date:20210307

It’s normally attached to the sign up to sonos when you’re setting things up.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robin 
Frost
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 4:34 pm
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Sonos product about to be announced

Hi,

Sonos does have an email announcement thing to which you can subscribe. Since 
I've purchased directly from them I believe i saw its option to subscribe 
during check out.

I believe it might also be found once you log into your Sonos account at their 
site under your profile even if you hadn't purchased from them and have only 
set up your Sonos account when you set up speakers.

I got an email touting the new speaker today but had also seem whispers about 
its eminent arrival in the tech press via Twitter.

Take good care.

Robin

On 3/6/2021 1:09 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
Sieghard,
Are you on some special Sonos list?
I didn’t get any announcement about this event.
I’d be interested since I could be available at that time to listen.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
 On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:53 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced

Hi,

Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among all of the 
Sonos fans on this list:

Sonos - Join us for a special event
To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we’d like to invite you 
to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest addition to the Sonos 
system.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
1:00 PM PT
You’re the reason we get to continue innovating, and we’re so excited to share 
this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link to the event.

I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday morning, but 
I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally be a Sonos headset, 
but based on what The Verge has discovered a headset seems to be finally in the 
works, but this event will be for a smaller more affordable portable speaker 
which is meant to compete with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink 
Revolve:

Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable 
speaker

Here another article from the Gear Patrol:

Sonos Has Something New Coming. Here's What We Know So 
Far

Enjoy,
Sieghard

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Re: New Sonos product about to be announced

2021-03-07 Thread Robin Frost


  
Hi,
Sonos does have an email announcement thing to which you can
  subscribe. Since I've purchased directly from them I believe i saw
  its option to subscribe during check out.
I believe it might also be found once you log into your Sonos
  account at their site under your profile even if you hadn't
  purchased from them and have only set up your Sonos account when
  you set up speakers.
I got an email touting the new speaker today but had also seem
  whispers about its eminent arrival in the tech press via Twitter.

Take good care.
Robin


On 3/6/2021 1:09 PM, Richard Turner
  wrote:


  
  
  
  
Sieghard,
Are you on some special Sonos list?
I didn’t get any announcement about this
  event.
I’d be interested since I could be
  available at that time to listen.
 
 

   
  Richard
   
  Ralph's
  Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical
  object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
   
   
  My
  web site,
  www.turner42.com
   
   

 

  
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
  
  On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
  Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:53 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced
  

 
Hi,
 
Thought I mention this and maybe generate a
  bit of excitement among all of the Sonos fans on this list:
 
Sonos - Join us for a special event
To show our gratitude for your support over
  the years, we’d like to invite you to join us for an exclusive
  first look at the latest addition to the Sonos system.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
1:00 PM PT 
You’re the reason we get to continue
  innovating, and we’re so excited to share this next step
  forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link to the event.
 
I assume I won't get the link until Monday
  or maybe even Tuesday morning, but I'm sure curious and I was
  really hoping it would finally be a Sonos headset, but based
  on what The Verge has discovered a headset seems to be finally
  in the works, but this event will be for a smaller more
  affordable portable speaker which is meant to compete with
  speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink Revolve:
 
Sonos confirms March 9th product
launch, hints at smaller portable speaker 
 
Here another article from the Gear Patrol:
 
Sonos Has Something New Coming.
Here's What We Know So Far
 
 
Enjoy,
Sieghard
 
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Re: AirPods Max first impressions

though I liked the bose QC at first I tried them while bowling and my ears 
began to drip with sweat.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:15 PM
  Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

  The airflow they were talking about, I think, was just the design with the 
mesh fabric cover that is part of the headphone design.  

  Richard

  "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a 
Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in 
deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I 
was young."
  "Why, what did she tell you?"
  "I don't know, I didn't listen."
  -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:11 PM, Robert Doc Wright  
wrote:

I did listen to that podcast. the part that also interested me was they 
said that there is a way to keep an air flow of some sort to keep your ears 
from becoming sweaty. I got rid of both my bose headset for that specific 
reason. 
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:43 AM
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, 
according to the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things very clearly 
and in stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.

  If you are talking about the live listen mode, I’ve only read about it 
but it uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in 
mono.  It is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special 
device for the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to someone at a 
table in a noisy room and you would hear them over the room noise.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Robert Doc Wright
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

  how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?

- Original Message - 

From: Richard Turner 

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM

Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little 
vague.

Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  
Or maybe 6?

What is very good to one person may not be to another.

Thanks for any more detail you can give me.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the 
specific hours, it seems very good.

Bonnie Rizzino 

Case Manager

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1816 Locust St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

www.bvrspittsburgh.org

412-368-4400 X2246

Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?

Thanks,

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I am not the original email writer, but it is a very weird case or bag. 
But the product inside is lovely! They definitely sound wonderful!

Bonnie Rizzino 

Case Manager

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1816 Locust St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

www.bvrspittsburgh.org

412-368-4400 X2246

Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

One review I heard said the bag or cover

Re: repeating voiceover

I wonder if you are being bitten by the VoiceOver Recognition nonsense.
Under VoiceOver settings, see if any of those are on.
You may have to go into the rotor settings and add them to the rotor so you 
could turn them off individually.
HTH,


Richard

"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon 
airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep 
space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was 
young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen."
-- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:06 PM, Robert Doc Wright  wrote:


i emptied the appswitcher and as soon as I opened the phone app it made this 
series of clicks as if I slid my finger across the screen before it settled.
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:40 AM
Subject: RE: repeating voiceover

I have never experienced any of this.
In the phone app, which tab at the bottom is selected?  It always returns to 
the last one selected.

I assume you have closed everything out of the app switcher.

Now, some web sites are awful and the edit fields do not work correctly, and 
that seems to also be an issue with iOS 14.4.
At least, with any braille displays.
Perhaps you could give a sample web site where you have consistent issues with 
an edit field?



Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, 
www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 1:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: repeating voiceover

When I open the phone app voiceover repeats a name several times before it 
settles. On web pages in Safari many times I cannot get past an edit field. 
this has happened twice since iOS 14. the first time I erased the phone and 
started over. I tried that with iOS14.4 but it didn't work this time.
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Re: AirPods Max first impressions

The airflow they were talking about, I think, was just the design with the mesh 
fabric cover that is part of the headphone design.


Richard

"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon 
airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep 
space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was 
young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen."
-- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:11 PM, Robert Doc Wright  wrote:


I did listen to that podcast. the part that also interested me was they said 
that there is a way to keep an air flow of some sort to keep your ears from 
becoming sweaty. I got rid of both my bose headset for that specific reason.
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:43 AM
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, according to 
the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things very clearly and in 
stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.

If you are talking about the live listen mode, I’ve only read about it but it 
uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in mono.  It 
is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special device for 
the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to someone at a table in a 
noisy room and you would hear them over the room noise.



Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, 
www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little vague.
Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or maybe 
6?
What is very good to one person may not be to another.

Thanks for any more detail you can give me.


Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, 
www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the specific 
hours, it seems very good.


Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
Thanks,


Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site,

Re: AirPods Max first impressions

I did listen to that podcast. the part that also interested me was they said 
that there is a way to keep an air flow of some sort to keep your ears from 
becoming sweaty. I got rid of both my bose headset for that specific reason. 
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:43 AM
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, according to 
the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things very clearly and in 
stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.

  If you are talking about the live listen mode, I’ve only read about it but it 
uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in mono.  It 
is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special device for 
the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to someone at a table in a 
noisy room and you would hear them over the room noise.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

  how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?

- Original Message - 

From: Richard Turner 

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM

Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little 
vague.

Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or 
maybe 6?

What is very good to one person may not be to another.

Thanks for any more detail you can give me.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the specific 
hours, it seems very good.

Bonnie Rizzino 

Case Manager

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1816 Locust St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

www.bvrspittsburgh.org

412-368-4400 X2246

Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?

Thanks,

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I am not the original email writer, but it is a very weird case or bag. But 
the product inside is lovely! They definitely sound wonderful!

Bonnie Rizzino 

Case Manager

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1816 Locust St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

www.bvrspittsburgh.org

412-368-4400 X2246

Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

One review I heard said the bag or cover they come in is very cheaply made.

What do you think of it?

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
li...@sadamahmed.com
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:11 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: AirPods Max first impressions

Hi all, 

Well, after months of waiting I finally was able to get the Max at my 
beloved local Apple Store. Short impressions after 24 hours. Firstly, as is 
standard with Apple the design from opening the box to the high end finish of 
the material is outstanding. I love the sound. Listening to Apple Music or my 
purchased tracks from iTunes was fantastic. Using the digital crown that I’m 
familiar with from my Apple Watch is also great. Overall 5 stars. .

Re: repeating voiceover

i emptied the appswitcher and as soon as I opened the phone app it made this 
series of clicks as if I slid my finger across the screen before it settled.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard Turner 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:40 AM
  Subject: RE: repeating voiceover

  I have never experienced any of this.

  In the phone app, which tab at the bottom is selected?  It always returns to 
the last one selected.

  I assume you have closed everything out of the app switcher.

  Now, some web sites are awful and the edit fields do not work correctly, and 
that seems to also be an issue with iOS 14.4.

  At least, with any braille displays.

  Perhaps you could give a sample web site where you have consistent issues 
with an edit field?

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 1:19 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: repeating voiceover

  When I open the phone app voiceover repeats a name several times before it 
settles. On web pages in Safari many times I cannot get past an edit field. 
this has happened twice since iOS 14. the first time I erased the phone and 
started over. I tried that with iOS14.4 but it didn't work this time.

  *
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Re: repeating voiceover

it mainly happens when the recent tab is checked.
  - Original Message - 
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  Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:40 AM
  Subject: RE: repeating voiceover

  I have never experienced any of this.

  In the phone app, which tab at the bottom is selected?  It always returns to 
the last one selected.

  I assume you have closed everything out of the app switcher.

  Now, some web sites are awful and the edit fields do not work correctly, and 
that seems to also be an issue with iOS 14.4.

  At least, with any braille displays.

  Perhaps you could give a sample web site where you have consistent issues 
with an edit field?

  Richard

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  When I open the phone app voiceover repeats a name several times before it 
settles. On web pages in Safari many times I cannot get past an edit field. 
this has happened twice since iOS 14. the first time I erased the phone and 
started over. I tried that with iOS14.4 but it didn't work this time.

