I've always had very good luck with the volunteers who have helped me.
On 12/15/21, Wendy Lin wrote:
> I love Be My Eyes! It’s a very helpful and useful app! I’m sure I’ll use it
> a lot more if I were to live on my own but for now, I use it occasionally.
>
>
>> On Dec 15, 2021, at 11:20 PM,
I love Be My Eyes! It’s a very helpful and useful app! I’m sure I’ll use it a
lot more if I were to live on my own but for now, I use it occasionally.
> On Dec 15, 2021, at 11:20 PM, Paula Jordan wrote:
>
> I use it several times a week and it’s great!
> God bless!
> Paula and the pups
>
>
I use it several times a week and it’s great!
God bless!
Paula and the pups
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
llump...@austin.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:59 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My Eyes.
No be my eyes is very much alive.
From:
I don't use be my eyes that often, but it is a great app. It is great
to know, that if I need to find out what an item is, someone is always
there to help me out.
On 12/15/21, llump...@austin.rr.com wrote:
> No be my eyes is very much alive.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf
After trying several, I am back on the native calendar app.
It has improved quite a bit in the last year or so.
It has custom repeat which Fantastical used to have before they started
charging an arm and a leg.
Richard
“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little
I don't know if it's the best or not, but I use the Calendar feature in the
Outlook app. There's also the native Calendar app and the Google Calendar app.
--
Christopher (AKA CJ)
Chaltain at Outlook
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis
Long
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Hi, what are the best calendar apps for the iPhone?
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I would get an iPhone 13 pro. I think you will be very happy.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Harshit
Jaithwar
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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Hi all, thanks for your prompt replies
Hi,
Microsoft was having an outage only impacting #iOS it isn't just you.
Hopefully a fix will be forth coming soon. Just wait it out and it
should resolve shortly.
Take good care.
Robin
On 12/15/2021 9:37 PM, R Van Lant wrote:
/I just had an odd experience and wonder if any of you have
No be my eyes is very much alive.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Andy
Baracco
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 8:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Be My Eyes.
i thought Be My Eyes disappeared.
Andy
- Original Message -
From: Jenny
i thought Be My Eyes disappeared.
Andy
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From: Jenny Bomareto
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 4:44 PM
Subject: Be My Eyes.
I updated my phone to iOS 15.2. For some reason when I called Be My Eyes
isn’t making the
Hi all, thanks for your prompt replies and suggestions !
Well iPhone ex is not giving me any trouble and it can easily go for next 8 to
9 months and due to Smart Chip global shortages and expected price rise of
iPhone 14 and no expectations to bring any Ground breaking upgradation in
iphone 14
I just had an odd experience and wonder if any of you have faced this. My
resolution is a work-around, not a true fix. I have a primary Outlook email
account that I sync to the native mail, calendar and contacts apps on my iPhone
SE 2020 running IOS 15.1. I also check this account via
Check if you have "Change with buttons" turne don, this is in Settings >
Sounds, maybe it's just your volume that is turned down.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jenny
Bomareto
Sent: December 15, 2021 6:23 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Be My Eyes.
I had the sound where
I had the sound where I could hear the prior to updating so then can someone
tell me where I have to go on my phone in settings to get the sound back on?
Also when I’m on the phone the person on the other end it’s not as loud as it
was before either and the volume is on 60%. And then like say
I just used Be My Eyes with iOS 15.2 and the sound worked fine.
It is not the update that messed you up if the sound was a problem in 15.1.
It's your settings.,
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
I updated my phone to iOS 15.2. For some reason when I called Be My Eyes isn’t
making the dinging noise just to let you know that it’s finding somebody to
help. I was hoping when I upgraded from 15.1 to 15.2 that would be resolved but
it has not. Any suggestions? Because I’ve called Be My Eyes
Well, I know it is easy to be a bit jaded at this point, but since I was making
a weather request, that logically has to access the servers.
The onboard things like simply asking for the battery life is fixed in 5.2.
I have not thoroughly tested the request that are clearly onboard the phone
A bit ironic since they have been aware of reduced functionality for a long
time; there was even a mainstream news article I think last week on CBC News
about this.
Of course they would say that this is of the upmost importance to them and
maybe for the accessibility team it is, but whether it
Mini thanks Richard!
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 15, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
> sent several of us were having problems with Siri and the server I sent a
> note to Apple accessibility.
> Here is how they responded, which I see as a very hopeful sign on how they
sent several of us were having problems with Siri and the server I sent a note
to Apple accessibility.
Here is how they responded, which I see as a very hopeful sign on how they are
prioritizing accessibility.
Hello Richard,
We let our team know about these issues you were experiencing. 15.2
Well, I’ll just say that Siri seems to have good days and bad days. The good
does outweigh the bad so I will refrain from carrying on about it lol
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 15, 2021, at 3:00 PM, Esther Levegnale
> wrote:
>
> ain't that the truth! Esther P. S. So far, I am not having
ain't that the truth! Esther P. S. So far, I am not having trouble with Siri. I
better not see any more because he might jinx me! Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+!
