Re: messages

2016-01-23 Thread Lois Butterfield
Hi Mark, I do get a tone when a new message comes in. What I'm missing is, when I touch the messages icon, it doesn't tell me how many new items I have like it is supposed to. It's a strange problem. Maybe nobody's phone does this anymore? For example, if I touch the phone icon, I will

Re: messages

2016-01-23 Thread Lois Butterfield
Hi Mark, Wow, thanks so much. I did turn on the badge icon, and it now tells me what is there. I must have turned it off, not realizing the consequences. Thank you, thank you. Lois -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 3:20 AM To:

RE: messages

2016-01-23 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Lois, Assuming that you have rebooted the phone, I suggest that you go into the notifications area of the phone and confirm that you have notifications turned on for the Messages app. Also, be sure to set the Badge App Icon to. on. To do this: 1. >From the Settings area, select

google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Gianni
Does anyone know how to empty the trash on google drive? Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

messages

2016-01-23 Thread Lois Butterfield
Hi all, I have an IPhone 6S running the latest update. Since a few updates back, when I touch the messages icon, I never hear how many new messages there are, or if there are any new ones. It just says, messages, double tap to open. I am missing new text messages because of this. Has

Re: Life line a great text based game in real-time

2016-01-23 Thread Carol Forrester
I'm loving it myself thanks Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Jan 2016, at 19:31, Monica Jones wrote: > > I got it but didn't really care for it, but that's just me. I'm glad you are > enjoying them. > > > -Original Message- From: RACHEL & DAMIEN > Sent: Thursday,

Re: What happens to text messages that you send?

2016-01-23 Thread Dave
all your sent messages, stay in the messaging app. -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 3:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: What happens to text messages that you send? Any text message sent is saved in the Messages app whether there

Re: What happens to text messages that you send?

2016-01-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
When I go into the Messages app, and here I'm talking about SMS text messages, I get a list of my conversations. Each conversation is named for the person I'm talking to. I'll hear the name of the person and the last message I exchanged with them, even if it's from me. Double tapping on one of

Writing hash tags with braille screen input?

2016-01-23 Thread Matthew Bullis
Hello, I'm looking into a Twitter client for my iPhone, and have mostly settled on Twitterific. Before I start though, I'm wondering with braille screen input, how you tell your device that after you've put in the number sign, or in this case pound sign, that after this you want to write

Re: What happens to text messages that you send?

2016-01-23 Thread Mary Otten
I have passed on the messages to my friend, and hopefully he has found his problem. I see text messages. I just wasn't seeing any from me, but I have sent very few, and probably just deleted them as part of an old conversations which are gone. So I don't think I am having a problem. Mary Sent

RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Richard Turner
OK, it works. If you have Consumer Cellular, you can use the AT code. I just sent a text to my work phone which is on AT and another to my personal phone which is on Consumer Cellular, from Outlook 2016 on my Windows 10 computer, but I suspect this will work with other versions of Windows. I

RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Steve Sweeney
Hi, Ok I played with this and yes, it works in both directions. If you send a message from your PC to a phone then reply to that message using your phone it will show up on your PC as an email. Thanks -Steve From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Guide to Sending Text Messages with a Computer's Email Client was RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks Alan for sharing this. Much better than the web site I found. If you want, you could add that Consumer Cellular uses the same code as AT, at least for SMS. I haven’t tested MMS but it is very likely to also be the same. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Kevin Chao
AFAIK, once an item is deleted/removed from Drive, it's gone. It doesn't show up when searching and the concept of Trash folder may be a desktop meta for. For example, when removing an app or folder from iOS device: it doesn't go into a Trash folder. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 10:00 AM Monica Jones

Guide to Sending Text Messages with a Computer's Email Client was RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Steve, Below my signature is a guide I wrote almost two years ago about sending text messages with your email client on a standalone computer. How to do this is mainly a function of the mobile service provider you're sending to and their rules. I' believe most of the information is still