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Re: Managing Apple ID and password

2021-03-07 Thread Joseph Hudson

Glad I could help you. And wow and congratulations on that first voice memo.

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Beverly Wieland  wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Joseph.  I had gone to apple.com earlier but I guess was not 
> patient enough to find the correct option.
> My Apple account is now working and I updated my apps.
> I also created my first voice memo, in response to my question about 
> recording.
> 
> This list is a great help!
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Beverly Wieland
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, Joseph Hudson wrote:
> 
>> If you go to apple.com there is a link on the main homepage that says manage 
>> Apple ID.
>> 
>>> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:12 AM, Beverly Wieland  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Could someone please resend the web page where I can see if my Apple ID and 
>>> password work, and reset the password if necessary?
>>> The password is not working on my phone, but I would rather fix this using 
>>> my Windows 10 computer.
>>> The page I need was sent today and I thought I saved it!
>>> So sorry for the clutter.
>>> 
>>> Beverly Wieland
>>> bwiel...@udel.edu
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RE: uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

I just checked some of the skills I have enabled and all of them have a Disable 
button once I tap on them and when I double tap the Disable button I get one 
further confirmation prompt where I can tap either Cancel to go back or Disable 
to disable the skill.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kimberly
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 1:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

These instructions are somewhat out of date. There is no longer a menu button 
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Instead you have to tap on the 
more tab in the lower right hand corner of the screen to get to The screen 
where you’ll find skills and games. However when you tap on a skill, at least 
using voiceover, no disable button appears. So there must be a different way to 
delete a skill.
Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone

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On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:12 AM, 
deidreandlou...@gmail.com wrote:

Robert,
I copied below a link to the instructions  I tried to follow. Maybe you will 
have better success with the instructions than I did.

https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-amazon-echo/

Deidre
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RE: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread deidreandlouise

Simon 
I feel sure that would work. I don't, however, have everything turned on on all 
my devices. I really don't want to deal with a more rapid battery drain. It's 
not that important to me. 

Deidre
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Simon A 
Fogarty
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 4:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Echo

Can't you just say hey siri stop playing?

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
muccio
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 2:53 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve 
associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I’ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> deidre muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
> 
> Joshua, 
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it 
> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte 
> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without 
> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. 
> I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do 
> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
>> 
>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone 
>> if I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first 
>> tell your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should 
>> connect to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have 
>> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, 
>> open bard mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your 
>> bard mobile app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback 
>> of your bard book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book 
>> will begin to

Re: uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

2021-03-07 Thread deidre muccio

Kimberly, yes they didn’t work for me. I didn’t notice the date on that file. 
Someone sent it to me. I didn’t do what you had said just rather intuitively or 
maybe someone I saw some other instructions elsewhere. I had someone cited to 
come in today and she figured out an area where you could in fact enable or 
disable something but it was a little tricky to find. Yeah, it was anyway it’s 
in our whole general area of skills and not discover but there’s there’s three 
tabs on that page your skills discover and a third one I think we got into 
where we wanted to to disable and enable things through that third tab.
Deidre 
Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 4:22 PM, Kimberly  wrote:
> 
> These instructions are somewhat out of date. There is no longer a menu 
> button in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Instead you have to tap 
> on the more tab in the lower right hand corner of the screen to get to The 
> screen where you’ll find skills and games. However when you tap on a skill, 
> at least using voiceover, no disable button appears. So there must be a 
> different way to delete a skill.
> 
> Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
> True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of 
> justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
> 
>>> On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:12 AM, deidreandlou...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Robert,
>> I copied below a link to the instructions  I tried to follow. Maybe you will 
>> have better success with the instructions than I did.
>>  
>> https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-amazon-echo/
>>  
>> Deidre
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RE: Name That Tune

You could try using the music notification app or feature on an iPhone under 
ontrol centre.
The app is music recognition.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Steve 
Cook
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 2:39 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Name That Tune

Hi All,

Does anyone know of an app to use to play Name That Tune with using Zoom?
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RE: New Echo

Can't you just say hey siri stop playing?

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
muccio
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 2:53 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve 
associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I’ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> deidre muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
> 
> Joshua, 
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it 
> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte 
> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without 
> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. 
> I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do 
> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
>> 
>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone 
>> if I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first 
>> tell your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should 
>> connect to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have 
>> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, 
>> open bard mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your 
>> bard mobile app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback 
>> of your bard book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book 
>> will begin to play.  You can do things like say stop and your book 
>> will stop, if you tell your echo next or back, then your bard book 
>> will go forward or back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. 
>>  Good luck.
>> 
 On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the 
>>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly

Re: uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

2021-03-07 Thread Kimberly

These instructions are somewhat out of date. There is no longer a menu button 
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Instead you have to tap on the 
more tab in the lower right hand corner of the screen to get to The screen 
where you’ll find skills and games. However when you tap on a skill, at least 
using voiceover, no disable button appears. So there must be a different way to 
delete a skill.

Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
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justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:12 AM, deidreandlou...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Robert,
> I copied below a link to the instructions  I tried to follow. Maybe you will 
> have better success with the instructions than I did.
>  
> https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-amazon-echo/
>  
> Deidre
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RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

Yeah and it’s rather  weighty as well.

But the sound quality is pretty good from it.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 4:36 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

I have a Move and  it's a fantastic speaker, but as the article points out, 
it's portable to a degree around your home, e.g. from one room to another or to 
the deck or backyard, but it's not exactly the size you want to stick into your 
backpack to bring along on a picknick, camping and so on.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Simon 
A Fogarty
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 3:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

Great
Thanks,

And portable speaker,
What the Move isn’t cheap enough for you?

Over here in nz it retails for 800 dollars,

Blows the other portable speakers out of the water

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 6:53 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced

Hi,

Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among all of the 
Sonos fans on this list:

Sonos - Join us for a special event
To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we’d like to invite you 
to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest addition to the Sonos 
system.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
1:00 PM PT
You’re the reason we get to continue innovating, and we’re so excited to share 
this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link to the event.

I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday morning, but 
I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally be a Sonos headset, 
but based on what The Verge has discovered a headset seems to be finally in the 
works, but this event will be for a smaller more affordable portable speaker 
which is meant to compete with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink 
Revolve:

Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable 
speaker

Here another article from the Gear Patrol:

Sonos Has Something New Coming. Here's What We Know So 
Far

Enjoy,
Sieghard

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RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Yeah Joshua 

The bose would be my go to as well.

Still costly but not the 1000 dollars that he max pods cost here in nz.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua 
Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 5:17 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Those airpods max, are way to expensive for my taste.  If I were to get an 
expensive set of headphones, I'd go with the bose nc700's.  I had at one time 
the Sony whxm1004 headphones that all kinds of reviews on both amazon and 
youtube raved about.  I quickly returned them, because of how poorly designed 
they were.  I couldn't believe how plastic feeling they were.  I saw, it 
wouldn't take much from me, to accidentally snap one of the headphone earcups 
off the headband.  I'm sure the apple airpods max are great headphones, I just 
couldn't afford them.

On 3/7/21, Richard Turner  wrote:
> If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, 
> according to the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things 
> very clearly and in stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.
>
> If you are talking about the live listen mode, I've only read about it 
> but it uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in 
> mono.
>  It is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special 
> device for the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to 
> someone at a table in a noisy room and you would hear them over the room 
> noise.
>
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site, www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Robert Doc Wright
> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
> - Original Message -
> From: Richard Turner
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a 
> little vague.
> Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  
> Or maybe 6?
> What is very good to one person may not be to another.
>
> Thanks for any more detail you can give me.
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
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> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
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> Of Rizzino, Bonnie
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the 
> specific hours, it seems very good.
>
>
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> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Richard Turner
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
> Thanks,
>
>
> Richard
>
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> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
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> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf

RE: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

2021-03-07 Thread Deb Cook Lewis

There is a really great and largely accessible video demo of the coocoo cooker 
on Yourtube if you search for demo cooker multicooker. Gosh, she could have 
done just a little more and it would be totally accessible. She demos the 
talking menus, and you can observe that the time and temp do not talk although 
she doesn't comment on that. At first she doesn't wait long enough for any 
menus to talk,but then she does and it's quite cool. Most of the things she 
made could be at the default time, she thought that the vegetables were a 
little done to her liking and from her description, I agree. But it sounds 
pretty useable.
Apple is having trouble with Bluetooth and some braille products too so you're 
darned if you do and darned if you don't on these upgrades. 
But I think that all in all if my Instant Pot doesn't work after the next 
upgrade, I'm likely to buy this coocoo thing instead rather than give these 
people any more of my money. 
Although you can press buttons and set the instant pot by hand if you know what 
you're doing, it won't tell you when you've come to full pressure etc. I don't 
like not having any info about what it's doing. 
My sister says she doesn't know about accessibility, but the wIfI instant pot 
is wonky in her view. 
So just some observations. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Penny 
Reeder
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 10:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

I asked about the app that controls the BlueTooth IP in a Facebook group for 
blind people who discuss cooking with small electric kitchen appliances. Two 
people have responded that the WiFi app is “mostly accessible.” One can 
apparently also set pressure level and time with Alexa. I don’t know how 
closely one can monitor cooking while using the app with VoiceOver. I am not 
eager to buy a new Instant Pot, but i don’t want to forego updating my Iphone 
either. Penny

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 1:16 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> Hi Donna,
> The Bluetooth Instant pot app was perfectly accessible. The problem is that 
> it no longer will open. As for the other one, the one with Wi-Fi, I don’t own 
> that, so I have no way of testing it out. But the Bluetooth app is simply 
> gone. It will not open and it is no longer in the App Store not being 
> supported.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 10:24 PM, Donna Casteen  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I do not own this kitchen appliance, so I can not test my idea. And it is 
>> possible that other beta testers have thought of this-Has anyone tried using 
>> screen recognition with the app while using IOS 14.5 beta?? I have a couple 
>> apps that only work with IOS 14.5 beta if screen recognition is used. Both 
>> apps are no longer updated. 
>> 
>> Donna
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks, richard. Betas are so widely discussed in so many places, that it 
>>> seems pretty obvious to me that the NDA is a formality at best.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
> On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:

 Thank you Mary,
 I don't have this device, but I sure as heck would want to know not to 
 update if it breaks accessibility.
 And, if Apple kicks someone off the beta group for something like this, 
 then they are monumentally stupid.

