Mark,
I'm glad iTunes 12.4 hasn't locked up on you. Maybe it's just my bad luck and
it doesn't happen so often that I can't live with it.
I agree about getting lists as lists and thanks for the instructions on how to
lose the album art.
Alan
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From:
Hello Alan,
I'm running the latest version of Zoomtext on my Windows 7 PC.
iTunes 12.4 has not locked up on me--not once.
Your description of the layout reflects my own experience.
I don't know about you but, as a low-vision user of Zoomtext, the first thing I
do is to disable the album
Cheryl,
I agree with you one hundred percent and I still use my Windows XP box to run
older programs that I had no interest in acquiring versions compatible with
Windows 7. I've always believed that you should run the operating system that
you know and that runs the programs you need to get
Hello Rick,
I spent quite some time using iTunes 12.4 on my Windows 10 laptop with the
latest version of Jaws. I must say that, while some aspects of iTunes remain
somewhat accessible, my experience was definitely disappointing.
Now I say this realizing that one's mileage may vary depending
Hi Sieghard and others,
I know others have commented about accessibility issues with the new iTunes
12.4 for Windows but my comments below reflect my using it with ZoomText and my
remaining vision.
Music appears to be the default media selected at the top of the sidebar. This
control is
Hello Russ,
To answer your question, "no."
The SideBar in v12.4 is not the same as it is in v11.x.
Mark
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Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
Hello Guys,
I just got a new iPad Mini 4 a few weeks ago and I really like it. As I tell
everyone I meet, I can't believe how thin it is.
Anyway, I've begun to learn my way around and I've installed a couple of
apps.
This is my first foray into the Apple world, having been a Windows user for
I have both handwriting mode and Braille screen input activated on my phone,
but I still need to master using them.
Glad you have the app in a good place on the screen and that Siri doesn’t give
you trouble with it.
Wouldn’t you know it, for some reason I couldn’t play any of the
What version of Jaws you are using seems to be the linchpin. The latest
version of Jaws seems to
handle the update without any trouble. I believe that the problem even is
affecting NVDA which can,
usually, step in when jaws is finding the going too difficult
Jewel
Well, count your blessings. What are the exact steps you take when you move
books. Saying you have a bunch of books on your iPhone six that you want to
move to your four. So you open six and move them into a folder. Then what you
close it on the six and open it on the four by taking it
I do get the screen freeze issue, but only when I first call up voice dream. I
think that must have to do with the cloud. Once all that nonsense is done, I
don't get freezing anymore throughout the use of the app. It's only at the
start, and it can go on for a while. Oh and it's also if I
So, I uninstalled and reinstalled Kate, and so far, the skipping text issue
seems to have gone away. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, though. On the other
hand, I'm still having flicking issues pretty much everywhere, when the screen
freezes, and nothing appears to be on it for quite a few
I upgraded to the newest version of Voice Dream Reader, my syncing problems
have been fixed. No more duplicate folders and when I move a bunch of items
into a folder on my iPhone 6S, they move into the same folder on my iPhone 4S.
It may take a while for the sync to happen, but eventually it
Hi Marie,
The Sonos PC Controller is actually quite accessible, you just have to know
that you must use tab and arrows to get around, open menus etc.
In order to play the music you have on your PC via Sonos you have to tell Sonos
where your library is and you have to index it. Don’t think of
Maybe certain formats can't be sent through an OCR app, after all, Jaws
convenient OCR is also available only for PDF files and not for Jpg or other
image files.
Very rarely somebody may sent me a scanned image which is a Jpg, I then just
use my Nuance PDF printer on my Windows computer to make
Alan,
Everything I've googled does support the idea that ITunes 12.x is
required, that's why the fact that my phone will sync is such a
mystery. Not that i'm complaining, of course!
I can connect my phone, it pops up in my sources list, and I can add
music to it, which is all i use itunes for.
As far as KNFB Reader being a choice in the share sheet, well, that might be
depending on what type of file it is. I use it all the time with PDF files and
it works great.
I am not sure what can be done to also include image files, but you could
always contact the developers to make the
Good morning All
In the favourites there is a more button which you need to double tap
to see the full list of your favourites.
