Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Pete Nalda
Speaking of, is there a way of getting haptic feedback of time without audio or VO? Say two thumps on the hour, and one thump for the half hour? Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter:

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mary, First, keep in mind that one can turn VoiceOver speech off, without disabling the gestures, in both iOS and Mac OS; so this ability would, in no way, be knew. Second, the primary reason that I would like the feature is for those who have trouble using the current time hap tic

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ann, Your post made me smile. I can honestly say that I have 100% success in having the current time presented via hap tic feedback. I think the secret is to issue the commands quickly and with confidence. If there is even the slightest hesitation, then you will hear audio feedback /

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, After reading your post, I decided to add the calendar complication to one of my watch faces. Nice. Thank you for the idea. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019

Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi Mary, Silent mode is if when you get a notification the watch will just tap you it won't make any sound. Kind of like muting your phone. The reason I like it is because i can set an alarm and my watch will just tap me when the alarm is going off > On May 20, 2019, at 12:01 AM, M. Taylor

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jennie, You know, I have yet to enable the cellular feature on my watch but I can definitely see myself doing so, soon. I still find it difficult to imagine being outside my home without my iPhone. I know how that must sound but, nevertheless, it's absolutely true. Being away from

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Pam, You know, it was not until Apple included hap tic feedback for the current time, that I decided to buy a watch. Until then, I was a Braille-only man, so to speak. I still adore the elegance of Braille but I have to admit that the hap tic feedback for the current time is the

Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Mark, I don’t have an Apple Watch, but I am mystified as to the value of silent mode. If you are a voiceover user, of what possible benefit is silent mode? Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2019, at 8:58 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Yes, I love silent notifications, on the

Re: Where do I get the voice dream reader?

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
Yes that is the right one, and in my opinion, very well worth the price. It is the best app for listening to Bookshare books, word documents, pdf documents, plain text, and more. Plus now, for another $5.99 for the Voice Dream Scanner app, you can recognize image PDF files from within Voice

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hi Michael, Yes, I love silent notifications, on the watch. It has truly been a game changer for me. I just love the privacy of it. I am so glad Apple put a silent mode on the watch. Now if they would only allow one to turn VoiceOver speech off, without disabling VoiceOver gestures?

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Anthony, I have yet to use my watch for music but will definitely give it a try. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Vece Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 11:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Alan Lemly
Sieghard, We're of like mind when it comes to the price we're willing to pay for wireless earphones. I know a lot of folks don't want to fool with the wires, but in my opinion, a $30 pair of Apple wired earpods are the best deal in town. I like their fit, sound, and the fact that they never

Re: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Chris, It’s still really a good app for the languages it deals with. It’s unfortunate about Arabic. I am really fascinated that any OCR application does anything at all well with Arabic, because when I was studying it and looked at it with an opticon, I couldn’t imagine how you would deal

RE: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks Richard. I will keep the hope alive, may be my wishes would become true one day. Cheers, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 5:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is there an app that does this? I believe it is

RE: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks Mary, The last time I checked the voice dream scanner was during the Beta. I was hoping that the plan got expanded somehow to include languages other than the roman alphabet based languages. I will keep the hope alive though. Cheers, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

Re: Where do I get the voice dream reader?

2019-05-19 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Eve, Yes that is the right one. Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On May 19, 2019, at 6:44 PM, 'Eve' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hey All, > > > > I would like to purchase the Voice Dream Reader for my iPhone 7. I saw it in > the App store, but they wanted $14.99. Is that the right price? > > > >

Where do I get the voice dream reader?

2019-05-19 Thread 'Eve' via VIPhone
Hey All, I would like to purchase the Voice Dream Reader for my iPhone 7. I saw it in the App store, but they wanted $14.99. Is that the right price? Thanks! Eve -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Marie N.
LOL! I am retired and if my phone gave me the time every fifteen minutes, I might just shoot myself! I might even pay not to have an app that did this. Hahaha! Marie -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 2:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
If we are talking about the one from Blacktree, I have it on an 8 plus and it has worked flawlessly for at least the last year. I have it set to speak the time every 15 minutes from 7:30 AM to 6 PM. Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has

RE: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Don Risavy, Jr.
Any good ones for apple watch? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: May 19, 2019 4:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: announce time every 15 minutes?? Try: Voice Over Clock by Takafumi AMANO

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Deb Cook Lewis
I've had the Chime app for years. It's last update was in 2015. It hasn't worked well on the phones in our household in about 3 years I'd say. Misses about half of the announcements and sometimes stops working altogether. This was never the case prior, but they've not kept up with the newer OS's.

RE: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
I believe it is stated in the app description in the app store that it only does latin based languages. But, you can write to supp...@voicedream.com if you need to hear it from the developer. I have my doubts non-Latin languages will be added. Richard Check out

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Andy Baracco
This doesn't tell me how I sound to others, i. e. on a phone call or chat app like Whatsapp. Andy - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 1:43 PM Subject: RE: Power beats pro review Kliphton wrote the following

RE: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
It will do whatever you want. Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself

RE: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Kliphton wrote the following which would indicate that the microphones must be reasonably good: Hey Siri works flawlessly! When using Hey Siri, I didn’t have to yell. A quiet voice still prompted siri and she did everything I asked. Sports scores, weather, battery percentage, even sent my

Re: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Chris, No. Voice stream scanner will not do Arabic or Hebrew or Russian or Greek for that matter. It only does languages that have the Roman alphabet. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Cris Ali wrote: > > Does the voice dream scanner app recognize non latin based

Re: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Cris Ali
Does the voice dream scanner app recognize non latin based languages like Arabic and Hebrew? Does anyone have the email of the developer? He is probably the one who can tell us if the app can handle languages other then the latin based ones, or if there are plans to support them in the future.