> On Dec 15, 2021, at 2:27 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
> Since a couple of us today were bit by the
I had this very same problem under 15.1. I updated yesterday to the latest iOS
release and it seems to have fixed it.
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 Dec 15, 2021, at 1:10 PM, Jenny
Since a couple of us today were bit by the Siri, ON it, Working on it, Sorry, I
cannot do that right now, please try again later message; I thought I would
state my conclusion about this.
That message appears because Siri's servers are busy, down, flakey, in a bad
mood, whatever you want to
877-204-3930 24/7 Apple Accessibility.
Richard
"One can't be angry when one looks at a penguin." ~ John Ruskin
My web site; https://www.turner42.com/
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Vicki W.
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:11 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
It is asking me to keep or delete and it's talking about long press on widgets.
I need to make a choice before it lets me out. I'm not sure what I'm keeping or
deleting, the option to long press?
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From: Richard Turner
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent:
Turn it off completely and back on again after 30 seconds or so, usually that
fixes any strange after-update issues.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Vicki W.
Sent: December 15, 2021 10:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: iOs 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 released, article from
You are likely in the Today view, or the app library.
Reboot, and see if you can come back to the home screen.
Also try telling Siri, "go to the home screen."
Updating did not cause this.
I've updated several devices with no issues at all.
Richard
"One can't be angry when one looks at a
I just updated my mini IPad to 15.2 and no longer have access to my home
screen. All I can get is widgets with a keep or delete option and the weather.
How can I get my home screen back and will this happen on my older SE phone
when I update that as well?
Thanks.
Vicki
- Original
Where exactly do you go to check that Sounds are enabled?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jenny
Bomareto
Sent: December 15, 2021 10:11 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Since I updated to iOS 15.1.
When I receive a text message I don’t get no sound. I went into settings to
Are you talking about your settings under notifications, Messages?
I've never had an issue with receiving the message sounds when a new text
message comes in.
I am on 15.2 now, and they work as always.
Check that Do Not Disturb is not on and make sure the phone mute switch is not
on.
Otherwise,
When I receive a text message I don’t get no sound. I went into settings to
make sure sounds was on and it shows it’s on and when I went into messages all
that stuff is turned on except for like the stuff that talks about pictures.
Since obviously we cannot see that.
Thanks for your assistance
Link to the web article is at the end.
Purdys Braille Holiday Box
The box features braille orientation tabs, a braille chocolate legend and a QR
code that brings users who are blind or partially sighted to an accessible
screen reader version of the legend.
"The braille on the Purdys box is
I most definitely agree with that, Christopher.
I am totally blind and was 82, when I got my phone without a home button, had
not the first problem at all. I studied what Rita Howels posted on another
list, just read over and over it, and it penetrated my brain. My husband was
astonished. I
I actually made that decision and got an iPhone 13 a couple of months ago.
The better performance and battery life were very tempting. I was also able
to get the 512 gb version and thereby double my onboard storage space. The
better camera has proven to be a much more appreciated improvement that
As Christopher already said, if you are unhappy with your phone, the 13 series
are great phones. If you are not in a hurry to change phones then wait the 8
or 9 months to see what the 14 brings. Then, you could buy a 13 at likely a
slightly lower price if the 14 doesn't offer that much over
Mirroring the iPhone sadly has nothing to do with deleting text messages.
Theoretically, if you are set up properly in iCloud on both the phone and the
watch, it should behave the way you want. I personally do not bother with text
messages on my watch, so beyond the theory, I cannot help.
I looked at the choices under notifications in the watch app, and the way I read things, you are given the opportunity to choose which apps' notifications appear on both devices. Mirroring apparently means allowing the notifications to appear on both devices, but this does not mean that clearing
This will only work the first time you use the phone during set up unless you
have set the accessibility shortcut under accessibility settings.
Chris Judge
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: December 14, 2021 7:39 PM
To:
Hi,
Open the watch app, swipe down to notifications & tap, swipe down to Mirror
iPhone or something similar named. Below this you can choose which
notifications from which apps appear on your watch.
Donna
>
>
> Hi all,
> I am tired of having to delete my text messages and phone messages
IMHO, that depends on how unhappy you are with your iPhone X. You can get an
iPhone 13 now, but you'll need to wait eight months to get an iPhone 14. Are
you willing to lose that 8 months you could be using an iPhone 13 to wait for
an iPhone 14 where we only have rumors on what it's going to
Hi friends, currently I'm using iPhone X in very good condition and want to
upgrade to the newest iPhone.
So, I should go for iPhone 13 or wait for iPhone 14, as reports suggest
some major upgradation are expected in iPhone 14 but I felt these are all
for sighted people and no reports suggesting
TheUE boom 2 has a microphone and you can use it to talk to others from calls
on the phone et ,
The wonder boom which is smaller than the boom doesn’t have a microphone in it,
That is the wonder boom,
Yes the roam when on Bluetooth cuts some of the features out,
Amazon alexa / goole home
Hi Kay,
Good luck with that,
I’ve been trying to get that to workfor years but it doesn’t.
Even reading them on one doesn’t cancel out the other.
At least didn’t
There was an update to watch os 8.3 this morning,
I don’t think it did anything more to change this.
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