Re: Blind Square and Four Square

In my area i have seen 4square POIs that were as much as half a mile away from the actual location. Andy From: Chip Orange Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 6:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Blind Square and Four Square And I have to say it’s map data isn’t all that accurate in

RE: why do people use voicedream reader just curious

The only audio books which can be played (it should be noted) are those which are not copy protected. Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 3:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: why

RE: Blind Square and Four Square

And I have to say it’s map data isn’t all that accurate in smaller towns which may not have a lot of OSM volunteers to correct it. They need to allow people who are blind to submit corrections somehow. Try Arriadne GPS for more accurate mapping data, but without the four square business

RE: Bluetooth Headphones

Hi, Yes, I have just such a bluetooth pair; they are horse-shoe shaped and sit on your shoulders around your neck (very losely). You pull out a little mushroom ear-piece from either side and insert it into the ear (it's tipped with soft silicon-rubber), and when you're done you press a button

RE: Bird song app

There is one called Bird Song ID which says it can do this; you record for 30 seconds, and it says you have to have a fairly loud sample of just that particular bird, and it will give you the likely candidates in order. It's maybe $5 (or less), not much. It will also play you samples of

Re: iPad/iPhone not showing up in iTunes

I had this problem a while back when I got my new 6S. You might want to call Apple Accessibility andhave them help you update the Mobile USB Driver" That ended up doing the trick for me. I tried everything, just like you, with absolutely no luck. After quite a bit of time on the phone with

RE: iPad/iPhone not showing up in iTunes

The device wasn’t showing up in iTunes at all. Tried different USB orts, cables and even iPhones/iPads. Turns out, this is a known issue with Windows 10. There were a whole bunch of possible steps to try to trouble shoot, but I ended up having to uninstall and reinstall iTunes since it

Re: Two VoiceOvers

Yes, This seems to happen to me most often after completing a phone call as well. Weird" Turning VO off and on again does fix it, though. Thanks, Ari > On Jul 16, 2016, at 2:15 PM, gs wrote: > > This sems to happen most consistently for me after completing a phone

RE: iPad/iPhone not showing up in iTunes

Hi, Are you tabbing through the iTunes options and checking the radio button for iPad? It’s not clear to me from your message what exactly you’ve tried. Keith From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 8:21 PM To:

Re: Starbucks app question

I contacted them but their response sounded like they thought there was an app error so I’m going to call them about it. Shame they don’t get it. From: gs Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 5:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Starbucks app question You can complete an order but the

Re: Starbucks app question

You can complete an order but the problem you are having with changing certain aspects of the items is a problem for me as well. It is a real downer. On Jul 16, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Paul Ferrara wrote: Has anyone been able to actually complete a mobile order on the

Re: Two VoiceOvers

This sems to happen most consistently for me after completing a phone call. On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Monica Jones wrote: Hi Mark, I do the same as you with my phone. Depending on how I use the phone, I have to reboot more than once. Turning VO off and then back on

RE: Apple Watch

I have heard that there will most likely be a new watch on several Podcasts and it also would make sense since it’s been over a year since the first watch has been introduced. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent:

VDR and Paragraphs

All, In at least one book, when VDR gets to the end of a paragraph, even if that paragraph has a period at the end, the speech will not pause. It will continue reading as if there had been no break in the sentence or paragraph. i have heard this with multiple synthesizers. This is an EPUB file,

RE: Using GPS Apps in the UK

Hi Sandy, I was going to write you off-list, but for some reason there is no email address given for you. Usually the "To" field shows "viphone@GoogleGroups.com on behalf of" and then the poster's email address is given. Your messages only have "Sandratomkins' via VIPhone

Re: Two VoiceOvers

I noticed a while ago that updating your apps can be pretty processor intensive on my older device. I went into settings and turned off automatic updates, so I can have my updates happening when I know my phone will be somewhat idle. I still have this problem occasionally, but it's much less

RE: Two VoiceOvers

Hello Monica, I have had that happen occasionally. Just turn voice overoff and back on again and it should be fixed. HTH. Connie -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 2:15 PM To:

Re: Help with iTunes

Oh, my God, yes! I want that functionality back, too! The way it is now is horrible! File sharing is an absolute mess, too! Thanks, Ari > On Jul 11, 2016, at 6:09 AM, Robert Doc Wright > wrote: > > Can we include convincing them to make the app section like it was

Re: Two VoiceOvers

Hi Mark, I do the same as you with my phone. Depending on how I use the phone, I have to reboot more than once. Turning VO off and then back on fixes it temporarily but not for long. -Original Message- From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 1:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: karaoke and voice and instrument training apps

Yes thank you that was my issue with youtube as well that you can't download easily although I do sort of have a way. I will check out bard as _ell. I'm kind of interested in ways to strip vocals but I suppose that's better done on a computer if it can be done at all. Many songs I wish to sing

Re: karaoke and voice and instrument training apps

Hi. iTunes has a lot of karaoke backing tracks at a reasonable cost. YouTube has some too that you can download for free, but I never figured out how to do that. YouTube also has videos for singing and piano technique. Finally, BARD has music courses you can download and train with. HTH, Dani

Re: karaoke and voice and instrument training apps

try to download youtube app then select a karaoke songs there. > On 16 Jul 2016, at 14:24, Eden wrote: > > I was interested to know what you musicians might use as karaoke apps or if > there is a way to block out vocals on any particular song. The only ios > device I own