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
Try: Voice Over Clock by Takafumi AMANO https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/voice-over-clock/id594106139?mt=8 Sent from my iPhone > On 19 May 2019, at 21:11, Andrew J. LaPointe wrote: > > will that give voices or just a chime? > > From: Richard Turner > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 4:09 PM >

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
will that give voices or just a chime? From: Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 4:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: announce time every 15 minutes?? Chime by Blacktree https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chime/id414830146?mt=8 richard Check out my web site at:

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
Chime by Blacktree https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chime/id414830146?mt=8 richard Check out my web site at:

Re: announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Juliette Swiler
I use an app called Chime. Juliette From: viphone@googlegroups.com on behalf of Andrew J. LaPointe Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 2:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: announce time every 15 minutes?? Hi, I had an app called Timely for a few years. The App

announce time every 15 minutes??

2019-05-19 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi, I had an app called Timely for a few years. The App is no longer available. Does anyone have an App that will announce the time every 15 minutes with various voices available? I liked Timely as one of the child voices sounded just like my granddaughter. Any suggestions? Thank you. Andy

RE: Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Turner
Voice Dream Scanner, $5.99, read everything on my cards but the 3 digit CSV number. Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to

Is there an app that does this?

2019-05-19 Thread 'Eve' via VIPhone
Hi All, Is there an app that will read a credit or debit card? If so, what is it called and where may I find it? I have an iPhone 7. Thanks! Eve -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Andy Baracco
What is the mic like? i have noticed that typically with true wireless bluetooth headsets that the mic audio on phone calls and chats is hurrendous. Andy - Original Message - From: Greg Wocher To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 3:44 AM Subject: Re:

RE: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have a hard time spending this much on a pair of headphones which probably need to be replaced in a few years because the batteries may not hold the charge any more. I bought my wife a pair of the Beats X (I think that was the name) and 2 years ago they cost I believe $159.99 Canadian. The

Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread lenron brown
The 4 is loads better. On 5/19/19, Liel Ben Simonליאל בן סימון wrote: > I am > > hapy with my Apple Watch 4. I used with Apple watch 2 and really it's Was > terable use.toנשלח מה-iPhone שלי > > ‫ב-19 במאי 2019, בשעה 17:17, ‏‏Sieghard Weitzel ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > >> Wait until the fall and see if a new

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Deb Cook Lewis
Very mixed reviews on the Amazon site which is always interesting too. There are quite a number of product reviews on these so if you just Google, you'll get a variety of varied reviews, mostly positive though. On 5/19/19, Alan Lemly wrote: > I'm not the original poster nor do I have any of

RE: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Alan Lemly
I'm not the original poster nor do I have any of these Beats PowerBeats Pro wireless earphones but based on my reading of the original post, I believe I've located the product being described at both Amazon's US website and in the Apple Store app on my iPhone. The Amazon item title is

Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Liel Ben Simonליאל בן סימון
I am hapy with my Apple Watch 4. I used with Apple watch 2 and really it's Was terable use.toנשלח מה-iPhone שלי ‫ב-19 במאי 2019, בשעה 17:17, ‏‏Sieghard Weitzel ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > Wait until the fall and see if a new one is released. I bought a series 2 > after it came out and it was one of my worst

RE: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Wait until the fall and see if a new one is released. I bought a series 2 after it came out and it was one of my worst Apple purchases because it's sluggish and the watch locking the screen while I am trying to do stuff on it is so bad that I sometimes don't even want to use it. I sure hope

RE: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
How big are they? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of KliphnShari Miller Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:06 PM Subject: Power beats pro review I usually don’t write reviews. But these Power beats Pro are so good, I have to let others know. Let me start by saying I am not a beats fan.

Re: Theme Question: How Do You Use Your Apple Watch?

2019-05-19 Thread Mike
I have enjoyed reading all these things about how people use their Apple Watch I don’t have one as of right now but I hope to get one at some time in the future I have found this very interesting. Sent from my iPhone > On May 18, 2019, at 12:53 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > >

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread KliphnShari Miller
Think that is something apple would have to do. > On May 19, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Dave wrote: > > can you change the batteries, in these earphones? > > Dave. > > > From: KliphnShari Miller > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:49 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com

platform audio games like sonic mario or rey man?

2019-05-19 Thread trahern culver
hi all, are there any audio games for ios or mac os10 that are platform games similar to sonic the hedge hog mario or rey man? your help with this question would be most welcome, kind regards trey. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Dave
can you change the batteries, in these earphones? Dave. From: KliphnShari Miller Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Power beats pro review Yes, this is the way I do it. On May 19, 2019, at 5:44 AM, Greg Wocher wrote: Hello, Can you

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread KliphnShari Miller
Yes, this is the way I do it. > On May 19, 2019, at 5:44 AM, Greg Wocher wrote: > > Hello, > Can you have one earbud in and one in the case so you are only using one at a > time? > > Greg Wocher > > >> On May 18, 2019, at 6:06 PM, KliphnShari Miller > >

Re: Power beats pro review

2019-05-19 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, Can you have one earbud in and one in the case so you are only using one at a time? Greg Wocher > On May 18, 2019, at 6:06 PM, KliphnShari Miller wrote: > > I usually don’t write reviews. But these Power beats Pro are so good, I have > to let others know. Let me start by saying I am