RE: 17.1 just made iOS worse

That makes sense. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 2:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 17.1 just made iOS worse Hi Carolyn, I also have Bluetooth hearing aids, and

RE: Annoying Emergency Update.

I get: Bluetooth Switch Button on Allow new connections. New Blutooth connections have been turned off at the Control Center (that happened, when I was trying to get rid of the device I used to have) Devices In progress To pair an Apple watch with your iPhone, go to the Apple watch link No

Re: changing alarm sound

You do not need to use a ringtone for alarms. Songs, mp3 or m4a work fine for alarm sounds. ' Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) > On Oct 27, 2023, at 2:29 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > I think Richard already

RE: changing alarm sound

I think Richard already explained it, you absolutely can select a song from your music library, but as Richard said, the key is that the song has to be downloaded to your iPhone, if it's in the cloud it won't work. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua

RE: Reading Books

Thanks, Richard. I was trying to use 3 fingers. Karen -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 3:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Reading Books I just opened the books

Re: changing alarm sound

She might need to convert that song to a ringtone first. On 10/27/23, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > I believe the original poster wanted to use a song in her music library for > the alarm and not one of the provided tones. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: changing alarm sound

I believe the original poster wanted to use a song in her music library for the alarm and not one of the provided tones. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Reading Books

I just opened the books app, and found a book I had downloaded. I found chapter 1 after opening the menu and tapping around. Once I touched in the text and flicked down with two fingers, it read and flipped pages just fine. You cannot lock the phone and have it continue reading. If you want to

Re: changing alarm sound

Hi Paula. I just changed my alarm sound and tried an alarm, and all worked well. I went to my clock, then to add, I chose the time for my alarm, and called it a quick test. I then swiped over and I saw sound and a button. I double tapped on the button, and I was taken in to my various ring

RE: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

I get this as well at times, but for the nmost part there does seem to be some sort of learning/memory going on if I call somebody and have to specify which phone, often the next time it will default to that. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro

RE: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

It doesn't matter if it has been reported, if you have this issue you should report it because if only 1 person reports it Apple will probably pay little attention to it. If 100 people report it maybe it gets higher priority. This does happen for me at times or at least it used to, now not so

RE: changing alarm sound

Hi Chris. The song is already downloaded. I can’t find a place that lets me choose audio. Where is it. Maybe I’ll just have to deal with the default which isn’t quite as annoying an 17.1 as the previous sound. Thanks for the suggestions. God bless! Paula and the pups From:

Re: 17.1 just made iOS worse

Hi Carolyn, I also have Bluetooth hearing aids, and when I am using them, I am getting the sound rather than the haptic feedback when I initiate Siri. Very interesting. I imagine that is the way it is supposed to work. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2023, at 1:54 PM, Carolyn Arnold

RE: Reading Books

Oops! I apologize. I'm using the Books app that came on the phone. It's probably been a year since I've read a book on my phone, and it may have been before I received my current phone, which is the latest SE. Karen -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Annoying Emergency Update.

Hi Carolyn, if you flick down to more info on the device, that you no longer have, and double tap on more info, there is a button that says forget this device. Double tap on that, and the device will be forgotten. > On Oct 27, 2023, at 12:48 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> wrote:

RE: Reading Books

What app are you using? 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 Message- From: 'Karen Poulakos' via VIPhone

RE: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I don't use Siri to open apps either, but this doesn't mean it shouldn't work for those who do want to use this feature. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Friday, October 27,

RE: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I have Bluetooth in my hearing aids, which is probably the reason why I got a sound for Siri. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 12:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: 17.1 just made iOS worse

Siri is working for me in 17.1. It makes sort of a different sound. I asked her a couple of questions and got her to make a call, which I normally don't do. Siri made the call for me, and answered my questions. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

I've had Alexa start telling me about something that we are talking about, when she hasn't even spoken to.  Her name was not referenced in anyway.  I've also had the Googgle Pod start copying me or start singing a song on the spoken subject.  In which case that is worse than the dumbest of

Reading Books

I don't read a lot of books on my pone, but just purchased one, and things aren't working as I thought they did when I purchased my last book. On my iPhone Se, with IOS 6.7, I can't seem to figure out how to read continuously. When I touch the screen, it will read what I think is a paragraph at

RE: Annoying Emergency Update.

I have two problems now, so I will have to call Apple about that and my Bluetooth, where I can't get it turned off for a device that I no longer possess. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday,

Re: changing alarm sound

OK, I just tried this myself, and at first, it did the same thing.  I had the song selected, but it still played the default sound for me.But now it works for me.  This is what I did.Open music, go to library, and find that song.Flick down, and download should be one of your choices.  So choose

Re: seo in communication

Yes I received several emails from them with a link in it only. Dave On 10/26/2023 1:00 AM, Ron Canazzi wrote: Hi Group, In the past few hours, I have gotten a bunch of e-mails from this list filtered properly into my viPhone folder that contain only links.  I would think this must be some

Re: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

Actually, I don't use Siri for opening apps either. I just tried it yesterday for the first time after reading some of the posts here about people having problems and it worked fine. Evan On 10/27/2023 12:21 PM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: I only use Siri to make phone calls and occasionally

RE: changing alarm sound

I forgot to add that I’m running IOS 17.1 using an Iphone 13 mini. God bless! Paula and the pups From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula Jordan Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 12:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: changing alarm sound Richard and all, I am still

RE: changing alarm sound

Richard and all, I am still having difficulty getting my alarm sound set for a particular song in my play list. Here are the steps I take: 1. Open clock 2. Flick left to add 3. Flick right to sound (the song title shows up Double tap on that. 4. Flick left to the back button

Re: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I just played with this a little and I learned something.If I am using the phone speaker, then it does the haptic vibrations instead of the sound when pressing the button for Siri.  But if I am wearing my Airpods, then I do hear the sound.So the sound is still there, but it is turned off for some

Re: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

I only use Siri to make phone calls and occasionally ask for the time and weather. Siri is working fine for me. I never use her to open apps. I never saw the point when I can just go to the app I want and open it. I only have 3 pages of apps so it isn't that many to go through. On 10/27/23,

Re: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I never use Siri to open apps. I never saw the point. I also don't mind the no Siri sound when holding down the side button. Really, it isn't that big a deal. On 10/27/23, Steve Matzura wrote: > I've been waiting for 17.1 to come out to hopefully fix bugs I'd heard > about and preferred not

Re: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

Now that's weird because I told her to open TuneIn yesterday twice, and she opened it without saying anything. Also, I have told her to call a couple of numbers in my Contacts and she said that she was calling them, although her inflection does sound different in 17.1. But for the things I

Re: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I don't mind not having the sound. I feel a small vibration on my finger when I hold down the side button. I feel the vibration and I know its time to ask Siri my command. On 10/27/23, Richard Turner wrote: > I just said “Siri, open mail” and it opened mail, three times in a row >

Re: noticed when I was recording something, phone call ringer didn't come through speaker.

Chris, I think Jonathan Mosen was talking about a similar issue on the last episode of his podcast. I can't recall how he fixed it, but he did fix it. The podcast is living blindfully and it's the most recent episode. I hope this helps. Kim On 10/18/23, Chris Judd wrote: > Hi all, > >

RE: Annoying Emergency Update.

Try hitting deal with this later, or whatever it says. If that doesn't work, then yes, call Apple Accessibility. 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:

RE: 17.1 just made iOS worse

I just said “Siri, open mail” and it opened mail, three times in a row successfully. I don’t know why they thought it was a good idea to remove the sound when holding in the side button, but that is one that writing accessibil...@apple.com and providing

Annoying Emergency Update.

So, every time I check Settings, I get One new item I have gone to update emergency information. I have double tapped done. Still, when I tap Settings, it says one new item. All the new information is there. I have pressed done. Yet, it still annoys me with that One New Item. Am I going to

17.1 just made iOS worse

I've been waiting for 17.1 to come out to hopefully fix bugs I'd heard about and preferred not to experience. So imagine the look on my face when after upgrading from 16.7.2 to 17.1 I said "Siri, open mail," and was answered with "which one, phone or mail?". Rather surprised, I answered

RE: Be My AI Mentioned Amongst TIME Best Inventions of 2023

Scott, et al, I wrote i...@bemyeyes.com to ask about offering texting for volunteers especially for the Deaf-Blind community. Here is Hans' response: "We have been looking into how we can help the deaf blind community, but has not been able to create a really meaningful solution. However, I know

RE: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

Actually, for the most part, I don't have issues with Siri. I think the fact that the time it takes to get Siri's attention has increased a little. If you use the side button or home button to get Siri, you have to keep it held in/down for a bit longer than before. If you are using Siri or Hey

RE: Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

Hi Mary. I have to say that I totally agree with you. Siri has gotten worse instead of better IMHO. Lately, one example is a simple request to call my wife who of course is in my contacts. I even specify mobile as part of my request and I still get which entry I want even though I specified

Re: iPhone Photos

You can create a VoiceOver label for any photo in your library. The label will not stay with the photo if you send it to someone else, it is just on your phone. Having said that, the steps are the same if you want to rename an app on your screen. To label anything, photo, icon, whatever,