RE: My messages

Terri responding to your post. Type if you wish to chat off list. TAKE CARE From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: My messages Hello everyone, I was

Re: Info needed on some applications

Hey Thomas Thanks a lot for your suggestion. But BeSpecular is not available on the Indian app store. And I do not have an account on the US app store. Can I have two accounts? And if yes could you share the procedure? On 1/13/17, Thomas Domville wrote: > Hey Turab,

RE: Info needed on some applications

Hey Turab, At one point the Be My Eyes and CroudVis worked pretty well but like you. It seems that they have really lost the momentum and volunteers. The app I use now is BeSpecular. I still get responses back and found this app to be the best. BeSpecular - Help The Blind

Re: Ordered my airpods!

Thanks Arnold. I didn't really understand via the podcast.. no fault of the podcaster... but how do you check the battery status? Both on the pods and case? Jen On 1/12/17, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > You answer a call by double tapping one of them. It will know that you are >

Re: iMessages

Thanks Joseph & Sieghard! Geez, I would have never found it. Would make more sense if one was able to see the text tone being used, like the ringtone that is displayed without having to first tap the Edit button. Donna > > Hi Donna, > > Joseph basically gave you the correct information,

RE: My messages

Got it. Vivian and Barbee "That's Barbee with 2 E's and not the doll." blazie.g...@gmail.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: My messages

Chatty iPhone

Hi, ever since iOS 10, my iPhone 6S begins talking as soon as it is picked up. Maybe some find this conveniently cute. I find it annoying. Is there a way to turn off the censor on this? Honestly, if Apple was going to introduce convenient features, I would have rather they returned that feature

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Hi Davy. What version of iOS are you running? I've not seen this exact beghavior since very early in iOS 10. I ran a Braille Edge for quite some time and didn't see this. Again, in defense of HIMS, this issue was not unique to their braille devices as far as I'm aware. Scott Sent from my

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

I leave it off because I heard that saves on battery From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue You said background app refresh is not on, maybe turn it on and see if that makes a difference. On my 6S

how do I access my friends list and add people to restricted on Facebook using the iPhone app

hi how do I access my friends list and add or remove people from restricted on Facebook using the iPhone app thanks -- 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

RE: iMessages

Hi Donna, Joseph basically gave you the correct information, just to add a bit to it the exact label you are looking for when you are editing a contact is "Text Tone" and it is one swipe to the right past "Ringtone". This is, however, not at the bottom but sort of in the middle. If you swipe

RE: Setting up Wi-Fi connection

Are you talking about a Personal Hotspot so your iPhone becomes the WiFi hotspot? Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Outman Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Setting up Wi-Fi connection It’s

Re: Any 2017 Apple-Related New Year Resolutions?

HI, UPGRADE MY IpHONE LATER THIS YEAR IS ONE OF THEM. Sent from Thunderbird On 12/01/17 7:55 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have made any Apple related 2017 new year resolutions? As for me, my 2017 resolution is to (1), thank/acknowledge at least 1

Re: Ordered my airpods!

I know what you mean Lucy! LOL I keep checking the apple store app... just in the offchance that they maybe, possiblly, hopefully, shipped? LOL. No luck yet. Jen On 1/12/17, Edmonds, Lucy (LARA) wrote: > Jen, I have the same problem, being patient! Mine are scheduled

Re: Any 2017 Apple-Related New Year Resolutions?

My Apple resolution is to learn the Mac and possibly purchase my first Mac by the end of the year. A family member currently has a Mac, so I will use that one to learn on. Chris > On Jan 12, 2017, at 2:55 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I was just wondering

Re: Adding a song to an existing playlist in apple music

Hi, the entire process will be same except the last final step as you described. instead of flicking up or down, just double tap and press long the song which you'd like to ad to your existing playlist. a dialogue box will appear consisting of various options including the add to play list

Re: Ordered my airpods!

