Re: airplay and ios 11

I do not know what synchronous playing is, but I would think that means play whatever you hear on the phone, through the speakers. Richard On Sep 21, 2017, at 9:19 AM, Sieghard Weitzel > wrote: I just tried it with Audible and selected my Airport

RE: Siri Issue

That's exactly what I did. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 3:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Issue Then change it to the male voice, it is much more

RE: nfb news line and ios11

Wow! This is really bad. I am a huge fan of the NFB News Line app. I use it every day. If its functionality has been compromised in iOS 11, that's reason enough for me to hold off a bit longer before updating to iOS 11. Thanks for letting us know. Mark -Original Message- From:

Re: IOS 11

Thanks I will try that, I do have hand off disabled but that shouldn't matter. Original message: Try turning off iMessages in settings for a moment and turn it back on again. This should fix it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

RE: IOS 11

Mike, this happens to me, from time-to-time--especially when I'm testing a beta of Mac OS. I find it best to sign out of iMessage on both my iOS device and Mac; then signing back in, first on the iOS device and then on the Mac. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Siri Issue

Then change it to the male voice, it is much more like what it used to be. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carla Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Issue The voice

A Request to confirm a Dialing Option for A T & T Wireless customers who have upgraded to iOS 11

Hello, Before upgrading my device, I want to make sure that one can selectively display one's caller ID. If someone using A T & T Wireless on an iOS 11 device could confirm that the following dialing option still works, I would be most greatful: 1. In the phone settings area, select to hide

The Email Deleting Messages Bug

I am speaking of the bug where a message is sometimes deleted, rather than opened, when double tapped. It most often occurs when a, or several, messages have been deleted from the list before trying to open a message. After deleting a message, the indicator is supposed to return to the default,

Re: From touch ID to face recognition

hahahaha To be honest I like apple well enough, but I would totally be excited about another up start or something making waves. On 9/20/17, Mike B. wrote: > Here's a cute joke about facial recognition: > > A wife started doing her make up as soon as she woke up. > > Her

Re: Uber App: Finding Your Driver

The buttons are clearly labeled. To get to them though, you tap (double tap for VoiceOver users) the bottom of the screen with the driver's name and car type. That will bring up a screen with your trip and driver information, along with a button to contact the driver. In the contact screen, you

RE: Apple rumors about not upgrading over the air

I can't see that nobody at all from the entire group of people who beta tested didn't update via iTunes at some point. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:31 PM To:

RE: Apple rumors about not upgrading over the air

While I agree with you, Sieghard, I would be interested to see if one, who in fact, updates via iTunes experiences the same problems as those updating over-the-air. I remember back during the iOS 8 roll-out, that a genius at the Apple Store told me the same thing about how for best results,

voice over stops working after using Siri

Hi all. From time to time my voice over will stop working, particularly after I use siri. The only way to get it back is to have siri turn voice over off and then have siri turn voice over back on. The home button triple click doesn't seem to have any effect. This happens once every day or two.

Re: Apple rumors about not upgrading over the air

I'm with Sieghard on this one. I can see where updating with iTunes would have some advantages, namely you don't need to have as much free space on your phone and you get more status feedback during the update, but once the update is on your phone, I"d think the update process is pretty much

RE: nfb news line and ios11

I got an e-mail saying they were going to update so, maybe the update will put the buttons back. Connie -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:57 AM To:

Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

rebecca, it is okay now. there are very slight monor bugs, but they can be resolved later. I have no problems with facebook, but for contact, facebook no longer keep photos forn contact. big shrugs! so far, there are good way to keep up with any apps. I haven’t done with other apps, but

RE: iTunes 12.7 - things missing?

Hi Simon, You can completely uninstall iTunes 12.7 and find a download for an older version or, depending on when you installed it, you could restore your computer to a restore point from before the update. However, Sadam is correct, if you have updated to iOS 11 it might be too late as I am

Re: Apple rumors about not upgrading over the air

This is nonsense. Updated my iPhone 7 via iTunes and a friends iPod touch 6th gen Over-the-air. Both devices have the same VoiceOver bugs and issues discussed on list. On 22/09/2017 8:33 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: I can't see that nobody at all from the entire group of people who beta

RE: balance my checkbook

Sounds like you did. Since I've paid for the app a long time ago, mine is called Balance Check. The developer is LingsDesigns. - Original Message - From: "Tom Rash"

Re: notifications not speaking on lock screen

Correct the way to report these items because no one else has said is to go to this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback > On Sep 21, 2017, at 9:20 PM, mi...@eastlink.ca wrote: > > Hi this is a bug and it is best to report it to apple. from Mich. > > -Original Message- From: Candy Lowe

RE: have some emails I need to transfer on an iCloud transfer to another phone, how and where do I put them?

They certainly should all be there if your Gmail account is set up as an IMAP account. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of regina alvarado Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: The Email Deleting Messages Bug

Whatever, it should be consistent in all cases. If the default is activated, then it should go there in all cases in all apps etc. Besides, I do not want to delete all of my tabs. So I would appreciate it if nothing was consistent. There is another sort of nitpick with the mail, because now in

Voice Dream Reader Bug

Hi all, I am experiencing a bug in Voice Dream Reader since upgrading, whare it will just seem to crash after reading a bit, and the only way to bring it back is to stop the app, and start it again. I don't have to kill it in the app switcher, just press the home button, and restart the app!

Re: iTunes 12.7 - things missing?

Simon and Sieghard, Just a quick update re iTunes12.7. I am now in the process of setting up my new iPhone 8. As soon as I connected to the PC, it told me that my phone needs 12.7 in order to continue. So, it would seem, that Apple's decided to make it a 1 way train ride. ( All aboard the

notifications not speaking on lock screen

Hello, everyone, Since the update to I O S 11, my notifications do not speak on the locked screen. I can't remember what the setting is for that, although, it was working on I O S 10. Any suggestions? Candy Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members

Re: notifications not speaking on lock screen

As already said this is a known bug and we have Apple working on it. I even went as far as to tell Apple that it would be an annoyance and they should have held off the release to fix this because I knew this would bother a lot of people. > On Sep 21, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Candy Lowe

RE: Voice Dream Reader Bug

I have read probably a half hour of Jonathan's iOS 11 without the Eye book the other night and nothing ever happened with Voice Dream Reader. Have you tried to close all apps and reboot the phone? Have you rebooted since the update? I think doing a Reset Network Settings before a major update

Re: 7 Little Words

Hi Jewel thank you very much for your rugby lesson it was extremely informative (and I am not being sarcastic). I cannot imagine why you are getting the knocking sound. I am not sure how much it costs but you can get the daily puzzles going back to 2012 which I am still going through. I

RE: Calendar Bug

The regular calendar that comes on the iPhone. It's worked great with most updates but not this one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers in iOS 11

Hello Paul, Yes, I currently have an A T & T Wireless iPhone 6 Plus which is my primary device. It is currently running iOS 10.3. The steps described in my initial post do place the phone permanently in Field Test mode. Thus, on this device, the signal strength is displayed in numbers

Re: The Email Deleting Messages Bug

As noted yesterday, this behavior is exactly what happens in Safari when you are in the list of open tabs that comes up after you hit the button that says pages. Except the Safari one is even worse, because sometimes voiceover announces something but that's not what gets focus. So you end up

have some emails I need to transfer on an iCloud transfer to another phone, how and where do I put them?

I said there would be other questions. So here goes. Will an iCloud transfer dealete all my emails on my new phone? I have one folder there are some emails I would like to keep. Any suggestions how to transfer these important emails to a safe place would be appreciated. Thanks. Reggie and

Re: problems with american siri voice within vo on ios 11 and iphone 6

hi Anouk, Voices are very subjective, but while the American Siri female voice is an excellent voice, I've never found any of the Siri voices to work well with VoiceOver. They are sluggish at best. I personally prefer Tom Enhanced. I think that voice makes fewer pronunciation errors than Alex.

problems with american siri voice within vo on ios 11 and iphone 6

Hi everyone, My native language is Dutch and i can use the dutch siri voice just fine. I use another voice though since the siri voice seems a tiny bit slow within vo. I tried using the american siri voice, since i think its quite good. In my language rotor but when i tried to select it all

