RE: how to delete text and i messages in ios7?

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Trahern, OK, in messages there are 2 places/screens: 1. In the main screen which shows all your conversations you can delete entire conversations 2. If you double tap on a conversation where you see the screen with all the individual messages, you can delete individual

iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hello Listers, For those who are getting comfortable with iOS 7 and are ready to explore some more advanced features or if you simply want an overview of what is possible, here are links to 2 articles I found interesting and useful. The first deals specifically with the mail app and the second

punctuationin io7.

2013-09-24 Thread Kimmie
Hi there. Hi. I would like to know how to get rid of punctuation being spoken in text message. I never used to get them before. I didn't get them at the start of io7, but somehow I've gone and done something, and I can't remember what I did. I don't particularly want to hear all the hiphons

Re: punctuationin io7.

2013-09-24 Thread Joseph FreeTech
Hi Kimmie, So you tried placing focus on an edit field then using the rotor to select punctuation then flicking down to some punctuation? This should actually be enough to do it for you. Joseph - Original Message - From: Kimmie pegasu...@xtra.co.nz To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: punctuationin io7.

2013-09-24 Thread Joseph FreeTech
Hi Kimmie, I just read your message once again. I think you should go back into the rotor and select Punctuation. You can now use the rotor to select punctuation then swipe down to your preferred setting. Don't forget to switch the rotor back to characters as this setting tends to prevent one

RE: punctuationin io7.

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Kimmy, Turn the rotor to Punctuation, flick down with 1 finger to some or None (whichever you prefer) and then turn the rotor back to Characters or Words. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimmie Sent:

Re: Restoring an iPad

2013-09-24 Thread Shane clark
Hi all, Only thing is, that the pc that I used to sync the iPad with is down, and I don't know when I'll be able to have it running again. Can I possibly update it to the new iOS 7, and have the jb gone then? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose b...@benmr.com

Re: My iPhone 4 activates Voice Control spontaneously, should I reset?

2013-09-24 Thread Chris H
I don't think raise to speak is available with voice control. Anyway up to now a restore seems to have worked. On 24/09/2013 05:53, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: Could you be activating it with raise and speek- Sometimes a sudden movement could do this. Personally i've not seen this behavior. Best,

Re: VO skipping pages on my 4s

2013-09-24 Thread Sandra Heaton
I have to say that I was having that problem but all of a sudden it seems to have settled down now. Very weird but there you are. Sandra Braille Greeting Cards www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk - Original Message - From: John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com To:

Re: Unable to read what I have written when composing a text message in IOS7

2013-09-24 Thread Sandra Heaton
same here I am experiencing the same thing very frustrating and also when you are composing your message if you hit too far up the cursor jumps just like it does in facebook. Sandra Braille Greeting Cards www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk - Original Message - From: Ed Allen

Synching iBooks across devices

2013-09-24 Thread Jodie Hoger
Hi List. Using iOS 7 and can't see all books and files across my devices. Any ideas? ThanksJo Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the

RE: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread Alex Stone
With regard to the article about the mail app, it says that if I click the edit button on the screen of mail boxes, I can drag them into a different order. However, I've forgotten the vo gesture for dragging stuff, can someone remind me please? Cheers Alex From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Restoring an iPad

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Shane, In order to upgrade you have to first remove any Jailbreaks. I am not a Jailbreaker and can't give you the details, but that is what Rob from the Today in iOS podcast always warns people about. I don't see why you can't connect your iPad with another PC/iTunes, if you potentially don't

Re: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread Jenifer Barr
Doubletap and hold while moving your finger through the list. Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 3:58 AM, Alex Stone alexstone...@btinternet.com wrote: With regard to the article about the mail app, it says that if I click the edit button on the screen of mail boxes, I can

RE: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Alex, If you tap on Edit from the main Mail app screen, each Mailbox and Account has a Reorder button to the right of it, e.g. if you swipe from left to right you would find All Inboxes and another swipe would say Reorder, All Inboxes or you have VIP Mailbox and Reorder, VIP Mailbox.

RE: punctuationin io7.

2013-09-24 Thread Kimmie
No I didn't do that. I did the rotor bit, but just left it as unselected, thinking it wouldn't give me all the punctuations I didn't want, so I'll try and see which settings I make a mess of now. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

Re: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread RobH.
Double tap and hold until it warbles, then drag. - Original Message - From: Alex Stone alexstone...@btinternet.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:58 AM Subject: RE: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks With regard to the article about the mail app, it

how to get rid of the extra characters when typing in ios7?

2013-09-24 Thread Mich
Hi all. I have found that when trying to type anything in ios7 if you leave your finger on a letter for to long like maybe a second vo will bring up some extra characters. is there any way to get rid of this?since I find it very annoying. from Mich. -- You received this message because you

RE: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks

2013-09-24 Thread Alex Stone
Thanks! Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RobH. Sent: 24 September 2013 10:03 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 7 mail and other Tips and Tricks Double tap and hold until it warbles, then drag. -

Re: Restoring an iPad

2013-09-24 Thread Shane clark
Hi Sieghart, Yeah, I think I may try that, as we really don't care about losing content anyway... So once connected to the pc, how would I go about doing the restore and getting the jailbreak off with iTunes? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:22 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca

RE: how to get rid of the extra characters when typing in ios7?

2013-09-24 Thread Kimmie
Yes I find this a pain too, because you have to lift your finger up, and then delete the character you didn't want. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mich Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 9:32 p.m. To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: how to get

Re: Restoring an iPad

2013-09-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, iTunes should just detect the iPad and offer to upgrade iOS for you; just follow the prompts like you would do for a non jailbroken device. Cheers, Ben. On 9/24/13, Shane clark hshanecl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sieghart, Yeah, I think I may try that, as we really don't care about losing

Re: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Just to chime in here although i said to myself i wouldn't because i would probably be flamed to death for doing so, and all because what i'm gonna say now, which is i have absolutely no problem whatsoever with the new layout of the calendar. Ok, i'll admit i don't have the worlds most busy

RE: the audible app

2013-09-24 Thread Alex Stone
Don, you download books from the app itself. I can't make the current version of the app work with ios7 on my iphone5 at all. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of don bishop Sent: 23 September 2013 00:51 To:

thanks all for braille display comments

2013-09-24 Thread alia robinson
would like to thank everyone for their comments RE: braille displays. I am sorry I am not able to thank everyone individually, but everyone was helpful. The perkinsmini is tempting me because I can store files on it to take with me in case I don't have my phone, and it has a two year warranty

Bard app and books from OpenLibrary

2013-09-24 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. As I'm sure most know, the internet archive, through its openlibrary.org site, provides a significant number of books for free download. Most are out of copyright, but quite a large number, several hundred thousand, I think, are still in copyright. These are Daisy books

RE: the audible app

2013-09-24 Thread Lois Butterfield
To download from your library, you need to click on cloud where you see the choices cloud, device, and another one I can't remember. If you click on cloud, you should see a list of books in your library. If you are on device, you will only see books on your phone. I have an iPhone 5, and things

Enhanced voice

2013-09-24 Thread Rizzino, Bonnie
Hi Can the enhanced quality voice be turned on with the 4S? Thanks. Bonnie Rizzino Case Manager Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh blindvr.org 412-368-4400 ext. 2246 This message and any attachments are intended for the sole use of the individual to whom it

Re: Enhanced voice

2013-09-24 Thread Chris H
Yes it can. On 24/09/2013 12:35, Rizzino, Bonnie wrote: Hi Can the enhanced quality voice be turned on with the 4S? Thanks. Bonnie Rizzino Case Manager Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh blindvr.org 412-368-4400 ext. 2246 This message and any attachments are

Re: For Alia was Re: braille displays?

2013-09-24 Thread erik burggraaf
I don't have access to them for testing and training. I only commented on the ones that I've personally held in my hand and taught clients to use. I couldn't speculate at all on the eurobraille but would always be interested to see one if there is one in Toronto. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow

Re: An easier way to unlock the phone

2013-09-24 Thread Jack Conti
i just doubloe tap on the unlock button works every time. don't even bother swiping. At 10:02 PM 9/23/2013, you wrote: Yes, that definitely works, but I think this probably has more to do with tapping the screen first. Smile. I stated in my initial post below that I would have to swipe twice

Re: Speaker Phone with Voiceover

2013-09-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Sieghard, I'm waiting on my reply to test this out with a friend in person. We got this to work for him a few months ago but I want to do this again to make sure we're not dreaming! :) We tried this over the phone yesterday and it did not seem to work but we did have this going before so I

