Jenn,
Thanks for your suggestion but I restart my computer every morning and iTunes
is still acting hinky. Have you successfully downloaded to your computer apps
that you've updated since installing iOS 10.3 and iTunes 12.6?
Alan
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegr
Hello Alan,
I am running the latest version of iTunes on two Windows 7 computers, one
32-bit version and 1 64-bit version. I have experienced none of your issues.
I suggest that you:
1.
Reboot your WiFi router/modem and confirm that it is connecting to the internet
at acceptable/expected data
My replies are relevant to the message I'm replying to. You just do it to be
annoying.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Shaf Patel
Sent: April-04-17 8:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Uber app experience getting
Because even if the driver cancels it still costs you $5. and I encourage
people to report drivers even if they end up taking the dog if they have to
argue with said driver first.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kramlinger, K
I'm curious why you like reading bookshare books on the Kindle better than on
your phone, given that the choice of voices with voice dream reader is much
greater that you get with the Kindle. I do not like the female voice, the only
choice for a female voice that comes with the fire. If they wou
I like reading kindle, bard, and bookshare on the kindle better. I
too would like info on the kindle fire blind users group. I googled
for one when I first got my fire, but was unable to find it.
On 4/4/17, Mary Otten wrote:
> The latest update to the Amazon app on the iPhone supposedly also h
Hi,
What I would first do is restart your computer. After running an update to
iTunes, it is always a good idea to restart and see if anything was messed up
during the update before you plug your phone in. Once it restarts, now try to
plug your phone in. What happens here? I had none of these p
Hello List,
I updated my iTunes running on my Windows 7 computer before upgrading to iOS
10.3 because an iTunes dialog informed me that it required updating to this
version to be compatible with iOS 10.3.
I'm getting some strange behavior after updating to iTunes 12.6 and I'm
wondering if o
For somebody who spams the list with a reply to every single message in
a thread instead of reading everything and then responding to the last
message, it's strange to see why your comment on sending multiple
messages should even be taken seriously.
On 4/4/2017 8:36 PM, James Homuth wrote:
> If
Hi,
If the driver wouldn't take the dog, what was the refund for? You didn't leave
the dog at the side of the road, did you?
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
James Homuth
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:35 PM
To: viphone@g
Did you use the Amazon Echo when scheduling any of these apts? It has a
definite problem with time zones.
Chip
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Paul and Paula Jordan
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2017 9:52 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
And especially if you've told the driver you've got a dog with you, and you
can prove it, that driver is sunk quicker than quick. As always, text
messages are a man's best friend.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jeremy Gilley
If you send more than one message, I'm not surprised you're bumped down to
the bottom of the queue. I'd take my time answering you if you pinged me
every couple hours about the same thing either. Seriously, I've never
required more than one message to actually get something resolved, unless it
was
As I've said before. I personally know of a couple cases where the driver
has been flat out let go from Uber for not taking a guidedog. This on top of
a complete refund.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Donna Neff
Sent: April-
The question has to be asked. How much of what you hear is the handler
blowing things out of proportion because the alternative is said handler
actually having to admit they oopsed? The story that comes immediately to
mind is the handler who let a Uber driver put their guidedog in the trunk,
then p
More then one uber driver has told me that they have gotten multiple memos
about taking riders with guides and that it is aginst the law to deny them.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Donna Neff
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7
Sometimes. It really depends on how much you fight for progress on the
issue. But if you send 2 or three messages, they won't take it seriously
unless the ticket get routed to somebody who understands what actually
happened.
So the answer is yes, but only if you fight for progress.
On 4/4/2017 7
Drivers have assured me that they can, and will, be suspended for refusing to
take someone with a dog guide. Can anyone verify this?
On a few occasions, here in Los Angeles, I've have had to report A driver
refusing to take me with my dog. Fortunately, I tend to get many more
accommodating driv
I must say that Shaf is correct in that having to report an issue with a guide
dog and then getting a call in a day or two and a refund is not a fix to the
problem. They can be the most polite agent in the world, but that doesn't solve
the actual issue and I for one would want a lot more if I, f
Hi everyone,
I too have always used the Uber app to contact customer service if I've had
difficulty with the trip and I have always received a response within 24 hours.
From my perspective, Uber has been fair, reasonable, and accommodating.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 4, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Jer
And I keep telling you, that I have never had that issue.
Every single time I complained, I have had someone from CA call me.
I have had 5 denials over the past 5/6 months.
Always were they polite and any funds that were charge, I got refunded.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups
Hello,
I have always contacted uber support directly through the app.
I have always been contacted with 24-48 hours with the issues of me
reporting service animal issues.
Service animal issues I mean leader dogs, seeing eye dog issues, guide
issues, what ever school you come from.
Personally, they
I didn't know you could see popular podcasts in your current country
with Downcast. Where would one go to find that feature|? |I must
always have somehow just overlooked it.
