To All Freedom Scientific Focus Braille Display Users
Hello Everyone, If, like me, you are not happy that, as of the last iOS update, we cannot use the left Wiz Wheel/Rocker to pan the Braille display in iBooks, please send me a quick reply, off-list. Just reply with something as simple as, me, too. My direct email address is: mk...@ucla.edu I'll explain more upon receipt of your reply. I look forward to hearing from you. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Trekker GPS App
Hi, I was one of those who paid 2000 plus dollars for the original Trekker Maestro device. It changed my life in so many ways. Never before had I experienced such navigational independence. I have been lobbying HumanWare for a Trekker iOS app ever since it became clear that Code Factory was not going to port it's Mobile Geo to iOS. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trekker GPS App Maestro Trekker was back in 2005 and went belly up in 2007 when the Apple iPhone changed the world. I think companies wanting to remain in business selling products and services to the Blind need to wake up and smell the coffee. The days of sticking it to the blind because they can are gone. Blind people today understand that they vote with their dollars. No way could they charge 2 grand for a Trekker app. They probably could get 20 dollars for it if it had all the features of the Trekker. At this point in time, there aren't enough people asking Humanware for a Trekker app. They do listen though. A good example is the survey that was done about features people wanted on a book reader. As a result of what blind people wanted, the Victor Reader Stream is out with wireless connectivity and lets you directly download NLS books, Bookshare.org content and much more. But it happened because enough people contacted them and asked for it. Humanware is awhere of the fact that there is some interest by Trekker users in a Trekker app for iPhone but so far, not enough blind people have made enough requests for even a survey to be put together for usage and features. That's why I gave the contact info. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:24 PM Subject: RE: Trekker GPS App Hi Alan, I am not sure if Humanware would be the right company to talk to. Their Trekker product utilizes Sendero’s technology and as far as I know Sendero is and has been working on a more complete GPS app geared towards the blind for some time. I believe they are funded by Seeing Eye which of course is a good thing because Seeing Eye has the money to back such a project. I used to own a Trekker Maestro about 5 years ago and while I am sure there are people who had good experiences with Humanware, their products and customer service, I was never very impressed and I have a feeling if Humanware was to come up with a GPS app they would try and charge through the nose for it. Remember Orator or whatever it was called? It was the screenreader they developed for Blackberry and even though it only worked on a few devices they were charging $450 which is more than half of the most expensive 64 Gig iPhone without contract. I bet those very likely few people who did buy it probably regretted the decision. It’s really too bad Blackberry didn’t integrate accessibility into the Blackberry 10 platform because the Z10 and Q10 really do sound like very nice phones and the initial feedback I heard has been rather positive. Anyhow, I don’t want to stray into another discussion of accessibility of other platforms and so on, but maybe somebody on the list has heard something new about Sendero’s GPS project for the iPhone and will share it. It would really be nice if they came up with a really comprehensive GPS app this year; if it had similar features to a Trekker or MobilGeo combined with the stability of the iOS platform it would really be worth something. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit
A Quick Question About Accessing FaceBook
Hello, This is Mark. I am finally going to delve into the world of FaceBook on my iPhone 5 S. What is the preferred app of choice for accessing Facebook? I ask because, a year or so ago, the app put out by Facebook was either not VoiceOver accessible or had some issues, if I remember correctly. Any and all recommendations greatly appreciated. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Text Messages, If Only
Hello Everyone, I just want to make certain I'm not missing something. As of iOS 7.0.3, there is still no way to save, lock, or organize SMS messages, right? I keep reading all these articles that talk about all the new features in iOS 7 but there does not appear to be anything new about preserving text messages. I know of an app called Copy Trans that allows one to back up SMS but I do not know of one that allows one to read saved SMS messages on the iOS device, itself.. If anyone knows of anything like this, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: To do list
Hello Alex, The native Reminders app can, indeed, sync just fine with MS Outlook 2007 or later on a Windows computer. I have all of my iCloud data being synced with both my Mac and my Windows computers. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: To do list The native Reminders app can have both timed and un-timed reminders. It can sync with Macs, but I don't know about Windows devices. Still, give it a try. To sort things, just create new lists. I have several lists, and even a shopping list my family shares so that we can all add to and check items off on that list and our changes sync to the rest of the family members' iOS devices and Macs. On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Keith Bundy kb5...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, all. I am still having problems finding the to do list that I want. Perhaps what I am looking for is not out there, but I am hoping it is. Third, one desirable feature would be to put tasks in categories such as job-related, household, etc. This anyone know if such a possibility exists? Thanks for your thoughts. I am sure I making this way too difficult. :-) Keith First of all, I do not want to have to associate each task with a specific date and time. I want the opportunity to set reminders as needed with specific times, but I also want a simple to do list where I can check off tasks as they are accomplished. I would like to be able to sync this list between the phone and the computer. I would prefer the use of the Microsoft exchange server, but would except something like dropbox or the cloud, if I could find a task list that was fully accessible. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: To do list
Hello Keith, Siri is excellent at adding reminders to whatever ToDo list you have setup. For instance, I have created a ToDo list called Groceries. This list lives in iCloud so I have access to it from anywhere on any of my devices. Now, when I want to add an item to my groceries list via Siri, I simply say to Siri, Add milk to Groceries list or Add milk to my groceries list. It's really that simple. By the way, to the Windows users out there, The Groceries list is merely a named Task list that will appear in the iCloud section of the Outlook tree assuming you have installed the iCloud add-in to MS Outlook 2007 or later. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Bundy Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: To do list Thanks, Alex. I was unaware of being able to set a reminder without a time. Well, come to think of it, I think I know how to do it from the keyboard, but can it be done using Siri? When I think of something to do, I often just grab my phone and tell Siri to remind me of what it is. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: The native Reminders app can have both timed and un-timed reminders. It can sync with Macs, but I don't know about Windows devices. Still, give it a try. To sort things, just create new lists. I have several lists, and even a shopping list my family shares so that we can all add to and check items off on that list and our changes sync to the rest of the family members' iOS devices and Macs. On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Keith Bundy kb5...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, all. I am still having problems finding the to do list that I want. Perhaps what I am looking for is not out there, but I am hoping it is. Third, one desirable feature would be to put tasks in categories such as job-related, household, etc. This anyone know if such a possibility exists? Thanks for your thoughts. I am sure I making this way too difficult. :-) Keith First of all, I do not want to have to associate each task with a specific date and time. I want the opportunity to set reminders as needed with specific times, but I also want a simple to do list where I can check off tasks as they are accomplished. I would like to be able to sync this list between the phone and the computer. I would prefer the use of the Microsoft exchange server, but would except something like dropbox or the cloud, if I could find a task list that was fully accessible. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
RE: Text Messages, If Only
Hello Alan, As always, it's good to hear from you. No apologies necessaries. Allow me to explain. When you open the native iOS Messaging app, you are placed in the Inbox which consist of Contact-Recipient based SMS conversation threads, similar to the conversation view in many popular email clients. While you can delete, forward, and reply to various portions of the SMS thread, unlike in an email client or the Android OS, you cannot create custom-named folders, such as Important, Music, Pets, Proof of Payment, etc, in which to store various conversations. Further, there is no way, at least not one of which I am aware, to lock a thread or in some way prevent it from being accidentally deleted. These days, more and more people are using SMS to both verify payments, confirm contracts, and prove intent in a court of law. In my opinion, this is yet another area where Apple needs to play catch-up with Android. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Text Messages, If Only I don't understand your question. On my iPhone 4 and on my iPhone 5s, all I need to do is to open Messages In messages are folders. Within those folders are the text messages received and sent by a particular person. Each person I text with gets their own folder. I can edit that folder and delete messages or delete the folder. So I'm missing something here or your referring to something else totally and I've missed the thread and if that's the case I apologize in advance. --- Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2013! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:01 PM Subject: Text Messages, If Only Hello Everyone, I just want to make certain I'm not missing something. As of iOS 7.0.3, there is still no way to save, lock, or organize SMS messages, right? I keep reading all these articles that talk about all the new features in iOS 7 but there does not appear to be anything new about preserving text messages. I know of an app called Copy Trans that allows one to back up SMS but I do not know of one that allows one to read saved SMS messages on the iOS device, itself.. If anyone knows of anything like this, I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can
A Quick FaceBook App Question
Hello Everyone, Okay, I think I'm getting the hang of facebook, slowly, very, very slowly. Here is my question, is there a VoiceOver gesture to refresh my news feed in the Facebook app? I thought that in order to refresh a page, one performed a three-finger swipe down from the top of the display. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Locking iPhone in portrait mode
Hello Brian, In iOS 7.x, open Control Center. You will see the option to toggle lock orientation on or off. There are two ways to open the Control Center. The first way is to: Place focus on the Status bar at the top of the display. Next, perform a three-finger swipe up from the bottom of the screen. The second way, which is my favorite, is to: Perform a single-finger long-tap near either the top edged or the bottom edge of the display until a double-pop is heard. Next, simply perform a single-finger swipe up on the display. In iOS 6.x Double-press the Home button in order to launch the list of running applications. At the extreme left side of this list, which will be located at the bottom of the screen, you will see the lock orientation option. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Miller Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 3:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Locking iPhone in portrait mode All, My apologies for asking something that gets asked with some regularity, and I know we've had a discussion on this regarding the iPad recently, but my iPhone 5 somehow got unlocked in terms of its orientation, and I can't for the life of me figure out how I locked it into portrait mode in the first place... I've upgraded to IOS7, by the way, and that didn't help. I tried to lock it under IOS6 too, and no luck... Any help is much appreciated! Having voiceover tell me the phone orientation every thirteen seconds is getting a little old. Brian Miller -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: getting turn-by-turn walking directions with Apple Maps
Hello Anna, It is necessary to tap the Start button, located at the upper right of the display in order to get verbal turn-by-turn directions. Did you tap the Start button? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 9:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: getting turn-by-turn walking directions with Apple Maps Hello, I tried twice today to get turn-by-turn walking directions using Apple Maps, but while the app listed good directions and a travel time that indicated they were walking directions, I wasn't told when to make turns. I opened Settings/Maps and chose Walking Directions. Then I opened Maps, chose Directions, and entered start and end locations. Then I chose Route. I confirmed that Voice Directions was set to normal volume. Is there anything else you need to do to get this to work? I had the screen locked while walking, but I thought this was supposed to work even when the screen is locked. I'm using an iPhone 5S with iOS 7.0.3. Thanks, Anna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: getting turn-by-turn walking directions with Apple Maps
Hi Anna, You know, it's funny, I've never intentionally locked the screen when using any GPS app. I'll take a short walk tomorrow and test it out, as I am certain you will do, as well. The only GPS application that continues to give turn-by-turn navigation, in the background at least, that I've used is A T T Navigator. I did install Google Maps on my phone a while ago but found that I prefer A T T Navigator and the native iOS GPS solutions. My biggest issue with Google Maps is that there is no Repeat button. So, unless you are sighted, there is no way to either confirm or have the TTS repeat its last instruction. Despite countless request for this feature, as far as I know, Google has not addressed this issue. As a side note, about 3 months ago I created a route on both my iPhone 4 S and my Android phone both using Google Maps. I wanted to see if there was any significant difference in the app's performance. So, I started out on my route with Android in one pocket and iOS in the other. They were virtually identical. As I traveled, it felt as though I were hearing the instructions in stereo from two twins sisters. It was a lot of fun. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 9:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting turn-by-turn walking directions with Apple Maps Hi Mark, Yes, I pressed the Start button. Is it true that you have to keep the screen unlocked the whole time? Thanks, Anna On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:02 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Anna, It is necessary to tap the Start button, located at the upper right of the display in order to get verbal turn-by-turn directions. Did you tap the Start button? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 9:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: getting turn-by-turn walking directions with Apple Maps Hello, I tried twice today to get turn-by-turn walking directions using Apple Maps, but while the app listed good directions and a travel time that indicated they were walking directions, I wasn't told when to make turns. I opened Settings/Maps and chose Walking Directions. Then I opened Maps, chose Directions, and entered start and end locations. Then I chose Route. I confirmed that Voice Directions was set to normal volume. Is there anything else you need to do to get this to work? I had the screen locked while walking, but I thought this was supposed to work even when the screen is locked. I'm using an iPhone 5S with iOS 7.0.3. Thanks, Anna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you
A Question About Clearing The Notification Tab area in the Facebook App
Hello All, I posted a comment to Facebook using the Facebook app. A while later, I touched the Facebook icon on the iPhone and it said I had one unread message. I opened the app and selected the Notification tab near the bottom of the screen. I read the notification and then I double-tapped on it. At this point I was taken to the original message complete with the comments. Excellent. Now, the question is how do I clear the notification area in the app? Even though I read the notification, when I close the app and relaunch, the old message is still in the area. I'm very confused. Thank you for any help on this. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: VO volume on iPhone 5s after updating from 4s
Hi Katey, While I've never experienced this issue on my 5 S, I know several people who have. A friend of mine and I were able to resolve his problem by doing the following: Oh, I almost forgot. Please be sure to backup your phone before you begin. I strongly suggest that you backup your device to iTunes rather than to the cloud--especially in this kind of situation. 1. Make sure your device is not connected to your computer. 2. From the Settings menu, select General. 3. Select Reset. 4. Select Reset All Settings. Please note that this is a non-destructive reset. It will not erase any of your media content or apps. It will, however, reset many system settings including VoiceOver configuration. 5. Once the reset is complete, make sure that the Volume option is not active in the VoiceOver Rotor. Never, never attempt to adjust volume via the Rotor until this bug is resolved. 6. From the Settings menu, select Sounds. 7. Make certain that the change with option is set to off. Now you should be able to adjust VoiceOver independently of the ringer volume. Experiment with this to make sure you're up and running. If you're feeling lucky: 8. Attach your phone to the computer and use iTunes to restore from your latest backup. If all goes well, restoring your phone will not impact VoiceOver to the extent that it engages the bug. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katey Glass Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 2:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; accessible-...@freelists.org Subject: VO volume on iPhone 5s after updating from 4s Hello all, Sorry for the cross post, but I have a question. I recently updated my iPhone 4S to a 5s, and I was aware of the bug where you have the volume in the roter. I knew one should't go below 35% and that it couldn't go above 90%. IAfter my update I still had volume in the roter, and it was on 45% and wouldn't go above that! I didn't dare go below that. I still have my 4s, which I can go all the way to 1% to 100% successfully each and every time. So, how do I get my VO volume to go up to 100%? Should I sync my iPhone 4S with the computer with it up to 100% in the roter volume and then sync my 5s so that volume is at 100% and then lower it to say 75% and take volume out of the roter? Any help and insights would be appreciated. Katey Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: iCloud Control Panel window seven
Hello Conrad, Your question is unclear in that your subject line already states the answer to your question. That is, you must install and configure the Windows iCloud Control Panel in order to sync iCloud data to and from your PC. Please keep in mind that you must also have MS Outlook 2007 or later installed on the same PC. Assuming that you have Outlook up and running, the iCloud control panel will detect Outlook and provide the necessary options. In Outlook make sure you have Folder Lists being displayed instead of the usual Shortcuts list. You will know that the Control Panel is working when you see an iCloud parent folder appear in the Folder Tree on the left side of the Outlook window. It is sometimes necessary to uninstall and re-install the Windows iCloud Control Panel in order to get the Control Panel to detect your Outlook account. I had to uninstall and re-install twice, a couple of months ago in order to get it working on my newest 64-bit version of Windows 7. Finally, if your PC is connecting to the Cloud wirelessly, depending upon the amount of data to be synced, it may take some time in order to see the data appear in Outlook. Unfortunately, in my opinion, Apple has not focused enough attention on keeping this Control Panel updated with the various updates to Windows so getting it to work is kind of a black art. In short, it takes due diligence. Hang in There, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Conrad Bennett Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 8:45 PM To: Google Groups viphone Subject: iCloud Control Panel window seven How do I sink contacts from Outlook iCloud to my iPhone continuously? thanks Sent from Conrad's iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: A Question About Clearing The Notification Tab area in the Facebook App
Hello Chris, I opened the App and there is one notification listed in the notification section of the app. When I double-tapped the Messages tab, located just to the left of the Notifications Tab, I am placed in the messages area where I am told that I don't have any messages. F Y I: When I log into my Facebook account on my PC, and Click the Notifications icon located in the upper right corner of the browser window, I see the same notification listed. Very curious. There must be some way to clear this area. Please keep in mind that the icon badge on my phone is no longer saying that I have one unread notification. Simply stated, I just like to keep my various lists clear of clutter. And it seems to me that once a notification has been seen and/or acted upon, one should be able to delete it; just like we can do with regard to text messages. I hope I'm being clear. All I want to do is clear out old notifications. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 12:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question About Clearing The Notification Tab area in the Facebook App Double tap messages and the notification should go away. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 04/11/2013 05:28, M. Taylor wrote: Hello All, I posted a comment to Facebook using the Facebook app. A while later, I touched the Facebook icon on the iPhone and it said I had one unread message. I opened the app and selected the Notification tab near the bottom of the screen. I read the notification and then I double-tapped on it. At this point I was taken to the original message complete with the comments. Excellent. Now, the question is how do I clear the notification area in the app? Even though I read the notification, when I close the app and relaunch, the old message is still in the area. I'm very confused. Thank you for any help on this. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: VO volume on iPhone 5s after updating from 4s
