RE: I find iOS 15 to be one of the least buggy upgrades in a long time, what are the more significant bugs you still experience?

2021-10-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Sieghard, Since you asked, ever since I updated to iPad 15 on my iPad 10.5, VoiceOver will not use Samantha, Enhanced, unless I manually select it after every single reboot.. Also, try as I may, I cannot get my iPad Pro to updae to 15.01 either over the air or via iTunes. Strangely

Question about Apple Watch

2021-10-05 Thread CHELA Robles
I have the Apple Watch fifth generation running watchOS 8 and when I press the crown once and go all the way to my goals for the rings after it says my rings stand goal and move goal and exercise goal there are bullets with numbers after it I’ve never seen before not sure what that represents

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah I do, I've never been able to get it to work properly, I'm going to update / grade my watch in a week or so when the series 7 comes out, Then I'll try it again. I probably missed a step in the setup process. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: WhatsApp not Connecting Although Internet Is Available

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah, Big issues for face book, Turns out Someone had to go to a data centre, Unplug the cluster Restart it and plug it back in to the wall again. I didn't personally notice a thing, I find it easier to just talk to people. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

Re: Question about 3g

2021-10-05 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Hi, You may just get your answer if you call your phone carrier. Feliciano For tech tips and updates: LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Follow www.instagram/TheBlindMan12v those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Re: Question about 3g

2021-10-05 Thread Michael McKay
Hello! Gary, and List: I have not heard anything about 3G being discontinued, but I’m not really paying much attention to things lately as other things are taking precedence. If I hear anything I will pass it on to the list. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2021, at 18:27, GARY WILLIAMS

Question about 3g

2021-10-05 Thread GARY WILLIAMS
Hello everyone, I have an I Phone 7 and I heard that 3g is going away for I Phone 7 and I was wondering if any of you know anything about that. Thanks for any information. Gary Williams Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

RE: commas instead of names?

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Try changing the voice you are using! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Vicki W. Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2021 8:12 am To: IPhone Subject: commas instead of names? Hi, I apologize if this has all ready been asked, but since my update, certain apps and other whole words are

Re: commas instead of names?

2021-10-05 Thread Donna Casteen
I've seen others mention this problem since updating to IOS 15. They report that resetting all settings resolves the problem. Note: Resetting all settings just resets what is in the settings app not the entire phone. If you choose to try this, good luck. Hope the solution works for you. Donna

Accessing Favorite Folder?

2021-10-05 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. Other day, I wanted to share a webpage in Safari. When the share sheet opened , there was an option of adding this website to Favorite Folder and I added it to Favorite Folder. How can I access this Favorite Folder now, please? I was using iPhone8 with iOS15.00. Can this Favorite

RE: Voice Clock won't start at my appointed start time.

2021-10-05 Thread deblewis53
This has always been a problem with this app. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kevin Minor Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 7:17 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Voice Clock won't start at my appointed start time. Hi. I’m trying to get Voice Clock to work with no

Re: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread Dan Yates
That’s correct, it is voice over clock that I was referring to. By the way, I found the place where I can change the frequency of the time being spoken. Thank goodness! When I first installed it, it was speaking the time every minute. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2021, at 3:11 PM, Richard

commas instead of names?

2021-10-05 Thread Vicki W.
Hi, I apologize if this has all ready been asked, but since my update, certain apps and other whole words are completely replaced by a comma or at least the word comma. There is no particular pattern, it just does it. This happens when arrowing down apps in settings, on the home screen and

RE: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread Richard Turner
I'm sure they are talking about VoiceOver clock, which once installed, the icon says Voice clock. Richard “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner My Web site: https://www.turner42.com -Original Message- From:

RE: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread literophilus
Hello, What exactly is the name of the app you guys have been talking about? /Searching for VoiceClock in the Appstore, the two results that come up are Voice Over clock and VoiceClock. The second one's price is $ 1.99 Best, Leo Bado. "It seems to me that I will always be happy in the

Re: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread Joney Owen
You can go into the settings and it has a spot to select what times your clock speaks I have mine set to every half hour every 30 minutes. You have your start and stop time. My start time is 12 AM my stop time is 12 AM. Hope that helps Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Joney

Re: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread Joney Owen
The latest VoiceClock works just fine. Thank goodness. What you do is go into settings, notification, VoiceClock. Make sure that the notifications are set to immediate. Then make sure that the notification center is selected and that the other two lock screen and banner are not selected. And

Problems using Brailliant bi20x with VoiceOver on the iPhone

2021-10-05 Thread Anisio Correia
Hello everybody, Has anyone encountered issues using the Humanware Brailliant bi20X with VoiceOver? When using the display, any streaming audio is often interrupted for a few seconds. Also, when tapping on a group notification, rather than expanding the group, it simply gets stuckuntil you

RE: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
OK, but Voice Dream Scanner can also read you what would be on the card and especially if you are not dealing with long text the output you get from it would be enough, wouldn't it? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: October 5, 2021

RE: proms updating

2021-10-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The same as what Sieghard said, namely " Then you press volume up and release, press volume down and release and then press and hold the side button for about 10 or 12 seconds." -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: proms updating

2021-10-05 Thread Fazil
Can we use the side-button if we still have the Home-Button? Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2021 8:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: proms updating Then you press volume up and release,

RE: changing siri voice speed

2021-10-05 Thread Richard Turner
Siri is not smart enough yet to adjust the speech rate. I tried multiple ways of phrasing speak faster, increase speech rate, whatever and if it did anything it referred to the volume percentage. So, if its volume needs adjusting you can say Speak at x percent and the volume will adjust

Re: proms updating

2021-10-05 Thread Gerardo Corripio
And for the SE 2020? Like the 7 and 8, this has a home button, but instead of mechanical like before, it's haptic, thus how would one restart these? Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > El 5 oct 2021, a la(s) 10:26 a.m., Sieghard Weitzel > escribió: > > Then you

Re: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Gordon
Thanks a lot for this, yes I just wanted to make sure that the voice dream scanner did everything on device. I will memorize the credit card number, so I'm not really trying to save it anywhere. The voice dream scanner is by far one of the best apps I've ever purchased. Sent from my iPhone >

Re: VoiceClock update.

2021-10-05 Thread Dan Yates
Just downloaded and need to adjust time speaking intervals, currently doing it every minute! How do i set for one hour intervals? Thanks for anyone’s help! Dan Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: > > How come then theversion we have continues to work

RE: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Richard Turner
Sieghard, Winston has built-in the Voice Dream Scanner into Voice Dream Reader for times when you want to scan something to read in Voice Dream Reader so you don't have to do a two/three step process to get your scan into the Reader. The one in the reader doesn't have quite all the same bells

RE: changing siri voice speed

2021-10-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you mean the SIRI voice which answers when you ask SIRI a question then no, I am pretty sure you can't change it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula Jordan Sent: October 5, 2021 6:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: changing siri voice speed Hi all. Is there a way

RE: proms updating

2021-10-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Then you press volume up and release, press volume down and release and then press and hold the side button for about 10 or 12 seconds. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: October 5, 2021 7:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: proms

RE: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you mean Voice Dream Scanner then yes, it does process on device and so does the Seeing AI short text channel. You could also call Aira, their agents are trained and I would consider it a secure way to get card information.. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

RE: WhatsApp not Connecting Although Internet Is Available

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
Ah, poor Mark! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 2:42 AM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: WhatsApp not Connecting Although Internet Is Available Yeah, And how do

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
I use face ID and have for almost two years, totally blind, it works OK. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 1:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: This is why you

RE: Placeing an international phone call is trying to kill me and I'm too young to die

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
James, couldn't you put the numbers in your contacts and let the phone do it for you? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bentleyj1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 1:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
I think/hope that too about touch and face ID. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lenron brown Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 8:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14 I

RE: proms updating

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
And, if a phone does not have a Home Button? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 7:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: proms updating Only if you press and release,

RE: Containers was Re: Weather.

