Re: Auto switching of calls from earpiece to speakerphone

Hello Seighard, Jor me, it has never worked reliably, not even IOS9. But you've raised something, that's interesting me. how and when does your phone lock? during a call? Sent from my iPhone 5S > On 11 Nov 2016, at 2:09 am, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Rajmund, > > I am

Pedometer

All: There is no Pedometer++ anywhere in the app store app. Only Pedometer by itself. It comes in a few different formats: Step counter, calorie, Pacer, but no Pedometer++. It says it is free for iPhone and Apple. That is all. Todd -- The following information is

Re: Speaker Phone Function on IPhone SE , IOS 9

Hi Sieghard, I am planning on updating, so that will take care of this particular issue. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something in settings. Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Rick - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To:

Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

Hi Kelly, Yes, My contact info is associated as the owner of the phone, and doesn't contain any of my wife's information. I haven't checked my contact info on her phone yet. I got to thinking that possibly something on her phone may be the problem. When I send her a text from my phone, it has her

Re: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

Hello, I have just searched for podcasts and put in a search term and got plenty of results. Are you sure you are connected to the Internet? Also, if you search for something that is not there you may get an error, but I don't recall. Amy Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2016, at 5:33 AM,

downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

Hi all, Wondering if others are having this issue. Downcast works fine for retrieving podcasts but since I think iOS10 it can't search for new episodes. You just get an unknown error. Have reported it to the dev but as stated before he doesn't respond. -- Adam Morris Jaws certified

Seaking advice on 5S with iOS10.1?

Very good Friday morning! What advice would you guys give on taking the plunge and updating an iPhone 5S from iOS9.3.5 to iOS10's latest which I think is 10.1? A few days ago I saw on here a thread about 10.1's battery drainage with VO, which kind of concerns me a bit overall. Apart from the

Re: Seaking advice on 5S with iOS10.1?

hi, i have updated mine and right now i didn't find any buggs. maybe i didn't notice it yet. also, the performance is good same as in ios 9 point 3 point 5. sorry and thanks. amir. http://twitter.com/amir442 > On 11 Nov 2016, at 6:50 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: > >

Re: Seaking advice on 5S with iOS10.1?

Hi Gera, My 5S is fine, although it's actually on the beta. The only reason why I mention this is because of speed. Other than rebooting, the 5S is the same as it was on 9.x. Sent from a Braille Sense - Original Message - From: Gerardo Corripio To: iPhone List

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Man oh man! I'm having dramatic battery draining since the latest update!! I've backed up my iPhone 6 twice & done a complete restore with no resolution. My phone will appear to be completely dead when the battery is 40-50% full. I've done a hard reset many many times. I've turned off the phone

Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

Do both of you have a portion of your own contacts in common? A home telephone number, for example? It seems like I remember this being a problem for me at some point. On Nov 11, 2016, at 6:51 AM, Richard wrote: Hi Kelly, Yes, My contact info is associated as the owner of

Transferring the contacts folder without using iTunes

Hi, Is there any way of easily transferring the contacts folder from the IPhone 5s to the IPhone Se without using iTunes? If so, please can you give me step by step instructions as to how to do so. Thank you, Husna -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

Re: Pedometer

to all, sorry, todd, I suggest to have your eyes checked. when I was at app store, I hit search, and I typed pedometer and entered. I went through and I found pedometer++ as it is free app. mr. ed, yes, I confirm I see it. I believe others would say yes they see it after typing pedometer. oh

battery draining need to reboot

hi, my iPhone 6, after the latest update, is draining rather too fast! I have made and in cryptic back up on my partners computer, windows, and I'm now thinking to do a full reset. so, do I do it on the phone which is called eraise iPhone, or do I do it through iTunes? then, can I reinstall all

Re: Comcast app to notify/forward voice mail?

thanks, Deb. I prefer not to use the phone for email, since I get way too much to keep up with and a voicemail notification would just get buried. I am looking for a text notification. At 10:55 PM 11/10/2016, you wrote: It's not an app. It's just part of the online settings for Comcast.