At 06:38 AM 4/1/2017, you wrote:
Yeah I really hope the app will be updated. I like it a lot since
you can see all the
The latest update to the Amazon app on the iPhone supposedly also has a Alexa,
apparently including the reading of books. Since I'm not all that thrilled with
the Alexa voice as a book reader, I haven't tried it. I prefer reading books on
my iPhone, because I like the voice better. And I like th
Thank you very much for the information. Could you please send me the info to
subscribe to the Kindle group?
Thank you,
Lynda
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Melissa Tucker
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 6:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.
The kindle fire reads kindle books better, but their voice program which is
called voiceview can sometimes lock up and you have to wait about 30 seconds to
continue whatever you are doing. It can be slower to respond, but I like the
newer kindle fires because you can activate alexa and she will
I would like to hear from anyone that has used both the Kindle app on their
Iphone and a Kindle Fire tablet. Do you find purchasing books easier on the
Fire? Is it easier to havigate through books? Also, I understand on the
Fire, you can enable Alexa skills. Wondering if this is easier on the Fire.
Here's that video, but I guess it's actually not that recent. It's 6 years old!
Damn, I guess I'm 6 years older too. LOL!
https://youtu.be/F8L2cI8brzQ
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Mike Ulrich
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 20
Hello, my name is Peggy.
Anyone remember that recent funny commercial, mocking outsourced custrmer
service?
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Victor Gouveia
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 4:52 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
S
I think it should be noted that companies may have their headquarters or
head offices in the United States, but they may outsource their customer
service telephone calls and assistance to third world countries that pay
cents on the dollar per hour to their workers instead of the minimum ten
dol
Look, I really do understand where you're coming from. But when you have
an issue where a driver refuses to take somebody who has a service
animal, you really don't want your issue met with a canned copy/paste
response and a refund of the cancellation fee from somebody in a
completely different cou
OK, fair enough, but while I am not necessarily a big fan of Uber, I also am
not necessarily for or against international call centres. After all, just
about all large companies nowadays do this and I have had aweful experiences
and fantastic experiences just as I have had aweful or fantastic ex
This was widely announced all over the internet and in many Podcasts. If you
see the user name when Voiceover is running in the message field and it's
taking up part of the 140 character limit and sighted users don't see it as
part of the message field and can use all 140 characters for the mess
Glad we have other options then. I'll keep on with Downcast as long as no
issues stop me but I'll keep an updated exported opml list. It's easy to do
as long as you can get into tools.
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Brian Fischler wrote:
> Yes, the crashing bug is only affecting some people on c
Yes, the crashing bug is only affecting some people on certain devices but
considering the word is Downcast is no longer being supported, I am pretty sure
come iOS 11 it will just stop working, if not great, but I am not depending on
them as they do not reply to any emails anymore. The developer
The Bluetooth keyboard I use on my desktop computer does this when the
batteries are getting low.
Tony
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
MamaPeach
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 12:29 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
Sure.
https://qz.com/465613/uber-customer-complaints-from-the-us-are-increasingly-handled-in-the-philippines/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-building-out-a-customer-support-center-in-manila-phi
On 4/4/2017 1:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> I could not find out anything as to whe
Where is this feature?
When replying to a conversation, I still see the @usernames being filled
in the edit field.
Struggling to see how this is a VO issue and not a Twitter issue.
On 4/4/2017 1:18 PM, M. Taylor wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Vis
Yes. You can export them using the tools in Downcast. They'll come out as
an opml list which you can then import into Overcast or other podcast
clients. I'm still using downcast with no difficulty at all on my iPHONE7
running iOS 10.3.
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Brian Fischler wrote:
> In ca
In case anyone else is looking to do this same thing I did discover a way to
get your podcast episodes out of Downcast. It is a little complicated but here
goes. Plug your iPhone in to your computer and launch iTunes. First in Downcast
make sure the episodes you want to export are downloaded not
Hi,
I am running the latest version, have not checked lately but have done all of
what you have suggested and the last time I checked, it was still occurring.
Fondly,
Peggy
Peggy Sent from my IPhone.
> On Apr 4, 2017, at 1:29 PM, MamaPeach wrote:
>
> It may also depend on the version of IOS
It may also depend on the version of IOS you are running. After making sure
that setting in accessibility is turned off, I haven't had anymore problems
with it. I am running IOS 10.2.1.
-Original Message-
From: pegkan...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 12:08 PM
To: viphone@goo
I could not find out anything as to where Uber customer service centres or call
centres might be located by doing a Google search. Shaf, maybe you should for
once provide actual information in the form of links instead of just hinting
that something is not factual and saying otherwise.
I would,
Hello Everyone,
I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing
list.
The following is the new feature, introduced in the latest version of
Twitter for iOS:
[BEGIN DESCRIPTION]:
6.75.2:
1.
A few minor updates to make Twitter an even better place.
2.
You can now watch P
Hi,
Unfortunately the suggestion that you have made about turning off the repeat
repeat keys does not correct this problem.
I have contacted Apple several times, and they have not changed this situation
or been able to fix it rather
The only thing that seems to work, is to turn off the phone and
Hey all,
With Downcast not being updated since August 8, 2016 and with the issues some
people have reported with iOS 10.3 I have looked in to other podcast players
and seem to have settled on iCaster which does most of what Downcast does and
does actually offer a 1.75 playback speed. Anyway, I
Hi again Terri,
You can turn VO off and then back on again to make that go away. It doesn't
completely stop it, but it should at least stop it until you restart your phone
again. Have a blessed day!
Jenn
Jenn and Kumi
> On Apr 4, 2017, at 9:00 AM, Terri Stimmel wrote:
>
> Hello Mama Peach,
Hi Terri,
I really am not sure I should even reply to this, but I don't think you can use
the find your friends app between an Android and an iPhone. I do know of many
apps that can be used with each other like Twitter and Facebook for instance.
I'm also thinking about Threema the messaging app
Hi thanks for the steps I had it on also and didn't know that . I will have to
type later today on the keyboard as I am using my computer now.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
MamaPeach
Sent: April 4, 2017 4:21 AM
To: vipho
E-Trade entered into structured negotiations when blind people
charged the company engaged in systemic disability discrimination when
it failed to code its mobile applications and website in a way
compatible with screen readers and that complies with prevailing Web
accessibility standards.
Hello everyone,
Ok first of all, I apologize for the kind of odd, and long subject line
there. But I had know idea as to how else to put that.
I was wondering, can an Android phone, and an iPhone work together with
similar Apps?
I know that the Androids have some games that the iPhones have,
LOL OK.
Ask your friend Google where their customer services are located.
I'm waiting.
On 4/4/2017 5:39 AM, Jeremy Gilley wrote:
> I think you need to look at their company info my friend.
> they are not from third world countries.
> and before I really say something here, I think I better just
if your batteries are low that will happen.
> On Apr 4, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Terri Stimmel
> wrote:
>
> Hello Mama Peach,
>
>
> First of all, thank you for letting me know about this setting. I never
> even knew such a thing existed!
>
>
> I did follow your instructions, and found just what y
Hello Mama Peach,
First of all, thank you for letting me know about this setting. I never
even knew such a thing existed!
I did follow your instructions, and found just what you were referring
to. I turned the repeat key option off.
However, I still seem to be having the issue. I even restar
Updated my 5S yesterday to iOS10.3.1 and it's working great!
El 04/04/2017 a las 09:13 a.m., Mike Arrigo escribió:
Yes, this installed on my iphone 5c without problems, I'm sure my 5 S
will upgrade without problems as well.
Original message:
iOS 10.3.1 is now available for download for iPhone
I have heard from several that the drivers are not treated well. This
surprises me because the drivers that I have talked to say they love Uber
and had nothing negative to say about it. Perhaps the fact that it is very
new here in Reno makes a difference although I can't know why that would be
Yes, this installed on my iphone 5c without problems, I'm sure my 5 S
will upgrade without problems as well.
Original message:
iOS 10.3.1 is now available for download for iPhone 5 and later, iPad
4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Regards,
Feliciano
For tech tips a
Hey people,
Do any of you or your children or spouses have a smart phone microscope? I'm
looking for one. I think I want something that will magnify 100 times something
to see dust mites and bird mites! I hear that you can buy them these days it
toy stores but the only one we had in town must've
Try going to Settings, then to General, then to accessibility, then to
Keyboard. If you look under the header HARDWARE KEYBOARDS, there is
something that says Key Repeat. Make sure this is set to off and see if that
helps.
-Original Message-
From: Terri Stimmel
Sent: Tuesday, April 0
Yes it is a free app downloaded right out of the App Store.
You’ll have to set it up with your credit or debit card. Also your home address
if you want. I find it a fairly straight forward app to use. It’s a great
option to put in your transportation bag.
HTH……Mike
From: 'Simon w' via VIPho
Is the uber AP free on the phone?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Kerri Kosten wrote:
>
> I also don't have any issues with Uber. We have lived here but it's not
> nearly as popular as Uber and often when I open the Lyft app there are no
> drivers available.
>> On Mon, Apr
Location services is only useful if you want Uber to find your pickup
address. If you're specifying your pickup address anyway, turning it off
doesn't matter. The driver's GPS will use whatever address Uber feeds it.
And Uber gets that address in whatever way you give it to them.
-Original Mes
Actually, and in order:
1. Guidedog users who bother to actualy speak up have seen results. Drivers
have been fired from Uber for not taking guidedogs. At a minimum, the user
has not ever had that driver again.
2. You're an idiot. One such Uber customer service center is about 5 hours
from me, in T
I think you need to look at their company info my friend.
they are not from third world countries.
and before I really say something here, I think I better just not reply to
anymore of your emails because its quite apparent you have no clue about
UBER and the company itself.
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