 Richard

 Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
 realize that you are in a hurry.

 My web site, www.turner42.com

 -Original Message-
 From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
 Mary Otten
 Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:06 AM
 To: viphone@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

 Right. A violation of an NDA that nobody honors, except a few miss guided 
 blind people who think Apple actually cares. I’ll take my chances thank 
 you.

 Sent from my iPhone

>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Daniel MacDonald 
>>  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> This is a violation of Apple’s nondisclosure agreement. Though this is 
> good info for users of this device, this is Apple Confadential 
> Information. You might get kicked out of the iOS beta program for this. 
> Read the terms and conditions for the iOS beta next time. I am as well a 
> beta tester but read my license agreement(s). 
> 
 On Mar 4, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>>> 
>>> For anyone who has the Bluetooth instant pot, when the version of iOS 
>>> that is not beta, 14.5, comes out, do not update. The app that makes 
>>> that Bluetooth thing work does not work anymore. They need to update 
>>> it. Since they don’t make this pot anymore, my guess is the update 
>>> won’t be happening. I wish I knew where to write. My instant pot is now 
>>> a

Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

2021-03-07 Thread Penny Reeder

I asked about the app that controls the BlueTooth IP in a Facebook group for 
blind people who discuss cooking with small electric kitchen appliances. Two 
people have responded that the WiFi app is “mostly accessible.” One can 
apparently also set pressure level and time with Alexa. I don’t know how 
closely one can monitor cooking while using the app with VoiceOver. I am not 
eager to buy a new Instant Pot, but i don’t want to forego updating my Iphone 
either. Penny

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 1:16 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> Hi Donna,
> The Bluetooth Instant pot app was perfectly accessible. The problem is that 
> it no longer will open. As for the other one, the one with Wi-Fi, I don’t own 
> that, so I have no way of testing it out. But the Bluetooth app is simply 
> gone. It will not open and it is no longer in the App Store not being 
> supported.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 10:24 PM, Donna Casteen  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I do not own this kitchen appliance, so I can not test my idea. And it is 
>> possible that other beta testers have thought of this-Has anyone tried using 
>> screen recognition with the app while using IOS 14.5 beta?? I have a couple 
>> apps that only work with IOS 14.5 beta if screen recognition is used. Both 
>> apps are no longer updated. 
>> 
>> Donna
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks, richard. Betas are so widely discussed in so many places, that it 
>>> seems pretty obvious to me that the NDA is a formality at best.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
> On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
 
 Thank you Mary,
 I don't have this device, but I sure as heck would want to know not to 
 update if it breaks accessibility.
 And, if Apple kicks someone off the beta group for something like this, 
 then they are monumentally stupid.
 
 
 
 Richard
 
 Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
 realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
 My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
 Mary Otten
 Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:06 AM
 To: viphone@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5
 
 Right. A violation of an NDA that nobody honors, except a few miss guided 
 blind people who think Apple actually cares. I’ll take my chances thank 
 you.
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Daniel MacDonald 
>>  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> This is a violation of Apple’s nondisclosure agreement. Though this is 
> good info for users of this device, this is Apple Confadential 
> Information. You might get kicked out of the iOS beta program for this. 
> Read the terms and conditions for the iOS beta next time. I am as well a 
> beta tester but read my license agreement(s). 
> 
 On Mar 4, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>>> 
>>> For anyone who has the Bluetooth instant pot, when the version of iOS 
>>> that is not beta, 14.5, comes out, do not update. The app that makes 
>>> that Bluetooth thing work does not work anymore. They need to update 
>>> it. Since they don’t make this pot anymore, my guess is the update 
>>> won’t be happening. I wish I knew where to write. My instant pot is now 
>>> a paperweight thanks to the developers and to iOS.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Apple Sign-in

2021-03-07 Thread Mike B

I don't have Edge or Google Chrome set to remember passwords.  But, here's 
something weird, or maybe not, this happens on my Windows 7 PC when using 
the latest Edge or Chrome but, on my Windows 10 PC everything works just 
fine, which I just discovered a little while ago.  Thanks for confirming 
that I'm using the correct URL for logging into my Apple account.


Stay safe and take care.  Mike.

- Original Message - 
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2021 7:14 AM
Subject: RE: Apple Sign-in


That is the site to manager your Apple ID when you want to make changes or 
check something.

I just tried it with Edge and it didn’t like my password, which I know is 
correct.

I then ran Firefox and made sure remember me was not checked.

I entered my user name hit continue, entered my password, and received a 
notification on my phone that a login was being attempted, after allowing 
that, and entering the 6 digit verification code from the phone, I was in.



Perhaps Edge and Google are remembering the wrong password?





Richard



Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.





My web site, www.turner42.com







From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mike 
B
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 5:36 AM
To: viPhone 
Subject: Apple Sign-in



Hi All,



Whenever I go to the apple website to sign into my account I get the message 
that sign-in is unavailable and I can only get options for recovering my 
account information or creating an Apple ID.  Below is the URL I'm using, is 
it the correct link?



https://appleid.apple.com



This happens with Edge or Google.  Thanks much.





Stay safe and take care.  Mike.

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Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

2021-03-07 Thread Mary Otten

Hi Donna,
The Bluetooth Instant pot app was perfectly accessible. The problem is that it 
no longer will open. As for the other one, the one with Wi-Fi, I don’t own 
that, so I have no way of testing it out. But the Bluetooth app is simply gone. 
It will not open and it is no longer in the App Store not being supported.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 6, 2021, at 10:24 PM, Donna Casteen  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I do not own this kitchen appliance, so I can not test my idea. And it is 
> possible that other beta testers have thought of this-Has anyone tried using 
> screen recognition with the app while using IOS 14.5 beta?? I have a couple 
> apps that only work with IOS 14.5 beta if screen recognition is used. Both 
> apps are no longer updated. 
> 
> Donna
> 
>> 
>> Thanks, richard. Betas are so widely discussed in so many places, that it 
>> seems pretty obvious to me that the NDA is a formality at best.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Richard Turner  
 wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you Mary,
>>> I don't have this device, but I sure as heck would want to know not to 
>>> update if it breaks accessibility.
>>> And, if Apple kicks someone off the beta group for something like this, 
>>> then they are monumentally stupid.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Richard
>>> 
>>> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
>>> realize that you are in a hurry.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My web site, www.turner42.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>>> Otten
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:06 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5
>>> 
>>> Right. A violation of an NDA that nobody honors, except a few miss guided 
>>> blind people who think Apple actually cares. I’ll take my chances thank you.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
> On Mar 6, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Daniel MacDonald 
>  wrote:
 
 Hello Mary,
 
 This is a violation of Apple’s nondisclosure agreement. Though this is 
 good info for users of this device, this is Apple Confadential 
 Information. You might get kicked out of the iOS beta program for this. 
 Read the terms and conditions for the iOS beta next time. I am as well a 
 beta tester but read my license agreement(s). 
 
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> For anyone who has the Bluetooth instant pot, when the version of iOS 
> that is not beta, 14.5, comes out, do not update. The app that makes that 
> Bluetooth thing work does not work anymore. They need to update it. Since 
> they don’t make this pot anymore, my guess is the update won’t be 
> happening. I wish I knew where to write. My instant pot is now a 
> paperweight thanks to the developers and to iOS.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Managing Apple ID and password

2021-03-07 Thread Beverly Wieland

Thank you, Joseph. I had gone to apple.com earlier but I guess was not
patient enough to find the correct option.

My Apple account is now working and I updated my apps.
I also created my first voice memo, in response to my question about
recording.

This list is a great help!
Thanks to all.

Beverly Wieland

On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, Joseph Hudson wrote:

If you go to apple.com there is a link on the main homepage that says manage
Apple ID.

On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:12 AM, Beverly Wieland wrote:

Could someone please resend the web page where I can see if my Apple ID and
password work, and reset the password if necessary?
The password is not working on my phone, but I would rather fix this using my
Windows 10 computer.
The page I need was sent today and I thought I saved it!
So sorry for the clutter.

Beverly Wieland
bwiel...@udel.edu

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RE: AirPods Max first impressions

2021-03-07 Thread richring

Remember one thing. DR. Carter loves all things Apple! If Apple makes it, Dr. 
Carter loves it. Not very objective!

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of juan 
mojena
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 11:17 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Thank you very much. I’ve listen to it and it’s very informative.

Juan

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 7, 2021, at 12:21 AM, Richard Turner mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote:

Robert’s podcast is called The Tech Doctor.

The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast (dr-carter.com)  

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site,   www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of juan 
mojena
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Hi Robert, what is the name of your podcast? I would like to hear more about 
these. I’ve been listening to reviews about them on YouTube. Thank you in 
advance.

thank you, Juan

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 5, 2021, at 7:22 PM, Robert Carter mailto:nc5rn...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I am not sure exactly what you are asking? When transparency mode is on, the 
audio is still stereo if it was produced in stereo.

Robert

On Mar 5, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Richard Turner mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote:

Robert,

After listening to your podcast about these headphones, I have a question.

I read that if you use the Live Listen mode, the audio you are listening to 
goes to mono.

Does that also happen with the transparency mode?

Thanks,

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site,  

 www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Robert Carter
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Hi,

I have the AirPods Max and agree with what has been said. They are fantastic 
and the battery life is excellent.

I am on Zoom several hours a day for my job. The AirPods Max work great with 
Zoom.

I got my wife the AirPods Max. She uses them to watch TV with the Apple TV. She 
loves them.

Robert Carter

On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Rizzino, Bonnie mailto:brizz...@pghvis.org> > wrote:

I am a little jealous as I have 3 years before retirement. I suppose time will 
fly, or at least that’s what everybody tells me!  (smile)!

Bonnie Rizzino

Case Manager

Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

1816 Locust St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

 www.bvrspittsburgh.org

412-368-4400 X2246

Direct dial 412-368-4079

From:   viphone@googlegroups.com< 
 viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:12 AM
To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

No worries, I completely understand.

I worked from home the last 6 months before I was able to retire and it really 
stretched my brain.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site,  

 www.turner42.com

From:   viphone@googlegroups.com< 
 viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:03 AM
To:

Re: AirPods Max first impressions

2021-03-07 Thread juan mojena

Thank you very much. I’ve listen to it and it’s very informative.