Re: battery draining very quickly

2016-01-23 Thread Terje Strømberg
Is brightness the same as light? Turn down the brighttness/light and check if any GPS app is running in the backround. This is the two most battery demanding resource. If normal use i.e. not running a hd movie et cetera. Take care 22. jan. 2016 kl. 20:33 skrev Monica Jones

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Gianni
But it certainly stays in the trash on google site. When I search it I can still find it, even I removed it. You have to clean your trash because you only have 15 GB of space in google drive. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 23-jan.-2016 om 19:40 heeft Kevin Chao

RE: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Richard Turner
I found this on a web site, I have no idea if it works. How To Send SMS Messages From Windows 10 Computer to a Phone Method 1 – Send Messages Through Email Probably the simplest way to send messages from your computer to a cell phone is through the email. To do so, just follow these

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Monica Jones
I have asked this question on other lists but have gotten anywhere. I hope someone can answer it, but I deleted it from my phone. I haven’t deleted it from my computer yet because I keep hoping for an answer. I searched it and went to it on the website but couldn’t find anywhere to delete my

RE: What happens to text messages that you send?

2016-01-23 Thread Alan Lemly
We should probably remind folks that Mary's original post on this thread was based on secondhand information she received from a friend experiencing the problem. it might be helpful to go back to the source for an update after she has communicated the replies to him. I know at this point that I'm

RE: messages

2016-01-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Lois, Mark already suggested what you have to check. The setting that has to be set to On is in Settings > Notifications > Messages and you want to look for something called "Badge app icon". If it is off set it to on and all be right in the world of text messages again. In order to verify

Re: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't think this is what you're looking for, but if you have a Google Voice number you can use Google Voice or Google Hangouts. On 23/01/16 12:47, Steve Sweeney wrote: Hi, Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive our text messages? Thx -Steve -- The

Re: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Anthony Vece
There is usually a way to do it on the carrier's web site. Sent from my Verizon iPhone 6s+! > On Jan 23, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Steve Sweeney wrote: > > Hi, > Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive our > text messages? > Thx -Steve > -- > The

Tuner app required

2016-01-23 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
hi, still looking for a tuner app, though different this time. I want an output sound/tone of any value I like, as reference to tune an instrument, any instrument, to. I've had ukulele and guitar, even mandolin specials. I tire of talking tuner as the time lag gets to irritate me after a

watch e s pn app and ipad

2016-01-23 Thread Larry McCreary
Hello, I am having difficulty getting e s p n to work on the watch espy app. Speech has difficulty with e s p n. Sling tv is my provider and when I attempt to select it in the watch e s p n app it is grayed. Someone has tried it on an iPad and can select sling as the provider and enter pw.

RE: Life line a great text based game in real-time

2016-01-23 Thread Teresa Christian
I am loving this too. Also not much to figure out, I just play and enjoy instead of having to cudgel my brain in order to have fun. lol -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carol Forrester Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016

Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Steve Sweeney
Hi, Anyone know of a way we can use our Windows computers to send and receive our text messages? Thx -Steve -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's

Re: Writing hash tags with braille screen input?

2016-01-23 Thread Devin Prater
It should work with any letter after the number sign. Just put 4-5-6, then 1-4-5-6. That is the # in UEB. That is, dots 4-5-6, then the TH sign. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 23, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Matthew Bullis > wrote: > > Hello, I'm looking into a Twitter client

Apple devices for Sale

2016-01-23 Thread Blind Treasures {Your One Stop Shop}
I have an apple router and an apple express up for sale. The Apple express is wonderful for streaming music from your apple devices to any room in your home via the audio jack of any speaker. Both are in very good condition. Here is a little info on the router: AirPort Extreme Base Station with

Re: What happens to text messages that you send?

