Hi,
Settings, faceTime, WIFI calling. If not, look on the phone,
under settings, phone.
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From: "Pinky" Thanks for the info. I went in and up it to 100 percent and
changed the button to off. I am sure you are right when I push
the volume
Uh-oh. I didn't know it hadn't been updated in so long. Interesting. I hope
it's not being abandoned, yet still with the charge for it.
Travis
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From: Anne Robertson
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: accessibility apps
I think the Money Reader said it can recognize 21 currencies around the world.
Well worth it. It does recognize money in real time.
Travis
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From: Keith B.
To: VIPhone
Cc: lists3...@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: accessibility apps
Yes, I agree, iTunes for Windows is a pain.
I really can't comprehend why this app is so complicated. It could
be as useful as it is with much, much more simpler interface but
Apple keeps it up complicated. There's also a problem with interface
changes on every major vers
I'm a few days late here, but wow! I'm quite surprised it even partially works,
enough to be used by a blind person anyway. I wonder if the camera works? How
about the microphone? Headphone jack? Very interesting anyway. Thanks for the
update.
Travis
- Original Message -
From: Sieghard
Hi!
Since iOS 9.3 I noticed something in the rotor regarding bluetooth.
I use BackBeat Go 2 (I believe I quoted the name correctly) for some
years now and I oftenly use it with Voice Dream.
So, in the last few updates VDR likes to switch the default rotor
action from
Oh, wow! I had no idea that's how that worked. I'll keep that in mind when I
use my LG HBS 700 bluetooth headset.
Thanks,
Ari
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Also keep in mind that if you use a Bluetooth headset but answer an incoming
> call with a 2-finger double
Hi!
I know about LookTel Money Reader but I never wanted to purchase it
since it does not recognize Croatian currency.
On the other hand, I won the LookTel Recognizer on Applevis Birthday
Celebration and I found out I can shoot the bills both sided and
recognize them
I also use some of Mark's favorite apps. I will add:
Digit-Eyes to generate QR codes on labels.
QR Reader by QuarKode is the best app I've found
for reading QR codes. I mostly place them on
devices I manage at work in an inventory.
Voice Brief is a quick means of reviewing news stories.
Ask Pa
I don't use nearly the number of apps that you use, but the ones that I use
most frequently are the BARD mobile app to listen to BARD books, the Voice
Dream app to listen to titles from Bookshares, and the NPR News app to keep up
with the latest books, movies, theater and other entertainment new
Well said, Richard.
I strongly urge any Jaws v17.x user to use the Touch Cursor in order to
interact with iTunes for Windows. I also use the tab key a great deal.
Mark
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Sen
Hello Everyone,
I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and the Mac Visionaries Mailing
List:
I was having lunch with a friend today at a sunny outdoor café and, during
our conversation, the subject of iOS and the number of apps we use on a
regular basis came up. As we began listing our fav
I have a Plantronics Savor M1100, and I’m having the same issues that have been
mentioned here.
Gary
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 7:55 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Also keep in mind that if you use a Bluetooth headset but answer an incoming
> call with a 2-finger double tap that it will go to the
Hi Sieghard,
Thanks for the info. I went in and up it to 100 percent and changed the button
to off. I am sure you are right when I push the volume up button it just turned
off the ringer and not answered the phone. That is what my wife said it
answered the phone but you know how those women are
Hi thereSeighard
Actually, I discovered what my problem was, by doing some research on the
web. I don't always think to do that, and prefer to ask my questions on the
list. It just seems so much easier a lot of the times.
I knew that my AppleTV was hooked in to my HDM I Q port. I could select it.
Yes, send me that ringer, please.
Thanks!
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Ringing?
Hi Fazil,
As othe
Hi Ed,
Pushing the volume up button shouldn’t answer the phone call, if it did a lot
fo blind folks would be super happy since not having a hardware button to
answer a call is not something a lot of people like. Typically pressing trhe
volume up or down button will silence the ringer, but not p
As a Window-Eyes user, I'd like to say that this is true, and in some ways it
is.
However, the real truth, in my opinion, is that Apple makes it very hard for
Windows based screen readers to work well with iTunes.
>From what I have heard from JAWS and NVDA users, is that some'things work fine
>
Hi Terri,
You would normally have to select which input you use, most TV’s have at least
2 HDMI and also some component and composit. There would typically be a button
on the remote which should say something like “Input”, you press it and all the
available inputs show up on the display, you t
Hi Fazil,
As others have already pointed out, you would have to put the phone on Mute,
but then again you also won’t hear other notifications like from text messages,
emails or push npotifications. I suggest you get yourself a silent ringtone,
then select it as your default ringtone and make su
Also keep in mind that if you use a Bluetooth headset but answer an incoming
call with a 2-finger double tap that it will go to the iphone. You have to
answer the call on the device you want to speak on.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Chip Orange
S
Hi Cheryl and others,
I really don’t know what causes the lag and why it seems to be more noticeable
in some devices as opposed to others, but I can say for sure that Bluetooth 4.0
has nothing to do with it. I have owned a lot of Bluetooth devices over the
last 6 or 7 years and I have Bluetooth
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:49:25 -0500
From: Christopher Chaltain
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
You might want to Google for reviews on Hulu and Netflix to find out
what content is on one serv
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:09:02 -0400
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Hi,
Just chiming in with my two cents. firstly to Chip yes lightning alerts
are
If they're a Jaws user, then there shouldn't be a problem. I do use iTunes for
backing up and major updates and other stuff in general, it's just not a
pleasant or efficient experience.
