Edward, and others
You can turn on airplane mode through the device itself. Is that what
you did, or did you turn it off on your phone?
I'm having allkinds of problems with my Echo 10. It no longer calls my
phone when I ask it to call me. It says it will call the Alexa App
Hello
I just heard about an adapter that allows you to use your USB keyboard to
write on the iPhone. The little nub for a wireless keyboard would plug into
the adapter and the other end would plug in where the charger plugs in.
Would this work on an SE2020? I'd prefer using my regular keyboard to
I just looked it up on Amazon and the only one I found was refurbished. It
didn't get very good ratings for deep cleaning, but those reviews can't always
be trusted.
I already own the most basic I Robot model, which I love, but it definitely is
not smart when it comes to mapping out the rooms
Here came Richard to the rescue once more!
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: adapter for USB keyboard and iPhone
I have the lightning to USB
Oh funny, the tech who coached me this morning said it only cost around $12. If
it does what I hope it can do, it's worth it.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: adapter for USB keyboard and
Rob,
I heard that there would be some added battery drain. I'll try it out
with my wireless keyboard, but all the same the adapter wil have to plug into
the phone. I do not have one in my possession yet because I did not find what
sounded like the right product when I did a search.
Oh, I saw that, but that would be the same thing I'd use to hook up my wireless
keyboard?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: adapter for USB keyboard and iPhone
I have the lightning
Oh, so I too need to get a cheap wired usb keyboard or are you saying that all
I need to do is lug the adapter into the phone and put the little wireless nub
in there?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
I just ordered it.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 2:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: adapter for USB keyboard and iPhone
They are probably talking about some simpler adapters, but I know this one
works
Heelo
I don't know what I tweaked that worked - banners which would not stay
selected, or something in sounds, but my alerts are once more reading the
entire title of the Reminder. Thank goodness. I've missed a few too many
alerts in the last month and don't want to have to pick my phone up and
Library Tab definitely needs to be selected.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2021 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Native Podcasts app
I didn't do anything special, and I was able to view the
It should be a setting you change in Settigs under Podcasts. Or maybe it is in
the Settings Tab in the Podcast App. It's there that you choose options to
download, be notified, only see most recent episode, see oldest to newest, etc.
hth
Deidre
-Original Message-
From:
I have simplified my approach to making choices around the many offerings out
there that offer me good accessibility. I do not need 3 different GPS or
scanning Apps and if I find one that works well, and way better than Apps we
all tested out over the last ten years, I stick to them. Long gone
Richard,
Whew , what an offer. Don't exhaust yourself!you will see or say, now way, it
will be impossible. I fear the pproblem will be the 4 or so voices that speak
interchangeably. Like I said though, any amount of transcription that could
save me time typing would be helpful. Set me straight
Hello all,
I am looking for a transcription program that can transcribe recordings from
a loudspeaker into text. I do not intend to speak directly into a device for
transcription but will take what I want transcribed from a recording. It's
possible,if I have to, that I could repeat what I hear
Good job Richard. It was good to hear your voice for the first
time.
Deidre
On Mar 27, 2021, at 16:34, Richard Turner mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote:
I put up a kind of dumb, but hopefully helpful, short sample recording to help
folks hear what the
Hello all
I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a setting to have Reminders open
to the Today folder. I have to hit the back button to get there to mark a
particular reminder completed. I also don't know whythe heading for
catagories of reminders is still headed as 2020 even though the
I am going to ask Alexa to play it now. Let's see if that is within
his/her/it's powers.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad
Snyder
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:08 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Echo or Alexa Show
Glad to hear you got subscribed.
Robert,
I copied below a link to the instructions I tried to follow. Maybe you will
have better success with the instructions than I did.
https://www.howtogeek.com/262355/how-to-uninstall-alexa-skills-from-your-ama
zon-echo/
Deidre
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The following information is important for all
Karen
I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound
is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess
that should be my middle name.
I do not have a clock display on the Echo though it certainly can tell time!
I'm smiling.
Hello all,
Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today.
I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've
been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of
what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human
Patti
No, I cannot watch or listen to movies on the Echo. Someone kindly pointed out
it would not play movies and I would need a device with a screen! Apple is not
thinking people want to listen to movies not look at them with their eyes! I
amnew to this which is why I was imagining the device
Lastly,
I'm thinking that I want to take advantage of a free trial of Audible that came
after purchasing the Echo. My only worry is that if I want to cancel it to
avoid rolling over into automatic payments, that it will be difficult to do. I
might like it, or I might not. I want the option to
Thanks Richard. I wasn't sure if Audible was entirely owned by Amazon and thus
I would control my subscription through them. I'm definitely going to take
advantage of the offer. Then I'll have to figure out how to search for books! I
hope the command sequence is easy!
And I totally agree that
Ok, so the trick will be to learn how to add books to my library! I'll
get the hang of what the Echo can and can't do soon. How nice it was to simply
tell Alexa this morning to play This Week in Virology, and or WHMP on Tune-In,
or thename of other stations. The device clearly responds
Simon
I feel sure that would work. I don't, however, have everything turned on on all
my devices. I really don't want to deal with a more rapid battery drain. It's
not that important to me.
Deidre
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A
Fogarty
Sent:
Sieghard
I'll look again. None of the pages I looked at a few days ago had a disable
button that voice over spoke. I'll go back and look at what is contained within
each Tab on the area where skills are mentioned.
Deidre
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Kimberly
Maybe it's time to get on the Echo list again and ask for sites
that have answers to all these basic questions. There is a spot for help and
feedback on the Alexa App so I thinkI'll review what is in there. When I looked
at the part of the App that reads
Richard
That's funny, I"'e ben wondering if the Amazon Lady was a whole other device!
I was not using the right language to get Alexa
to "cancel" a reminder. I only had one and she read it to me and first time
around she offerecme no options. Next I asked her to
Sieghard
Yes, I saw where linking was involved with various things. Alexa also lets me
know what she can't do and how to do it, at least, when it comes to buying
added services. Has anyone noticed how you can't stop an ad when it is in
progress? I'm smiling.
Deidre
From:
Wow lousy instructions on how to get started with a new service. Should it
have been obvious in order to do anythingwith Audible I first need to download
the App? Am I that stupid?
The mailings have a lot of graphics,and how I hate table formats.
From: Audible.com
Sent: Friday, March 5,
Me again.
I just looked up "Amazon Show" and became overloaded when reading about
displays. I do not intend to use a device to control temperature or lock
doors or need to look at a clock, anything like that. I also do not want a
device that will require me to do anything in response to what
I would urge beta testers to do a lot of the testing of features not just from
bluetooth keyboards but through touching and tapping and swiping on the screen.
I think things have been overlooked in the past in regard to swiping vs things
that work real well for those using bluetooth keyboards
Richard,
Since you mentioned this a few weeks ago, I have been doing this, and it works.
I also sometimes just turn off threading temporarily if I don't want to deal
with any added swiping and fussing. For a thread as long as a few mentioned
here, well, wow, I can't even imagine such a thread!
Mine is working just fine too.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad
Snyder
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 1:51 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Talking GPS Apps
I have Nearby Explore on my iPhone, and from what I can tell it's still
Hello all
I'm wondering how fool proof it is to go nomail on this list for 3 or 4
days, with the prospect of switching daily delivery back on. It seems in
years past that I had a problem with this. I say years past, so maybe things
are better now.
Deidre
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The following
Oh, I see what Richard has written below. maybe I am daft afterall. As for me,
I looked it up on my laptop. So many things are streamlined and easier to use
on the phone. I'll do that next. VDR it is.
Deidre
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
Richard
I just went to the audio vault and saw no way to sign up. Am I daft or
what? I typed in Boys In The Hood to see what might come up and I saw nothing
relevant, just a table with a few headings and no info.
P.S. I saw your sign off. Yes Penguins might make you smile rather than
Richard
I saw the contact link. I'll do it on the phone, since that is where I
primarily pull up movies, podcasts, books, etc. All those things are the things
that keeps me sane.
Deidre
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
richardr_tur...@comcast.net
Sent:
Hello all
Is anyone using a "gas meter" to get a continuous read out of levels of things
like CO(carbon monoxide) and VOC'S (vollatile organic compounds)? I want to buy
one but worry that taking a screen shot of the digital display then using a
scanning program to decipher the read out won't
The object identification for the Echo Show is very slow and that's probably
because you need to know where you are standing for the camera to get the best
view. I didn't find it useful. My original Echo which is round with no screen
works great. The ones with screens miss a lot but I can't say
I love BE MY Eyes volunteers. They might be anywhere in the world and have
helped me do all kinds of jobs. For ordering things on-line through Aira's
help, that has been great. For screen shotting things by an Aira
representative, that has been fabulous too. Problem with Aira is that 4 out of
Brandon
The point is that I get a better connection with BE MY EYES and I am sharing
minutes with someone for Aira. The fact that I get a clear call now and again
when using Aira seems to suggest the problem is at Aira's end. I need to call
their technical support to see what they can figure
Hello all
I’m sorry I got you all excited about accessing BARD on an Echo device. I just
realized it was NFB Newsline I never got working on the Echo. I just opened it
and told it I wanted to read the New Yorker which is in my favorites. It
started reading something at such a rapid rate, it
Thanks Donna.
I found a spcific setting in notifications to restrict alerts in the
notification center, not within the app. I had to turn off calender
notifications because they were coming in non-stop and they only used to be set
t alert me one day before at the time of the
Bill
I tried and tried and tried that. It appears as though voice over was indeed on
though so I'm not sure why the side volume buttons weren't working, until today
when someone started hitting numbers on the screen which did become visible
after the screen curtain off gesture worked. You are
Definitely all good things. I sure wish Learning Ally hadn't redone it's web
site when they were no longer Recordings for the Blind, and made getting boks
so arduous. I rarely use them anymore. Are they up to date on thelatest texts
books, etc? Is anyone here still enjoying their many
BARD is a true life line. Much of this we can do already but
some of the added flexibility is nice.
