Stereo bluetooth headsets for Maria and all, was about single earpieces

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
There are lots of over the head bluetooth headsets that do not go in the ear, but most cover the ear. I have an older pair of Plantronics Beat Sense that are both wired and bluetooth. They were listed at $200 5 or 6 years ago when my wife found them for $130. Then there are the AfterShokz bone

Re: Single Bluetooth earpiece?

2021-04-25 Thread Mária Orovčíková
Hello list, sorry, this is slightly off-topic, but is there any stereo bluetooth headset available that do not go into ear canal? Please, no airpods. Thanks in advance. Maria Dňa 26. 4. 2021 o 7:02 Simon A Fogarty napísal(a): That's interesting, I've used one on a service desk answering

Re: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice

2021-04-25 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I always use the enhanced versions of the voices for voice over on my iPhone. I'm currently using enhanced Australian Lee. He is a great voice for voice over. I have used Tom before and he is also good. Ava is also very good. On 4/25/21, Duane Steele wrote: > I never saw any Tom in an

Re: Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
Ipads still and probably always will, have the column feature. That is the point of the larger screen. That is also why I personally do not want one. When I was teaching, working with clients who had iPads, the columns gave them the most difficulty. Even if you lock the orientation in portrait,

RE: Single Bluetooth earpiece?

2021-04-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
That's interesting, I've used one on a service desk answering calls constantly through the day and had no issues with it. But hey if you know everything about headphoens I guess you can say what you want. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis Long

RE: Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Sandy, I can’t address Outlook for iOS not keeping the available action selected indefinitely when you single finger swipe down on a message in the list. I will say you can get to delete after two single finger swipes up in my case. I don’t really use the calendar functions of Outlook

RE: Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Terri, I'm not sure what you mean by columns but I don't think of iPads being in column formats As for an iPad, Yeah sure if you want to have another device that you may not really need. Have you thought about just using your phone to do what you need to? You can get some nice little

RE: purchasing music

2021-04-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Try going through the web site for apple in your country. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Vicki W. Sent: Monday, 26 April 2021 1:05 pm To: IPhone Subject: purchasing music Hi, Is it possible to purchase Apple music from a Windows computer without ITunes? If so, how? Thanks.

RE: Orbit Reader 40 review? Thoughts?

2021-04-25 Thread Fazil
Can I read a pdf file on Orbit? Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 9:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Orbit Reader 40 review? Thoughts? I put up my own audio description of the Orbit Reader 40 along with my

Re: purchasing music

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
You can buy them on an iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch; but not on a computer without iTunes that I know of. But you could call Apple and get a solid answer. Richard "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt www.turner42.com On

Apple AirTags vs. Tile and Samsung SmartTag: Which Bluetooth tracker to buy, cNet

2021-04-25 Thread M. Taylor
Apple AirTags vs. Tile and Samsung SmartTag: Which Bluetooth Tracker to Buy Now that Apple's AirTags are a real thing, there are multiple Bluetooth tracker devices to choose from. Here's what to know about the big players. Apple's AirTags want to make sure you never lose your keys again -- or

Re: Doordash App

2021-04-25 Thread Lisa Belville
Hi, Terri. Yes, Door Dash hasn't been very user friendly toward Voice over users for about a month now. The one reliable work around for me is to go to the search tab and choose a category from the list of categories, which are presented as buttons.  This is the only way I can get the app

purchasing music

2021-04-25 Thread Vicki W.
Hi, Is it possible to purchase Apple music from a Windows computer without ITunes? If so, how? Thanks. Vicki -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's

Re: Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Priscilla Garces (prisci)
Hi, Hope all of you are doing well. I purchased an iPad back in 2018. I purchased it mainly for note taking on the go whenever I had to attend meetings, conferences, and other events where my laptop isn’t practical, especially on long commutes. I had a MacBook Pro which can easily get heavy

Re: Doordash App

2021-04-25 Thread Jenifer Barr
Hi. Yes I have noticed this. My work-around? Go into my orders tab. Double-tap on the "view restaurant" button for the order I am looking for. Don't use the feature to quickly add previous items you may have ordered. I usually will swipe up with three fingers to get past that part. Then I can

RE: Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread l.d.ethier23
Hello Sandra, I’ll try to do my best: 1. To delete a message in Outllok I swipe down. Sometimes my first choice is Delete and at other times it is Move. If the choice is Move I swipe again for delete. After that, /Delete becomes the first selection for three or four messages in a