No clue about NVDA, but I'd imagine the experience can't be too different.
There are also Jaws scripts to "
Hi everyone,
I have a 20 inch, insignia TV, that is about 2 1/2 years old. It has 2HDM I
ports on it. One on the side, and one on the bottom in the back. My
boyfriend and I decided to go with the cheapest cable package we could. So
when the cable man came, he who the HDMI cable, for the cable, int
Hi try doing star star 2 1 star voicemail number hash then the call button from
in the keypad menu of the phone.
Not sure what part of the world you are in but these are gsm codes so probably
won't work in America.
Mark
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@
Hi Everyone,
I have an iPhone 6s+ and when someone calls me I tried pushing the volume up
button to try and turn the ringer up. But when I do that it answers the
call. Can anyone tell me how to get the ringer turned up? Any help on this
would be appreciated.
Ed
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The following information i
You certainly have a good point about the difference between accessible and
efficiently usable. iTunes on the Mac is not especially efficient in some
cases. The specific context of my friends contacting the Apple people had to do
with her iPhone, which died, and which she was apparently trying t
Accessible and easy to use aren't necessarily the same thing.
iTunes is accessible, but it can be clunky to get around in. Even sighted
folks like to complain about iTunes. I'm a Jaws uer and the times i have to
interact with iTunes, I can, but my preference is to do as much as I can on
the
I have never used iTunes for windows, because I have a Mac. However, if friend
of mine was just told by an Apple accessibility senior representative that
window eyes works with iTunes for windows and is the only screen reader which
Apple says does that. I know that a few years ago, and it litera
Hello,
After enabling, go control center, and turn on WIFI, manually.
Sent from my iPhone 5S
> On 28 Apr 2016, at 9:50 pm, Fazil wrote:
>
> Hi.
> Does WIFI work in airplain mode?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
> r
Hi.
Does WIFI work in airplain mode?
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
rajmund
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:20 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Ringing?
Hi,
Turn off th
>From what I've heard, the space can be taken up with screen savers or
games. If you see yourself getting a lot of either of these, then 64
gig might be better. I plan on getting an Apple TV in June, and though
the max part of me wants to buy the 64 gig model, my wife has said
that the 32 should be
Hi,
Turn off the phone. Or, and have never tried myself, put it in
airplain mode, and turn on WIFI, manually. Please note, you will
have no mobile data, and you can't make calls during this period,
either.
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From: "Chip Orange" Well, the m
I figured out question number two. :) In tweetings, In settings, look and feel,
in-line photos, I changed it from disabled to thumbnails. Now, images with alt
text are read by VO in my timeline without any noticeable negative outcomes.
I’ve noticed though that the images with alt text are not re
I have the third generation, and it talks by itself shortly after you turn it
on for the first time. This confirms that everything is working and will
instruct you on how to enable VoiceOver. Basically, you press the play/pause
button three times, not in rapid succession though it seems.
> On 28
Yes, Chip, I want them all just go to voice mail for a certain number of days.
Thanks!
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Chip Orange
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:10 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail With
This is something that Google Voice can do if you in fact have a GV number.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Chip Orange
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:10 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Rin
Awesome, good deal. :-) Enjoy.
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Well, the mute switch does this doesn’t it? I guess if you also have vibrate
enable it still vibrates, but if you disable vibrate, then won’t they all just
go to voice mail?
And for specific time periods (such as over night) you can setup “do not
disturb” mode to automatically switch on and
Hi, list.
Is there a setting that I can tell to my Iphone6Plus, IOS9.3 to follow
where calls go to voicemail without the phone ringing, please?
Thanks!
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Thank you Jenny. It worked beautifully.
reggie & Lex
On Apr 28, 2016, at 12:09 PM, Jenny Wood wrote:
Hi Reggie,
Looking at my own Weather Radio app, all I did was open up the app and I
flicked a few times, and there is an “Add Location” button. When
double-tapping on this button, there is
Yes, 32 GB is fine. I have the 64 GB, just because I like having the most
storage capacity available if I can afford. But as far as Apple TV Absco, 32
should be fine. Each app can only be 200 MB in size, with additional assets
being downloaded from the cloud as needed.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Pl
Hey guys,
So i know it is a little off topic and i appologize, but i am thinking
of getting apple TV. What size do you guys have, should the 32 gig be
good, do you run a lot of apps on it. I would guess that the size
depends on how many things you wanna store, such as shows?
