In iOS eight, Siri alwaysasks after I tell it to call someone, to confirm do
you want to call X? I hate that. I wanted just to call who I asked it to call,
what it used to do in ios7. Is there a way to stop this unnecessary interaction
between me and Siri which makes calling someone so much
Mark,
How were you aware that apple pay was available at that particular location. Do
you just have to try and see if it works? I’ve been curious, as a blind person,
how can I know if a particular machine will work with apple pay? Do I just
randomly wave my phone over machines and hope for
There is an Applevis podcast that is entitled iTunes 12.1 with JAWS, but the
key commands given are iTunes commands, not screen reader commands, so they
should work with any screen reader.
Andy
From: Les Kriegler
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:54 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
Dictation for me at times just won’t work. Either by engaging the
dictate/microphone button on the keyboard or with the two finger double tap in
the edit field. Usually, I’ll get the start and end dictation tones right after
each other. The only way I’ve gotten for dictation to work is to turn
No, SIRI will ask for confirmation unless the person is in your Favorites list
and also if you call somebody and call again in a relatively short time it will
usually not ask. Not sure what that time span is. I sort of gotten used to it,
after all, all you do is wait for SIRI to say it's thing
Can you use any camera based app? camfind, tap tap see, etc.?
If you ard being told the lense is covered, that should impact any camera app.
If you can use other camera apps, try deleting and reinstalling KNFB Reader.
Let us know if you have already done all these things or if something works.
Sometimes, you have to be patient. A minute or two may not be long enough.
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From: Devin Prater
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February
You’re right. Sometimes I have no issues with it at all and other times I do.
I’ll keep monitoring it and see how things go.
Thanks
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Ruby
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 10:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
There is no such thing as Outlook Excel. They are separate apps. Outlook is
mail and excel is spreadsheet.
Andy
From: Lori Dent
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 3:38 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The new Outlook app for IOS, anyone
Hi all,
I also want to download this outlook
Shannon double tap file explorer in the top left corner then swipe over to
the manual and dt.
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From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:14 PM
Subject: How do I get to file explorer
I just got KNFB
Hi Steve,
I also went back for now. I did a system restore in Windows 7. Once it was done
and I tried to open iTunes it also told me that something was wrong, I then ran
the installer and was presented with the option to either Repair or Uninstall.
I selected repair, it went through its
It probably went back to compact quality. You can easily download Alex by
adding US English as a language in Voiceover Settings under Languages, then you
can make Alex either the default or have him as your secondary voice and the
original female voice is there as well and you can simply switch
Thanks for the feedback link. I will go there and leave my opinion. It wasn't
that way in the previous OS, and I never had a problem, and I never heard of
others I know having a problem. So I think they tried to fix something that did
not need fixing. At least, we should be able to turn it off.
Just a thought, but if possible, I would call before going there. And,
after all, if it isn't available, you can still use your card.
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From: Christina C.
It does not do this all the time so right now at least makes me thinks it is an
internet or server issue.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 5:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
My song list shows as buttons
- Original Message -
From: Richard rqli...@rogers.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 5:41 PM
Subject: The Latest iTunes 12
Hi,
I too am having a terrible time with this latest release. Not only is the
song list failing to
Mary,
We don't really know why they added the confirmation. It may very well be that
they received a ton of feedback from people asking to have a confirmation. This
is not accessibility related so who knows.
Regards,
Sieghard
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
Hello Christina,
You can Google a list of brick mortar stores now accepting Apple Pay.
Also, somewhere from within the Passbook app, you can bring up a list of
supported apps that also support Apple Pay.
The list of supported brick mortar stores is growing.
I have discovered that in
Hi. I'm replying to my own post to say that I tried going there on the Mac side
and now I'm subscribed to the newsletter.
Shawn
Sent From My White Macbook
- Original Message -
From: BBS
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: New
Stop notifications?
Regards, Feliciano
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On Feb 3, 2015, at 6:29 AM, Jennie Facer jennie.fa...@gmail.com wrote:
I made
Hi,
I am not her but I use NVDA as my screen reader and get this a lot when
clicking on links to webpages within emails under windows live mail.
If you use NVDA you might be experiencing this due to that too.
I use JAWS to get around this. I rather not have to use JAWS at all but...
Dan
Hi,
I too have used Be my eyes for the first time and gotten a good response,
however some thoughts keep nagging me and i probably should write the
developers rather than ranting about it here. The question that nags me now is
the following: The app is very good for things like looking at a
Thanks so much for all the feedback! I downloaded both apps and am so
pleased that I did.
I do have a Dropbox account but I am not familiar with a bookshare program.
