It's in Settings -> Accessibility -> voiceOver. It's the last setting.
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I'm not seeing that under accessibility. Where is it?
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I was having a lot of
I found out later that this text detection feature is part of the magnifier, so
it's the same thing Richard was referring to.
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Look for an app called Spectrum TV. That’s the one you want.
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> On Sep 20, 2023, at 21:15, Ron Canazzi wrote:
>
> Hi Group,
>
> The Spectrum mobile app (no spec connect or my spectrum in the title) is the
> one I am talking about. That used to access TV channels that you
It sounds like text detection does pretty much what all the other things like
that envision AI or voice dream scanner etc. do when you hold your camera over
some text. Whether it’s better or not then those abs, who knows? The point and
shoot sort of thing that they also talk about sounds like
Hi Group,
The Spectrum mobile app (no spec connect or my spectrum in the title) is
the one I am talking about. That used to access TV channels that you had
as part of your account subscription. It has and still does not have
anything to do with the account proper. It does have a link to the
You wrote this:
Ow do you adjust the quality of the sound on the JAWS voices?
So, I thought it was for Windows.
To get to this adjustments, in the iPhone you can listen to this Applevis
episode:
https://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast1565.mp3
Best,
Setting ringtones as text tones and vice versa has been available in iOS for as
far back as I can remember. They probably just changed it so users would find
it easier to find the right tones, but like someone else in this thread said,
it causes issues with iTunes tones which may be classified
You can ask Siri to "restart my iPhone."
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Subject: RE: IPHONE UPDATE BROKEN MY PHONE
Hi did you re start
Text detection, a new feature in IOS 17 requires LiDAR. I'm not sure what this
does and how it's different than the text detection I get with the camera now,
but I don't have a LiDAR phone to test this with.
The magnifier built-in to iOS.
Richard, USA.
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Thanks, Richard. I will contact them, but I'm doubt if it can be
resolved any time soon.
Lisa Belville
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On 9/20/2023 4:45 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
You can contact your regional library or write to nlsdownl...@loc.gov
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It seems to be the new way to connect
Lyne
> Le 20 sept. 2023 à 10:19, Paula Jordan a écrit :
>
>
> Hi all. Since IOS 16 update my focus does not stay paired. If I want to use
> the display with my iphone 13 mini I have to go into settings, voice-over,
> braille, and repair the device.
It does do a fair job with door detection and has possibilities, so you are
making a long-term investment.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:58 PM
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Subject: Are there really advantages to
Hi Richard,
When you mention the magnifier, are you referring to a specific app?
Thanks,
Pam
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Turner
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Are there really advantages
I will say that the times I've written to BARD Support, they have been
very responsive.
Evan
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> On Sep 20, 2023, at 10:07 AM, Lisa Belville
> wrote:
> What's the best way to contact BARD?
>
>
>
>
It does help with the door detection feature in the magnifier. Also the image
description and text identification and people ID in the magnifier as well.
There are a few apps using it for better object recognition and distance of the
object though I think that is only accurate within 15 or 20
Paula, I've not yet upgraded to iOS 17 so this is just me thinking out loud. My experience with most major iOS updates since getting my first iPhone over 10 years ago is that audio issues abound for a day or two after the upgrade. Whether these issues relate to my TTS VoiceOver voice not speaking
Did you trY headset?
Lyne
> Le 20 sept. 2023 à 16:13, Cristóbal Muñoz a écrit :
>
>
> Did you by any chance turn VO speech off? Three finger double tap toggles
> that setting.
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula
> Pinder
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:06 PM
>
Hi I am in a simmiler situation as you. I need to get a new phone I am running
the I phone 8 and am thinking of getting the I phone pro 14 for the lidar
feature and would like toknow what this does for us as blind people? I know
about the door detection from Mich.
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Interesting that a reset of all settings didn't work. How about you have
someone change the voice synthesizer for voiceover.
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My question sort of sums it up. I’m thinking about getting a new phone,
although I could wait one more year, since this one is eligible for an upgrade
this year. If I do get a new phone, I am contemplating whether it’s worth it to
go for the pro because of lied AR. There was a lot of hype
I am getting in to the middle of this but try doing a 2 finger swipe up and
very quickly start tapping your volume up buttton to see if you can turn up the
voice over volume.
James B
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula
Pinder
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 3:46 PM
Hi All
Thanks for your replies. I've tried everything suggested and still no joy
even after trying a reset.
Best wishes
Paula
On Wed, 20 Sept 2023, 21:18 Feliciano Godoy,
wrote:
> Is someone able to help you manually turn off voiceover and re-enable it?
> I would try that, if that doesn't
I was having a lot of trouble double tapping under iOS 17 until I adjusted the
double tap delay under accessibility from 0.25 to 0.30. Now double tapping is
working as before for me. It may be worth trying.
Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
” those who seek to band books are wrong, no matter how
Beware that it may be worse in 17. Since I updated to iOS 17 I can't get either of my braille displays to work at all. They both say they're connected but nothing actually happens.Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone” those who seek to band books are wrong, no matter how dangerous books can be.“ Viet
Thank you. This is for an
Iphone and these instructions look like windows
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Very impressed
Yes, Eloquence sounds just great!
Best,
Leo Bado
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of matthew
dyer
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:40 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Very
Hi, I assume you want to modify the Jaws Eloquence.
You may want to carry out all the process by using a vocalizer voice instead of
Eloquence.
First of all, copy and paste the file that contains the values in a safe
location, so that you can use it as a backup in any given scenario. Go
Is someone able to help you manually turn off voiceover and re-enable it? I
would try that, if that doesn't work, I would reset your iPhone settings,. so
if you go to settings, general Transfer or Reset iPhone then choose reset.
*** do not reset all content and settings as this will wipe your
Hi did you re start your phone after updateing your phone? From Mich.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula
Pinder
Sent: September 20, 2023 4:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: IPHONE UPDATE BROKEN MY PHONE
Hi All
I've updated my iPhone to IOS17 and I can no
If you have your voiceover shortcut set to where you can just turn it off and on that way, you could do that. Otherwise, tell Siri to turn voiceover off. Then tell Siri to turn voiceover back on. That should do it.This sounds like a recurrence of the annoying now you see it now you don’t bug
Did you by any chance turn VO speech off? Three finger double tap toggles that
setting.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula
Pinder
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: IPHONE UPDATE BROKEN MY PHONE
Hi All
I've updated my
Hi All
I've updated my iPhone to IOS17 and I can no longer get it to speak. It
plays the Voiceover sounds but no voice. Im using my husband's Android
Samsung S10 phone and I cant get it to read everything properly like I
could on the Iphone? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks a lot.
Best
Thank you guys
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of John
Panarese
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Roder
It’s in VoiceOver Settings under the Rotor section. You can select or
Ow do you
adjust the quality of the sound on the JAWS voices?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of matthew
dyer
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 2:40 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Very impressed with
Is this related to BARD? If not then I still hear a tone when I hold down the
side button. It's no louder than it was in IOS 16 though.
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Reese
Sent: Wednesday,
I've been running the IOS 17 beta for a while, and I don't feel like I'm
running into any more issues than I did with IOS 16. I'm also on a few iPhone
lists and some of the traffic has to do with questions about the new features
and some has to do with the same handful of issues. There are also
Hi,
I am also using it on my iPad mini and with the ability to adjust the quality
of the sound you can make it sound more anhanced.
Matthew
On Sep 19, 2023, at 7:46 PM, Kevin Minor wrote:
Hi.
Last year I tried Eloquence on my iPhone. It sounded like it was
overmodulating, and lowering
Guess I'm one of the few lucky ones? No problems at my end on iOS17, but I too
have the BARD Mobile bug you guys are talking about (even though I never change
the speed or tone), that I double-tap Speed but nothing happens. So I
definitely think it's a minor incompatibility issue between BARD
I'm on quite a few list that deal with I Phones
My in box is over flowing with people who are having problems with IOS 17. It
looks like Apple has just decided to deal with accessibility problems as an
after thought.
Spend enough R and D to Take care of the main stream consumers and let the
Since I wrote that last message, I discovered yet another problem:
I hear absolutely nothing when I hold in the Side button. Not a very
quiet tone, nothing at all. I turned the phone up and held it up to my
ear when I held in the Side button and it doesn't play anything. I still
hear the
It’s in VoiceOver Settings under the Rotor section. You can select or
deselect items.
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If you go to settings, accessibility, and the voiceover, and select the rotor,
you can select and remove things from within there.
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How do I add things to the roder? I have done it before but can’t seem to do it
now
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Did you or any one try deleting the Bard app and then installing it again?
Good luck,
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lisa
Belville
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:10 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Possible Bug in BARD app
Sorry.
I totally forgot about those with hearing aids.