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The follow
Hi Reggie,
Looking at my own Weather Radio app, all I did was open up the app and I
flicked a few times, and there is an “Add Location” button. When
double-tapping on this button, there is an edit box in which to type the
desired location. In my case, if I type “Dallas,” it will find Dallas,
I have just added weather radio. Does anyone know how to add a location?
reggie & Lex
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Looktel Money Reader hasn’t been updated for almost 18 months and doesn’t
recognise the new Euro notes. I’m really fed up about this as I sent them the
images for one of the notes. I haven’t bothered with the other since they
haven’t done anything about the first one.
Cheers,
Anne
> On 28 A
Pencil can be used for VoiceOver handwriting and swipes/taps, but doesn't
have a click function like mouse.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:19 AM Daniel Miller wrote:
> No, it has no button. Theoretically, you could track the pencil around the
> screen and then double tap with the pencil itself, but th
Investigation discovery is awesome. Although, they don't seem to have a
ton of stuff. Perhaps Investigation discovery doesn't put all the stuff
up on Hulu?
We watch that channel for many hours a night at work, cause a TV is
always on.
On 4/28/2016 8:49 AM, Rebecca Ilniski wrote:
Might have
When I replaced my ipad, I just logged into my account and downloaded the apps
I wanted.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Pinky
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: How to turn on family sharing?
Hi
nice!
Howo do you enable voiceover on the apple tv?
I'm going to play with my friend's today, just not sure how to activate
voiceover
On 4/28/2016 3:25 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote:
You tune your TV to the correct HDMI input channel. Apple TV connects to the
internet via wifi or ethernet,
Hi Mark,
Audible told me it was required that I pay this maintenance plan fee, but it
may be due to my having credits which were unspent at the time. It makes sense
that as you say, once yu have purchased something, you should not have to
continue to pay (I should have been clearer about my si
I purchased the LookTel Money Reader. It cost $10 at the time, but it is
faster and seems much more consistent than EyeNote in identifying currency.
For me, it was well worth the investment. I think it also recognizes some
international currency, but don't quote me on that.On Thursday, April 28,
Hi Anna. thanks for answering my vdr question. I changed it to 1.5 and I can
still see alerts and view them yet still be able to go from page to page as the
percent thing comes up briefly and then disappears. Then on to the next page.
Rebecca and Zeb
email: rilni...@gmail.com
> On Apr 27, 2016,
Might have to try hulu. I love Investigation Discovery and Discovery Life. I
wonder if Judge Judy is on there?
Rebecca and Zeb
email: rilni...@gmail.com
> On Apr 27, 2016, at 1:42 AM, Jed Barton wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
> I decided to download hulu and try it for a month, wow, this is awesome. 1
And worth every penny! (that is, I find it often fails to recognize currency,
especially in less than perfect lighting conditions).
I was trying to recognize some bills while I was in process of getting dressed,
and it failed every one ... until I realized I had the light off in the closet,
and
Hi Cristobal. I have a fitbit flex. You use it through the fitbit app on your
phone. There are silent alarms which you can set that vibrate. I can put it on
my wrist or in my pocket and still feel the vibration.
Rebecca and Zeb
email: rilni...@gmail.com
> On Apr 27, 2016, at 12:38 AM, Cristóbal
Hi,
App store, updates, purchased. That is, assuming, you're on the
phone. Now, just install the APPS that you wish, and have
purchased in the past.
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From: "Pinky" I received my new IPhone 6s+ and I would like to share some app
with it th
No, it comes from the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, so it's only
going to work with US currency. On the upside, it's free.
On 28/04/16 02:54, Gordan Radić wrote:
Hi, now it's clearer.
Can this app be trained to recognize other currencies besides USD?
S poštovanjem
*Gordan Radić*
Yes, you use the same apps you'd normally use to call or text, but the
wifi network is used and not your cellular connection. You can read more
at
http://www.techlicious.com/tip/how-to-get-wifi-calling-att-sprint-t-mobile-verizon/
and a lot of other sites you can find with Google.
On 28/04/16
Hi Everyone,
I received my new IPhone 6s+ and I would like to share some app with it that
I have on my iPad. Do I need to turn on family sharing to do that or can I
just download the apps I already have from the app store? If I need to turn
on family sharing how and where do I go to do that. I
How does Wi-Fi calling work? Does that allow you to call while using wifi and
not using any of your talk minutes?
Ed
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Chip Orange
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroup
Hi, now it's clearer.
Can this app be trained to recognize other currencies besides USD?
S poštovanjem
Gordan Radić
You tune your TV to the correct HDMI input channel. Apple TV connects to the
internet via wifi or ethernet, not your television set.
> On 28 Apr 2016, at 07:38, Jed Barton wrote:
>
> ah so do i have to put my tv on any specific setting? What connects to the
> internet, apple tv, or my tv itsel
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