Re: Some issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 17

2023-09-18 Thread Jasmine Kotsay
Hello, I have the 14 Pro Max, and I don’t see the battery issue with mine. > On Sep 18, 2023, at 4:46 PM, Dana Leet wrote: > > First of all. We noticed that we cannot while we are on a call press touch > tones and it makes absolutely no sense to us because they just do not work, > so how

Re: Some issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 17

2023-09-18 Thread Richard Turner
Perhaps calling Apple Accessibility could figure this out. 877-204-3930 ' Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) > On Sep 18, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Dana Leet wrote: > >  > Richard, I believe that it’s because the 14 pro

Re: Some issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 17

2023-09-18 Thread Dana Leet
Richard, I believe that it’s because the 14 pro has the dynamic island and I believe the dynamic island is the problem because all it says at the top of my phone is the name of my phone and connected no status bar whatsoever. I have a regular 14 and it’s fine and nothing is turned on

RE: Information about this new voiceover adjustment and it not saving?

2023-09-18 Thread leobado1982
Yes, it is happening to me. I have tried rebooting my iPhone with no luck. Best, Leo Bado "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." Elbert Hubbard From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dana Leet Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 5:54 PM To:

Re: Some issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 17

2023-09-18 Thread Richard Turner
I just called a number, and after it was answered, I am able to press the numbers and VO speaks the number and the tone plays just fine. Make sure the phone is away from your face and that your hand isn't near the proximity sensor at the top of the phone. I have the 13 pro, and the wifi and

Information about this new voiceover adjustment and it not saving?

2023-09-18 Thread Dana Leet
I see where you can change sentence, pauses, and all kinds of inflection and tone and pitching different things under the voiceover now, however, when I put those changes in, they save under the Voice however, the changes don’t seem to implement in anything outside of the Settings app, so I was

Some issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 17

2023-09-18 Thread Dana Leet
First of all. We noticed that we cannot while we are on a call press touch tones and it makes absolutely no sense to us because they just do not work, so how are you supposed to call banks and places like this if you can’t get the touchdown to work. Secondly, on iPhone 14s at the top of your

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Thanks. I got it. Earlier today, somehow, I just couldn't get it off, but did just now. Thanks again. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Belville Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Check out this Be My Eyes Blog

2023-09-18 Thread CHELA Robles
Very interesting indeed, Malcolm. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2023, at 3:52 PM, Malcolm Parfitt wrote: > > Hey there, > I just read a cool blog on Be My Eyes and wanted to send it your way! Give it > a read. > > ' Story: Image to Text AI and Blurred Faces: What’s Going On? >

RE: Moving apps on my iPhone 8

2023-09-18 Thread Debbie Downey
HI Christopher, Thank you very much! I wasn’t doing it quite right; I didn’t know about finding the app where I wanted to move it to and flicking down to drop before or after. That is what I was missing! Like I said, I don’t do this very much! Thanks again! Debbie From:

mute button on facetime

2023-09-18 Thread Paula Jordan
Hi all. I need to occasionally mute my phone while I'm on a facetime call. I can't seem to find a mute button. Is there one and where is it if it exists? Thanks. God bless! Paula and the pups -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any

RE: Moving apps on my iPhone 8

2023-09-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't think anything has changed. On any app do a flick down to the edit option and double tap. Now find the app you want to move and flick down to drag. Move your finger to where you want to place the app and flick down to select move before, after, add to a folder or create a folder. --

Check out this Be My Eyes Blog

2023-09-18 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
Hey there, I just read a cool blog on Be My Eyes and wanted to send it your way! Give it a read. ' Story: Image to Text AI and Blurred Faces: What’s Going On?

Moving apps on my iPhone 8

2023-09-18 Thread Debbie Downey
HI Group, I rarely move apps on my iPhone 8 but somehow, a few apps got moved and I can't get them back to where they were. I thought that instead of having to drag the app with your finger that it had changed to where it gave you choices of where to drop it either before or after an app?

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread CHELA Robles
Here are my thoughts. I think it’s fine to look at photos with them, but it would be great to know how many people are in the photos now whether it’s a man or a woman, it doesn’t really matter to me as long as I can figure out what the faces actually look like or at least try to find a

Re: what will IOS 17 support

2023-09-18 Thread William Outman
So if I understand correctly, my current 8 Plus will not take iOS 17. Is that correct. Will probably go for the 15 Pro soon. Bill Outman Sent from my iPhoneOn Sep 14, 2023, at 9:06 AM, llump...@austin.rr.com wrote:Thanks everybody.  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard TurnerSent:

RE: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread CJ & AA MAY
My feeling is that a sighted person can take a photo and then see the face, whether or not the person gave their permission. These apps as far as I know won't identify people, merely describe them, so what is wrong with that? Alison -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

Re: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Lisa Belville
Carolyn, Open settings, go to General, then to Software Updates. Automatic Updates is the first button.  if it's on, double tap it.  You will have options for downloading and installing updates. Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com On 9/18/2023 3:45 PM, Carolyn Arnold wrote: Is

Eloquence doesn't take any parameter modification after upgrading.

2023-09-18 Thread leobado1982
Hello everyone. I upgraded to IOS 17 3 hours ago, but for some reason after changing any value in the voice settings, those changes do not impact the Eloquence voice in any manner. I have already tried restarting my iPhone S.E second generation, and removing all the languages from the rotor, but

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Is there a way I can turn off Automnatic Updates? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen . Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 8:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: ios 17 release tomorrow Hi, I have the rc ios 17

Re: Has anyone ordered a new Apple product yet and if so how was your experience?

2023-09-18 Thread matthew dyer
I ordered a Iphone 15 on Friday and should be getting mine on the 22nd. I have to get mine with no carrier as I use spectrum for my service and they don’t have NVMOs listed. Anyway I hob to use my Mac to do it as the Apple Store had issues. Matthew > On Sep 18, 2023, at 2:57 PM, Rick

RE: Has anyone ordered a new Apple product yet and if so how was your experience?

2023-09-18 Thread Rick Alfaro
Hello. I ordered through T-mobile. We ordered 2 15 pros last Friday via their iPhone on us program. We both had iPhone 12 pro and pro max to trade in. It went very smoothly and our expected ship date is this Monday, the 22nd. Warmest regards, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com -Original

Re: Bard app doesn't remember my place

2023-09-18 Thread Kimberly Gardner
Thanks for your reply, Mark. That's exactly what happened to me. I'm running the most recent versions of Bard and iOS, but I've had the loss of position for a very long time now. What iPhone do you have? I have an SE 2nd gen. Kim On 9/16/23, M. Taylor wrote: > Yes, Kim, I had the same problem,

RE: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Richard Turner
Did you not read the subject line? This thread is about Seeing AI. Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: https://www.turner42.com -Original

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Kathy Blackburn
Unless the discussion has morphed in a direction I'm not aware of, the subject was the Be my AI feature in Be My Eyes. If a photo contains a face,, Be My AI will not describe the picture at all, apologetically, of course. The algorithm is very strict. I was hoping I could get a description of a

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Evan Reese
Actually, it just occured to me that it could be simpler than I had thought. The AI could describe a face, and it may very well know who it belongs to, but be prohibited from disclosing any identifying information such as name, address, phone number, etc. ChatGPT is already prohibited from

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Evan Reese
I use Seeing AI pretty often for its bar code reading and short text features, but I haven't used that one. But you are basically addressing the same issue I just posted about. There is a difference between the description of a face, and the identification of that face with a specific

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
I agree with Richard, I simply see it as an extension of Seeing AI’s person Channel or TapTap See’s description. Malcolm Parfitt > On 18 Sep 2023, at 18:06, Richard Turner wrote: > > To me, the discussion isn't about facial recognition as in naming the > person, but rather giving a

Re: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Evan Reese
Okay, I do get the idea that a lot of people do not want their faces recognized. Facial recognition has a lot of risks associated with it. But I still do not see why someone could not get a description of a face without it being matched to a particular identity. For example, why couldn't we

RE: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Richard Turner
To me, the discussion isn't about facial recognition as in naming the person, but rather giving a description of the facial features. Seeing AI has a channel where you can train it to recognize a picture you take of a person and assign a name to that picture after 3 successful photos have been

RE: seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Absolutely, there have to be restrictions and safeguards in place especially since nobody totally understands yet where all of this AI stuff will go and how far it can go. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of llump...@austin.rr.com Sent: Monday, September

seeing AI and facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread llumpkin
If I understand correctly, and I'm not sure I do, the debate is over whether Seeing and other similar apps should do facial recognition. I get it that many people don't want to have their face recognized and I don't think blind people's right to have faces recognized trumps the public's rights not

