searching in SimpleNote and elsewhere

I've belatedly figured out that you can search text documents in SimpleNote if using a bluetooth keyboard. You start the search with Vo+f, type in the search string, and then what? Please tell me what keystroke to use to launch the search, as I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks. --

Re: Inquiries of a New User--Introduction

To separate the volume buttons from the system sounds and rings, go into Sounds from the Settings screen and under the Ringers and Alerts heading, turn off turn off Change with Buttons. Now you can adjust VoiceOver and other sounds by pushing volume buttons as those sounds occur, but the

demo of Safari for iOS Tuesday 00:00 GMT

We've had a last-minute change of plans for this week's Tek Talk show. It turns out I'll be doing a demo of using Safari. The program airs Monday evening stateside, Tuesday at 00:00 GMT. It will be archived as part of the Tek Talk archive on accessibleworld.org. The room is at

RE: Copy, paste and orientation in IOS8

To lock your orientation, first tap in the status area, then do a three-finger flick up to enter the control center. Flick through here and you'll find the option to lock orientation. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gail

RE: KNFB Automatic Mode

That feature is intended for people using stands. The program is supposed to take the picture when it detects all four edges. It could work if you have a consistent scanning environment and need to input several sheets. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

tracking sports scores

I used to use the USAToday app to keep track of current American sports scores, but with a recent update, they appear to have rendered it mostly useless for this purpose. What do others presently use? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new

learning handwriting

I am familiar with the excellent app that helps you figure out how to handwrite on the phone. I'm wondering if there is a list of the descriptions of letters and symbols. As I recall, the app gave them to you one at a time, but I would like a list to refer to if one exists. -- The following

RE: How To Change the Touch Keyboard

To switch typing modes, you use the rotor, when you are writing something, and once you reach typing mode, use the single-finger flick up and down. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tamara Rorie, Esq. Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 12:10 PM To:

RE: Focus Question - Re: Whether to upgrade or not - Was Re: IOS 8.1

I haven't done a lot of this, but using the Bard app and from there visiting the Bard page, using 8.1, I scrolled the screen to page 2 and then activated the search button and could have entered a search. Using the same technique with more difficulty, I was able to picker button to scroll through

RE: native braille input character cording

Using US English braille for my encoding, I can also generate an at sign by hitting dot 4 twice. In this encoding, you can press dot 4 and another character, and that character will yield a modified value. The unmodified value for many of the characters are accent marks. The modified values

RE: Braille Sense U2 and iOS 8

I use a U2 Mini successfully with a 5S running iOS 8.1. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 7:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Braille Sense U2 and iOS 8

RE: Making TV schedules

The best thing to do if you live in the US is to subscribe to NFB Newsline and use their app. You can get schedules for your favorite channels. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Celeste MyHand Sent: Saturday, November 01,

RE: braille keyboard in password/protected fields?

I can use braille screen input to enter my password for my bank. The ability to reset the keyboard by hitting the underscore, then l characters allows you to position the keyboard where you want it to some degree. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

RE: Mophie juicepack

I use a Mophie Helium with a 5S and love it. Under settings, Sounds, I recommend unchecking the option that has the volume buttons adjust system sounds. That way, I can change VoiceOver volume without affecting system sounds, and perhaps that would solve your volume problem with the case.

RE: Voice Dream on IOS8

That’s funny, because on my 5S running 8.1 I can’t navigate by word or character using the rotor in the text box of Voice Dream Reader. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:46 AM To:

RE: What about eye note?

TyeNote works on my 5S running 8.1. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What about eye note? EyeNote is not working on my 5S, but it is working

RE: my Braille Sense on hand unpaired or something

Put the onHand into terminal mode. Now open accessibility options, (settings, general, accessibility options, though Siri can open it as well,) activate VoiceOver, then activate Braille. At the bottom, find your braille display among the available devices, probably the active one, and

RE: giraffe reader versus stand scan.

Here are various things to keep in mind. Giraffe Reader is far easier to set up than StandScan, but Giraffe Reader doesn't work on the 6 and 6 plus. I honestly don't know, and I doubt people have run comparisons, but I suspect that the KNFBReader flash feature will provide enough life,

RE: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex?