Re: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice

2021-04-25 Thread Duane Steele
I never saw any Tom in an enhanced version. Just Tom. So I downloaded what I found, and I'm using it now. He sounds really cool so far. So I'll allow him to stay employed till I get tired of him. LOL Peace & Blessings, Pastor Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 > On Apr 25, 2021, at 4:36 PM,

RE: Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Carolyn
I kind of think an iPad is a sighted thing, bigger screen, main advantage. My sighted husband just loves his, yet, he does not even own a cell phone of any ilk. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent:

RE: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice

2021-04-25 Thread Casey Wollner
Hi do you use Tom enhanced or the compact version on your iPhone and if you use one over the other version of Tom? What mad you select that one of the other one? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Arlene Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 1:56 PM To:

Sonos with 24bit Qobuz

2021-04-25 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi, Qobuz music streamer is really good with voice over. I suspect Qobuz has worked with an blind person. Qobuz also offer 24bit 48khz sound quality in the Sonos 2 app. http://blogsv2.qobuz.com/espace-presse/2021/03/24/qobuz-sonos-hi-res-streaming-audio/ I have only tested Qobuz about 20

RE: Single Bluetooth earpiece?

2021-04-25 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
There always is, no Bluetooth earpiece including Apple's own Airpods come with 0 lag -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Feliciano Godoy Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 11:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Single Bluetooth earpiece? Hi Dennis,

RE: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability?

2021-04-25 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
My recommendation would be to look at Koodo here in Canada which is one of the MVNO's owned by Telus. It runs on the same network and you will most likely pay less. My wife and I have unlimited nationwide calling and texting, simple voice mail and 10 Gb of data for $55. If you don't need that

Re: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice

2021-04-25 Thread Duane Steele
Just an observation. I had used Alex for a while, and went back to Samantha. Today, because several of you have mentioned Tom, I decided to download and try Tom. I like this voice. However, when using my Braille device, and changing the braille output and input modes, I did notice that Tom

RE: Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Personally I find iPads rather useless, we have one at home which my sighted wife uses and I have one at work and each time I use it for a little thing here and there I think the big screen is just a pain in the neck. Once again, this my personal opinion, but I think if you had an ipad several

Doordash App

2021-04-25 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello again everyone, This is for you all that might use the Doordash App. Have you all noticed that for a while now, the App doesn't seem as accessible? Not that it was ever 100 percent accessible. But I feel it used to be much better. I can't seem to scroll through the list of

Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: how do I check the battery status on AirPods max? And one other question.

2021-04-25 Thread 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone
thanks. I had tried several times unsuccessfully to get Siri to tell me the battery level. But I used your phrase and it worked perfectly. Thanks. Thanks as well for the other suggestions. I’ll keep them in mind. Best, Keith > On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Keith,

Considering purchasing an iPad

2021-04-25 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I am considering purchasing an iPad. I am trying to decide it is really what I want to do. I had an iPad Mini, several years ago. I can do a lot on my phone, and I use it all the time. However, sometimes I don't want to have to use my phone all the time. I still enjoy using

Re: Where Do I Go to Discuss Order Delivery Error?

2021-04-25 Thread Shirley Baker
I was able to get my problem with Grubhub resolved so disregard my message. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Shirley Baker wrote: > > I ordered something from Grubhub food delivery and they messed up my order. > Could someone either give me their phone number or tell me

Re: Can I add titles to Apple Music library that are not available through the app but which I can add from a CD

2021-04-25 Thread Kelly Pierce
Excellent. I understand the issue. For me, Apple Music does not have vintage jazz recordings from small labels or indie metal bands. You want to rip the CD’s using iTunes in 320 CBR MP3. The default is Apple’s M4A format in a lower bitrate. A lot of other devices do not support M4A. I also

Where Do I Go to Discuss Order Delivery Error?

2021-04-25 Thread Shirley Baker
I ordered something from Grubhub food delivery and they messed up my order. Could someone either give me their phone number or tell me where to go exactly to get it corrected please? Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

Re: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability?