I have a different problem with the app, certain programmes that I
follow aren't updated. It will tell me when the programme is on but
the played episodes do not appear
Hello,
You can export your RSS feeds from Internet Explorer to a file that you can
then load on to your iPhone.
To export the RSS feeds, go to file menu in Internet Explorer and hit enter on
Import / Export.
This will bring up a dialog box. You will have radio buttons, arrow up or down
until
Hi Keith,
I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. Thank you very much. It now works as
before.
Take care,
Lois
From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:27 PM
To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: apple watch after the update
Hi,
I have my watch set to
My Sirius XM app is on my second screen, and it has no problem opening it.
Now, do not forget that you can also use either the handwriting feature, or the
built in Braille Keyboard to find and open apps on your phone.
I have used both. For more information regarding these features, you can go
Hi,
I have my watch set to activate on wrist raise. After the new update installed,
I powered off my watch, and after a few minutes, powered on again. Don’t know
why I did this; I just did.
As before, a single tap activates VO to speak the time.
Best, Keith
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
Cheryl,
I wish I had an answer for you but I was under the impression that those
running iOS 9.x had to run iTunes 12.x to get correct iTunes behavior with
their iDevices for things like syncing and backing up. Since you were getting
your iTunes 11.4 to sync okay before this problem arose, I
Hi Tracey,
A single tap is all it takes to wake the screen. If I tap once to wake, then
again, it will speak. It used to say the time with just one tap.
Take care,
Lois
From: Traci Duncan
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: apple watch after the
Hi all, I know there isn’t much time left for the KNFB sale and as someone who
has been on the fence for a while, I thought I’d share my very first
impressions.
Let me also add, that I’ve been using Prizmo for a couple years now.
Immediately, I like how clean and simple the interface is. I
Hi, I just wanted to double-check. This is watch OS 2.2.1?
Are you guys single or double tapping? I have always double tapped my watch to
wake it. ;) Is that not usual? Anyway, most of the time, it is still reading
out the time, when I double tap it awake.
Traci
> On May 20, 2016, at
I agree, not that I really miss the sidebar, but this sidebar seems to refer
only to music, it's not like I see Apps, Movies and so on there, they are still
the usual radio buttons and I find this diebar more of a pain in the neck than
anything else.
I actually think that with the exception of
I even said on purpose things like “Open Sirius XX”, “Open Sirius XXX” or “Open
Sirius XRated” and each time all SIRI said was that I didn’t have an app by
that name and that I could look in the app store for it.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Well, then it is called exactly the same and, as I said, it works for me
consistently.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Outman
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 1:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Annoying Siri behavior
It’s called
Hi Fazil,
If you do regular video the back camera is used so you would hold the phone
normally the way you use it with the touch screen facing you. If you turn the
phone around so the back is facing you you can feel a very small little hole in
the back near the top left corner, that is the
Hi,
I have more RSS feeds set up in IE 11 than I want to attempt to reset on my
IPhone 6. Is there a way to load them from IE to the IPhone?
Thanks.
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That didn’t work well. Siri gave me a list of choices, including Sirius XM,
but I couldn’t get it to work with my voice. My battery was at 85%, so it
should not have been a problem.
I may have to move the app to make it easier to find on my home screen. There
was a thread a while back
Can anyone point me to a tutorial for this app. I am totally baffled by it.
I live on an express line, but there is also a local, which I use far more
often. I would like to be able to see that local lines information, but it will
not show me anything other than times and stops for the
It’s called Sirius XM.
I have no idea why Siri does this to me. My voice inflections are sometimes a
little off but this is the only app I have this trouble with.
I do notice Siri’s behavior is less consistent in general when the batter is
low, say around 50%.
Bill
hello,
Next idea, from someone who has no PC, is there a reset iTunes option in there,
somewhere? Or remove everything iPod related, once it backs up, but before
doing that, back up to iCloud?
Sent from my iPhone 5S
> On 20 May 2016, at 7:35 pm, Cheryl LeFurgey wrote:
>
Hi,
Someone asked me after the update if I noticed that behavior. I checked and
sure enough mine is doing the same thing.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Lois Butterfield
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 2:35 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
Evening everyone.
