Incoming notifications destroy the reading of a current article

2024-04-23 Thread Mary Otten
I have two iPhones, the newer one, an iPhone XR, and my ancient really ancient iPhone 7 Plus. If I am reading an article on the seriously older phone, I never have this problem. So that means it must have come from an iOS that my old phone doesn’t have. I think I’m stuck on that phone on iOS

Re: Ecobee3 light and Siri not connecting

2024-04-11 Thread Mary Otten
On Apr 10, 2024, at 11:44 PM, Mary Otten wrote:  Hi Chris, Well, I just opened the ecobee app and didn’t find exactly what you said, but I did see ad, so I did that, but then it wanted me to find the registration code on the screen which I cannot do. Besides I’ve already registered it. Not through

Re: Mobile phone unwanted and scam monitoring.

2024-04-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Larry, This might not be what you want to hear, but I am also a T-Mobile user, and never found Scam Shield all that great. So what I do is the nuclear approach, which means I have set the setting in my iPhone so that the only calls that ring through are those in my contacts. I get

Re: Ecobee3 light and Siri not connecting

2024-04-10 Thread Mary Otten
and hit done when finished. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2024, at 7:34 PM, Mary Otten wrote: I got a ecobee3 light installed today. I put the ecobee app on my phone and follow the instructions. My Apple ID is connected to my ecobee account. Notifications are set up. When I look in the settings

Ecobee3 light and Siri not connecting

2024-04-10 Thread Mary Otten
I got a ecobee3 light installed today. I put the ecobee app on my phone and follow the instructions. My Apple ID is connected to my ecobee account. Notifications are set up. When I look in the settings for the ecobee app it looks like everything should be a go. But Siri simply doesn’t see it.

Re: Labeling the reading of notifications on the lock screen

2024-03-31 Thread Mary Otten
ng a two finger quadruple tap. > Swipe down to system notifications and see if it is on or off. If on, then > double tap to turn it off. > > Chris > > >> On Mar 31, 2024, at 8:55 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I know this is possible, because I have it set on my old

Labeling the reading of notifications on the lock screen

2024-03-31 Thread Mary Otten
I know this is possible, because I have it set on my old iPhone 7 Plus to where in a notification comes and my phone is locked, I get a sound. I don’t get a bunch of reading. On my newer iPhone which is still old a 10 R, I can’t find how to make that happen. I don’t want notifications being

Re: Jonathan Mosens take on the VoiceDream issue

2024-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I know I did a review of five star one, quite some time ago. So maybe it got buried. I have an updated it. If these people are really starting to update with crap reviews, I suppose I’ll have to go do mine too. But I think it’s ridiculous this complaining and complaining. You were not

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
None of you who are saying Winston could’ve done this and that have any proof at all. Winston got out because he knew he was going to have to do something like what these people are doing and I guess he didn’t want to do it. As for subscription model going to collapse, the pay one time model is

Re: Voice Dream Pricing

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
And if they do offer a monthly subscription, don’t be surprised if it’s a little bit more money than if you paid for it all at once. That’s real common in this subscription model. Yearly subscriptions are usually somewhat discounted over the monthly price. So if they charge Six dollars a month, we

Re: Has Anybody Updated to Voice Dream Premium?

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
I have yet to see this email. I definitely don’t have it. I also don’t think they’re going to be bypassing the App Store in the US anytime too soon, because they’re going to be forced to do it if at all, and that’s going to take a long time. And there are a lot of restrictions on it even in the

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
a la(s) 9:01 p.m., Mary Otten escribió:Thanks for the clarification. I never get audiobooks from books share, so book player I don’t care. Kind of sucks. I still think I should be able to download stuff as long as I don’t try to upgrade. You can always do that with everything else. If I have

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-26 Thread Mary Otten
:01 PM, Mary Otten wrote:Thanks for the clarification. I never get audiobooks from books share, so book player I don’t care. Kind of sucks. I still think I should be able to download stuff as long as I don’t try to upgrade. You can always do that with everything else. If I have an apple device

