Re: Questions about iOS 8 and the iPhone 4s

Hi, I haven’t seen that in a long long time. iOS 9 should fix it. Try turning off all the unnecessary animations and such, it will make a big difference. All the settings for this are under Accessibility. One is called Reduce Motion but I can’t think of what the other one is called. Reduce

Questions about iOS 8 and the iPhone 4s

Hi all. So i'm running ios 8 with a 4s. The biggest problem i have with it is that voice over seems to skip elements on the screen. I know people have had problems with this in the past, but i'm wondering, was that fixed with ios 9? If i update, will i completely tank my 4s? It's already

Re: Ibooks

You cannot read iBooks with voice dream reader. You read iBooks in the iBooks app. To continuously read, get focus on the page and do a two finger swipe down. It will continuously read, when you stop and go away and close out the book and then come back, it will pick up where you left off. You

Ibooks

I have downloaded an Ibook, "The Desperate, The Dying and the Damned" by Jack Ricketts. It has, according to what my finger tells me, 254 pages, but I can only read the first one, and it appears to be, either, a very small page, or is written in, exceedingly, large print. How do I get the

Re: How do i get rid of anoying pokes on Facebook?

I have two also, don't know who they are. Also, on the same idea of annoying email notifications, how do I see what the two group invites are I'm asked about? - Original Message - From: Dave To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:53 PM Subject: How do i

Re: Scan Gig Question

Hi, Here are the answers to your questions. You'll find the answer below the question. Hope this helps, Carla. Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Jun 2016, at 9:50 pm, Elizabeth S Bowden > wrote: > > Hello All > I have a scan Gig, which is working fine for me, but I

How do i get rid of anoying pokes on Facebook?

Hi, sinse last year, Face book keeps telling me, that i have 1 poke. I use the iPhone app, and i also use the regular website. Still i can’t seem to get rid of this poke. Tryed clearing my notifications, when the button decides to show up! but still no avail! Personally, i don’t see the point

Scan Gig Question

Hello All I have a scan Gig, which is working fine for me, but I have some questions. 1. Has anyone scanned a book using the device? 2. What is the purpose of the foam rubber spacers that came with it? 3. Is the bracket that swings at the bottom of the unit supposed to be free, not locked in?

RE: Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

At least as far as I'm concerned, the way to get me NOT to use a product is to make its performance inconsistent. Apple seems to have nailed the inconsistency where Siri is concerned and I can only hope that we see improvements sooner rather than later. I find I'm using the Google app for any

Re: Deleting a facebook post from my timeline

Hello, Candy. There are two ways to delete a post you’ve posted on Facebook. I’ll give the steps to one first, then, I’ll give the steps to the second way, which will also answer your second question. My instructions for this are assuming you’re using an iPhone. Option 1: 1. Find the post you

Re: IOS 10-- what's new in accessibility ?

My prediction, iOS 11 will work on the 5s and up. iOS 12, 6 and up, etc etc. But Apple did surprise us last year when they announced all devices running iOS 8 could run iOS 9. So what I put here is only speculation. > On 17 Jun 2016, at 02:43, Gerardo Corripio wrote: > > At

RE: Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

Hi, The 2 guys who founded Siri, sold Siri to Apple, and continue to work with Apple in some capacity were interviewed on the CBS This Morning show this morning. IN a new endeavor, they are working on expanded virtual intelligence with a new assistant termbed Vib. Apparently, this will be

Re: Siri, YouTube

Thanks Katie Lady Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2016, at 7:20 AM, Deidre Muccio wrote: > > , Yes, that is definitely easier. I suppose I also don't like Safari much. > You know what, I'm not always so negative! > > Deidre > > >> On Jun 7, 2016, at 10:16 AM,

Re: Siri

Siri works great for doing tasks on the phone. However Siri is woefully under par when it comes to searching for info. For most general questions, she says: I have turned something up on the web. She worked a lot better when her search engine was Google. I don't care for bing's search engine.

RE: Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

Hi Barry, Edit your Yellow Cab contact and put “Yellow Cab” not just in the company field but also in the last name field. You will most likely find that SIRI will call it properly without looking it up online which is what you describe. I had the same problem with some local businesses here

Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

Just to add to Johns excellent post below, many blind and other people as well don’t know what they should get to get the very latest and greatest so they turn to their trusted vendors/dealers who don’t know anything either so they sell a thing that is popular and beyond that, the vendors

RE: Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

SIRI seems to be very inconsistent. For years I always said "Call my office" when I wanted to call my store. I of course have my own contact card with work and cell number and this was never a problem. Yesterday I said "Call my office" as I always do and SIRI came back and said "I don't have a