Hi Katey, I strongly suspect that the glitch is one that is located in the software. If you don't mind putting all your settings back again, definitely skip step 8. I’m not certain if restoring the phone will put VO back in the rotor. If it does, then just remove it. Restoring the phone may set the volume level to its previous setting but it should not expose the glitch. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katey Glass Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 5:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VO volume on iPhone 5s after updating from 4s Mark, Thanks for the tip. I may wind up trying that. But If I sync my phone with my mac and then reset it after syncing it, wont' the volume come back in the rotor or the volume which it was set at be there? What I was thinking of doing was exactly what you said, going to settings general reset and the first option reset all settings. I know that all my accessibility settings as well as my battery saving tips which I put in my 4s will be gone (and all papers as well). I can manually go back and reset them -- I still have my 4s and thus I could easily go through the menus and put back the ones I want-- minus the volume in the rotor. I guess what I want to know is this a software or hardware bug? Thanks again, Katey A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Visit my FaceBook page at: www.facebook.com/kateyjax On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 3:20 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hi Katey, While I've never experienced this issue on my 5 S, I know several people who have. A friend of mine and I were able to resolve his problem by doing the following: Oh, I almost forgot. Please be sure to backup your phone before you begin. I strongly suggest that you backup your device to iTunes rather than to the cloud--especially in this kind of situation. 1. Make sure your device is not connected to your computer. 2. From the Settings menu, select General. 3. Select Reset. 4. Select Reset All Settings. Please note that this is a non-destructive reset. It will not erase any of your media content or apps. It will, however, reset many system settings including VoiceOver configuration. 5. Once the reset is complete, make sure that the Volume option is not active in the VoiceOver Rotor. Never, never attempt to adjust volume via the Rotor until this bug is resolved. 6. From the Settings menu, select Sounds. 7. Make certain that the change with option is set to off. Now you should be able to adjust VoiceOver independently of the ringer volume. Experiment with this to make sure you're up and running. If you're feeling lucky: 8. Attach your phone to the computer and use iTunes to restore from your latest backup. If all goes well, restoring your phone will not impact VoiceOver to the extent that it engages the bug. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katey Glass Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 2:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; accessible-...@freelists.org Subject: VO volume on iPhone 5s after updating from 4s Hello all, Sorry for the cross post, but I have a question. I recently updated my iPhone 4S to a 5s, and I was aware of the bug where you have the volume in the roter. I knew one should't go below 35% and that it couldn't go above 90%. IAfter my update I still had volume in the roter, and it was on 45% and wouldn't go above that! I didn't dare go below that. I still have my 4s, which I can go all the way to 1% to 100% successfully each and every time. So, how do I get my VO volume to go up to 100%? Should I sync my iPhone 4S with the computer with it up to 100% in the roter volume and then sync my 5s so that volume is at 100% and then lower it to say 75% and take volume out of the roter? Any help and insights would be appreciated. Katey Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail
RE: Siri
Hello Tom, I'm jumping in a bit late on this one so please forgive any redundant information. Whenever I have a problem with Siri, the first thing I do is: 1. Turn Siri off from within the Settings area of the device then, 2. Turn it back on. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Beverly, I have had the same issues. I also can not use the dictation feature, of course. I have tried restarting, and other things, but still a no go. Thom From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Beverly Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 3:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Siri For the past 2 days, Siri hasn't been able to fill any of my requests. I keep getting the message I'm really sorry about this but I can't take any requests right now. Please try again in a little while. Has anyone else had this problem? I have turned the phone off and on again, but that didn't seem to fix anything. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: iPhone saying Locked more than twice
Hello Esther et al, I, too, have experienced this phenomenon. I strongly suspect that this has something to do with the way the device is refreshing either its WiFi or cell connection. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Levegnale Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone saying Locked more than twice Hi, Neal, I also have noticed this. I'd have the phone locked for some time and out of the blue, I'll hear the message screen locked when I haven't used it for a while. Glad I'm not the only one. Smiles! Esther Levegnale Sent from Esther's Amazing iPhone! On Nov 4, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Neal Ewers neal.ew...@ravenswood.org wrote: Hi, we have already covered the fact that in the newest iOS, VoiceOver says locked twice. But occasionally, I will be sitting here with the phone locked an hour or so after I have used it and it will once again say Locked. I have heard no notifications that would cause the phone to do anything but stay in locked mode. Has anyone else had this issue? Neal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Completely silent iPhone
Hi Lisa, Strangely enough, this exact same thing happened to me about 2 days ago. I pressed the power button to check the time, I think, and then lost VoiceOver completely. Nothing I did would bring VoiceOver back. I can't be certain, because it was in the middle of the night and I was extremely sleepy, but I think the phone was frozen, also. That is, no hand gestures worked and pressing the power button, again, did nothing. Finally, I reset the phone by pressing and holding the Home and Power buttons for about 12 seconds. When the phone restarted, VoiceOver was working normally. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisa belville Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 5:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Completely silent iPhone Okay, just to verify, this would set VO back to some kind of default? Just checking because I can't tell if the screen is lit up or not. if shopping burned calories I'd be invisible! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:08 AM Subject: Re: Completely silent iPhone I would try a reset. Hold the home and power buttons for about 10 seconds. This should force a reboot. On Nov 5, 2013, at 4:28 AM, Lisa belville missktlab1...@frontier.com wrote: Hi, all. Using an iPhone 5 with the 7.03 OS. My phone was working fine as of around 12:30 this morning. the last thing I did was check the weather and then replace the phone on my bedside table. It's programmed to lock after three minutes. The phone wasn't on the charger because the battery was at around 80% the last time I checked. a couple of hours later, I tried checking the time by pressing the home button once and got no speech at all. I tried using SIRI and got no audio feedback. I tried plugging the phone in even though I know the battery is about three quarters full. I did here the phone tell me the battery was at 75% and charging and then the phone went silent again. I tried pressing the home button and flicking the mute switch and the phone didn't vibrate. I've also tried using Bluetooth headphones and an external Bluetooth speaker which have been paired with the phone for a while but I'm still not hearing noises or speech. I now have the phone connected to my PC and according to iTunes, all is well, I made sure VO was running through the configure accessibility menu, but still no speech. I did feel the phone vibrate about 2 minutes ago, but I'm not sure what this means as the battery isn't finished charging. I've tried using my Bluetooth keyboard to mute/unmute, but still nothing. I've tried the triple click home several times and haven't gotten any speech at all after that initial announcement of the charging battery. I also tried the three finger double tap and heard no indication of speech being turned on or off. I don't think this is a case of volume being turned down as I could hear the phone just fine when it talked last. I haven't dropped the phone or dropped my Bluetooth keyboard; the phone was just sitting on my nightstand so I have no clue what caused this. Like I said, it was working fine yesterday and once earlier this morning. I have no sighted help here and won't have any for a couple of days. If I restore the phone, will I get the default volume settings back? TIA for the help. Lisa If shopping burned calories I'd be invisible! Lisa Belville missktlab1...@frontier.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. ---
RE: still no wifi
Hello Regina, I'm on my way out of the house so cannot go into details as to possible fixes but this is a known issue that has to do with the physical radio chip on the device. If you have not resolved the problem by later tonight, post to the list and I will give you some possible solutions. Of course, Google is replete with possible fixes on this. I'm assuming your device is an iPhone 4, or 4 S? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi Well, I think my iPhone is possessed. I still have no wifi, all the things suggested done including resetting all settings. When I asked Siri to turn my wifi on, she said she did it, but then when I then asked her to turn it ouf to see if there was any difference in the status bar, she told me wifi was already off. Now when I tap the home button 3 times, it says app switcher, but it is not in the app switcher. Cannot turn off VO any longer. OMG, what in the world happened? I used it last night and it was fine. Now it will not even reset? screaming in frustration and worry somehow I broke it and I have a month until I can upgrade reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: I assume you've tried asking siri to turn WI-FI on? --- Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2013! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Regina Alvarado reggie.alvar...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: still no wifi This is driving me crazy! I have tried every reset except to literally restore the phone. It worked on wifi last night fine. Is there a reset I can do to just take iPhone out of wifi and reinstall it without doing a total restore? Computers and iPad fine. My wifi is dimmed! Help, and thanks for any help in advance. Seems iPhone in many ways has decided to give us a rumn for the money! reggie and Allegra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a
RE: still no wifi
Regina, Which iPhone do you have? Your previous message got cut off. See below. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 2:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi My phone is a reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 4:45 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Regina, 4s. Thanks for any help. I'm on my way out of the house so cannot go into details as to possible fixes but this is a known issue that has to do with the physical radio chip on the device. If you have not resolved the problem by later tonight, post to the list and I will give you some possible solutions. Of course, Google is replete with possible fixes on this. I'm assuming your device is an iPhone 4, or 4 S? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi Well, I think my iPhone is possessed. I still have no wifi, all the things suggested done including resetting all settings. When I asked Siri to turn my wifi on, she said she did it, but then when I then asked her to turn it ouf to see if there was any difference in the status bar, she told me wifi was already off. Now when I tap the home button 3 times, it says app switcher, but it is not in the app switcher. Cannot turn off VO any longer. OMG, what in the world happened? I used it last night and it was fine. Now it will not even reset? screaming in frustration and worry somehow I broke it and I have a month until I can upgrade reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: I assume you've tried asking siri to turn WI-FI on? --- Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2013! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Regina Alvarado reggie.alvar...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: still no wifi This is driving me crazy! I have tried every reset except to literally restore the phone. It worked on wifi last night fine. Is there a reset I can do to just take iPhone out of wifi and reinstall it without doing a total restore? Computers and iPad fine. My wifi is dimmed! Help, and thanks for any help in advance. Seems iPhone in many ways has decided to give us a rumn for the money! reggie and Allegra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found
RE: still no wifi
Hello Regina, I am so sorry to hear that your 4 S is still not working. Rest assured that this is consistent with a known issue regarding the 4 and the 4 S although the problem seems to be more prevalent on the 4 S. Apparently, according to various sources on the web, Apple used a more cheaply made WiFi chip in some of it's 4 S devices. A friend of mine had this problem with her 4 S last month. We resolved the issue by, as I learned from Google, simply renaming her phone making sure not to use an apostrophe in the name. So, for example, instead of the name being Regina's, iPhone 4 S it would be Regina 4 S. You can rename your phone in iTunes or on the device itself. To rename the phone on the device, itself, do the following: 1. From the Settings menu, select General. 2. Select About Phone. The first item you will see is the name of the phone, which is a button. Simply activate the button and rename the phone. Next, turn off the phone. Then, Reboot your Wifi router. Finally power on the phone. Hopefully, this will get you up and running. Regina, resolving this issue via software is a black art. For some people it will work and for others it will not. As I stated yesterday, there are plenty of suggestions on how to get this working again but, keep in mind, there are no guarantees. Finally, if you do not have Apple Care on the phone and it is out of warranty, you will have to pay in order to get it repaired. Please understand that you did nothing to cause this malfunction. Most Sincerely, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 5:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi It is a 4s Mark. Still not working this morning! reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 9:50 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Regina, Which iPhone do you have? Your previous message got cut off. See below. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 2:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi My phone is a reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 4:45 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Regina, 4s. Thanks for any help. I'm on my way out of the house so cannot go into details as to possible fixes but this is a known issue that has to do with the physical radio chip on the device. If you have not resolved the problem by later tonight, post to the list and I will give you some possible solutions. Of course, Google is replete with possible fixes on this. I'm assuming your device is an iPhone 4, or 4 S? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: still no wifi Well, I think my iPhone is possessed. I still have no wifi, all the things suggested done including resetting all settings. When I asked Siri to turn my wifi on, she said she did it, but then when I then asked her to turn it ouf to see if there was any difference in the status bar, she told me wifi was already off. Now when I tap the home button 3 times, it says app switcher, but it is not in the app switcher. Cannot turn off VO any longer. OMG, what in the world happened? I used it last night and it was fine. Now it will not even reset? screaming in frustration and worry somehow I broke it and I have a month until I can upgrade reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: I assume you've tried asking siri to turn WI-FI on? --- Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2013! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Regina Alvarado reggie.alvar...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:41 AM Subject: still no wifi This is driving me crazy! I have tried every reset except to literally restore the phone. It worked on wifi last night fine. Is there a reset I can do to just take iPhone out of wifi and reinstall it without doing a total restore? Computers and iPad fine. My wifi is dimmed! Help, and thanks for any help in advance. Seems iPhone in many ways has decided to give us a rumn for the money! reggie and Allegra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search
RE: no wifi or bluetooth and no triple tap home, grrr
Hello Regina, Please try not to be unhappy. I, as do many others on this list, truly understand about failed technology. Last month, I lost both my router and one of my network attached storage devices, taking with it over half a terabyte of data. But, sooner or later, things do get better. In one month you will have a new iPhone that you are going to adore. I've seen so many reports of people having this dimmed WiFi button issue, lately, on their 4 S phones. It's so coincidental that it would occur at the launch of what is, effectively, a new era on the iOS platform. Hang In There, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 8:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: no wifi or bluetooth and no triple tap home, grrr So unhappy! I still get no wifi and cannot turn on bluetooth. I also cannot triple tap home! One month before I can upgrade. Go figure! reggie and Allegra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: no wifi on iPhone but other devices are fine
Beautifully stated, Sieghard. Sounds like you did some serious tech support. Regina was very fortunate to have you walk her through that extremely stressful process. Hopefully she will be up and running soon. It's good to know that there are people, like you, who are willing to really jump in there and dig in. Most Sincerely, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: no wifi on iPhone but other devices are fine Hi Anthony, Sorry if I disagree, but cleaning your house or taking care of non-existing children does not solve WiFi issues. I think you really can't generalize this the way you do. Reggie has a real and I mean real issue with her iPhone not connecting to her WiFi and if your iPhone did that I am sure you would not decide to clean your house in the hope it would fix the WiFi. I am saying this because I talked to Reggie on the phone because the issue intriqued me and I was hoping I could help her resolve it. I heard Voiceover talking on her iPhone while we were talking on Facetime Audio on her iPad which, by the way, connected happily to her WiFi. I started out by getting her to remove all apps from her app switcher and then to reboot the phone. This did not help. The interesting thing is that if Reggie pulled up the control centre (she is using a 4S with iOS 7.03, she can double tap WiFi and Bluetooth and it says for both item that they are On. However, if she then goes into Settings, Bluetooth, it says Bluetooth is off. If she goes to Settings, WiFi, it says WiFi is Off and on top of that it says that the On/Off button is dimmed. Next I asked Reggie to go to General, Reset and to double tap on Reset Network Settings. She did that and, by the way, Reggie seems to be a rather competent iPhone user, and after the phone rebooted the problem was still there. This left a factory reboot. I asked Reggie to hook the iPhone up to her computer. We did an encrypted backup and then started the restore process. Once it was going I had to leave her with it since I had to get back to work, but Reggie ended up finishing a factory restore and set up her phone as a new device. I told her to try that first since she can restore from her backup any time and I wanted to avoid a problem coming back because of a corrupt backup. Reggie later texted me that she completed the factory restore and the issue was still there, she is not only unable to as much as turn on her WiFi let along connect to a network, but even Bluetooth will not turn on. In my book this is clearly a Hardwear issue and I believe that Reggie is fortunately still covered by Apple Care and in any case plans to upgrade to a 5S soon. However, it also is an example where a user has donew everything possible to solve the issue and where the issue seems to be clearly a Hardwear defect. I haven't heard yet from Reggie as she was trying to line up a ride to an Apple Store to see if they would replace her phone, but hopefully that was the case. I consider myself to be somebody who knows what he is talking about most of the time, and if this was my iPhone 4S I would certainly be on the horn with Apple trying to get a replacement and I doubt washing her floors would have fixed the problem *smile* Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Vece Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 11:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: no wifi on iPhone but other devices are fine I just never heard of so many people having so many problems. I can't help but wonder how so many people are responsible for causing there own problems. If something is working, don't fix it. Put the phone down and, do other things, I mean I know our phones do a lot of tasks but, go clean your house or, take care of your children. Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! On Nov 5, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Scott Duck l...@csdconsulting.biz wrote: Regina, You might try resetting your modem and router. I have had incidences in which some of the many wifi devices around here get kicked off of wifi and they won't go back on it. During that same time, other devices work fine on wifi. When this happens, I turn off the router and modem, for a minute or two, and turn them back on. It usually works for me. HTH, Scott Duck -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: no wifi on iPhone but other devices are fine Yes, in fact I did the reset twice, but thanks for the suggestion. reggie and Allegra On Nov 5, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: Did you do a reset of your phone? Hold down the power button and the
FaceBook App Update Not Updating
Hello Everyone, I'm not certain if this has been posted but just in case it has not, as of the date and time of this post, the most recent version of the Facebook app, version 6.7.1 will not download from the app store. Apparently, Facebook submitted a corrupted cover art image with the app and the Apple servers are not happy about it. So, should you, like apparently thousands of people around the world, attempt to update your current version of the Facebook app and get an update error message, just close the Dialog box containing the error message and then cancel the download. This will allow you to continue to use your currently installed version of the app. Mark, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: The Square root of IOS7
Richard, this is an excellent suggestion. I never would have thought of it. I don't know if your suggestion resolved the issue but I applaud your critical thinking. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 7:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: The Square root of IOS7 I've seen things where a symbol or two is read very oddly, but nothing like what you are describing. Have you checked what the wall paper is in your settings? It almost sounds like you have some geometric pattern that is confusing VoiceOver. Also, in settings, general, accessibility, try turning on reduce motion, which stops the new feature of having the background animated. For any low-vision users out there, I saw a tip about taking a picture of something black like the side of a filing cabinet and then making that picture your wall paper to improve the contrast. Or, I suppose if one prefers a light background, taking a picture of a blank sheet of paper would do the same thing. HTH, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrianMiller Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 7:31 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: The Square root of IOS7 All, I continue to have serious problems with my iPhone 5 since I upgraded mine and my wife's phones to IOS7... The screen appears to be littered with long strings of symbols, starting with square root repeated about a hundred times, then a long series of other nonsensical symbols. This happens when I flick around the screen, or go to the top of bottom of the screen... I get this square root thing... If I flick back and forth a bit, it then reads me the line I'm looking for, but only with some effort. This is very intrusive and renders the phone almost useless. I've been to the Apple Store twice now, and fully restored my phone and set it up as a new phone... And still I have this issue. I will go back again to the Apple Store for the third time, but I wanted to see if anyone else out there has experienced this... Is this just the new landscape of IOS? Do I have to put up with all this garbage in order to interact with my screen? Or is there just something wrong with my specific phone... Any feedback on this issue would be very much appreciated as this situation is extremely frustrating. It reminds me of how fragile our spiffy technology is, and how dependent we are on it when we lose it. Thank you so much. Brian Miller Alexandria, VA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit
RE: FaceBook App Update Not Updating
Hello Victor, Yes, my Facebook app finally updated as well. It was just a major glitch Facebook had this time around with the update. Last night, the web was all a buzz with people discussing/complaining about the glitch. It was a bit weird. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Victor Hugo Gallegos Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: FaceBook App Update Not Updating Hello Mark, I updated to version 6.7.1, and it went well, I am using an iPhone 5s, running iOS 7 03. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2013, at 1:10 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm not certain if this has been posted but just in case it has not, as of the date and time of this post, the most recent version of the Facebook app, version 6.7.1 will not download from the app store. Apparently, Facebook submitted a corrupted cover art image with the app and the Apple servers are not happy about it. So, should you, like apparently thousands of people around the world, attempt to update your current version of the Facebook app and get an update error message, just close the Dialog box containing the error message and then cancel the download. This will allow you to continue to use your currently installed version of the app. Mark, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: The Square root of IOS7
Brian, Having Apple give you a new phone is as good as it gets. I'm curious, did VoiceOver read these strange symbols while you were in the Apple store? That is to say, did a Apple Genius witness the problem? I would give anything to have another VoiceOver user play with your phone to see if the same phenomena occurs. I'm not suggesting anything, mind you, just thinking, on-list, as it were. Do me a favor, assuming that VoiceOver did not read weird symbols in the Apple store, take your new device to a different location from where you are experiencing this symbol reading problem; say a coffee shop, a supermarket, any place and see what happens. Do you have any kind of screen protector on the phone? If so, remove it. Also, make sure the device is not housed in any kind of case. Finally, make sure you are not using any kind of Bluetooth or third-party accessory. Keep us posted. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Miller Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 5:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Square root of IOS7 Hi, So I went a third time and they gave me a new phone... and... Same problem. I still get the symbols. I am utterly baffled. I go to the bottom of the screen and I flick left through safari, mail, phone, and then I get the string of symbols... one more flick left and more symbols, then I get compass. With a flick back right I get settings and then symnbols again... It makes no sense. And this is just one example. It is littered throughout all of my apps. I've reset from scratch, and have a brand new phone now and I still haven't escaped this issue. Can I really be the only one? Brian M On 11/9/13, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: I am not having that experience. My voiceover reads the way it always has. I am running iOS 7.0.3 on an iPhone five. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 10 Nov 2013, at 4:30, BrianMiller brianrmille...@gmail.com wrote: All, I continue to have serious problems with my iPhone 5 since I upgraded mine and my wife's phones to IOS7... The screen appears to be littered with long strings of symbols, starting with square root repeated about a hundred times, then a long series of other nonsensical symbols. This happens when I flick around the screen, or go to the top of bottom of the screen... I get this square root thing... If I flick back and forth a bit, it then reads me the line I'm looking for, but only with some effort. This is very intrusive and renders the phone almost useless. I've been to the Apple Store twice now, and fully restored my phone and set it up as a new phone... And still I have this issue. I will go back again to the Apple Store for the third time, but I wanted to see if anyone else out there has experienced this... Is this just the new landscape of IOS? Do I have to put up with all this garbage in order to interact with my screen? Or is there just something wrong with my specific phone... Any feedback on this issue would be very much appreciated as this situation is extremely frustrating. It reminds me of how fragile our spiffy technology is, and how dependent we are on it when we lose it. Thank you so much. Brian Miller Alexandria, VA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
RE: TV Guide
Hello Les and Melissa, I use the TV Guide app on a daily basis. I have the latest version running on iOS 7.0.3. We, that is to say VoiceOver users, can still change the date and time with no problem. The only VoiceOver challenge issue is that the menu button is not properly labeled. The menu button is located in the upper left corner of the display. VoiceOver reads this menu as Nav 7 Menu. To change the date and time of the channel listings grid: 1. Locate the text that says Change Date and Time. Even though it does not read as a button, it is, in fact, a button. This text/button is located just below the iOS Status line near the center. 2. Perform a single-finger double-tap on the Change date and time text/button. Visually, doing this causes the Change date and time tickers to appear in the same location as the software keyboard, when sending a text message. That is to say, the lower half of the display. At the same time, the upper part of the screen is nearly dimmed. It's a cool effect. If, however, you touch the upper part of the screen, while using VoiceOver, VoiceOver will read the channel grid in that area because, technically, it is still being displayed. All VoiceOver users need do is simply place focus in the lower half of the display and they will have complete access to the ticker. Once the desired settings are configured: 3. Simply double-tap the Go button which is located in the same location as the Send button, when sending a text message. Finally, double-tapping an actual channel number in the grid will take you to that single channel's upcoming programming. Good Luck and Enjoy, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Melissa Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TV Guide There was an update on Friday for the TV Guide app, which set some of their accessibility back a few steps. Since this update, moving backwards in the days listings doesn't seem to work, and it does keep refreshing, particularly when one tries to move backwards in the listings. You used to be able to change the date and time listing you are viewing by double tapping on the time in the top center of the screen. This would bring up a selection list, where you could swipe up or down with one finger to change the setting. By double tapping on a channel's name/number, you can view listings specifically for that channel for several weeks ahead. Warm regards, Melissa Melissa Riley jamand...@izoom.net riley...@umn.edu -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TV Guide I have the latest update running under IOS 7.03. I can only view the current day's program. Is there a way to change the date being viewed? Also, I recently noticed that while swiping through the day's events, the screen often refreshes and I am taken back to the beginning of that day's listing. Can this be eliminated? Thanks. Les -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting
RE: Siri Not Able to Complete Calls
Hello Bill, Were I you, I would: 1. Sign out of Siri, reboot the phone, then sign back in, again. See if that fixes the problem. 2. Take a good look at the telephone numbers in my Contacts making sure that there are no extraneous spaces or characters included. Though rare, it is possible for extraneous characters to be inserted in Contact telephone numbers. See if you can now use Siri to make a call. 3. Create a test Contact with one phone number and attempt to call that Contact. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:02 PM To: List, viPhone Subject: Siri Not Able to Complete Calls I suspect that I've got something terribly wrong on my iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.3) because when I ask Siri to call someone by name (from the Contacts list) I get an error message that that cannot be done. Yet, if I ask Siri to call a specified telephone number it is completed without fail. Where can I start trying to resolve this problem? Holland's Boy, Bill - Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. - Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought movement, 1883-1970 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: FaceBook App Update Not Updating
Glad you're up and running with the latest update, Sharonda. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sharonda Greenlaw Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: FaceBook App Update Not Updating Well wouldn't you know! As soon as I wrote the message about not being able to update, I closed all the apps and shut down. When I rebooted, Facebook updated just fine. Sharonda Sent from my iPhone; please excuse all mistakes On Nov 10, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote: I have the iPhone 5 and cannot update to Facebook version 6.7.1. It's been that way for at least two days. Sharonda Sent from my iPhone; please excuse all mistakes On Nov 9, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Victor Hugo Gallegos hugo.galleg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Mark, I updated to version 6.7.1, and it went well, I am using an iPhone 5s, running iOS 7 03. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2013, at 1:10 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm not certain if this has been posted but just in case it has not, as of the date and time of this post, the most recent version of the Facebook app, version 6.7.1 will not download from the app store. Apparently, Facebook submitted a corrupted cover art image with the app and the Apple servers are not happy about it. So, should you, like apparently thousands of people around the world, attempt to update your current version of the Facebook app and get an update error message, just close the Dialog box containing the error message and then cancel the download. This will allow you to continue to use your currently installed version of the app. Mark, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https
RE: TV Guide
Hi Les, You're more than welcomed. With Sports selected, there is no option to change the date and time. This is not a VoiceOver glitch. This option does not appear on the screen because, based on my cursory exploration of the Sports view, it lists all the events for a particular day. I suggest that you select Listings from the navigation menu, then change the date and time, then switch back to Sports. This may allow you to accomplish your objective. As an F Y I, just as there is a navigation menu in the upper left corner of the display, there is also a filter secondary button located in the upper right corner. VoiceOver reads this button as Nav 7 Filter. With Listings selected from the main navigation menu, you can then activate the filter button to streamline what type of items are displayed. For example, I only have my favorite channels displayed in the channel listings view. This saves me a lot of time as there are over 600 channels in my viewing area. The nice thing is, assuming you have setup a free TV Guide account, your favorite channels are synced between whatever device is using the TV Guide app, the web version of the site and the cloud. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TV Guide Hi Mark, I appreciate the assist. Thus far, I am unable to locate the Change Date and Time text. Here's what I've done. 1. I have Sports selected as the default view when I launch the App. 2. I locate the Menu 7 Button and do a single finger double tap. 3. I start exploring the screen just below the Status Barr. So far, I don't ever locate any text that says Change Date and Time. What am I missing? Thanks again. Les On Nov 10, 2013, at 9:04 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Les and Melissa, I use the TV Guide app on a daily basis. I have the latest version running on iOS 7.0.3. We, that is to say VoiceOver users, can still change the date and time with no problem. The only VoiceOver challenge issue is that the menu button is not properly labeled. The menu button is located in the upper left corner of the display. VoiceOver reads this menu as Nav 7 Menu. To change the date and time of the channel listings grid: 1. Locate the text that says Change Date and Time. Even though it does not read as a button, it is, in fact, a button. This text/button is located just below the iOS Status line near the center. 2. Perform a single-finger double-tap on the Change date and time text/button. Visually, doing this causes the Change date and time tickers to appear in the same location as the software keyboard, when sending a text message. That is to say, the lower half of the display. At the same time, the upper part of the screen is nearly dimmed. It's a cool effect. If, however, you touch the upper part of the screen, while using VoiceOver, VoiceOver will read the channel grid in that area because, technically, it is still being displayed. All VoiceOver users need do is simply place focus in the lower half of the display and they will have complete access to the ticker. Once the desired settings are configured: 3. Simply double-tap the Go button which is located in the same location as the Send button, when sending a text message. Finally, double-tapping an actual channel number in the grid will take you to that single channel's upcoming programming. Good Luck and Enjoy, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Melissa Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TV Guide There was an update on Friday for the TV Guide app, which set some of their accessibility back a few steps. Since this update, moving backwards in the days listings doesn't seem to work, and it does keep refreshing, particularly when one tries to move backwards in the listings. You used to be able to change the date and time listing you are viewing by double tapping on the time in the top center of the screen. This would bring up a selection list, where you could swipe up or down with one finger to change the setting. By double tapping on a channel's name/number, you can view listings specifically for that channel for several weeks ahead. Warm regards, Melissa Melissa Riley jamand...@izoom.net riley...@umn.edu -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:55 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TV Guide I have the latest update running under IOS 7.03. I can only view the current day's program. Is there a way to change the date being viewed? Also, I recently noticed that while swiping through the day's events
RE: Test, and questions
Hello Tessa, Your messages are getting through to the list. I, for one, have never downloaded an entire album from iTunes Store. I'm an Amazon MP3 man. I did purchase a couple of episodes of the Twilight zone on my iPHone 4, last year or so and it has been a pain in the you-know-what to keep the files from reverting their meta data to the original configuration. Now, of course, in the new iOS, if one does not change the settings, one can see everything they've ever purchased. This does not answer your question but rest assured that you're not the only one having some concerns about transferring media from one device to another. I'm certain there are many on the list who are well qualified to answer your question. As for me, I prefer to purchase from Amazon and then import into iTunes. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tessa Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 3:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Test, and questions Hi: I'm wondering if my questions are actually reaching the list, I get them back, but not a single responce, which is very unusual for this list. One question was about incomplete albums downloaded to my phone, I downloaded a large collection of christmas music and was told that 5 of the songs could not be downloaded at this time. I synced my phone with my computer and ended up with the incomplete album but now the rest of the songs have turned up on my phone and I don't know how to get the whole thing on to my computer. I know next to nothing about moving music around and playlists and such so very basic answers would be appreciated if anyone can help. Thanks Tessa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Text messages in lock screen
Hello Katey, I am so sorry for your distress. You know, there are two more settings you should confirm in order to insure that Text messages will not be automatically read by VoiceOver on the lock screen. Do the following. A. 1. From the Settings menu, select Messages. 2. Make sure the Show Subject Field option is set to off. B. 1. From within the Settings list, select Mail, Contacts, Calendars. 2. Just below the Fetch settings area, you will see the Preview option. Make sure this is set to none. Hopefully that will do it. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katey Glass Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; gold-idev...@googlegroups.com Subject: Text messages in lock screen Good Afternoon all, I have a 5s running iOS 7.0.3 and suddenly today it started reading my text/iMessages when the lock screen in son. I changed no settings! Up until today it just told me I had a notification or something. So I double checked in generalaccessibilityVoiceOver and read in lock screen is set to off. I called Apple Accessibility and they were baffled. I then reset (again) all my settings Guess what? I still have my SMS/iMessages read in lock screen. Also, if I turn off my iphone when I turn it on, right after I reboot it and it says VoiceOver on it fetches my email. Even without my having changed those settings. I have it set to fetch to manually and mail was not in the App Switcher. I think I need to see a Genius. I've had problems with this iPHone since I got it. Not just the usual volume setting, but when I tried to use iCloud to restore it from my 4s some of the programs didn't come, like Pandora and I had to use my computer backup which then got me Pandora back but lost ringtones. I still have my 4s and wonder if I should whipe my 5s and set it up as a new device? after re syncing my 4s as both cannot be in the cloud! Please help me. thanks, Katey Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: has any one been having problems down loading the newesst audio boo app update that was released today?
Hello Adrian, Audioboo is working perfectly for me and I just updated. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of adrian leong Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 5:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: has any one been having problems down loading the newesst audio boo app update that was released today? has anny one beeen having problems down loading the newest audio boo update that realeased today? i cannnt get mine to down load.. it says to oppen it when i doo it doesn't show any thing. ```Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Facebook on the iPhone
Hi Simon, The Facebook app is working just fine for me, today. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of simon wong Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:56 AM To: b-...@yahoogroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Facebook on the iPhone Hi there is anybody else having trouble with the Facebook on the iPhone today Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Calorie Counter Wanted
Hello Everyone, I am looking for a VoiceOver accessible Calorie Counting App that can do any or all of the following: help track how many calories you've burned, Determine how many calories there are in your diet, and the number of calories in the food you eat. Be a food diary. Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Calorie Counter Wanted
Hello Frances, I just downloaded that app and cannot make heads or taials of it. To me, it is VoiceOver inaccessible. As far as I can tell, there is only one app in the store by that company. When I tried to use it, none of the buttons were labeled correctly and I could not get it to list any foods with their respective calories. Are you able to browse various foods and see their respective calories? If so, please write a tip and I will download the app again. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frances Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 12:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Calorie Counter Wanted Hello I like the my fitness pal app Sent from my iPhone On 17 Nov 2013, at 14:45, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I am looking for a VoiceOver accessible Calorie Counting App that can do any or all of the following: help track how many calories you've burned, Determine how many calories there are in your diet, and the number of calories in the food you eat. Be a food diary. Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Calorie Counter Wanted
Hi Anna, Okay, I'll give it a try. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 5:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Calorie Counter Wanted Hi Mark, I have this app, and it used to be very accessible. When I opened the latest version for the first time, though, there were lots of inaccessible bits telling about new features and changes. My son helped me get through all that, and now I can use it again for the limited purposes I wanted it for. To start, double-tap Add to Diary, which is on the right, a little way down from the top of the screen. Now there's a column down the right edge of the screen with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack. Double-tap the one you want. To search for a food, double-tap the Search button in the upper right corner of the screen. You can now flick through the search results. I assume that if you double-tap one, it gets added to your diary. I hope that helps. Best, Anna On Nov 17, 2013, at 3:12 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Frances, I just downloaded that app and cannot make heads or taials of it. To me, it is VoiceOver inaccessible. As far as I can tell, there is only one app in the store by that company. When I tried to use it, none of the buttons were labeled correctly and I could not get it to list any foods with their respective calories. Are you able to browse various foods and see their respective calories? If so, please write a tip and I will download the app again. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frances Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 12:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Calorie Counter Wanted Hello I like the my fitness pal app Sent from my iPhone On 17 Nov 2013, at 14:45, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I am looking for a VoiceOver accessible Calorie Counting App that can do any or all of the following: help track how many calories you've burned, Determine how many calories there are in your diet, and the number of calories in the food you eat. Be a food diary. Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search
RE: Calorie Counter Wanted
Hi Anita, Thanks for writing the developer. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gadget Girl Anita Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 8:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Calorie Counter Wanted I am on IOS 7 and it does not work. The MyFitnessPal app used to work in iOS 6.1 3, but since the update, the App seems to be broken. I have written the developer of the App and will keep you posted on any responses I receive. Regards, Gadget Girl Anita Sent from my Apple gadget. Apple, take a bite, express yourself. On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Frances frances_magu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I'm not on ios7 it works fine with VoiceOver for me Sent from my iPhone On 17 Nov 2013, at 17:12, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Frances, I just downloaded that app and cannot make heads or taials of it. To me, it is VoiceOver inaccessible. As far as I can tell, there is only one app in the store by that company. When I tried to use it, none of the buttons were labeled correctly and I could not get it to list any foods with their respective calories. Are you able to browse various foods and see their respective calories? If so, please write a tip and I will download the app again. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frances Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 12:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Calorie Counter Wanted Hello I like the my fitness pal app Sent from my iPhone On 17 Nov 2013, at 14:45, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I am looking for a VoiceOver accessible Calorie Counting App that can do any or all of the following: help track how many calories you've burned, Determine how many calories there are in your diet, and the number of calories in the food you eat. Be a food diary. Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can
RE: iTunes: books tab is missing under the section for my iPhone
Hello Theresa, I am running the latest version of iTunes for Windows with my 5 S and there is a Books tab on both the SideBar and across the devices Tab, just as always. I don't sync my devices to iTunes on the Mac so don't know what's going on there. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 7:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iTunes: books tab is missing under the section for my iPhone You can't sync books with iTunes anymore, since iBooks became a Mac app. I believe you can sync them with iCloud, however. HtH, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Nov 17, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: The subject says it all. I'm using Windows 8.1 32-BIT with the latest version of iTunes, and an iPhone 5S with the latest version of iOS. Bizarrely, when I select the iPhone button in iTunes to change settings for my iPhone, the Books tab is now missing. There is summary, info, apps, music, tones, iTunes U, and photos, but no books. iBooks and audiobooks that I've synced to my iPhone are still on the phone, but I obviously can't sync new ones or delete existing ones. Any idea what could be going on here? Thanks, Grant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: How do you cancil an update that can't download
Hello Jen, Cancelling a download is very easy. Simply return to the same location from where you initiated either the install or update. For example, the button would have previously been labeled Update or Download or Buy or Install. Once the download process begins, this button will show the percentage of the download in progress. Simply single-finger double-tap that percentage button to cancel the process. Good Luck, Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen Colley Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How do you cancil an update that can't download Hi, I need to know how to cancil an update that won’t download. Jen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Observation about alert sounds on iPhone 5s
You are absolutely correct on this, Brent. And, by the way, I hate the new sound levels. I guess my hearing is not as good as those who work at Apple. It took me weeks to get used to the new sound levels and it's still a struggle. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brent Harbolt Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Observation about alert sounds on iPhone 5s Hi all. Am observing that the alert sounds on the iPhone 5s seem to be a lot quieter than on other devices like the 5 or the iPod. When I refer to alert sounds I refer to sounds like when you initiate a dictation in an email or text box by clicking the dictate button or by using a 2 finger double tap. Does anyone else notice this or can confirm this? Also, I can't see that there is a way to adjust this volume on these alerts. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Volume issue on 5S - but not just with VO
Hello Robin, I can definitely confirm this bug. I have experienced it several times. The problem is that it is not consistent and thus hard to verify. At first, I thought it was my imagination but, alas, it is not. I'm not sure what to do about it. Generally, I just restart my phone and the volume seems to reset properly. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Christopherson Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Volume issue on 5S - but not just with VO Dear listers Apologies if this has been covered but on my 5S it seems that everything is quiet and the max volume is very low. I’m not just talking about VO’s volume as per recent msgs but ringtones, podcasts and everything. It may or may not solely affect earbuds as I have them in my phone 99% of the time but my max volume on earbuds is definitely quieter than before. By the way I upgrades to iOS7 at the same time as getting the 5S so don’t know if it’s hardware or software. Thanks, Robin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: timer on BARD
Perhaps I'm missing something here but when I want to use the sleep timer with BARD or any media playback, I do the following either before or after starting playback: 1. Single-finger tap and hold near the bottom edge of the screen until a double-pop is heard. 2. Release and then single-finger swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen. This brings up Control Center. 3. Double-tap the Clock button. 4. Assuming you've already got the timer in focus and set to stop playing and you've already set your countdown to a desired time, single-finger double-tap Start. 5. Press the Home button to return to the launch screen. Generally speaking, this takes me less than 20 seconds to accomplish. I do it every day. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rose Combs Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 3:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: timer on BARD Yes, well, I use the timer for other things, cooking, baking, doing laundry and much more, switching from stop to a sound is not something Siri can do to my knowledge which is the reason I don't use it to stop Bard, I use it often for various things during day. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Breda Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: timer on BARD Well not true really. As long as you set it for stop playng the first time you never need to touch it again. All you have to do is say set sleep timer for 30 minutes to siri and she will say ok 30 minutes and counting. It couldn't get any better then that. Don -- Don Breda don.br...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
FaceBook App Equivalent
Hello Everyone, I am so pleased with the Facebook app for my iPhone that I was wondering if there is an equivalent app for the Mac? I will post a similar question on the Mac Mailing list but was hoping someone here could make a suggestion as I have not yet re-upped my Mac List email subscription. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Calling All Focus 40 Blue Jaws Users For Help, Off-List
Hello All, In addition to being a loyal iPhone user, if you are a Focus 40 Blue Jaws v13.x user, who occasionally creates documents in MS Word 2007, please contact me off-list. I have a Braille display spellchecking problem that I cannot seem to resolve and I don't know of any other lists to which to send a request for help. My direct email address is: mk...@ucla.edu I will explain my problem should you contact me. Thank you all in advance. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: increasing time before a call goes to voice mail
Hello Don, While I have only done this on the ATT Wireless network, in recent years, I'm sure all of the major carriers allow the same customization. There is no setting on the iPHone that will allow you to set the number of rings or the amount of time before a call goes to voicemail. In order to do this you must contact your wireless provider. Please be aware that many of the phone support people do not know how to do this successfully on the iPhone. Once, I had to call three times before they were able to save my settings correctly. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of don bishop Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: increasing time before a call goes to voice mail Hi all, Seems to me I remember there is a way to increase the time between when a call comes in and it goes to email on the iphone. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Don -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Request an ATT iPhone Unlock Online Using This Form
Hello Everyone, Click the following URL if you wish to request that you're a T T Wireless iPhone be unlocked. http://m.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=24307 Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: i5 Underwhelming
Hello Joe, I totally and completely agree with you. While I will purchase the iPhone 5, there is definitely no wow factor and I'm certainly not recommending it to iPhone 4 S users. The fact that Apple thinks it's cool to be able to manipulate iTunes playlists in a slightly new way says more about their lack of innovation than anything. I think the big thing this year is iOS 6 about which I am extremely excited. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: i5 Underwhelming Is it just me or does the iPhone appear to have hit a plateau? I’m not an Apple hater. I have the 4S like a big chunk of you, the latest Mac Air and a Touch somewhere. Yet, I was honestly underwhelmed by this latest model. The hardware will finally look attractive, unlike the current ugly boxy form factor, and iOS 6 has some interesting new whistles. Yet, I feel like these whistles have lost their shrill compared to other platforms. Maybe it’s because there is only one annual update as compared to the barrage from other manufacturers, but then, maybe it’s because there is only one annual update that the iPhone should make more of a splash. Anyway, for whatever it’s worth, if you’re sitting on the 4S, my consumer advice is that the new model is not worth it. Strictly personally speaking mind you. Yet, I know people always ask, and please do forgive me if the subject has already been covered. Let’s hope other platforms keep up the innovation so as to put Apple more in line with the cool factor it once enjoyed. Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: i5 Underwhelming
Hello Scott, I agree with you that a new feature in iTunes and the lack of iPhone innovation have little if anything to do with each other. When posting my original reply to the list, I was thinking about how much time the speaker, during the keynote presentation, spent demonstrating the new next up feature that will be in the next major release of iTunes. In a nut shell, there are those that will applaud whatever Apple does regardless of how much or how little. I am not one of them. I think it's great that the new iPhone will be faster but the same can be said of all of its predecessors, as well, at the time of their release. Given that they only release one new version of the device per year, I suppose I was hoping for something new and tantalizing such as was the case with the iPhone 4 S with Siri. Getting back to iTunes, I think it's getting a little late in the day for Apple to act as though adding a feature to playlists is that big of a deal. Of course, this is just my opinion but I stand by it. The market has matured and, as far as media managers are concerned, iTunes is sorely lacking, at worst, and is average, at best. Admittedly, I am not taking into account, accessibility which, for blind and low vision users, is truly a game changer. As I stated, I will purchase an iPhone 5 next week but I will do so because I am a fan of Apple and I love having the latest and greatest but not because of any must-have features. Accessibility notwithstanding, while Apple may have reinvented the proverbial Smartphone wheel, they no longer own the road upon which it travels. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 1:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: i5 Underwhelming Mark, What do you mean by The fact that Apple thinks it's cool to be able to manipulate iTunes playlists in a slightly new way says more about their lack of innovation How is manipulating playlists a lack of innovation? Since iTunes is really a small part of the whole picture I'm not sure how it makes any real difference. Clearly there is only so much room to innovate currently in the hardware but certainly the innovation will be in the software. True innovation in hardware will come when someone manages to get 24 hours runtime (surfing, streaming, and such) on their phone. Now that is going to be innovative. :) On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:05 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Joe, I totally and completely agree with you. While I will purchase the iPhone 5, there is definitely no wow factor and I'm certainly not recommending it to iPhone 4 S users. The fact that Apple thinks it's cool to be able to manipulate iTunes playlists in a slightly new way says more about their lack of innovation than anything. I think the big thing this year is iOS 6 about which I am extremely excited. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: i5 Underwhelming Is it just me or does the iPhone appear to have hit a plateau? I'm not an Apple hater. I have the 4S like a big chunk of you, the latest Mac Air and a Touch somewhere. Yet, I was honestly underwhelmed by this latest model. The hardware will finally look attractive, unlike the current ugly boxy form factor, and iOS 6 has some interesting new whistles. Yet, I feel like these whistles have lost their shrill compared to other platforms. Maybe it's because there is only one annual update as compared to the barrage from other manufacturers, but then, maybe it's because there is only one annual update that the iPhone should make more of a splash. Anyway, for whatever it's worth, if you're sitting on the 4S, my consumer advice is that the new model is not worth it. Strictly personally speaking mind you. Yet, I know people always ask, and please do forgive me if the subject has already been covered. Let's hope other platforms keep up the innovation so as to put Apple more in line with the cool factor it once enjoyed. Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
A Tip for A T T Wireless Customers Who Are Thinking About Upgrading to iPhone 5
Hello Everyone, I went into the A T T Wireless store a few hours ago to see if I am eligible for an upgrade. Somehow I knew I wouldn't be but I just wanted to confirm (Smile). Not that it matters as I have decided to purchase iPhone 5. I was amazed at the fact that the store was jam-packed with customers. While I no longer frequent the A T T Wireless or Verizon Wireless stores as much as I used to, I visit enough to have been truly surprised. There was a waiting list to enter the store. I asked the receptionist why the store was so busy and she said it was because of all the people who are pre-ordering iPhone 5. It would appear that not everyone was underwhelmed by Apple's keynote presentation. After leaving the store, I decided to go over to the Verizon Wireless store and, it too, was jam-packed with people preordering. All I can say is that there appears to be something magical about the Apple-effect, as I have come to think of it. By the way, I decided not to wait at the A T T wireless store. The receptionist reminded me that I can check to see if I am eligible for an upgrade by doing the following from my iPhone: 1. Open the Phone App. 2. Switch to the Dial Pad. 3. Dial *639# 4. Tap the Call button. By the way, 6 3 9 spells the word NEW. You will receive a text message stating your eligibility status. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Why I No Longer Preorder iPhone From A T T Wireless
Hello Everyone, Once upon a time, I believed in preordering from A T T Wireless. In fact, I preordered my iPhone 4. However, last year, at the release of iPhone 4 S, I began the A T T Wireless online preorder process and, thank God, decided to cancel the order before its completion. I don't remember the particulars but something in the agreement that one needed to confirm by placing a checkmark in a box, didn't sound quite right. As it turned out, my refusal to agree to their terms during the online preorder process was a wise decision. Like many of us who continue to enjoy the unlimited data plan that A T T Wireless no longer offers, agreeing to last year's online iPhone 4 S preorder terms automatically updated the data plan to one that did not include unlimited data. Now I cannot speak to preordering from Apple as I have never done so but I can tell you that A T T Wireless would love to remove all of those remaining on the unlimited data plan and will do darn near anything to accomplish this including lacing there agreement with so much legalese that one will simply agree without reading it. In short, when I purchase my iPhone 5, just like last year, I will go into an A T T Wireless corporate store, remove my own SIM card from my current device, and place it in the new device to insure that nothing funky happens with my data plan. Good Luck To All, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6.
Hello Annie, As a Focus user, I concur with you. The best thing about the Focus is the Wiz Wheels and being able to use them with either hand. I read Braille with my Right hand and truly enjoyed using my left Wiz Wheel to scroll through documents. Even allowing us to reverse the panning buttons would be an improvement over the current situation. Unfortunately, I updated both my 4 and my 4 S to iOS 6. Would that I had known such a key assignment change was in store, I would not have updated my 4. Oh well. I encourage all of you to send this issue to accessibil...@apple.com Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi. I agree with you. To me it is unuseble too. I will really get problems to go to the next display line with my focus display. The only bottun that can go to the next line is the button in the wright end, and that will course problems with my hand, if I will have to use that button all the time. What really worked with the focus display, is for me totally broken. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 20, 2012 kl. 12:08 AM skrev Cheryl Lenartiene dash...@loveable.com: Hi Jonathan, Thanksfor this. The key assignments were very helpful. I'm not saying the new key assignments won't work for everyone. I'm just saying that they don't work for me. I am literally unable to move up and down by line and have to pan left and right by display width to navigate. When I need to scroll through something quickly, this is not a practical way to do it. So, for me, it really is unusable. I'm not flying off the handle, I'm not being irrational; I'm not even afraid of something new. It really, truly doesn't work for me because of the way VoiceOver behaves. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Apple has changed the key assignments for the Focus products in iOS6. The best thing to do until an FSCast comes out on this, is to press K-cord to invoke keyboard help, then press the keys to understand what they now do. People can of course offer feedback to Apple on the new assignments, but to say it's unusable is I think a bit of a stretch. It's just different. Some people will find it better, others not, but it is still very much useable. Here's a summary that may assist. Router Row Double tap the selected item. Status Router Row Toggle expanded status description. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz-wheel Up Move to previous item using rotor setting. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz wheel Down Move to next item using rotor setting. Left Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Up Move to previous item. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Down Move to next item. Right Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Left Panning Pan braille to the left. Right Panning Pan braille to the right. Left Selector Activates a Back button if present. Right Selector Start/Stop Toggle Left Rocker Up Scroll up one page. Left Rocker Down Scroll down one page. Right Rocker Up Scroll left one page. Right Rocker Down Scroll right one page. Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:44 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, I don't like the new key assignments for the Focus 40 Blue in iOS6 either. I have the Classic, and I don't like having to use the Whiz Wheels to pan by line, because the rocker bars now swipe instead. VoiceOver jumps all over the place when I try to navigate using Whiz Wheels on my iPhone 4. If I move up or down one click, VoiceOver focus will jump back and forth over a span of four or five lines, and after a few seconds, may eventually land where it is supposed to. Although I can appreciate the thought and hard work that went into this update, the unintended consequences, for me at least, are that Braille is virtually unuseable on my phone. At the very least, it's not practical. So, I plan to downgrade back to iOS5.1.1, if I can figure out where to get it. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi. You can not change whiz wheels behaviour in IOS as far as I know. Best regards Annie. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 19, 2012 kl. 10:10 PM skrev Scott Davert scottslistm...@gmail.com: Hi Anney. Have you made sure that your wizwheels didn't get changed by accident? You know that if you press streight down on them, this will toggle how they navigate,
RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6.
Theresa, How does one bring up the Rotor on the Braille display? For some reason, I just don't remember the command. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, Mark, Vertical navigation is in the rotor. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in IBooks. One thing I like about using the Focus 40 blue with IBooks now is that the rotor switches to navigation mode when on the page chooser, so it's possible to flip pages with the wheel. Then I just pan left once and I go to the top of the page. The new functionality is taking some getting used to, but I think it will work for me. For me it's not a deal-breaker in any case. Teresa On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:30 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Jonathan, This is Mark Taylor. How does one set vertical navigation and how will this benefit we Focus 40 Blue users? Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Cheryl, could you not set the rotor to verticle navigation? Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 10:09 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Jonathan, Thanksfor this. The key assignments were very helpful. I'm not saying the new key assignments won't work for everyone. I'm just saying that they don't work for me. I am literally unable to move up and down by line and have to pan left and right by display width to navigate. When I need to scroll through something quickly, this is not a practical way to do it. So, for me, it really is unusable. I'm not flying off the handle, I'm not being irrational; I'm not even afraid of something new. It really, truly doesn't work for me because of the way VoiceOver behaves. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Apple has changed the key assignments for the Focus products in iOS6. The best thing to do until an FSCast comes out on this, is to press K-cord to invoke keyboard help, then press the keys to understand what they now do. People can of course offer feedback to Apple on the new assignments, but to say it's unusable is I think a bit of a stretch. It's just different. Some people will find it better, others not, but it is still very much useable. Here's a summary that may assist. Router Row Double tap the selected item. Status Router Row Toggle expanded status description. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz-wheel Up Move to previous item using rotor setting. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz wheel Down Move to next item using rotor setting. Left Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Up Move to previous item. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Down Move to next item. Right Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Left Panning Pan braille to the left. Right Panning Pan braille to the right. Left Selector Activates a Back button if present. Right Selector Start/Stop Toggle Left Rocker Up Scroll up one page. Left Rocker Down Scroll down one page. Right Rocker Up Scroll left one page. Right Rocker Down Scroll right one page. Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:44 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, I don't like the new key assignments for the Focus 40 Blue in iOS6 either. I have the Classic, and I don't like having to use the Whiz Wheels to pan by line, because the rocker bars now swipe instead. VoiceOver jumps all over the place when I try to navigate using Whiz Wheels on my iPhone 4. If I move up or down one click, VoiceOver focus will jump back and forth over a span of four or five lines, and after a few seconds, may eventually land where it is supposed to. Although I can appreciate the thought and hard work that went into this update, the unintended consequences, for me at least, are that Braille is virtually unuseable on my phone. At the very least, it's not practical. So, I plan to downgrade back to iOS5.1.1, if I can figure out where to get it. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi. You can not change whiz wheels behaviour in IOS
Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far
Hello Everyone, It has been a long day. I have installed iOS 6 on 8 devices and each has been extremely painful. Be that as it may, I just returned from testing the new Maps App with voice guided navigation. I only went a couple of blocks, walking, but it worked like a charm. One feature that I truly love is the ability to show a route in list mode. A T T Navigator offers a similar list but it is not VoiceOver accessible. I have not yet tested the Maps in a car yet but will do so tomorrow. Now I'm not saying that I would choose this app over my Humanware Trekker solution, but I may, if my current results hold, decide to unsubscribe from A T T Navigator, a service costing $9.95 a month. One thing that Navigator does offer, however, is an amazing points of interest list that I doubt the Maps app can offer. The great thing about iOS is that there is something for everyone. So, at your earliest convenience, jump in and give the new turn-by-turn directions a spin. Oh, keep in mind that this feature is for iPHone 4 S and iPhone 5, only. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6.
Thank you, Less. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Mark, I'm not certain if this is a generic command, but on my Braille Connect 32, dots 23 chord and dots 56 chord cycle through the rotor settings. Les On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:11 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Theresa, How does one bring up the Rotor on the Braille display? For some reason, I just don't remember the command. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, Mark, Vertical navigation is in the rotor. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in IBooks. One thing I like about using the Focus 40 blue with IBooks now is that the rotor switches to navigation mode when on the page chooser, so it's possible to flip pages with the wheel. Then I just pan left once and I go to the top of the page. The new functionality is taking some getting used to, but I think it will work for me. For me it's not a deal-breaker in any case. Teresa On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:30 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Jonathan, This is Mark Taylor. How does one set vertical navigation and how will this benefit we Focus 40 Blue users? Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Cheryl, could you not set the rotor to verticle navigation? Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 10:09 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Jonathan, Thanksfor this. The key assignments were very helpful. I'm not saying the new key assignments won't work for everyone. I'm just saying that they don't work for me. I am literally unable to move up and down by line and have to pan left and right by display width to navigate. When I need to scroll through something quickly, this is not a practical way to do it. So, for me, it really is unusable. I'm not flying off the handle, I'm not being irrational; I'm not even afraid of something new. It really, truly doesn't work for me because of the way VoiceOver behaves. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Apple has changed the key assignments for the Focus products in iOS6. The best thing to do until an FSCast comes out on this, is to press K-cord to invoke keyboard help, then press the keys to understand what they now do. People can of course offer feedback to Apple on the new assignments, but to say it's unusable is I think a bit of a stretch. It's just different. Some people will find it better, others not, but it is still very much useable. Here's a summary that may assist. Router Row Double tap the selected item. Status Router Row Toggle expanded status description. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz-wheel Up Move to previous item using rotor setting. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz wheel Down Move to next item using rotor setting. Left Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Up Move to previous item. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Down Move to next item. Right Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Left Panning Pan braille to the left. Right Panning Pan braille to the right. Left Selector Activates a Back button if present. Right Selector Start/Stop Toggle Left Rocker Up Scroll up one page. Left Rocker Down Scroll down one page. Right Rocker Up Scroll left one page. Right Rocker Down Scroll right one page. Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:44 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, I don't like the new key assignments for the Focus 40 Blue in iOS6 either. I have the Classic, and I don't like having to use the Whiz Wheels to pan by line, because the rocker bars now swipe instead. VoiceOver jumps all over the place when I try to navigate using Whiz Wheels on my iPhone 4. If I move up or down one click, VoiceOver focus will jump back and forth over a span of four or five lines, and after a few seconds, may eventually land where it is supposed to. Although I can appreciate
OK To Update To NEW TV Guide App
Hello Gang, The subject line says it all, A new version of the TV Guide app was released today. I am happy to report that VoiceOver accessibility was not broken. The app is as wonderful as always. Even better, with iOS 6, you can launch it via Siri. To do so, simply activate Siri and say TV Guide. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6.
Hello Annie, I don't want to get off topic but I want to be clear on something as I was toying with the idea of purchasing another Focus, the new model. Are you saying that the new, smaller, model of the Focus 40 Blue no longer has Wiz Wheels as they existed on the previous model? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi Mark. You are reading braille exactly as i am reading. I have asked apple for the possibility to reverse paning buttons since IOS 4, but nothing hapens. I am really disappointed with apple in this case. The only thing I really like about focus 40 blue is these whiz wheels or a sort of rocker buttons that they have been changed to in the new focus. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 20, 2012 kl. 2:36 AM skrev M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu: Hello Annie, As a Focus user, I concur with you. The best thing about the Focus is the Wiz Wheels and being able to use them with either hand. I read Braille with my Right hand and truly enjoyed using my left Wiz Wheel to scroll through documents. Even allowing us to reverse the panning buttons would be an improvement over the current situation. Unfortunately, I updated both my 4 and my 4 S to iOS 6. Would that I had known such a key assignment change was in store, I would not have updated my 4. Oh well. I encourage all of you to send this issue to accessibil...@apple.com Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi. I agree with you. To me it is unuseble too. I will really get problems to go to the next display line with my focus display. The only bottun that can go to the next line is the button in the wright end, and that will course problems with my hand, if I will have to use that button all the time. What really worked with the focus display, is for me totally broken. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 20, 2012 kl. 12:08 AM skrev Cheryl Lenartiene dash...@loveable.com: Hi Jonathan, Thanksfor this. The key assignments were very helpful. I'm not saying the new key assignments won't work for everyone. I'm just saying that they don't work for me. I am literally unable to move up and down by line and have to pan left and right by display width to navigate. When I need to scroll through something quickly, this is not a practical way to do it. So, for me, it really is unusable. I'm not flying off the handle, I'm not being irrational; I'm not even afraid of something new. It really, truly doesn't work for me because of the way VoiceOver behaves. Cheryl -Original Message- From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Apple has changed the key assignments for the Focus products in iOS6. The best thing to do until an FSCast comes out on this, is to press K-cord to invoke keyboard help, then press the keys to understand what they now do. People can of course offer feedback to Apple on the new assignments, but to say it's unusable is I think a bit of a stretch. It's just different. Some people will find it better, others not, but it is still very much useable. Here's a summary that may assist. Router Row Double tap the selected item. Status Router Row Toggle expanded status description. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz-wheel Up Move to previous item using rotor setting. Left Nav Rocker/Whiz wheel Down Move to next item using rotor setting. Left Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Up Move to previous item. Right Nav Rocker/whiz wheel Down Move to next item. Right Mode Button/press whiz wheel Select item under your finger. Left Panning Pan braille to the left. Right Panning Pan braille to the right. Left Selector Activates a Back button if present. Right Selector Start/Stop Toggle Left Rocker Up Scroll up one page. Left Rocker Down Scroll down one page. Right Rocker Up Scroll left one page. Right Rocker Down Scroll right one page. Jonathan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Lenartiene Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:44 a.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 blue in ios 6. Hi, I don't like the new key assignments for the Focus 40 Blue in iOS6 either. I have the Classic, and I don't like having to use the Whiz Wheels to pan by line, because the rocker bars now swipe instead. VoiceOver jumps all over the place when I try to navigate using Whiz Wheels on my iPhone 4. If I move up or down one
RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far
Hello Scott, To answer your first question, the Trekker, as does Mobile Speak, automatically announces cross streets either with or without a route being set. This is a feature upon which I insist when traveling alone, in unfamiliar areas. As to your second question, in my opinion, Apple is not in the business of Map making and, while they may offer very good solutions, I suspect that A T T Wireless, with its vast nationwide telephone infrastructure has more resources dedicated to maintaining POI updated listings. This is just a supposition; perhaps Apple will prove me wrong as they have on several occasions. (Smile). Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Mark, First, why would you not use Maps over the Treker? What are the most significant difference or feature prevents you from using Maps over that device? Second, why do you say that the Maps app could not have the level of POIs that the ATT Navigator app has? The one thing that everyone has to remember is as time progresses, APple will no doubt improve and enhance the Maps application. I am sure transit information for example will be forthcoming since that is a pretty significant piece that I am sure folks would use. On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:21 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, It has been a long day. I have installed iOS 6 on 8 devices and each has been extremely painful. Be that as it may, I just returned from testing the new Maps App with voice guided navigation. I only went a couple of blocks, walking, but it worked like a charm. One feature that I truly love is the ability to show a route in list mode. A T T Navigator offers a similar list but it is not VoiceOver accessible. I have not yet tested the Maps in a car yet but will do so tomorrow. Now I'm not saying that I would choose this app over my Humanware Trekker solution, but I may, if my current results hold, decide to unsubscribe from A T T Navigator, a service costing $9.95 a month. One thing that Navigator does offer, however, is an amazing points of interest list that I doubt the Maps app can offer. The great thing about iOS is that there is something for everyone. So, at your earliest convenience, jump in and give the new turn-by-turn directions a spin. Oh, keep in mind that this feature is for iPHone 4 S and iPhone 5, only. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far
Hello Tom, Be sure to set navigation to Walking, rather than driving and see what happens. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far I tried to use the turn by turn directions yersterday. It would announce how far away from my house I was, until I got close to my destination. Then it told me that my destination was 250 feet on the right. I didn't see anything useful in between. I only went 4 tenths of a mile, but I think I need to play with it a bit more. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Hello Everyone, It has been a long day. I have installed iOS 6 on 8 devices and each has been extremely painful. Be that as it may, I just returned from testing the new Maps App with voice guided navigation. I only went a couple of blocks, walking, but it worked like a charm. One feature that I truly love is the ability to show a route in list mode. A T T Navigator offers a similar list but it is not VoiceOver accessible. I have not yet tested the Maps in a car yet but will do so tomorrow. Now I'm not saying that I would choose this app over my Humanware Trekker solution, but I may, if my current results hold, decide to unsubscribe from A T T Navigator, a service costing $9.95 a month. One thing that Navigator does offer, however, is an amazing points of interest list that I doubt the Maps app can offer. The great thing about iOS is that there is something for everyone. So, at your earliest convenience, jump in and give the new turn-by-turn directions a spin. Oh, keep in mind that this feature is for iPHone 4 S and iPhone 5, only. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Unable to update but why?
Hello Kimberly, Did you make certain that you have the latest version of iTunes installed before beginning the update? If you're using the Windows version of iTunes, you can check for updates by first selecting the Help menu, then choose Check for Update. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Unable to update but why? Last night I tried to update my phone. But after being plugged into itunes for like three hours, I got a message saying the update could not be done because the firnware was incompatible. What's that about? Anybody have any suggestions? Sent from Kimber's iPhone On Sep 20, 2012, at 1:39 AM, Michelle McQuigge michelle.mcqui...@gmail.com wrote: Same good news over here - all systems go on my more responsive 3gs. That upgrade process was a cakewalk, albeit a slow one. :) matthew Dyer wrote: Hi all. I am currently running iOS 6 and it is berry responceive on my 3GS. Matthew Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Sandra Heaton san...@sandras-place.co.uk wrote: I have also successfully updated here in the UK. Sandra Braille Greeting Cards www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk - Original Message - From: Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:23 PM Subject: successfully updated Hi all. Successfully updated from here. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com twitter: zebs_mom facebook: facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far
Hello Jim, Please see the message I just posted to the list that describes how to get turn-by-turn directions. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Noseworthy Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Hello Mark: Where does one fine the walk option? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Hello Tom, Be sure to set navigation to Walking, rather than driving and see what happens. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far I tried to use the turn by turn directions yersterday. It would announce how far away from my house I was, until I got close to my destination. Then it told me that my destination was 250 feet on the right. I didn't see anything useful in between. I only went 4 tenths of a mile, but I think I need to play with it a bit more. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Hello Everyone, It has been a long day. I have installed iOS 6 on 8 devices and each has been extremely painful. Be that as it may, I just returned from testing the new Maps App with voice guided navigation. I only went a couple of blocks, walking, but it worked like a charm. One feature that I truly love is the ability to show a route in list mode. A T T Navigator offers a similar list but it is not VoiceOver accessible. I have not yet tested the Maps in a car yet but will do so tomorrow. Now I'm not saying that I would choose this app over my Humanware Trekker solution, but I may, if my current results hold, decide to unsubscribe from A T T Navigator, a service costing $9.95 a month. One thing that Navigator does offer, however, is an amazing points of interest list that I doubt the Maps app can offer. The great thing about iOS is that there is something for everyone. So, at your earliest convenience, jump in and give the new turn-by-turn directions a spin. Oh, keep in mind that this feature is for iPHone 4 S and iPhone 5, only. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: iOS6 Oddity with Voice Over volume following a call
Hello Neil, I just performed several tests to see if I could reproduce your volume issue but I cannot. Regardless of whether I initiate or answer a call, when the call ends, either via a double-tap on my part or the other party disconnecting, VoiceOver acts just as it should, or rather, as it always has. In short, I cannot reproduce your problem on my iPhone 4 S. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: iOS6 Oddity with Voice Over volume following a call Hi All, Since updating to iOS 6 on my iPHone 4S, when ending a call that I instigated, Voice Over seems to be off, in fact, its volume has been reduced to 0%. Has anyone else experienced this at all.? My resolution to date, has simply been, following the call, and the seemingly now dead iPhone, to simply tap the screen anywhere and press and hold the physical volume up key. I also have experienced the same issue, although not every time, when using Siri and the Dictate button within SMS / iMessage etc. Any thoughts? Neil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far
Hello Scott, I recall it announcing an intersection but I do not think it does announce cross streets, at least, not in the way I have come to expect. Later today, much later, I will use the app and see what happens. I apologize for such an evasive answer but fatigue has gotten the better of me and I want to confirm any conclusions regarding software solution comparisons. Now that I think about it, another reason why I will continue to use my Trekker Breeze, is to conserve iPhone battery life. NO one can dispute that using GPS navigation on iPhone is a proverbial gas guzzler. When using A T T Navigator, 95% of the time, I have iPHone plugged into a power jack in the car. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Mark, I have not taken Maps for a walk yet; however, just standing in my house it seems that streets may be spoken. So, are you saying that as you approach an intersection the cross street is not announced? On Sep 20, 2012, at 8:10 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Scott, To answer your first question, the Trekker, as does Mobile Speak, automatically announces cross streets either with or without a route being set. This is a feature upon which I insist when traveling alone, in unfamiliar areas. As to your second question, in my opinion, Apple is not in the business of Map making and, while they may offer very good solutions, I suspect that A T T Wireless, with its vast nationwide telephone infrastructure has more resources dedicated to maintaining POI updated listings. This is just a supposition; perhaps Apple will prove me wrong as they have on several occasions. (Smile). Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Delightful Results with iOS 6 Map Navigation, So Far Mark, First, why would you not use Maps over the Treker? What are the most significant difference or feature prevents you from using Maps over that device? Second, why do you say that the Maps app could not have the level of POIs that the ATT Navigator app has? The one thing that everyone has to remember is as time progresses, APple will no doubt improve and enhance the Maps application. I am sure transit information for example will be forthcoming since that is a pretty significant piece that I am sure folks would use. On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:21 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, It has been a long day. I have installed iOS 6 on 8 devices and each has been extremely painful. Be that as it may, I just returned from testing the new Maps App with voice guided navigation. I only went a couple of blocks, walking, but it worked like a charm. One feature that I truly love is the ability to show a route in list mode. A T T Navigator offers a similar list but it is not VoiceOver accessible. I have not yet tested the Maps in a car yet but will do so tomorrow. Now I'm not saying that I would choose this app over my Humanware Trekker solution, but I may, if my current results hold, decide to unsubscribe from A T T Navigator, a service costing $9.95 a month. One thing that Navigator does offer, however, is an amazing points of interest list that I doubt the Maps app can offer. The great thing about iOS is that there is something for everyone. So, at your earliest convenience, jump in and give the new turn-by-turn directions a spin. Oh, keep in mind that this feature is for iPHone 4 S and iPhone 5, only. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com
Mark's iOS 6.0 Map App Walking Navigation Extended Results Report
Hello Everyone, NOTE 1: I just returned from over 90 minutes of using the iOS 6.0 Maps App, via VoiceOver, on my iPhone 4 S. I am extremely tired and uncomfortable as today is a particularly hot day here in southern California. Normally, I would post my results after a rest but want to report while the experience is still fresh in my mind. So, if the following comes across as curt, please accept my apology; I just want to get the facts, as I experienced them, to you. NOTE 2: Before heading out the door, I made sure my iPHone reported 100% battery level. I turned my WiFi off and rebooted the phone for good measure. NOTE 3: During the entire experience, my phone reported that I had a 4G connection. This connection was never lost as I live in a part of town that, for better or worse, is replete with A T T Wireless cell towers. NOTE 4: I only experimented with creating and using walking directions, not driving directions. NOTE 5: I did not use any Bluetooth connected accessories but, rather, only the included Apple headset that ships with the 4 S. NOTE 6: My initial positive test results, yesterday, were based on the fact that Siri correctly announced my approach to a street at the beginning of a short route. NOTE 7: While it is not my intention to draw comparisons between the iOS 6.0 Maps App and the Trekker Breeze, I will refer to the Breeze if for no other reason than to informs those who may not know, that such features exist in a GPS solution designed for the blind and low vision. Now that all that is out of the way let's get to it, shall we? 1. I live about a quarter of a mile from the nearest street that is mapped. As a result, when using my current location as the starting point, I could only create a route when standing in a certain position in my driveway. In order to consistently create a route, I had to walk up to the street that is mapped. While this is not a deal breaker, by any means, Trekker can provide off-map guidance. 2. My first experiment was to not create a route but, instead, set tracking to on plus headings and then just walk down the street. While Maps, as I will refer to it from this point forward, reported that I was approaching an intersection, it did not do so consistently. In fact, it inconsistently listed some streets while omitting others. I should also let you know that the accuracy of the street name announcements were dismal, at best. That is to say, as a low vision person, I could see the intersections and compare what I saw to when information was reported. It appeared to me that the longer I walked, the more inaccurate and/or sluggish Maps became. Please note that I conducted some experiments multiple times in order to discern any patterns. NOTE 8: Just in case you're wondering, there were no tall building, clouds, or any kind of obstructions blocking my view of the sky. NOTE 9: The compass, during all my experiments, was dead on. It was perfectly accurate and the most responsive. 3. Next, I created several walking routes. I deliberately chose destinations by which one may only travel in one direction. That is to say, all of the streets, along the route, dead-end into others. To my astonishment, Maps got them all wrong. In one test, the directions were reversed. For example instructing me to turn left when I could only turn right. In another experiment, it listed streets that were simply not there. 4. Whenever I attempted to view the list of directions, which by the way did not dynamically update, tracking would switch to off. This was maddening, to put it nicely. 5. When reporting my current location, compass headings notwithstanding, the only thing Maps consistently got right was the city. Sometimes it reported the correct street but not enough to trust, were I totally blind and in an unfamiliar environment. 6. Even though I have my screen brightness set to only 40%, at the end of the 90 minutes of walking, my battery level was 62%. In conclusion, based on what I experienced today, I would not recommend Maps as a GPS walking navigation solution for the blind and low vision on iPhone 4 S. It will be interesting to see how iPHone 5 does in comparison. I hope some of you find this report useful. As is always the case, your mileage may vary. Making a Joyful Noise, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Passbook issues
Hello Jenifer, Relax; it's not you. I, and countless others are having the exact same issue. There is a so-called workaround for this but the workaround did not work for me. Apple is well aware of this and I'm certain that a fix is in the works. Google the problem and you will discover the workaround which involves a couple of steps. This is not an accessibility issue. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenifer Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 7:10 PM To: The iPhone List List Subject: Passbook issues Hi all. I'm having an issue with the passbook app. Every time I go to connect to the app store, it says it can't connect. Yet, I am able to connect using other apps like the iTunes or the regular app store app. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Mark On iPhone 5 and 4 S
Hello Everyone, Yesterday, at 4:30am I was in a line at my local A T T Wireless store. I was 32nd in line. It was dark as the sun was not out but pleasant. I Learned that the first person in line had gotten their at 8:00pm the previous night. The store opened at 8:00am sharp and, surprisingly, I was in the store by 8:20am. I was all set to purchase a black 64GB iPhone 5. While the sales person was reviewing my account, etc, I took a look at the display model of the device. I held it next to my 4 S and, after turning VoiceOver on, began comparing various tests such as startup time, shutdown time, display scrolling, sound quality, etc. I was truly disappointed in what I discovered. I told the sales person to hold my iPhone 5 and help another customer while I spent some time with iPHone 5. I spent a total of 2 hours exploring the device. In the end, I decided not to buy the phone at this time, given that I am not eligible for the full upgrade discount and the facts that I could see no discernible different in phone speed between the 5 and the 4 S. Both the sales person and I were surprised at my decision. As I left the store, I expected to feel a pang of regret at not buying iPhone 5. To date, no such regret has been experienced (smile). One thing I've noticed since upgrading to iOS 6.0 on my 4 S, however, is the massive drain on battery power in comparison to iOS 5.x. Now this could be a game changer but not quite yet. I think I will wait to see if they fix this battery drain issue in the next/first update to iOS 6.0. If they do, great; if not, then I will definitely purchase iPhone 5. Congratulations to all you who have iPHone 5, it is truly the best device made by Apple, so far. I may join your number but, at present, I am content to remain a lowly iPhone 4 S man (Smile). Making a Joyful Noise, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
An Interesting Article for your Consideration: Has Apple Peaked?
Has Apple Peaked? By JOE NOCERA Published: September 21, 2012 If Steve Jobs were still alive, would the new map application on the iPhone 5 be such an unmitigated disaster? Interesting question, isn't it? As Apple's chief executive, Jobs was a perfectionist. He had no tolerance for corner-cutting or mediocre products. The last time Apple released a truly substandard product - MobileMe, in 2008 - Jobs gathered the team into an auditorium, berated them mercilessly and then got rid of the team leader in front of everybody, according to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs. The three devices that made Apple the most valuable company in America - the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad - were all genuine innovations that forced every other technology company to play catch-up. No doubt, the iPhone 5, which went on sale on Friday, will be another hit. Apple's halo remains powerful. But there is nothing about it that is especially innovative. Plus, of course, it has that nasty glitch. In rolling out a new operating system for the iPhone 5, Apple replaced Google's map application - the mapping gold standard - with its own, vastly inferior, application, which has infuriated its customers. With maps now such a critical feature of smartphones, it seems to be an inexplicable mistake. And maybe that's all it is - a mistake, soon to be fixed. But it is just as likely to turn out to be the canary in the coal mine. Though Apple will remain a highly profitable company for years to come, I would be surprised if it ever gives us another product as transformative as the iPhone or the iPad. Part of the reason is obvious: Jobs isn't there anymore. It is rare that a company is so completely an extension of one man's brain as Apple was an extension of Jobs. While he was alive, that was a strength; now it's a weakness. Apple's current executive team is no doubt trying to maintain the same demanding, innovative culture, but it's just not the same without the man himself looking over everybody's shoulder. If the map glitch tells us anything, it is that. But there is also a less obvious - yet possibly more important - reason that Apple's best days may soon be behind it. When Jobs returned to the company in 1997, after 12 years in exile, Apple was in deep trouble. It could afford to take big risks and, indeed, to search for a new business model, because it had nothing to lose. Fifteen years later, Apple has a hugely profitable business model to defend - and a lot to lose. Companies change when that happens. The business model becomes a gilded cage, and management won't do anything to challenge it, while doing everything they can to protect it, says Larry Keeley, an innovation strategist at Doblin, a consulting firm. It happens in every industry, but it is especially easy to see in technology because things move so quickly. It was less than 15 years ago that Microsoft appeared to be invincible. But once its Windows operating system and Office applications became giant moneymakers, Microsoft's entire strategy became geared toward protecting its two cash cows. It ruthlessly used its Windows platform to promote its own products at the expense of rivals. (The Microsoft antitrust trial took dead aim at that behavior.) Although Microsoft still makes billions, its new products are mainly me-too versions of innovations made by other companies. Now it is Apple's turn to be king of the hill - and, not surprisingly, it has begun to behave in a very similar fashion. You can see it in the patent litigation against Samsung, a costly and counterproductive exercise that has nothing to do with innovation and everything to do with protecting its turf. And you can see it in the decision to replace Google's map application. Once an ally, Google is now a rival, and the thought of allowing Google to promote its maps on Apple's platform had become anathema. More to the point, Apple wants to force its customers to use its own products, even when they are not as good as those from rivals. Once companies start acting that way, they become vulnerable to newer, nimbler competitors that are trying to create something new, instead of milking the old. Just ask BlackBerry, which once reigned supreme in the smartphone market but is now roadkill for Apple and Samsung. Even before Jobs died, Apple was becoming a company whose main goal was to defend its business model. Yes, he would never have allowed his minions to ship such an embarrassing application. But despite his genius, it is unlikely he could have kept Apple from eventually lapsing into the ordinary. It is the nature of capitalism that big companies become defensive, while newer rivals emerge with better, smarter ideas. Oh my god, read one Twitter message I saw. Apple maps is the worst ever. It is like using MapQuest on a BlackBerry. MapQuest and BlackBerry. Exactly. A version of this op-ed appeared in print on September 22, 2012, on page A23 of the New York edition with the headline: Has
iOS 6.0 VoiceOver Recent Call Bug Detected
Hello All, While I'm almost certain this has been discussed here on the list, I just noticed a VoiceOver Bug. If you can reproduce the bug, I strongly encourage you to either send a comment to accessibil...@apple.com or to call their accessibility number which is: 877-204-3930. Feel free to use any part of the following should you decide to send them an email: Mark iOS 6.0 VoiceOver Recent Call Bug Detected Hello, In iOS 6.0, there is a VoiceOver bug on the recent Call screen in the Phone App. The bug is that VoiceOver mistakenly announces missed call items as being Unsuccessful call items. To reproduce the bug, do the following: 1. Do not answer an incoming call. 2. Open the Phone App. 3. Select the Recent tab. 4. Browse the call list and VoiceOver will announce that the call you did not answer was Unsuccessful instead of Missed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
To Those Who Could Not Access Passbook in iOS 6.0
Hello Everyone, Just a short note to let you know that those of us who could not access the Passbook App at the launch of iOS 6.0, should now be up and running. Apple has been steadily updating the back end of the App Store so give it a try. If you are still denied access, give it another day or so then try again, OK? Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
A Comment On The Passbook App
Hi Everyone, You know, when Apple announced Passbook, I thought, among other things, one would be able to take whatever store reward cards, currently in one's possession, such as those issued by CVS Pharmacy, Krogers, The Vitamin Shop, etc, and either scan them into the App or enter any ID numbers that were associated with the Rewards card into the App. This is the case with one of my favorite free Apps called Key Ring. Passbook, however, requires that a company have some kind of association with the App Store. This makes things much more complicated and less desirable, in my opinion. I don't want to have to download a bunch of store apps that add all kinds of notifications and overhead to my phone just so I can save 10 cents. I realize that for all the automatic display features to work, some kind of infrastructure has to be maintained by the vendor and Apple but such an infrastructure is not necessary if one is content to manually open the Passbook in order to display the reward cards. In my local area, many restaurants offer rewards cards that I use on a regular basis. These mom and pop shops simply don't have enough time and/or money to invest in developing an App Store app. Allowing the manual entering and editing of a rewards card would have been a nice feature. Fortunately, there are apps such a Key Ring. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: iOS 6.0 VoiceOver Recent Call Bug Detected
Scott, to date, I have not engaged the Do Not Disturb Feature. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 6.0 VoiceOver Recent Call Bug Detected Mark, I see the same thing, but I wonder (and would have to do some additional testing), but perhaps there is some relationship to the do not disturb feature? As I looked at the log of calls it appeared some unsuccessful numbers may have been during the time I was trying the DN feature out. I am going to do some tests and see what happens. If my tests do not provide the anticipated results, then I will also file a bug report with Apple. On Sep 24, 2012, at 11:41 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello All, While I'm almost certain this has been discussed here on the list, I just noticed a VoiceOver Bug. If you can reproduce the bug, I strongly encourage you to either send a comment to accessibil...@apple.com or to call their accessibility number which is: 877-204-3930. Feel free to use any part of the following should you decide to send them an email: Mark iOS 6.0 VoiceOver Recent Call Bug Detected Hello, In iOS 6.0, there is a VoiceOver bug on the recent Call screen in the Phone App. The bug is that VoiceOver mistakenly announces missed call items as being Unsuccessful call items. To reproduce the bug, do the following: 1. Do not answer an incoming call. 2. Open the Phone App. 3. Select the Recent tab. 4. Browse the call list and VoiceOver will announce that the call you did not answer was Unsuccessful instead of Missed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: keyring
Hello Paula, Please accept my apology for not disclosing that the Key Ring app is currently not VoiceOver accessible. Sometimes, when writing posts, I neglect to mention that I use an app via the Zoom feature. I didn't used to do that but I'm getting older and ... (Smile). Anyway please forgive me and I will be much more careful in the details of my posts to the list. Most Sincerely, Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul and Paula Jordan Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: keyring Hi Mark and anyone else out there In ViPhone land, I just downloaded the keyring app and when I opened it I first got the questions about notifications and said no to that, but yes to the location services. After that I got a welcome message, but can’t do anything with it. There’s just the word Welcome. I’ve tried double tapping, flicking and swiping and about anything else I can think of. Any thoughts. Maybe I should have left the notifications alone. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. God bless! Paula and Babe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: A Comment On The Passbook App
Thank you, Scott. A website that allows one to create a passbook coupon is certainly a step in the right direction. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Comment On The Passbook App Mark, There actually is a website that will allow you to create your own coupons. Check out http://www.passsource.com. This site may be something smaller vendors could use. I created a pass for grins and it was pretty accessible and easy to send to myself. I am sure with time APple will find a way to work around having to download all these apps for various businesses just to allow users access via PassBook. I agree that having to download these apps would not make the experience very pleasant. On Sep 25, 2012, at 4:47 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hi Everyone, You know, when Apple announced Passbook, I thought, among other things, one would be able to take whatever store reward cards, currently in one's possession, such as those issued by CVS Pharmacy, Krogers, The Vitamin Shop, etc, and either scan them into the App or enter any ID numbers that were associated with the Rewards card into the App. This is the case with one of my favorite free Apps called Key Ring. Passbook, however, requires that a company have some kind of association with the App Store. This makes things much more complicated and less desirable, in my opinion. I don't want to have to download a bunch of store apps that add all kinds of notifications and overhead to my phone just so I can save 10 cents. I realize that for all the automatic display features to work, some kind of infrastructure has to be maintained by the vendor and Apple but such an infrastructure is not necessary if one is content to manually open the Passbook in order to display the reward cards. In my local area, many restaurants offer rewards cards that I use on a regular basis. These mom and pop shops simply don't have enough time and/or money to invest in developing an App Store app. Allowing the manual entering and editing of a rewards card would have been a nice feature. Fortunately, there are apps such a Key Ring. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Translation app.
Hello Allison, My favorite totally VoiceOver accessible Translation App for iOS is Jibbigo. I was a beta tester years ago when it was first developed and I am so happy to report that they have maintained accessibility for the blind and low vision. I use both the English to Spanish and English to Japanese translators on a weekly basis and find it truly amazing. In fact, just last night I was talking to someone who is a native Spanish speaker. She was trying to express a particularly complex sentence; so, I whipped out my iPhone 4 S running iOS 6.0, launched the app, tapped the appropriate button, had her speak into the iPhone and, bam, her words came to me in English. The website for the company which provides all the info, including video tutorials, is located at: http://www.jibbigo.com Enjoy, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Mervis Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:29 PM To: Viphone@Googlegroups.Com Viphone@Googlegroups.Com Subject: Translation app. Hi everyone. I work as a rehabilitation counselor in California, and I'd like to find a translation app which will help me to communicate with monolingual Spanish speaking clients. Ideally, I'd like to find something in which I could type an English phrase, and have it read in correctly pronounced Spanish. This way they'll know what I'm trying to say without me mangling it, and I can work on my Spanish at the same time. Does such an app exist, and if so, is it accessible? Thanks. Allison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem
Hello Iona, Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. I discovered it a couple of days ago. To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:31 AM To: Viphone Subject: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem Hi, Does anyone have a problem sending messages with Siri? I am having trouble telling it that it is okay and go ahead and send it Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
No, it only happens in the given scenario I described, that is to say initiating siri from either a locked screen or the launch pad. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 Hi Mark, I haven't seen this bug at all since updating to IOS 6. I wonder, does this happen when sending regular texts and iMessages? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
Hello Richard, It happens even when I have auto-lock set to never. I wonder if this just occurs on iPHone 4 S? After I installed iOS 6.0, I restored my phone from a previous backup. Perhaps this could be the culprit? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 It sounds like he has the auto lock feature turned on. For those not having this problem, do you have auto lock enabled? I never use auto lock, so this isn't an issue for me. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 Hi Mark, I haven't seen this bug at all since updating to IOS 6. I wonder, does this happen when sending regular texts and iMessages? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem
Hello Raul, Wow! That did it. I turned off VoiceOver before initiating the text message and Siri worked like a charm. In fact, the entire process is automated. There is no need to press the button to reply to Siri prompts. Thank you for this workaround. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem I've had better success in turning off voice over first and then using Siri like a sighted person to send texts. So, if I really want to use her, I turn off voice over, I press and hold home. When it beeps I say text blah and the message. she responds with the message and if she should send it, I simply say yes without having to tap the listen button and it gets sent. Although i like Siri very much for many things, I can honestly say that texting isn't one of them. But as I said, when I do, this is what works better. -- Raul A. Gallegos That awkward moment when you try to pull open a drawer and the knob comes off. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 9/27/2012 3:07 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Iona, Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. I discovered it a couple of days ago. To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:31 AM To: Viphone Subject: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem Hi, Does anyone have a problem sending messages with Siri? I am having trouble telling it that it is okay and go ahead and send it Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
Kawal, The launch pad is the icon grid that is displayed after unlocking the screen, assuming that no apps are in focus. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 What do you mean the Launch pad Mark? On 27 Sep 2012, at 21:22, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Richard, It happens even when I have auto-lock set to never. I wonder if this just occurs on iPHone 4 S? After I installed iOS 6.0, I restored my phone from a previous backup. Perhaps this could be the culprit? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 It sounds like he has the auto lock feature turned on. For those not having this problem, do you have auto lock enabled? I never use auto lock, so this isn't an issue for me. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 Hi Mark, I haven't seen this bug at all since updating to IOS 6. I wonder, does this happen when sending regular texts and iMessages? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You
RE: How about a new use for Seri.