I’ve just discovered yet another clock app on the iOS platform. This time, it’s
called Voice Over Clock, spelt exactly like it appears in App Store. This is
technically a speaking clock rather than an app that plays or speaks chimes,
however it does use local push
Hi all,
Before the recent update, I could tap my watch and hear the time. This is no
longer true. I have to touch the screen again in order to have VO speak
anything.
Has anyone had this experience and/or have any ideas what I might check?
Thanks,
Lois
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Well, i've just set up as a new ipod, and Itunes still won't see it.
Am restoring back to yesterday's icloud backup now.
Looks like i'm pretty much out of options, unless someone can think of
something I haven't tried yet.
At least I can still use the ipod for apps...
On 5/20/16, rajmund
Thank you Richard, I learnt it. I appreciate your help. Thanks again, Cheers,
Ruby
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Sent: 14 May 2016 23:25
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: coppy and paste
Put the VoiceOver cursor at
Hi Israel, thank you for explaining to me I learnt it to coppy and paste. Thank
you again. I like you to know how much I appreciate. Cheers, Ruby
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Afik Sofir
Sent: 14 May 2016 23:23
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Thanks, and how weird, because in 11 one of the things I liked was being able
to keep the sidebar set on summary so I could see things about the phone when
it was plugged in! Apple and iTunes creators could and should have to discover
more than albums using a screen reader, and the other day
Hello,
Before restoring, try it. If it doesn't, but it does after restoring, that
means you have to start from new. but, I think, it can't hurt to try it:
Sent from my iPhone 5S
> On 20 May 2016, at 4:56 pm, Cheryl LeFurgey wrote:
>
> Also, wouldn't restoring my ipod from
Hello Bill,
I am in the US, and I also was able to open the Sirius XM app without a problem
with Siri. I did try this multiple times.
I do not know why it does not work for you. All I can think of is that Siri is
not totally understanding what you are saying.
Chris
> On May 20, 2016, at
Does this thread truly refer to iOS 9 .2 .1 or should it more accurately read
iOS 9.3.2?
Dash Bill
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Having very little success with the Sonos desktop control for windows. Can you
set the system to play music from the PC through the IPhone app?
Marie
p
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 8:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Sonos
Hi Sonos users,
We all know how
Hi all,
Honestly, I don't remember getting a Facebook update, but I got quite a number
of them, and Facebook must have been one. Because when I logged on this
morning, I discovered that the search box is once again perfectly accessible.
Mary
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Hi, Sieghard.
Just a quick question and a silly one I'm sure.
Should the back of my phone or the phone-screen face The thing that I want to
video record?
Thanks!
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Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 7:21
Hi Richard,
I may end up doing the same thing you did, just relying on my iPad, since that
is where I do most of my reading. On the other hand, a lot of times, I will be
reading on some site or other, see a book that I might want, have my iPhone,
and go to bookshare immediately to see if the
Hi Mark. Perhaps visually, it may look like the old sidebar but from a screen
reader's perspective unless I'm missing something, it doesn't feel like the old
sidebar at all and I am not in the phone view. The sidebar is enabled but not
even close IMHO. In addition, several lists are broken
Sounds good, I thought this might be the most likely cause, I've had wigets
which maybe didn't make it crash but definitely seemed to make things quite
sluggish as they were connecting to the internet to update and load content.
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Hey after deleting all of the widgets I had in there, it is looking like the
Amazon widget may have been the culprit causing my issues as I just went
through reading a few widgets one at a time then hitting done and relaunching
the notification center seeing if it works and after adding the
The latest update, is 9.3.2, not 9.2.1.
Dave.
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From: Marie
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Today View in Notification Center is completely broken in IOS
9.2.1
I notice in the subject you say IOS 9.2.1. Is this an error
I believe that is what I stated?
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From: Dave
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 8:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Today View in Notification Center is completely broken in IOS
9.2.1
The latest update, is 9.3.2, not 9.2.1.
Dave.
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Also, wouldn't restoring my ipod from my icloud backup just put all
the same information back on it, basically recreating the same
problem?
On 5/20/16, Cheryl LeFurgey wrote:
> I haven't tried setting up as new yet either, hmm.
