Battery pack - accessiblilty

2015-07-21 Thread R Van Lant
I'm curious. How do you all know if your battery pack has enough juice in it or is done charging? I got one on a whim and, while I can just see the little lights that indicate the power level in the pack, I'm guessing I'll need a different battery pack when I eventually upgrade my phone and wo

RE: extra plug adapter

2015-07-21 Thread R Van Lant
I'm so glad this topic came up because I am having some charging issues. I have a couple clarifying questions. Looking at the Anker desktop model on Amazon, I was reassured that this device supports Apple products. Based on an earlier comment in this thread, that was a concern. The particu

Re: Ue megaboom

2015-07-21 Thread Gmail
I hav a UE Boom as well, and I haven't noticed this problem. Thanks, Ari > On Jul 21, 2015, at 1:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Tracy and anyone else who might be interested, > I have my UE megaboom haired successfully with two different eye devices. I > have noticed one consistent problem w

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Andrea Roveretto
Where are you writing from? if in europe, keep in mind that lmr will not recognize the new 10 euro, so when you present them to the camera it will not say a word in something like 1 year the developers have not been able to issue an update for this. Il 22/07/2015 02:16, Larry Lumpkin ha

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Andrea Roveretto
Where are you writing from? if in europe, keep in mind that lmr will not recognize the new 10 euro, so when you present them to the camera it will not say a word in something like 1 year the developers have not been able to issue an update for this. Il 22/07/2015 02:16, Larry Lumpkin ha

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
The Eyenote, developed by the federal government also works very well now and is free. Terry -- 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 questions or concerns about the running of thi

Re: unable to connect to the app store

2015-07-21 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
When Upgrading to IOS#8, I ended up having to reinstall all of my apps by hand, one by one, because I couldn't get my phone to work properly when installing the apps from the cloud. Therefore, this method might work for you, as painstaking as it is. Terry -- The following information is imp

Re: Ring tone question

2015-07-21 Thread Robert Doc wright
Is it showing the correct name in iTunes when you look at your list of tones? - Original Message - From: "Wendy Alling" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 8:35 AM Subject: RE: Ring tone question Hi, First I selected to sync all tones and when that didn't work I selected sync selected t

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Robert Doc wright
It also helps to be in good lighting. Another method is to hold the bill or stack of bills from between your thumb and index finger across your palm place the iDevice on top of the bill camera side down slowly lift the device and you should hear it announce. - Original Message - Fr

Re: A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread Victor Gouveia
You should never trust pop up messages like that. Since you are automatically notified of any updates to Apple software products when you open iTunes, I would do the updating through there, since you really can’t tell what is legitimate these days when it comes to pop ups. Just thought I’d ment

Re: App Accessibility and the ADA

2015-07-21 Thread Andy Baracco
I think that this would come under the Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Andy From: Chris Smart Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 7:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: App Accessibility and the ADA I'm not a US citizen, so forgive me if this question is ignorant. Does the ADA or a

Re: App Accessibility and the ADA

2015-07-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
In filing your report, I'd refer to the DoJ standards for accessible design, which are part of the ADA. You can find more on the web, but here's a good starting point http://www.interactiveaccessibility.com/services/ada-compliance My understanding is that all technology coming into public scho

Re: unable to connect to the app store

2015-07-21 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Apple seems to be having problems with various services. Quite a few of them have been down for most of the day, yet their system status page claims they’re all functional. > On Jul 21, 2015, at 7:19 PM, martin nelson wrote: > > Hello: a while ago I wrote to the list about an intermittent

unable to connect to the app store

2015-07-21 Thread martin nelson
Hello: a while ago I wrote to the list about an intermittent problem I am having with my iphone 4s, running Ios 8.3, of not being able to update the apps. When I try to do so, they just hang there, either saying connecting, or, stuck in the download. On the status bar I see "connection in progr

RE: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Larry Lumpkin
We purchased look tel for (9.95. If you got a free version, it might not be fully functional. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 7:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: look tell money reader

RE: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Larry Lumpkin
We use look tel and love it. We have no trouble at all with it. We just kind of wave the camera at the bill and it almost always recognizes it instantly. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gayle Horton Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 7:06 PM To: vip

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Ann Byrne
I absolutely love the Looktel Money reader, but I don't hold the bill the way you mentioned. I lay the phone down with the camera pointing up. then I start with the bill about six inches above the camera, and move the bill down till it touches the camera, then raise it to about six inches, th

Re: look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Brett
hi, I have found when its not responsive, cover the camera with your finger for a second. Then try the note again and it seems to work. Hope this helps, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone > On 22 Jul 2015, at 10:05 AM, Gayle Horton wrote: > > Hello, > I downloaded the look tell money ap,

look tell money reader

2015-07-21 Thread Gayle Horton
Hello, I downloaded the look tell money ap, as my manual bill identifier is no longer working. I am finding that it is not always responsive. I consistently hold the bill about 6 inches from the camera, and sometimes it identifies it but not consistently. Does anyone have any suggestions? Or,