Can someone clue me in, please?
Thanks so much!
- Angelvoice
On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 2:44:21 AM UTC-6, Angelvoice
What is in it for the volunteers? how are they recruited, and where from.
I thought some of the other previous apps had sighted volunteers out back to
answer, or type the answer to questions.
RobH.
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From: Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com
To:
I think the unfinished game is always there. Try a 3 finger swipe to the right.
I know I've gone back to games in this manner.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ioana Gandrabur
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 3:41 PM
To:
Is Buckshire available to people outside the United States
Mark Brett
Sent from my iPhone
Email: markbr...@gmail.com
SMS: 0796243
Phone: 08432086070
Zello: markbrett1
Skype markbrett1
On 3 Feb 2015, at 12:28, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
Hi,
Bookshare is a resource that
The volunteers aren't compensated, which is what makes them volunteers. I know
of a few sighted people who have volunteered, and they do it because it's just
a small thing they can do when they have a moment that makes a big difference.
It makes people feel valued.
The funding stream covers the
Hi, Jennie,
If you go to Facebook and check out the post, there should be an unfollow
link. If not, try the two-finger double-tap on the post on your feed. I know
I've seen this option somewhere, but honestly don't remember exactly how to
find it again.
HtH,
Teresa
We can see with the eyes,
Unfortunately allowing unread messages folder shows the unread messages only
in the mail inboxes. Since I have many different accounts and most of the are
IMAP retreaved and the messages are sorted in folders, I see only few of the
many unread messages.
Negoslav
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent:
I have seen cables like this around. Try searching for lightning extension or
lightning extender
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 3/02/2015, at 4:58 pm, Tara Prakash taraprak...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all. I am looking for
Hello Ioana,
Did you try using a Braille display? I just can’t get my Focus 14 to produce
accented letters so it looks to me as though French Braille is not available.
Cheers,
Anne
On 2 Feb 2015, at 21:38, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi there,
I tried switching to
I would indeed email the developer about that. It should be an easy fix.
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Hi Michelle. On my Windows VM, the link that you posted said that the address
isn't valid. Are you sure this is the link to subscribe?
Shawn
Sent From My White Macbook
- Original Message -
From: Michelle Bernstein
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015
This is the beginning of a lengthly newsletter that I received this morning
from the AppleVis site which indicates they have a new monthly newsletter
which seems quite comprehensive. I have pasted the link to subscribe after
the newsletter description:
Welcome to AppleVis Unlimited, our new
Hi,
Bookshare is a resource that started because blind people were scanning books
and wanting a way to share them with others so they didn't have to scan the
same book for themselves.
You have to be unable to use a standard print book to join Bookshare the books
are in DAISY text format or BRF
Because the app developer is in Europe, most of the helpers are in Europe. I
have never read anything about how the helpers are compensated, but they do
have a funding stream at least until September. I believe that at some point
there will have to be a revenue generating model, perhaps similar
Brett, thanks so much for this. I’ve downloaded and installed it on my iPhone.
I too get quite a lot of Email and would like a faster way to edit it what I
want and what I don’t want.
Regards,
Alan
Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out. Get
a job. Pay your
Has anyone found some sort of external number pad for the iDevices?
Either wireless or a doc. Something that makes dialing in numbers or entering
account numbers easier.
I need to enter in a long string of numbers and lol, I’m dreading it! I was
just having a heck of a time going through a
I think his persistence should be admired
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote:
The volunteers aren't compensated, which is what makes them volunteers. I
know of a few sighted people who have volunteered, and they do it because
it's just a
Rick, reaching in to my pocket to press the home button or even pulling it
of my pocket doesn't require a lot of effort on my part. It's just not a
big deal.
Regards,
Alan
Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out.
Get
a job. Pay your bills wile you still
Also, to add to this, the app does not support the flick up and down gestures
to bring up the actions menu in the list of messages which one would normally
use for deleting messages quickly.
I also did not see a way to handle threaded conversations which IOS mail does
so nicely.
It’s
Sieghard, turning Audio Ducking off seems to cure this issue for me as well as
allowing me to keep VO speaking out of my phone and not being sent to the
AirPlay device.
Best regards,
Rick Alfaro
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Sieghard,
Unfortunately, I tried a restore and iTunes wasn't happy.
I then had to uninstall iTunes, along with the other associated Apple
programs like Apple Software, Bonjour, and a couple others. Apple has a
prescribed order to uninstall that stuff.
After that, I could re-install iTunes
Hello
Is it possible to get good stereo sound out of the iPhone with one of those
bowl shaped things that amplifies sound? I've never seen one but have heard
it rumored that they can fill a room with good sound. I like sampling music
on the phone but for serious listening are there other options
You can roll back. But, it is a pain.
