Re: Application question

2017-06-23 Thread Liel Ben Simon‫ליאל בן סימון‬‎
Hello Janet and all. Janet, Voice Dream Reader it's app that play audio books. It's a player of audio books. It does support in reading a text document in manny formats. It's very easy to use. Sent from my iphone ‫ב-24 ביוני 2017, בשעה 9:45, ‏‏Janet Bell ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > Hi Wayne if you open this

Re: Application question

2017-06-23 Thread Janet Bell
Hi Wayne if you open this app and just don't do anything it keeps telling you different numbers which I assume means that you have differing light level in your room. Please can you tell me how to do a two-finger scrub Janet -Original Message- From: Wayne Merritt Sent: Monday, June

Re: braille display to use with iPhone?

2017-06-23 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi Regina. How are you? Well, I. Don't know any place whre tey sell a braille disply cheap. I bought my focus 14 blue braille display second handed form sme one. Freedom scientific sell it for 1300 dollars,adn I have a brailenot apex, but tht my rehab counselor or Division of Blind Services bou

RE: Has anyone tried these instrument tuning apps?

2017-06-23 Thread Karl Smith
I bought this tuner and although it works well for some reason it doesn't automatically speak the cents sharp or flat or in tune so I have to keep touching the screen. I have a friend with it and his talks automatically. Anyone know why this might be? Karl __ Karl Smith, Access Techno

Re: braille display to use with iPhone?

2017-06-23 Thread dollar031
Hi Reggie, Here are 3 different good braille displays. Focus 14 Blue, Vario Ultra 20, and Hims Smart Beattle 14 are good. I would not suggest the orbit reader 20 cell at all. Hope this help you. Cheers, Scott Dollar Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2017, at 7:52 PM, regina alvarado

re: braille display to use with iPhone?

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
I can recommend the Focus 14 Blue put out by Freedom Scientific. - Original Message - From: regina alvarado Looking for a relatively cheap and small braille display. I want to use with iPhone. Am I being unrealistic or does anyone have suggestions? Thanks for any assistance. Reggi

Multi-Point Bluetooth Keyboard

2017-06-23 Thread Kevin Chao
I know there use to be a Logitech K810 or similar that supported Bluetooth connections to multiple desktop and mobile devices. Are folks here using a keyboard that has a button/switch that can fast-switch to a given Bluetooth device? If so, which do you recommend? If possible, can you please

Re: Sirius FM

2017-06-23 Thread Dana Leet
The app is very accessible for serious XM absolutely. Just wanted to let you know, as I use it all the time. If you love to read ‎Open this link to join my WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KXAR5Ao2tqiERKfgrEWiT6 Sentfrom my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2017, at 8:20 PM, Paula Mack

Sirius FM

2017-06-23 Thread Paula Mack
Is the Sirius XM app accessible? Considering purchasing a streaming-only subscription. Thanks in advance for info. Regards, Paula Mack -- 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

RE: braille display to use with iPhone?

2017-06-23 Thread Ikrami
Orbit reader 20 is a new revolutionary 20 cell braille display made by orbit research and American printing house for the blind. It is going to cost around 500 US dollars. I think it will hit the market this summer. It supports connecting via USB and Bluetooth, as well as some basic note-taking

braille display to use with iPhone?

2017-06-23 Thread regina alvarado
Looking for a relatively cheap and small braille display. I want to use with iPhone. Am I being unrealistic or does anyone have suggestions? Thanks for any assistance. Reggie and Lex -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or

RE: Voice Dream Reader and Headings

2017-06-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Richard, I found that heading level button but unfortunately, it shows only two heading levels. I'm sure I inserted headings all the way through heading 5 in my Word docx file even though not too many at that level. I'm not sure why they weren't all captured properly but that's what happe

Re: Voice Dream Writer

2017-06-23 Thread Richard Turner
Here are some of the reasons I like Writer over other writing apps. 1. It was written for a visually impaired audience so the accessibility is excellent. 2. You can use the markup language to format documents. 3. With a formatted document, you can move whole sections easily, like cut and paste

Re: Voice Dream Reader and Headings

2017-06-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Dana, While I wish you all the best on your what's app book group, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't hijack my thread to talk about it. When you reply to a message on these lists, even if you change the subject and delete all the history, email clients and apps are smart enough to track it and

RE: Upgraded to iPhone 7/Tips

2017-06-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
There really is no reason to stab the iPhone or bend your fingers by pressing to hard, in fact, many gestures work better with a light touch. I have my 3D Touch set to "light" because I hate to press down very hard. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

voice Dream Apps on sale!

2017-06-23 Thread Richard Turner
Summer is for reading. To celebrate summer’s arrival, Voice Dream is having a huge sale! Voice Dream Reader for iOS is 50% off at $6.99. Voice Dream Writer is 70% off at $2.99. Voice Dream Reader for Android is 50% off at $4.99 in Google Play Store. The sale ends on July 4, 2017. (Note that pr

RE: Upgraded to iPhone 7/Tips

2017-06-23 Thread Vivian Conger
Thanks so much for this. My 3D Touch is currently on and set to medium but will probably turn it off for a while especially with entering pass codes. Again thanks. Vivian and Barbee "That's Barbee with 2 E's and not the doll." blazie.g...@gmail.com From: viphone@googlegroups.co

Re: Upgraded to iPhone 7/Tips

2017-06-23 Thread Michael Feir
One thing you may want to do is be ware of 3d touch. I struggled to type in my passcode because I didn't realise that 3d touch would be on by default and I had to press much more lightly than I was used to. I usually have 3d touch off but have begun to experiment. Other than that, it was a pretty s

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Eric Oyen
yeah, that is kind of what I thought. its a shame, really as its a pretty good app otherwise. -eric *** Help out a blind athlete to achieve his goals (including the Tokyo 2020 games). Show your support here: http://www.tiny.cc/EricOyen On Jun 23, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > H

re: Passcode question

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
The only time you enter a passcode with the fingerprint ID is when you restart the iphone or if your fingerprint doesn't match. - Original Message - From: "Marie" If you put a passcode on your phone, do you have to enter it every time you wake the phone? And if you add the fingerprint I

re: Canceling Subscriptions:

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
You can find your subscriptions under your Apple id. - Original Message - From: Donald Moore I'm looking to cancel a couple of subscriptions on the app store. What's the easiest way to do it? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. I

Re: Has anyone tried these instrument tuning apps?

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
With me being partially deaf, I find the Talking Tuner app great. It's slow at times to get it right, for me anyway, but it works. - Original Message - From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone" Don't know about big harps, but us necked instrument players usually have the benefit of tuning one or t

RE: Has anyone tried these instrument tuning apps?

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
I can answer that one. Yes it can. I use it all of the time. - Original Message - From: "Mike Ulrich" I’m trying to learn how to play the guitar, now for the 3rd time in my life and without sight. Would that Talking Tuner you mentioned be good enough to help me in tuning my Strato

Re: Has anyone tried these instrument tuning apps?

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
If have BARD, yes Bill Brown does. - Original Message - From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone" Yes, most of us use that. I prefer a pitch pipe, but they've gone out of production. I'm a ukulele player really, they're even easier than a guitar, and have this reputation of being such fun, to pla

re: using punctuation and other features in dictating on iOS

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
I am a also interested in this. - Original Message - From: candyrl...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:26:52 -0500 Subject: using punctuation and other features in dictating on iOS hello everyone, Last year I found a podcast that demonstrated dictation

re: Has anyone tried these instrument tuning apps?

2017-06-23 Thread Wayne Scott
A gn guitar tuning app is Talking Tuner. It's a great one. I use it to tune both my six and twelve string guitars. I got it for 99 cents. - Original Message - From: "Karen Poulakos" I have used Talking Tuner for several years, but it does not register the highest octave on my harp.