Hi Sieghard. The sales rep from apple stated that they send them to be cleaned after every use. I chose to believe this... I haven't died yet. LOL I heard about not being able to switch on the fly but as I don't have an apple watch this wasn't a deal breaker. The volume control will take some

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

Just a guess, but do you need hints turned on in VoiceOver settings? On 12/01/17 14:56, Michael Amaro wrote: I leave it off because I heard that saves on battery *From:* Sieghard Weitzel *Sent:* Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:50 AM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: iMessages

You can, if you go under settings,/Soundz/text tone. > On Jan 12, 2017, at 7:47 PM, Donna wrote: > > Thanks Joseph & Sieghard! > > Geez, I would have never found it. Would make more sense if one was able to > see the text tone being used, like the ringtone that is

Re: Chatty iPhone

Thankfully, this feature, called "raise to wake" can be turned off in the display and brightness settings. I suppose it's good for sighted people, because they can just pick up the phone and the screen comes on. But like you, I found it exceedingly irritating and turned it off. Mary Sent from

RE: Setting up Wi-Fi connection

Do you mean how to use your iPhone as a hotspot? If so go to Settings > Personal Hotspot (it's after "Cellular" and if you use Samantha Enhanced it will read the word "Hotspot" as if the last "o" was not there (very strange). Anyhow, double tap on this, turn on personal hotspot and if you want

RE: Ordered my airpods!

Jen, I have the same problem, being patient! Mine are scheduled to be here February 17! Can't wait! Lucy Edmonds -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:58 PM To:

My messages

Hello everyone, I was just wondering, are my messages getting to the list? In the last few days, I have sent maybe 3 messages. But I never get responses. So I don't know if you all just don't have answers for me, or if I am having some email issues. So if any of you see this, could you please

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Hmmm. Maybe this is indeed continuing on some displays, but not others. I have not had it happen since 10.02 as far as I can remember. Would be curious what other models of displays people are seeing this behavior on. Also, how often does it happen? I'm currently running a vefreshabraille and

RE: Any 2017 Apple-Related New Year Resolutions?

My resolution was to buy an iPad Pro 9.7 inch, but when I realized that it only has two GB of RAM I changed my mind. I can't understand why the Pro 12.9 inch has 4 GB and the 9.7 has only 2 GB. I like your resolutions Mark. They need determination though. Cheers, Cris -Original

Re: Ordered my airpods!

You answer a call by double tapping one of them. It will know that you are wanting to answer a call if there is one coming in. To pair them, have your device next to your air pods and open the case. I was told I had to have the screen unlocked, but I am not sure this is really the case. After a

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

I am using ios10.2 and have my brail display since ios9 and have always felt this issue. From: Scott Davert Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display Hi Davy. What version of iOS are you running? I've not seen this

Re: iMessages

Hi Donna, yes you're clearly overlooking it. First of all, you have to find the edit button within the context, then after finding the edit button you need to find this place where it says text tone or ring tone. These can be found at the very bottom of each contact. Didn't want to tap on that,

RE: Ordered my airpods!

Hi Jennifer, Hopefully I won't burst your bubble, but while I love gadgets I decided to stay away from the Airpods at this point because of two main reasons: 1. I have an Apple Watch and apparently while you can pair them with an iPhone and an Apple Watch, they do not switch seamlessly between

Re: Ordered my airpods!

A double tap will end the call and go back to whatever was playing. Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone On Jan 12, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Thanks, Arnold for confirming that you can at least pick up a call. I assume while a call is in progress

iMessages

Hi All Is there a way to set different text tones for contacts? A friend said that she has a 2 different tones, 1 ringtone & the other a text tone, set for her husband & other contacts. I have looked in the phone app, the contacts app & settings. Am I overlooking the setting to do this? Or was

Re: Ordered my airpods!

I have the opposite problem! The day after my AirPods tribes, I started with ear infection in both ears! And despite medication, no end in sight! Sigh! Harry > On 12 Jan 2017, at 21:01, Edmonds, Lucy (LARA) wrote: > > Jen, I have the same problem, being patient! Mine

Re: iMessage sticker packs and accessibility

ON the topic of sticker packs, I got one not too long ago from the American Printing House for the Blind. I forget the name, but if you search for them in the App Store or iMessage Store, you will find their pack. The pack is free and features stickers related to blindness, such as Braille forms

Setting up Wi-Fi connection

It's been a while since I have done this. Please refresh my memory on how to set up a Wi-Fi connection on the iPhone. Bill Outman --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- The following information is important

Re: Adding a song to an existing playlist in apple music

The method you described is how I add songs from playlists to my library. I suppose you could hit the add item in the actions rodar, but I prefer to add songs directly to playlists so that I know where they end up. I would be interested in hearing from others on this topic. Perhaps there's a

Info needed on some applications

Hi guys It has been several months since I've downloaded Crowd vis and Be my eyes but have not got a constructive response from either of them. How could I troubleshoot this? Also are there any apps which could perform the same purpose? Await a prompt revert Best Turab -- The following

Re: use onedrive, microsoft

Robert, I uploaded the files, that works. Now I want to make a group and share documents, that doesn't work. And I want to decide who can write in these files and who can't. That I can't find. When I open a document, word on line opens and Jaws doesn't respond. Gianni Skype: giannijuve

RE:

What is that thing From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Here is a direct link for the O Canada True North sticker pack:

Re: Searching text on a word document using Microsoft Office 365 on iPhone 7.

Have you tried item chooser. Two finger triple tap somewhere close to the top you will find an option to search after activating item chooser. I'm not sure if it does not work in the word even though It should Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2017, at 7:34 AM, Pablo Cesar Morales

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Hi Dulce. As long as you are comfortable with 14 cells, it's not a bad option at all. The keyboard is a bit less angular than what you would be used to on the Braille Sense, which took me some adjusting, but not something that bothered me after the first day of use. I sometimes find that iOS

RE: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

How frequently does this happen? How long have you had yours and without repairs? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Davy Cuppens Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille

RE: ColorVisor question

It seems to be pretty good. Make sure you have adequate light where you are using it. I’m not sure what would be causing the randomness; how are you using it exactly? Among the things I’ve done with the app is pan it acroos the sky and gotten a general idea about the conditions in

Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Blind Bargains is selling two gently used Smart Beatle 14-cell Braille displays with one year warranties. Do any of you have experience with this display? I have a Hims OnHand and like the feel of the Braille. Is this display prone to repairs? Dulce -- The following information is

Searching text on a word document using Microsoft Office 365 on iPhone 7.

HI all, Anybody know how to search for a string of text on a word document opened with Microsoft word office 365 on an iPhone 7? Thank you so much, -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: ColorVisor question

Do you find that the app is returning any usefull result? I have tried several times on an iphone 5s with poor results... little more than random Il 12/01/2017 13:28, Bill Outman ha scritto: Good morning, list. I was demonstrating my ColorVisor app yesterday and was asked a question by

ColorVisor question

Good morning, list. I was demonstrating my ColorVisor app yesterday and was asked a question by my psychologist who I was showing it to. She asked me if it would be useful for those who are color blind, that is, someone who may have normal visual acquity but cannot distinguish

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Dulce I have this brail device, in fact it is a good one, very small, smart and ergonomic. But in connection with ios, I feel that sometimes lettters and signs are skipped while typing. Just like some characters are swallowed while typing so that you can have a phrase like: the weather is

RE: Info needed on some applications

I'm not sure how to trouble shoot those particular apps as I don't use them. But, if you have sighted friends with an iDevice, you could Call them using FaceTime and ask them what you are asking of the apps. Or, if you have Skype and you have sighted friends with Skype, you could do the same

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Hi Richard. I finally just heard back from them and replied immediately. I'm hoping now that I'm on their radar, things will start to move. I have to say, as someone who handles a lot of braille displays from many different companies, that HIMS used to be decent in terms of support, but that it

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Hi Alia. Your experiences when coparing Baum to HIMS support are the same as mine. In somewhat a defense of HIMS, they probably have more units to service since their devices have been around longer. Nonetheless, it really seems that after the last president of the North American office left in

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

hello, since donald trump will be sworn into president's office sooner, there might be some impacts made changes. I am not sure what would happpen since I am vario ultra user, I can see how it will turn out the way. I am not sure what would happen later. I don't read crystal balls right now.

Help with ring tones

Begin forwarded message: From: Christopher Huby Date: 12 January 2017 at 15:32:28 GMT To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Help with sinking ring tones Hi all I wonder if you can help me I have zedge ringtone creator on my iPhone and have some songs in my

RE: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Support has gotten worse. If you leave them a voice mail, it is sometimes a long time before you hear from them, if at all. I’m talking up to a couple of weeks. If you send an Email, and if you don’t hear back in a couple days, send another one, then you are more likely to get a reply. I’m

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

I had the braille edge 40 and found out braille cells aren’t covered under the warranty, so sent it back. I tried contacting them about a few things, and they literally *never* responded! now I have the varioultra and bahumUSA literally fixed my unit on the day before thanksgiving, gave me

strange password annoyance

-- susan Hi everyone, I recently purchased an Iphone 7 and have a small password issue. Am assuming this is user error rather than something that happened when the salesman set it up at the store, but something has changed in my settings so that it is calling for my passcode every time the

RE: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Yes, HIMS was among the best for support. I have not seen the prototypes of the Orbit 20, but I have my name in with the NFB store to get one to check out when they are released. My Braille Edge display died recently and when it was going to cost $2300 to repair it, I decided to wait for the

Ap store iPhone SE issue

Hello Listers, I am having the following issue with my iPhone SE and the Ap store. When I put my finger on the Ap store icon voice over will not tell me if there are any updates, unless I go in to the Ap store and double tap the updates tab. On my old 5s iPhone as soon as I put my finger

RE: Ordered my airpods!