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Hello Donna, When you did a complete restore, was that a restore to factory settings followed by reinstalling all your apps? That’s what I had to do to stop the battery drain. Cheers, Anne > On 11 Nov 2016, at 14:34, Donna wrote: > > Man oh man! I'm having

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Anne, yes I did a full restore from factory settings. It didn't solve my problem of the battery draining extremely fast! Donna > > Hello Donna, > > When you did a complete restore, was that a restore to factory settings > followed by reinstalling all your apps? That’s what I had to do to stop

Re: Pedometer

Pedometer++ by Cross Forward Consulting, LLC https://appsto.re/us/x_jDQ.i > On Nov 11, 2016, at 3:24 AM, Todd Patkus wrote: > > All: > > There is no Pedometer++ anywhere in the app store app. > > Only Pedometer by itself. It comes in a few different formats: > > Step

Re: info on Pedometer++

Type it in just like that, the word Pedometer followed by 2+'s with no spaces in between. Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Nov 10, 2016, at 7:27 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > > A search on Pedometer reveals many results, so could you provide the exact > name of the app and

Re: Pedometer

I love the pedometer called Stepz (with a z on the end). It is VO friendly and very easy to use. The icon badge shows the number of steps. If it needs to update this I just tap to open it and then close it right away and the total is updated on the home screen. I missed the first part of this

Re: battery draining need to reboot

ann, Was this using iTunes? Thanks, Sandy sent from the dark side of the moon > On 11 Nov 2016, at 15:00, Donna wrote: > > Anne, yes I did a full restore from factory settings. It didn't solve my > problem of the battery draining extremely fast! > > Donna >> >> Hello

Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

What email addresses are set in the message settings. I have three, but in there is also a setting for starting new conversations, check that address. If you reply to a thread from when you both had the same address, it will continue to show the original sender as whoever it was that started

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Hello Sandy, Yes, I used iTunes on my Mac. I do all the app updates on my Mac and keep the iPhone backups there, too. Cheers, Anne > On 11 Nov 2016, at 16:25, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone > wrote: > > ann, > Was this using iTunes? > Thanks, Sandy > > sent from

RE: info on Pedometer++

Hi Todd, The app is called Pedometer ++. Here is the link to it on the App store. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 It is the name Pedometer then two plus signs. Ed From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Todd Patkus Sent:

Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

Hi Richard, No real problem with e-mail, I don't use my phone for e-mail, it's with text messageing. Thanks, Rick - Original Message - From: "Richard Turner" To: Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Text Messages

RE: Auto switching of calls from earpiece to speakerphone

If I’m on a call that goes on long enough it locks, it just does. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of rajmund Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 12:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Auto switching of calls from earpiece to speakerphone Hello

RE: looking for good wall charger

You can search that on Amazon. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicki Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 10:55 AM To: IPhone Subject: looking for good wall charger I am looking for a wall adapter to charge my IPhone 5C.

RE: Seaking advice on 5S with iOS10.1?

Hi Gerardo, I can only add my voice to that of the others, I don't think you have anything to worry about, there are no wide-spread reports of battery drainage with iOS 10, it seems with any new version somebody always reports either better or much worse battery life which can have many

rapid battery drain problem

Hi, all. Just wondering, Is this something that should be reported to Apple. I'm thinking that it's not an accessibility problem, so to whom should this be reported? Seems like several of us are having the same issues. I'm running IOS 10.1.1 on an IPhone 6. God bless! Paula and Boston --

Re: Comcast app to notify/forward voice mail?

Hi, If you install the xfinity connect app and sign in with user name and password then go to its settings you can turn on its alerts for caller ID or Voice Mail. Then you'd get a push notification to a smart phone if that's what you use telling you that you had one and can either choose to

RE: Pedometer

Rich, I did type “pedometer++” in Search while in app store, yes, and it showed nothing like this. Rich, how did you do that? You pressed on the search tab to make it become search then typed “pedometer” by itself? Thank you, Mr. McGann! Smile Todd From:

RE: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

Did you check your text message settings? You can send and receive text messages with Email addresses as well as phone numbers. Make sure Apple didn't assign an Email address by default. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

Re: battery draining need to reboot

What iPhone model are we talking about? I've got a 5S and I'm kind of hessitant to update to the latest iOS (it's on iOS 9.3.5 with which it came from factory) and also does this battery drain problem talked about on this thread, is it general on all iOS devices from what you've guys have

RE: battery draining need to reboot

I, too, am still having a really fast battery drain problem. I've set up my phone as a new phone, and when it happened again I did a home and lock button re-boot. Still having somewhat of a problem. My phone gets slightly warm and then I know the battery is draining too quickly. God bless!

Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name

Hi, We don't have any contacts in common. Thanks, Rick - Original Message - From: "gs" To: "'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone" Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Text Messages with Wrong Sender Name Do both of you have a

RE: Outlook App issue, I think

Wow, Richard, I’m usually pretty good about this. Anyhow, I don’t think I’m in any danger since I didn’t actually click on any link in their email, I simply deleted my personal email account in Outlook 2016 and then set it up again. Goes to show you really can’t trust any email any more and by

Re: Transferring the contacts folder without using iTunes

If you use the same iCloud sign in for both phones and make sure you have contacts selected in the iCloud app in Settings they should both end up with the same contact list. After you have them synced on the same iCloud account if you then want to use a different iCloud account on either

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Yes restored backup from iTunes on a computer Donna > > ann, > Was this using iTunes? > Thanks, Sandy > > sent from the dark side of the moon > >> On 11 Nov 2016, at 15:00, Donna wrote: >> >> Anne, yes I did a full restore from factory settings. It didn't solve my >>

looking for good wall charger

I am looking for a wall adapter to charge my IPhone 5C. My cables are fine, I just need the wall adapter. I previously used the Anker Travel Adapter but it is not currently available on Amazon. I have my regular Apple adapter, but I need a couple of others, so I was hoping someone could

Re: Pedometer

thank you, sieghard for helping todd. todd, go to app store, and go to search tab and click, then go back to top and you see search again, then click and type pedometer as that is all and I clicked to enter. it works. you can find pedometer++ when you go through list. so I suggest for your

Re: battery draining need to reboot

OK and now i wonder, if anyone with iPhone 5S have the battery-draining experience? I'm in the process now of updating mine through ITunes, so to kind of know if I should expect this problem or not? El 11/11/2016 05:45 p.m., Todd Patkus escribió: Donna, You should report this to Apple

RE: battery draining need to reboot

Gerardo, I wouldn't worry about it until it becomes an issue since if you already started the update process and there isn't anything you can do at this point except to let it finish. Chances are everything will be fine. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From:

RE: battery draining need to reboot

Donna, You should report this to Apple Accessibility. Todd -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 4:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: battery draining need to reboot My

RE: battery draining need to reboot

Just FYI, I did go to the Apple store. They set up my phone as a new phone. I downloaded all my apps that night so no weird bug would rear it's ugly head. It still has the problem. It seems to drain faster when I put it in my purse. Interestingly, I've kept it in the same pocket of the

RE: battery draining need to reboot

I'm running an IPhone 6 with IOS 10.1.1. God bless! Paula and Boston -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 2:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: battery draining need

Re: battery draining need to reboot

sorry, but i haven't read all of this thread, but how long have you had your phone, and could it be a battery issue? Batteries don't last forever, and if you don't condition them correctly, meaning, let them run completely flat, every month or 2, then doing a full charge, without breaking that

RE: odd behavior with the 7

Hi Marie, I haven't experienced this. When you entered your passcode, are you sure that it didn't maybe already have a couple of incorrect digits entered and then when you tried to enter the complete passcode it would just tell you that it was an incorrect passcode after 4 more digits. Anyhow,

RE: battery draining need to reboot

Actually, I think mine started with IOS 10.1. God bless! Paula and Boston -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 4:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: battery draining

Re: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

Hi Amy, The problem gets stranger. When at home I can connect and search with no problem. When at my friends house we both get errors saying unable to search. His wiFi works normally for everything else. Even when disabling wiFi at his place still get the error with 4 bars of cell data.