Juan



Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 7, 2021, at 12:21 AM, Richard Turner  wrote:


Robert’s podcast is called The Tech Doctor.
The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast (dr-carter.com)
 
 
 
Richard
 
Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of juan 
mojena
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
 
Hi Robert, what is the name of your podcast? I would like to hear more about 
these. I’ve been listening to reviews about them on YouTube. Thank you in 
advance.
 
thank you, Juan

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 5, 2021, at 7:22 PM, Robert Carter  wrote:

I am not sure exactly what you are asking? When transparency mode is on, the 
audio is still stereo if it was produced in stereo.
 
Robert
 


On Mar 5, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Richard Turner  wrote:
 
Robert,
After listening to your podcast about these headphones, I have a question.
 
I read that if you use the Live Listen mode, the audio you are listening to 
goes to mono.
Does that also happen with the transparency mode?
 
Thanks,
 
Richard
 
Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Carter
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
 
Hi,
 
I have the AirPods Max and agree with what has been said. They are fantastic 
and the battery life is excellent.
 
I am on Zoom several hours a day for my job. The AirPods Max work great with 
Zoom.
 
I got my wife the AirPods Max. She uses them to watch TV with the Apple TV. She 
loves them.
 
Robert Carter
 
 



On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Rizzino, Bonnie  wrote:
 
I am a little jealous as I have 3 years before retirement. I suppose time will 
fly, or at least that’s what everybody tells me!  (smile)!
 
Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:12 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
No worries, I completely understand.
I worked from home the last 6 months before I was able to retire and it really 
stretched my brain.
 
 
 
 
Richard
 
Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rizzino, 
Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
You are right! Forgive me. I am multi-tasking again. I should never do that. My 
only excuse is that I am working from home.
 
Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:01 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
That is quite amazing.  That is better to me than just “very good.” (grin)
 
If anyone else has these headphones, please chime in with your experience.
 
 
 
 
 
Richard
 
Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rizzino, 
Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
I apologize. Best guess 12 to 14 hours listening time at least.
 
Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:51 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little vague.
Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or maybe 
6?
What is very good to one person may not be to another.
 
Thanks for any more detail you can give me.
 
 
Richard
 
Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.
 
 
My web site, www.turner42.com
 
 
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rizzino, 
Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
 
I have had them since mid-January and without keeping

Re: Managing Apple ID and password

2021-03-07 Thread Joseph Hudson

If you go to apple.com there is a link on the main homepage that says manage 
Apple ID.

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:12 AM, Beverly Wieland  wrote:
> 
> Could someone please resend the web page where I can see if my Apple ID and 
> password work, and reset the password if necessary?
> The password is not working on my phone, but I would rather fix this using my 
> Windows 10 computer.
> The page I need was sent today and I thought I saved it!
> So sorry for the clutter.
> 
> Beverly Wieland
> bwiel...@udel.edu

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Re: AirPods Max first impressions

2021-03-07 Thread Anthony Vece

If I had that kind of money I would buy the Apple AirPods max but, like you I 
can’t justify spending that much money.

Sent from my Verizon iPhone 12 Pro!!!

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:21 AM, blindathle...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I highly recommend beats solo pro on-ear headphones. It is premium 
> headphones, has the apple h1 chip so it will have no lag with voiceover, and 
> it almost has all the other features of apple's headphones. It is usually 
> sold for 299 dollars, but I recently saw them on woot.com discounted to 149.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua 
> Hendrickson
> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:17 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
> 
> Those airpods max, are way to expensive for my taste.  If I were to get an 
> expensive set of headphones, I'd go with the bose nc700's.  I had at one time 
> the Sony whxm1004 headphones that all kinds of reviews on both amazon and 
> youtube raved about.  I quickly returned them, because of how poorly designed 
> they were.  I couldn't believe how plastic feeling they were.  I saw, it 
> wouldn't take much from me, to accidentally snap one of the headphone earcups 
> off the headband.  I'm sure the apple airpods max are great headphones, I 
> just couldn't afford them.
> 
>> On 3/7/21, Richard Turner  wrote:
>> If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, 
>> according to the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things 
>> very clearly and in stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.
>> 
>> If you are talking about the live listen mode, I've only read about it 
>> but it uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in 
>> mono.
>> It is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special 
>> device for the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to 
>> someone at a table in a noisy room and you would hear them over the room 
>> noise.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
>> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>> 
>> 
>> My web site, www.turner42.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Robert Doc Wright
>> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
>> 
>> how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Richard Turner
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
>> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>> 
>> If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a 
>> little vague.
>> Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  
>> Or maybe 6?
>> What is very good to one person may not be to another.
>> 
>> Thanks for any more detail you can give me.
>> 
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
>> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>> 
>> 
>> My web site,
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>> lTX5mzb8dLrvg%3D=0>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf 
>> Of Rizzino, Bonnie
>> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>> 
>> I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the 
>> specific hours, it seems very good.
>> 
>> 
>> Bonnie Rizzino
>> Case Manager
>> Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
>> 1816 Locust St.
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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>> 412-368-4400 X2246
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>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf 
>> Of Richard Turner
>> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>> 
>> Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to

Managing Apple ID and password

2021-03-07 Thread Beverly Wieland

Could someone please resend the web page where I can see if my Apple ID 
and password work, and reset the password if necessary?
The password is not working on my phone, but I would rather fix this using 
my Windows 10 computer.

The page I need was sent today and I thought I saved it!
So sorry for the clutter.

Beverly Wieland
bwiel...@udel.edu

RE: New Echo

There are so many variations on Echo devices, that I suspect the Google Home 
might be closest to the Echo Show or the full sized Echo, whatever it is called.
Maybe the Google Home Mini could be compared to the standard echo, but if you 
are comparing the Google Home to the standard, small Echo, that is like apples 
to oranges.

I've not heard either one, but based on my reading, that is what I would 
conclude.


Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, www.turner42.com



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua 
Hendrickson
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:12 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

I like my google home better then the echo someone gave me.  I set all the 
bass, mids, and highs, to max settings on both my google home, and my echo, and 
my google home sounds better than my echo.  I also get more music on my google 
home since I can access youtube on my google home, and you can't get access to 
youtube on the echo devices any more.

On 3/7/21, Fanus Buys  wrote:
> Hello Sieghard and list
> The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I 
> hoped that if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book 
> that the text would show on the screen but this does not happen.
> Regards
> Fanus
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
>
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust 
> settings on your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to 
> some extend also allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa 
> speaker, e.g. ask questions or give commands just as you would to your Echo 
> speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing 
> on your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo 
> speaker just like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to 
> your phone and the whatever you play on your phone plays via your 
> Echo. But because the Echo is a smartspeaker you can obviously take it 
> one step further, i.e. once a book is playing you can ask your speaker 
> to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on a regular Bluetooth 
> speaker you would do these things by pressing the appropriate button. 
> But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and then tell 
> it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's 
> very seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are 
> signed into your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for 
> Audible the Alexa assistant has access to your Audible library.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> deidre muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
>
> Joshua,
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing
> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what 
> it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do 
> it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo 
> even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my 
> phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll 
> turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank 
> you again.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone 
>> if I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first 
>> tell your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should 
>> connect to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have 
>> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, 
>> open bard mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your 
>> bard mobile app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback 
>> of your bard book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book 
>> will begin to play.  You can do things like say stop and your book 
>> will stop, if you tell your echo next or back, then your bard book 
>> will go forward or back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. 
>>  Good luck.
>>
>>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the 
>>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, 
>>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it.
>>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she

RE: AirPods Max first impressions

2021-03-07 Thread blindathlete6

I highly recommend beats solo pro on-ear headphones. It is premium headphones, 
has the apple h1 chip so it will have no lag with voiceover, and it almost has 
all the other features of apple's headphones. It is usually sold for 299 
dollars, but I recently saw them on woot.com discounted to 149.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua 
Hendrickson
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:17 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Those airpods max, are way to expensive for my taste.  If I were to get an 
expensive set of headphones, I'd go with the bose nc700's.  I had at one time 
the Sony whxm1004 headphones that all kinds of reviews on both amazon and 
youtube raved about.  I quickly returned them, because of how poorly designed 
they were.  I couldn't believe how plastic feeling they were.  I saw, it 
wouldn't take much from me, to accidentally snap one of the headphone earcups 
off the headband.  I'm sure the apple airpods max are great headphones, I just 
couldn't afford them.

On 3/7/21, Richard Turner  wrote:
> If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, 
> according to the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things 
> very clearly and in stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.
>
> If you are talking about the live listen mode, I've only read about it 
> but it uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in 
> mono.
>  It is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special 
> device for the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to 
> someone at a table in a noisy room and you would hear them over the room 
> noise.
>
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site, www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Robert Doc Wright
> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
> - Original Message -
> From: Richard Turner
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a 
> little vague.
> Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  
> Or maybe 6?
> What is very good to one person may not be to another.
>
> Thanks for any more detail you can give me.
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site,
> www.turner42.com tp%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cedf6994b44ca41c8c1c70
> 8d8e144d388%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C6375070330091
> 46260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJB
> TiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=j0PiPste7Yama8SGvkn81mXQDeGBMc
> lTX5mzb8dLrvg%3D=0>
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Rizzino, Bonnie
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the 
> specific hours, it seems very good.
>
>
> Bonnie Rizzino
> Case Manager
> Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
> 1816 Locust St.
> Pittsburgh, PA 15219
> www.bvrspittsburgh.org url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bvrspittsburgh.org%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cedf6994b4
> 4ca41c8c1c708d8e144d388%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C6
> 37507033009146260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoi
> V2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=JnH3ITlbEwLWuXHeo8
> rQ3OZRCs6OXZoa3PE1GF%2FmPxk%3D=0>
> 412-368-4400 X2246
> Direct dial 412-368-4079
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Richard Turner
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
> Thanks,
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical 
> object<>to realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site,
> www.turner42.com tp%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cedf6994b44ca41c8c1c70
> 8d8e144d388%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C6375070330091
> 46260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJB
>

Re: Apple Sign-in

2021-03-07 Thread Joshua Hendrickson

I almost forgot waht my apple ID password was, but thanks to giving
out that site, I remembered it and could have logged into my account
if I had wanted to.