Thanks, Arnold for confirming that you can at least pick up a call. I assume while a call is in progress a double tap will end it? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:00 PM To:

RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue

Do you have Badges active in the Notifications for this app? Keith From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 11:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue Is background app refresh

RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue

My guess is that because you have your automatic app updates set to on. It simply updates your apps without having to tell you. I assume if you set automatic app updates to off, it will tell you the number of available updates. This is just my guess. Cheers, Cris From:

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

automatic updates is not on From: Cris Ali Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue My guess is that because you have your automatic app updates set to on. It simply updates your apps without having to tell you. I assume if

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

its on From: Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:17 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue Check your notification settings and make sure badges is on. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue

Is background app refresh on? If it is and it still doesn’t work, you may want to call Apple Accessibility. Good luck, Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Amaro Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

it is not From: Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue Is background app refresh on? If it is and it still doesn’t work, you may want to call Apple Accessibility. Good luck, Richard From:

Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue

yes From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:57 AM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue Do you have Badges active in the Notifications for this app? Keith From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: RE:

It’s an iMessage sticker pack, if you go to the app store using the link I provided you can read all about it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo Morales Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: What is

RE: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

Rich, Scott was talking about the President of the HIMS office in Texas, not the United States President. HIMS is the company based in Korea that make the Braille Sense line of products. HTH, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]

Re: Help with ring tones

Hi! I can help you. Witch operating system do you use? Sent from my iphone ‫ב-12 בינו׳ 2017, בשעה 18:09, ‏‏Christopher huby ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Christopher Huby > Date: 12 January 2017 at 15:32:28 GMT

RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue

Check your notification settings and make sure badges is on. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Amaro Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ap store iPhone SE issue automatic updates is not

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

richard, thank you, and yes, I am aware of. hims being korean as well as baum is german. I haven't heard words yet how it will turn out this time. that is reason because trump spoke up as toyota reacted to his theory. sorry for conflict, but I come up with some thoughts. thank you!

Control key on Belken f5l153 keyboard?

I have a Belken f5l153 blue tooth keyboard that says it's designed to work with an iPad mini. Left of the spacebar are fn, option, and command keys. Right of the spacebar is question mark. Nowhere can I find a control key. Can anyone tell me how to do VO without a control key? thanks, --

RE: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

This was really helpful. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Davert Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display Hi Dulce. As long as you are comfortable with 14

Re: Help with ring tones

Hi I am using windows 10 with jaws 18 Regards Christopher huby On 12 Jan 2017, at 17:31, Liel Ben Simon‫ליאל בן סימון‬‎ wrote: Hi! I can help you. Witch operating system do you use? Sent from my iphone ‫ב-12 בינו׳ 2017, בשעה 18:09, ‏‏Christopher huby

RE: Ap store iPhone SE issue

You said background app refresh is not on, maybe turn it on and see if that makes a difference. On my 6S Plus sometimes when I go to the app store and then back out it shows I have updates, but it didn’t show them before I opened it. If I don’t check it long enough it will show them so it may

Ordered my airpods!

Hi all. So I went to the apple store last sunday and ordered my new airpods after listening to them in the store. The only thing I don't like is that I have to wait 6 weeks to get them! Lol. My only question is... how do you answer or hang up a call? If you double tap on the headphone won't

Re: Ordered my airpods!

Hi Jennifer, I know waiting is a pain in the ass. Mine will get here till next month but I tried out my friends air pots and they're pretty cool. Have a good day Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:57 AM, Jenifer Barr wrote: > > Hi all. > So I went to the apple

Re: Smart Beatle 14-Cell Braille Display

It is constantly happening while writing, I know of other blind people having the same issue with connection to ios and less issues with connection to windows systems. So HIms and Apple should solve this issue. From: Dulce Muccio Weisenborn Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:28 PM To:

Any 2017 Apple-Related New Year Resolutions?

Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have made any Apple related 2017 new year resolutions? As for me, my 2017 resolution is to (1), thank/acknowledge at least 1 app developer per month for continuing to include VoiceOver accessibility in its updates and (2), to lobby at least 1