RE: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Rose Combs
Is there a way to remove the weather widget from the message screen? I never near a temperature, or if I do it was 20 degrees off, it takes up space and while I am at it I don't need to see the calendar unless I have events on it, then what I need are the event and time. I guess I am saying I

RE: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Rose Combs
I agree, I never used their weather app, to me i was never great, did not give me the info I wanted. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Dean Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Siri

2013-09-24 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Carol, as Jonathan points out, changing the synth that Siri uses doesn't just change the synth that it speaks with, but, also what it is listening out for. Depending on your accent natively and how specific it is, or localised perhaps, that will have further impact over the simple dialect that

Weather doesn't show up in notification center

2013-09-24 Thread Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan
Since the update (iOS 7), the weather widget doesn't show up anymore in the notification center. I read that one had to activate stocks in settings / notifications / stocks and turn it off again. What this has to do with weather is Apple's secret, I suppose. Unfortunately, the stocks option

Re: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan
I agree, Rose. I'd love to get back the weather widget, but in general, the old notification center was so much better. The new one is kind of cluttered while giving less relevant information. How do you leave it, by the way? There isn't this option close notification center anymore. -

RE: 4 finger single tap bug?

2013-09-24 Thread Rose Combs
I asked this before, but, let's say I am in the twitter app and I have not been there for a day and 100 messages have come in. I want to move to the number one message, in row 1 and read down to where I left off last time but my app opens on let's say row 200. Is there a way to get to row 1

some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, I downloaded the bard app, seems really cool. Although a little confusing to download books. Trying to figure it out. I can browse the catalog if I type in search stuff, but there is no download button or anything. Also, what exactly is the wish list? Also, after you have read

RE: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Rose Combs
I have never since I got an iPhone found that the weather widget was worth having and I wish I could get it out of the message center since it does not tell me the current temperature, humidity, dew point etc. I just have no use for the current message center that and I would like the old app

Re: Getting weather to appear in notification Center

2013-09-24 Thread Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan
I clicked today, but nothing showed up. Somehow, the appearance of the weather widget seems to be quite arbitrary. Best, Alexandra - Original Message - From: Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:58 PM Subject: Re:

Strange VO hint in notification center

2013-09-24 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I just noticed a strange hint VO announces in notification center. When flicking to one event in today view VO Says something I cannot make sense of: Fred 5/8, from 1:00 PM to 1:00 PM Button Double tap and hold, then move or use handles in rotor to adjust start and end times Anyone got

RE: contacts losing notification tones

2013-09-24 Thread Rose Combs
I have a 4S and all my tones seem to be intact. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 6:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: contacts losing notification tones Hey guys, I am

Re: some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Hi, You have to add books to your wish list before you can download them. I would suggest you read the user guide that is found under help within the app. It has a nicely arranged table of contents with links to specific sections. Section 4 is about getting books. HTH, Richard (Sent from

Re: Seamless app

2013-09-24 Thread Don Breda
Hi there. I know many people use that app but I have found it less accessible then I would like and somewhat difficult to use. I have also found bugs in that app. Let me recommend grubhub which is totally accessible, much easier to use and actually works as it is supposed to. The only thing

Re: some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Patti Johnson
I don't add books to the wish list, there is a download button when you go into the more information page, right after the author, anotation, reader info and how long the book is. I just double tap on that one and the book downloads. And it does read, I've tried it, there is a read button once

Re: some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Maybe i should read the user guide. Thanks, Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Sep 24, 2013, at 5:59 AM, Patti Johnson pattigj1...@gmail.com wrote: I don't add books to the wish list, there is a download button when you go into the more information page, right after the

Re: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
I was curious about the very same thing re the VO calendar. So last night I entered an event in Vo calendar. When I went to the native calendar that event had been entered there too. So it appears the two apps do sync with each other without the user having to do anything. The only time you will

Re: how to get rid of the extra characters when typing in ios7?

2013-09-24 Thread Joseph FreeTech
Hi Kimmie and others. If you leave your finger on a character too long as might be the case in the new IOS7 keyboard, and if the new characters prompt is presented, try this... When you hear alternative characters available simply split tap somewhere on the keyboard and the prompt will

bard questions

2013-09-24 Thread Patti Johnson
But I didn't read the users' guide.I just did it this way not knowing I wasn't supposed to, grin. Patti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone

Re: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi Cara, re the three finger swipe while in landscape mode, on my 4s when I swipe to the left the calendar moves back in time. When I swipe to the right the dates move forward. This appears to work like flipping the pages of a datebook which makes sense to me. Are you getting different behavior?