RE: Pedometer

Hi Todd, This email is intended as a friendly email not as an insult even though I know you’ll probably take it as the latter. I suggest you consider how you reply to emails which are direct replies to something you posted and are intended to help you. You posted you couldn’t find “Pedometer

RE: Pedometer

Hi Todd, What kind of device are you using. iPhone or IPad? You might have to change your search to iPhone. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Todd Patkus Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 1:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Pedometer

Re: battery draining need to reboot

Also I wonder for those who are having these battery-draining issues, before the iOS10, for those who've had your phones while iOS9 was around, did you have these same same battery-draining issues, or did they arise since the update to iOS10? El 11/11/2016 02:22 p.m., Sieghard Weitzel

Re: battery draining need to reboot

My battery draining problem started after I installed IOS 10. IOS 9 my battery was fine. Donna > > Also I wonder for those who are having these battery-draining issues, before > the iOS10, for those who've had your phones while iOS9 was around, did you > have these same same battery-draining

RE: looking for good wall charger

I agree with Sieghard that this Anker wall charger is an excellent buy at $10.99. I have this same unit and it works great. Alan Lemly From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 2:36 PM To:

RE: Pedometer

Todd, >From what you write in your message you put a space between Pedometer and the >++, there should not be a spacebut I guess by now this doesn’t matter since >several people have posted the direct link to the app. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: Outlook App issue, I think

Hi Richard, While I agree this looks suspicious, in this case it is a legitimate message. There are actually no links in that message asking to click somewhere to go to your Outlook.com account and sign in and when I Googled this I easily found the below Microsoft support article which clearly

odd behavior with the 7

Last night I plugged in the phone and left it charging overnight. In the morning when it sounded the alarm I wasn’t able to turn it off. I could only make it snooze by hitting the power button. I then discovered that the phone wouldn’t recognize my fingerprint. It would only take 4 of my 6

Wcag 2.0

Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli Hi guys: If anyone is really familiar with web contact accessibility guidelines 2.0. Can you contact me off list? sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com Thanks -- The following information is important for

RE: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

Hi, I don’t understand, I have no issues. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Adam Morris Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 4:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts? Hi Amy, I am

RE: battery draining need to reboot

For those couple of people who have these battery issues I would highly recommend to go to an Apple Store and get them to check the phone, this does not sound right and there are no reports of this being a major problem. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From:

RE: Pedometer

Sieghard, No comment at all. I am not insulting/offending anyone. It is yours and theirs, not me,. I do not need to “argue”. Y’all need to understand the deafblind cutlure! Rich understands this. Sieghar, from now on, simply refrain from what you have done here. Thanks.

Re: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

Hi Amy, I am connected to the net and wiFi. Also happens with another friend. I search for podcasts that I know are there like cool blind tech. On 11-Nov-16 22:54, Amy Ruell wrote: Hello, I have just searched for podcasts and put in a search term and got plenty of results. Are you sure

Re: odd behavior with the 7

Hello, No, I haven't. How odd. Best, Anna > On Nov 11, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Marie Lyons wrote: > > Last night I plugged in the phone and left it charging overnight. In the > morning when it sounded the alarm I wasn’t able to turn it off. I could only > make it snooze by

RE: Bookshare Funding

Richard, Who founded Bookshare? Who owns Bookshare? Todd From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 8:06 PM To: 'ViPone list' Subject: Bookshare Funding Greetings, I ran

Re: Outlook App issue, I think

Sieghard, Just because the text is close to identical does not mean it is legitimate as you know. Yes, one does need to update their account, but I'm betting if you do it through that email, you will find yourself giving up personal information to people you should not. I can't find anything

RE: Outlook App issue, I think

Hi Richard, OK, you have a point, but I still think it’s legit because you aren’t actually doing anything “through” the email, they are not asking you to click on a link or anything like that and the instructions in the email are identical to those in the Microsoft support article. As for the

RE: downcast on iOS, can't search for new podcasts?

I never experienced this issue, but I do recall a few days ago, the Downcast dev posting on Twitter something about an update coming for a similar sounding problem. Since again, it didnt’ affect me, I didnt’ make note of it. Seems like this is what will be addressed. From:

Bookshare Funding

Greetings, I ran across this on another list. Please, if you live in the United States, contact your Senators and Representatives. The below comes from the Dyslexic Advantage web site. We Need to Save Bookshare! The issue: The House of Representatives proposed eliminating funding for Bookshare

calendar problem?