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
, and M4B.  You can get it from the following link.BookPlayerPlays M4B/M4A/MP3 audiobooksSent from my iPad Air 5On Mar 25, 2024, at 7:59 PM, Mary Otten wrote:I tend to agree with you, Richard. What is book player if you know? I had never heard of bookplayer app. There is no way I’m going to speech

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
Wow! I certainly didn’t get an email like that. You would no longer be able to download anything? So you have the app on your machine and it becomes useless to download from a book share? OK. That kind of stinks like maybe they should let you keep your current app and it should still work, but no

Re: Making everyone pay for voice dream

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
I tend to agree with you, Richard. What is book player if you know? I had never heard of bookplayer app. There is no way I’m going to speech Central. It’s just too clunky. If he did what he’s been asked to do and implemented an easy way to download bookshare books right through the app, Then I

Re: Voice Dream Reader and change in the price?

2024-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
I saw that notice too, double tap, nothing.Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 25, 2024, at 1:16 PM, leobado1...@gmail.com wrote:Hi everyone. I updated VDR few minutes ago, and when I launched the app, a banner or something of that kind came up saying something about price change plus learn more, so I

Re: Apple Watch 8 Not Speaking

2024-03-12 Thread Mary Otten
I have had this happen on several occasions, and it’s always because I somehow turned off speech. So I suspect that is the problem.Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 12, 2024, at 8:57 AM, Richard Turner wrote:Could it be a three finger double tap was done that muted the speech? Or, try triple tapping the

Re: Earbud recommendations?

2024-02-18 Thread Mary Otten
Now that I have things sorted out, I can certainly recommend the aftershocks I guess it’s now shokz open fit. I don’t think you’re going to get big major stereo sound, but that wasn’t your deal. I now have them paired to my iPad mini and my iPhone. They have a hook that goes behind your ear,

Re: Alexa stupidity

2024-02-17 Thread Mary Otten
I have never listened to that station before, but I just asked my Amazon device to play KUHF and it did. And it’s in Houston. Public radio.MarySent from my iPhoneOn Feb 17, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Richard wrote:This week for whatever reason Alexa ceased to connect to the local public radio stream,

Re: Mark on the Aftershock (Shock) Open Run Pro and Open Fit Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone

2024-02-15 Thread Mary Otten
of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.” > -- Cedrick Bridgeforth > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ > > Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), > JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400 > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googleg

Re: Mark on the Aftershock (Shock) Open Run Pro and Open Fit Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone

2024-02-15 Thread Mary Otten
Does anyone on this list who has the open fit headphones have a full proof way of changing from one paired device to the other paired device, assuming you have two devices paired? I can’t do it. My iPhone just will not reconnect. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2024, at 8:13 PM, Cristóbal

Re: Alexa stupidity

2024-02-15 Thread Mary Otten
Yep. I actually think all of these assistance are getting stupider, including Google. All that AI they’re supposedly using certainly hasn’t made its way to my Google assistant, which is now unable to answer really simple questions like for instance when is the first Los Angeles Dodgers spring

Re: More indications iTunes may soon be gone

2024-02-10 Thread Mary Otten
Those apps are for windows 11, correct? I saw that in the headline of an article that I didn’t bother to read. I don’t have 11 and can’t get it on my current windows machine, so I’m thinking I will still have iTunes. Fortunately I don’t have to use it very much.Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 10, 2024,

Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-08 Thread Mary Otten
t like > >> On Feb 7, 2024, at 11:33 AM, lenron brown wrote: >> >> If the book is less than the price of a credit I will normally buy the >> book. Can't waste credits on cheap books. >> >>>> On 2/7/24, Mary Otten wrote: >>> I am on

Re: Mark on the Aftershock (Shock) Open Run Pro and Open Fit Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone

2024-02-07 Thread Mary Otten
I just looked for an app in the App Store called shock as spelled in a message. I didn’t find anything useful. I did find something that I thought might be it, because it was spelled SHOKZ which is how I remember this having been spelled. But when I tapped on that, I got some app that was

Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-07 Thread Mary Otten
; Mark > > -Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 5:33 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is > inconsistent > > If you don

Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
on the website? > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > >> El 6 feb 2024, a la(s) 8:18 p.m., Mary Otten escribió: >> >> Yes. What is supposed to happen is you’re in the Audible app. You find >> something you want. You see a guy with one

Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
e app. I suspect, there might be some bugs > that need to be ironed out. I have had no problems with the audible > app. I think I might have bought a book with cash from the app > myself. I just did face ID and double tapped the side button twice, > and it worked just fine. > >>

Re: Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
y purchase them with a credit because this app >>> does not support cash purchases how are you able to do it >>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>>> >>>> At some point in the not too distant past, audible started offering >>&g

Purchasing audiobooks in the Audible app on my iPhone is inconsistent

2024-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
At some point in the not too distant past, audible started offering books in their app for cash. I bought a couple today, because they were less than had I spent a credit. The first one I bought, I had to try several times, it finally took me to the App Store dialogue where I could confirm with

Re: The next generation of Speech Central has been launched

2024-02-05 Thread Mary Otten
y jump on that proverbial "band wagon". For now, I'm just wondering... and exploring. Thanks. +Peace & Blessings,Pastor Duane L. SteelePhone (276) 730-5194 On Jan 31, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Mary Otten <mott...@gmail.com> wrote:I have downloaded the update, but I have not yet do

Re: Voicedream not downloading book share books.

2024-02-03 Thread Mary Otten
or 5 copies, only to have only the last work actually be functional. This totally sucks!Thanks,AriOn Jan 26, 2024, at 10:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote:I’m still having issues with Voice Dream downloading, saying it’s done, and stuff not being available. And then for whatever reason, it eventually becomes

Re: About Voice Dream Reader and downloading books

2024-02-02 Thread Mary Otten
I just downloaded a book with the latest Voice Dream reader, and I’m happy to report that it instantly appeared in my library on my iPad, just as it should. I have yet to try to sync my iPhone library, but I suppose that’s the next stop on this journey.MarySent from my iPhoneOn Feb 2, 2024, at

Re: The next generation of Speech Central has been launched

2024-01-31 Thread Mary Otten
ssue? Sent from my iPadOn Jan 31, 2024, at 12:47 PM, Mary Otten <mott...@gmail.com> wrote:I just saw this on Apple viz.. Has anyone actually used this app? I had it on android and frankly couldn’t figure out how to use it or what it would be good for. But I’m not God’s gift to android that’

Re: The next generation of Speech Central has been launched

2024-01-31 Thread Mary Otten
? Sent from my iPadOn Jan 31, 2024, at 12:47 PM, Mary Otten wrote:I just saw this on Apple viz.. Has anyone actually used this app? I had it on android and frankly couldn’t figure out how to use it or what it would be good for. But I’m not God’s gift to android that’s for sure. So I want to know

The next generation of Speech Central has been launched

2024-01-31 Thread Mary Otten
I just saw this on Apple viz.. Has anyone actually used this app? I had it on android and frankly couldn’t figure out how to use it or what it would be good for. But I’m not God’s gift to android that’s for sure. So I want to know if there are voice dream users out there using iPhones who have

Re: Voicedream not downloading book share books.

2024-01-27 Thread Mary Otten
hy you should have trouble even if you have a large >> library. >> >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary >> Otten >> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 10:57 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Voicedream

Re: Voicedream not downloading book share books.

2024-01-26 Thread Mary Otten
It may well be because I have a big Voice Dream library. But if it says download complete, which it always does, I feel like I should be able to go into my library and see it’s there. Not unavailable. Why is it unavailable? And why God‘s name, since I have iCloud Sync enabled on both of my

Re: Voicedream not downloading book share books.