2021-04-25 Thread Kelly Pierce
The battery life of the mini is more than the iPhone 7, 8 or SE 2020. Tech reviewers needed to have something to complain about with the fantastic iPhone 12 lineup. I have an iPhone 7 bought in October 2016 and am still running with the original battery without a problem. If folks want a smaller

Re: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice

2021-04-25 Thread Arlene
We also use Tom on the iPhone, and also on nvda on the computer. - Original Message - From: "Star Gazer" To: Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 2:41 PM Subject: Re: Interesting discovery with Voiceover, and the Alex voice Me too, I also use Tom enhanced Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24,

Re: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability?

2021-04-25 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I thought the 12 mini had really bad battery life or something. Maybe I was wrong. On 4/25/21, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > Well, IMHO, there’s always an upgrade or better device around the corner, so > you can always wait. I think whether to upgrade is a personal decision. How > unhappy are

RE: how do I check the battery status on AirPods max? And one other question.

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
Keith, Well, you can also ask Siri, which may be the easiest way to do it. Just ask, What is the battery level of my Airpods Max? Richard "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." - John Ruskin, 1819-1900 Web site: www.turner42.com

RE: how do I check the battery status on AirPods max? And one other question.

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
Welcome to the joys of the Airpods Max. You can check the battery through the first page/widgets page. Do the three finger swipe from left to right on your home page on the phone so the widgets show up. If the battery one isn't there, you can add it by finding the customize button. Then, the

how do I check the battery status on AirPods max? And one other question.

2021-04-25 Thread 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone
hi, How can I check the battery status on air pods max? Also, when listening or reading an article on my iPhone, and a message comes in on my Apple Watch, the Apple Watch comes through the AirPods max, but then it does not cycle back to the iPhone. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance,

Screen Mirroring

2021-04-25 Thread Fanus Buys
Hello list Does screen mirroring work via bluetooth, wifi or none of these? Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate,

Re: Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread l . d . ethier23
Yes, it is free Lyne > Le 25 avr. 2021 à 10:42, Mich Verrier a écrit : > >  > hi all I am also considering making this change as well is the outlook app > free? I’ve checked in the App Store and I saw that it had an in app purchases > so I’m assuming that you had to pay for it but I don’t

RE: Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread Richard Turner
It is free. The in-app purchase is probably referring to the Microsoft 365 or office 365 account. I If you have the 365 account, then signing in gives you the same features as it does on the computer for the most part. If you don’t have it, I don’t know because I have 365… Personally, other

Re: Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread Mich Verrier
hi all I am also considering making this change as well is the outlook app free? I’ve checked in the App Store and I saw that it had an in app purchases so I’m assuming that you had to pay for it but I don’t know can anyone verify? Many thanks from much Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2021,

Outlook for iOs

2021-04-25 Thread Sandra Finley
I am considering switching from the native iOs e-mail app to Outlook. I am testing it out now so I can make an informed decision.So far I have three questions for anyone who has made this change. 1. To delete a message in Outllok I swipe down. Sometimes my first choice is Delete and at

Re: Deleting text when composing a text

2021-04-25 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Mr. Ed, Try shaking to undo on your phone? That will delete everything you typed as well if you can’t get that other to work. Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On Apr 24, 2021, at 4:49 PM, Mr. Ed wrote: > >  > Hi, > I have a iPhone 12 pro and when I compose or dictate a text message and I > want to

RE: Can I add titles to Apple Music library that are not available through the app but which I can add from a CD

2021-04-25 Thread Amy Ruell
Thanks. I pay an Apple music subscription currently, am just converting and throwing away old media. Amy -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 9:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Can I add titles to Apple

RE: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability?

2021-04-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, IMHO, there’s always an upgrade or better device around the corner, so you can always wait. I think whether to upgrade is a personal decision. How unhappy are you with your current device and are you willing to wait six months for a device that may only be marginally better then what you

Re: Can I add titles to Apple Music library that are not available through the app but which I can add from a CD

2021-04-25 Thread Kelly Pierce
Amy, Apple has three different music products. Apple Music is pre-ripped titles and albums available for streaming and limited download. iTunes Match uploads your music collection and makes it available for streaming on Apple devices. The music app allows people to transfer music to their iPhone

RE: Can I add titles to Apple Music library that are not available through the app but which I can add from a CD

2021-04-25 Thread CJ & AA MAY
I belong to a Rock Choir and we learn our parts by mp3 tracks which are sent to us. When I open these on my pc iTunes is my default player and it automatically adds the track to the library. Alison From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: 25 April 2021 04:32 To: