RE: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
When you say Dropbox is by far the easiest way to transfer files, are you using Dropbox as an example of a file storage in the cloud service, or do you literally mean it's by far the easiest way to transfer files? I'm asking because I use One Drive, and I'm wondering if Dropbox is somehow a lot

RE: IPhone Accessories from Blind-Owned Business

2022-12-18 Thread Richard
Thank you for a fast reply! Richard Petty -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Matthew Bullis Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 6:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IPhone Accessories from Blind-Owned Business You're probably thinking of

Re: IPhone Accessories from Blind-Owned Business

2022-12-18 Thread Matthew Bullis
You're probably thinking of Guidelights and Gadgets usa. There is also the Harbolt Company, where Brent Harbolt has many items, and each one has an audio description on the item page. Matthew On Dec 18, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Richard wrote: A couple months ago I believe someone on this list

Re: battery charger case

2022-12-18 Thread Robert Stigile
I have an iphone 11 pro with the apple battery case Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President National Federation of the Blind of California President San Fernando Valley Chapter 818-381-9568 Kn6uvd > On Dec 18, 2022, at 3:16 PM, deidreandlou...@gmail.com wrote: > > Robert, > What do you have for

IPhone Accessories from Blind-Owned Business

2022-12-18 Thread Richard
A couple months ago I believe someone on this list recommended a business that sells iPhone cases and accessories, guide dog harness pouches, and many other products. The business is owned by a person who is blind, so it's a business I want to support. I cannot find the recommendation now. If

battery charger case

2022-12-18 Thread deidreandlouise
Robert, What do you have for a battery case and what phone. It's great you have, or hear, a read out of what device has what charge. Deidre From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Robert Stigile Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

2022-12-18 Thread Carolyn
I never knew about not releasing the button until through speaking. I do guess at when to ask Siri, because I cannot hear the signal that they have now. My guess rate is quite satisfactory; it has surprised me. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

2022-12-18 Thread Carolyn
>From what I am hearing, I believe I'll just skip iOS 16.2. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of R Van Lant Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

RE: Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

2022-12-18 Thread Richard Turner
If using the home button or side button you absolutely have to wait for the tone before speaking. And don't release the button until you are done speaking. If using Hey Siri you don't have to wait. I've had no problems with Siri and opening any app including BARD Mobile. I'd begin suspecting

RE: Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

2022-12-18 Thread R Van Lant
Yeah, I think several of us have seen her not understand us. For me it started with one of the IOS 16.1 versions. I upgraded to IOS 16.2 hoping for better results. Jury is still out on that. I find that it works better if I wait a tad longer after pressing my home button and hearing the tone

Siri and iOS 16.2, what a mess!

2022-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
Sometimes I just don’t understand what Siri is doing. I just asked Siri to “open bard Mobile“. This is a command I use a lot and I really never had a problem with it until now. Upon issuing this command, I heard Siri respond you don’t have anyone named Howard in your contacts. That is just

Jeff Rutkowski has taken down his Audio Described movies page

2022-12-18 Thread Richard Turner
I wrote to Jeff after finding the link from my web page was broken. He wrote me back and said that due to the high cost of maintaining the site, he and his web developer decided to take the site down. He recommends using https://www.AudioVault.net which is linked to from my page as well.

RE: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Kathy Blackburn
Oops! It looks like your message was meant for someone else. Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr.com On Dec 18, 2022 11:15 AM, blazie.g...@gmail.com wrote:Wow!  Actually my current guide is Sallie. Yes my birthday is the 23 and yours is the 28th I think. Let’s talk later in the week. Love you, Viv  

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Gordon
Yes my notifications came back this morning. so it does take a little time to get things working again after reinstalling weather gods. On 12/18/2022 8:11 AM, Vicky Collins wrote: When I got my notifications back, I went and deleted a city I no longer needed. When I did that, though, for a few

RE: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread blazie.girl
Wow! Actually my current guide is Sallie. Yes my birthday is the 23 and yours is the 28th I think. Let’s talk later in the week. Love you, Viv From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kathy Blackburn Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 8:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Kathy Blackburn
I opened Weather Gods a few minutes ago and found a bunch of specific, configurable notification settings. We'll see if anything happens now that I've activated some of these. Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr.com On Dec 18, 2022 10:26 AM, Kathy Blackburn wrote:This is helpful and encouraging. I

Re: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Steve Matzura
VDR rocks for this exact reason! It's why I have it. On 12/17/2022 1:58 PM, Richard Turner wrote: If the mp3 files are labeled in such a way that they will play in the right order, like chapter01.mp3, chapter02.mp3 etc., my favorite way to do this is to zip the files into one .zip file with

Re: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Steve Matzura
It plays M4B? hurray! I wish Voice Dream Reader did. On 12/17/2022 3:54 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: Try this one it’s free https://apps.apple.com/app/id1138219998 and works with MP3 zipped and unzipped, and with M4B format. The way I transfer from my computer via this app, is to put the books

Re: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Steve Matzura
There are a few ways to transfer files to and from an iOS or iPadOS device, some geekier than others: 1. Via Dropbox By far the easiest way is to put Dropbox on every computer, phone and tablet you own. Just like iCloud, put something in Dropbox on one device, it appears on all the others.

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Kathy Blackburn
This is helpful and encouraging. I will contact him. Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr.com On Dec 18, 2022 10:06 AM, Robin Frost wrote: If you submit feedback from within the app's settings area it'll create an email message beginning with information from the app regarding its

An Apple Music Annoyance

2022-12-18 Thread Steve Matzura
Get hits: If you're on a Zoom conference, you probably know it's possible to share audio from other applications via the share screen dialog on iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. But I'll bet you didn't know that it only works on the Mac. Try it. If you do, only you can hear the track playing. I'm

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Robin Frost
If you submit feedback from within the app's settings area it'll create an email message beginning with information from the app regarding its configuration for you after which you can add your comments regarding the difficulty.  I have found the app's developer to be extremely responsive in a

Copying Hay Siri's Answer?

2022-12-18 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. Can I copy answer that I get from Hey Siri if I need to? If yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks! -- 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

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Kathy Blackburn
I've done everything as well. There was no notification at 7:00pm last night or 7:00am this morning. My next steps are to write to the developer and perhaps, ultimately, to cancel my subscription and uninstall the app. Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr.com On Dec 17, 2022 8:10 PM, Gordon wrote:

Re: I no longer receive notifications from Weather Gods app

2022-12-18 Thread Vicky Collins
When I got my notifications back, I went and deleted a city I no longer needed. When I did that, though, for a few hours after that, I still got that city notifications. I’m only saying this because possibly it may take a few hours for your notifications to come back. That’s only a thought,

RE: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I do something similar, namely I zip them up and place them into One Drive. I then use the Book Player app to pull them from One Drive and make a volume out of them, that way each MP3 file is treated as a chapter in a book. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -Original

Re: Can I read MP3 books in my iPhone?

2022-12-18 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I zip my mp3 books up and put them into a folder in voice dream reader using iTunes. I do the same thing with audio dramas as well. It works quite well and is a lot of fun. On 12/17/22, Gerardo Corripio wrote: > Try this one it’s free https://apps.apple.com/app/id1138219998 and works > with