighting helps with the results. Using this App on the iPhone gives vibration feedback witch is not available on the iPod. However I am finding with practice I can line up without that feedback. Best regards, Bill Sent

Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-29 Thread Feliciano Godoy
I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM,

Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens

2015-01-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ah, a good post. From my experience though, it isn't always the main stream media that's at fault when some facts and expectations are misrepresented. I've seen plenty a marketing brochure or press release from a company making products for the blind that do more than imply that some

Re: opening a document in voice dream writer

2015-01-29 Thread Alex Hall
The only problem with using it as a plain text file all the time is that you'll lose formatting. Markdown can render your formatting just fine, but that means you'd have to save a blank copy of the invoice, duplicate it, modify the duplicate with the details you need, export that copy as Word

recording app for IPhone 5s

2015-01-29 Thread Husna Begum
Hi, is there an accessible recording app for the IPhone 5s that will work even when the screen is locked, and if you leave it recording in a room for a couple of hours, will only record when some one is speaking and delete large silent spaces? please let me know. Thanks, Husna -- The

RE: Update is out!

2015-01-29 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi all, What I figured out is a combination of what Sieghard was saying and the fact that it worked for me for a while but couldn't figure out what I had done. If you double tap and hold on an app above the bottom row and then hit the home button, you can double tap on an app in the

Re: [New post] You know, blind people can actually use touchscreens

2015-01-29 Thread Charles Rivard
Hyping your product is one thing, lying is another. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 29,

Re: Lock screen time out

2015-01-29 Thread BBS
Hi John. That setting only works in the phone is unlocked. She wants to read messages from the lock screen and when she tries, the screen locks before it reads the entire message. Shawn Sent From My White Macbook - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com

Maximising storage and battery life on my IPhone/IPad - any ideas?

2015-01-29 Thread Eleanor Roberts
Hi all I'm sure this has been discussed many times before, so apologies in advance. Now that I have a new IPhone and IPad Mini I really want to make an effort to maximise the storage space on them and keep them as clear from unwanted/unnecessary stuff being downloaded onto them without me

RE: Moving apps from the row above the doc

2015-01-29 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Sieghard, I was able to move several apps from the bottom row either up the page or to other pages for a while and, without reason, it stopped working. I will try to re-start the phone to see if it comes back. Ron Danvers -- The following information is important for all members

RE: Looking for music app with cross fading

2015-01-29 Thread Brett
Hi, Yep, the only real issue is when changing between Spotify and your local music library. This was fixed a version or two ago, but is now broken, you need to toggle voiceover off now to choose the option you want. Once you know where the icons are, it is quite easy to do, although not

Re: Looking for music app with cross fading

2015-01-29 Thread Brett
Hi, Djay2 does both pretty well. It's not free, but worth the cash in my opinion. Cheers, Brett. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at 7:28 am, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for a music playback app that can do cross fading and even normalizing

opening a document in voice dream writer

2015-01-29 Thread 'Candy Lowe' via VIPhone
Hello everyone, I have an invoice which was created in word a while ago. I can use the same invoice for every facility that I work for, but, I just need to edit a few things. I was wanting to edit it in writer on my iPhone 6. I have the invoice saved to my dropbox. When I go to open it to