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2021-07-26 Thread Michelle Wagner
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone else is having trouble with Facebook loading? Are use voiceover on my iPhone and it started last night that it seems like it’s trying to load but when I run my finger over the screen there’s nothing there. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and that

RE: Part 3 Of Blind Tech Guys Accessibility Podcast

2021-07-26 Thread Marco Curralejo
Hi everyone, � We will be going live in approximately 40 minutes time on ClubHouse talking all things accessibility, from non-accessible touch screens, apps and ATM’s, to blindness agencies and what they are or are not doing to make the problem of non-accessibility better for us all. �

Re: TV in the lockou screen

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Once you find it stopped, try tapping the home button if you can without actually unlocking it, then do the two finger double tap; and see if it starts playing again. I have to do that even with my newer SE 2020 with apps like Disney plus. HTH, Richard "Great minds discuss ideas, average

TV in the lockou screen

2021-07-26 Thread Duane Steele
Hello Listers, I have an old iPhone 6 I use sometimes for TV and music. When I try to listen to a program in the locked screen position, it cuts off after two minutes, while the newer phone works just fine. Does this mean I can only use the locked screen with later iPhone updates? The older

RE: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Seem s to be working for me good as gold. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Janet Bell Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2021 2:53 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri? no sorry Alan just tried it and he answered correctly. Janet ps latest

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Bad man! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2021 2:03 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Moving photos off IPhone Hmm, I hope you just didn't check your SIRI dictation and meant to say that "I've helped that young lady before" and

Re: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Joseph Hudson
I could've swore it said help but I do apologize. > On Jul 26, 2021, at 9:03 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hmm, I hope you just didn't check your SIRI dictation and meant to say that > "I've helped that young lady before" and not that "I felt this young lady > before"! 藍 > Another good

Re: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Alan Lemly
Thanks for your replies. Hey Siri is now working correctly. I reported the issue to Apple Accessibility who said they weren't showing any Siri issues. I'm not convinced since I was definitely getting aberrant behavior that lasted over an hour but now appears resolved. Typical technology. If we

RE: IOS 14.7.1 just released

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks for confirming. I figured that is what it was because that bug is also not present in the beta. At least, not at the moment. Maybe they can keep from breaking braille again in this next version. Richard Software means never having to say you're finished Web site: www.turner42.com

Re: IOS 14.7.1 just released

2021-07-26 Thread CHELA Robles
Hello, yes, it fixed it. In regards to the braille display. Tested it out with both the orbit reader 20 and my focus 45th generation blue display I am not seeing that annoying message. I’ve got 14.7.1 on my iPhone as for the OS build. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Richard

RE: IOS 14.7.1 just released

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
If any braille display users have been using 14.6 or earlier and finding when composing email, that irritating bug of the dialog about Message Text Is Editing messing up their email; did 14.7 or now 14.7.1 fix that issue? AppleVis mentions a braille fix in 14.7; but I am no longer on the release

IOS 14.7.1 just released

2021-07-26 Thread Gordon
This fixes a couple of bugs and offers security fixes. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or

RE: This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks Sieghard, This is news to me as well. The article I found, which was dated about a year before this article, said windows did not support HEIC format. So, that article was wrong since in the article you mention says windows 10 could handle these files since 2018 I think. After turning

RE: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Carolyn
That is what Jim did, and I did once, but in my second experience, somehow it got back on the Net on it's own. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Yates Sent: Monday, July 26, 2021 11:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Carolyn
Alan, my husband, Jim, and I each have had two such episodes this past week. I wondered if it was associated with 14.7? I'm glad you mentioned this, as I had told him I might bring it to the list's attention to see if anyone else had the problem. -Original Message- From:

RE: This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I find little reason why you would want to convert photos to JPG if they are in the HEIC format since Windows 10 can normally open them just fine and if not a simple download of an extension from the Microsoft Store ensures you can definitely open them. Here is an article from WindowsCentral

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I appreciate the suggestion, but since I usually use the Details view which shows me file type, size, date etc. I have my photos displayed in a list. Anyways, if there are only 59 files in the folder then it really makes no difference if you get to them by going up and down or left and right,

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread davycuppens
Sieghard Maybe and that was the case here, you have to scroll your photos not only using your up and down but also your lef tand right arrow keys. Davy -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Sieghard Weitzel Verzonden: maandag 26 juli 2021 17:11 Aan:

Re: A Braille Device Question

2021-07-26 Thread Duane Steele
Thank you, Richard, for that sage advice. Locking the phone and turning off the device and then unlocking the phone makes perfect sense. The TV APP is one of those that doesn't work in the locked screen. Don’t every just wish things like technology would actually get easier to use instead of

RE: This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Hi Malcolm, Yes, I politely, more than once, approached them about accessibility and got a similar, brush-off, response. The Apple platform is certainly no more open to programmers than Windows, and I suspect perhaps even less-so according to some programmers I know. So, I think the reality is,

Re: This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
I agree with you Richard, but when I tackled them about accessibility some time ago they placed the blame firmly on Windows saying the platform was far less accessible to them than Apple. I know Apple products have their faults and that is hardly surprising given their complexity but sometimes

Re: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Maria Campbell
Hey Siri works fine right now. Maria Campbell lucky1i...@gmail.com All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. --Edmund Burke On 7/26/2021 10:55 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I’m not getting a response other than the initial beeps when the phone is locked, but

RE: A Braille Device Question

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Dwayne, That is mostly user choice. But, remember that iPhones and braille displays have a fragile relationship. You don't want to turn on or off the braille display unless the phone is locked. Some movies/tv show apps stop playing when you lock the phone, well, they pause. IN any case, they

RE: This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks Malcolm, this might be worth looking into, but this also raises my constant frustration with Softorino. The link is just a graphic lable, with no detectable name. They really need to get their heads out of their behinds and learn how to make things fully accessible. The WALTR pro

A Braille Device Question

2021-07-26 Thread Duane Steele
Hello iPhone Listers, This may sound like a dumb question. With the new update, I find myself relying more and more on my Braille device for all the functions on my phone. My question is: If I use it to pull up a TV show or movie and start playing it, should I then turn off the device to save

This may help in photos conversion.

2021-07-26 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
Malcolm Parfitt Begin forwarded message: > From: Josh at Softorino > Date: 20 September 2018 at 20:25:49 BST > To: malc...@parfitt1.org.uk > Subject: Introducing WALTR HEIC Converter  (NEW!) > Reply-To: Josh at Softorino > >  > > > > Here’s the deal: The HEIF image format, which

RE: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Debbie Downey
HI Alan, Many times I will get the beeps but she will say; just a sec or working on it or something like that. Once you get it to respond then if you continue to ask her questions she will respond right away! Debbie From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent:

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
Along the same lines as what Sieghard has discovered, I found the same thing. I also found that there is a file format HEIC, which Apple began using in 2017 that you may run into. Those files are explained in an article that I will give the link to, but the bottom line is they are useless on a

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
After suggesting to connect the iPhone to the computer with the Lightning cable I thought I better try it because I must admit that I had not done this in a very long time. First of all, it is very important that after you connect the phone that you tap "Allow" when you are prompted if you want

Re: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Dan Yates
This happens to me, from time to time and I have to shut down phone and reboot, then the hey Siri function works fine Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2021, at 10:55 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >  > I’m not getting a response other than the initial beeps when the phone is > locked, but

RE: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Turner
I'm not getting a response other than the initial beeps when the phone is locked, but the normal response if the phone is unlocked. I'm running the beta, but since Siri is system wide, I doubt that has anything to do with it. It had responded while the phone was locked earlier in the betas, so

Re: Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Janet Bell
no sorry Alan just tried it and he answered correctly.  Janet ps latest version of ios On 26/07/2021 15:44, Alan Lemly wrote: Hi List, I know the Apple system and Siri burps from time to time like all technology but thought I’d ask the list if anyone else is not getting a response from Hey

Anyone else getting no response from Hey Siri?

2021-07-26 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi List, I know the Apple system and Siri burps from time to time like all technology but thought I'd ask the list if anyone else is not getting a response from Hey Siri this morning. I've double checked my Siri settings which are all set properly and set to work when my iPhone is locked but

Re: Dropped calls in iOS 14

2021-07-26 Thread Ed Worrell
Hey Duane, You could try turning on the wifi calling feature this might help the dropping calls issue. Find this setting in the settings app, scroll down to Phone and then locate the wifi calling option and turn it on. Ed > On Jul 25, 2021, at 12:21 PM, Duane Steele wrote: > > Hello

Re: Apple Watch Series 3 no longer automatically pairs when I first put it on and wake up iPhone 7

2021-07-26 Thread Ed Worrell
Kevin, Yes this is the correct behavior. Any time you turn off the watch or your iPhone completely you will have to enter your pin. This holds true for simply restarting the devices as well. HTH Ed > On Jul 25, 2021, at 6:29 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Y do you turn your watch and

RE: Moving photos off IPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hmm, I hope you just didn't check your SIRI dictation and meant to say that "I've helped that young lady before" and not that "I felt this young lady before"! 藍 Another good reason to really check your dictation before sending. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

RE: Moving photos off iPhone

2021-07-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You just open File Explorer and look for your iPhone. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Casey Wollner Sent: July 25, 2021 2:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Moving photos off iPhone Hi what is the folder called and what are the steps to get at t? From: