RE: Qardio app, alternatives

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
it sounded almost the same. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2024 5:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Qardio app, alternatives I have not heard this and when I just did a search for “Qardio” in the App Store, it came right

RE: Qardio app, alternatives

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have not heard this and when I just did a search for “Qardio” in the App Store, it came right up. The version showing is 4.0.17 and it was updated 1 week ago. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of pdlloga...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 9:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: unable to change the voice or speaking rate in the rotor

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Did you reboot your phone? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jessica Barr Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: unable to change the voice or speaking rate in the rotor Hello, I got my iPhone 16 Pro yesterday. All o

RE: VoiceOver learning app

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
It’s a 3 finger triple tap, a 3 finger double tap will mute or unmute speech. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: VoiceOver learning app Screen curtain on/off is a 3 finger double tap. Richard, USA "INTROVERTS

RE: VoiceOver learning app

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Also, a 4-finger double tap turns on Voiceover practice/help, it will say “Starting help, to stop help, perform a 2 finger double tap or 2 finger scrub or press escape on the keyboard”. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Su

RE: VoiceOver learning app

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Screen curtain is not turned on or off by a 4-finger double tap, but by a 3-finger triple tap From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lyne Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 7:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VoiceOver learning app Hello Richard, I went in gesture section a

RE: VoiceOver learning app

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can practice them in Settings > Accessibility > Voiceover and practice does help. If a 3-finger double or triple tap is difficult for you this most likely means you are not really tapping with 3 fingers at the same time. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Michael Irons Sent: Satur

RE: What will Lidar do for me.

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Yes, any Pro or Pro Max phone since the iPhone 12 has LiDAR. You can’t “activate” it, you can take advantage of it by using apps which use it such as Seeing AI as well as the iPhone’s built-in Magnify feature. If you open it, tap on “Detection Mode” near the bottom of the screen, you then get th

RE: What will Lidar do for me.

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Determination of distance is its primary function, the LiDAR sensor emits a laser beam which is reflected by whatever it hits and the phoen then calculates how far away the object is based on how long it took for the beam to reach the object and reflect back. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

RE: What will Lidar do for me.

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Richard,some of these LiDAR features are very cool, but sadly things like the virtual tape measure are impossible for a blind person to use or at least to do so with any accuracy. Also, keep in mind that you don’t need an iPhone 16 Pro for these features, even an iPhone 12 Pro or 13 Pro can do a

RE: Pro or not pro?

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You will never notice the difference in processor performance, maybe battery is a little better, but whether it's enough for a $200 difference is up to you. Lastly, there is LiDAR, if you use things like door detection, people detection and, from what I hear a new item, furniture detection, the

RE: iOS 18 Brings Much Needed Features to Journal App, 9 to 5 Mac

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I don’t recall that there was a sjejarch function or the insights thing where you see how nany days you have Journal entries for, how many words and all that. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2024 5:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: does the new ducking work on IOS 18?

2024-09-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Are you playing any music or an audio book while you are doing this? Audio ducking does nothing with respect to Voiceover unless something else is playing. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mr. Ed Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2024 12:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: does the

RE: ring doorbell

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I still find that a little bit hit and miss, it’s annoying that after so many years Ring is not paying more attention to accessibility. For example, if I open my Ring Doorbell or my other camera, Voiceover speech goes to the earpiece like in a phone call unless I use a headset. Also, while I have

RE: the iPhone se

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
There is no big rush since the new iPhone SE will not be released until the Spring. In any case, I'd take an iPhone SE 4th Gen with Face Id over a 3rd Gen with Touch Id any day because the new iPhone will be multiple generations more advanced with the processor and support Apple Intelligence. Th

RE: Thoughts and Upgrades

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
: Thoughts and Upgrades Hi there, Sieghard, You ask a good question. I wasn’t going to upgrade at all. The problem has been that for a long time now, I’ve been having some intermittent issues with my current phone. It would do things like freeze up during both video and audio calls, the speaker would

RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Re: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18 It seems to be easier by paper wall Lyne Le 20 sept. 2024 à 09:49, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone a écrit :  I took the message that Sieghard had written and formatted it slightly and am pasting

RE: Thoughts and Upgrades

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Jim, You use the phone to phone transfer feature which will transfer all your settings and such over from your iPhhone 15 Pro to your new phone and then, as you said, you also restore your iCloud backup. I haven’t doen this in a while, can’t remember if when you do the quick transfer which you

RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
“Appearance” button.one of the appears From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 6:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18 I took the message that Sieghard had written and formatted it slightly and am pasting it here. Addin

RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18

2024-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
ia VIPhone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> a écrit :  I took the message that Sieghard had written and formatted it slightly and am pasting it here. Adding/removing items on the lock screen By Sieghard Weitzel 1. My phone was locked, I pressed the side button to wake it up. 2. I did a double tap

RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
, I find the process as I described it fairly straight forward. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Shai Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18 Hello Sieghard, Thank you for your email. I reviewed the message

RE: I'm returning the Airpods Pro 2 for several reasons

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Then why don’t they just wait until the item is received and inspected before crediting the original payment method. Amazon is stupid to process refunds before they even receive the item although I assume if the item was not received, they could simply charge the card again. More and more compan

RE: Keeping a message from a thread?

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
d Fazil > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2024 2:40 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Keeping a message from a thread? > > > Thank you very much, Sieghard, for such an informative messages, I would keep > it starred. My question, however, was about the messa

RE: Sonos update, 80.09.05

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The app and Voiceover accessibility has come a very long way since May, I just wish they would make use of the rotor for things like adding to the queue and maybe in some other areas. All in all I certainly don’t hate it any more. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, September 19,

RE: Adding apps to loc screen iOS 18

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You may want to review the thread as I have posted a message yesterday with exact step by step instructions. Calendar and Clock are, by the way, not apps, they are widgets. The only apps on the lock screen are Flashlight and Camera and you first have to remove one or both before you can add anot

RE: Music being interrupted when locking or unlocking screen.

2024-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Have you rebooted your phone? This is not an issue I have seen even during the Beta cycle. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Matthew Bullis Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 10:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Music being interrupted when locki

RE: Keeping a message from a thread?

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I assume you are talking about text messages in the Messages app? If so, then yes, you can do this: 1. Open the conversation by double tapping on the name 2. Go to the first message you want to delete and flick either up or down until you get to "More", if this doesn't seem to work make sure you

RE: bug in ios18 drag & drop for the doc

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Davy, good find, I can confirm this. I usually have the Camera at the very right side of my dock. I moved it out using the rotor, edit > drag Camera and put it on my home screen. When I tried to move it back the same way and touched the Messages icon which is the third in my dock, all I had was

RE: Voiceover not staying on phone in bluetooth speaker.

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Try to select "Headset" instead of "Speaker" -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Matthew Bullis Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Voiceover not staying on phone in bluetooth speaker. Before I file this as a bug wit

RE: Voiceover not staying on phone in bluetooth speaker.

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
In my experience if you set it to Speaker it does the exact opposite, Voiceover remains on the phone and only your other audio comes from the speaker. Headset will send both Voiceover and your audio stream to the Bluetooth device (unless that has changed). From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Beh

RE: filling in passwords from iCloud on Windows?

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Do you have 2-factor authentication enabled for your Apple Id (which now is actually called Apple Account)? Here is an article which includes other links you may want to check out: Set up iCloud Keychain and iCloud Passwords on all your devices - Apple Support (CA)

RE: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
update on Iphone SE 2nd gen I did not realize we were able to buy text to speech voices other than the ones Apple gives us. Do you know if there are any other apps available where we could buy voices such as Ivona or a cappella? Kerry Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2024, at 2:10 PM, Sieghard

RE: Attackers Are Targeting iPhone 16 Buyers — Here’s How To Stay Safe

2024-09-18 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Which seems to be happening to some degree each year a new iPhone is released. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 6:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: FW: Attackers Are Targeting iPhone 16 Buyers — Here’s How To Stay Safe Link to article is at the en

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
at Outlook, USA -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 12:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Lock screen apps Yes, just switched out the Flashlight icon with one to toggle recording for the Just Press Rec

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
=>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 12:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Lock screen apps Yes, just switched out the Flashlight icon with one to toggle recording

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
ow to do it because what you described is it impossible How to click on lock screen Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Sep 2024, at 6:09 am, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Yes, just switched out the Flashlight icon with one to toggle recording for > the Just Press Record app. > It is fai

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
reen but it's still bringing up one of the apps on the lock screen. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 12:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subjec

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
nd hold on the screen, it > brings up the clock, fitness app, camera and so on. I've tried double tapping > and holding on a blank part of the lock screen but it's still bringing up one > of the apps on the lock screen. > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ > Chaltain at Outlook,

RE: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

2024-09-17 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
CerePlay is an app which allows you to buy various text to speech voices. The reviews are mixed leaning towards the negative and I won't even give it a second thought because I am very happy with the selection of voices I have in iOS, between Eloquence, the Siri voices and the other ones offered

RE: Accessible task manager app recommendations

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You could simply use the Reminders app, make a "Assignments" list and then add each assignment with a due date there. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Maria Reyes Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Accessible task

RE: Lock screen apps

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Yes, just switched out the Flashlight icon with one to toggle recording for the Just Press Record app. It is fairly straight forward, you double tap and hold on the lock screen and then tap on "Customize", just explore from there. You have to first remove one of the two bottom icons, Flashlight

RE: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Can you provide more information about this “CerePlay”, I have never heard about it before. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Goshawk On Horseback Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 6:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

RE: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Buy “CerePlay” do you mean “Siri”? I have been using the North American Siri Voice 4 on my iPhone for a long time now as I find it is the clearest and best at slightly higher speeds. I never have any issues and I have tried all the other Siri voices as well, they are all fine except to my ears S

RE: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Why not call Apple Accessibility and see if they can help. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:08 PM To: 'cwc' via VIPhone Subject: big problem with IOS 18.0 update on Iphone SE 2nd gen I updated and now my VO is producing loud static instead of t

RE: Interacting with QR codes in the email

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
QR codes are for scanning with a camera so if you open the email on your iPhone then you can't really scan the QR code. If you were to open the email on a computer with a screen, then you can use your iPhone to scan the QR code and it would take you to the information. Are you sure there is only

RE: Questions about apple watch and swimming.

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
good. Just one more question. If none of my suggestions work, would it be possible to buy a waterproof case that I could put on the watch to avoid the waterlock altogether? On Sep 16, 2024, at 3:36 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:  You can’t do anything with your watch while waterlock is on, h

RE: Smart locks

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Smart locks We have a Schlage Encode Plus, one of the more expensive options, but an excellent lock which supports Homekit and Homekey or whatever it is called where I can just walk

RE: Smart locks

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
We have a Schlage Encode Plus, one of the more expensive options, but an excellent lock which supports Homekit and Homekey or whatever it is called where I can just walk up to my lock, hold my Apple Watch up to it and it will unlock without any further intervention. Same works with my iPhone, bu

RE: I sent my iPhone 12 Mini back to Apple for a gift card

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can always get more if you sell your iPhone privately. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of vcollins5...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2024 12:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I sent my iPhone 12 Mini back to Apple for a gift card As the subject line indicates, I

RE: Problem con Siri

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Sorry Caroline, but what have hills and woods to do with asking Siri to start a call? I start calls with Siri all the time and I live right next to an 8,500 foot mountain; it makes no difference if you ask Siri to start a call or if you start the call from your contact list or if you use the key

RE: Questions about apple watch and swimming.

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can’t do anything with your watch while waterlock is on, here a statement taken directly from Apple support: “When Water Lock is on, your Apple Watch doesn't respond to touch on its display. This prevents accidental input while you're in water.” You can start music and then turn on waterlock,

RE: Three-way calling.

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Did you make sure to tell the first person to not hang up, I assume that after you pressed Add Caller the first person though the call had disconnected and they hung up. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 2:42

RE: Three-way calling.

2024-09-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
As long as you initiate the 3-way call it makes no difference if the other 2 people have an iPhone, Android phone, flip phone or a land line. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 10:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.

RE: Apple Watch 10 strap sizes question?

2024-09-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
When I just did a Google search for "Apple Watch 10 strap sizes", one of th efirst few search results was a PDF file from Apple which contains a tool to find your exact strap size. You would, however, need sighted help since there are a few requirements: First, you have to print the page at 100%

Apple Watch 10 and playing audio over the external speakers

2024-09-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have an Apple Watch Ultra 2 and I really like the watch in terms of how responsive it is and especially the fact I get almost 3 days of battery life. One thing I really wish, however, the Ultra 2 would get with the Watch OS 11 update is the ability to play audio via the watch speaker. I read th

RE: Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2

2024-09-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
7;t use VoiceOver at all not even to tell time. Can you still listen to music if you wanted to On Sep 10, 2024, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:  Yes, and I find it very ridiculous that Apple does not allow for basic Voiceover output when waterlock is on. In

RE: Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2

2024-09-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Amazon From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mohammad Fazil Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 8:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2 Where can I get this from, please? Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghar

RE: Headphones

2024-09-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
As long as both the headphones and adapter are functioning correctly sound should come from both sides. Mak esure that the 3.5 mm male jack of the headphones is plugged in all the way, sometimes it take a little extra force and you may actually hear it click. Apart from that my question is that

RE: smaller phones

2024-09-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
be something available for those of us with smaller hands who like the smaller form factor. Kerry Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2024, at 1:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  Not this year and even the expected iPhone SE 4th generation will now be a larger phon

RE: Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
when you where under water anyways? From Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: September 9, 2024 3:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailt

RE: Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
th upgrading to the Series 10. I'm tempted because of the thinner casing and the fact that I can't use the double tap feature that was introduced last year. Jessica Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2024, at 3:08 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:  The Apple Watch 10 sounds like it has a few g

RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
16 have LiDAR? Not my problem, since I > don't plan to update this year. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 3:06 PM > To: viphone@google

RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of portillo@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 2:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin Hi Sieghard, I believe a blind person might want the pros for the sound and recording capabilities though

Airpods

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I think this is the first year I may feel tempted to maybe buy a set of Airpods. I still can't see myself spending all that money for Airpods Pro, but the new 4th generation Airpods either with or without noise cancellation do sound somewhat intriquing and especially the regular ones at $129.99

Apple Watch 10 and "new" Ultra 2

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The Apple Watch 10 sounds like it has a few good new features although even here I don't see much of a reason to upgrade if you currently have a series 9 watch. I was very surprised that unless I am missing something, the only "upgrade" to the Apple Watch Ultra 2 is a few new colour options; I w

iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
is really worth the extra money. Take care, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners

RE: Mail badge not changing when eMails come in.

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Where do you get this information? I have an iCloud account set up on my iPhone as well as my business email which is Exchange and my personal Outlook account which is also Exchange. For all three accounts push is on and before going into any of the accounts specifically, it says “Fetch new data

RE: Mail badge not changing when eMails come in.