On 3/7/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> Yes, that is the correct URL, when I clicked on your link the website opens
> and I am asked to enter my Apple Id email and password. As opposed to
> Richard I have no problems in Edge or Chrome.
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mike
> B
> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 5:36 AM
> To: viPhone 
> Subject: Apple Sign-in
>
> Hi All,
>
> Whenever I go to the apple website to sign into my account I get the message
> that sign-in is unavailable and I can only get options for recovering my
> account information or creating an Apple ID.  Below is the URL I'm using, is
> it the correct link?
>
> https://appleid.apple.com
>
> This happens with Edge or Google.  Thanks much.
>
>
> Stay safe and take care.  Mike.
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Re: AirPods Max first impressions

2021-03-07 Thread Joshua Hendrickson

Those airpods max, are way to expensive for my taste.  If I were to
get an expensive set of headphones, I'd go with the bose nc700's.  I
had at one time the Sony whxm1004 headphones that all kinds of reviews
on both amazon and youtube raved about.  I quickly returned them,
because of how poorly designed they were.  I couldn't believe how
plastic feeling they were.  I saw, it wouldn't take much from me, to
accidentally snap one of the headphone earcups off the headband.  I'm
sure the apple airpods max are great headphones, I just couldn't
afford them.

On 3/7/21, Richard Turner  wrote:
> If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, according
> to the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things very clearly and in
> stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.
>
> If you are talking about the live listen mode, I've only read about it but
> it uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in mono.
>  It is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special
> device for the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to someone at
> a table in a noisy room and you would hear them over the room noise.
>
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to
> realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site, www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> Robert Doc Wright
> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
> - Original Message -
> From: Richard Turner
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little
> vague.
> Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or
> maybe 6?
> What is very good to one person may not be to another.
>
> Thanks for any more detail you can give me.
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to
> realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site,
> www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of
> Rizzino, Bonnie
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the specific
> hours, it seems very good.
>
>
> Bonnie Rizzino
> Case Manager
> Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
> 1816 Locust St.
> Pittsburgh, PA 15219
> www.bvrspittsburgh.org
> 412-368-4400 X2246
> Direct dial 412-368-4079
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
> Thanks,
>
>
> Richard
>
> Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to
> realize that you are in a hurry.
>
>
> My web site,
> www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of
> Rizzino, Bonnie
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:34 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions
>
> I am not the original email writer, but it is a very weird case or bag. But
> the product inside is lovely! They definitely sound wonderful!
>
> Bonnie Rizzino
> Case Manager
> Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of

Re: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread Joshua Hendrickson

I like my google home better then the echo someone gave me.  I set all
the bass, mids, and highs, to max settings on both my google home, and
my echo, and my google home sounds better than my echo.  I also get
more music on my google home since I can access youtube on my google
home, and you can't get access to youtube on the echo devices any
more.

On 3/7/21, Fanus Buys  wrote:
> Hello Sieghard and list
> The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I hoped
> that if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book that the text
> would show on the screen but this does not happen.
> Regards
> Fanus
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
>
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book
> in your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> deidre muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
>
> Joshua,
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing
> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I
> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it
> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte
> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without
> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa
> app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do
> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if
>> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell
>> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect
>> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired
>> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard
>> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile
>> app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback of your bard
>> book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to
>> play.  You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you
>> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or
>> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter.  Good luck.
>>
>>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the
>>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry,
>>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it.
>>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she
>>> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to
>>> know what time it is.
>>> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo
>>> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy
>>> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command.
>>> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you
>>> could set up YouTube I think, but if  you want to use it you would be
>>> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns
>>> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime
>>> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google
>>> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play
>>> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV

RE: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

It's exactly what companies want, now even large and small appliances are 
loaded with technology which makes products which people otherwise had for 10 
or 15 years obsolete after a few years or at least many feel they then have to 
upgrade in order to get the latest. Of course at the same time the same 
companies often then talk about how much they do for the environment and 
recycling. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Cristóbal Muñoz
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:23 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

Yeah, it sucks. You can already imagine their answer if we reach out to 
complain about this development to them. well, can we recommend the newer WIFI 
model that has Alexa support built in? As if everyone else has the habit of 
replacing their pressure cooker every 5 or so years and besides, what guaranty 
is there that in another 4 or 5 years, what's current and cutting edge today 
will be yesterday's news and not worth supporting in their estimation? Once 
bitten, twice shy etc. That and what if you don't have or even want Alexa?
Back when this Bluetooth model came out, I figured that the actual IP would 
outlast the app by a long shot, so I guess in that respect, it's not terribly 
surprising, but it's still frustrating. I am fortunate though. Yesterday, I 
busted out my old SE that I stopped using as my second line's phone and just 
use it for music streaming and other stuff like that. Turns out I've still got 
the IP Bluetooth app on their. I reenabled the connection with my IP and made 
sure that automatic iOS updates are disabled so at least for now, I'll be able 
to use my IP with an iOS device for the foreseeable future since I don't need 
that device to be current on iOS anyway, but I'm sure I'm the exception to this 
situation. 

Cristóbal

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:23 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

Unfortunately it is my experience that Instant Brands, the name of the Instant 
Pot company, does not really care too much about accessibility. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Laury, 
Shawnese (LEO)
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:17 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

I had the blue tooth model and yes it was absolutely awesome. I now have the 
newer model and I like the device but the app that runs it is not like the 
previous smart cooker app. 

It is very difficult to operate. Most of the time I have my sighted family 
members to set it to avoid overcooking something. 

Maybe we need to reach out to the company and voice our concerns with the new 
app and ask that they make it more user friendly for those of us who are blind 
or visually impaired. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5

CAUTION: This is an External email. Please send suspicious emails to 
ab...@michigan.gov

Johna,
I didn’t mean to devalue your message. It’s just that it sounds like this 
device that you got doesn’t actually offer as much Accessibility as what we 
just lost. The thing I like the most about the Bluetooth instant pot was that I 
could actually control it. I could change the time from the default. I could 
tell what was going on. How much time was left etc. So, the one you got sounds 
OK, except it smaller than the IP. And you still have to do a cheat sheet. So 
I’m kind of bummed by the whole thing.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
>
> The difference is all the menu options and buttons talk when you press them, 
> it walks you through step by step what buttons to push, the device itself 
> talks, no smart apps required.  The other major difference is that there's no 
> pressure valve to worry about, it's all automatic.
> Sorry, just trying to be helpful.
>
> Johna
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:20 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Smart cooker app does not work with iOS 14.5
>
> Do you have the newer model that works with Wi-Fi? I’m just wondering how you 
> manage to get the Wi-Fi app if you don’t have that one.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:07 AM, Cristobal Muñoz  wrote:
>>
>> I just opened up the "newer" IP app Remote Control for Smart WiFI and it 
>> says you can control your WiFi model via your smartphone "or" Alexa, but it 
>> doesn't mention the Bluetooth model. I just recall coming across chatter on 
>> this and other lists about this topic, but admittedly, I didn't pay much 
>> attention to it since the smart

RE: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread Fanus Buys

Hello Sieghard and list
The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I hoped that 
if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book that the text would 
show on the screen but this does not happen.
Regards
Fanus

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Echo

You have to understand the way these devices work.
The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on your 
phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just like you 
would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the whatever 
you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is a 
smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book is 
playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on 
a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing the 
appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and 
then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD 
app.
Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
assistant has access to your Audible library.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
muccio
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Joshua, 
Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve 
seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, 
but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was 
confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought 
it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. 
But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard 
book. Thank you again.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
> 
> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if 
> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell 
> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect 
> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired 
> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard 
> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile 
> app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback of your bard 
> book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to 
> play.  You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you 
> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or 
> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter.  Good luck.
> 
>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the 
>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, 
>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it.
>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she 
>> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to 
>> know what time it is.
>> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo 
>> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy 
>> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. 
>> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you 
>> could set up YouTube I think, but if  you want to use it you would be 
>> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns 
>> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime 
>> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google 
>> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play 
>> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the 
>> Google via Chromecast.
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
>> Of deidre muccio
>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Cc: Daniel Macdonald 
>> Subject: Re: New Echo
>> 
>> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the 
>> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get 
>> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can

RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

When I had my US membership I had the Platinum and often bought the 24 credits 
all at once which gives you the best per credit price. I have to maybe check 
again, but definitely buying them as a 12-credit package was not an option when 
Audible Canada first came out and there was also only the Gold plan with 1 
credit, no 2-credit a month plan was available. 
Amazon Canada also does not offer a family account where I could add my wfie to 
my account so she would also get Prime benefits. I was told it was coming at 
some point, but that was like a year ago at least.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

Does audible Canada give you the option of paying for 12 credits at once?  When 
I had an Audible account, I did that because it was $149 for 12 credits, which 
cut about $2.50 off each credit price.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

US prices are not always translated to another country's price exactly by the 
current exchange rate. Yes, the Move is $399 in the US, I just checked to make 
sure and at Best Buy Canada as well as directly from Sonos it is $499 Canadian.
In this case our Canadian price is actually a bit better than the current 
exchange rate which is sitting around $1.27 to $1.29, at $1.27 $399 US is 
$506.73 and $1.29 is $514.71.
Another good example where things are in our favour is an Audible subscription, 
I am pretty sure the Gold subscription, 1 credit a month, is $14.95 US and it 
is the same $14.95 in Canadian currency at Audible Canada. But Audible Canada 
is only a bit over 2 years old if I remembe rcorrectly and prior to that 
Canadian customers had to get a US Audible subscription and we were billed in 
US Dollars which was converted by the credit card company and that was not a 
very good deal because credit card companies always charge a premium of at 
least 2 or 3% on top of the actual exchange rate and currently I would have 
paid around $20 Canadian for a $14.95 US Audible subscription.
Unfortunately this is not always the case and I have seen many examples for 
products where the Canadian price is easily 20% or more higher then what it 
would be if you convert the US price to Canadian with the current exchange rate.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kelly 
Pierce
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 6:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Sonos product about to be announced

That's $573 in US currency. The price at Best buy in the states is $400. Both 
the move and the small new one will have both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi audio.

