A century ago, the first Technicolor film was a total disaster - CNET

2017-09-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am posting the following as a technology-based historical point of interest, only. Mark CNET News - Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 5:00 AM A century ago, the first Technicolor film was a total disaster - CNET A hundred years ago, a group of scientists and silent movie stars

RE: Accessible TV Apps

2017-09-09 Thread Larry Lumpkin
I use the spectrum app on the Roku platform on a new roku television I just bought which is accessible. The app works well as far as I can tell. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Saturday, September 9,

Accessible TV Apps

2017-09-09 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I realize we have discussed this somewhat, before. But I wanted to ask some questions, because I am considering giving up my cable. But I want it to be worth it, if I do this. Right now I have Spectrum, and there is a huge problem with the narrative guide. It's been this way

Re: Latest Hulu Update

2017-09-09 Thread Lisa Belville
Hi. Here's what I submitted as my review for Hulu. It looks like many of their users are dissatisfied, so a fix could be in the works. How long does it take for a review, even a bad one to show up in the app store? I would have used the zero rating, but wanted to be nice. I am a blind user

Re: Latest Hulu Update

2017-09-09 Thread Lisa Belville
The answer to that is they don't think of blind people when designing an app made to access TV and movies. Most people don't think we enjoy visual entertainment, so I'm not surprised. Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and

RE: Adding folder to voice dream to move files into?

2017-09-09 Thread Richard Turner
When you have voice Dream open, double tap on "filter" Then, flick right to "by folder" and double tap. Then, double tap on the add button in the upper left. You will find a text field to enter your desired folder name. After you enter the name you want, flick right to OK and double tap. HTH,

Adding folder to voice dream to move files into?

2017-09-09 Thread Melissa Tucker
How do i creat a folder in voice dream? -- 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 member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly

RE: Contacting Uber?

2017-09-09 Thread Jeff Clark
Hello, I get around the submit button issue by using my Bluetooth keyboard. This works fine. Jeff From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Thompson Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 11:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Contacting

Re: Screen Locked

2017-09-09 Thread William James
I actually prefer not to have the sounds on. They are extremely nerve-racking to me. I have never had them on my computer, so why should I have them on my phone? Sent from my iPhone 7 Plus > On Sep 9, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Reg Sullivan wrote: > > Well we certainly appreciate

RE: app that automatically gives weather info for current location

2017-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The native app should look at your location, just make sure you have location services turned on in Settings > Privacy and that the weather app is allowed to access location. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017

RE: Latest Hulu Update

2017-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I am in Canada where Hulu is not available, but I can definitely recommend contacting the company directly and via social media, if a couple of dozen people twee them and post on Facebook how accessibility for the visually impaired is now broken it will probably most effective. We all have seen

app that automatically gives weather info for current location

2017-09-09 Thread Fanus
Hello list Is there an app which picks up one’s location and shows weather info. It seems that the native iPhone weather app requires that a location be given or is there a setting for auto? Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

Re: Storm tracker... anyone know of an accessible app?

2017-09-09 Thread Jan Kleinhans
Hi It does indeed have notifications for all the possible cities you can select within the app. You need to set the city as a favourite and then turn on whatever notifications you want to receive for your city. The developer lives in Europe, so I'm sure it should work for cities in Europe.

RE: Screen Locked

2017-09-09 Thread Reg Sullivan
Well we certainly appreciate the straight forward instructions. We will see what sounds we miss over the next few days and evaluate from there! Thanks again to all. Reg From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Levegnale Sent: Friday,

Re: Latest Hulu Update

2017-09-09 Thread MamaPeach
I am sure they will fix it, they usually do. -Original Message- From: Mike Ulrich Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 5:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Latest Hulu Update You know, I can never figure that out! Why do companies that want us blinks to spend our money

Re: Storm tracker... anyone know of an accessible app?

2017-09-09 Thread Davy Cuppens
Could it be that Weather Gods has no coverage for Europe? I used the app some months ago without any notification or weather alerts. From: Feliciano Godoy Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 3:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Storm tracker... anyone know of an accessible app? Hi,

RE: Latest Hulu Update

2017-09-09 Thread Mike Ulrich
You know, I can never figure that out! Why do companies that want us blinks to spend our money with them, and originally put out a good accessible app, all of a sudden an update comes out and bingo; no more accessibility! I can think of many stores, shops and service providers; with garbage