Re: Screen curtain not working

2015-07-21 Thread Aleeha Dudley
I would try first restarting Voiceover. Then try restarting your phone. If that doesn’t work, a restore might be in order. > On Jul 21, 2015, at 7:10 PM, TaraPrakash wrote: > > Dear All > Even if voice over says screen curtain on > > There is no impact on screen Screen curtain not workin

Screen curtain not working

2015-07-21 Thread TaraPrakash
Dear All Even if voice over says screen curtain on There is no impact on screen Screen curtain not working on my phone Any suggestions how to make it work again Thanks for any suggestions Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone lis

Problems With the ADT Pulse App Update

2015-07-21 Thread Robin Frost
Hi, I’m not sure if anyone else on this list uses the pulse app from ADT but if anyone does be warned. There is an update which was issued this morning in the US app store anyway and it seems to be severely broken in terms of usability with VoiceOver at least by me. I’m not one who’s opposed t

RE: synchronising audiobooks

2015-07-21 Thread M. Taylor
Hello William, If I am understanding you correctly, and I am not certain of this, you must connect your iOS 8.4 device to iTunes and select the books that you wish to be placed on your device, just as you did on your iOS 8.3 device. Since you imported the audiobooks to iTunes, the files live o

Re: iPhone 6plus and otterbox

2015-07-21 Thread curmudgeon
hello if you look on amazon there are a lot of face covers for the 6plus that are designed for it. ranging from $40 to a low around $9 there were several that stated life time wareentee i picked gorilla glass cause i understood its the type of glass used in helocopters i practiced placing it on

synchronising audiobooks

2015-07-21 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I had imported 6 audiobooks on my iphone5 with is.3 on it. Now, I want to listen further to this books on my iphone 6 with ios 8.4 on it. This update means that the audiobooks are moved from the music app to the ibooks app. I tought that a iCloud sync with both devices should make all

Re: Ue megaboom

2015-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Tracy and anyone else who might be interested, I have my UE megaboom haired successfully with two different eye devices. I have noticed one consistent problem with both my for S and my 5S. If I have music streaming and I hit the pause button or I to finger double tap to pause, voice over cras

Re: Speak Screen

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Hall
Enable it in the usual accessibility settings area. Once on, touch the status bar and do a two-finger swipe down. After a few seconds, Speak Screen will start reading the screen using the voice and speed you set in Settings. You can change the speed, as well as seek through the audio, using the

Speak Screen

2015-07-21 Thread Jose Lomeli
Hello; Listers, I have a question. How do I exactly use the Speak Screen Feature on my iPhone 5S? I heard a demo podcast of this that Jonathan Mosen did but I can’t seem to find it! Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! Jose Lomeli Sent From My MacBook Pro! -- The fol

Re: Calendars

2015-07-21 Thread Chris Chaffin
While looking for an answer to my question, I went to see if I could find anything on AppleVis. And I found this really good podcast done by Alex telling me exactly what I needed to know. I encourage everybody to check it out and give it a listen. Here is the link: http://www.applevis.com/po

Re: A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
To me it's spam, just ignore and delete. Visit my groups: The Chat Zone the-chat-zone+subscr...@groups.io The Tech Zone the-tech-zone+subscr...@groups.io Apple Music apple-music+subscr...@groups.io > On 21 Jul 2015, at 15:31, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hi,

Deleting Messages in Voice Dream Mail

2015-07-21 Thread Bill Gallik
Hey Gang; I installed Voice Dream Mail and am having problems deleting messages from the list. In help, it advises that a single swipe down should delete an item. However, when I attempt to d this I find myself interacting with the VoiceOver prompts. Can anybody offer any advice/suggestions

RE: last fb app update solved many bugs

2015-07-21 Thread Rose Combs
Well, my profile is screwed up completely and I can't seem to edit it on the computer or phone. Also, how would I see my own timeline on the iPhone? Thirdly, and this is not a technical question, but why does everyone post photos from other places of people they don't even know? Rose Co

Euro price of apple watch

2015-07-21 Thread Fanus
Hello list Is there a lister who lives somewhere in europe, especially in Germany who can give the price in euros for the cheapest of the models of the Apple Watch? Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are

ios blog software?

2015-07-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys, I’ve just started a web site and blog. Yesterday was my first day doing this. I have a lot to learn. So, I have Marsedit for the Mac. On my windows machine, I guess I’ll just use the admin area of the site to write posts. I’m looking sosftware for myiphone and ipad. Any recommendations?