> It's just so weird though, my phone has had
I haven't tried setting up as new yet either, hmm.
It's just so weird though, my phone has had zero issues.
On 5/20/16, rajmund wrote:
> Hello,
> backup iPod, set up as new, see if iTunes recognises, if so, restore?
>
> Sent from my iPhone 5S
>
>> On 20 May 2016, at 4:12
Yes, sorry about that I meant 9.3.2. Not sure if any widgets are taking a long
time to load since it keeps causing BO to crash it is pretty much an unusable
area for me.
> On May 20, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Marie wrote:
>
> I notice in the subject you say IOS 9.2.1. Is this
When I last tried adding several books at once to folders, it did not work. So
I laboriously reconstructed my folders on both iPhone 5s and iPad Air and since
then adding one or two books at a time does sync over. Such a shame we have to
be so wary!
Harry Bell
> On 20 May 2016, at 16:30,
That is the pits! Substitute sh for the p in that statement.
That is why I turned deleted Voice Dream Reader from my iPhone and just have it
on my iPod Touch 6. If it backs up the library, great, but I'm not counting on
it to sync with another device.
I only have about one tenth of the books
Hello,
backup iPod, set up as new, see if iTunes recognises, if so, restore?
Sent from my iPhone 5S
> On 20 May 2016, at 4:12 pm, Cheryl LeFurgey wrote:
>
> no, I haven't called them, actually.
> I don't know what help they could be though, because all they'd
> probably do
Hi all,
I am cross posting this in case there are voice dream reader's on one of these
lists who are not on others. I have had a correspondence with Winston, the
developer of voice dream reader, regarding my ongoing problem with the new
cloud sync feature in voice dream reader version four.
I notice in the subject you say IOS 9.2.1. Is this an error because the
latest update is 9.3.2
Marie
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From: Brian Fischler
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:56 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Today View in Notification Center is completely broken in IOS
no, I haven't called them, actually.
I don't know what help they could be though, because all they'd
probably do is tell me to update itunes which, since my phone is
syncing fine, I don't see the need to do right now.
On 5/20/16, Richard Turner wrote:
> Not to sound
I've not updated yet because several people who have updated and turned on the
side bar report that many lists still do not work with any screen reader.
So, I'd stick with what works.
Richard
“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty
sure they're going to
Not to sound like a broken record, but have you called Apple Accessibility?
877-204-3930?
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.”
Elizabeth Taylor
(Sent from my iPhone 5S)
> On May 20,
I don't know, because when I connect my ipod to itunes it immediately
pops up the message about not being able to use the ipod because it
requires a newer version of itunes.
When I cancel out of the message, my ipod isn't even listed under
sources, so it's like itunes doesn't even see it.
On
Hi Bill,
I don’t subscribe to Sirius XM here in Canada, but just out of curiocity I
downloaded the app and I then told SIRI “Open Sirius XM” and it opened the app
right away without a problem. I tried it several times by removing the app from
the app switcher and doing it again and it worked
What country? Makes a difference whether you are in the US, Canada, the UK,
Australia etc.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
mike
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:21 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: news apps
Hi,
What
Do you have any wigets which may take a long time to load? This can slow things
down.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Brian Fischler
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Today View
Yes, you can use the video mode, just open the Camera app, find the “Camera
Mode” control, Voiceover will say this:
Camera mode, Photo, adjustable
Photo is the default, flick down with one finger to change it from “Photo” to
“Video”.
Now the “Take Picture” button at the bottom in the middle
Is the music still in the iTunes library but it just won't sync to the
iPod? If you were to rip a CD, one that isn't in the "old" library of
music, would that one sync to the device?
Kimber
On 5/20/16, Cheryl LeFurgey wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
> First, before I get into what's
Hi, everyone.
First, before I get into what's going on, let me say that i'm using an
ipod touch fifth gen, and that my computer is running windows xp and
Itunes 11.4.
Yes, I know, my OS is ancient, please don't tell me that.
Now, on to the mystery.
About a month ago, I downloaded an AudioBoom
Let me ask, when I turn on the Sidebar in itunes 12, will itunes 12.4, work
just like itunes 11? I'm still using itunes 11 because it's much easier to
use when using file sharing.