RE: Two VoiceOvers

Hello Monica, I seem to remember others reporting experiencing a double-voice problem, sometime back. I do not, however, remember if there was a solution other than rebooting the phone. Just as an F Y I, I reboot my phone at the start of each day and, depending upon my usage, I may reboot

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Thank you for telling us about the VoiceOver clock. Since I'm without a watch for the moment, this clock might be very handy for me. I may have seen it on AppleVis, but if I did, I forgot. -Original Message- From: christopher hallsworth Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 12:11 PM To:

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Westminster Chimes does not have to be annoying. There is a volume setting in the app that will let you turn it down if you like. I keep mine at medium, loud enough for me to hear but not loud enough to bother anyone else. If you're in a meetting, you can go in the app and shut it off if you

Two VoiceOvers

Since I got my iPhone 6SPlus, after I use VO for a little while such as in notifications, VO starts to become really choppy, almost cutting out but then sounds like there are two VoiceOvers running. The only way I’m able to fix it is to turn VO off and then back on. It does it more often than

Re: Reliable, and accessible, news applications

BBC News gives me notifications but not too many. Perhaps that's because I haven't followed many topics yet; I just got the app the other day and have only thus far selectd my categories. I understand what you mean by way too much. I had the breaking Hews app and that one drove me nuts.

Scales and app to track weight

Does anyone know of a BT scale that will communicate with the IPhone and update the Health app? 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

Starbucks app question

Has anyone been able to actually complete a mobile order on the Starbucks app; I cannot get the app to select my size of my drink. It defaults to grande; I want to change it, and I hear the choices but have no way to cycle through them that I have found. Thanks. Paul -- The following

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

I believe VoiceOver Clock uses its own voices even though they sound like iOS speech. They are probably recordings of voices such as Alex. Because of the name, no sounds are used. But I agree, it’s a great app and yes it is free and its simple user interface is fully accessible. Wonder if

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

oh awesome, what button do you usually program for advanced features On 7/16/2016 12:13 PM, Gordan Radić wrote: Hi! The Voice Over Clock is free and easy to use. You can set it to announce the time as you wish but I'm not sure does it only speak or it has sounds besides speech. It speaks in

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Hi! The Voice Over Clock is free and easy to use. You can set it to announce the time as you wish but I'm not sure does it only speak or it has sounds besides speech. It speaks in English, German, Spanish and Japanese and I believe it uses iOS system speech. The

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

the westminster chimes app, has a button within the app, so you can mute the sound. Dave. -Original Message- From: terrie arnold Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 12:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looking for talking clock app. Go into the App Store and do a search for

Re: looking for recorder

Mp3 Recorder (FREE) - mp3 voice memo, playback, share by Hoan Nguyen https://appsto.re/us/_s7t7.i "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." -Victor Hugo (Sent from my iPod 6) > On Jul 16, 2016, at 6:32 AM, 'Ming' via VIPhone > wrote: > > hi all!

looking for recorder

hi all! any good and accessible record er aps and it can record to mp3 fomrat? thanks! Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Re: BBC News App Occasionally Not Opening Article

After more testing, I have come up with other topics besides "My News -> India" that contain articles which can't be opened if VoiceOver is enabled. All of these articles appear near the bottom of their topic's message index, just before the app's copyright notice. Perhaps this bug only affects

karaoke and voice and instrument training apps

I was interested to know what you musicians might use as karaoke apps or if there is a way to block out vocals on any particular song. The only ios device I own is the iphone so it would have to be something that would work on that instead of just a mac. I need also possibly any voice

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Go into the App Store and do a search for talking clocks there are three or four different versions of talking clock, not just the winds Mr. chimes one because that one can get very annoying after a while it's kind of loud if you're out in meetings and stuff it can be very annoying so you can

Re: Help with iTunes

I've gotten that too from one person but a couple of others were quite nice and at minimum tried to be helpful. Don't let the luck of the draw dissuade you from trying again. That's assuming, of course, that what you want to do is doable to begin with. - Original Message - From:

Re: Reliable, and accessible, news applications

I had BBC News and Fox both sending me notifications. Got to be ridiculous. I swear it helped shorten kill my battery's life in a day. - Original Message - From: "Monica Jones" To: Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 2:27 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Help with iTunes

Is this iTunes for PC or iTunes for PC and Mac we're talking about? I can only speak for PC and there, I've given up. I'm either downloading my podcasts manually in one case and everything else I've moved to another program. - Original Message - From: "'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone"

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

No it does one or the other, I use it all the time. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Jul 2016, at 11:29, Mária Orovčíková wrote: > > Can the app chime and say the time, all at once? > > Thank you. > > With kind regards > > Maria > >> On 16. 7. 2016 12:17, Malcolm

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Can the app chime and say the time, all at once? Thank you. With kind regards Maria On 16. 7. 2016 12:17, Malcolm Parfitt wrote: Try Westminster Chimes. The app can be configured to chime or say the time every 15 minutes the full version runs in the background and can be set to only chime

Re: Looking for talking clock app.

Try Westminster Chimes. The app can be configured to chime or say the time every 15 minutes the full version runs in the background and can be set to only chime between certain hours. Set the notification to sounds only and you should be sorted. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Jul 2016, at 10:53,

Looking for talking clock app.

Hello list, I am very sory I keep asking this question, but I stil haven't found the app. Please is there any talking clock app for Iphone with following functions available? 1. To make a sound and say the time every 15 minutes. 2. To say the time in either British,American or any other