Re: Unable to read what I have written when composing a text message in IOS7

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
I had this same problem and even wrote to apple accessibility about it. But when I rebooted my phone (by turning it off then back on) the problem went away. Very mysterious but worth a try. On 9/23/13, Agent086b agent0...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi, this may have ben already covered before but I

Re: how to get rid of the extra characters when typing in ios7?

2013-09-24 Thread Cait and Maggie
Hi Mitch.. I think some people are going back to standard typing to get rid of the special characters. Supossedly people are able to split tap on a letter and they can still type pretty fast. hth, Cait On 2013-09-24, at 5:31 AM, Mich mi...@eastlink.ca wrote: Hi all. I have found that when

RE: the audible app

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Alex, Can you be more specific? You say you can't make the app work at all, but you don't give examples as to what you experience or not experience. The Audible app is right now at its best ever with respect to accessibility and accessing features of the app. Regards, Sieghard -Original

Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Okay, I am starting to feel really dumb or uncoordinated or both. But I still cannot get dictation to work on my 4s with ios7. No matter what app I try, or how I tap I never get the dictation tone. My most recent attempt was in pages. I opened a blank document and VO said text field was editing.

Re: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Did you enable siri first? On 9/24/13, Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I am starting to feel really dumb or uncoordinated or both. But I still cannot get dictation to work on my 4s with ios7. No matter what app I try, or how I tap I never get the dictation tone. My

RE: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi, That, to me is a perfectly acceptable solution as I like the display better. Also, can anyone let me know why my notification centre only shows the next event and not the events for the whole day. If I have 3 events on one day, it tells me the next event but, when I flick through the hours

RE: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Scott Duck
Hi Kimber, On my 4s, I just use the dictation button, to the left of the space bar on the on screen keyboard, the same way that I did in IOS 5 and 6. Have you tried that? I didn't even know about the two finger double tap for dictation until I read this thread. Thanks, Scott Duck -Original

RE: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I just hit the home button once to get out of the notifications center or the control center. Don't know if that's the best way, but it works. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alexandra -

RE: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Laura Ann, You shou really should consider the VO Calendar. It really works well for me. I love having my whole week in front of my nose. For my purpose, it's a better display than what IOS 7 offers and it synchs with the native calendar anyway so any other feature that uses the native

RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
OK, Cara, sounds good, but I bet you lunch next time I'm in LA that you won't get it to work. Automatic switching to speakerphone when you take the phone away from your ear does not exist if Voiceover is not running and if it worked my guess would be that your friend accidently touched the

Re: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Cara and Kimber, and all, Cara's work around with landscape mode in the day view and the three finger swipe is a reasonable work around until Apple sees fit to bring back other views as options. On my iPod Touch 5th generation, if I landscape the device with the home button to the right or

RE: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Cara, This really helps. I had not read about the 3-finger swipe to go from week to week. Well, wouldn't you rather have the whole week in front of your nose? Also, what does the update button do? Ron Danvers Falling down is part of LIFE... Getting back up is LIVING... -Original

Lock sounds -- how are they supposed to work?

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
I was just reading the article posted by Sieghard, ios7 tips and tricks. One of the tips in the article said there is a setting for turning on and off lock sounds. I found the setting but no matter how I set it my phone doesn't make a sound when I lock it. Can anyone confirm how this setting is

RE: Handwriting - how to get a comma

2013-09-24 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Cara, Try doing your 2 dots a bit farther apart and possibly a little slower than you are doing. I don't understand why it works for me. Maybe because I still have my IP 4 which is slower? Could that be the reason? You know these technical things better than I do. Ron Danvers

Re: Lock sounds -- how are they supposed to work?

2013-09-24 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Make sure your phone isn't set to silent. They removed the sound for unlocking in iOS 7, but strangely enough kept the lock sound. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: I was just reading the article posted by Sieghard, ios7

Another Braille Question

2013-09-24 Thread Desi Noller
Good Morning! Is there a way to save .txt or .doc, or other file types as .brf files on the Mac for use with IOS? If so, this would be of tremendous help to me! Thanks in advance for any help with this! Desi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google

Re: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Scott, That's the problem, I don't have a dictation button. I even had a sighted person check the screen when I couldn't find the dictation button and he confirmed that it isn't there. Kimber On 9/24/13, Scott Duck l...@csdconsulting.biz wrote: Hi Kimber, On my 4s, I just use the dictation

RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover

2013-09-24 Thread Thom Spittle
Sieghard, Here's a question for you though. If the switch to speakerphone is only for voice over users, then did they put in the proximity sensor for only the blind to use? I don't know of another app that uses this, with the exception of the lift to talk with siri. But iPhone 4 has the proximity

RE: Calendar Issues

2013-09-24 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi, Don't worry about your appointments when using VO calendar. Everything goes automatically to your native calendar and is always in both. When you delete from VO calendar, it deletes from the native. Also, you could completely remove VO calendar and go back to your native app. I've been

RE: Kindell verses iBooks

2013-09-24 Thread Thom Spittle
With the kingle app, you can use a three finger swipe to change pages as well -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Chua Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc:

Re: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
That worked. Thank you! That was making me crazy. Though I would still like to know where my dictate button went. g On 9/24/13, Isaac Hebert isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: Did you enable siri first? On 9/24/13, Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I am starting to feel really

Re: Lock sounds -- how are they supposed to work?

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
I don't see anything set to silent. Kimber On 9/24/13, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Make sure your phone isn't set to silent. They removed the sound for unlocking in iOS 7, but strangely enough kept the lock sound. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Kimber

RE: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Rose, No, you won’t get it back and neither will the old app switcher come back which I think and most would agree is a good thing since the new one is so much easier and faster to use. As for weather in the Notification Center, I believe it will go away if you go to Settings, Privacy,

RE: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Kimber, Can you make sure SIRI is turned on? Go to Settings then SIRI and make sure it's on and your SIRI language is set correctly. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Tom, The proximity sensor is also important because it turns off the touch screen if you hold your phone up to your ear. This of course is also the case for somebody who doesn't run Voiceover since otherwise you would constantly press stuff on your screen with your ear and cheek. Regards,

Re: Lock sounds -- how are they supposed to work?

2013-09-24 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, There is a switch on the phone. Make sure that’s flipped to the front of the phone, or if you’re holding it like you would to use it, near the screen. That turns all sounds on. I hope this makes sense. If not, I’m sure someone else can help clarify what i meant. lol. On Sep 24, 2013, at

Re: Lock sounds -- how are they supposed to work?

2013-09-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Are you Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 9:18 AM, trying to turn on lock sounds.Kimber Gardner kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see anything set to silent. Kimber On 9/24/13, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Make sure your phone isn't set to silent.

RE: iPhone 5s, witch provider?

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Pablo, Apple will sell the iPhone 5S unlocked most likely in 4 or 6 weeks at the most. I have no idea why in most other countries including here in Canada you can buy an unlocked device at full price directly from Apple on day 1 but why Apple does not offer that in the States. Well, I guess

Re: Still cannot get dictation to work

2013-09-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
That was my problem. Siri had gotten turned off when I had to reset my phone during the upgrade. Thanks On 9/24/13, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Kimber, Can you make sure SIRI is turned on? Go to Settings then SIRI and make sure it's on and your SIRI language is set correctly.

Re: Weather widget and current temperature in iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Jeffrey Turner
Of course, the scrub gesture also works to back out of the control and notification centers. Jeffrey On Sep 24, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Paul and Paula Jordan pau...@roadrunner.com wrote: I just hit the home button once to get out of the notifications center or the control center. Don't know if

Skype questions

2013-09-24 Thread Cait and Maggie
Hi, We're thinking of using our i phones as our house phones and ditching bell canada, for a number of reasons I won't go into here. We both have Skype on both our computers and on our i phones. Is this a viable way to do long distance calls-even if the person you are calling doesn't have

Re: Skype questions

2013-09-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
You can get a Skype subscribtion you can pay for it month to month bases or year by years using call phones and mobile and you can also get a Skype number. On 9/24/13, Cait and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We're thinking of using our i phones as our house phones and ditching

Removing items from the App Switcher [was Re: hanging with friends and advertisements that even stay in app store]

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
There are two other ways to remove things from the App Switcher which may be just as fast. After bringing up the App Switcher, swipe right once to move focus to the first app in the App Switcher and now just use a three finger swipe up until all of the apps are gone. Alternatively, after

Re: some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Dawn Petty
if you are browsing for a specific book you have to put it on your wish list. then you go to wish list and download. -Original Message- From: Jed Barton Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: some questions with the bard app Hey guys, I