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I wonder if he has push on for email and also background app refresh. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 4:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mail badge not changing when eMails come in. There are two places in settings to check. settings, notificati

RE: Ray-Ban Meta glasses

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Guys, why state you are interested, the link is right there so just join because nobody can do it for you. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Eric Caron Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 11:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ray-Ban Meta glasses I would be interested in jo

RE: Ray-Ban Meta glasses

2024-09-09 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Works fine for me, click the link and Whatsapp comes up, then tap on Join Chat From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of mi...@eastlink.ca Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 8:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ray-Ban Meta glasses Hi Dana I tried to join this what’s app group throu

RE: Adding music to a library

2024-09-08 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can use Dropbox and access your music files from the Dropbox app, but you are not able to add them to your iTunes library this way where they are then available through the Music app on your iPhone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent:

RE: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup

2024-09-08 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
And have you tried with a wired headset? Also, which version of iOS are you running? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Monday, September 2, 2024 10:56 AM To: viPhone 📩 Subject: Re: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup Richard et al, I’ll give that a try, but volume doe

RE: Voice over and iOS 18

2024-09-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
After some pretty annoying stuff throughout the Beta which in many cases didn’t apply to a lot of people, either, iOS 18 now is very good and while I can’t speak for Braille features since I use neither Braille input nor any Braille displays, if you just use Voiceover with speech there is no rea

RE: Problem Pairing My Shokz OpenRun Bluetooth Headphones To My iPhone 15

2024-09-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You could also see if there is a factory reset option for the OpenRun and try that. If that and rebooting your iPhone still does not work, a final step I would do is to go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset, then tap on “Reset Network Settings”. This will often clear up suc

RE: smaller phones

2024-09-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Not this year and even the expected iPhone SE 4th generation will now be a larger phone most likely similar to a regular iPhone 16. There are rumours about an iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim or whatever Apple will call it a year from now, but whether this phone will actually be much smaller or s

RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch

2024-09-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
!!! On Sep 6, 2024, at 5:09 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:  It will also have a much larger screen and while I am not saying battery life may not be better, nobody knows what it is until Apple provides this information next week. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent

RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch

2024-09-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
iphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, September 6, 2024 2:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch As it will be a larger phone with Face Id I highly doubt it will have a home butto

RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch

2024-09-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
;> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, September 6, 2024 2:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch As it will be a larger phone with Face Id I highly doubt it will have a home button. You may as wel

RE: When to Expect the iPhone SE 4 to Launch

2024-09-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
As it will be a larger phone with Face Id I highly doubt it will have a home button. You may as well get used to it as this is the way the technology is going and I would actually not want a home button any more even if I had the option as I find the gestures much more intuitive and easy. From

RE: voice memos question

2024-09-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
App Library is another area where she can look for it. If it’s not directly on one of her home screens then it’s most likely in a folder. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Chela Robles Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2024 11:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: voice memos qu

RE: Inconsistency with Text Messages

2024-09-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I wonder if that has to do with the provider, I don’t recall ever not getting a text message somebody sent to me within seconds. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2024 8:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Inconsistency with Text Messages Do those frien

RE: Page orientation in Seeing AI

2024-09-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
In the SeeingAI app you can get this information, but only if you use the Document channel and not the Short Text channel. 1. Scan your page with the Document channel 2. After the picture was taken and the text has been recognized tap the "More" button at the top right of the screen 3. On the nex

RE: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup

2024-09-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
m On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 9:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup Or plug in a wired headset to see if you hear anything. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Monday, September 2, 2024 6:07 AM To:

RE: Recent strange behaviour with my Apple Watch Series 7.

2024-09-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Almost sounds like maybe the side button is stuck? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Monday, September 2, 2024 8:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Recent strange behaviour with my Apple Watch Series 7. Hello, I have an Apple

RE: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup

2024-09-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Or plug in a wired headset to see if you hear anything. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone Sent: Monday, September 2, 2024 6:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restore iPhone via iCloud Backup Before you try that. Have you tried doing a two finger flick up and then quickly tapping

RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device?