RE: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Eric, Whats App needs to be associated with a phone number, it does not work on an iPod Touch or iPad. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Oyen Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 11:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Paul Ferrara
Forward the email with the tracking number to your Parcel Track email address. Paul From: Blind Treasures {Your One Stop Shop} Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 10:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: ParcelTrack App Recommendation Parcel Track assigns you an inbox email address which sta

Upgraded to iPhone 7/Tips

2017-06-23 Thread Vivian Conger
Hi All, Earlier today I upgraded from my iPhone 5C to an iPhone 7. All of my settings and data were transferred which is great. I know that I need to go to the Apple Store and reinstall my other apps but was wondering if anyone has any tips for a new iPhone 7 user? Many thanks for any

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread afik Suffir
Hi, can you add me to the group? +972505782208 בברכה, אפיק סופיר חבר ומייסד קבוצת ק.מ.ח - כי דברים שרואים משם לא רואים מכאן 050-5782208 afik.so...@gmail.com www.facebook.com/afik.sofir > ‫ב-23 ביוני 2017, בשעה 22:40, ‏‏⁨Dana Leet⁩ ‏<⁨danamariel...@gmail.com⁩> > כתב/ה:‬ > > My husband is

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread jazzyjennifer
hi there, yeah i have what's app my self. and i like how you can talk to people from all over the world. and not be charged from your cell carrier. -- 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 lis

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread afik Suffir
Hello Casey, If its still relevance you can start a new email, and I will send you instructions. My adress afik.so...@gmail.com בברכה, אפיק סופיר חבר ומייסד קבוצת ק.מ.ח - כי דברים שרואים משם לא רואים מכאן 050-5782208 afik.so...@gmail.com www.facebook.com/afik.sofir > ‫ב-23 ביוני 2017,

Voice Dream Writer

2017-06-23 Thread Joe
What is the advantage of VDW over a plain text editor app like IAWriter or Nebulus, etc.? Thanks in advance. Sent from Joe's 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

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Dana Leet
My husband is a moderator of the Blind hams Haven group on WhatsApp so if you want to send him an email at tel...@gmail.com Send your phone number on and he will definitely put you in the blind ham saving group thanks If you love to read ‎Open this link to join my WhatsApp Group: https://ch

Do you love to read do you have WhatsApp messenger on your phone question Re: Voice Dream Reader and Headings

2017-06-23 Thread Dana Leet
Hello everyone. I thought I would just mention that we have a wonderful group on WhatsApp messenger where we talk about all sorts of books it is a really good group and if any of you wish to join we would love to have you the link is below If you love to read ‎Open this link to join my Wh

Re: Voice Dream Reader and Headings

2017-06-23 Thread Richard Turner
Alan, After you double tap on headings, bookmarks and highlights, check out the upper right corner of the screen. You should find a heading level radio button. See if you can get it to heading level 5, then all your headings should show up. Got to run right now, more later, Richard On Jun 23,

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Eric Oyen
that ID is also my cell phone number. :) I just wish I could setup the app on the other iPhone without a phone number. that device is tied to my ham radio accounts for email, Facebook, etc. btw, if you want to friend me on FB over there, the ID I use is n7...@icloud.com thanks. -Eric *** Hel

Re: Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread kg7fa2
Hi Eric, there is a blind hams group on Whatsapp, called Blind Hams Haven, but it might be hard to get one of the group moterators to add you right now, as they have been a bit scarce! GRIN! I will try to connect to you using your Whatsapp ID, but I haven't been successful doing it that way. If

Re: Looking for Apple Watch apps

2017-06-23 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Wrist Hangman is fun, though a bit tricky since there's no ability to review words character by character. If you ever need to count anything, Clicker is a simple and effective way to do it. Best, Anna > On Jun 22, 2017, at 7:56 PM, alex stone wrote: > > Uber and swarm I've got, just press re

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Eric Oyen
I finally got around to setting it up on my device just now. its fairly simple, but it does require you have a phone number. My other iPhone doesn't have a phone number associated with it, so setup might be a tad more involved there. btw, my whatap ID is 16233995635 -eric On Jun 23, 2017, at 1

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Julie Dawson
Thank you very much for the step by step instructions. With Thanks, Julie Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly And leave the rest to God! Please join me on www.gamesgaloreandmore.com where through learning, friendship

RE: Voice Dream Reader and Headings

2017-06-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Richard, Codex was very fast at converting my docx file to epub format which I added to Voice Dream Reader and the headings now show up. Well, at least some of the headings show up. I used heading 1 through heading 5 when marking up the docx file with the large majority being Heading 1 and h

RE: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Casey, It's an iOS app and all iOS apps need to be downloaded from the App Store. Go to the App Store on your phone, search for "Whats App", install it and when you open it everything is very straight forward. You select your country, enter phone number and confirm with a code that is sent to yo

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Robin Frost
Hi, I’ve had these issues recently myself and I clicked on feedback right when the app opens sent off a quick message and it was resolved within hours and hasn’t happened again since. Try contacting them. If you don’t want to compose the message on your device they can also be reached through t.