Kelly

On 3/6/21, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> Great
> Thanks,
>
> And portable speaker,
> What the Move isn't cheap enough for you?
>
> Over here in nz it retails for 800 dollars,
>
> Blows the other portable speakers out of the water
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 6:53 am
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced
>
> Hi,
>
> Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among 
> all of the Sonos fans on this list:
>
> Sonos - Join us for a special event
> To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we'd like to 
> invite you to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest 
> addition to the Sonos system.
> Tuesday, March 9, 2021
> 1:00 PM PT
> You're the reason we get to continue innovating, and we're so excited 
> to share this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link 
> to the event.
>
> I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday 
> morning, but I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally 
> be a Sonos headset, but based on what The Verge has discovered a 
> headset seems to be finally in the works, but this event will be for a 
> smaller more affordable portable speaker which is meant to compete 
> with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink Revolve:
>
> Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable 
> speaker %2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2021%2F2%2F17%2F22287135%2Fsonos-event-date-a
> p;data=04%7C01%7C%7C8e015148ddc9402b726e08d8e1803822%7C84df9e7fe9f640a
> fb435%7C1%7C0%7C637507288095433837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d
> 8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C
> 1000sdata=9mADWgrx5lInBIkAS2baaKNopVLO9Oa1HJUq1f4VwUs%3Drese
> rved=0
> nnounced-bluetooth-speaker-headphones>
>
> Here another article from the

Re: uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

2021-03-07 Thread Anthony Vece

Hi Deirdre;
I got the link you shared with the list and it seems pretty straightforward.
If you have a problem reply to the list.
Stay safe
Anthony

Sent from my Verizon iPhone 12 Pro!!!

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:12 AM, deidreandlou...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Robert,
> I copied below a link to the instructions  I tried to follow. Maybe you will 
> have better success with the instructions than I did.
>  
> https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-amazon-echo/
>  
> Deidre
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RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

Does audible Canada give you the option of paying for 12 credits at once?  When 
I had an Audible account, I did that because it was $149 for 12 credits, which 
cut about $2.50 off each credit price.

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

US prices are not always translated to another country's price exactly by the 
current exchange rate. Yes, the Move is $399 in the US, I just checked to make 
sure and at Best Buy Canada as well as directly from Sonos it is $499 Canadian.
In this case our Canadian price is actually a bit better than the current 
exchange rate which is sitting around $1.27 to $1.29, at $1.27 $399 US is 
$506.73 and $1.29 is $514.71.
Another good example where things are in our favour is an Audible subscription, 
I am pretty sure the Gold subscription, 1 credit a month, is $14.95 US and it 
is the same $14.95 in Canadian currency at Audible Canada. But Audible Canada 
is only a bit over 2 years old if I remembe rcorrectly and prior to that 
Canadian customers had to get a US Audible subscription and we were billed in 
US Dollars which was converted by the credit card company and that was not a 
very good deal because credit card companies always charge a premium of at 
least 2 or 3% on top of the actual exchange rate and currently I would have 
paid around $20 Canadian for a $14.95 US Audible subscription.
Unfortunately this is not always the case and I have seen many examples for 
products where the Canadian price is easily 20% or more higher then what it 
would be if you convert the US price to Canadian with the current exchange rate.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kelly 
Pierce
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 6:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Sonos product about to be announced

That's $573 in US currency. The price at Best buy in the states is $400. Both 
the move and the small new one will have both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi audio.

Kelly

On 3/6/21, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> Great
> Thanks,
>
> And portable speaker,
> What the Move isn't cheap enough for you?
>
> Over here in nz it retails for 800 dollars,
>
> Blows the other portable speakers out of the water
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 6:53 am
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced
>
> Hi,
>
> Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among 
> all of the Sonos fans on this list:
>
> Sonos - Join us for a special event
> To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we'd like to 
> invite you to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest 
> addition to the Sonos system.
> Tuesday, March 9, 2021
> 1:00 PM PT
> You're the reason we get to continue innovating, and we're so excited 
> to share this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link 
> to the event.
>
> I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday 
> morning, but I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally 
> be a Sonos headset, but based on what The Verge has discovered a 
> headset seems to be finally in the works, but this event will be for a 
> smaller more affordable portable speaker which is meant to compete 
> with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink Revolve:
>
> Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable
> speaker %2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2021%2F2%2F17%2F22287135%2Fsonos-event-date-a
> p;data=04%7C01%7C%7C8e015148ddc9402b726e08d8e1803822%7C84df9e7fe9f640a
> fb435%7C1%7C0%7C637507288095433837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d
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> 1000sdata=9mADWgrx5lInBIkAS2baaKNopVLO9Oa1HJUq1f4VwUs%3Drese
> rved=0
> nnounced-bluetooth-speaker-headphones>
>
> Here another article from the Gear Patrol:
>
> Sonos Has Something New Coming. Here's What We Know So
> Far ww.gearpatrol.com%2Ftech%2Faudio%2Fa35549742%2Fsonos-roam-new-spe
> data=04%7C01%7C%7C8e015148ddc9402b726e08d8e1803822%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb
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> served=0
> aker-rumors/>
>
>
> Enjoy,
> Sieghard
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RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

US prices are not always translated to another country's price exactly by the 
current exchange rate. Yes, the Move is $399 in the US, I just checked to make 
sure and at Best Buy Canada as well as directly from Sonos it is $499 Canadian.
In this case our Canadian price is actually a bit better than the current 
exchange rate which is sitting around $1.27 to $1.29, at $1.27 $399 US is 
$506.73 and $1.29 is $514.71.
Another good example where things are in our favour is an Audible subscription, 
I am pretty sure the Gold subscription, 1 credit a month, is $14.95 US and it 
is the same $14.95 in Canadian currency at Audible Canada. But Audible Canada 
is only a bit over 2 years old if I remembe rcorrectly and prior to that 
Canadian customers had to get a US Audible subscription and we were billed in 
US Dollars which was converted by the credit card company and that was not a 
very good deal because credit card companies always charge a premium of at 
least 2 or 3% on top of the actual exchange rate and currently I would have 
paid around $20 Canadian for a $14.95 US Audible subscription.
Unfortunately this is not always the case and I have seen many examples for 
products where the Canadian price is easily 20% or more higher then what it 
would be if you convert the US price to Canadian with the current exchange rate.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kelly 
Pierce
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 6:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Sonos product about to be announced

That’s $573 in US currency. The price at Best buy in the states is $400. Both 
the move and the small new one will have both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi audio.

Kelly

On 3/6/21, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
> Great
> Thanks,
>
> And portable speaker,
> What the Move isn’t cheap enough for you?
>
> Over here in nz it retails for 800 dollars,
>
> Blows the other portable speakers out of the water
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 6:53 am
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced
>
> Hi,
>
> Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among 
> all of the Sonos fans on this list:
>
> Sonos - Join us for a special event
> To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we’d like to 
> invite you to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest 
> addition to the Sonos system.
> Tuesday, March 9, 2021
> 1:00 PM PT
> You’re the reason we get to continue innovating, and we’re so excited 
> to share this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link 
> to the event.
>
> I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday 
> morning, but I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally 
> be a Sonos headset, but based on what The Verge has discovered a 
> headset seems to be finally in the works, but this event will be for a 
> smaller more affordable portable speaker which is meant to compete 
> with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink Revolve:
>
> Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable 
> speaker nnounced-bluetooth-speaker-headphones>
>
> Here another article from the Gear Patrol:
>
> Sonos Has Something New Coming. Here's What We Know So 
> Far aker-rumors/>
>
>
> Enjoy,
> Sieghard
>
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RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If by that feature, you are talking about the transparency mode, according to 
the folks on the Tech Doctor podcast, you hear things very clearly and in 
stereo.  So sounds from the left, are on your left, etc.

If you are talking about the live listen mode, I've only read about it but it 
uses the iPhone microphone so you hear whatever the iPhone hears in mono.  It 
is intended to be like a pocket talker I think, which is a special device for 
the hearing impaired, so you could give your phone to someone at a table in a 
noisy room and you would hear them over the room noise.



Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

how clearly do you hear what is around you when that feature is chosen?
- Original Message -
From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little vague.
Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or maybe 
6?
What is very good to one person may not be to another.

Thanks for any more detail you can give me.


Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, 
www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the specific 
hours, it seems very good.


Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Have you had them long enough to get a true gage on the battery life?
Thanks,


Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, 
www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

I am not the original email writer, but it is a very weird case or bag. But the 
product inside is lovely! They definitely sound wonderful!

Bonnie Rizzino
Case Manager
Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
1816 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
www.bvrspittsburgh.org
412-368-4400 X2246
Direct dial 412-368-4079

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

One review I heard said

RE: repeating voiceover

I have never experienced any of this.
In the phone app, which tab at the bottom is selected?  It always returns to 
the last one selected.

I assume you have closed everything out of the app switcher.

Now, some web sites are awful and the edit fields do not work correctly, and 
that seems to also be an issue with iOS 14.4.
At least, with any braille displays.
Perhaps you could give a sample web site where you have consistent issues with 
an edit field?



Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robert 
Doc Wright
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 1:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: repeating voiceover

When I open the phone app voiceover repeats a name several times before it 
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this has happened twice since iOS 14. the first time I erased the phone and 
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RE: New Sonos product about to be announced

I have a Move and  it's a fantastic speaker, but as the article points out, 
it's portable to a degree around your home, e.g. from one room to another or to 
the deck or backyard, but it's not exactly the size you want to stick into your 
backpack to bring along on a picknick, camping and so on.

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Great
Thanks,

And portable speaker,
What the Move isn’t cheap enough for you?

Over here in nz it retails for 800 dollars,

Blows the other portable speakers out of the water

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Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 6:53 am
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Subject: New Sonos product about to be announced

Hi,

Thought I mention this and maybe generate a bit of excitement among all of the 
Sonos fans on this list:

Sonos - Join us for a special event
To show our gratitude for your support over the years, we’d like to invite you 
to join us for an exclusive first look at the latest addition to the Sonos 
system.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
1:00 PM PT
You’re the reason we get to continue innovating, and we’re so excited to share 
this next step forward with you. Keep an eye out for a link to the event.

I assume I won't get the link until Monday or maybe even Tuesday morning, but 
I'm sure curious and I was really hoping it would finally be a Sonos headset, 
but based on what The Verge has discovered a headset seems to be finally in the 
works, but this event will be for a smaller more affordable portable speaker 
which is meant to compete with speakers like the UE Boom 2 and Bose Soundlink 
Revolve:

Sonos confirms March 9th product launch, hints at smaller portable 
speaker

Here another article from the Gear Patrol:

Sonos Has Something New Coming. Here's What We Know So 
Far

Enjoy,
Sieghard

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RE: question about other smart device lists

One Apple watch list can be subscribed to by sending an email to: 
applewatchuncomplicated+subscr...@groups.io

Are there other device lists in particular you are interested in?
I know someone posted one for echo devices...