2024-01-26 Thread Mary Otten
I’m still having issues with Voice Dream downloading, saying it’s done, and stuff not being available. And then for whatever reason, it eventually becomes available. This was not the case before. I know I have a large library. But this is ridiculous. I thought they had fixed it. But now it’s just

Keychain questions

2024-01-16 Thread Mary Otten
Xfinity made me change the password because of their stupid security breach I guess. I absolutely had to do it or I was not allowed to login into their website. Once there, I had to change the password and I was using my iPhone. I let Apple set up a password through keychain. It’s a strong

Re: Audio description on Hulu through Apple TV app on the iPad

2023-12-20 Thread Mary Otten
description, but then offered to watch on demand without audio > description. So again, something really needs to be done about audio > description and how its distributed. > > Chris Chaffin > > >> On Dec 19, 2023, at 11:04 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Well

Re: Audio description on Hulu through Apple TV app on the iPad

2023-12-19 Thread Mary Otten
accessing Hulu directly. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >>>> On Dec 19, 2023, at 11:35 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>> I have recently subscribed to Hulu with ads for a year for a dollar a >>> month. I want to watch the movie zero

Audio description on Hulu through Apple TV app on the iPad

2023-12-19 Thread Mary Otten
I have recently subscribed to Hulu with ads for a year for a dollar a month. I want to watch the movie zero days, which is listed as having audio description, at least on Amazon prime, where I would have to pay for it or rent it. I have Hulu connected to the Apple TV app on my iPad. I want to

Re: Sirius XM support is less than helpful

2023-12-14 Thread Mary Otten
You know, well I suppose this is totally not realistic, I do wish Apple would put pressure on companies like SiriusXM, which had a really crappy app that sort of got better overtime until now. This is an audio centric app. They have to know that blind people use audio centric apps. It be nice if

Re: Sirius XM support is less than helpful

2023-12-14 Thread Mary Otten
I am not surprised, richard. I have found that the SiriusXM Customer Service “is not. They’re awful. At least they have been. I have had many discussions with them over the years. And mostly they were a pain in the backside. I hope they fix the damned app.Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 14, 2023, at

Why aren’t messages deleted if I deleted on one device?

2023-12-13 Thread Mary Otten
I get text messages, and I have an Apple Watch and an iPhone. If I delete something on my iPhone, it will even say this will be deleted on all of your devices, but it isn’t. And I don’t think the watch actually says things will be deleted on all my devices, but why not? And this could also

Re: How to get rid of somebody’s email address that is no longer valid

2023-12-13 Thread Mary Otten
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 4:38 PM > To: via VIPhone > Subject: How to get rid of somebody’s email address that is no longer valid > > I want to delete an email address that belonged to my husband. He changed

Re: Haptic time

2023-12-13 Thread Mary Otten
I just tried that three taps instead of two, and I got voiceover telling me the time that it was 240. Not what I wanted. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 13, 2023, at 10:26 AM, Christopher Chaltain > wrote: > > It works fairly reliably for me, but like I said, I do a three finger tap to > get

How to get rid of somebody’s email address that is no longer valid

2023-12-13 Thread Mary Otten
I want to delete an email address that belonged to my husband. He changed it to something different. I changed it in the contact I have for him on the phone. But when I go into email and type the first part of his name, that old address still shows up. I know there’s a way to get rid of it. I

Re: Haptic time

2023-12-13 Thread Mary Otten
This used to work reasonably reliably for me as Jen has described. However, it has been totally worthless for several months, after an upgrade I think to the previous iOS, I should say watchOS. I have it set to on, but whenever I do that double tap I always get speech which I don’t want. But I

Apple will finally let you change your iPhone’s default notification sound

2023-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
Apple will finally let you change your iPhone’s default notification sound Macworld If you don’t like the default notification sound on your iPhone, tough luck. Apple hasn’t provided any means of changing it going back as far as we can remember–the iPhone’s ascending three-note sound has

Re: Question about the Vesync app

2023-11-22 Thread Mary Otten
it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.” > -- Cedrick Bridgeforth > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ > > Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), JAWS version > 2024.2310.70.400 > > > -Original Me

Re: Question about the Vesync app

2023-11-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hell to get it.” > -- Cedrick Bridgeforth > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ > > Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), > JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400 > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary

Re: Question about the Vesync app

2023-11-21 Thread Mary Otten
crosoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), > JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400 > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 7:42 AM > To: via VIPhone > Subject: Question abou

Question about the Vesync app

2023-11-21 Thread Mary Otten
I recently purchased a cosori air fryer, the model pro three dual blaze. It sinks up with an app called Vesync. Among other things, this app has a whole bunch of recipes in it supposedly specifically designed for this particular air fryer. I can access the recipes to start with, but there are a

Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

2023-11-14 Thread Mary Otten
; Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us? > > Anybody who does not like or agree with some of the interpretations of the AI > is free not to use the service. > Just as you may not appreciate it, I have so far felt that even descriptions > which included descriptions of facial e

Re: xm radio app

2023-11-14 Thread Mary Otten
Supposedly, to go along with the redesign of SiriusXM itself, adding more channels and more “star power”, there is going to be a redesigned app. Hopefully star player will continue to work, because heaven knows what they will do with the redesign. We can always hope they make it more rather

Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

2023-11-13 Thread Mary Otten
I do not want to know what some artificial intelligence thinks somebody’s expression means. Cultural stuff hugely influences that sort of thing. And as a totally blind person from birth, I can’t tell you how many times people have asked me why are you angry? Because I’m not smiling. Apparently

Re: Accessible RSS readers

2023-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
I have been using Newsify for years. It’s a free app, but if you pay the I think it’s $10 a year for the premium subscription, you can have all your stuff downloaded and read it off-line. It’s very accessible. There may be others with more features. I’ve had mine set up for so long I really don’t

Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread Mary Otten
n, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Nov 8, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi richard, >> The name of the book that’s not becoming available is shadow Warriors of >> World War II. It has a subtitle, b

Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread Mary Otten
:46 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Mary, if you would like me to test one of those books, send me the title. > > > Richard, USA > —— > "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Nov 8,

Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread Mary Otten
hile striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Nov 8, 2023, at 11:53 AM, paekstr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Mary, with what app, audible, bard, something else? >> >> -Original Message- >>

Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread Mary Otten
I’m just wondering if anybody is experiencing this again or still. I downloaded a book this morning on my phone, it said download complete and then the download sat there as being unavailable for a long time. Close that one and open my iPad and got the same message. Unavailable. Re-downloaded

Re: How to find the videos that are supposedly on my iPad

2023-11-01 Thread Mary Otten
ote: > > Are you talking about videos showing up in the Photos app? If so then I > don't have a single Audible book among them. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:46 PM > To: viphone@

Re: How to find the videos that are supposedly on my iPad

2023-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
udible books > is confusing iOS. Makes no sense. > > > Richard, USA > —— > "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Oct 31, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Well, wh

Re: How to find the videos that are supposedly on my iPad

2023-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
.” > -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 8:46 AM > To: via VIPhon

Re: How to find the videos that are supposedly on my iPad

2023-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
ome weird reason, > iOS thinks they're videos,r than Audiobooks. Good luck! > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > >> El 31 oct 2023, a la(s) 9:46 a.m., Mary Otten escribió: >> >> Hi folks, >> I have an iPad mini, and to the best of

Re: Siri and iOS 17 problem

2023-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
It’s also possible that since they got rid of the hay in hey Siri, if your friend has that enabled, Siri could be listening and hear anything and quit, because it thinks you’re doing something. Try disabling hands-free Siri and just use the side button and see if that helps. I never have used

How to find the videos that are supposedly on my iPad

2023-10-31 Thread Mary Otten
Hi folks, I have an iPad mini, and to the best of my knowledge, I never download videos. I have none on my iPhone. Yet for the longest time now, whenever I go to check the amount of storage being used on my device, it tells me I have 12 videos. I would love to find them and get rid of them

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

2023-10-26 Thread Mary Otten
I continue to be amazed at the power of Alexa and other assistants in >> comparison to Siri. It's interesting since Siri existed before any of the >> others. >> >> Mark >> >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M

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

2023-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
e to be amazed at the power of Alexa and other assistants in > comparison to Siri. It's interesting since Siri existed before any of the > others. > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Wednesday, Octob

Siri continues to be the dumbest of all dumb assistance.

2023-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I just upgraded to iOS 17.1. I’m grateful for the post about the language rotor, which was unnecessarily unchecked. But now, Siri is even dumber than before. When I ask her to open Pedometer, it asks which app Pedometer or StepUp. I clearly said Pedometer. So why does it need to ask that?

Re: IOS17.1 first impressions: language rotor missing, Notifications fixed

2023-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
I was very happy that Gerardo pointed that out. I would not have been happy. I have it selected for a reason. I hate it when updates change user settings. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2023, at 4:56 PM, Corey Cook wrote: > > I am glad it is unselected. > > -Original Message- >

Is Patreon accessible on the iPhone?

2023-10-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, Subject pretty much says it all. I’m thinking about joining somebody’s Patreon. My experience with it in the past was not very good, but that was sometime ago. So I wonder has anybody been using it lately, and how accessible is it? Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information

Apple arcade

2023-09-30 Thread Mary Otten
I just decided to subscribe to Apple one, because we both like the news and music etc. So now we have access to Apple Arcade which interests me not in the least. But my husband likes games, and we can’t figure out how to actually access Apple Arcade. Has anybody done that? It’s not an app. And

Apple identifies iOS 17 bug causing iPhone 15 Pro models to overheat | Macworld

2023-09-30 Thread Mary Otten
Title: Apple identifies iOS 17 bug causing iPhone 15 Pro models to overheat | Macworld

Fingers point at Instagram app for overheating iPhone 15 Pros

2023-09-29 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting. If true, I don’t have anything to worry about when I upgrade. I will never use Instagram.

Re: Pro vs Max

2023-09-25 Thread Mary Otten
ing the various artificial intelligence > services to describe photos. > > Kelly > >> On Sep 24, 2023, at 9:51 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Interesting. I also have a 10 r with which I am quite happy. But I was >> thinking about getting a 15 pro because it’s a lot

Re: Pro vs Max

2023-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
essage - >>>>> From: lenron brown >>>>> Date: 09/24/2023 11:20 AM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: Pro vs Max >>>>> >>>>> Hm I don't even get 2 days with my max. When I got it I got ab

Re: Just a few upgrade questions, and other comments

2023-09-24 Thread Mary Otten
So what chip is in the second generation SE? Compared to the 12 mini? If they’re very close to the same, I don’t think it would be worth it to purchase an SE. That phone might go out of Support at about the same time as your 12 mini. I have a 10 r, and I’m expecting that next year it won’t get

Re: Pro vs Max

2023-09-23 Thread Mary Otten
I can’t remember the numbers, but the battery life for the plus is not like the battery life for the promax. My problem with the promax, aside from the price, is the screen size. I can’t imagine holding this thing in one hand and actually doing stuff on the screen like I do with my 10 R. So I

Re: VDScan and iOS 17 issues

2023-09-23 Thread Mary Otten
Under the main phone settings, camera is set to on. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2023, at 3:47 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Not the settings in the app, but go to the regular settings on the phone, go > down to VDScan and see what it says in there. > > > Richard, USA > —— >

Re: VDScan and iOS 17 issues

2023-09-23 Thread Mary Otten
My settings are exactly like yours, Tom. No mention of Camera. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2023, at 3:35 PM, Tom Lange wrote: > >  > Language autodect is turned on. > Scan tone is on. > Always enhance images is on. > Read text automatically is on. > Show plain text after recognizing is

Re: Be my eyes new service

2023-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
I absolutely agree. There are some times when these kinds of judgments might be innocuous, like the one the original poster described. There are other times when they are literally disastrous, because facial expressions the world over or not the same. We do not want artificial intelligence

Re: Voiceover voice keeps switching between Alex and Samantha since upgrading

2023-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
e Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2023 9:58 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subj