Re: Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

I have found that even if I have the business in my contacts SIRI will still respond in that way. I say: “Call Yellow Cab” and SIRI responds “I found a Yellow cab on Gladstone Street is that the one you want?” Even worse if I say “Call Caseno Taxi” also in my contacts SIRI will often

vorail kickstarter campaign help spread the word

Hi Guys, Vorail, the totally vo-accessible app to ask questions and meet new people, has started a kickstarter to spread the word about vorail to multiple ocmmunities. Please help spread the word by sharing hte link with your network and/or pledging, it can even be just 1 dollar:

Deleting a facebook post from my timeline

Hello everyone, This morning I posted something on my timeline, and then noticed I misspelled a word. I wanted to delete the post, but, could not figure out how to do it. I went to my timeline and clicked on activity log. I found the post I wanted to delete, but, could never find a button to

Hey Siri irritation I hope they fix

Here is something I do not understand about Siri. This happens a lot for me. If I ask Siri for either the phone number or the specific address of a business located on such and such a Street, Siri always comes back and says something like I found one on such and such a Street. Is that the one

RE: is the disney movies anywhere app in the canadion app stor? since i can't seem to find it.

Not available in Canada or elsewhere for that matter. Here is an excerpt from an Apple support article: Can I use Disney Movies Anywhere if I'm outside of the United States? Currently, you can only stream and download eligible movies through Disney Movies Anywhere within the U.S. and certain

Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

We are straying far off course here, but you are, again, over simplifying things. It isn’t easy for the average consumer to do the required research to find out just what handsets work best for accessibility in Android. It’s just not an easy task. For you or me, it might be, but most blind

RE: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

I think this whole discussion is somewhat pointless because there will always be Apple/iOS fans and there will be Android fans whether the device is from Google, Samsung or somebody else. I am sure Apple, Google, Samsung and many other companies very much pay attention to what everybody is

RE: New York Times piece on smart devices in the home

Hi Marie, You might want to investigate range extenders which are not all that expensive and can probably extend your WiFi signal. Another option would be to get somebody to run an Ethernet cable from your router to the garage and install an inexpensive wireless access point there, an Apple

Re: looking for a recording app that will let me record in m4a

Do you find all those features for editing, overwriting, etc accessible with VoiceOver? I couldn't see anyone buying an app for $14.99 unless it was completely accessible. Richard "The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure they are going to have some pretty

is the disney movies anywhere app in the canadion app stor? since i can't seem to find it.

hi this is for any other canadions on the list. i am just wondering. i have been reading that the disney movies anywhere app has the abillidey to watch audio description on the movie finding dory. i also red that this is only for people who live in the us. i whent to look for this app in the

Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

Well, I don't regularly follow market share numbers, but from what I've read lately, all of the top manufacturers, including Samsung and Apple, are losing out to up and coming Chinese hand set makers. Market share numbers are also complex and require some deeper investigation. Sieghard did a

Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

I don't know about Swedish, but I downloaded several languages to my Nexus 7, and I didn't find the process any more complicated than when I downloaded different languages to my iPhone. I'm just talking about the Google synthesizer. On Android, you also have access to several other

the message app.

Is it possible to retrieve a deleted message? How do I do this if it is? Lynda and Missy On 6/17/2016 7:03 AM, Gadg -- 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

Re: looking for a recording app that will let me record in m4a

I use HT Professional Recorder. Here is the link in the App Store so you can read about it: HT Professional Recorder by Applied Voices LLC https://appsto.re/us/8hEBr.i Regards, Gadget Girl Sent from my Apple gadget and dictated using Siri. > On Jun 16, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Feliciano Godoy

Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday?

Ok, this is vering off topic, so i’ll ask this question i have then i’ll shut up: Ar all languages for Talkback downloaded or just English? I mean i’m in Sweden and at least before, talkback only came in english and it was somewhat of a job to download the swedish language. /Krister > 17 juni

Re: New York Times piece on smart devices in the home

My hinged wooden garage doors are in range of my wifi, but this doesn't undo the bolts top and bottom, or pull the cord to release the door stays. how sad is that? R. - Original Message - From: "Marie Lyons" To: Sent: Friday, June 17,

Warning: Don't upgrade the Hive app

The latest Hive Heating update seems to have broken accessibility completely, not that it was all that great in the first place. Don’t update the app. I am sure you will forgive me for cross posting this. Regards Adrienne -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Re: JAWS and Window-Eyes

mS have been fiddling with Narrator as long as NVDA has been around, and they've not got it right yet. so they've had every opportunity and wasted it. Companies do buy up products, to squash them so their own offering gains a larger market share. Some very good products went to the wall this

Re: Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Set to Come Later this Year in iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS

Many thanks for this, best read this week. - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: ; ; ; Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:50 PM Subject: Apple