There is no space in the name: the name is myway, five characters. The Lite app is free, and the paid one costs $14 or so. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 10:19 AM To:

RE: Streaming NBA games on iOS

I might add that I can find free and open versions of most NFL games, but NBA games are truly locked down. I believe that using location services, you may be allowed to stream the games of your home team within a certain number of miles, at no cost, but no other streaming. -Original

dot reversal with braille screen input

I haven't seen this mentioned, so perhaps it is individual, though I wonder why it would be and what I might be able to do about it, but on my 5S running 8.1, as well as 8.02 before that, when I use braille screen entry in tabletop mode, dots 4 and 5 are reversed, which tends to make the feature

RE: unlocking IPhone with braille device

If I understand the question, you cannot initiate the unlock process with the braille display, you have to press a button on the phone. Once on the unlock screen, you can press space with dots 246 to unlock, or activate the unlock button. If you use a passcode, you can enter it and press

RE: bard and clock/timer question on IOS 8.1.1

Well, a good way to find out is to try it. Set a timer for to minutes, start playing a book in your desired app, and see if it shuts off after two minutes. Voice Dream has its own built-in sleep timer as well. Information is in the manual. -Original Message- From:

RE: Online banking and iOS app support

Well, It was a good while ago when I set this up, so my failing mind cannot remember the steps. I suggest you download the app and just try it. It will doubtless ask you for a variety of information to validate your identity, to ensure that what you write matches what is on file. There is

is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

I had, and lost, a small Jambox, and have a Bose Mini Soundlink mostly for my wife. I want to be able to play spoken word and music out loud for myself, and also sometimes play music to a group of perhaps as many as twenty people. I am no audiophile, but the Bose for this latter purpose does not

RE: Accessible piano learning apps?

Vast numbers of those Bill Brown tutorials are available through NLS, hence through BARD. BARD has other learning materials as well. Since these have either been designed for the blind or screened to ensure their usability, you probably won’t do better elsewhere, and you can’t beat the price.

RE: Need Some Advice Rather Quickly

Well, as I imagine you know, when in a text editor or word processor on the phone, you can do a two-finger double-tap, or activate the Dictate button, and dictate. You'll be able to do about 30 seconds at a time and can just keep appending. Dragon Naturally Speaking does exist for the iPhone,

RE: Workout apps?

My preferred one is Tabata. The paid version lets you save workouts, so you can have several patterns to choose from. There are unlabeled buttons but the app is very usable. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent:

two problems with Facebook Messenger

I am unable to record voice messages with Messenger. Double-tapping-and-holding the record button as instructed never captures any audio. I'm also not sure I can answer a phone call in the app. At least I couldn't find any buttons to tap while the call was ringing; the screen was blank. Am I

anybody found an effective dictionary

I haven't looked into this for a while, but when I did, I found that it was cumbersome at best to use foreign-language dictionaries, because every word in every definition was a hyperlink. Does anybody know of a dictionary, either multi-lingual or monolingual, that is not set up this way, so that

RE: anybody found an effective dictionary

. This is how I solved the problem. Hope this helps. Andrew On 26 Dec 2014, at 06:46, Dean Martineau dlmlao...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't looked into this for a while, but when I did, I found that it was cumbersome at best to use foreign-language dictionaries, because every word in every

RE: Workflow App: Tedious to Use, but Worth It

Alex, on my 5S running 8.1.2, or whatever lesser version we're running, I can get nowhere with this app. There are actions and Workflow tabs, and the chance to create an animated gif, but I can't get to the supposed hundred actions one can include in one's sequences, or indeed anywhere at all

RE: Mark on the K N F B Reader

KNFBReader, and all other OCR apps, do not recognize handwriting. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 3:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mark on the K N F B

RE: Tv listings app for comcast?

One solution to this is to use NFB Newsline, which has good tv schedules which you can filter for your favorite channels. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:29 PM To:

RE: Ultimate Guitar iOS app accessibility

You who want to read tablature should check out LunarPro, a project designed to make guitar tabs accessible. It can process files in Guitar Pro and Power Tab formats. It works with NVDA (not particularly JAWS) and VoiceOver for the Mac. Check it out at

RE: Football playoffs

WLXG in Lexington KY seems to be streaming the Westwood One stream. Pro Radio has that, as well as the Arizona Cardinals feed for the first game. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SSEric Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015

RE: google automatic speech

In my experience, the Google app will speak the answer to your question when it finds the answer to be unambiguous. I often use the app to get phone numbers. If I say phone number, x-business, x-city, where obviously the x-business and x-city are replaced by a real business and city, and I

still can't use the Workflow app

Version 1.1 of the Workflow app was released today, and one of its new features was VoiceOver compatibility. On my 5S running 8.1.3, however, I don't notice any difference, and I can't get the app to work. When I first run it, I must activate the Get Started button. Then I am required to create

RE: Braille in more than one language

I hesitated to upgrade to 8.1.3 because of this bug. I don't write in multiple languages often, but when I do I appreciate the iOS capability to switch to the braille code for French or Spanish. I cann't replicate Ann's problem. I'm using a Braille Sense U2 Mini, so perhaps that's the

RE: Recommendations for a New Bank?

I also find both Chase and U.S. Bank to be good. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Feliciano Godoy Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Recommendations for a New Bank? I bank with Wells Fargo, have

some air travel questions

I'm curious which, if any, apps you have found helpful in making air reservations, tracking flights, and also navigating to gates within airports. I haven't tried many apps, and it has been a long time since I did try them. The US Airways app did not allow me to select dates of travel. A couple

RE: 2 questions

Kim, this sounds like a good situation to report. I also have a 5S. Sometimes gestures just don't work, and I have to turn off the phone and restart it, and things improve. Note that I still make lots of gesture errors, even after all this time, but some things happen that I know I didn't

phone number for apple accessibility, and google speaking numbers

A quick Google search for apple accessibility phone number yielded the US-only number 1-877-204-3930. I also used the Google app, and, after saying OK, Google to wake it up, gave the search phone number for apple accessibility, and the number was spoken. -- The following information is

RE: Thank you for the help with the recording question, no question about typing.

There is a podcast on direct touch typing. You can find it on the AppleVis site, and it is worth listening to to get an understanding of the typing mode. I view the three typing modes as a continuum from elementary to advanced. Standard typing is the elementary mode, double- or

RE: TuneIn question

Well, I use TuneIn on my 5S under 8.1.2 and haven't had to create an account. I don't think it's mandatory. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Portillo Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 11:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Good color identifying apps

If you want to stay with the iPhone, Judy Dixon, in her book on using the camera with the phone, did a systematic study of several color identification apps. The color identifier component of the Seeing Assistant Home app did the best in her testing. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Google search with Safari on iPhone5s with IOS 8.1.2

Not a direct answer to this question, but for Google searches, I prefer the Google app. I find its voice search, activated with 'ok google,' to be often more useful than Siri. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shai Sent:

gestures for standard phone use

How does one close an app from the app switcher if one does not use VoiceOver? More generally, has anybody created, or does anybody know of, a list of gestures for standard phone operation, similar to lists one can find for Voiceover use? I have a wife to train! And perhaps studying the

go to meeting

Has anybody used the Go to Meeting app to attend, or preferably control, meetings? Any comments on accessibility? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns

RE: New Real Time OCR app

I own this app from Japan. I did a quick comparison of it and KNFB reader a few months ago, reading the same document under the same conditions, and KNFBReader far outperformed the app from Japan. Now of course perhaps the less expensive app would have done well on some other sort of document,

RE: Any good apps or websites for beginning to learn music braille?

The NLS Music Services Unit has several books on braille music, but I suspect they’re all in contracted braille. You can actually talk to people at the Music Services Division, if I recall, the number is (800) 424-8567, but it can be verified via the http://www.loc.gov/nls site. To keep this

RE: Kindle app and Voice Dream Reader.

This answer below is correct, but there are fairly easy ways to remove DRM from books. This is not illegal. Of course, passing on the unprotected books to others is. You can Google this, or you can write to me off list and I can give you some pointers. I read Kindle books in my

uses for vertical navigation

Annie's post reminded me of a question I haven't deeply explored. What are some uses to which people put the Vertical Navigation rotor setting? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have

does ViaOpta Nav work in the US?

I can't get past the user agreement for this apparently promising navigation app. That agreement seems to say that the app is for use outside the US, which could be a good reason why. But I haven't heard this fact mentioned elsewhere, so I'm making sure I'm understanding this correctly and that

RE: External Battery Question That I've Purchased?

This relates to how many times you can charge the device, not how fast it charges. So if you run the phone down, you can ostensibly charge it x number of times back to full capacity, depending on the size of the device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

displaying PowerPoints using iPhone or iPad and a projector

What results have people had using an iDevice, rather than a pc, to project PowerPoint presentations? -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post

RE: tunein radio

I haven't tried it on an iPad, but in the phone version of the pro version, to get a search, you have to tap Enter Car Mode. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 11:16 AM To:

any way to e-mail to text to a British mobile from the States?

I would like to text a friend in the UK. She says she has a Tesco phone. I have lists of US cell providers with ways to e-mail so that the recipient receives a text, but that wasn't on the list. Does anybody know if it's possible? Thanks. Dean -- The following information is

RE: Retrieving ooTunes Recordings

The answer simply is that you cannot copy ooTunes recordings to another location. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emilio Hernandez Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 8:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Retrieving

RE: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?!

I always thought I'd never want anything smaller than 32 cells. Then I got a U2 Mini, 18 cells, and now I wouldn't want anything larger than 20. It is annoying to have to refresh the line so often, since I'm rather obsessive, I've created my own shorthand system into which I translate my

RE: Braille Me 20 vs Orbit: Which to get?

Orbit may cost a little more now, closer to $600 or $650. It does not have cursor routing keys and I personally don't like the layout of the keyboard with the space bar where it is, but the braille is great. The Braille Me has routing buttons, and somebody said that the newer units have

RE: Braille for seniors?!

If you think you might want to read much, including books, then a refreshable braille display makes reading easier and gives you access to all sorts of electronic material. I'm blind from birth, and I am probably a bit more radical about this than many people, but I haven't used paper braille

Text Replacements with braille screen input

I'm becoming ever fonder of braille screen input, but I see that when I use it, my text replacements don't work. I write in contracted braille. My abbreviations do not contain contractions. Am I missing something? Dean -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Re: Countdown timer wanted

: Re: Countdown timer wanted I’m using timer plus, it seems to do what I want. > On 9 Oct 2020, at 22:10, dean martineau wrote: > > I have one called Timer+. It’s totally accessible. The paid version is > $2.50, and is supposed to remove ads, but voiceover doesn’t detect the a

Re: Countdown timer wanted

wanted I’m using timer plus, it seems to do what I want. > On 9 Oct 2020, at 22:10, dean martineau wrote: > > I have one called Timer+. It’s totally accessible. The paid version is > $2.50, and is supposed to remove ads, but voiceover doesn’t detect the ads > anyway. The only dr

Re: Countdown timer wanted

I have one called Timer+. It’s totally accessible. The paid version is $2.50, and is supposed to remove ads, but voiceover doesn’t detect the ads anyway. The only drawback, if it’s important to you, is that you can’t create shortcuts to keep individual timers. But you can run them from within

extent and power of iOS shortcuts

I'm trying to figure out if what I want to achieve can be done with shortcuts under iOS 14. If so, I'll go to the effort of learning to make and use them. I use a 3rd-party timer app which enables you to set and reuse various times of different intervals and with different ringers and alerts.

apple watch, V5 Vs. SE

What do I lose or gain by buying an Apple Watch Series 5 or an SE? I have a chance to get a Series 5 for $275, which seems a good deal. Thanks. Dean -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Changes in Siri

One of my Windows trainees mentioned that since the upgrade, I assume IOS 14, that Siri doesn't work like it did before, and she doesn't like it. When she sends texts using it, it usually doesn't read back the message after she dictates it. It no longer tells her the Weather, it just puts

EnVision Smart Glasses Vs. OrCam

Can anybody provide me with evaluations or comparisons of the Envision Smart Glasses and the OrCam? I have a trainee who is testing the OrCam, and it seems to me that EnVision might do what she needs, perhaps for a lot less money. Also, any information about EnVision dealers in the US would be

reading e-mail on iphone while exercising

A trainee asked me about apps that would allow her to set her mail to reading while she's on the bike or treadmill so she doesn't have to interact with the phone much or at all, except possibly with her voice. She's a VoiceOver user. Is there a way to do this. Thought-provoking reading:

Looking for a contact management system

I would love to find, for a student, a powerful and accessible contact management system for the iPhone. The goal is to be able to create contact groups. It would be ideal to be able to add a contact, perhaps a contact from the native Contact system, to one or more contact groups. Does such a

Voice control questions

I am experimenting with voice control using in SE 2020. I think the feature has great potential, but there are some things I haven't figured out. For one thing, how do you direct Voice control to accept spelled words when you need to ensure proper recognition? I also find that I don't get any

how to listen to major league games

Now that the TuneIn option has been gone for a while, is the MLB app the only way to pay and listen to the games? Does anybody know any station, for any team, that chooses to stream games openly? Thought-provoking reading: http://bahaiteachings.org -- The

indoor navigation do-it-yourself?

There has been a lot of talk about indoor navigation. I'm not optimistic about this, but just in case: Is there an app or procedure I can use to label offices and other locations in my serpentine medical building so I can navigate to them independently the next time? Thought-provoking

RE: Bookshare experience

If you like to read and can read either with braille or with synthesized speech, Bookshare is revolutionary. A lot of us read with Voice Dream Reader using synthesized speech. Libraries in A few States in the US give free BookShare memberships to their patrons, Canada does also. You keep your

RE: Bookshare experience

It really depends on your equipment. If I read in braille, I prefer to download books into my HIMS device, which has a DAISY player. I play them in DAISY but they are displayed in braille thanks to the device's translation capability. I can then take advantage of DAISY navigation To skip around

iPad in portrait or landscape

I have acquired an iPad, mostly for learning it so as to be able to instruct others. With the iPhone I've always preferred locking orientation to portrait, and haven't found a reason to use landscape. I'm open to other viewpoints on orientation preferences and advantages for the iPhone, but I'm

dictating the question mark in spanish

My phone is used in English, but with Spanish keyboard and voices installed, and I find the most efficient way to send the occasional Spanish message is to use iOS dictation. The results are good, but I don't know how to dictate so that a question mark appears in the text, with my clear but