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Julie, I normally forward the shipment notifications to Parceltrack using my iPhone. I have my Parceltrack inbox set up in my contacts so I open the shipment notification email on my phone mail app, select the reply button from the bottomline menu, select forward from the vertical menu whic

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Julie Dawson
How do you forward the e-mails to your in box, Alan? I've never used this app before and need a new tracking app since shiprack isn't functional anymore. With Thanks, Julie Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly And leav

RE: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Blind Treasures {Your One Stop Shop}
Parcel Track assigns you an inbox email address which starts with a number to send tracking numbers to. When I send a tracking number to the parcel track app the email ends up in the mail box but says not found. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. I

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread 'Simon W' via VIPhone
ap store. -Original Message- From: Casey Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 9:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: ‎WhatsApp Messenger Hi how do you down load this directly to my phone? Do I have to go to the web site on the phone or can I just go to the app store and get it also?

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Liel Ben Simon‫ליאל בן סימון‬‎
You need to go to App Store and download from there. I will attach a link. WhatsApp Messenger by WhatsApp Inc. https://appsto.re/il/ny-Gs.i Sent from my iphone ‫ב-23 ביוני 2017, בשעה 16:56, ‏‏Casey ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > Hi how do you down load this directly to my phone? > Do I have to go to the web site

RE: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Casey
Hi how do you down load this directly to my phone? Do I have to go to the web site on the phone or can I just go to the app store and get it also? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael D. Ulrich Sent: Friday, June 23,

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Michael D. Ulrich
Casey, it should be fairly straightforward and easy to follow once you open the app. At least it was pretty good for me. Sent from a land far far away in a not so distant time zone! > On Jun 23, 2017, at 9:36 AM, Casey wrote: > > Okay once you get it how do you set it up? > > > > > -O

Re: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Alan Lemly
I don't know if the method you're using is supported but I simply forward the shipping notification email I receive from the shipper containing the tracking number to my Parceltrack inbox and that normally works. I have had a couple of instances when it didn't take either due to bad timing or so

RE: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Casey
Okay once you get it how do you set it up? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael D. Ulrich Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 3:51 AM To: co...@colinflaherty.com Subject: ‎WhatsApp Messenger ‎Hey, I just downloaded WhatsApp

RE: ParcelTrack App Recommendation

2017-06-23 Thread Blind Treasures {Your One Stop Shop}
HI, I recently purchased the parcel track app to replace shiprack but am having difficulty with sending tracking numbers to my parcel track inbox. I am using the email address assigned to me and sending from the account that I signed up with but every time I send a UPS tracking number to parcel tra

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread afik Suffir
You can WhatsApp me to the following number, and I’ll help you +972505782208 בברכה, אפיק סופיר חבר ומייסד קבוצת ק.מ.ח - כי דברים שרואים משם לא רואים מכאן 050-5782208 afik.so...@gmail.com www.facebook.com/afik.sofir > ‫ב-23 ביוני 2017, בשעה 12:32, ‏‏⁨Michael D. Ulrich⁩ > ‏<⁨mulr...@century

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Michael D. Ulrich
Thanks a lot, I'm really looking forward to getting to know this app. Have a great day! Sent from a land far far away in a not so distant time zone! > On Jun 23, 2017, at 4:59 AM, afik Suffir wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > WhatsApp messenger is very popular here in Israel, and around the

Re: ‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread afik Suffir
Hi Michael, WhatsApp messenger is very popular here in Israel, and around the world. In addition, the app is very accessible. In the US, its not popular like here, but I know some blind people who use it. There are also groups on WhatsApp, and you can send voice messages in there instead of

‎WhatsApp Messenger

2017-06-23 Thread Michael D. Ulrich
‎Hey, I just downloaded WhatsApp Messenger on my iPhone. It is a smartphone messenger which replaces SMS. This app even lets me send pictures, video and other multimedia! WhatsApp Messenger is available for many smartphones and there is no PIN or username to remember - it works just like SMS a