RE: [Tech-VI] OpenAI doesn't want GPT-4 to be used for facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
This is such new and powerful technology and as useful as it may be for us blind users, I would rather that companies like Open AI, Microsoft, Google and others err on the side of caution rather than to completely open this up for anything and to anybody where it will surely be misused. The

Re: [Tech-VI] OpenAI doesn't want GPT-4 to be used for facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread Delia Avina
Got it. Thanks for the article Sent from my iPod > On Sep 18, 2023, at 9:28 AM, CHELA Robles wrote: > > Greetings everybody please let me know if you receive this message or at > least one person. Please let me know if this message came through. This is > very important to read regarding

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
No more beta profile to delete, you just go to Settings > General > Software Updates and tap on the beta program button and set it to "Off". -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of davycupp...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:40 AM To:

RE: Has anyone ordered a new Apple product yet and if so how was your experience?

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I ordered an Apple Watch Ultra 2 for myself and after signing in with my wife's Apple Id I ordered one for her. The process was as smooth and easy as it could be. It did say "available starting September 22", but you were able to order since the day of the presentation. I received an email

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread davycuppens
Hi folks But as you are an RC user, you are in the beta program I assume? I think what Sieghard says is completely right. But if you don't want the RC anymore and stop beta testing, just erase your beta profile, restart the phone and the public version will be installed as it is available or

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Yes, you can turn off whichever beta program you joined, public or developer, but if you want to continue beta testing iOS 17.1 and subsequent versions I would just leave it alone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Monday, September 18,

RE: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The RC most likely is the public release, I would just check to see if it wants to update and if it doesn't I wouldn't worry about it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jen . Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 5:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: ios

RE: Video calling on WhatsApp with an iPhone

2023-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
That is always how I do it, I open the chat I have going with the person I want to call, let's assume his name is John Smith, then along the top I have the following: Chats, back button - at the very top left, I now swipe right and get: Profile Picture - I swipe right again John Smith, last

Re: Apple Watch Ultra, who has one and would you buy it again?

2023-09-18 Thread Barry Abbott
I purchased the Apple ultra watch last year and really like it. I like the fact that it has a bigger screen I can hear it better and I found it to actually wear it for a while. I don’t even really notice much of a difference in terms of weight on my wrist. It’s just there and the battery life is

Re: Has anyone ordered a new Apple product yet and if so how was your experience?

2023-09-18 Thread Julian
Hi Malcolm, Lucky you that you got to do it at 1 PM your time. Here on the West Coast in California, I had to get up at 5 AM that day. My experience was similar to yours, it took about a half hour or so, but I'm happy to report that I successfully completed it and I'm expecting delivery of my

Has anyone ordered a new Apple product yet and if so how was your experience?

2023-09-18 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
On Friday at 1 o’clock P.M here in the UK the Apple Store was supposed to take pre orders for Apple products. You could actually start the order process on Tuesday 12 September and this was supposed to speed up the process on Friday 15Th. Here in the UK the order process was not as smooth as I

Fwd: [Tech-VI] OpenAI doesn't want GPT-4 to be used for facial recognition

2023-09-18 Thread CHELA Robles
Title: OpenAI doesn't want GPT-4 to be used for facial recognition Greetings everybody please let me know if you receive this message or at least one person. Please let me know if this message came through. This is very important to read regarding the facial recognition. The issue that we’ve all

Re: ios 17 release tomorrow

2023-09-18 Thread Wayne Merritt
I'm not a beta tester, but from what I understand, if you have the 17 RC then you are already on the public release. All the videos I have watched on this say that to get a newer RC release you need to turn off the beta profile in Settings/General/Software Updates. Hth, Wayne On 9/17/23, alban

RE: How to save text message?

2023-09-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't know how to save text messages, other than copying them into another app, but you can recover recently deleted messages. Double tap of the filters/back button at the top of the messages list and then double tap on recently deleted messages. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at

How to save text message?

2023-09-18 Thread Rena
Hello, I try to keep it in the messages app, but sometimes I delete it unintentionally. Is there any way to save it? Rena -- 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