2024-09-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
WhatsApp QR code to link a device? Hi, group. My computer does not have monitor attached to it, can I still use WhatsApp on my computer? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2024, at 8:27 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > And yes, you go to the Microsoft Store and press Control + E to

RE: Voice recognition and the rotor

2024-09-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
It is not available on the iPhone 8 since that phone does not have the processing power for this feature. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2024 6:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice recognition and

RE: Voice recognition and the rotor

2024-09-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Yes, you can definitely add it to the rotor since I have done so. Where are when you check, if you are simply on your home screen it won't be there since the system is smart enough to know that it is not needed there, you have to be in an app before you see it. -Original Message- From:

RE: Waiting for the iPhone 16? Check out our picks for the 7 best iPhones of all time: Macworld

2024-09-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
;t do so which will be really inconvenient for me. On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 1:28 PM Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote: And yet it's amazing how little difference in many ways there is between say a 5S and an iPhone 13 Pro considering the screen size went from 4 inches on

RE: Waiting for the iPhone 16? Check out our picks for the 7 best iPhones of all time: Macworld

2024-08-31 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
lus. My second favorite was my iPhone 4 / 4S. Mark On Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:33:37 AM UTC-7 Sieghard Weitzel wrote: I don't quite agree with this list, while the 6 and 6 Plus were the first larger phones, I think the 6S and 6S Plus as the second generation of that form factor so to sp

RE: sharing a pdf document with be my ai?

2024-08-31 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: sharing a pdf document with be my ai? Actually, that is not true. I just shared a PDF file from my Files app with Be My ai Eye and it read it back to me so be my ai eye does read PDF documents. > On Aug 30, 2024, at 11:09 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >

RE: Waiting for the iPhone 16? Check out our picks for the 7 best iPhones of all time: Macworld

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Macworld Yes. My favorite phone of them all was my beloved iPhone 8 Plus. My second favorite was my iPhone 4 / 4S. Mark On Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:33:37 AM UTC-7 Sieghard Weitzel wrote: I don't quite agree with this list, while the 6 and 6 Plus were the first larger phones, I think the 6

RE: Light Detector app gone?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
e I want to change things and get home internet, although I'll likely not get another landline phone, Spectrum does provide high-speed internet service here. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2024, at 11:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:  I can't speak for the Light Detector app, but you co

RE: How long would it take to download music to an iPhone?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I think you are mixing up Wi-Fi and internet speeds. 200 Mbps sounds to me like the speed of your internet connection because even Wi-fi 5 allows devices to transmit data over the 5 GHz wireless frequency band at theoretical speeds of up to 3.5 Gbps. That of course is theoretical as it says, rea

RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
al Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: 29 August 2024 23:11 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device? If you are trying to link for example a computer so you can use Whatsapp on the comuter, you sh

RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
m: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: 29 August 2024 23:11 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Advice on how to scan a WhatsApp QR code to link a device? If you are trying to link for example a computer so you can use Whatsapp on the comuter, you should never have to go t

RE: Light Detector app gone?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
r for whatever reason. Same applies to my business where I have the same router but the Pro/business model, also bought just about at the same time. It just works as Steve Jobs used to say. Take care, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of vcollins5...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, Augu

RE: sharing a pdf document with be my ai?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Go ahead and try it, you can share it with Be My Eyes, but nothing happens since Be My AI does not support interpreting PDF files. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent: Friday, August 30, 2024 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: R

RE: sharing a pdf document with be my ai?

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I guess you could convert it to a JPG file using an online converter and then once it is in your photos app you can share it with Be My AI. Interestingly enough, I just opened a PDF which I have on OneDrive on my iPhone and Be My Eyes is on the share sheet, but when I selected it I got a message

RE: VO BUG RE: Preview of a change coming in iOS 18 for Audio Ducking and Volume

2024-08-30 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
n there is no problem at all. Van: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> Namens Sieghard Weitzel Verzonden: vrijdag 30 augustus 2024 0:06 Aan: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Onderwerp: RE: Preview of a change

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