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From: M. Taylor
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Those were type of issues I had with my Booksense when reading daisy books
from Bookshare.
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From: Richard Turner
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:02 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Some frustrations with Voice Dream Reader.
I've never seen that happen.
What if you ask for sirius radio?
I don't have the app, so can't test anything.
Richard
"The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure they
are going to have some pretty annoying virtues." – Elizabeth Taylor
(Sent from my iPod 6)
> On May 20, 2016, at 6:04 AM,
Hi,
What are people using for news apps? Especially with notifications.
Mike Stopka
co-owner
Nunavut hosting services
company site http://profile.skynetcommunications.ca
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Some of the one-liners that have been reported here the last few days when
using Siri are funny.
I have an annoying problem though when trying to open apps with Siri.
I have the Sirius XM satellite radio app, but Siri refuses to open it. She
will say, "Now, now" as
Thanks all for confirming this is device specific guess I got a fun day ahead
trying to get this fixed. Appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Thanks,
> On May 20, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
>
> I recommend doing a restore of iOS. If that doesn't fix the
If you have a device that has touch ID capability, you can use that to unlock
your notes as well.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> On May 20, 2016, at 8:17 AM, Michael Maslo wrote:
>
> Thank you very much
>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 6:43 AM Ryan Mann
Thank you very much
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 6:43 AM Ryan Mann wrote:
> Yes you can. First, you need to go to Settings, then Notes. You
> should find an option to set a password. Double-tap on that. The
> password you put there will be the password for whatever notes you
I recommend doing a restore of iOS. If that doesn't fix the problem, you might
have to set your device up from scratch. I know, that's a pain, but it may be
necessary.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> On May 20, 2016, at 7:38 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm using an iPhone
Yeah, I guess that's about the best solution.
Thanks!
Sent from Kimber's iPhone
> On May 20, 2016, at 7:42 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
>
> Well, to make things not look so bad, you can proofread just fine in braille,
> and put punctuation in your rotor so you can switch
Yes you can. First, you need to go to Settings, then Notes. You
should find an option to set a password. Double-tap on that. The
password you put there will be the password for whatever notes you
decide to lock. After that, you can lock a note by doing the
following:
Open the note you want to
Well, to make things not look so bad, you can proofread just fine in braille,
and put punctuation in your rotor so you can switch between them easily.
Sent from my Mac.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
> On May 20, 2016, at 6:34 AM, Kimber Gardner
> wrote:
>
Hello. I'm using an iPhone 6S and my software is up to date I am not having any
difficulty with the today view of the notification Center. I appreciate how
frustrating it is when you hit a bug that others can't replicate. If you have
Apple care, i suggest that you contact Apple. If you're near
And that's the dilemma, isn't it? So we need to choose whether to have
accuracy in braille translation or completeness when proof-reading
what we've written via voiceover. Too bad there aren't two separate
settings.
Kimber
On 5/20/16, Devin Prater wrote:
> Yes, setting
Yes, setting punctuation to some will fix that. It will also make speech speak
only some punctuation also, though.
Sent from my Mac.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
> On May 19, 2016, at 2:56 PM, Kimber Gardner
> wrote:
>
> Hmm, okay, I have punctuation set
Me too on an iPhone 4S with iOS9.3.2.; maybe you have lots of widgets
within yournotification screen? Good luck in sorting this out!
El 20/05/2016 12:17 a.m., M. Taylor escribió:
Hello Brian,
I cannot confirm your findings.
The today view is functioning just as it always has, via VoiceOver,
Hello list, I see you are supposed to be able to lock a note once you have
created it. Am I wrong with this assumption? If I am correct could someone
please explain how to do this or is it automatic? Your help would be
greatly appreciated .
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I experience no problem at all.
Regards
Davy
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From: Brian Fischler
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Today View in Notification Center is completely broken in IOS 9.2.1
Does anyone successfully use the Today view in
Hi!
I didn't have the problem you mention with iOS 7 and VDR but
something similar was happening to me on my old iPod Touch 4G with
iOS 6.x and Acapela Eliska.
While reading, VDR often skips the large parts of the text. I didn't
test this with other TTS because I
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