2016-01-23 Thread Debby
Maybe he is on the conversation page, however I don't know why he is not seeing the messages he sent. To get back to the list of conversations you can double-tap on the back button in the upper left-hand corner of the screen Just an idea. Debby Sent from Debby's iPad On Jan 23, 2016, at

Re: watch e s pn app and ipad

2016-01-23 Thread Brent Harding
Is this only for iPads, or is there this new ESPN app for the iPhone as well? I thought mine is still called Watch ESPN, and I have TWC. I know the buttons for the channel names and such used to be unlabeled, so you had to go in and then read the title to see what it is you ended up on. -

RE: battery draining very quickly

2016-01-23 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. Thanks for your suggestions. I updated to 9.2.1, ran my battery completely down, re-charged to phone completely and did a hard re-set holding the home and screen lock buttons for ten seconds. My battery is now performing as I would have hoped. Instead of dropping to below 50 per

Re: watch e s pn app and ipad

2016-01-23 Thread Andy Baracco
You might not know that the Watch ESPN app has been replaced by an app that is just called ESPN. I had accessibility issues with the Watch ESPN ap, but have found that the new app works much better, at least with TWC. Andy -Original Message- From: Larry McCreary Sent: Saturday,

Re: Page numbers

2016-01-23 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, The average braille page has 40 characters per line and 25 lines per page. So if your books have 40-cell margins and you have some way to find out how many lines they contain, you can divide the total by 25 to get a page count. Best, Anna > On Jan 23, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Jennie Facer

RE: Page numbers

2016-01-23 Thread Tony
That would work out to about 1 page for each 1000 bytes of file size. Tony -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Page numbers

Accessible game of checkers for the iPhone:

2016-01-23 Thread Michael McKay
Hi! Folks: I am wondering if anybody on the list knows of an app that produces a game of checkers or a checker game app rather that is accessible for the blind on the iPhone. I use the iPhone 5 32 gig at present. Any assistance would be very much appreciated. Thanks much! Michael G. MCKAY BA,'

Re: Apple watch

2016-01-23 Thread Alan Paganelli
I have learned about my iWatch that I don't have to keep pulling it out of my pocket. Replying to text messages can be a snap. Flick through preset replies such as sure or on my way and more. You can also create your own quick replies such as can you pickup a gallon of milk on your way home.

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Gerardo Corripio
Speaking of Google Drive: I thought when sharing links, they could be downloaded like with Dropbox etc., thus I'd like to know what does it mean when I get a notification on my phone and via EMail that so and so person is seeking access to an Android podcast I put up on Google Drive? Ientered

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Paul Richard McGann
google drive are you referring about driverless car designed and set up by google. anyway, about going to trash issu, go to folder and pick trash, then change for edit to done, then mark any posts as manyt as you want to get rid, then go to delete and click it. sometimes many posts on

Re: Text messages on a lap top?

2016-01-23 Thread Deb Lewis
I did this as well with my T-MObile phone. but the reply has never come back to my Mac. so maybe this only goes one way? > On Jan 23, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > OK, it works. > If you have Consumer Cellular, you can use the AT code. > I just

Re: OT, Who is the Facebook expert in our auspicious group?

2016-01-23 Thread joseph hudson
Hello, I am would be willing to help me. If you find the more tab other Facebook, in there will be something that says groups. once you find this, locate the group thing want to post fromround and find post Joseph Hudson Email jhud7...@gmail.com I device support

Page numbers

2016-01-23 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi, I'm reading some small books from the NFB weebsite, and I'm reading them with a Braille display. The site doesn't say how many pagers they are. I'm in a contest and I need to know how many Braille pages I read. Does anyone know how to find out how many pages are in these books? They are

OT, Who is the Facebook expert in our auspicious group?

2016-01-23 Thread Anthony Vece
Hi Everyone; I recently set up my Facebook account. I am using the IOS app on my Verizon iPhone 6S+. Anyway, I am having trouble finding specific posts in a particular Facebook group. Would someone please help? Thanks Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 6s+! -- The following information

Re: google drive

2016-01-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Drive link sharing has different levels of access, so this person who had to request access wasn't approved initially, and by approving the request--access was granted. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 5:45 PM Gerardo Corripio wrote: > Speaking of Google Drive: I thought when sharing