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Hello,
Someone posted an apple watch list to subscribe to among others and I'm 
wondering if that could be reposted?  I can't seem to find that email again.
Thanks,
Johna

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RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

Deirdre,
On the Alexa app, go to more, Alarms and Timers.
Note that the only place you can set the sound is on the alarms tab, those are 
used also for the timers.
There should be a setting button, then a default sound that says link I think.
Double tap on that and you will find a variety of sounds.
There are what it calls Custom sounds, which I  think are paid sounds, or at 
least some of them are, but you cannot use your own sounds, you can just pick 
from the available sounds.
HTH,

Richard

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realize that you are in a hurry.

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Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:11 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

Karen
I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound 
is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess 
that should be my middle name.
I do not have a clock display on  the Echo though it certainly can tell time! 
I'm smiling.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Karen 
Poulakos
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

Deirdre,

You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap.

I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime.  
Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works 
really well.

However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you 
would have to go in and change it.  I solved that by asking Siri to set an 
alarm when I need to time cooking, etc.  You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a 
specific time, or for as many minutes as you need.

Karen P  

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
deidre muccio
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve 
associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
>

RE: Apple Sign-in

Yes, that is the correct URL, when I clicked on your link the website opens and 
I am asked to enter my Apple Id email and password. As opposed to Richard I 
have no problems in Edge or Chrome.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mike B
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 5:36 AM
To: viPhone 
Subject: Apple Sign-in

Hi All,

Whenever I go to the apple website to sign into my account I get the message 
that sign-in is unavailable and I can only get options for recovering my 
account information or creating an Apple ID.  Below is the URL I'm using, is it 
the correct link?

https://appleid.apple.com

This happens with Edge or Google.  Thanks much.

Stay safe and take care.  Mike.
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RE: Apple Sign-in

That is the site to manager your Apple ID when you want to make changes or 
check something.
I just tried it with Edge and it didn't like my password, which I know is 
correct.
I then ran Firefox and made sure remember me was not checked.
I entered my user name hit continue, entered my password, and received a 
notification on my phone that a login was being attempted, after allowing that, 
and entering the 6 digit verification code from the phone, I was in.

Perhaps Edge and Google are remembering the wrong password?


Richard

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realize that you are in a hurry.


My web site, www.turner42.com



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mike B
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 5:36 AM
To: viPhone 
Subject: Apple Sign-in

Hi All,

Whenever I go to the apple website to sign into my account I get the message 
that sign-in is unavailable and I can only get options for recovering my 
account information or creating an Apple ID.  Below is the URL I'm using, is it 
the correct link?

https://appleid.apple.com

This happens with Edge or Google.  Thanks much.


Stay safe and take care.  Mike.
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RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread deidreandlouise

Karen
I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound 
is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess 
that should be my middle name.
I do not have a clock display on  the Echo though it certainly can tell time! 
I'm smiling.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Karen 
Poulakos
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

Deirdre,

You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap.

I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime.  
Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works 
really well.

However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you 
would have to go in and change it.  I solved that by asking Siri to set an 
alarm when I need to time cooking, etc.  You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a 
specific time, or for as many minutes as you need.

Karen P  

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
deidre muccio
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve 
associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> deidre muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
> 
> Joshua, 
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
> something that should ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might 
> ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn t sure exactly what it would be 
> doing, but if you say it can do it I m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I 
> was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I 
> thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don t have 
> Bluetooth on. But I guess I ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have 
> it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03

Timer sounds -RE: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread Karen Poulakos

Deirdre,

You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap.

I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime.  
Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works 
really well.

However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you 
would have to go in and change it.  I solved that by asking Siri to set an 
alarm when I need to time cooking, etc.  You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a 
specific time, or for as many minutes as you need.

Karen P  

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
deidre muccio
Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Oh, Joshua, that�s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it�s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it�s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn�t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It�s a noise I never would�ve 
associated with a timer since it�s not any kind of noise I�ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn�t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad�s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it�s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I�ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
> muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
> 
> Joshua, 
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
> something that should�ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
> might�ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn�t sure exactly what it 
> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I�m sure it can do it.Admitte 
> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without 
> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. 
> I don�t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I�ll turn it on if I wanna do 
> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
>> 
>> ?I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if 
>> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell 
>> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect 
>> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired 
>> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard 
>> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile 
>> app and

uninstallingskillsthrough the Alexa App

2021-03-07 Thread deidreandlouise

Robert,

I copied below a link to the instructions  I tried to follow. Maybe you will
have better success with the instructions than I did. 

 

https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-ama
zon-echo/

 

Deidre

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Re: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread Johna Gravitt

When I’m going to be in my kitchen cooking, I just use headphones with my 
phone, this way I can stop at one  Press   Of a  button, the non-messy finger 
LOL

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:53 AM, deidre muccio  wrote:
> 
> Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the 
> kitchen cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason 
> without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the 
> speaker though it’s definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not 
> hooked up to my stereo.
> My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it 
> was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve 
> associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on 
> my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
> questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading 
> and didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I 
> guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s 
> recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
> capacity  since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
> questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other 
> list! I’ll try again.
> Deirdre
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
>> 
>> As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
>> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
>> manually stop it on my phone.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: New Echo
>> 
>> You have to understand the way these devices work.
>> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
>> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
>> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
>> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
>> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
>> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
>> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
>> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
>> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
>> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
>> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
>> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
>> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book 
>> in your BARD app.
>> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
>> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
>> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
>> assistant has access to your Audible library.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> deidre muccio
>> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: New Echo
>> 
>> Joshua, 
>> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
>> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
>> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it 
>> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte 
>> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without 
>> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa 
>> app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do 
>> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if 
>>> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell 
>>> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect 
>>> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired 
>>> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard 
>>> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile 
>>> app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback of your bard 
>>> book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to 
>>> play.  You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you 
>>> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or 
>>> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter.  Good luck.
>>> 
> On 3/6/21, Sieghard

Re: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread deidre muccio

Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen 
cooking and needing to   pause the playing for whatever reason without having 
to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s 
definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo.
My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was 
about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve 
associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my 
iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the 
questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and 
didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I 
could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s 
recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility 
capacity  since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask 
questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! 
I’ll try again.
Deirdre

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt  wrote:
> 
> As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have 
> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to 
> manually stop it on my phone.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: New Echo
> 
> You have to understand the way these devices work.
> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on 
> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just 
> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the 
> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is 
> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book 
> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or 
> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing 
> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your 
> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in 
> your BARD app.
> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
> assistant has access to your Audible library.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
> muccio
> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Echo
> 
> Joshua, 
> Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I 
> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it 
> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte 
> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without 
> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. 
> I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do 
> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
>> 
>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if 
>> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell 
>> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect 
>> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired 
>> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard 
>> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile 
>> app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback of your bard 
>> book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to 
>> play.  You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you 
>> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or 
>> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter.  Good luck.
>> 
 On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the 
>>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, 
>>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it.
>>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she 
>>> loves because if she wakes up at night she

question about other smart device lists

2021-03-07 Thread Johna Gravitt

Hello,
Someone posted an apple watch list to subscribe to among others and I'm 
wondering if that could be reposted?  I can't seem to find that email again.
Thanks,
Johna

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Re: removing skills

2021-03-07 Thread deidre muccio

Hello Robert,
I’ve had to select your skills more than once sometimes more than twice before 
it will stay selected. Not sure what that’s about. And then it tells me I have 
five skills enabled. end it is not obvious what those five skills are. And some 
of the language isn’t clear either. it suggest things and then it asked me if I 
want to see more options or open and I’m not sure what the difference is 
between those two things. If it’s open then I’m assuming maybe that’s one of 
the enabled skills that came with the echo automatically. when  I ask Alexa 
then I get a list of five things that sound like categories but I don’t know 
what’s within them, things such as sounds games, music, quiz, trivia. That will 
be my next stepping off point, to see what I can do within each category and 
which of them is of interest to me.

There are subjects on things I don’twanna see suggested but I don’t know how to 
state  other preferences. sometime in the last few days I probably did select a 
few things that might’ve been of interest to me, that is if I’m remembering it 
correctly, but it was a very shoddy list didn’t really include much nuance. Or 
it didn’t include many subcategories. maybe it’s audible I’m thinking of. 
I’m not sure if there’s a guide to the echo instead of all these piecemeal bits 
of things I received via email I get from Amazon about exploring new features. 
Or from Podcasts or from various different sources. It be nice to have a 
systematic manual type pamphlet. Actually there’s something that  came with the 
echo maybe I should have someone look at it or scan it and see if that’s what 
it contains.
Good luck in figuring it out. I did have a document that was step by step 
instructions on how to uninstall skills but like foryou, it was quirky and 
actually where it said to go to do what I needed to do was not a way to get 
atit. I had to do it a different way.
Deidre

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> On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:16 AM, Robert Doc Wright  
> wrote:
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> Where do I need to go to remove skills in the A ap? I have double tapped more 
> then skills/games. When I chose my skills it does not stay selected.
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RE: New Echo

2021-03-07 Thread Johna Gravitt

As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have found 
that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work.  I still have to manually stop 
it on my phone.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: New Echo

You have to understand the way these devices work.
The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on 
your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also 
allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or 
give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker.
As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on your 
phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just like you 
would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the whatever 
you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is a 
smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book is 
playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on 
a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing the 
appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and 
then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD 
app.
Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very 
seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into 
your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa 
assistant has access to your Audible library.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of deidre 
muccio
Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Echo

Joshua, 
Wow this just opened up   a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing 
something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve 
seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, 
but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was 
confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought 
it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. 
But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard 
book. Thank you again.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson  wrote:
> 
> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if 
> I wish.  I'm sure the echo is the same.  What you do, is first tell 
> your echo to connect.  It will then say searching, then should connect 
> to your iPhone.  Note, you must first make sure that you have paired 
> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.  Next, open bard 
> mobile app on your iPhone.  Hit your play button of your bard mobile 
> app and your book will begin to play.  Now, stop playback of your bard 
> book.  Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to 
> play.  You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you 
> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or 
> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter.  Good luck.
> 
>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the 
>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, 
>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it.
>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she 
>> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to 
>> know what time it is.
>> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo 
>> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy 
>> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command.
>> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you 
>> could set up YouTube I think, but if  you want to use it you would be 
>> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns 
>> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime 
>> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google 
>> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play 
>> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the 
>> Google via Chromecast.
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
>> Of deidre muccio
>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Cc: Daniel Macdonald 
>> Subject: Re: New Echo
>> 
>> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the 
>> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get 
>> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can 
>> just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing 
>> me into what was

Name That Tune

2021-03-07 Thread Steve Cook

Hi All, 

 

Does anyone know of an app to use to play Name That Tune with using Zoom?

