RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative
Apparently this app can access books you already have synced to your phone and which now reside in iBooks and also Podcasts although I find there is not too much wrong with the native Podcast app. I used to use Downcast, but after I had to do a complete restore and set up my phone as a new phone when I downgraded from the iOS 9 Beta, I decided to try and try some of apple's native apps where before I used third-party apps. There are still a few features I like in Downcast, but on the other hand I really like how I can use SIRI with the native Podcast app especially when it comes to the command to skip or rewind. With the apple Podcast app I can say Skip 68 seconds and it will do exactly that so there is no need to find the correct button for a 15 second, 30 second or 2 minute time jump and I don't even have to unlock my phone to skip or rewind. Very handy when trying to skip past ads/sponsor announcements I heard a hundred times before. I do agree, however, that I can just as easily transfer a book to Voicedream Reader using iTunes file transfer than I can sync it to iBooks and Voicedream Reader is awesome for listening to MP3 audio books, the way you access skipping, rewinding, chapters and going to a particular point in the book is done super well. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Let me ask, anyone who has used it, What is it's advantage over using voice dream reader? Voice dream reader in my opinion works very well for reading audiobooks. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Russ, As I am not the list member currently using this app, it will be up to the list member, or someone else using the app to describe its accessibility feature set. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Will you be doing a potcast on it? This way, I can decide if I want this app. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Everyone, A list member recently mentioned to me his solution to the iOS 8.4 iBooks problem. He is using an app called Bookmobile. Bookmobile is a dedicated audio book and podcast player. It is designed for the true audio book enthusiast. According to the list member, it takes some time to get familiar with the somewhat unusual interface, but this solution features everything he needs: sleep timer, playback speed, navigation controls, chapter support, bookmarks, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary to copy the audio books into the app as bookmobile can access ibooks and podcast data. While it is free for evaluation, the price for the full version is $3.99. Search for it in the App Store or visit the developer's website at: http://freshmowed.com/bookmobile.html If you like it, be sure to give it a positive VoiceOver review in the App Store. Enjoy, Mark -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
Re: very nice battery status app
Is there an app that will allow you to find out how much battery life you have left on your watch So far they I'll tell you how much battery life you have left on the phone from the watch I like to know how much battery life I have left on my watch right now the only way I can tell how much battery life I have left on my watch if you plug it in and connect the charger Soki's Silver IPhone 6+ On Jul 26, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Trea Abma trea.a...@gmail.com wrote: Search for “battery status” in the watch app. Monitor the battery levels of all your devices in 1 place, Kingstreet apps. It works great. Read the description in the appstore and you know exactly what you have to do, it is very easy. Trea -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
Thanks to Mark and others on the list and a bit of help from Apple, Here are my steps and how it worked. I needed to move my library from a windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 computer. Many people suggested that I install iTunes on the Windows 10 computer and then overwrite the iTunes folder that was created with the iTunes folder from the library I was moving from my windows 7 computer. The suggestion from the person at Apple was a bit different. He suggested that I install iTunes and instead of overwriting the new iTunes folder, I should simply add the iTunes folder from my previous computer to the library in my iTunes version on Windows 10. This way, windows would decide where things went and that might be safer than simply overwriting the folder. This is what I did. I have to say that it went off totally without a hitch. My new computer now has my previous library and works amazingly well. I also installed the 64 bit version of iTunes on my 64 bit computer. I could have loaded the 32 bit version, but the 64 bit version uses more of the computer's ram memory and s very snappy. The end result. I am a happy camper. And, by the way. iTunes seems to work very nicely in Windows 10 so far. So, thanks for all the help from people on this list. It is nice to have moral support and good advice. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts?
Richard, thanks. Why I didn't get there, I don't quite know but this is appreciated. Carol P - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:32 PM Subject: Re: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts? If you are using Fantastical, when you double tap on the day you have an appointment, and find it in the reminder list on the lower half of the screen, just touch it once so focus is on it, but don't open it and flick up with one finger and you should hear, delete double tap and it is gone. It is just like deleting emails. Or, open the appointment, double tap on the edit button, then the last item after you scroll through the screen will be a delete event button. HTH, Richard On Jul 24, 2015, at 10:03 AM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Well, I just couldn't find a way to delete that particular entry and, as I said at the beginning of the thread, Siri had to do it for me. Suppose that's good enough, but I'd still like to know how to delete entries, whatever their make-up. Carol P - Original Message - From: Chris Chaffin cchaf...@twcny.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 5:06 PM Subject: Re: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts? The only two settings as far as ending time I have ever seen is an actual time, which by default is one hour after the start time. The other setting I have seen is no actual time, but ends on the same day as it starts. This is the setting if the all day setting is turned on. In Fantastical, if no time is given, then the all day setting is automatically turned on. In Fantastical, after typing in your event, if you just swipe right, you will come to a details button. Double tap the details button and all of the event will appear so you can edit any of it that you choose. The all day selection is a toggle button, so just double tap to turn off or on. You can change the start or end times by just double tapping on them, then swipe right to the pickers and flick up and down to change each item. Hope this helps. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2015, at 10:54 AM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: No, this was non-ending, because I had no idea when it would end! Can't look back on the settings now as it's gone completely. Carol P - Original Message - From: Chris Chaffin cchaf...@twcny.rr.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 1:25 PM Subject: Re: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts? I am assuming that by non ending, you are referring to repeating events, then by ending one, you mean to end a repeating event. Here is what I typed into Fantastical to make an event that repeats every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, then it stops repeating on August 19th, plus sets an alert of 30 minutes before the event. morning meeting on July 25 at 10:30 AM repeating every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday repeating end August 19 alert 30 minutes Hope this helps. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2015, at 5:09 AM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Yes, Fantastical is my choice now, thanks to Richard. I still couldn't find a way to end a non-ending event yesterday, without getting Siri to do it. How is that done, Richard? Carol P - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 12:38 AM Subject: RE: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts? Wow! That's fantastic. Many thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What's the most efficient way to set a calendar event with alerts? Keith, I just opened Fantastical 2 double tapped on new event. Did the two finger double tap and dictated the following: Dr. Test july 27 at 9 AM alert 30 minutes Then I double tapped on the add button. The event was correctly created with an alert of 30 minutes before. HTH Richard On Jul 23, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Hi, I can set Calendar events with alerts manually. It's a little cumbersome, but certainly do-able. I can set Calendar events without alerts using Siri, and then go in and add alerts manually, but that, too, is a little cumbersome. I haven't figured out if there is a way to add Calendar events with alerts using Siri, or some other means that is less cumbersome than the manual methods above. Is there any way to do this and save a few steps. I make a fair number of Calendar events and benefit a lot from
music app
I have changed the catagory to Artist. when I choose an artist I cannot find a way to shuffle all the music by the artist chosen. I can only shuffle individual albums. has anyone discovered a way to shuffle all the music by a particular artist. I wish they would set it up like they have it on my Nano 5th gen. there you choose artist and the next option is all albums then all songs then shuffle. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Scanning An Image By KNFB-Reader From Whatsapp?
