RE: Bose frames

2021-12-09 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Sorry I have the Tempos, but after rereading your message, I see you're asking about the Tenors. I checked the App Store, and the Bose Music app is indeed the app you want for the Tenors. Sorry about that. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook -Original Message- From:

RE: Bose frames

2021-12-09 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi dan, There is the bose music app which you are meant to use but you can pair them directly with an iPhone through the Bluetooth settings. I've got the music app and it is confusing but it gives a few extra features your frames can use. -Original Message- From:

RE: Bose frames

2021-12-09 Thread Christopher Chaltain
For the Tempos, you'll want the Bose Music app. I don't think it's strictly necessary though, but you can use it to check a few things on the Tempos and set a few settings. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

Sending Text Message Question

2021-12-09 Thread Carla
When I have voiceover on and send a text message I don't get the swish sound that it was sent. When I turn voice over off and send the message then I get the sound. Is anyone having this problem and is there a fix for it? Thanks! Carla -- The following information is important for all

Re: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Turner
Once again, do not believe everything you read on the internet. Richard “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin website: www.turner42.com (Sent with my blue iPhone 13 Pro) On Dec 9,

Re: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread TaraPrakash
There may not be any iPhones in near future , with or without home button. As for this article, This may seem like a comical thing to say when Apple is about to potentially sell 40 million iPhones this holiday season, according to Wedbush. But the iPhone is in its sunset years. It has maybe

RE: Bose frames

2021-12-09 Thread thom3of5
I think you need the bose music app or the bose connects app. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Yates Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 8:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bose frames Hi everyone, I purchased Bose frames tenor today at

Re: Bose frames

2021-12-09 Thread Dan Yates
Hi everyone, I purchased Bose frames tenor today at Best Buy, on sale for $220. Do I need to download some type of bose app to begin using these? Thanks, Dan Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2021, at 3:28 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > > Agreed, but ear buds like the original Airpods have

Re: Another Apple Music Question

2021-12-09 Thread Esther Levegnale
The same is happening to me as well. I have more than one track for the same song. I am planning to upgrade to an iPhone 13 very soon. I can't wait! I might get the pro or the ProMax. I have to look at them first. Esther Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! > On Dec 9, 2021, at

RE: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread bentleyj1952
Walmart just can't leave their web site or their iPhone App alone. They have constantly changed it around twice a year for years now. Every change, I loose some functionality. I recently placed an order with my iPhone instead of my Windows 10 PC. I would love to be able to tell every one

Re: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Alan Lemly
Sieghard, I'd caution you against saying there will be no more iPhones with home buttons. The next generation SE expected later next spring has been rumored to still have a home button. And I disagree with others that the new gesture to activate home and the app switcher on phones without a

RE: RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread chrisjudge1967
There's no good in snow either. We had 25 centameters dumped on us last night. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of la...@comcast.net Sent: December 9, 2021 3:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: RE: RE: Voiceover. i have

Re: Another Apple Music Question

2021-12-09 Thread Duane Steele
No. The album's only on Apple Music. Actually, there are several albums where double-tracking is happening. Weird. > > On Dec 9, 2021, at 1:38 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > > Might this album already be on your phone? I don't mean from Apple music, > but from perhaps a ripped cd. If so, it

RE: RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread la...@comcast.net
i have to agree about freezing rain. There is no good in that. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Thursday, December 09, 2021 09:53 AM To: "viphone@googlegroups.com" Subject: RE: RE: Voiceover. I was merely quoting John Ruskin. I find freezing rain is the worst in my

RE: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Carolyn
Thanks for that, Hollie. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Holly Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 11:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problems with the Walmart App Carolyn and all: Have you tried using the

Re: Another Apple Music Question

2021-12-09 Thread Arnold Schmidt
Might this album already be on your phone? I don't mean from Apple music, but from perhaps a ripped cd. If so, it is showing apple music, plus what is on your phone. Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone S E 2 On Dec 9, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Duane Steele wrote: Hello Listers, I have

Re: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Donna Casteen
Hi, I don't know if this suggestion will help or not, but what do you have to lose? Turn the rotor & make sure that "Describe Images" is turned on. If this feature is not in the rotor, go to settings, accessibility, voiceover & swipe down to rotor & add it. It is my experience that in some

RE: Looking for an USB charger

2021-12-09 Thread Alan Lemly
I agree with Malcolm regarding Anker products. I've used their portable batteries, cables, charging bricks, and power strips and have never had issues with any of them. They just work and are competitively priced. The US version of the product posted by Malcolm is the USB Wall Charger, Anker

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Dennis Long
I agree. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 11:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: re iphone advice please I would totally not get stuck on the idea that a home button has a huge advantage, it

Another Apple Music Question

2021-12-09 Thread Duane Steele
Hello Listers, I have another APPLE music question. I pulled up an album this morning and discovered that a number of tracks are listed twice and playing twice. Is it safe to go through the list of tracks and delete duplicate tracks? I can't help but wonder why or how duplicate tracks appeared

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread mich verrier
When I was at The Seeing Eye erlier this year a class mate of mine had a phone with no home butten and I found it a bit confusing since I wasn't shure what jester was used to bring up the screen but I am shure thatonce I replacemy 8 I will have to deal with this as well. From Mich.