Hi, I am using the iPhone 6s with the latest ios 10 plus. I am trying to add a date to the calendar such as an energy audit for dec 15, 10:00am. When I get to the date and time, voice over says, tap twice to change. It doesn’t work... I know I had no problem in the past but, now Can it

RE: Bookshare Funding

First, I’ve copied info from an entry in Wikipedia, which is a nice summary: Bookshare is the world's largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with print disabilities . Through its extensive collection of educational and popular titles, specialized book formats, and reading

RE: Bookshare Funding

My wife and I have bween Bookshare volunteers for over 15 years and have put up hundreds of books. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 8:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Bookshare

Re: Bookshare Funding

hi tod, I just wanted to point something out to you given sieghards latest post to you about you telling someone who asked ofr some infor to look on amazon or google it. unlike that responce form you Richard provided you information insted of telling you to goto wikipidia or bookshair.org

Re: Pedometer

I can't tell from reading this thread, but the search suggestions aren't the same thing as the search results. If you type a search term into the edit field and start flicking through the search suggestions you may not find something that you will find in the full search results which you get

Re: Bookshare Funding

hi tod, I just wanted to point something out tht Seghard tried to point out ot you earlier. When someone in another thread asked about something and you told them to goto amazon or google. I forget but, it wasn't helpful. Richard gave you the information you asked for. when if he did like

Live Reader comments

Hello, I read a message on this list a few days ago, somebody asked if Live Reader was any good. It sucks for the most part, but it's OK if you have time to focus the camera for 10 seconds to read signs. It's useless for books, newspapers, your computer screen etc. It's not worth the price and

Re: looking for good wall charger

Lineaid also makes a good wall charger, it has 2 usb ports, and each port can supply up to 2.1 amps. Of course, the device will only draw as much as it can handle, but having a higher power charger does not hurt anything, and this way you'll be ready in case you want to charge something that

RE: Pedometer

Sieghard, I saw some of them. At first, I simply copied Mr. Ed’s then pasted it in App Store. That is all. No big deal! Let this go. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 2:14 PM To:

RE: looking for good wall charger

Hi Vicky, Anker does make other wall adapters, some have 2 or 4 or even 5 outlets, any of the Anker product is good, but if you see another one that gets good ratings I wouldn’t hesitate, just maybe see if they are MFI (made for iPhone) certified and if that is the case and they supply at

RE: Auto switching of calls from earpiece to speakerphone

Hi, Just wanted to mention if you make the call and have it on speaker and when the person answers it changes to the earpiece. So again you have to lift the phone to your ear then remove it to go back to speaker… From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Auto switching of calls from earpiece to speakerphone

Yes, it often does just the opposite of what you want it to do, if you hold the phone to your ear it switches to spekerphone and if you have it on speakerphone it switches to earpiece. Jim, if you haven’t done so already sent an email to Apple Accessibility and hopefully they’ll be able to

RE: Pedometer

Ed, iPhone 6S is what I have. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Ed Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 3:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Pedometer Hi Todd, What kind of device are you using. iPhone or IPad? You might have to

RE: Outlook App issue, I think

Sieghard, With this particular issue, I never bother such so I stay out. Yes to http and https differing each other. Years back, the US federal government took strong action by taking about 100 or so websites, meaning shutting them all down for good. Many were scammers and also

Vehicle locator GPS app

All: I am aware of the device used to track all routes that records all the routes one goes then later view the recorded data from the travel. Maps app is OK but need a more of an app that will tell me where I am while the car is moving on the road. Know anything like this? Thank

RE: Bookshare Funding

Billy, First, my name is spelled T o d d (double d). Tod (T o d) means death in German. No need to explain. I did understand Sieghard’s statement, but I simply dismissed it. That is why you thought I did not. Not true. I am not being rude. Many deafblind folks are like this. They

Re: Vehicle locator GPS app

Todd, A couple apps come to mind. Blind Square is my first suggestion, but I have not used it with a braille display enough to say how useful it will be. It does have a braille mode for displays. It is $39.99 but it will tell you as you come to each street. Obviously, if you are going very

Re: Vehicle locator GPS app

Ariadne used to do that. - Original Message - From: "Todd Patkus" To: Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 6:47 AM Subject: Vehicle locator GPS app All: I am aware of the device used to track all routes that records all the routes one goes