2021-10-05 Thread Carolyn
Thanks for that one. Weather easier to navigate this morning for sure. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 5:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Containers was Re:

changing siri voice speed

2021-10-05 Thread Paula Jordan
Hi all. Is there a way to change the speed of the siri voice. Mine is slower since the update and I'd like to fix it, but can't find the setting. Thanks. God bless! Paula and the pups -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

Re: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Peter Logan
I would check the accompanying paperwork with your card… Lots of banks are still putting the entire card number on that paperwork… And then you can scan for the three digit code… Sent from my IPhone. > On Oct 5, 2021, at 8:18 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >  Voice Dream Reader scans on the

RE: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Tim Appleby
Hi there, Photos should be able to give you the card number, if you hold the phone far enough away from the card after having taken a picture with the camera app. To answer your question about Voicedream Scanner, it can read the card number, so long it's on the phones internal memory. I would

Re: Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Richard Turner
Voice Dream Reader scans on the phone, no internet needed. I would do several scans to make sure the numbers are correct. You may not get the three digit code clearly. But, still have someone read it to you later to confirm. Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in

Safe way to read credit card numbers

2021-10-05 Thread Gordon
So I got a new card yesterday and would like to write down the card number. Does anyone out here use any apps to do that? Does voice dream reader process on device or does it send off to a server somewhere? I can get someone to read it to me later, but I was just wondering if I could do it

RE: Good Maps Outdoors POI issue

2021-10-05 Thread rick.alfaro
Yes, I get the same when opening a POI category. Glad to know it’s a known issue. Warmest regards Rick Alfaro From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 5:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Good Maps Outdoors POI

Re: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes, attention settings are off. Thanks for the suggestion. Les > On Oct 5, 2021, at 1:35 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > And for me it's the opposite, Face Id is more reliable. Les, did you turn off > attention? > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Simon, thought you had an Apple Watch? You can set it up so your iPhone unlocks with a mask on as long as you are wearing your Apple Watch. Only time this doesn't work is to authenticate an Apple Pay purchase, but then again you could simply use the watch in the first place for the purchase and

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread chrisjudge1967
I have face id working flawlessly. Even the mask isn't an issue as I have the apple watch, and have it set to unlock my phone in the event it can't recognize my face. Chris Judge -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: October 5, 2021

RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV

2021-10-05 Thread chrisjudge1967
Just add some cannabis infused butter and send them this way. Chris Judge -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: October 5, 2021 2:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV Want me to make

RE: WhatsApp not Connecting Although Internet Is Available

2021-10-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well and I don't think posts like these are any different. Just because people enjoy and have even become dependent on a service that others don't appreciate doesn't mean their concerns deserve to be exaggerated or ridiculed. I poke around on Facebook from time to time, and I barely noticed

RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV

2021-10-05 Thread chrisjudge1967
I actually detest the on screen keyboard for apple tv. I use an apple magic keyboard, makes things much easier. Chris Judge -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: October 4, 2021 6:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Very

RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV

2021-10-05 Thread chrisjudge1967
Oh, I do lol. Chris Judge -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: October 4, 2021 6:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV Just do what I do and avoid looking at the gut region of your body.

RE: WhatsApp not Connecting Although Internet Is Available

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah, And how do they think mark zukerberg feels He lost the equivalent of 9 billion dollars, And people think they had a bad day because they couldn't access facebook etc. Hell, why not just ring the person you wanted to hear from. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hey yeah, Bigger shoes, That would workout. Great thought. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2021 6:33 pm To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Very stupid question about the Apple TV And if you can't just

RE: This is why you should wait for the iPhone 14

2021-10-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah I couldn't go back to touch id, The face id of my 11 pro max is great and just as quick if not quicker for me than touch, Unless I'm wearing a mask. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2021 6:36 pm To: