Location tracking and Google now

2013-12-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I finally got around to activating Google now on my iPhone. Much to my surprise, even with the app removed from the app switcher, location tracking is still on. This remains true even after a reboot. Why is this, and how can I stop it? Not amused. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- You

Re: Location tracking and Google now

2013-12-25 Thread Mary Otten
Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Dec 21, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I finally got around to activating Google now on my iPhone. Much to my surprise, even with the app removed from the app switcher, location tracking is still

otterbox iPhone 5 defender case on an iPhone s

2014-01-06 Thread Mary Otten
. Has anybody else experienced this? Is there a tridk to it? Or does it just not quite line up right? I've been told that the case should work fine, except that the finger print censor won't work right, which he doesn't care about. Thanks. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Re: why an ipad mini?

2014-01-06 Thread Mary Otten
The iPad mini speakers have more base and can go louder than the iPhone. Just as the iPhone has more bass then the iPod touch. My husband has an iPad air. But I really haven't heard it that much. He does not use voiceover. It does seem to have more full sound than the many, but not by a whole

Re: why an ipad mini?

2014-01-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Ricardo, Like you, I am a recent owner of an iPad mini, and I love it. I use it for lots of media consumption. I had thought about getting a MacBook air. But now I have this iPad, and I really don't see the need for an MBA. I'm curious which case you have with the keyboard. I've tried a

Re: iPad mini with retina volume problem

2014-01-06 Thread Mary Otten
Unfortunately, the solution is to reset your iPad mini. Then make sure you take volume out of the rotor. They haven't fixed the problem yet at Apple. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list I recall that there was a discussion about

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-17 Thread Mary Otten
I don't know about the books share books, but Sally and Joey are available for Kindle fire HDX TTS. I forget which one comes as a default, I think it is Sally. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Russ Kiehne russ94...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-17 Thread Mary Otten
when Sally first came out, I heard people saying how much they liked her. My reaction to her was quite different. She sounds entirely too perky. I don't need a 15-year-old valley girl reading me my texts. Smile. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Richard Turner

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-17 Thread Mary Otten
I admit that the Amy Voice did an amazing job with that text, but I still like James. I am waiting for Kendra, my favorite Ivone a voice. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-17 Thread Mary Otten
For those who like Kendra, unless it's just me, that voice is coming to voice dream reader. Winston said more voices are on the way, and I specifically asked about Kendra when I got that response. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com

Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0

2014-03-17 Thread Mary Otten
Alex, As I noted earlier in a Nother message on this thread, I have every reason to think Kendra will be offered in Voice Dream. Winston seemed to be indicating that when he responded to my message about Kendra not being available at present. I certainly have high hopes. Mary Sent from my

Can't download from book share using voice dream reader

2014-03-18 Thread Mary Otten
Sent from my iPhone hi all, Since upgrading to the latest voice dream reader, I am not able to download using book share. Every time I try to download a book, the app crashes and I'm back on my home screen. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Mary -- The following information is

More on my voice dream book share downloading issue

2014-03-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I did some more experimenting, and it turns out that the download problem happens if my selected folder is something other than the all items folder. I have a cookbooks folder. When I first open that folder, and then select ad, book share, search, and then find something to download, I

Re: More on my voice dream book share downloading issue

2014-03-19 Thread Mary Otten
Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More on my voice dream book share downloading issue Hi all, I did some more experimenting, and it turns out

Re: iOS 7.1

2014-03-20 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Richard, for pointing out the restoration of the ability to go line by line with your finger in iBooks. I checked the rotor to see if he lines setting had been restored. And it had not. So I just figured the ability to go down the screen also had not been. Very nice surprise. Mary

Re: line by line was Re: iOS 7.1

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
, and be nothing. - Aristotle On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: In iBooks, does this line by line also work on PDF documents now or just on ibook books? Thanks, Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Mary Otten motte

Re: line by line was Re: iOS 7.1

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
? Thanks, Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Richard, for pointing out the restoration of the ability to go line by line with your finger in iBooks. I checked the rotor to see if he lines setting

Re: fantastical 2 calendar app

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
hi Richard, I just downloaded Fantastical 2 for my iPhone. I am curious if you have used it with Siri. Does that work for setting appointments, reminders, etc.? Or do you have to do with the good old-fashioned way. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2014, at 7:04 AM, Candy

Can't delete apps from folders on my iPad mini

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I want to clean out some apps from the radio folder. These are older apps that I no longer use. I thought I should be able to double tap and hold on an app and then move it outside of the folder. And then I should be able to delete it in the usual way. But I can't move apps out of the

Re: line by line was Re: iOS 7.1

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
, and be nothing. - Aristotle On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: In iBooks, does this line by line also work on PDF documents now or just on ibook books? Thanks, Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Mary Otten motte

Re: line by line was Re: iOS 7.1

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
wrote: In iBooks, does this line by line also work on PDF documents now or just on ibook books? Thanks, Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Richard, for pointing out the restoration of the ability

Re: ipad 1

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Robert, I still have an old iPad one. It is stuck in iOS 5. If that doesn't bother you, and the price is cheap enough, why not? I suppose it depends on what you want to do with the device and how long you expect it to last. For instance, I can still read the books, Kindle books, and audible

Re: Can't delete apps from folders on my iPad mini

2014-03-24 Thread Mary Otten
of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Mar 21, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I want to clean out some apps from the radio folder. These are older apps that I no longer use. I thought I should be able to double tap and hold on an app and then move

Re: Creating collections with the kindle app

2014-03-31 Thread Mary Otten
added to that cookbooks collection are still listed in the main area. To be sure, they are also in cookbooks. But I find the fact that amazon keeps them in the main area to be a serious disadvantage of their organization over that of iBooks. I hope that helps some. Mary Mary Otten motte

looking at team schedules in at bat 14 on the iPad Mini

2014-03-31 Thread Mary Otten
yet. How can I get past this screen to either see more games in future months or to see the schedules for my other 2 teams in favorites? All forms of 3 finger scrolling don't do anything. What am I missing? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all

Ms Office 365 on iPad

2014-03-31 Thread Mary Otten
it as an in app subscription but might be wrong. My husband just put the app on his iPad, and VO did read the text in his saved document that he opened. He isn't a VO user, but he just turned it on temporarily to see if it would read the text and the controls, which it did. Mary Mary Otten motte

Re: Ms Office 365 on iPad

2014-04-02 Thread Mary Otten
Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 3/30/2014 7:21 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Maybe this is old news. But I just found out that you can get MS Office apps free on the iPad. That is, if you have an office 365 subscription, the iPad app accesses the documents you have in the cloud, and you can

Re: AtBat condensed games, do they have sound?

2014-04-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Paul, Yes, the condensed game I tried to watch had no sound. Totally not helpful. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions

Re: voicedream and Ivona voices

2014-04-09 Thread Mary Otten
Actually, it is not true that a capela and neospeech are the only voices you can buy. You can also buy some Ivona voices, and more are supposedly on the way. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members

Re: Question About Voice Dream

2014-04-29 Thread Mary Otten
Unless you strip the drm from kindle books and make them in to epubs, using an application such as caliber, you can't read Kindle, or any other drm protected items in voice dream. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All

Re: Voice Dream update with Ivona voices

2014-05-06 Thread Mary Otten
out there at this point. Unfortunately, since bookshare has no books in Russian, it doesn't seem like this voice will be all that useful for me at this time, unless there is some way of getting Voice Dream to access websites. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information

Re: Voice Dream update with Ivona voices

2014-05-06 Thread Mary Otten
, at 11:19 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I immediately installed the update and purchased the Kendra voice. Now I have no more use for the bookshare reading app on android. If Apple would let us use the voices in VDR for other apps, I would have no use for any android

Re: Instapaper in Voice Dream not working so well

2014-05-09 Thread Mary Otten
Alex, I don't use instipaper with VDR, but could it be that you need to delete the articles from within VDR, just as you do books or pdf files you have imported? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new

Re: Voicedream Reader and MP3 audio books

2014-05-09 Thread Mary Otten
I don't know if this works for Audiobooks, because I don't use Voice Dream for those. But for textbooks, when a book is playing, flick up or down on the play button to move backwards or forwards by the navigation unit you have previously set. Mary Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2014, at

Re: Instapaper in Voice Dream not working so well

2014-05-10 Thread Mary Otten
iPad On May 9, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Possibly, but even if I do, I consider that to be a bug. That would be a few hundred articles overall, which is not going to happen. On May 8, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, I don't use

voice dream reader, changing voice

2014-05-19 Thread Mary Otten
way, I'm not seeing it. What am I missing? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list

Re: voice dream reader, changing voice

2014-05-22 Thread Mary Otten
or slower speech rate, if you wanted to. On May 18, 2014, at 12:24 AM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't know why, but I thought I read somewhere that you are able to assign a voice to a particular item. So for instance, you have James as your default voice

Locking orientation on a new iPhone

2014-05-26 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I just got a new iPhone 5s. And I noticed that when I open the mail app, orientation changes to landscape. I don't want that. And I can't remember how to lock orientation. It used to be that you did it with the button on the side of the phone, but that does not work now. I have looked

Re: KNFB Reader for the iPhone

2014-06-02 Thread Mary Otten
Well, if they came out with an app that enabled me to orient the scanner correctly and enabled me to get good scans in the multicolumn things like menus, plus save multiple page documents, I would be willing to pay as much as I paid for the Abbey fine reader product on my Mac. I have had horrid

Re: KNFB Reader for the iPhone

2014-06-02 Thread Mary Otten
I went to their website, blind bargains, that is. And there is a one-liner there that references three sessions at the NFB convention that are going to talk about this app. Mary Sent from my iPhone On May 30, 2014, at 3:15 PM, Desi Noller desi.nol...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. I did too, and

Re: Accessibility Features in iOS8

2014-06-06 Thread Mary Otten
I am still holding out hope for being able to use voices system wide. Perhaps this is my programming ignorance showing, but since the system seems to be more extensible now, I am hoping that the voices you have, say, in Voice Dream reader, will become available to voiceover or other apps. Time

Re: Amazon Music

2014-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
, not on my iPhone 4S. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel

Latest kindle update

2014-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
I just saw a tweet stating that the latest update for the Kindle app for iPhone is atrocious for voiceover. Has anybody tried the app? The tweet gave no details. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the

Why does my iPhone still say Verizon?

2014-06-21 Thread Mary Otten
I recently got an iPhone 5s. I kept my old for S, but of course it is no longer on the Verizon network. However, in the status bar, it still says Verizon network and gives me how many bars of signal strength I have. I would assume that this means there is battery drainage happening because the

Re: Voicedream Reader and Audible

2014-07-01 Thread Mary Otten
I think audible books are encrypted in some way, aren't they? So wouldn't you need more than just access to the file for a 3rd party app such as voice dream? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members

accessing another country's app store

2014-07-01 Thread Mary Otten
. I assume this is because they're trying to take me to the Russian app store, and of course, I'm in the U.S., so that doesn't work. I'd like to get this app, but a search on the U.S. store for 101.ru, the website in question, comes up empty. Any ideas? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com

Re: Problem updating Voice Dream Reader on my ipad

2014-07-01 Thread Mary Otten
I got the VDR update without incident last evening on both my iPad mini and my 5S. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions

voice dream update

2014-07-01 Thread Mary Otten
, stating that he's on vacation or something like that. Hopefully, this is just a weird app store glitch. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any

girafe scanner stand

2014-07-08 Thread Mary Otten
? I've certainly had poor luck with ocr and my phone when not using a stand. I gather that the demo for the knfb was not using a stand but am not sure. In any case, I'd be interested to hear peoples' experiences with the giraffe. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information

Re: KNFB Reader App

2014-07-08 Thread Mary Otten
I don't think speed is the only issue here. If it really can do PowerPoint slides, as they claim, and if it gets better results is it so picky, then it would probably be worth for some people. I have never had good results with an OCR app on my phone. If I could get decent results with this

Re: KNFB Reader App

2014-07-08 Thread Mary Otten
Apple does not allow trials, do they? I thought that has been a long-standing Apple policy. So if there is no trial, it is not KN FB's fault. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com wrote: The demo was impressive, but the reading material was

Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth Keyboard

2014-07-08 Thread Mary Otten
there. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post

Dealing with a zip archive attachment on an iPhone email

2014-09-15 Thread Mary Otten
I have a zip file containing several text files which came as an attachment to an email on my iPhone. When I click on the zip archive button, all I get is a screen telling me the size of the file, but not offering to open it in any program. Isn't there a way to have files open on the phone?

Re: Any problems with the fingerprint scanner?

2014-09-15 Thread Mary Otten
I don't know why, but I never got the fingerprint scanner to work for me on my 5S. I followed the instructions from voiceover, trying to different fingers, but it never works. I'm not sure if you can delete things that are in there already. Or perhaps they never took at all. I don't know. I

Re: IOS 8 Released

2014-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
Amen! There is a huge difference between a few bugs, such as saying screen locked twice and having the system be so buggy that many people are not able to use it effectively. I really respect Neal and Sieghaird for pointing out these things. And I am really sick and tired of the folks who seem

Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

2014-09-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Jonathan, I know you used to use Nokia phones. Did you have the the reader for that? Sent from my iPad On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:18 AM, BrianMiller brianrmille...@gmail.com wrote: Jonathan, So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store? Also, are you using a stand to take

Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

2014-09-18 Thread Mary Otten
Jonathan, have you tried books? If you have a paperback, could you do two pages at once if it's a small format paperback, and what it separate the pages? Or is that asking too much? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Brian, I don't

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
I am curious. Can't you just flick up on the title you want to delete and use the action item in the rotor and get delete and do it that way? That is much faster in my opinion. But I have not tried doing that since upgrading. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Cheryl

Re: A possible bug in iOS 8 with Airplay

2014-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Richard, I don't have iOS 8, so of course, I can't try your bug. But out of curiosity, have you tried selecting a different high-quality voice if you have one, and seeing if this is an airplay thing or and Alex thing perhaps? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Richard

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
also worked. As I said, pretty confusing. Hth, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I am curious. Can't you just flick up on the title you want to delete and use the action item in the rotor and get delete and do

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Cheryl, Like you, I never had the app that had the bug in it. I did not update until this new one. But I still have the problem, including after a reboot of my phone. Oh well. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 21, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Cheryl, I

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I just tried it on my iPad mini. That device is running the latest version of iOS 7. And my results are the same as everyone else except Cheryl is getting. No rotor. I too shall be emailing audible. Mary Sent from my iPad On Sep 21, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Robin Frost robinn...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
There is a much older version of the Audible app, which I still have on my old iPad one, which actually has a previous chapter button in it. As long as we're wishing, I wish they would simply put that back, keep the jump back button, and never mind the silly cover art nonsense. Mary Sent from

Re: KNFB reader support

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Well, clearly speech preferences are individual. I would not like it at all if eloquence where the default voice on the iPhone. But if it were added as an extra, I wouldn't care, because I could avoid it. What we really need is the ability to have voices on the system, and have any app use

Re: Deleting a book in the current version of the audible app

2014-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks for that information, Cheryl. It is good to know that there aren't any exceptions to this problem. And keep that old version! Smile. Mary. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 21, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I thought about just keeping my mouth shut but I guess

Re: iPhone6 and 6+

2014-09-22 Thread Mary Otten
The rumor about the faster processor was garbage. Same processor. But the 6+ does have a larger battery. There was no comment on ram. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: I wonder if this 6+ is going to be a little too big to carry

Re: IPhone 6 vs 6+

2014-09-22 Thread Mary Otten
Since I have a 5S, I am not in the immediate market. However, if I were, I would wait before getting that 6+. I would want to see it. I am afraid it will not be usable with one hand, unless you have giant hands like a professional basketball player. I know Apple talked about that pulldown

Re: apple watch rumored to have no speaker

2014-09-22 Thread Mary Otten
No, Congress passed no such sweeping bill. Have they done so. We wouldn't have had all the mess with Amazon and they're cheap book readers which do not have speakers. Seems like we should just chill out and wait for the final production model of the Apple watch. And then we will know if it will

Fwd: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I am really curious how people react to this article. I have a 5S, which I love. But operating the phone one-handed is very, very important to me. And this writer is playing right into my fear, that in future years smaller phones won't be available. I understand why Apple is chasing the

Re: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
is no longer in production. Fat chance though, I suppose. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:23 PM, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote: This feature works well. Iwould not worry about future products. John Diakogeorgiou On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Mary Otten

Re: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-25 Thread Mary Otten
The reason I started this thread was really to get ideas from people on how they are or are not able to still use the phone one-handed. To me, that is a huge deal. I realize it isn't for everybody. I love my iPad mini, but an iPad is not a phone. Smile. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 25,

Re: why I don't like iOS 8: was Re: IOS is complete crap with VoiceOver

2014-09-26 Thread Mary Otten
If you are a braille user, clearly android is not as far along as I hope S. As for just as usable that is clearly in the mind of the user, which, I suppose, is how it should be. There is a recently released version of talkback which I have not had time to mess with, as I have been in guy dog

Re: KNFB reader rocks!

2014-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
Really Alan? Perfectly? Nothing works perfectly. Not even applications the cost several hundred dollars. Not when it comes to OCR. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Alan Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: If I paid 99 bucks for an app, it damn well had

Re: KNFB reader rocks!

2014-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
Frankly, no. I am not waiting to see what else comes out by CSUN. I can't imagine that anybody else is going to come out with a blindness specific OCR application. And the mainstream stuff just doesn't have the specific features that help so many of us get it right. If you can get good scans

Readability

2014-10-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I have just downloaded the free app Readability. I am for some reason, unable to get my email to type in the appropriate field for email address. I typed the letters, but nothing registers. And, interestingly, there is already a password filled in. At least it says eight characters.

Re: Readability

2014-10-06 Thread Mary Otten
that it is not utterly absurd. - Bertrand Russell *Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 6, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have just downloaded the free app Readability. I am for some reason, unable to get my email to type in the appropriate field for email

Re: My thoughts on not upgrading to iOS 8

2014-10-08 Thread Mary Otten
It seems to me we had this discussion back when iOS 7 came out. The consensus then was that you cannot get rid of the software, even if you don't install it. You are stuck with it on your iPhone. That is unfortunate, but that is the way Apple does things. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2014,

Re: Deleting Audible books, was: Deleting books from audible?

2014-10-14 Thread Mary Otten
There is a new update for the Audible app. Unfortunately, despite what some of us may have been told by Audible, this app update does not include a fix for the lack of the delete function in the action rotor. Very disappointed again in Audible. Love the selection. Sent from my iPhone On Oct

Re: Veteran Affairs Seeing Eye GPS, was: $299 GPS application

2014-10-15 Thread Mary Otten
I expect you are right about the agency being behind the development of this non-subscription app. As for no new major features, I'm not sure I would agree. They have added Google maps, which is a huge improvement, at least in my part of the country. And they have better background operation

Re: Deleting Books from the Audible App: An Alternate Method

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Back in the good old days, in the Stone Age, when audible was young, they used to have an archive feature. That meant, if you read a book, you could put it in your archive. You didn't lose access to it, but it did not show up in your library list. Oh how I wish they would bring that back. Mary

Re: trekker vs. apps?

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Cost is one obvious advantage in favor of apps. Also, how often is the breeze updated? I don't know the answer to that question. But the product has been out for quite a while. And I have no idea if humanware has been good and faithful at keeping up the map data. I would be concerned about that

Re: Hmmm, iPad mini 3?

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Somebody else just posted stating that the processor in the mini has not been updated. If that is true, my original statement stands. Why the hell by the new one? Take advantage of the price drop and get the old one. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Oct 16, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Traci

Re: Deleting Books from the Audible App: An Alternate Method

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
tab or library list? Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 2:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting Books from the Audible App: An Alternate

Re: Deleting Books from the Audible App: An Alternate Method

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting Books from the Audible App: An Alternate Method The old archive feature gave you three things. You had

Re: Hmmm, iPad mini 3?

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hmmm, iPad mini 3? I'll probably get the ipad mini 2 instead of the ipad mini 3. As of now, I have the first generation ipad mini. In my case, updating to the ipad mini 2 will be an upgrade of hardware. -Original Message- From: Mary Otten

Re: IOS 8.1: Safari and the Back Button

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Anna, I really appreciate you posting about this simple fix for the back button problem in Safari. I am a heavy user of Safari on my iPhone in particular, and one of the things that had kept me from even considering upgrading was this issue. Touching the bar in Safari seems like a very

Re: focus bug

2014-10-21 Thread Mary Otten
I wonder if fixing this focus bug will somehow result in the long-standing focus issue with Netflix and being fixed. I realize the Netflix problem predates this one by a long way. But perhaps there is something that has changed and when they fix that, a side effect will be Netflix being fixed.

Re: Kindle question.

2014-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Maria, If you want to literally transfer the file without benefit of a Kindle app, then I believe the answer is no. Kindle books are encrypted. I don't know of any way to get that off of the iPhone. However, if you want to try to read the book in a Kindle application, then yes, you can do

Having both the high-quality voice and Alex in iOS eight

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I have just installed iOS 8.1 on my iPad mini retina. I have the Alex voice installed. Somehow, I managed to set Alex as my default language and also my US English language. I would like to retain Samantha as one of those two positions. Shirley, I am overlooking something stupid and easy. But I

Re: Having both the high-quality voice and Alex in iOS eight

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
.  Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 25, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I have just installed iOS 8.1 on my iPad mini retina. I have the Alex voice installed. Somehow, I managed to set Alex as my default language and also my US English language. I would like

Deleting songs from my phone

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I am an iTunes match subscriber. But a little while back, I downloaded a lot of songs to my phone, because I was going to be in a place where I would not be able to access them via streaming. Now, I would like to efficiently delete those and get the space back. I still have iTunes match. Is

CAlex and voice dream reader

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
Having recently updated my iPad to iOS 8.1. I went into voice dream reader looking for the availability of the Alex voice. I don't see it, and I assume this means we will have to wait for the update to VoiceStream in order for the app to be aware of Alex. Mary Sent from my iPad -- The

Weather app on the iPad

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I know that Apple has changed the weather app on iOS eight on the phone. But they don't seem to have added this app to the iPad. If they have, I'm certainly not seeing it. What are people using now for a good accessible detailed weather app for the iPad? Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The

Twitterrific 5.8 and changing web browsers

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I believe I read that it should be possible to make the default browser in which the text from links appears in Twitterrific become Safari or chrome. I have had problems with the default Twitterrific browser crashing. So I was looking forward to being able to change my default browser to

Re: Having both the high-quality voice and Alex in iOS eight

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
combination of those steps that got me back to having both. HTH, Richard The only limits are those of vision.  Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 25, 2014, at 5:11 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Richard, No, not exactly. I have US English in the rotor. I

Selecting browser in Twitterrific on Iowa State

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
Earlier, I sent a message asking how to change the default browser on iOS eight. That is for version 5.8. It turns out that it is in settings, under other services. Once you double tap on other services, there is a selection to pick which browser you want, and Safari is in there. Mary Sent

Re: CAlex and voice dream reader

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
to developers. So until Apple changes this, you won't see Alex in voice dream reader. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 26/10/2014, at 1:19 pm, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Having recently updated my iPad

Re: Deleting songs from my phone

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Deleting songs from my phone I am an iTunes match subscriber. But a little while back, I downloaded a lot of songs

Re: Deleting songs from my phone

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
are not on your phone will show up, if it is off only downloaded content should show. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Alex and voice dream reader

2014-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
security and that of course is one of the things which most people as well as large corporations and businesses really like. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:21 PM To: viphone

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