Re: Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers starting December 17th | MacDailyNews

2018-12-07 Thread Dave
you can also, play your amazon music on your phone, with the amazon music app. Dave. -Original Message- From: kellmast...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2018 6:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers starting December 1

Re: Braille text input device?

2018-12-07 Thread 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
Thank you! It is still for sale! Harry > On 8 Dec 2018, at 03:31, Richard Turner wrote: > > > Thanks, that is it. A coworker had one. It worked rather well for him as he > did not read braille, but knew it well enough to write it. > I wonder if they are still being made. The company was Harpo,

Re: Amazon app problem

2018-12-07 Thread Angela L Griffith
Sorry, I meant the bypass function. Angela L Griffith Sent from my mobile phone > On Dec 4, 2018, at 8:25 AM, Jennie Facer wrote: > > Hi Jed, > > I have to do a lot of explore touch with my phone. In other words, sometimes > flicking dosn't always do the trick. Try sliding your finger around

Re: Amazon app problem

2018-12-07 Thread Angela L Griffith
There’s definitely an issue with the Amazon app. I am very familiar with explore by touch, and the intercept function. I’ve used both of these, and it still isn’t working properly. Angela L Griffith Sent from my mobile phone > On Dec 4, 2018, at 8:25 AM, Jennie Facer wrote: > > Hi Jed, > >

Accessible apps for wireless printers

2018-12-07 Thread Kellie
Hey everyone, I had a question and hope somebody would be able to give some suggestions here. I am currently looking for a wireless printer and wondered if anyone knew which had accessible apps that could be used with them. I was told that a lot of the Wi-Fi printers are touchscreen and they the

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2018-12-07 Thread kellmaster1
Seems like you would each add your separate apple music subscriptions to your separate Amazon accounts and go as normal from there as two accounts can exist on one Echo device and switching between them is easy peasy. Kelly Hill -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Beha

RE: Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers starting December 17th | MacDailyNews

2018-12-07 Thread kellmaster1
While it looks like you can play your Amazon music from within the Amazon app on iPhone, I have always found it much easier to use Apple Music. If you know the song or artist you want to hear you can ask Siri to play it and if your taste in music isn't too far out there from the "norm" it will u

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
Haha!! Wow... Don't I feel like a cheapskate now. Got my wife a book containing a collection of posters and other propaganda from the GDR. Not … quite the same, but whatever. Don’t' want to spoil her either. Cristóbal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mari

Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Maria Reyes
I asked for some AirPods for Christmas so hopefully I get them. I have this headset by jLabs and they haven’t died yet. Maria Reyes blindt...@gmail.com my group: blind-techies+subscr...@groups.io > On Dec 7, 2018, at 3:50 PM, > wrote: > > Sure, but it's all in what you want. I have several

Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Devin Prater
I kept losing my Airpods. So, I went out and got a pair of $50 Anchor Soundbuds Life, and besides not losing them, they sound amazing! I mean, the bass is something I can feel, without distorting the audio. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2018, at 2:50 PM, > wrote: > > Sure, but it's all in

Re: Braille text input device?

2018-12-07 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks, that is it. A coworker had one. It worked rather well for him as he did not read braille, but knew it well enough to write it. I wonder if they are still being made. The company was Harpo, which I believe is in Israel. That should be enough info for Harry Bell to find out. Richard "

RE: Braille text input device?

2018-12-07 Thread Cris Ali
Richard, The Braille device you have in mind is Braille Pen Slim. Cheers, Cris -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille text input device? You could just use

RE: Printer For My iPhone8?

2018-12-07 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Sieghard. the printing options are there but not printer's name. Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Printer For My iPhone8?

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread pdllogan77
Sure, but it's all in what you want. I have several LG versions that I have had over the years .. they do well, but I have also broken the wires on several of them .. In my opinion ... these are well worth the $$$ for what they do. Are there better sounding, sure .. but these are so convenien

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread pdllogan77
Yeah .. but that stuff is so objective . You really need to play with them and see if they meet your needs. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 3:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as

Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread lenron brown
On 12/7/18, Andy Baracco wrote: > They advertise 4 to 5 hours, but there are many BT headsets that will give > you more. > > Andy > > - Original Message - > From: Jenifer Barr > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 3:44 AM > Subject: Re: New Apple Airpod

Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Andy Baracco
They advertise 4 to 5 hours, but there are many BT headsets that will give you more. Andy - Original Message - From: Jenifer Barr To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 3:44 AM Subject: Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google compe

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
I’m not that much of an audiophile even. It’s more over all the comments on functionality, battery life, etc that’s so far turned me off. Cristóbal From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of pdlloga...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 11:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subjec

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread pdllogan77
Honestly they are the best all around buds for what I do .. I’ve had all sorts of BT ones over the years, and hands down these are the best .. that’s why I decided not to wait any longer .. but, sound and features are such a subjective thing, what one loves .. someone else might hate .. If you

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
All this feedback really is not inspiring. I’m mildly intrigued by airpods, but yeah … I think I’ll stick with my Plantronics 5200 and Trekz Air combo until there are drastic improvements. Cristóbal From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of pdlloga...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, Decembe

Re: Braille text input device?

2018-12-07 Thread Richard Turner
You could just use the Apple Braille onscreen input, so no external device. There used to be a braille device that was bluetooth and had no braille display, just the braille keys for inputing and controling the device. I cannot quite remember the name. Something about Echo or link? It has been 5

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread pdllogan77
I am on my second pair … lost my first ones a couple of months ago, and finally gave up on the new ones being released anytime soon, so replaced them earlier this week. I can get around 4 hours out of them, listing to audio…making the occasional phone call and such. Remember, the higher the

Braille text input device?

2018-12-07 Thread Harry Bell
I’m thinking of getting an Orbit 20 Reader in order to learn Braille. But I only envisage using Braille in order to input text onto iPhone or iPad using VoiceOver, as voiceover reads out all the text I want. So, is there a simpler Braille device which will only input Braille onto iPhone? Thanks

Reading a PDF with Seeing AI

2018-12-07 Thread kelby carlson
Is it possible to import a PDF file into Seeing AI for scanning, or can you only do photos? So far, I have not found a way to do this in Seeing AI or Prizmo Go, but only in KNFB Reader (which I fortunately have.) Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Siri Shortcuts broken in 12.1

2018-12-07 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Sieghard, I rolled the iPad back to iOS 12.1 on Tuesday to see if I would still have the problem with Siri shortcuts. I didn't. So on Wednesday when iOS 12.1.1 came out, I installed it on the iPad and restored my backup, and Siri shortcuts still worked. They weren't working on my phone, so I

test Please Ignore

2018-12-07 Thread Sandra E. Finley
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Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread lenron brown
I get almost 5 out of mine but that time passes so fast it's annoying. Yeah the mic is not the best but hey I kind of expected that to be kind of poor. On 12/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Have you gone to an Apple Store regarding this? It seems most people report > that the promised 5 hours pre

RE: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Have you gone to an Apple Store regarding this? It seems most people report that the promised 5 hours pretty accurate so I'd complain about it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 3:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Apple Air

Re: New Apple Airpod are coming as well as Amazon and google competitors

2018-12-07 Thread Jenifer Barr
Hi all. I do love my airpods... the only annoying and rediculous thing is the batery life! I can't get more than 2 hours out of mine... that is on a full charge. That has always been the case. Sure, it doesn't take long to charge... but come on!!! two hours? Really? Jen Sent from my iPhone >