Deidre
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 11:12 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: BARD 2.0
Joshua
Oh, if you have a huge volume of books on your old phone, I can see why
you would like to do an easy transfer. I am not tech savvy so I don't know why
BARD books can't be backupped then transferred to a new phone using I Tunes.
Does it have to do with their formatting? It would
Why would voice over not come up just because a phone was
locked, especially when it is set to activate Siri even if the phone is
locked?Why would the clicks be louder thatn the tone? I guess that was
deliberate on the part of apple, but then when I first rebooted my phone after
Speaking of notifications, I've never understood how to set notifications for
Apps only under Notifications in Settings and where to go to not get
notifications from what I believe is the Notification Center. I do not need
duplicate notifications and don't need to have to clear messages that
Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in
Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of ingredients as you put a baked
good together is true commitment to cooking.
Deidre
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of This
Weitzel
Sent:
Wow, precision alright, and power to the talking cooking scale
makers.
it was already obvious that you, Sieghart, were serious and now 100 times even
more so. I spent 6 months in Germany in 1977 when I was still a teenager and
loved it.
I loved the whole ritual
As for me, I do not have phone service on my second old I Phone.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 2:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot
And one m ore
Hello all
There is another thing happening on my SE 2020 since the first 16 update. I
did write up a list and send it on to Apple Assessibility and just got
disconnected while waiting on hold to talk to them about what I will
describe below.
Siri is not responding to my normal
The note I saw roughly 5-7 days ago said those updates would be
continuing for quite some time,not just a few days.
deidre
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Steve
Matzura
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:02 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Richard
I've seen all these settings and thought I'd set them this way. I will double
check.
Thanks.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 2:29 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Message Alerts vs Notification
Hello all
How can I set my mail and contacts to not constantly ask me which list or
contact list to use? On my 6S andbefore the update I only told the phone to
sort into known and unknown. Now I get othr headings I do not want to have
to reset continually.
I continue to
I find Netflix to have a very easy app to navigate. Often such apps work better
on the web than they do on the app, which for those that do work well, they
make it so much easier to use the particular vendor.
Navigate by heading and you will find everything you need.
Can someone tell me the best place to get info on how to read BARD Books using
an Echo device? It's not intuitive at all. I activated it on my Echo 10 but
haven't succeededin getting abook to load up, even if it has been downloaded
on my phone.
Deidre
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The following
Thanks. That would be doable. I did activate something called a BARD skill but
never figured out what it could do.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kathy
Blackburn
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:50 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: BARD on the Echo 10
As yet,
Yes, and dictation using Siri from the home screen with 16 no longer works
with any consistency on my SE 2020. I like simple and don’t always feel like
being inside the Message App dictating in the edit field. That function works
well, but what is the point of using Siri if you can’t use it
These posts are great. You all are up on all that is out there. As for me, I
can't wear any kind of ear pieces because they cause me sharp pain in my inner
ear. I am glued to my phone day and night mostly because I text and read a lot,
but I find if I do not turn my phone off at night, I sleep
Siri is not good at recognizing :natural" speech; it often has a particular
syntax it wants. I think Siri recognizes "dial" such and such a person. Even
so, I've had to change names in my contacts before because even if I only have
one Michael, Siri sometimes comes up with a short list of other
Hello
I am new to battery cases. I did not find any options for a quality Apple
battery case for my SE 2020 through Apple Sales, so I went for a cheap case
via Amazon.
I am confused about how these work even though I have been
read the instructions.
There is indeed
Robert,
What do you have for a battery case and what phone. It's great you have, or
hear, a read out of what device has what charge.
Deidre
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Robert
Stigile
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:51 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
Hello again
I'm not sure why this did not occur sooner unless the battery case I just
bought was not charged at all or enough to charge my phone. This I don't
really understand because when I asked someone sighted they often told me
the back of the case was lit up and I kept it plugged in for up
Yeah Siri gets quite a blot of that stuff screwed up since 16. I haven't done
any updates since 16 because though there might have been some minor bug fixes
with voice over and dictation, I do not want to be further disappointed. I
often send messages on my back up old phone that has no phone
A new thing is now suddenly happening on my SE 2nd gen phone
running 16, that is, if I have not lost my mind.
I have voice over off but it is still reading messagesout
loud. Is this a notification setting that overides voice over being turned
off?
Yep it was turned on for messages while almost everything else
was turned off! It's off now! Thanks.
Deidre
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 11:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE:
Hello all
I never solved the problem of having messages only announced
in the message App which sits at the bottom of my home screen in the Doc.
After an update to 16, suddenly, I get the same notifications
in something on the home paged called "the notification
This may not be an appropriate question for this group. Just let me know if
it isn't.
I brought an old screenless Echo Device to a place where I am
staying. I saw nowhere in the Alexa App to take it off-line in one place and
put it on another.
The only way it will talk to me is if
Thanks. I saw all that last night. Odd thing is that voice over never tells me
the same thing, either that or I hit on something different. Neither does my
old 6 say the same thing that my SE second generation says, both in the Alexa
App.
This morning, I coached someone sighted
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