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Turner
The SE 2020 is the last phone with a home button to this point. All the X, 11, 12, and 13 models have no home button. Richard "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would totally not get stuck on the idea that a home button has a huge advantage, it will take most people all of 10 or 15 minutes to learn the swipe up gesture required to go back to the home screen or bring up the app switcher and even if they bought an SE 2020 now then certainly they would

RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Turner
I was merely quoting John Ruskin. I find freezing rain is the worst in my part of the world, having lived through two seriously bad ice storms when buses and cars basically slid to the side of the road and could do nothing about it, and everything was covered with at least an inch thick sheet

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Whether you would find a home button clumsy or not is a mute point unless you plan to go back from an iPhone 11 to an SE 2020 because certainly going forward there will be no phones with home buttons any more. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent:

Re: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Holly
Carolyn and all: Have you tried using the Picture Smart feature in JAWS? It can analyze a picture and read the text in the picture and tell you what it is. It can describe the picture also. Here is a link to info about how to use it.

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Any iPhone is equally accessible, Voiceover is for the most part amazing, there always have been and probably always will be bugs and issues and there have been and always will be apps which are not accessible. Having said this, I don't recommend anybody at this stage should buy an iPhone XS

RE: Weird Voice Dream Reader issue

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Turner
I agree with Sieghard. It would be up to each app developer to install some kind of a flag that if VoiceOver is detected, and Screen Recognition is on, alert the user to turn off Screen Recognition. I won't hold my breath on that one. Everyone needs to just remember to turn it off, and if an

RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you have ever lived through any of the weather disasters which seem to happen more and more lately you may reconsider that statement about that there is no such thing as bad weather. As far as weather for a particular area which is in the normal parameters I would probably agree although I

RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
At this point my recommendation would be that yes, you should absolutely upgrade as there are no deal-breaking bugs in iOS 15. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: December 8, 2021 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Voiceover. I think you would be

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Mo
Hi Richard and Wayne, Sorry I seem to have missed Wayne's response. This is most useful and yes, ideally I think they would prefer to have a home button as other models they have used have had this. Out of these three which has the home button please? -Original Message- From:

RE: Weird Voice Dream Reader issue

2021-12-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Screen recognition should be turned off for all apps and should only be used in a situation where you are trying to use an app which is not accessible. Here screen recognition can make all the difference, but as a Voiceover feature it is in my opinion up to each person to know about it's Pros

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Mo
Hi thank you for your tips much appreciated. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent: 09 December 2021 16:03 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: re iphone advice please I agree with Richard and Wayne. I had

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Carolyn
I studied the gestures over and over until my mind was saturated, got my 11, never looked back. My husband could hardly believe it. Now, I wonder if I'd find a Home Button clumsy? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis

RE: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Carolyn
You know, I didn't think about, that maybe an iPhone might be able to do what JAWS can not. I hope you figure some way to read the print photoed. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicky Collins Sent: Thursday, December 9,

RE: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Carolyn
Terri, my husband, retired graphic artist (printer), says our screen readers cannot read print from photographs. I don't really understand why, but I was sent some information that way once, could not read it, and he said that JAWS did not have that capability. He got it right off. I still

RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread Carolyn
Jenny, I skipped 14.8, but have done 15 and 15.1 with no problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Bomareto Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 6:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Voiceover. I had heard a few

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Dennis Long
I agree with Richard and Wayne. I had a brief adjust with the gestures. That was when I got my 13 pro. Now I have no issue doing the home or app switcher gestures. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:54 AM

Re: Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Vicky Collins
I know the Walmart app can now often be way more difficult, but I have managed to play around and find the product details and nutrition information. If I open the particular product screen, then put my finger on the screen to make sure I am where I think I am, and then swipe up from the

RE: Looking for an USB charger

2021-12-09 Thread Casey Wollner
Hi is there A US place on amazon to get this as well? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 6:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looking for an USB charger Hello, Here’s one I use, while it does

RE: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Richard Turner
One non-Accessibility relared point, the SE has the same chip as the 11, so its hardware is over 1 year newer than the XR model. So for the long run, the SE has a chance of being supported longer; otherwise, accessibility is really the same in all iPhone models. The difference is, as Wayne

Re: re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hello. Basically, do you want a home button or not. The SE 2020 has a home button, which many blind folk consider to be more accessible. However, the newer phones after the 10 series, though they don't have home buttons, they are just as accessible. Basically, you slide a finger up from the bottom

Problems with the Walmart App

2021-12-09 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, As many of you probably know, a while back a major update was done to the Walmart App. I think some of the changes were good. However, as with most things, some were not. In some ways, I now find the App a bit more difficult to use. For instance, when I would be ordering

re iphone advice please

2021-12-09 Thread Mo
Hi all, I have recently been asked for advice re accessibility of the iphone xs-xr and se 2020. How do the features and accessibility work? Useability etc. Would be most grateful for any guidance from you guys. Thank you. Mo. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.

Re: Looking for an USB charger

2021-12-09 Thread Anthony Vece
I find that the anker products will do just what you want them to do. They make power banks, chargers, and anything else that you need. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro!!! > On Dec 9, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Malcolm Parfitt wrote: > > Hello, > > Here’s one I use, while it does not

Re: Looking for an USB charger

2021-12-09 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
Hello, Here’s one I use, while it does not charge newer phones at their fastest rate it is compact and has 6 USB ports. It is rated at 60 Watts so will provide 10 Watts per port if all are in use. If only two ports are used each will provide 12 Watts of power. This charger will charge

Looking for an USB charger

2021-12-09 Thread Mária Orovčíková
Hello list, please, would anyone recommend an USB wall charger that has more than four USB ports and can charge USB devices such as phones, smart watches, power banks and others? I purchased one made by TP-link, it looks like a disk, it has a round flat     shape, but unfortunately, it is not

RE: My Black Friday In-Store Apple Experience, 2021

2021-12-09 Thread Loreal Lavigna
I can understand your frustration and option for trying again in a few days. How did it go by the way? I'll be making another IOS purchase, but will likely need to do the purchase online in full through Apple.com or if I can get the carrier to fulfill the order and ship to the store with the