Hi, Could this image capture-type solution work with images in Newsstand-type magazines and newsletters, for OCR by knfbReader? From: eileen.misr...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Scanning An Image By KNFB-Reader From Whatsapp? Hi, I would think this would work. Take a screen shot of the images in Whatsapp holding down the home and power button together for 2-3 secnnds. Open KNFB Reader and go to add from library. This is located 2 down from the take a picture button. Tap on it. the next screen is where all your photos are located. The most recent one will be at the bottom of the heap. Tap on it. The next screen will ask to reprocess that image, so tap on that. KNFB should do its thing and in a very short time you should be able to read the contents of those images. HTH. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Fazil fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, list. I’ve received a couple of images in whatsapp and I would like to scan them with KNFB-Reader. Can I do that? If yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks! -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: An interesting delimma with my phone
I have a 16G 4S, and I find it runs just fine. I did get an iPhone 5 from my employer recently, and I will say, that it is snappier than my 4S. It's gotten me thinking about what I may be missing with the newer iPhones and wondering if I should get a new phone now or wait and see how IOS 9 behaves on my 4S. On 07/25/2015 11:48 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Sounds like maybe a lack of space especially if you can' upgrade. Have you force quit all apps in the app switcher and rebooted? A Reset all network Settings in Settings, General, Reset may even help more, but make sure you close all apps first and remember you will have to reconnect to your WiFi after this and require your WiFi password. As for the 4S, even iOS 9 will be supported and I doubt your issues are related to compatibility problems. To me it sounds like iOS 9 in the end may even run better on a 4S than 8.x is since Apple is doing a lot to streamline iOS and many apps will have versions which are optimized for specific phones although you won't have to select this manually, it will automatically happen. The 4S is almost 4 years old so I don't say upgrading would be a bad thing and in fact I think you would enjoy the speed, improved battery life and features of a new phone, but as long as your 4S has no major hardware issues it should still work fine. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kg7...@juno.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: An interesting delimma with my phone Hi Patty, I would try restarting the phone, and possibly reseting it. My partner Aimee has a 16 gig 4S, and it works just fine. You should have no problem upgrading to IOS8.4. Have a good one: John John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC Whare Cat Is, Is civilization! Robert A Heinlein http://www.johnjacques.weebly.com Want to place your ad here? Advertise on United Online http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/55b10a1892e27a1837b2st04duc -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
very nice battery status app
Search for “battery status” in the watch app. Monitor the battery levels of all your devices in 1 place, Kingstreet apps. It works great. Read the description in the appstore and you know exactly what you have to do, it is very easy. Trea -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative
Let me ask, anyone who has used it, What is it's advantage over using voice dream reader? Voice dream reader in my opinion works very well for reading audiobooks. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Russ, As I am not the list member currently using this app, it will be up to the list member, or someone else using the app to describe its accessibility feature set. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Will you be doing a potcast on it? This way, I can decide if I want this app. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Everyone, A list member recently mentioned to me his solution to the iOS 8.4 iBooks problem. He is using an app called Bookmobile. Bookmobile is a dedicated audio book and podcast player. It is designed for the true audio book enthusiast. According to the list member, it takes some time to get familiar with the somewhat unusual interface, but this solution features everything he needs: sleep timer, playback speed, navigation controls, chapter support, bookmarks, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary to copy the audio books into the app as bookmobile can access ibooks and podcast data. While it is free for evaluation, the price for the full version is $3.99. Search for it in the App Store or visit the developer's website at: http://freshmowed.com/bookmobile.html If you like it, be sure to give it a positive VoiceOver review in the App Store. Enjoy, Mark -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
What screenreader are you using to do this for your Windows Computer? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer Thanks to Mark and others on the list and a bit of help from Apple, Here are my steps and how it worked. I needed to move my library from a windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 computer. Many people suggested that I install iTunes on the Windows 10 computer and then overwrite the iTunes folder that was created with the iTunes folder from the library I was moving from my windows 7 computer. The suggestion from the person at Apple was a bit different. He suggested that I install iTunes and instead of overwriting the new iTunes folder, I should simply add the iTunes folder from my previous computer to the library in my iTunes version on Windows 10. This way, windows would decide where things went and that might be safer than simply overwriting the folder. This is what I did. I have to say that it went off totally without a hitch. My new computer now has my previous library and works amazingly well. I also installed the 64 bit version of iTunes on my 64 bit computer. I could have loaded the 32 bit version, but the 64 bit version uses more of the computer’s ram memory and s very snappy. The end result. I am a happy camper. And, by the way. iTunes seems to work very nicely in Windows 10 so far. So, thanks for all the help from people on this list. It is nice to have moral support and good advice. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Continuously playing a playlist and Apple music
hi, This is probly way too late but, I'll try to help anyway. in the mini player there's a repeate button that would I assume repeate a playlist in an endless loop or a single song.. it's probly got various functions. Billy Maynard - Original Message - From: Jenifer Barr claudas...@gmail.com To: iPhone List viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 4:52 PM Subject: Continuously playing a playlist and Apple music Hi all. Does anyone know how to continuously play a playlist in Apple music? When the playlist is over it's just stop playing. Then, I have to play it manually. Is there a way to continuously play this certain playlist or any playlist? Lol, sorry, dictation was a little off. Hopefully you all understand what I'm trying to say? Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Apparently, Microsoft is making a version for iOS, but somehow, I don’t see Apple approving that since it directly competes with Siri. On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Marie scribbl...@comcast.net wrote: Is cortana available on the IPhone? M From: Neal Ewers mailto:neal.ew...@ravenswood.org Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Hi, That's right but my point is she couldn't say it takes place on and gives the exact date. I didn't think it was a hard question but she did. Another thing Siri can't do is give past weather information. for instance she can't tell you when Sunrise was on June 21st 2015 in Philadelphia. she informs me she can't give past weather info. Alrighty then (laughs). Robin -Original Message- From: John Panarese Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements I just asked her that question and she gave me an article that talks about the Breeder’s Cup in October of 2015. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Robin Frost robinn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Along these same lines I recently asked Siri when the Breeders cup was this year and she replied “hmm horse racing I wish I knew more about that.” She knew it was a horse race but couldn’t figure when it’s to be held. Even when she annoys me she gives me a giggle. But I agree with you I wish they’d improve her too. Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important
Re: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
edit: 3 fingers, not 4. 26. juli 2015 kl. 19:01 skrev Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com: If you have the room, allowing iTunes to copy the files to the iTunes library is a way to guarantee that you won’t have trouble finding the files later if you happen to move a folder, delete a file, or not have the USB drive plugged in the same place so it gets a different drive name. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer Sieghard. Sorry for not being clear. Steps. Update iTunes in Windows 7 to the latest update. I happened to be using iTunes 32 on that computer not that it makes any difference in the library in the end. Make sure all purchases had been transferred to my iPhone and that everything was backed up. Copied the iTunes folder on my Windows 7 computer to an external USB drive. Installed iTunes 64 bit on my Windows 10 computer. Rebooted after the install just to make sure. Opened iTunes and added the iTunes folder on my USB drive to the iTunes library on the windows 10 computer with the add folder to library option. When this process was finished, I connected my iPhone and was asked if I wanted to trust this computer. I said yes both on my computer and on my iPhone. I was then asked if I wanted to authorize this computer to connect to my iPhone. I said yes, filled in the email and password, and I was told how many devices I now had connected to this iTunes. I then went to llook for my apps on the iPhone to make sure what was there. I was then presented with a list of apps I could either install or remove. I didn’t understand this at first because all my apps were already installed. I eventually realized that those that said install, were already on the iPhone and those that said remove were ones I had deleted but still showed up in the list. Given this discovery, I left things the way they were and pressed sync. I have to say that I did this with a bit of trepidation, because I hoped I had understood this correctly and that it was not going to remove apps from my phone. When the sync was finished, everything on my computer matched what was on my iPhone. I then went into preferences and set those the way I wanted them and not to the defaults which the new iTunes had loaded. I then backed up my computer both to the cloud and to my Windows 10 computer. Now, there is one caveat here. I don’t have a lot of music. This was basically to get my apps to the new library in Windows 10. I don’t know what happens to music that one may have stored on ones computer in various places that are connected to iTunes as simply pointers to the music in various folders on the old computer. There must be a way to do this by the way you allow iTunes to handle your music, but I am in no way an expert on this, so I am not sure what to say here. This much I can tell you. When I added the old library to the library on the windows 10 computer, I noticed that all my music titles said they could not be located. But once I synced with my iPhone, they appeared. So, please understand that I am not the person to talk with about one transfers a large iTunes music library to the new computer. It may work the way I did it. My fall back plan had this worked was to simply overwrite the iTunes folder on the Windows 10 computer with the one from my USB drive, but I didn’t have to do that. I’m guessing that if one keeps their music on their computer in one place that iTunes knows about, one might just move that folder to the new computer with the same name and folder structure that existed on the old computer. I’m not really sure. I hope this helps. If not, I don’t mind answering more questions. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel
Re: very nice battery status app
Hi Celeste, You can easily check the battery status on your watch by going to glances. Swipe up with two fingers from the clock face. Battery status is the third one on my watch. Take care, Lois From: Celeste MyHand Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: very nice battery status app Is there an app that will allow you to find out how much battery life you have left on your watch So far they I'll tell you how much battery life you have left on the phone from the watch I like to know how much battery life I have left on my watch right now the only way I can tell how much battery life I have left on my watch if you plug it in and connect the charger Soki's Silver IPhone 6+ On Jul 26, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Trea Abma trea.a...@gmail.com wrote: Search for “battery status” in the watch app. Monitor the battery levels of all your devices in 1 place, Kingstreet apps. It works great. Read the description in the appstore and you know exactly what you have to do, it is very easy. Trea -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Transferring An MP3 Folder To IPhone6Plus From PC?
Hi, list. I'm using IPhone6Plus with IOS8.4, the most current Itune and Windows 7 Basic with Jaws16X. I have an mp3 folder of just speeches in my computer, can I transfer this entire folder to my Iphone6Plus? If yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks! -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
Hi Neil, Could you rephrase and explain again what exactly you did, it doesn’t seem totally clear the way you explained it and I am looking to also try Windows 10 soon. I know there are articles about this, but if you went through it successfully just now maybe you could outline the steps again with a bit more detail. Thanks, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer Thanks to Mark and others on the list and a bit of help from Apple, Here are my steps and how it worked. I needed to move my library from a windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 computer. Many people suggested that I install iTunes on the Windows 10 computer and then overwrite the iTunes folder that was created with the iTunes folder from the library I was moving from my windows 7 computer. The suggestion from the person at Apple was a bit different. He suggested that I install iTunes and instead of overwriting the new iTunes folder, I should simply add the iTunes folder from my previous computer to the library in my iTunes version on Windows 10. This way, windows would decide where things went and that might be safer than simply overwriting the folder. This is what I did. I have to say that it went off totally without a hitch. My new computer now has my previous library and works amazingly well. I also installed the 64 bit version of iTunes on my 64 bit computer. I could have loaded the 32 bit version, but the 64 bit version uses more of the computer’s ram memory and s very snappy. The end result. I am a happy camper. And, by the way. iTunes seems to work very nicely in Windows 10 so far. So, thanks for all the help from people on this list. It is nice to have moral support and good advice. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Well, maybe since Apple added the male voice she is having a gender crisis, I mean people usually refer to SIRI as “her” so if you use the male voice she may just be confused even though she answers “I exist beyond your human concept of gender” when you ask “SIRI, are you a man or a women?” *smile*. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit
Re: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch
and, most often, but not always, four finger swipe to left or right work. If not, use the home button. Take care 26. juli 2015 kl. 19:21 skrev 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com: Press the Home button. Carol P - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:18 PM Subject: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch I just got around to updating my fifth generation ipod touch to IOS 8.4. And now I have a major problem. The most significant problem I have found thus far is that I am no longer able to move between pages by swiping up and down on the iPod screen. Nor can I do so using the Amazon Basics blue tooth keyboard. When updating an app, I noted that I was not able to double tap the update button. I ultimately got around this by rebooting. However, my inability to switch between my four pages of apps is unchanged. What is interesting is that when on page one, if I double tapped the page number rather than swiped, it would ascend to the next page. However, when I got to the last page which is page four on this iPod, it stuck at page 4. I could however get back to page one by using Siri to open an app such as messages on page 1. Also, rebooting took me back to page 1. I am truly at a loss as to what to do now because this problem renders the device virtually useless. Ideas please! Thanks. Don Roberts -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Transferring An MP3 Folder To IPhone6Plus From PC?
If you want to treat it like a book of speeches, if you have the Voice Dream Reader app, and the files are named so they would be in the order you want them in, you could zip them into a file with a name like Speeches. Then, either put the zip file on Dropbox or Email it to yourself if it isn’t too large, then open that zip file with Voice Dream Reader. It will treat it like a book, the book name would be speeches, and each chapter would be each file name. Personally, that is my preferred method for collections like this. Other folks will have other suggestions. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fazil Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Transferring An MP3 Folder To IPhone6Plus From PC? Hi, list. I’m using IPhone6Plus with IOS8.4, the most current Itune and Windows 7 Basic with Jaws16X. I have an mp3 folder of just speeches in my computer, can I transfer this entire folder to my Iphone6Plus? If yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks! -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
SIRI definitely requires improvements
Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back I don't understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin. I then asked What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia. Notice the slight difference in wording What is the latitude of. and What latitude is.. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn't work What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia. SIRI answered The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for? Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say Yes or No: as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it's ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can't deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can't believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can't even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can't easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say Tell me what you want to be reminded about, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder Dentist appointment for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said Dentist appointment at 10 AM and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says My dentist appointment at 11 AM. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage It just works definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Audio books on voice dream reader
Hi, You can only add audio books directly if they are on Dropbox or one of the other cloud services in the Voice Dream list, or if you have a direct web link to the zip file. Voice Dream cannot play BARD NLS books, and can only play DAISY audio books if they are in an open format, not DRM. Or, of course, in mp3 format, etc. I hope that answered your question. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of david gross Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Audio books on voice dream reader Looking under the add tab on the app, how do I find and download audio books? Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch
Edit: 3 fingers swipe to left-right. Not 4. 26. juli 2015 kl. 21:55 skrev Terje Strømberg terjestrmb...@gmail.com: and, most often, but not always, four finger swipe to left or right work. If not, use the home button. Take care 26. juli 2015 kl. 19:21 skrev 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com: Press the Home button. Carol P - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:18 PM Subject: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch I just got around to updating my fifth generation ipod touch to IOS 8.4. And now I have a major problem. The most significant problem I have found thus far is that I am no longer able to move between pages by swiping up and down on the iPod screen. Nor can I do so using the Amazon Basics blue tooth keyboard. When updating an app, I noted that I was not able to double tap the update button. I ultimately got around this by rebooting. However, my inability to switch between my four pages of apps is unchanged. What is interesting is that when on page one, if I double tapped the page number rather than swiped, it would ascend to the next page. However, when I got to the last page which is page four on this iPod, it stuck at page 4. I could however get back to page one by using Siri to open an app such as messages on page 1. Also, rebooting took me back to page 1. I am truly at a loss as to what to do now because this problem renders the device virtually useless. Ideas please! Thanks. Don Roberts -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
File Sharing
In the latest version of iTunes, is anyone having any success in using file sharing? It is completely useless for me with either Window-Eyes 9.1 or the latest NVDA. It seems impossible to figure out which app is selected until you tab into the list of files and it is never the one that last spoke with a screen reader. I've written Apple Accessibility about this but who knows when Apple might address it. Richard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Audio books on voice dream reader
Looking under the add tab on the app, how do I find and download audio books? Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Yes, unless Siri has a much easier approach and at least can come back with Do you want ... so you can answer with a one word, it's still not measuring up. It's just the occasional surprise for which I am thankful! We should all start saying things to Apple about this ... Carol P - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:45 PM Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Is cortana available on the IPhone? M From: Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You
Re: Voiceover accessible flashcard app
Hi, Unless you're using specific services, you can use Flashcards ++ without a subscription. I've been using it for several years now without one. Best, Anna On Jul 26, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Cristóbal crismuno...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, My Flashcards++ subscription is coming up soon. Before I go and sign up for another year ($9.95) I was curious to know if there are other Voiceover accessible flashcard apps out there that folks are using? I’ve tried a few others like Quizlet and Flashcards+, but wasn’t’ really convinced. I’ve got no real problem doing another year of Flashcards++, but just wanted to know if there’s an alternative out there that is feature rich and accessible. I know some apps tout their ability to import flashcard sets with photos, which obviously is irrelevant to me, so before I go forking over money for a feature I’m not going to use anyway, I thought I’d ask around first. Thanks, -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ...
Yes, the last one was particularly good. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:57 AM Subject: RE: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Yes, the 0 divided by 0 is a good one. Another good one is “SIRI, tell me a story” or “Yo, what’s up”, ask that one at least 6 or 8 times.. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Ask Siri to divide zero by zero. Marie From: Rose Combs mailto:roseco...@q.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 11:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Honestly, I don’t use Siri a lot but when I have it has been generally good. My truly funny experience was that one morning I dictated a message to my late husband but I forgot to tell Seri to whom to send the “Are you awake, if not why not!” She came back with “Don’t wake me up! It is 4 in the morning and I do not want to wake up. I did it on April first 2012 and every year on April first if I set an alarm for 4 in the morning, as I did when working she would say “your alarm is set but don’t wake me up! BTW, my late husband was in the hospital which was why I was trying to wake him up so I could tell him something I had read after I had talked to him the evening before. My other strange experience was asking Siri for directions to 56th Street and Washington in Phoenix, Arizona. She gave me directions to Washington State instead, it was 400 miles away! My cousin and I had to laugh. By the way, her android phone did exactly the same thing! Rose Combs roseco...@q.com mailto:roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Hey everyone, Just wanted to tell you that Siri seriously impressed me today for the first time in a while. I really stopped using him/her because things didn't seem to work well. However, today I needed to remove a recurring event from my calendar (Fantastical) and didn't quite see how to do it! IN the end, I asked Siri in the best way I knew how (can't remember exactly the wording I used) and, Siri did it! I then said, Thanks, Siri. You did well, and I got a human-type response to that also! Smiles I do hope that Siri becomes easier to use and that we can express things in more ways, rather than having to learn so many of the ways to ask Siri to do something. Carol P -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly
Re: I changed my Apple Music to a family plan, now how do I add people to my plan?
Now you need to set up and add them to family sharing. Once this is done, then they will share your Apple Music subscription. Just go to settings, iCloud, and follow the steps. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Kevin Minor kmino...@outlook.com wrote: Hi. I was able to change my Apple Music plan to family. From what I understand, I need to add them to my account. How do I do this? I’d like to use iTunes if possible. Thanks in advance for help. Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
Sieghard. Sorry for not being clear. Steps. Update iTunes in Windows 7 to the latest update. I happened to be using iTunes 32 on that computer not that it makes any difference in the library in the end. Make sure all purchases had been transferred to my iPhone and that everything was backed up. Copied the iTunes folder on my Windows 7 computer to an external USB drive. Installed iTunes 64 bit on my Windows 10 computer. Rebooted after the install just to make sure. Opened iTunes and added the iTunes folder on my USB drive to the iTunes library on the windows 10 computer with the add folder to library option. When this process was finished, I connected my iPhone and was asked if I wanted to trust this computer. I said yes both on my computer and on my iPhone. I was then asked if I wanted to authorize this computer to connect to my iPhone. I said yes, filled in the email and password, and I was told how many devices I now had connected to this iTunes. I then went to llook for my apps on the iPhone to make sure what was there. I was then presented with a list of apps I could either install or remove. I didn’t understand this at first because all my apps were already installed. I eventually realized that those that said install, were already on the iPhone and those that said remove were ones I had deleted but still showed up in the list. Given this discovery, I left things the way they were and pressed sync. I have to say that I did this with a bit of trepidation, because I hoped I had understood this correctly and that it was not going to remove apps from my phone. When the sync was finished, everything on my computer matched what was on my iPhone. I then went into preferences and set those the way I wanted them and not to the defaults which the new iTunes had loaded. I then backed up my computer both to the cloud and to my Windows 10 computer. Now, there is one caveat here. I don’t have a lot of music. This was basically to get my apps to the new library in Windows 10. I don’t know what happens to music that one may have stored on ones computer in various places that are connected to iTunes as simply pointers to the music in various folders on the old computer. There must be a way to do this by the way you allow iTunes to handle your music, but I am in no way an expert on this, so I am not sure what to say here. This much I can tell you. When I added the old library to the library on the windows 10 computer, I noticed that all my music titles said they could not be located. But once I synced with my iPhone, they appeared. So, please understand that I am not the person to talk with about one transfers a large iTunes music library to the new computer. It may work the way I did it. My fall back plan had this worked was to simply overwrite the iTunes folder on the Windows 10 computer with the one from my USB drive, but I didn’t have to do that. I’m guessing that if one keeps their music on their computer in one place that iTunes knows about, one might just move that folder to the new computer with the same name and folder structure that existed on the old computer. I’m not really sure. I hope this helps. If not, I don’t mind answering more questions. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Audio books on voice dream reader
Hi, If you have a Mac from the past couple of years, you can also use Airdrop to get files from your Mac into Voice dream Reader. This can be really convenient. Cheers, Anna On Jul 26, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com wrote: Hi, You can only add audio books directly if they are on Dropbox or one of the other cloud services in the Voice Dream list, or if you have a direct web link to the zip file. Voice Dream cannot play BARD NLS books, and can only play DAISY audio books if they are in an open format, not DRM. Or, of course, in mp3 format, etc. I hope that answered your question. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of david gross Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Audio books on voice dream reader Looking under the add tab on the app, how do I find and download audio books? Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
I think Siri will have really become something is when you can cary on a normal conversation with her or him as the case may be. Alan Sent from my iPad Air On Jul 26, 2015, at 9:52 AM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Yes, unless Siri has a much easier approach and at least can come back with Do you want ... so you can answer with a one word, it's still not measuring up. It's just the occasional surprise for which I am thankful! We should all start saying things to Apple about this ... Carol P - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:45 PM Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
Voiceover accessible flashcard app
Hello list, My Flashcards++ subscription is coming up soon. Before I go and sign up for another year ($9.95) I was curious to know if there are other Voiceover accessible flashcard apps out there that folks are using? I’ve tried a few others like Quizlet and Flashcards+, but wasn’t’ really convinced. I’ve got no real problem doing another year of Flashcards++, but just wanted to know if there’s an alternative out there that is feature rich and accessible. I know some apps tout their ability to import flashcard sets with photos, which obviously is irrelevant to me, so before I go forking over money for a feature I’m not going to use anyway, I thought I’d ask around first. Thanks, -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
tagging someone on facebook app
Dear all. When using facebook app to create a new post or sharing something using this app what is the best way to tag someone? Thanks TP Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
I just asked her that question and she gave me an article that talks about the Breeder’s Cup in October of 2015. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Robin Frost robinn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Along these same lines I recently asked Siri when the Breeders cup was this year and she replied “hmm horse racing I wish I knew more about that.” She knew it was a horse race but couldn’t figure when it’s to be held. Even when she annoys me she gives me a giggle. But I agree with you I wish they’d improve her too. Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because
RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
Re: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch
Press the Home button. Carol P - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:18 PM Subject: IOS 8.4 on 5th gen ipod touch I just got around to updating my fifth generation ipod touch to IOS 8.4. And now I have a major problem. The most significant problem I have found thus far is that I am no longer able to move between pages by swiping up and down on the iPod screen. Nor can I do so using the Amazon Basics blue tooth keyboard. When updating an app, I noted that I was not able to double tap the update button. I ultimately got around this by rebooting. However, my inability to switch between my four pages of apps is unchanged. What is interesting is that when on page one, if I double tapped the page number rather than swiped, it would ascend to the next page. However, when I got to the last page which is page four on this iPod, it stuck at page 4. I could however get back to page one by using Siri to open an app such as messages on page 1. Also, rebooting took me back to page 1. I am truly at a loss as to what to do now because this problem renders the device virtually useless. Ideas please! Thanks. Don Roberts -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ...
This one time I asked Siri to send a message to my wife. She came back with which wife? Apparently I had 2 contacts under her name one for work and one personal but imagine my surprise when she said which wife? I thought I was starting a harum or something! LOL! Alan Sent from my iPad Air On Jul 26, 2015, at 1:06 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Yes, the last one was particularly good. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:57 AM Subject: RE: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Yes, the 0 divided by 0 is a good one. Another good one is “SIRI, tell me a story” or “Yo, what’s up”, ask that one at least 6 or 8 times.. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Ask Siri to divide zero by zero. Marie From: Rose Combs mailto:roseco...@q.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 11:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Honestly, I don’t use Siri a lot but when I have it has been generally good. My truly funny experience was that one morning I dictated a message to my late husband but I forgot to tell Seri to whom to send the “Are you awake, if not why not!” She came back with “Don’t wake me up! It is 4 in the morning and I do not want to wake up. I did it on April first 2012 and every year on April first if I set an alarm for 4 in the morning, as I did when working she would say “your alarm is set but don’t wake me up! BTW, my late husband was in the hospital which was why I was trying to wake him up so I could tell him something I had read after I had talked to him the evening before. My other strange experience was asking Siri for directions to 56th Street and Washington in Phoenix, Arizona. She gave me directions to Washington State instead, it was 400 miles away! My cousin and I had to laugh. By the way, her android phone did exactly the same thing! Rose Combs roseco...@q.com mailto:roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI HAS JUST IMPRESSED ME ... Hey everyone, Just wanted to tell you that Siri seriously impressed me today for the first time in a while. I really stopped using him/her because things didn't seem to work well. However, today I needed to remove a recurring event from my calendar (Fantastical) and didn't quite see how to do it! IN the end, I asked Siri in the best way I knew how (can't remember exactly the wording I used) and, Siri did it! I then said, Thanks, Siri. You did well, and I got a human-type response to that also! Smiles I do hope that Siri becomes easier to use and that we can express things in more ways, rather than having to learn so many of the ways to ask Siri to do something. Carol P -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com .
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Lots of apps in the App Store compete with Apple products, like the Google app. I don't think it'll have any trouble getting in. Christopher (CJ) on the move Chaltain at Gmail On Jul 26, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, Microsoft is making a version for iOS, but somehow, I don’t see Apple approving that since it directly competes with Siri. On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Marie scribbl...@comcast.net wrote: Is cortana available on the IPhone? M From: Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: SIRI definitely requires improvements Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
I’d like to know how you managed to get the app you wanted to add a file to your computer I could never get the app I wanted selected. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 OK, After much playing around, file sharing is still with us, but boy, it is almost impossible to do and doing it at all is not easy. I will have to do it a few more times to get the hang of it and then perhaps by the time I am ready to describe it, they will release a new version of iTunes that works. We can only hope. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
RE: KNFB reader and family sharing
Yes, it is. An easy way to find out is to find the app in the app store where in the app description it will say something like “Family Sharing: Yes”. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donald L. Roberts Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:42 PM To: VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: KNFB reader and family sharing I need to determine with certainty whether the KNFB reader qualifies for family sharing. I bought the reader on my account, and I now want to put my wife’s iPhone and iPod on her own account but want the reader still to be available for her if possible. Don Roberts -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Hi, At least if it's broken for everybody, they're likely to fix it quickly. Scant comfort, I know, but at least it's something. Anna On Jul 26, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org wrote: Well, after a bit of online research, it would appear that file sharing is busted in iTunes 12.2. Oh, how nice. Perhaps if I ask Siri to tell me how to do file sharing, she will give me the latitude of Madison Wisconsin. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than
Has anyone tried recently playing bopit help please
Hi all, someone mentioned this game so I thought I would download it and try it. First does anyone know if it works on iOS 8.4. Second is there a tutorial for it because it seems you can't play it with voiceover on. I used to love this game, and I hope it can still be played. Thank you all for any and all help. God bless, Wren Langley Sent from my iPhone -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: strange issues with iOS 8.4 on the iPhone
First, have you rebooted the phone by holding down the power and home buttons together for about 10 seconds? With a 16 GB phone, you are going to have about 12 or at most 13 GB of actual storage. Does iTunes and your phone say the same thing for how much free space you have? If not, next, make sure everything is closed out of the app switcher, do an encrypted backup with iTunes. Then, restore your phone from iTunes. This will erase the phone, reinstall the firmware and offer to restore it from the last backup, which if you did an encrypted backup will restore all your passwords, etc. If you have a lot of music, this can take a long time. Or, call Apple Accessibility and see if they have other ideas. Good luck, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Oyen Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:27 PM To: Visually impaired phone users viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: strange issues with iOS 8.4 on the iPhone hello everyone, I updated to iOS 8.4 about 2 months ago. everything was working fine until the last 2 weeks. Now, I am starting to see some strange behavior. Firstly, the phone seems laggy when starting applications (voiceover stops speaking for up to a minute), some apps (like Facebook) have their primary screen disappear (giving me bonks while trying to interact with it), the Onscreen keyboard doesn't appear in either messenger or Facebook (thus not allowing me to use the dictate function), some of the apps in the app chooser won't return to foreground when selected and double tapped, storage on the device seems to be incorrect (reports 7gb used with 5 gb remaining and this is on a 16gb phone!). I haven't tried a reset on the phone yet (I am loathe to try this as I would have to put back in a lot of data such as passwords, etc. anyone have any suggestions on how I can solve this? -eric -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: strange issues with iOS 8.4 on the iPhone
If you have already shut down the phone and restarted it, then the next step would be to do a soft reset by holding down the power button and the home button for about 10 seconds. It will automatically shut down and restart the phone. If this does not help, then you might want to consider doing an encrypted backup of your phone and then restoring it. Remember, an encrypted backup also backs up your passwords. Hope this helps, Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: hello everyone, I updated to iOS 8.4 about 2 months ago. everything was working fine until the last 2 weeks. Now, I am starting to see some strange behavior. Firstly, the phone seems laggy when starting applications (voiceover stops speaking for up to a minute), some apps (like Facebook) have their primary screen disappear (giving me bonks while trying to interact with it), the Onscreen keyboard doesn't appear in either messenger or Facebook (thus not allowing me to use the dictate function), some of the apps in the app chooser won't return to foreground when selected and double tapped, storage on the device seems to be incorrect (reports 7gb used with 5 gb remaining and this is on a 16gb phone!). I haven't tried a reset on the phone yet (I am loathe to try this as I would have to put back in a lot of data such as passwords, etc. anyone have any suggestions on how I can solve this? -eric -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Wait, Kortana is for iOS now? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org wrote: Yes, I think Siri has been dumbed down to look for pizza places, coffee shops, and a few other things that make money for businesses. I am obviously over stating this. She is obviously better than that and Sieghard is right that she will set alarms and do other useful things. But if I had to think of the only way to ask my wife what she wanted for dinner tonight, she may starve in the process. Somehow, Google is more of a personal assistant in this way in that it seems to understand more ways of asking a particular question than Siri. I use her for what she is good at, but Google and Cortana are rapidly taking her place. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
Neal, I'm a little concerned that you'll need to leave that USB flash drive attached to your computer or the next time iTunes tries to access something you copied from it, it won't be able to find the item. Maybe they've made it harder to shoot yourself in the foot when adding stuff from portable drives but I know with past versions of iTunes, I got into trouble by adding stuff to the library from a flash drive that didn't stay attached to my computer. I think Richard might have alluded to this in one of his posts to this thread when he mentioned something about having iTunes copy the files to your main hard drive's folders. I know when I set up my new computer in the next few weeks, I plan to duplicate my iTunes Media folder structure on my new computer and then let iTunes add everything from the main hard drive instead of from a flash drive. I'm curious if you remove your source flash drive and then go into the list of apps on iTunes, what happens. I think you said you mainly were copying apps from the flash drive. Alan Lemly -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer Sieghard. Sorry for not being clear. Steps. Update iTunes in Windows 7 to the latest update. I happened to be using iTunes 32 on that computer not that it makes any difference in the library in the end. Make sure all purchases had been transferred to my iPhone and that everything was backed up. Copied the iTunes folder on my Windows 7 computer to an external USB drive. Installed iTunes 64 bit on my Windows 10 computer. Rebooted after the install just to make sure. Opened iTunes and added the iTunes folder on my USB drive to the iTunes library on the windows 10 computer with the add folder to library option. When this process was finished, I connected my iPhone and was asked if I wanted to trust this computer. I said yes both on my computer and on my iPhone. I was then asked if I wanted to authorize this computer to connect to my iPhone. I said yes, filled in the email and password, and I was told how many devices I now had connected to this iTunes. I then went to llook for my apps on the iPhone to make sure what was there. I was then presented with a list of apps I could either install or remove. I didn't understand this at first because all my apps were already installed. I eventually realized that those that said install, were already on the iPhone and those that said remove were ones I had deleted but still showed up in the list. Given this discovery, I left things the way they were and pressed sync. I have to say that I did this with a bit of trepidation, because I hoped I had understood this correctly and that it was not going to remove apps from my phone. When the sync was finished, everything on my computer matched what was on my iPhone. I then went into preferences and set those the way I wanted them and not to the defaults which the new iTunes had loaded. I then backed up my computer both to the cloud and to my Windows 10 computer. Now, there is one caveat here. I don't have a lot of music. This was basically to get my apps to the new library in Windows 10. I don't know what happens to music that one may have stored on ones computer in various places that are connected to iTunes as simply pointers to the music in various folders on the old computer. There must be a way to do this by the way you allow iTunes to handle your music, but I am in no way an expert on this, so I am not sure what to say here. This much I can tell you. When I added the old library to the library on the windows 10 computer, I noticed that all my music titles said they could not be located. But once I synced with my iPhone, they appeared. So, please understand that I am not the person to talk with about one transfers a large iTunes music library to the new computer. It may work the way I did it. My fall back plan had this worked was to simply overwrite the iTunes folder on the Windows 10 computer with the one from my USB drive, but I didn't have to do that. I'm guessing that if one keeps their music on their computer in one place that iTunes knows about, one might just move that folder to the new computer with the same name and folder structure that existed on the old computer. I'm not really sure. I hope this helps. If not, I don't mind answering more questions. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be
Re: Find my iphone question
As I recall, that setting is in Settings iCloud, in the list of services. Simply double tap it to turn it back on. You may have to enter your passcode, I don't recall. On Jul 27, 2015, at 12:10 AM, denise colley dmc0...@comcast.net wrote: I had to take my iphone into the Apple store today to have my cracked screen repaired and they had to turn off my Find my Iphone feature. What do I do to get it reactivated? Denise -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
I was listening to my talking book this morning, and I happened to look at the iPhone, and saw a message from Siri saying: I am not sure about that, but, deep down, I'm lonely! he must have been replying to something that he had heard on the book. Jewel From: Robin Frost Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 4:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi, Along these same lines I recently asked Siri when the Breeders cup was this year and she replied “hmm horse racing I wish I knew more about that.” She knew it was a horse race but couldn’t figure when it’s to be held. Even when she annoys me she gives me a giggle. But I agree with you I wish they’d improve her too. Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative
Hi Johnna, To add books, choose Add, which is a button in the lower left corner of the screen. Then choose Bookshare, which is one of the last options. Then you can choose Search to search for a book, or one of the browsing options. Once you find a book, choose Download, and choose OK to leave the Add screen and access your book. HTH, Anna On Jul 26, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Johnna Simmons johnnas...@gmail.com wrote: Seegard, You seem to be very knowledgeable about the iphone so I need some help. I am trying to use voice dream reader, but I am having trouble getting files to open in voice dream reader. I have put my user name and password for bookshare in there and it does not find my content. How do I tell my iphone that I want to read something in voice dream reader? Any help would be appreciated. Johnna -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Apparently this app can access books you already have synced to your phone and which now reside in iBooks and also Podcasts although I find there is not too much wrong with the native Podcast app. I used to use Downcast, but after I had to do a complete restore and set up my phone as a new phone when I downgraded from the iOS 9 Beta, I decided to try and try some of apple's native apps where before I used third-party apps. There are still a few features I like in Downcast, but on the other hand I really like how I can use SIRI with the native Podcast app especially when it comes to the command to skip or rewind. With the apple Podcast app I can say Skip 68 seconds and it will do exactly that so there is no need to find the correct button for a 15 second, 30 second or 2 minute time jump and I don't even have to unlock my phone to skip or rewind. Very handy when trying to skip past ads/sponsor announcements I heard a hundred times before. I do agree, however, that I can just as easily transfer a book to Voicedream Reader using iTunes file transfer than I can sync it to iBooks and Voicedream Reader is awesome for listening to MP3 audio books, the way you access skipping, rewinding, chapters and going to a particular point in the book is done super well. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Let me ask, anyone who has used it, What is it's advantage over using voice dream reader? Voice dream reader in my opinion works very well for reading audiobooks. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Russ, As I am not the list member currently using this app, it will be up to the list member, or someone else using the app to describe its accessibility feature set. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Will you be doing a potcast on it? This way, I can decide if I want this app. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Everyone, A list member recently mentioned to me his solution to the iOS 8.4 iBooks problem. He is using an app called Bookmobile. Bookmobile is a dedicated audio book and podcast player. It is designed for the true audio book enthusiast. According to the list member, it takes some time to get familiar with the somewhat unusual interface, but this solution features everything he needs: sleep timer, playback speed, navigation controls, chapter support, bookmarks, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary to copy the audio books into the app as bookmobile can access ibooks and podcast data. While it is free for evaluation, the price for the full version is $3.99. Search for it in the App Store or visit the developer's website at: http://freshmowed.com/bookmobile.html If you like it, be sure to give it a positive VoiceOver review in the App Store. Enjoy, Mark -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Find my iphone question
I had to take my iphone into the Apple store today to have my cracked screen repaired and they had to turn off my Find my Iphone feature. What do I do to get it reactivated? Denise -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
strange issues with iOS 8.4 on the iPhone
hello everyone, I updated to iOS 8.4 about 2 months ago. everything was working fine until the last 2 weeks. Now, I am starting to see some strange behavior. Firstly, the phone seems laggy when starting applications (voiceover stops speaking for up to a minute), some apps (like Facebook) have their primary screen disappear (giving me bonks while trying to interact with it), the Onscreen keyboard doesn't appear in either messenger or Facebook (thus not allowing me to use the dictate function), some of the apps in the app chooser won't return to foreground when selected and double tapped, storage on the device seems to be incorrect (reports 7gb used with 5 gb remaining and this is on a 16gb phone!). I haven't tried a reset on the phone yet (I am loathe to try this as I would have to put back in a lot of data such as passwords, etc. anyone have any suggestions on how I can solve this? -eric -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
OK, After much playing around, file sharing is still with us, but boy, it is almost impossible to do and doing it at all is not easy. I will have to do it a few more times to get the hang of it and then perhaps by the time I am ready to describe it, they will release a new version of iTunes that works. We can only hope. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Well, this is where the accessibility breaks down. The list of apps under file sharing does not read. So, if you arrow down the list, you hear nothing. However, If you are on an app that does not read, and you tab a number of times, You will get to the file and the date of the file that relates to that silent app you are on in the list. There is then an add button and a save as button. Of course, if you are not on the right app, you have to back tab to the silent list again, arrow up or down, and tab to the file name all over again. Yikes! I do hope they fix this one. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I’d like to know how you managed to get the app you wanted to add a file to your computer I could never get the app I wanted selected. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 OK, After much playing around, file sharing is still with us, but boy, it is almost impossible to do and doing it at all is not easy. I will have to do it a few more times to get the hang of it and then perhaps by the time I am ready to describe it, they will release a new version of iTunes that works. We can only hope. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative
Seegard, You seem to be very knowledgeable about the iphone so I need some help. I am trying to use voice dream reader, but I am having trouble getting files to open in voice dream reader. I have put my user name and password for bookshare in there and it does not find my content. How do I tell my iphone that I want to read something in voice dream reader? Any help would be appreciated. Johnna -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Apparently this app can access books you already have synced to your phone and which now reside in iBooks and also Podcasts although I find there is not too much wrong with the native Podcast app. I used to use Downcast, but after I had to do a complete restore and set up my phone as a new phone when I downgraded from the iOS 9 Beta, I decided to try and try some of apple's native apps where before I used third-party apps. There are still a few features I like in Downcast, but on the other hand I really like how I can use SIRI with the native Podcast app especially when it comes to the command to skip or rewind. With the apple Podcast app I can say Skip 68 seconds and it will do exactly that so there is no need to find the correct button for a 15 second, 30 second or 2 minute time jump and I don't even have to unlock my phone to skip or rewind. Very handy when trying to skip past ads/sponsor announcements I heard a hundred times before. I do agree, however, that I can just as easily transfer a book to Voicedream Reader using iTunes file transfer than I can sync it to iBooks and Voicedream Reader is awesome for listening to MP3 audio books, the way you access skipping, rewinding, chapters and going to a particular point in the book is done super well. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Let me ask, anyone who has used it, What is it's advantage over using voice dream reader? Voice dream reader in my opinion works very well for reading audiobooks. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Russ, As I am not the list member currently using this app, it will be up to the list member, or someone else using the app to describe its accessibility feature set. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Will you be doing a potcast on it? This way, I can decide if I want this app. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Everyone, A list member recently mentioned to me his solution to the iOS 8.4 iBooks problem. He is using an app called Bookmobile. Bookmobile is a dedicated audio book and podcast player. It is designed for the true audio book enthusiast. According to the list member, it takes some time to get familiar with the somewhat unusual interface, but this solution features everything he needs: sleep timer, playback speed, navigation controls, chapter support, bookmarks, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary to copy the audio books into the app as bookmobile can access ibooks and podcast data. While it is free for evaluation, the price for the full version is $3.99. Search for it in the App Store or visit the developer's website at: http://freshmowed.com/bookmobile.html If you like it, be sure to give it a positive VoiceOver review in the App Store. Enjoy, Mark -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are
KNFB reader and family sharing
I need to determine with certainty whether the KNFB reader qualifies for family sharing. I bought the reader on my account, and I now want to put my wife’s iPhone and iPod on her own account but want the reader still to be available for her if possible. Don Roberts -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative
Is there a cost for voice dream reader? - Original Message - From: Russ Kiehne russ94...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 7:54 AM Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Let me ask, anyone who has used it, What is it's advantage over using voice dream reader? Voice dream reader in my opinion works very well for reading audiobooks. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Russ, As I am not the list member currently using this app, it will be up to the list member, or someone else using the app to describe its accessibility feature set. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Will you be doing a potcast on it? This way, I can decide if I want this app. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 6:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Definitely Good Audio Book Alternative Hello Everyone, A list member recently mentioned to me his solution to the iOS 8.4 iBooks problem. He is using an app called Bookmobile. Bookmobile is a dedicated audio book and podcast player. It is designed for the true audio book enthusiast. According to the list member, it takes some time to get familiar with the somewhat unusual interface, but this solution features everything he needs: sleep timer, playback speed, navigation controls, chapter support, bookmarks, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary to copy the audio books into the app as bookmobile can access ibooks and podcast data. While it is free for evaluation, the price for the full version is $3.99. Search for it in the App Store or visit the developer's website at: http://freshmowed.com/bookmobile.html If you like it, be sure to give it a positive VoiceOver review in the App Store. Enjoy, Mark -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Well, after a bit of online research, it would appear that file sharing is busted in iTunes 12.2. Oh, how nice. Perhaps if I ask Siri to tell me how to do file sharing, she will give me the latitude of Madison Wisconsin. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
I have no idea if it is possible since it is not accessible. I have not had a chance to ask a sighted person if they can still do this. I’m somewhat going on the assumption they can, or we would have heard a lot more about it. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has recorded on an app like BossJock or AudioMemos from the phone to a windows computer running iTunes 12.2. Thanks for any help. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is
RE: Voiceover accessible flashcard app
Hello Anna, I did some poking around and honestly, I figured why mess around. I like Flashcards++. It’s completely accessible, works especially well for foreign language learning, can import from a few services and has lots of other features. I think I’m just going to stick with this app. I do wish the Dev would get around to supporting Google Sheets and Google Drive, but since the last update was last year, who knows how it’ll be supported in the future. That said, the app feels pretty complete as is. I can get around the Google Drive issue by going through FileBrowser and opening a file there and have it openned in Flashcards++. I’m surprised that it has such a low rating all things considered. Thanks for offering your feedback. Cristobal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 1:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voiceover accessible flashcard app Hi, Unless you're using specific services, you can use Flashcards ++ without a subscription. I've been using it for several years now without one. Best, Anna On Jul 26, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Cristóbal crismuno...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, My Flashcards++ subscription is coming up soon. Before I go and sign up for another year ($9.95) I was curious to know if there are other Voiceover accessible flashcard apps out there that folks are using? I’ve tried a few others like Quizlet and Flashcards+, but wasn’t’ really convinced. I’ve got no real problem doing another year of Flashcards++, but just wanted to know if there’s an alternative out there that is feature rich and accessible. I know some apps tout their ability to import flashcard sets with photos, which obviously is irrelevant to me, so before I go forking over money for a feature I’m not going to use anyway, I thought I’d ask around first. Thanks, -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
It’s not only the file sharing that isn’t possible any more. I used to be able to tab into my list of available apps and install or uninstall anywhere from one to many at the same time by simply going down the list and checking the ones I wanted or didn’t want. Now that list view only shows app sizes and while I can tab around and find apps as well as install or remove buttons, it’s really clunky and certainly not efficient as before. Oh well, let’s hope that in time Apple and the screenreader companies get this fixed again. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Well, this is where the accessibility breaks down. The list of apps under file sharing does not read. So, if you arrow down the list, you hear nothing. However, If you are on an app that does not read, and you tab a number of times, You will get to the file and the date of the file that relates to that silent app you are on in the list. There is then an add button and a save as button. Of course, if you are not on the right app, you have to back tab to the silent list again, arrow up or down, and tab to the file name all over again. Yikes! I do hope they fix this one. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I’d like to know how you managed to get the app you wanted to add a file to your computer I could never get the app I wanted selected. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 OK, After much playing around, file sharing is still with us, but boy, it is almost impossible to do and doing it at all is not easy. I will have to do it a few more times to get the hang of it and then perhaps by the time I am ready to describe it, they will release a new version of iTunes that works. We can only hope. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Hi, In an earlier version of iTunes, if you went to your phone, there were two columns of apps. One that showed what apps were on the phone, and the other consisting of apps which you could use to transfer data or music, etc. from your phone to your computer. In Windows, I can no longer find this second column. So, how does one, for example, transfer a file one has
RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1
Yes, I have found no way to do more than one at a time. The checked apps were definitely much easier. I guess I’ll be submitting a few reports to Apple later today. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 It’s not only the file sharing that isn’t possible any more. I used to be able to tab into my list of available apps and install or uninstall anywhere from one to many at the same time by simply going down the list and checking the ones I wanted or didn’t want. Now that list view only shows app sizes and while I can tab around and find apps as well as install or remove buttons, it’s really clunky and certainly not efficient as before. Oh well, let’s hope that in time Apple and the screenreader companies get this fixed again. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Well, this is where the accessibility breaks down. The list of apps under file sharing does not read. So, if you arrow down the list, you hear nothing. However, If you are on an app that does not read, and you tab a number of times, You will get to the file and the date of the file that relates to that silent app you are on in the list. There is then an add button and a save as button. Of course, if you are not on the right app, you have to back tab to the silent list again, arrow up or down, and tab to the file name all over again. Yikes! I do hope they fix this one. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I’d like to know how you managed to get the app you wanted to add a file to your computer I could never get the app I wanted selected. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:05 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 OK, After much playing around, file sharing is still with us, but boy, it is almost impossible to do and doing it at all is not easy. I will have to do it a few more times to get the hang of it and then perhaps by the time I am ready to describe it, they will release a new version of iTunes that works. We can only hope. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Yes, I can do AudioMemos via the web. It’s the other apps I can’t deal with. So are you saying that transferring apps from the phone to the computer is really possible but it is not accessible? From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I think audio memos might have a way to do this with your browser. I need to go look again. But, I think Apple has completely destroyed accessibility with this feature in the latest iTunes. I have written them and the folks at AI Squared. I wold suggest everyone else write Apple Accessibility and their screen reader manufacturer as well. This is completely nuts. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 Richard, so is there no way to do this? How then, I wonder, does one get such files from one’s phones to one’s computer? Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Question about file sharing in iTunes 12.2.1 I mentioned this earlier. I don’t think you can in this latest version. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:25 PM To:
RE: Find my iphone question
Got it. Thanks. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Find my iphone question As I recall, that setting is in Settings iCloud, in the list of services. Simply double tap it to turn it back on. You may have to enter your passcode, I don't recall. On Jul 27, 2015, at 12:10 AM, denise colley dmc0...@comcast.net wrote: I had to take my iphone into the Apple store today to have my cracked screen repaired and they had to turn off my Find my Iphone feature. What do I do to get it reactivated? Denise -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: File Sharing
You may also want to contact your screen reader companies. John Diakogeorgiou On Jul 26, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com wrote: In the latest version of iTunes, is anyone having any success in using file sharing? It is completely useless for me with either Window-Eyes 9.1 or the latest NVDA. It seems impossible to figure out which app is selected until you tab into the list of files and it is never the one that last spoke with a screen reader. I’ve written Apple Accessibility about this but who knows when Apple might address it. Richard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Hi, Along these same lines I recently asked Siri when the Breeders cup was this year and she replied “hmm horse racing I wish I knew more about that.” She knew it was a horse race but couldn’t figure when it’s to be held. Even when she annoys me she gives me a giggle. But I agree with you I wish they’d improve her too. Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements Hi everybody, This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin. I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what is the latitude of Wisconsin”. I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude is…”. Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right away. Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”. SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say “Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that name. I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will get wrong. I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this: Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say: Dentist appointment at 11 AM. This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this: “Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11 AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10 AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here. Regards, Sieghard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: File Sharing
Did that too. In fact, Window-Eyes staff meet with Apple regularly, so I CC them when I write to Apple Accesibility. I should have said that the first time. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: File Sharing You may also want to contact your screen reader companies. John Diakogeorgiou On Jul 26, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Richard Turner richardturne...@outlook.com mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com wrote: In the latest version of iTunes, is anyone having any success in using file sharing? It is completely useless for me with either Window-Eyes 9.1 or the latest NVDA. It seems impossible to figure out which app is selected until you tab into the list of files and it is never the one that last spoke with a screen reader. I’ve written Apple Accessibility about this but who knows when Apple might address it. Richard -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer
If you have the room, allowing iTunes to copy the files to the iTunes library is a way to guarantee that you won’t have trouble finding the files later if you happen to move a folder, delete a file, or not have the USB drive plugged in the same place so it gets a different drive name. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Report on transferring my library from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 computer Sieghard. Sorry for not being clear. Steps. Update iTunes in Windows 7 to the latest update. I happened to be using iTunes 32 on that computer not that it makes any difference in the library in the end. Make sure all purchases had been transferred to my iPhone and that everything was backed up. Copied the iTunes folder on my Windows 7 computer to an external USB drive. Installed iTunes 64 bit on my Windows 10 computer. Rebooted after the install just to make sure. Opened iTunes and added the iTunes folder on my USB drive to the iTunes library on the windows 10 computer with the add folder to library option. When this process was finished, I connected my iPhone and was asked if I wanted to trust this computer. I said yes both on my computer and on my iPhone. I was then asked if I wanted to authorize this computer to connect to my iPhone. I said yes, filled in the email and password, and I was told how many devices I now had connected to this iTunes. I then went to llook for my apps on the iPhone to make sure what was there. I was then presented with a list of apps I could either install or remove. I didn’t understand this at first because all my apps were already installed. I eventually realized that those that said install, were already on the iPhone and those that said remove were ones I had deleted but still showed up in the list. Given this discovery, I left things the way they were and pressed sync. I have to say that I did this with a bit of trepidation, because I hoped I had understood this correctly and that it was not going to remove apps from my phone. When the sync was finished, everything on my computer matched what was on my iPhone. I then went into preferences and set those the way I wanted them and not to the defaults which the new iTunes had loaded. I then backed up my computer both to the cloud and to my Windows 10 computer. Now, there is one caveat here. I don’t have a lot of music. This was basically to get my apps to the new library in Windows 10. I don’t know what happens to music that one may have stored on ones computer in various places that are connected to iTunes as simply pointers to the music in various folders on the old computer. There must be a way to do this by the way you allow iTunes to handle your music, but I am in no way an expert on this, so I am not sure what to say here. This much I can tell you. When I added the old library to the library on the windows 10 computer, I noticed that all my music titles said they could not be located. But once I synced with my iPhone, they appeared. So, please understand that I am not the person to talk with about one transfers a large iTunes music library to the new computer. It may work the way I did it. My fall back plan had this worked was to simply overwrite the iTunes folder on the Windows 10 computer with the one from my USB drive, but I didn’t have to do that. I’m guessing that if one keeps their music on their computer in one place that iTunes knows about, one might just move that folder to the new computer with the same name and folder structure that existed on the old computer. I’m not really sure. I hope this helps. If not, I don’t mind answering more questions. Neal -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 this
