Re: Prizmo vs KNFB Reader, was: How Do You Use iOS?

There is no question that the user interface and the speed of getting scans with KNFB Reader is by far the best. However, if you have a document that you want to attempt to keep the paragraph structure, then Prizmo is better than KNFB Reader. But, Prizmo is far, far more tedious to use. I have k

RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Ringing?

Hi Fazil, Attached is the Silent ringtone. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fazil Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Ringing? Yes, send me that

Re: Prizmo vs KNFB Reader, was: How Do You Use iOS?

The user interface for KNFBReader Great compared to Prizmo. When comparing theKNFBReader app with other apps for more complicated documents it is superior. If you're scanning regular letters, thePrizmo App or TextGrabber plus translator will suffice. The advantage is thatKNFBReader Will also OCR

Re: Severe weather alerts

Hello. You might want to check out the free app, tornado, by American Red Cross. It has given me numerous alerts over the years. The app is accurate. Each time the siren went off, there was a tornado in my area. The siren is loud, followed by a voice saying, "Tornado Warning ...". This pro

Prizmo vs KNFB Reader, was: How Do You Use iOS?

Hi Tracy, I think it’s pretty safe to say that if you ever used KNFB Reader you would never want to use Prizmo again. I am not saying this because the OCR is that much better, but the ease of use for a blind person to use and get great results with KNFB Reader is unbelievable. I used to use Pri

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

Nice list, Mark, here are a few more I use although some of them require hardware: Sonos - requires Sonos music players, I think it's been discussed here enough so I don't have to go into more details as to what exactly the Sonos system does, if somebody doesn't know and wants to know go to www

Re: Weather Radio Question

Hi, I bet I know what’s happened. Did you save your home or current location at which you are when this is happening in the app as a saved location? That could cause this duplication. At least it did for me. Therefore, I deleted my home locale and just let it monitor the current location and

RE: How to turn ringer up

Go to Settings > Phone and I think you want to look for something that says “Other Devices”. Here any other iOS devices that use your Apple Id will be listed and you can turn off the feature where you can pick up calls on those devices. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroup

iPhone replaced, was: The final chapter - The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Hi Travis and Listers, Interesting you asked about the camera. Here now is really the final part of this unfortunate episode. My wife and I had to go to Vancouver on Wednesday which is where the closest Apple Store is to where we live even though it’s an hour and 40 minutes flight. Anyhow, I h

Re: How to delete a number of words

You can double tap and hold and you will be holding down the delete key and delete multiple characters/words. But, it will go so fast you may not be able to tell what you are deleting after a few letters. You could try turning the rotor to text selection if it is available and select several wo

Re: Weather Radio Question

Hi all, what is the exact name of the weather radio app? When I search for Weather Radio, I get tons of results, most of them paid. Does this particular app allow you to listen to NOAA weather radio stations across the country? Thanks in advance: John __

Weather Radio Question

For some reason, I am getting double alerts with my Weather Radio app. So, for example, I get two lightning alerts, sometimes almost simultaneously. Other alerts are double as well. Does anyone have an idea what may be going on or what I might change to stop the repetition? Thanks for any help. K

How to delete a number of words

Hi Everyone. How do you delete a number of characters or words in a message text or email. Like now when I want to delete some characters I have to keep double tapping on delete for each character to be deleted. So is there a way to hold down the delete key to make it delete a number of characte

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

I use ooTunes and, At Bat. Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5SE > On Apr 29, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan > wrote: > > Hi Mark and all. I use many of the apps others have mentioned. In addition, > I use the Alarmed app for reminders that are important. It's completely > voice-over

RE: Severe weather alerts

How can one get tornado alerts from the government alerts. I went to settings, notifications, and looked at government alerts. I see the amber alert and the emergency alert. I have the emergency alert turned on. Is that what would alert for a tornado? Just wondering. Thanks. God bless! Pau

turning off iCloud in VDR works, I apologize

I apologize for jumping to the conclusion that turning off iCloud sync made the books not available. I tried again, and turned off iCloud sync this morning. I just checked several files and all worked just fine. So, I am sorry for giving out bad information. I'm particularly sorry for not running

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

Hi Mark and all. I use many of the apps others have mentioned. In addition, I use the Alarmed app for reminders that are important. It's completely voice-over friendly and you can set a reminder easily. The best thing is that the app will "nag" you every minute until you get back to it. Sin

The charter application

Hi everyone, My boyfriend and I decided to get some cable earlier this week. We got the smallest package we good, because we figured that was what we could afford at the moment. I'm glad we did this. I still good to use my Apple TV, and all the stuff that comes with that. We had to get a DVR, bec

Re: The knfb reader mailing lists subscription address please?