Re: Restoring an iPad

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Just click on the restore button. This will restore your iPad to the factory settings, i.e. no jail break. Note that this is different from the restore from most recent backup button. On 09/24/2013 04:32 AM, Shane clark wrote: Hi Sieghart, Yeah, I think I may try that, as we really don't care

RE: Handwriting - how to get a comma

2013-09-24 Thread Thom Spittle
Hey Cara, I found the colon for you. Like Ron said, you have to do this quickly. Make the two dots, but make sure that one of them is on the top half and one is on the bottom half. It does not work all of the time, but about a third of the time. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Skype questions

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Caitlyn, Yes, you can use Skype to call regular phone numbers. You don't need Skype Premium, but you will need to buy either Skype credit or a Skype subscription. The subscription for unlimited calling in North America (US and Canada) is $2.95 a month, that's $35.40 a year. If you prepay for

RE: Removing items from the App Switcher [was Re: hanging with friends and advertisements that even stay in app store]

2013-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Christopher and Joseph, Joseph is right, if you want to close a lot of apps flicking up or down to Delete and then split tapping is the way to go. However, you don't have to do a double tap and hold as Joseph describes. Once you flick down to Delete, you can just move your finger to find the

Re: some questions with the bard app

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The wish list is just a list of books you want to read some time. You can add books to your wish list when browsing from the BARD Mobile app or when using a browser on your mobile device or PC/Mac to visit the BARD site. Once a book is in your wish list, you can download it to your device.

white pages app question

2013-09-24 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi all. Is anyone using the white pages app? I used it a couple of times while running IOS 6 with some success. Since I upgraded I can't seem to get the search feature to work. I go into businesses, type an item to search and double tap the search button. It takes me to some sort of very

search on safari on iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi all, Just updated my iPad mini to iOS 7. So far so good, although i found it is a touch harder to adapt to iOS 7 on the iPad compare to the phone. I have a question, and i'm not sure how it goes with the phone since i do most of my web browsing on the iPad. Where is the search edit box on

insert photo in mail broken in iOs 7

2013-09-24 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I think iOs 7 has broken vO ability to insert attachments in a mail message. In iOs 6 one could select in edit rotor the option to insert photo. Now flicking down through the options skipped it. Anyone can confirm this? If so, please write to apple about it. I know I will. Thanks for

Re: search on safari on iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Safari now uses a universal address/search bar, as other browsers have gone to. Just type your URL or search string into the address bar at the top of the page. On 09/24/2013 11:26 AM, Joanne Chua wrote: Hi all, Just updated my iPad mini to iOS 7. So far so good, although i found it is a

Re: bard app and braille files

2013-09-24 Thread TaraPrakash
Dear all. Is it at Dawda possible to read braille books Using voice over ? Or it is essential to have a display to read them Best regards Sent from my iPhone On Sep 24, 2013, at 12:47 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, You're welcome. And if you have a braille book on

messages? texts? What's the difference?

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Ferrara
All, I notice when I pull up a contact there is an option to “send message”. There also is an option for “text message”. What is the difference between them, and is the person added automaticallhy to the “to” field; VoiceOver seems to indicate the field as blank. Paul -- You received this

Re: bard app and braille files

2013-09-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hello, Tara, You must use a Braille display for Braille books. The recorded books are available with narration for listening. HtH, Teresa On Sep 24, 2013, at 9:43 AM, TaraPrakash taraprak...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all. Is it at Dawda possible to read braille books Using voice over ? Or it

Two Questions About Itunes Radio: Sharing and Shuffling Stations?

2013-09-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi all, First, is there a way to share my stations on my home network, along with the rest of my library? Second, I have extremely eclectic musical tastes. Is there a way to shuffle my radio stations, so i can listen to many different kinds of music? That's one thing I really, really like

Re: search on safari on iOS 7

2013-09-24 Thread Regina Alvarado
Talking about Safari, I put in a search for a stream. When I got to the page nothing happened. Can iPad or iPhone stream from the web or does there always need to be an app to go through. In this case, it said I needed to upgrade my flash player to view content. Appreciate help. reggie and

IOS7 Braille Command Shortcut For toggling Nemeth Code?

2013-09-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, I can't decide whether i want Nemeth code enabled or not. Is there a Braille command for toggling it? thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and

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