Re: A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
Yes, that's what I thought! Binned it! Smiley Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille On 21 Jul 2015, at 4:15 pm, Alex Hall wrote: Don't trust it. That kind of abrupt and unprofessional wording isn't like Apple, and I've gotten several messages in the past with various iCloud warnings or

Deleting messages in voice dream mail

2015-07-21 Thread wfgallik
Hey gang; I installed Voice Dream mail but am having difficulty deleting messages as the help would suggest. According to the help, swiping down once will delete the current message. However, I find myself dealing with the voiceover menus instead. Can anybody offer any advice or suggestions? T

RE: Ring tone question

2015-07-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Could you send me the tone and I'll take a look at it. Just email me directly at sieghard@live .ca and send it as an attachment. If you selected to sync all tones it should definitely get synced, if you selected to sync selected tones you also have to make sure that particular tone is checked in

RE: A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Carol, I also received this message and while I assume it’s legitimate, I deleted it before I checked the address where it came from. However, there is no reason to click on any links in the message, just open the iCloud application on your PC and at the top the version is displayed and y

Re: A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Hall
Don't trust it. That kind of abrupt and unprofessional wording isn't like Apple, and I've gotten several messages in the past with various iCloud warnings or offers that were clearly fake. Yes, there's iCloud for Windows, and yes, you can use iCloud mail in non-Apple mail clients, but all of tha

last fb app update solved many bugs

2015-07-21 Thread Davy Cuppens
Hi folks Many bugs in the status screen are gone in the last fb update v35.0. Now it is again possible to post without putting off voiceover and touch the right area on the screen. Even the focus problem seems less buggy and the app is working smoother again. I reported the issues to the acces

Re: App Accessibility and the ADA

2015-07-21 Thread Marianne Denning
Chris, there is no current or past legislation that requires apps to be accessible. The NFB is working on making all programs that come into public schools or institutions of higher learning accessible but it hasn't fully happened yet. On 7/21/15, Chris Smart wrote: > I'm not a US citizen, so fo

Deleting messages in voice dream mail

2015-07-21 Thread Bill Gallik
hey gang; I installed voice dream reader and have attempted to use it for interacting with my Gmail account. However, although I read the help and it indicates that a swipe down should delete the current message, I find that only puts me in the voiceover menus. Can anybody offer a suggestion so th

App Accessibility and the ADA

2015-07-21 Thread Chris Smart
I'm not a US citizen, so forgive me if this question is ignorant. Does the ADA or any other US law compel app and other software developers to make their products accessible?  I know the ADA applies to buildings and such, but what about software? I'm considering filing a report with the Better Bu

RE: Ring tone question

2015-07-21 Thread Wendy Alling
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RE: Ring tone question

2015-07-21 Thread Wendy Alling
Hi, First I selected to sync all tones and when that didn't work I selected sync selected tone and that still didn't work. I only have that single tone in my folder. This is driving me crazy. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the

A DIFFERENT MESSAGE - IS IT REAL OR SUS

2015-07-21 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Hi, I just wondered if I should follow up this email message which says: "Your ICloud for Windows is Waiting ..." Is this how Apple is working, by sending out emails on that subject? Carol P -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the

RE: Deleting Messages from the Locked Screen

2015-07-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Using this feature does not actually delete the text message, it just marks it as read and dletes the notification. If you go to the Messages app the SMS or iMessage itself is still there. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of S

RE: extra plug adapter

2015-07-21 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Fazil, I was going to send this directly to you since it's not exactly iOS related, but then I thought others on the list might find it useful if they want to post a long link especially since from time to time somebody posts something where the link gets wrapped to multiple lines, spaces ar

Deleting Messages from the Locked Screen

2015-07-21 Thread SSEric
This may be old news to some or a reminder to others, but it was new to me. You can delete a text message from the locked screen. Just flip up or down on the message until you get to delete. All this time, I have been opening the message going back a screen to the list of message recipients and t

RE: Calendars

2015-07-21 Thread SSEric
This may be over kill, but if you headed each entry with Work: blah, blah; birthday: blah blah, etc., you could do a spotlight search for work: or birthday or whatever, and all events listed as such would display. I believe it only displays future events, too, so you don't have to worry about seein

RE: extra plug adapter

2015-07-21 Thread SSEric
I like the Anker products, too. I have one that plugs into the wall and has five USB ports. I think it is normally $25 or so on Amazon, but I got it on sale months ago for $18 and just saw it for $18 again a couple of days ago. They have ones with more ports, too. Eric -Original Message-

Re: Heart Rate Monitors and other health/fitness stuff

2015-07-21 Thread Trea Abma
charge hr is much better than flex in monitoring your sleep. From: Lois Butterfield Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 2:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Heart Rate Monitors and other health/fitness stuff Hi Seigard, I have had great luck with FitBit. They now have the Charge HR, whi

Re: iPhone 6plus and otterbox

2015-07-21 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Thinking about this, I think the gorilla glass screen protector is against scratching, I suspect impact dropping would still crack the screen, probably the gorilla glass protector too. It is very thin, fraction of an mm thick. Rh. - Original Message - From: "Billy Maynard" To: Sent:

RE: extra plug adapter

2015-07-21 Thread Fazil
Thank you very much, Sieghard. How does the Google URL shortener work? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 10:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: extra plug adapter Hi Fa