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Apple Sign-in

2021-03-07 Thread Mike B

Hi All,

Whenever I go to the apple website to sign into my account I get the message 
that sign-in is unavailable and I can only get options for recovering my 
account information or creating an Apple ID.  Below is the URL I'm using, is 
it the correct link?

https://appleid.apple.com

This happens with Edge or Google.  Thanks much.


Stay safe and take care.  Mike.

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Re: trouble entering pass code on se 2020

2021-03-07 Thread Donna Casteen

Also, turn the rotor while on the lock screen to confirm that screen 
recognition is not on. Having screen recognition on will cause the cursor to 
jump around on the screen.

Donna
 
> 
> 
> Louise, I think I have your password keyboard moving characters solved.  And 
> yes, I too miss the password clicks but I simply keep entering the 
> requirements and the field does indeed get filled.
> 
> Now then, once in the edit field, you can use the rotor to select exactly how 
> you want your keyboard to respond when entering characters,  To keep things 
> short, I set my rotor as follows:
> 
> 1I select "slide to type" to on.
> 
> 2. Turn your rotor until you hear "typing mode." Swipe down until you hear 
> "touch typing."
> 
> If you follow these steps everything will go as smooth as silk.  With these 
> settings, you simply slid your finger around and lift it when you year the 
> letter or symbol you want, and it just works.  There might be one more 
> adjustment you need to make in settings which I don't recall off hand.  Let 
> us know and I'll dig it up if this doesn't work for you.
> 
> On 2021-03-06 12:43 p.m., Louise Peyton wrote:
>> Yes.  I had a long conversation with Apple tech support on Friday.  I asked 
>> them that when they do a new version that they use haptic feedback because 
>> the numbers skip around.
>> Louise
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Larry 
>> Lumpkin
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2021 7:53 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: trouble entering pass code on se 2020
>>  
>> Do you double-tap?
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Louise Peyton
>> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 6:29 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: trouble entering pass code on se 2020
>>  
>> The number speaks but when I tap on it, all of a sudden the phone skips to 
>> another number.
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Larry 
>> Lumpkin
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2021 7:14 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: trouble entering pass code on se 2020
>>  
>> This might not help but, on my old iphone 7, I find “emergency” and flick 
>> left and right until the number I want speaks and then double tap on that.
>>  
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Louise Peyton
>> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 6:13 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: trouble entering pass code on se 2020
>>  
>> Hi:
>> I tried your suggestion and the numbers skipped around to emergency button 
>> which made me go back.  Still wrong pass code.  In settings, can I skip the 
>> pass code and do something else?  I’m tired of numbers jumping around.  
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Louise Peyton
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Brad 
>> Snyder
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2021 4:18 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: trouble entering pass code on se 2020
>>  
>> Try the following, and see if this will work for you:
>> 1.  With the passcode keypad on your iPhone’s screen, touch anywhere on your 
>> iPhone’s screen.
>> 2.  Swipe left or right until you locate the first digit of your passcode, 
>> then perform a 1-finger double tap, anywhere on your iPhone’s screen to 
>> enter this digit.
>> 3.  Repeat the above procedure until all the digits of your passcode have 
>> been successfully entered, and your iPhone is unlocked.
>>  
>> This method may work better for you than trying to move your finger around 
>> the screen to locate each digit of your passcode.
>>  
>> - Brad -
>> 
>>  
>> On Mar 5, 2021, at 14:48, Louise Peyton  wrote:
>>  
>> Hello:
>> When I turn on my phone and try to enter the passcode in the field provided, 
>> I end up having to use a Bluetooth keybord because the latest version of ios 
>> doesn’t make clicking sounds when I hit the right numbers.  Apple says this 
>> is for security reasons.  Because my hand shakes when holding the phone, I 
>> cannot always get the numbers entered without the Bluetooth keyboard.  Is 
>> there any way to get around this issue?  I don’t want to use my keyboard all 
>> the time.  Thanks in advance.
>> Louise Peyton
>>  
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removing skills

Where do I need to go to remove skills in the A ap? I have double tapped more 
then skills/games. When I chose my skills it does not stay selected.
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repeating voiceover

When I open the phone app voiceover repeats a name several times before it 
settles. On web pages in Safari many times I cannot get past an edit field. 
this has happened twice since iOS 14. the first time I erased the phone and 
started over. I tried that with iOS14.4 but it didn't work this time.
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Re: AirPods Max first impressions

someone mentioned Zoom. Has anyone tried these with 
Teamtalk? 
  - Original Message - 
  From: Yuma Decaux 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 4:27 PM
  Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

  As a happy owner of the airpod max, here are why I use them all the time:

  1-They are extremely comfortable
  2-The transparency mode really feels like getting into a space capsule and 
back out
  3-I can connect the lightning to jack cable to do work uninterrupted with no 
lag from the bluetooth
  4-The sound quality is simply top notch.
  5-I would expect new updates to give us some crazy features as things go along
  6-Can't neglect the design. it's just beautiful.

  Cheers,

  Yuma 

On 6 Mar 2021, at 3:35 am, Robert Carter  wrote:

Hi,

I have the AirPods Max and agree with what has been said. They are 
fantastic and the battery life is excellent.

I am on Zoom several hours a day for my job. The AirPods Max work great 
with Zoom.

I got my wife the AirPods Max. She uses them to watch TV with the Apple TV. 
She loves them.

Robert Carter

  On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Rizzino, Bonnie  wrote:

  I am a little jealous as I have 3 years before retirement. I suppose time 
will fly, or at least that’s what everybody tells me!  (smile)!

  Bonnie Rizzino
  Case Manager
  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
  1816 Locust St.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  www.bvrspittsburgh.org
  412-368-4400 X2246
  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:12 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  No worries, I completely understand.
  I worked from home the last 6 months before I was able to retire and it 
really stretched my brain.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:03 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  You are right! Forgive me. I am multi-tasking again. I should never do 
that. My only excuse is that I am working from home.

  Bonnie Rizzino
  Case Manager
  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
  1816 Locust St.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  www.bvrspittsburgh.org
  412-368-4400 X2246
  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:01 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  That is quite amazing.  That is better to me than just “very good.” (grin)

  If anyone else has these headphones, please chime in with your experience.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:57 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  I apologize. Best guess 12 to 14 hours listening time at least.

  Bonnie Rizzino
  Case Manager
  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
  1816 Locust St.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  www.bvrspittsburgh.org
  412-368-4400 X2246
  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:51 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little 
vague.
  Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or 
maybe 6?
  What is very good to one person may not be to another.

  Thanks for any more detail you can give me.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:49 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  I have had them since mid-January and without keeping track of the 
specific hours, it seems very good.

  Bonnie Rizzino
  Case Manager
  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh
  1816 Locust St.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  www.bvrspittsburgh.org
  412-368-4400 X2246
  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:37 AM

Re: AirPods Max first impressions

what did you use to open the pdf? 
  - Original Message - 
  From: Andy Baracco 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 5:00 PM
  Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

  Is there an available accessible manual for this headset?  I downloaded the 
manual and quick start guide from the Apple Web site, but they are PDFs that 
are not accessible.

  Andy

- Original Message - 
From: Richard Turner 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2021 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

Robert,

After listening to your podcast about these headphones, I have a question.

I read that if you use the Live Listen mode, the audio you are listening to 
goes to mono.

Does that also happen with the transparency mode?

Thanks,

Richard

Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

My web site, www.turner42.com

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Robert Carter
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: AirPods Max first impressions

Hi,

I have the AirPods Max and agree with what has been said. They are 
fantastic and the battery life is excellent.

I am on Zoom several hours a day for my job. The AirPods Max work great 
with Zoom.

I got my wife the AirPods Max. She uses them to watch TV with the Apple TV. 
She loves them.

Robert Carter

  On Mar 5, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Rizzino, Bonnie  wrote:

  I am a little jealous as I have 3 years before retirement. I suppose time 
will fly, or at least that’s what everybody tells me!  (smile)!

  Bonnie Rizzino

  Case Manager

  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

  1816 Locust St.

  Pittsburgh, PA 15219

  www.bvrspittsburgh.org

  412-368-4400 X2246

  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:12 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  No worries, I completely understand.

  I worked from home the last 6 months before I was able to retire and it 
really stretched my brain.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 8:03 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  You are right! Forgive me. I am multi-tasking again. I should never do 
that. My only excuse is that I am working from home.

  Bonnie Rizzino

  Case Manager

  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

  1816 Locust St.

  Pittsburgh, PA 15219

  www.bvrspittsburgh.org

  412-368-4400 X2246

  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:01 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  That is quite amazing.  That is better to me than just “very good.” (grin)

  If anyone else has these headphones, please chime in with your experience.

  Richard

  Ralph's Observation:  It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to 
realize that you are in a hurry.

  My web site, www.turner42.com

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Rizzino, Bonnie
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 7:57 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  I apologize. Best guess 12 to 14 hours listening time at least.

  Bonnie Rizzino

  Case Manager

  Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

  1816 Locust St.

  Pittsburgh, PA 15219

  www.bvrspittsburgh.org

  412-368-4400 X2246

  Direct dial 412-368-4079

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
  Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:51 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: RE: AirPods Max first impressions

  If you cannot be more specific, I understand, but very good is a little 
vague.

  Would you guess about 4 hours of use before they need to be charged?  Or 
maybe 6?

  What is very good to one person may not be to another.

  Thanks for any more detail you can give me.

Re: AirPods Max first impressions