I totally agree that Apple should let the customer choose notification
sounds that suit their needs.
On Wed, 20 Sept 2023 at 18:30, Dennis Long wrote:
>
> I've reported it through feedback and called apple once 17 officially
> dropped.
Well, normally, I don't upgrade so soon, but I read over the list of
bugs and none of them seem to be ones that would impact me. The tone
adjustment issue isn't a deal breaker, but I just so happened to start
an older book that was digitized from a worn out analog copy and really
needed to
What's the best way to contact BARD?
Lisa Belville
missktlab1...@frontier.com
On 9/20/2023 11:19 AM, Richard Turner wrote:
I can confirm your experience on my 13 pro. I do not know if that is an iOS 17
issue with the double tap gesture or something with the BARD app. I suspect
deleting and
There seem to be many problems with IOS 17. I bet Apple comes out with several
quick updates pretty soon to start ironing out the bugs.
James B
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Evan
Reese
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:55 AM
To:
James, I know what you mean. I now think I should have waited. It's not
just the bug in the BARD app. I cannot get any of those per voice
changes to work in my iPhone 12 either. At least I still have all the
functionality of the Eloquence I had in ioS 16, but I don't get any of
the new
I can confirm this as well on my iPhone 12.
I double tap on the Speed button within a book, and while it clicks, I
do not hear the tone. Nothing actually happens. It does not change from
Speed to Tone.
Evan
On 9/20/2023 12:19 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
I can confirm your experience on my
Why not let others be the guinea pig when updates to a new operating system
come out?
Deleting the app and installing it again sounds like your only option for now.
Good luck,
James B
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lisa
Belville
Sent: Wednesday,
I've reported it through feedback and called apple once 17 officially dropped.
This was a on purpose change that I suspect will be rolled back. The best they
can do is give a user option to let us choose our sound.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Renee
I can confirm your experience on my 13 pro. I do not know if that is an iOS 17
issue with the double tap gesture or something with the BARD app. I suspect
deleting and reinstalling won't solve it. I will write BARD and suggest you do
as well.
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Was coming here to say the same thing; there is a My Spectrum app and a My
Spectrum TV app. Both seem reasonably accessible to me, at least so far.
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> On Sep 20, 2023, at 12:05, Michael Amaro wrote:
>
> The mobile app is no more. Every thing is done threw my spectrum app
The mobile app is no more. Every thing is done threw my spectrum app
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To: "ViPhone List"
Subject: Issue With Spectrum Mobile App Accessibility
Hi Group,
i got my first iPhone in
Hi, all.
I'm using iPhone 14 Pro and BARD Mobile 2.2.1. Since upgrading to iOS
17 I cannot adjust the tone of a book from within the book itself.
Normally, double tapping on the speed button will bring up the tone menu
and allow the tone to be adjusted. However, I've tried doing this on
Hi all. Since IOS 16 update my focus does not stay paired. If I want to
use the display with my iphone 13 mini I have to go into settings,
voice-over, braille, and repair the device. Has anyone else seen this and is
there hope that it is fixed in 17. It's doable, but a bit of a pain.
Thanks.
I've had the same issue and have reported it in the Feedback Assistant. I
suspect it's a glitch or a bug that may be sorted in an update.
> On 21/09/2023, at 01:09, Rafał Marzec wrote:
>
> There is something to complain about
> Because not everyone using default tones
> After upgrade to iOS
The two pictures I want to send to someone there in the same text message, two
different pictures.
Thanks for reading regarding this matter.
Jenny Bomareto
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Good Morning: You are having the same problems that I had a year ago
with the Spectrum App. Their Tech's have no accessibility training with
these applications. They only want to sell the settopbox. I had a tech
out at that time on a line problem and he didn't even know about Voice
Over.
There is something to complain about
Because not everyone using default tones
After upgrade to iOS 17, I lost the possibility to use my purchased tones from
iTunes Store as a alert tones because phone not seeing it
I’ve notified Apple Support about it, and they don’t know how to solve it
Sent
My notifications come through loud and clear.
I use the note sound for text messages etc and it sounds like it always has.
The only difference I find is the default notification sound.
That has changed to a lower tone which I actually like.
So, what are everyone complaining about?
On Tue, 19 Sept
Hello,
Is it possible to play internet streams through the watch speaker on an Ultra?
I have recently purchased an Ultra and have been unable to achieve this. I
have an older Apple watch and was using an app called Streamlets to play
internet streams through watch speakers. I really enjoy
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