I didn't find a subscribe address, but their subscription form is at this link: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users_nfbnet.org “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” Elizabeth Tay

Re: The knfb reader mailing lists subscription address please?

Hi, I too would like this email address so I may join the list. Thanks, Beth Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi, > Subject says it all. Rather than cluttering up this list with rants about how > i hate the knfb reader with a purple passion a

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

I use: for books Bard Mobile iBooks Voicedream reader for music Youtube for podcasts Downcast, although I gotta find more podcasts to listen to for identification Money reader Tap Tap See Cam find for social media Facebook twitterific Skype Messages FaceTime rarely Vorail rarely Team talk almost ne

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

Excellent write-up Chris; thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 2:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How Do You Use iOS? A lot of the apps I use on a daily basis h

Any MIDI keyboards compatible with and VO accessible with an iPhone?

Hi, Are there any MIDI keyboards available that work with an iPhone and VoiceOver? I'm looking for a way to be able to change MIDI settings on the keyboard, etc. Thanks in advance, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

Re: Guitar Tuners & Chords

There is an app called Guitar Tuner, who also do Ukulele Tuner, Mandolin Tuner, which could double up as Banjo Tuner. Chords is something else and never heard of an app for that. That is more usually done on tutorial web sites on the topic. That's how I did it. BobH. - Original Message -

Re: MacBook Air question.

Hi, The built-in VoiceOver tutorial walks you through filling out forms, among other things. If you haven't tried it, you can start it up at any time by pressing VO-Command-F8. Escape takes you out of it and back to VoiceOver. Best, Anna > On Apr 29, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Dianne B. Phelps wrote

Re: MLB TV Update

Thanks for confirming Les, yeah must just be a radio issue as I am assuming there are graphics for the box score on the screen that VO is reading. > On Apr 29, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Brian, I've seen that issue with the radio feeds. But at least with the > television feeds, v

Re: Guitar Tuners & Chords

Talking Tuner, $.99 is a great tuning app. It tells you if the note is sharp, flat or in tune and by how much. I do not know about learning cords. Richard “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” El

Re: MLB TV Update

Brian, I've seen that issue with the radio feeds. But at least with the television feeds, voiceover is quiet. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey, > > Actually if you have a MLB At Bat subscription then you do not need to pay > anything further to

Re: MLB TV Update

Hey, Actually if you have a MLB At Bat subscription then you do not need to pay anything further to listen to the radio feeds on the Apple TV. I just checked as I purchased At Bat on my iPhone and I am able to play the radio feeds on the Apple TV. Great that they finally updated the labels for

MacBook Air question.

Hello, Friends, I have been working again with my MacBook Air with a view to updating to a newer model or a MacBook. That probably has lots more visual features than I will need or could possibly use since I have no vision at all these days. I am having some difficulty with cursor movement and

Re: MLB TV Update

It's a different app. However, you can choose between the TV broadcasts and the radio feeds. That's one of the nicest features they added to this app. The plan is MLB TV premium. It cost 109 99 for the season. MLB at bat is included so you can listen to the MLB at bat app on your phone. Sent fr

RE: MLB TV Update

Hi, Does this app on the apple TV use MLB @ bat or is it a different tier than the $19.99 plan I'm using on my iPhone? Thanks in advance, Merv -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 2:51

Guitar Tuners & Chords

Are there any accessible apps to help tune a guitar? Also looking for an app to learn chords. Thank you, Lynda -- 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 m

A Point of Clarification

In my last message, I mentioned using arrow keys to navigate the games list. I am using a bluetooth keyboard. If you are using the Siri Remote, swiping left and right, or up and down should have the same effect. Sorry for any confusion. Les -- The following information is important for all