You can find the info by searching Apple's support site for reverting to
older version of iTunes.
You have to uninstall iTunes, then uninstall four or five other Apple
programs in the suggested order.
- Original Message -
From: Lizand Sammie
To:
It's dumber than dumb. I just saw a message from the window eyes users list
yesterday that they don't even support iTunes 12. They stop at version 11.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Ron Pelletier ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca wrote:
Hi all,
This is the dum response I got
Oh, sorry,
I actually just used the on screen Braille keyboard. I don't have a Braille
display that supports Braille input unfortunately.
I guess an other bug to be reported to apple.Good luck and all the best,
Ioana An other bug for apple to fix.
I
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at
Hi all,
This is the dum response I got from Apple when I reported on how inaccessible
it was to our software. Don’t know how they made their choice in view of the
fact that, right now, JAWS is the most popular screen reading software in the
world. I’d like to know how people using Windows
Hi All,
Would someone explain to me why, when I downloaded Alex to my iPhone,
my Samantha voice was changed to a very odd-sounding speech quality.
Only by deleting Alex could I get my basic Samantha back. What's the
deal?
Kimber
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Too late now I know, but I ran a restore and, when Itunes was unhappy, I went
to itunes in add/remove programs and application keyed on it and ran a repair
and all was well.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Steve
Sent: Tuesday, February 03,
Hi Deidre, you could always get yourself a Bluetooth speaker? That will fill
the room and some offer stereo.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 4/02/2015, at 8:54 am, Deidre Muccio deim...@verizon.net wrote:
Hello
Is it
Just go to bookshare.org's site. If I remember correctly, there's a section for
international members. You should find what you're looking for there.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Sent:
I've noticed since I updated to the newest IOS update on my iPhone 5 whenever I
try to dictate a message it takes a longer time to input the message before I
can send it. Is anyone else having this problem?
Shawnese Laury-Johnson, MA, CRC, LLPC
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
BSBP Detroit
Oh no, it's not on. Strange thing now it says when I push the button
for the report it says no report is found, and it also keeps saying my
lens is covered, and it's not.
I don't have anything to clean it with if it needs it.
I read the whole users guide. Well I guess I'll just keep on
I have noticed this today, wonder if apple servers are just slow or something.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Dictating
I’ve
How far above the page are you holding the phone?
For a 8.5 by 11 inch sheet, you want to be about a foot above the page.
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Sent from my iPhone
It seems that it is placing the dictated text into the edit field in chunks
rather than at one time as it use to and this process is taking a lot longer
than before.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Ruby
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 6:12 PM
Hello, I have not experienced this problem with my iPhone or iPad or my Mac for
that matter. Not a problem that I have noticed sometimes it'll put in words
that I don't want to do when I'm traveling. But I blame that on low signal
strength
On Feb 3, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Laury-Johnson, Shawnese
Hi,
I had the same problems when I first installed the program. The only thing
that fixed it was going back to an earlier backup on my computer.
Eve
Eve, guide dog Memphis kitty Kayla.
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Hi Patti,
Did you make sure batch mode is not on? If it is on, you won't hear the reader
say anything after you take the picture. This caught me off guard when I first
got KNFB Reader.
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on
Great, thanks, I will.
Carol P
- Original Message -
From: Cristóbal crismuno...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 10:39 PM
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Reader iOS App
Just go to bookshare.org's site. If I remember correctly, there's a section
for
Hi all,
I also want to download this outlook app on to my phone but when I went to
look up this app in the app store it listed several apps for outlook. For
example there's outlook mail,microsoft outlook so which one do I want?
I also want to get outlook excel. Thanks.
Lori and the Gipper
Hi,
How is that batch selecting better than the edit button activation in the
original mail app?
Like others, I am very happy with that one and find it rather efficient. Would
be curious to know what the main advantage of outlook app is for those who
chose to use it.
Best,
Ioana
Sent from
Shannon,
The file explorer button should be at the top left of the main KNFB reader
screen when you first open the app. After you open file explorer, the user
guide document should be the last one in the list. At least that's the case on
my phone. It might be the only one in your list.
Good
Hi Sieghard,
I downloaded Outlook out of curiosity. I wanted to know how it compared to
the native mail app. For now, like you, I don't think there is any
advantage to me using the Outlook. I had to turn off the notifications
because they are all turned on by default and it is a pain. I
Hi listers,
Do you know of an audio converter for the iphone at all? What I do daily, but
still on my mac and not yet on the phone, is take wave files, and convert those
into mp3. I’d like to do that on the phone. In apps like winzip, and also in
file browser, both on IOS, I have access to my
I'm happy with the mail app. I tried the outlook app and I it wouldn't read my
emails properly. I had a look at the outlook app becaus I was curious. I'm
going to stay with the native mail app.
Margaret
Sent from my iPhone
On 3 Feb 2015, at 8:57 pm, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote:
Yes, Bookshare is quite widely available globally now. How much content you can
access depends on the country and the agreements Bookshare has with various
publishers.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 4/02/2015, at 9:41 am,
Did you try marking down just Swedish in the language settings before making
your help request? I have marked multiple languages in so have gotten an
English speeker from Shanghai but would be interested to see if one could
narrow down the language options.
Love the app so far. Have some
I just got KNFB reader. I wanted to read the documentation that comes with it,
but it says it's in file explorer, and I don't know how to access it. Can
someone advise?
Shannon
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I just got it today, so far no luck but I'm not giving up on it, I
didn't hear it ask me for permission to use the camera, the flahsh was
already on, and I had the buttons that guide turned on and tso on.
I had a piece of mail that had a window in it and the pages inside were
slicky type
It is available to United States citizens living abroad, but how much of it is
available to others, I honestly do not know.
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Sent from my iPhone
I figure that, as they are volunteers, they are not paid, and that is OK
with them, otherwise, they would not have volunteered.
As for where they are gotten from, when you first install and open the app,
you choose whether you are a blind person or a volunteer.
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Be positive! When it
Well I am holding the phone pretty high, trying different levels.
Patti
On 2/3/2015 6:31 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
How far above the page are you holding the phone?
For a 8.5 by 11 inch sheet, you want to be about a foot above the page.
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for
I've never gotten a volunteer online. I waited a minute or two while it was
looking for the other part, and nothing happened so I just disconnected, and
the thing was still ringing so I force quit the app.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org
I think he was responded to which screen readers would work with iTunes 12 and
the information provided was incorrect.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote:
Actually, that's not so stupid. It is the first thing that I would do. It
is
We are using knfb with wonderful results. I'm not even trying to frame my
shots very much.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Patti Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:55 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
Actually, that's not so stupid. It is the first thing that I would do. It is
possible that screen reader updates may fix a situation. If there is no such
update, then I would make Apple aware of the situation.
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Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished,
It would be, provided one could get a fingerprint, so far none of my fingers
print, have tried multiple times with no good results, finally gave up, have
too many things on plate at the moment, job transition being the largest bite.
I still think I must have typed them off over 38 years of
Hi,
I too am having a terrible time with this latest release. Not only is the
song list failing to appear or at least be read, it always wants to check on
my Airplay devices and won't work if said device is not turned on. It asks
me to choose in the airplay menu for the preferred device. I
Hi Rick,
I can get SIRI to listen fine with my Jabra Supreme.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Rick Alfaro
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 3:36 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Plantronics Voyager Legend with
Rick,
Do you use Airplay on a regular bases? If so, it will screw up SIRI. If I use
Airplay and then try to invoke SIRI I get the SIRI listening tone immediately
followed by the tone indicating SIRI is done listening.
I can't remember if having audio ducking turned off makes a difference, but
Hi Brett,
I can do all of that with the native Mail app. You can add an “Unread” mailbox
to your list of mailboxes by double tapping on the Edit button when you are in
the main screen of the mail app.
If I am in my Inbox I can double tap on Edit at the top right and then double
tap on
I agree with you 100 percent. I tried the outlook app, and it’s okay for the
most part. But 1 thing that I noticed, when composing an email, when I went to
send, it would remove the persons email who I was sending too. But like
others, I think the native mail app is just fine.
On Feb 3,
Hi Jonathan,
This message is of interest to me because I've been wondering if there's any
point in trying to join Bookshare as a UK citizen.
How do I go about finding more information about what would be available to me
should I join? Any Ideas!:)
Carol P
- Original Message -
From:
Audiomemos converts to aac if this is an option for you.
Best,Ioana
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Paul Erkens paul.erk...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi listers,
Do you know of an audio converter for the iphone at all? What I do daily, but
still on my mac and not yet on the
Thanks for this.I was however hoping to save a game and try out continuing and,
if I made a mistake return to the previously saved version. Unless I'm
mistaken, the resume does not let you do this.
Thanks again and happy sudokuing!
Ioana
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 1, 2015, at 10:42 PM,
Thank you. The way it was worded made me think file explorer was some separate
place on the phone.
Shannon
On Feb 3, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote:
Shannon,
The file explorer button should be at the top left of the main KNFB reader
screen when you first open the
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