Re: Voiceover voice keeps switching between Alex and Samantha since upgrading

2023-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
ssible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Sep 21, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Yesterday, I upgraded my iPad mini six to iOS 17. So far so good, except >> that for whatever reason, my default language voice which was sent to Ale

Voiceover voice keeps switching between Alex and Samantha since upgrading

2023-09-21 Thread Mary Otten
Yesterday, I upgraded my iPad mini six to iOS 17. So far so good, except that for whatever reason, my default language voice which was sent to Alex, sometimes arbitrarily switches to Samantha. Not that I’m switching anything. Just navigating around the screen for some reason, sometimes language

Re: Are there really advantages to LiDAR?

2023-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Sep 20, 2023, at 2:06 PM, mi...@eastlink.ca wrote: >> >> Hi I am in a simmiler situation as you. I need to get a new phone I am >> running the I phone 8 and am thinking of getting the I phone p

Are there really advantages to LiDAR?

2023-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
My question sort of sums it up. I’m thinking about getting a new phone, although I could wait one more year, since this one is eligible for an upgrade this year. If I do get a new phone, I am contemplating whether it’s worth it to go for the pro because of lied AR. There was a lot of hype

Re: IPHONE UPDATE BROKEN MY PHONE

2023-09-20 Thread Mary Otten
 If you have your voiceover shortcut set to where you can just turn it off and on that way, you could do that. Otherwise, tell Siri to turn voiceover off. Then tell Siri to turn voiceover back on. That should do it.This sounds like a recurrence of the annoying now you see it now you don’t bug

Finding downloaded videos on my iPad mini

2023-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
Somehow, I have managed to get a few videos on my iPad mini. This is according to the listing that shows up when you go into settings and then hit about. It tells you how many songs you have, how many apps, etc. And one of the things it says is that I have 12 videos. I do not want any videos,

Video calling on WhatsApp with an iPhone

2023-09-17 Thread Mary Otten
I have never wanted to make a video call for obvious reasons. But now I want to be able to make one to some sighted folks, and I would like to do a video call, so I can show them stuff. I can’t figure out how to do it. I read some thing from a Google search that says go to the chat screen and

Re: Be My Eyes AI

2023-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
of folks for early access, write to > i...@bemyeyes.com . > > John Riehl > > -Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:51 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Be My Eyes AI >

Re: Be My Eyes AI

2023-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
Hey richard, What model of iPhone are you using? Do you have LiDAR, and if so do you think it helped? I haven’t really been paying any attention to this AI InVision thing. But that description was pretty darn impressive. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2023, at 10:11 AM, Richard Turner >

Re: siri sucks.

2023-08-28 Thread Mary Otten
I have found that most of the time, Siri dictation is really pretty accurate, more on the phone than on the watch. I’m using an older phone, a 10 r. My problem with Siri isn’t trying to get it to do simple things like open apps etc. It simply doesn’t hear what I say and comes back with really

Re: things to turn off to save battery

2023-08-26 Thread Mary Otten
I think it does completely dim the screen, which is why turning it to zero is a good thing. If mine is set to zero, my sighted husband cannot see anything. I never use the screen curtain, because I always have brightness at zero.Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 26, 2023, at 5:56 AM, realman02 via VIPhone

Apple Music quietly added one of Spotify’s best features but made it better

2023-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
Apple Music quietly added one of Spotify’s best features but made it better TechRadar - All the latest technology news It hasn't officially been announced yet, but Apple Music has a cool new feature that's designed to help you discover more music that you'll love. The new Discovery Station is

Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I wonder how much it cost them to give these voices for free. As somebody who has been a long time user of the app, and paid for some voices, I really hope they don’t use this as an excuse to start charging us. I don’t need any more voices. Also, I wish to goodness they would put what

Re: How to access a Facebook group that you have joined using your iPhone

2023-08-01 Thread Mary Otten
he bottom right tab, "Facebook Menu", then select "Top > Shortcuts" and then "Groups". > > > -Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 11:47 AM > To: via VIPhone

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