Hi Richard, What is the phrase sequence to get Siri to create/save a note? Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: How about a new use for Seri. Unless I am completely missing your point, you have been able to dictate notes to Siri since the beginning. Assuming you have Notes syncing with the Cloud, that is a done deal. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How about a new use for Seri. Hello everyone. How about a new use for Seri when he/she is in a mood to work! How about if Apple introduced a new feature where you dictated notes to Seri and then Seri saved your note for you in your notes in the Cloud rather than you having to type your notes? Just a thought. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem
Hi Ioana, I have enough residual vision to see the display screen. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem Hi, Thanks for the detailed explanation. How did you know that the screen locked? I am completely blind and did not hear a screen locked announcement. Basically what happens is I get to the prompt where siri asks if she should send and I say send. More often than not not she says something like: you said send. I did not understand send. It is in fact like she forgot the previous conversation. Wil definitely report this to apple. Best, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:07 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Iona, Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. I discovered it a couple of days ago. To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:31 AM To: Viphone Subject: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem Hi, Does anyone have a problem sending messages with Siri? I am having trouble telling it that it is okay and go ahead and send it Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
Hello John, Thanks for reporting in. I can reproduce this issue time and time again. I am so glad that virtually no one, besides iOana and I, is experiencing this. Frankly, given how well Siri creates and sends messages with VoiceOver turned off, I'll probably use that method until all works well. All I can add is that I had some serious problems installing iOS 6.0 on my 4 S; perhaps some unknown gremlin found his way into my device. When I have enough energy and time, I will probably reinstall iOS 6.0 via iTunes instead of over-the-air and see what happens. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 I am not seeing this. I just tried it twice without the screen locking. I am having a strange issue in which I sometimes tell SIRI to send a text and the screen to cancel, send or reply is shown again. I then have to tell her to send it a second time before it will go. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com Twitter, @macfortheblind APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:14 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: No, it only happens in the given scenario I described, that is to say initiating siri from either a locked screen or the launch pad. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 Hi Mark, I haven't seen this bug at all since updating to IOS 6. I wonder, does this happen when sending regular texts and iMessages? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en
RE: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0
Scott, You're a genius You are absolutely correct It never occurred to me to try sending without my headset. When I removed the headset and used the speaker phone, I got the same results as everyone else. So, the bug clearly exists with the headphones plugged in. I'm hoping that all those who said they could not produce the bug will attempt to do so with their headphones plugged in and then, perhaps, they will report to Apple. Thank you, Scott. Most Sincerely, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 I have found this problem only exists when using headphones. I have conducted tests with and without headphones and I am using a pair of Bose headphones. I suspect the problem exists only with headphones unless someone has found something different. On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:58 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: I am not seeing this. I just tried it twice without the screen locking. I am having a strange issue in which I sometimes tell SIRI to send a text and the screen to cancel, send or reply is shown again. I then have to tell her to send it a second time before it will go. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com Twitter, @macfortheblind APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:14 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: No, it only happens in the given scenario I described, that is to say initiating siri from either a locked screen or the launch pad. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Generated Text Messages Bug Discovered in iOS 6.0 Hi Mark, I haven't seen this bug at all since updating to IOS 6. I wonder, does this happen when sending regular texts and iMessages? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not matter how long the auto-lock is set. NOTE 1: If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, will time out before the message can be sent. To create the bug, do the following: NOTE 2: I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to interact with Siri. 1. Launch Siri and say something like, Send a message to Mark Taylor. Siri will reply with something like, You said, send a message to Mark Taylor. OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like it to say? At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and Siri will say something like, To, Mark Taylor. 2. Initiate the Siri command and say something like, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. Siri will respond with something like, You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send. NOTE 3: For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, after initiating Siri and saying, Send, Siri will respond with something like, You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you, only to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug to either send a message to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com or call their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. Please feel free to use any part of this post. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone
Siri Now Works In iOS 6.0 In Allowing ATT Wireless Subscribers To Selectively Display Caller ID
Hello Everyone, The following article was just posted to the Candle Shore BLOG. I hope you find it useful. Mark ARTICLE: Siri Now Works In iOS 6.0 In Allowing ATT Wireless Subscribers To Selectively Display Caller ID By Mark Taylor Hello All, I am delighted to report that with the release of Apple's iOS 6.0, Siri enabled devices such as iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, can now dial Contacts whose telephone numbers contain special symbols, such as those used to selectively display Caller ID on the ATT Wireless network. Although I do not recommend it, ATT Wireless customers can now send text messages to telephone numbers containing the Display Caller ID symbols, as well. The following are updated instructions that describe how to implement selective Caller ID on the ATT Wireless network: At the time of this post, there are only two privacy settings from which you may choose when making a telephone call in iOS 6.0, to either show your outgoing Caller ID or to BLOCK/hide your outgoing Caller ID. Whichever you choose, there is no officially supported method to override the selected setting for each person in your Contacts list. For the record, I, like thousands of others, strongly urge Apple to tame this particular white elephant that has taken up residence in its proverbial orchard. To override iOS 6.0 Caller ID settings, do the following: NOTE 1: The following assumes that iOS 6.0 is set to BLOC/hide outgoing Caller ID. NOTE 2: The following has been verified for iOS 6.0. NOTE 3: The following has been verified on the ATT Wireless Network, only. 1. From the Contact List, select a Contact to whom you wish to display your Caller ID. 2. In the telephone number Edit Field, insert the prefix *31# before the telephone number. For example, *31#(888) 555-1212 3. Save the changes. NOTE 4: You may direct dial a telephone number using this prefix, as well. NOTE 5: Although not recommended, after adding the above listed prefix to a Contact telephone number, you will still be able to send a text message to that telephone number. NOTE 6: Since using a prefix in a Contact telephone number will prevent the Contact from being displayed during an incoming call, I suggest that you add an additional telephone number to the Contact mirroring the original telephone number but without the prefix. For example: Contact Name: Mark Taylor Mobile: *31#(888) 555-1212 Other: (888) 555-1212 This will allow the Contact to be displayed during an incoming call and provide a valid (recommended) number to which you may send text messages. NOTE 7: At the time of this post, you can now use Siri to dial a telephone number containing [*31#]. NOTE 8: If Siri is turned off on your iPhone, then you can, as always, use the standard iOS Voice Commander, found in both the current and previous versions of iOS, to auto-dial a Contact's telephone number even if said telephone number includes the [*31#] prefix. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
ARTICLE: ATT's off-contract iPhone 5 can be unlocked with an easy reset
ATT's off-contract iPhone 5 can be unlocked with an easy reset Off-contract ATT iPhone owners can skip waiting for the carrier to unlock their smartphones (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET ) One would think that if you bought an iPhone 5 at full price and off-contract that it would already be unlocked. Apparently, that is only partially correct. While Verizon sells Apple's next-generation smartphone at full price already unlocked out of the box, that is apparently not the case with ATT. Normally, ATT customers who opt to pay the full $649 price instead of agreeing to a two-year contract for a subsidized iPhone must follow a lengthy process to get handset unlocked. Those ATT customers must fill out a Web form, send a fax to ATT, and wait as long as a week for word on whether it will allow the device to be unlocked. However, it now appears that unsubsidized ATT iPhones ship unlocked and that off-contract customers can save a lot of hassle and time by simply restoring the device in iTunes. This little bypass was first reported by Tech Crunch, which says it confirmed the process with ATT technical support and successfully reset an iPhone 5 with a T-Mobile SIM card, getting the usual unlock message: Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked. iPhone users can confirm the unlock by swapping in another GSM-compatible SIM card, Tech Crunch's Romain Dillet explained: After receiving the notification my new iPhone was unlocked, I cut a micro-SIM card into the shape of a nano-SIM by using the ATT SIM card that was already in the iPhone 5 as a guide. The most difficult part was to make it narrower so that you can close the tiny nano-SIM tray, though some have reported that this step may be optional. In a couple of seconds, the iPhone was able to pick up the T-Mobile network, and calls and EDGE data connectivity worked as expected. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
article: iPhone 5 honeymoon over already?
article: iPhone 5 honeymoon over already? week in review Owners of the new smartphone find a litany of fault with the new device, while Apple grapples with map miscues. CNET News: After just a week on the market, the iPhone 5 has owners writing up a laundry list of faults with the new device. Soon after the iPhone 5 went on sale last Friday, users started filling up discussion forums and social networks with reports of scratches and nicks on their brand-new phones. People say they've noticed the defects around the aluminum band surrounding the phone, with the issue more visible on the black version of the new iPhone. Those complaints don't appear to bother Apple. Any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color, Apple Senior Marketing VP Phil Schiller said in an e-mail, according to 9to5Mac. That is normal. Apple seems much more taken aback by the flap over its iOS 6 Maps app -- so much so that CEO Tim Cook on Friday took the startling step, for Apple, of issuing a major mea culpa for falling short of delivering the best possible experience. We are extremely sorry, Cook wrote, for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better. But back to the iPhone: A purple halo also seems to plaguing some iPhone 5 owners, reportedly occurring on photographs if you aim your iPhone 5 camera toward a bright light source such as the sun or an incandescent light. If you then move the camera so the light source is off-screen, a purple halo effect can be seen through the camera. That effect also shows up on any pictures that are taken. Users are also complaining of lines of static appearing across their keyboard as they type. But the problem seems to occur only when they enter their passwords at the App Store or iTunes store. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Aluminum versus Glass iPHone, Just a Comment
Hello Everyone, I was in my local A T T Wireless Store assisting a friend in upgrading her iPhone 4 to an iPHone 4 S. While we were waiting for a representative, I took the opportunity to explore iPHone 5, again. You know what? NO matter how much Apple tries to spin it, the iPHone 5 feels like a more cheaply made device than the 4 or the 4 S. Say what you will but there is something special about that glass finish that is lost with iPHone 5. Perhaps most people keep their phones in a case so it matters little to them but to me, what put iPHone a cut above the rest has been lost with iPhone 5, in terms of tactile satisfaction. Also, from a visual perspective, the aluminum, to my poor old eyes anyway, lacks that special sparkling gleam that made me so glad I own an iPhone. For the first time in my wireless life, I am so happy I do not have the latest and greatest. As is always the case, this is just my opinion so please be kind (Smile). Making a Joyful Noise, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Face TIme over 3G for those who live in the U.S
Bravo, Scott. I will file a complaint, as well. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 12:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Face TIme over 3G for those who live in the U.S Hi all, Anyone who has ATT without a shared data plan is likely aware they cannot use Face TIme over the 3G network. Although I do not believe I would use Face TIme for general conversation, I believe there are cases where it may be valuable. Obviously there are services such as Skype which apparently ATT does not block. Now with that said I decided to file a complaint with the FCC which is the regulatory agency for all things related to communications such as wireless etc. in the United States. I decided to file the complaint because there is no technical reason for ATT to block Face TIme over the 3G network and especially if they do not block Skype. My understanding is that Verizon Wireless does not block Face Time and mor does Sprint. I believe that ATT has taken this position for one of two reasons and one of which is surely monetary. So, why do I bring this up? Because I wanted to let anyone who has considered filing a complaint that ATT will respond. The best part is I have received an initial verbal response which is exactly what I expected. THe conversation can be best summed up as to bad. There was absolutely no point in having a conversation with ATT because despite the fact I pointed out the obvious fact they do not block Skype or any other VOIP service or placed any special restrictions on such services, they have blocked Face Time. I even pointed out how Face TIme could be useful in some circumstances for an individual with a visual impairment which incidentally is a true statement. So, I anticipate that although ATT has taken this position for now they will continue to face a great deal of pressure from individuals and groups to change their position. The good thing is there are other avenues and options. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Aluminum versus Glass iPHone, Just a Comment
Hi Phillip, You know, I have heard so many people say that they used to drop their glass finished iPhones. In fact, the web is replete with such complaints from all over the world. To date, I have yet to drop my glass finished iPhone. I am clearly the odd-man out on this issue. (smile). Oh well, it's nice to be unique (even bigger smile). Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PHILLIP TRACY Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 12:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Aluminum versus Glass iPHone, Just a Comment I'm sorry to say, that my opinion is exact and completely opposite yours. Everything you said about the 4S, I didn't like. I am extremely happy with the new iPhone 5's design. I dropped my 4S all the time, and I have yet to drop the five. I believe it's much lighter and much better design. It is not flimsy, but very sturdy. I'm sorry you felt differently. Phillip Tracy Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 1, 2012, at 1:41 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I was in my local A T T Wireless Store assisting a friend in upgrading her iPhone 4 to an iPHone 4 S. While we were waiting for a representative, I took the opportunity to explore iPHone 5, again. You know what? NO matter how much Apple tries to spin it, the iPHone 5 feels like a more cheaply made device than the 4 or the 4 S. Say what you will but there is something special about that glass finish that is lost with iPHone 5. Perhaps most people keep their phones in a case so it matters little to them but to me, what put iPHone a cut above the rest has been lost with iPhone 5, in terms of tactile satisfaction. Also, from a visual perspective, the aluminum, to my poor old eyes anyway, lacks that special sparkling gleam that made me so glad I own an iPhone. For the first time in my wireless life, I am so happy I do not have the latest and greatest. As is always the case, this is just my opinion so please be kind (Smile). Making a Joyful Noise, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality
Hello Everyone, To date, I have had no fewer than 10 conversations with 7 people via their new iPhone 5s. I am amazed at the outstanding voice call quality of the iPhone 5 as heard from my end. Simply stated, I was unable to tell that they were not on a land-line. Regardless of the hardware difference, iOS bugs, etc, the iPHone 5 is, in my opinion, a superior product in terms of wireless call quality. Bravo to Apple on this feature. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality
Hello Grant, Well, that is a good question, my friend. I can definitely say A T T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. I don't know if any of them have Sprint. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 5:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Hi Mark, Thanks for the interesting observation. Can you give us an idea of which carriers the people were using? Grant On 10/1/12, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Les, I can only speak from the perspective of being on the listening end of an iPhone 5 connection as I do not own one. I have experienced superior call quality when the iPhone 5 caller is or is not using the iPhone 5 speaker phone. By the way, I noticed a vast improvement when iPhone 5 caller uses the new Ear Pods, as well. This weekend, I went to the Apple store and purchased a pair for my iPhone 4 S. Those with whom I have spoken, via my new Ear Pods report a definite increase in both call volume and quality as a result. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Mark, I'm curious. How do you find the quality of the call when you are on speaker. I have a for ass and I've had many difficulties using the speakerphone. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To date, I have had no fewer than 10 conversations with 7 people via their new iPhone 5s. I am amazed at the outstanding voice call quality of the iPhone 5 as heard from my end. Simply stated, I was unable to tell that they were not on a land-line. Regardless of the hardware difference, iOS bugs, etc, the iPHone 5 is, in my opinion, a superior product in terms of wireless call quality. Bravo to Apple on this feature. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality
Hello Lynn, Assuming that you are not eligible for a full upgrade, I would suggest, that before investing in iPhone 5, you consider purchasing a pair of the new Earpods, for approximately 30 USD. The Earpods have a bigger microphone and may increase your recording success. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 5:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Gosh Mark, your message makes me curious to know if the improved volume and sound quality would apply to recordings made with the iphone 5 as well as the call quality. I wonder about this because I tend to be a bit softspoken and on my 4S, I could never get my recordings to be loud enough, no matter which recording app I tried. I too am on the fence about whether or not to upgrade, but if I could make better recordings with the 5 than I can currently with the 4S, that might be at least one more selling point. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 18:24, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Les, I can only speak from the perspective of being on the listening end of an iPhone 5 connection as I do not own one. I have experienced superior call quality when the iPhone 5 caller is or is not using the iPhone 5 speaker phone. By the way, I noticed a vast improvement when iPhone 5 caller uses the new Ear Pods, as well. This weekend, I went to the Apple store and purchased a pair for my iPhone 4 S. Those with whom I have spoken, via my new Ear Pods report a definite increase in both call volume and quality as a result. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Mark, I'm curious. How do you find the quality of the call when you are on speaker. I have a for ass and I've had many difficulties using the speakerphone. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To date, I have had no fewer than 10 conversations with 7 people via their new iPhone 5s. I am amazed at the outstanding voice call quality of the iPhone 5 as heard from my end. Simply stated, I was unable to tell that they were not on a land-line. Regardless of the hardware difference, iOS bugs, etc, the iPHone 5 is, in my opinion, a superior product in terms of wireless call quality. Bravo to Apple on this feature. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality
You are quite welcome, Les. I suggest that you invite an iPHone 5 owner to give you a call so you can judge the call quality for yourself. Like beauty is to the eye, call quality is to the ear of the beholder (smile). Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 4:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Thanks Mark. I have a 4S and am eligible to upgrade to the 5. I'm really on the fence, but if the call quality was that much better, especially using speaker, that could be the difference maker to spring for it. Les On Oct 1, 2012, at 6:24 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Les, I can only speak from the perspective of being on the listening end of an iPhone 5 connection as I do not own one. I have experienced superior call quality when the iPhone 5 caller is or is not using the iPhone 5 speaker phone. By the way, I noticed a vast improvement when iPhone 5 caller uses the new Ear Pods, as well. This weekend, I went to the Apple store and purchased a pair for my iPhone 4 S. Those with whom I have spoken, via my new Ear Pods report a definite increase in both call volume and quality as a result. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazing iPhone 5 Call Quality Mark, I'm curious. How do you find the quality of the call when you are on speaker. I have a for ass and I've had many difficulties using the speakerphone. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, To date, I have had no fewer than 10 conversations with 7 people via their new iPhone 5s. I am amazed at the outstanding voice call quality of the iPhone 5 as heard from my end. Simply stated, I was unable to tell that they were not on a land-line. Regardless of the hardware difference, iOS bugs, etc, the iPHone 5 is, in my opinion, a superior product in terms of wireless call quality. Bravo to Apple on this feature. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
A Question About The Latest Version of the Messaging App on Both iOS and Mac
Hello Everyone, I am posting this to both lists. I just updated my Mac, today, to the latest version. In the release notes, it states that the latest version of the Messaging App now allows for people to send messages to your phone number and you will see them on your Mac. I Interpret this to mean that, assuming you are using iMessage on your iOS device and, assuming that you are signed into the same iCloud account on both your Mac and iOS device, you should see incoming messages sent to your iOS phone number, on the Mac, in the Messages app, as well as on your phone. Am I wrong? I just received a text message from a fellow iOS iMessage user on my phone but it did not show up in the Messages app on my Mac. Do I need to enable something new in order to get this to work? All feedback welcomed. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: A Question About The Latest Version of the Messaging App on Both iOS and Mac
Neil, In which Messages app are you referring? the one on the Mac or the one on the phone. Mark On Oct 8, 2012, at 2:07 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav for...@talknav.com wrote: Mark. In the Messages App preferences you have to check the box for your cell number to receive them on your Mac, I have done this and now when someone SMS's me using my cell number it comes through on my Mac as well. On 8 Oct 2012, at 04:17, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I am posting this to both lists. I just updated my Mac, today, to the latest version. In the release notes, it states that the latest version of the Messaging App now allows for people to send messages to your phone number and you will see them on your Mac. I Interpret this to mean that, assuming you are using iMessage on your iOS device and, assuming that you are signed into the same iCloud account on both your Mac and iOS device, you should see incoming messages sent to your iOS phone number, on the Mac, in the Messages app, as well as on your phone. Am I wrong? I just received a text message from a fellow iOS iMessage user on my phone but it did not show up in the Messages app on my Mac. Do I need to enable something new in order to get this to work? All feedback welcomed. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
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