MLB TV Update

Those of you who are using the MLB TV app on the Apple TV 4th generation are aware that the app was made inaccessible after a March update. I contacted MLB and the rep with whom I spoke didn’t seem to have a good grasp on the accessibility issues we were encountering. So I went to Apple Access

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

For people near Publix grocery stores, I use the Publix app frequently to check their weekly specials. I also find the Fly Delta and Kayak apps useful for booking and checking on flights. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on be

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

Wow, it doesn't look like DraftPad is made anymore. I just search my purchases and was unable to bring up the app. I also use AnyList pretty frequently. It is great for sharing grocery lists, to do list, etc. A while back reminder seem to have problems with sharing and lists, so I switched over

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

A lot of the apps I use on a daily basis has already been mentioned, but here are a few. MBraille, even though we have braille now built into the ios operating system, I still like MBraille because of all of its features, including, MBrailbe can now be used as an on screen keyboard. The bigge

The knfb reader mailing lists subscription address please?

Hi, Subject says it all. Rather than cluttering up this list with rants about how i hate the knfb reader with a purple passion and how i can’t use it and that it’s my fault, could someone please tell me the subscription address to the Knfb readers mailing list so that i could get help from both

RE: iTunes for windows and screen readers

I'm doing everything with JAWS fairly easily-with one exception. Apple broke the ability to edit (re-arrange) playlists without a physical mouse to drag and drop with iTunes 12.2.1 and later. I can still edit playlists I already had created in previous versions. So now when a playlist is the way

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

Traci, Do you know if they still make DraftPad, I could not find it? Thanks, Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Duncan Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 11:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How Do You Use iOS? Th

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

Jennifer, You can get the BlindTunes scripts from this link. There is a nominal fee, but you cann try them for thirty days free of charge. http://www.doitblind.com/BlindTunes/ On 4/29/16, Jenifer Barr wrote: > Hi. Where can I get the Blind Tunes scripts? Thanks. > > Jenifer Barr > Jenifer571 on

Re: Sending Calls To Voicemail Without Phone Ringing?

Hi, You can do this by turning on Do Not Disturb. TYhe only problem with this method is that it also turns off all audio notifications. HTH Marshall > On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Fazil wrote: > > Yes, Chip, I want them all just go to voice mail for a certain number of days. > > Thanks! >

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

I think the only app I haven't seen referenced hear that I use a lot is newsify. It is my RSS reader of choice. It isn't free if you get the full text, but it's ease-of-use makes it worth it for me. Oh and radium. Can't forget radium. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Ch

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

Hi Mark, It's hard to add to this list! The app I use daily which you don't have is Nest for controlling the Nest thermostats; they're otherwise one of these completely inaccessible digital devices. I also use Amazon Prime Music. And another sound related app called Naturespace, which gives y

RE: iTunes for windows and screen readers

My guess is that out of the box no screen reader is going to play all that well with iTunes, it is doable, but takes a lot of time. One of the best interfaces I have seen to work is Jaws and Leasey, however, I had trouble paying for Leasey last summer, PayPal and I are not on the best of terms

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

The apps I use most frequently are: Prizmo. Which it would be interesting to read a comparison between Prizmo & KNFB. CamFind, excellent app to scan just about anything. Even importing a screenshot. CloudClip. I absolutely love this app. I have it on both my iDevices & Mac. What I copy to

RE: accessibility apps

I love Money Reader, use it often, even in car moving down the road it works. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kwork Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 11:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Audio/Call not routing through headset Was Re: Plantronics Voyager Edge headset

Thanks good point … I just meant to say I’ve noticed that I can turn on my bluetooth headset, use VO and hear it through the headset, then ask siri some question using the headset and she talks through the speaker on the Iphone! I have to turn off and back on the headset to correct this conditi

RE: Severe weather alerts

Hi Sherrie, I know exactly what you mean. BTW, in order to keep the "normal" alerts from waking me up in the middle of the night, I've been turning off speech with the three finger double tap before locking the phone at night; keeping earbuds plugged in I admit works just as well, either way t

RE: iTunes for windows and screen readers

Huh! Only game in town? Maybe for that particular assistant but ... Rose Combs roseco...@q.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 3:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: VDR

Wow, Richard! I'm seeing the same things as you are. I don't know about the no folder filter being smaller than the all items filter, but I tend to filter by all items. I'll check that in a bit and see what's going on with that. But I do have duplicate folders. I intend to check which ones are e

Re: VDR

Unfortunately, i'm getting duplicate folders that were already created before iCloud sink was even an option. I don't know if they're appearing on my 4S yet, but these were folders that I created before turning on iCloud sink, and now there's multiple copies of them. This hasn't happened to ever

Re: Warning about turning off iCloud sync in Voice Dream Reader!

I had deleted VDR from my iPhone yesterday to try to sort all this out. Winston says it takes time for the files to become available again. I may have jumped the gun. I thought I had turned it off last night. So, I am going to turn it off again, wait until tonight to try opening anything, and if

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

In the mean time, I’ll continue to look for a flash drive to do what I want to do. From: Jenifer Barr Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 6:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers I agree!! I wish we could find a third party ap also! One that can be used

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

I agree!! I wish we could find a third party ap also! One that can be used even if you don't have a jailbroken phone! I gave up on iTunes. I was saying words I shouldn't say while using it. Lol. Jenifer Barr Jenifer571 on dice world Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Russ Kiehn

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

Hi. Where can I get the Blind Tunes scripts? Thanks. Jenifer Barr Jenifer571 on dice world Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:10 AM, Kimber Gardner > wrote: > > I've been using iTunes with Jaws for years with greater and lesser > degrees of success depending on the versions of both a

Re: accessibility apps

Hey Juan, I'm late on this thread but I'll chime in anyhow. I use camfind and tap tap see for object identification and/or color recognition. I use Looktel Money Reader for identifying money. For OCR, I use Knfb Reader, or, if I want a quick and dirty scan, I use Text Grabber, which you can get

RE: iTunes for windows and screen readers

Maybe we can try to let apple know? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 4:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers I just wished there was a

Re: Warning about turning off iCloud sync in Voice Dream Reader!

Hi Richard, I'm glad you got your files back, but what a mess. That should be noted in the documentation for vDR somewhere if it isn't. I don't remember seeing it. When you had it off, did you turned it off on both devices or just one? And if just one? I assume the files were still available on

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

I just wished there was a good third party program to make it easy to transfer content to your ios device. Itunes 12 is much harder to use than itunes 11 was. -Original Message- From: Cristóbal Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 2:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iTunes fo

Re: Warning about turning off iCloud sync in Voice Dream Reader!

Turning iCloud Sync back on restores access to the files. Sent from my iPod 6 > On Apr 29, 2016, at 5:58 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > > Do not turn off iCloud sync! > If you do, any files that had used iCloud will no longer be available! > When I opened a file that had been synced with i

Warning about turning off iCloud sync in Voice Dream Reader!

Do not turn off iCloud sync! If you do, any files that had used iCloud will no longer be available! When I opened a file that had been synced with iCloud after turning off the sync, it said this file could not be saved because it had been used by iCloud! What a flipping mess. That needs to be par

Re: Severe weather alerts

I just started following this thread but to me the most important alert is the Government Alerts. This woke me in the middle of the night a few months ago with a Tornado Warning for my location. What is especially good about that is that I keep the phone by the bed but keep wired earpods plugged

Re: VDR

Here is a new variation on folder issues. I ended up with duplicate folders; as in two of every folder. I have an iPod Touch 6 and an iPhone 5s. Winston hasn't a clue how this would have happened. Plus, I then moved everything out of the folders into "no folder." Then deleted all my folders. Now,

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

I've been using iTunes with Jaws for years with greater and lesser degrees of success depending on the versions of both applications. The BlindTunes scripts are helpful but not essential. And like someone else said, I prefer to do as much as possible on the iPhone though I an do backups and restore

Re: iTunes for windows and screen readers

I use Window-Eyes and am currently using 9.1 (not the most current version). There is no way of reviewing the screen with the current iTunes and in my limited attempts to actually use iTunes I've found not much success, though I can use it to access and move podcasts. When I called the Apple he

VDR

Responding to Mary's concerns re latest VDR: as I lost all my folders during the iCloud sync on my iPhone 5s and iPad Air, I breathed deeply yesterday and recreated a few folders on my iPad as an experiment and moved some books into them. I was very surprised at how quickly these folders and als