Re: 7 Little Words

Genie is the name of the maker of the scissor lift. Like Johnson & Johnson makes baby products or Troybuilt makes garden tillers. I guess it would seem wierd if one isn't familiar with what a scissor lift is or the name of the maker of such product. Heads up...There a few clues like this

Re: Change in AT Bat Standings Leaves Out Key Information With VoiceOver

Hi Kelly, Well, I'm not digging into those details the way you are. If I were, a table does make more sense. I simply do not have the patience for doing that with VoiceOver on an iDevice. Later, Richard On Sep 20, 2017, at 3:53 PM, KellyFord >

Uber App: Finding Your Driver

Greetings, everyone. I am posting this requst for help on behalf of a friend who just installed the Uber app. She wonders if there is any way that information can be included somewhere in her Uber application for a ride taht will allow a driver to find her in the event her GPS does not give

Re: problems with american siri voice within vo on ios 11 and iphone 6

Hi: They said in the meeting that if you try to use the Siri voice as your main voice invoice over it would slow the phone down drastically. I guess it’s not meant for that yet. :-) Hope that helps Joney talk2o...@gmail.com "If God can bring you to it, He will lead you through it." > On Sep

RE: balance my checkbook

Good morning. I emailed you Last year I was looking for a check balance app. You told me aboutBalance my checkbook. I upgraded to IOS 11, AND MY OLD checkbook program will not work. I downloaded balance my checkbook. Looks pretty good other than the ads. Want to make sure I got the

airplay and ios 11

Hi, Perhaps I am doing something wrong but I am noticing something weird with airplay and ios 11 with several apps I have tried. I have airplay speakers so when I turn them on I go to the ios ocntrol panel with for example spotify playing. I hit synchronous play (hope I am tranlslating that

RE: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

It will probably come back but it will be something Facebook and Twitter have to do and Apple has to allow them to do it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Judd Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:43 AM To: viphone mailing list

Urgent phone not charging need solution asap

Dear all. I am in a big problem as My iphone 6 is not charging. I think the place the charging cable sticks is broken. There is no problem with the chargers I have tried many and they work on other Iphones. My battery is completely dead. What can I do to charge the phone and is back up still

Siri's Name?

I'm trying to use the new Siri voice in VoiceDream, but I don't see any option for Siri in the voice section of the audio settings. Does anybody know what the name is? -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about

some questions on the gmail app

Hey guys. OK, i'm looking to do a push thing with gmail. I know in the native mail app, if you have gmail you can't do push, however you can with the gmail ap. Does this actually work? Do you have to leve the app open for it to push? -- The following information is important for all members

RE: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Tara, a hair dryer definitely won't work for that, it does not nearly put out the sort of concentrated stream of high-pressure air you would need. If a bunch of lint has packed down into the Lightning port even air might not do it. I had this happening with my headphone jack on my 6S and it

Re: Uber App: Finding Your Driver

Thank you, Rob. I don't use the app, so' I didn't know there were "text" and "call options." I take it the buttons are clearly labeled, right? Craig On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:04 AM Rob wrote: > The best thing to do is call or text the driver and tell him where you

Re: Siri Issue

Ha, I thought I was the only one who didn't like the new siri voice. I usually keep the rate set to 70% and I didn't care for her at all. I kept her around for a day, thinking I might get used to her, but this morning I went back to my compact Samantha. Of course I prefer Eloquence on my laptop so

Re: nfb news line and ios11

I can confirm this. There used to be buttons along the bottom of the screen for previous and major issues of whatever publication you were viewing. There was a third button too but I forget what it said. Now all three buttons are no longer accessible. On 9/21/17, Larry McCreary

Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

It does not appear you can. However, you can share webpages and other items but not through Siri. I have really not used that feature from Siri. Sent from my iPhone 7 Plus > On Sep 21, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Yes, but can you tell SIRI to do it? > >

can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Dear all. There was some talk about wireless charging with a touch pad. My iphone 6 is not charging. I think the place the charging cable sticks is broken. There is no problem with the chargers I have tried many and they work on other Iphones. My battery is completely dead. What can \I do to

RE: Siri Issue

OK what do you have your speech rate set to. Man she sounds like a cackally witch to me! Lol! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Issue Hi.

Re: Urgent phone not charging need solution asap

Do not be such inpatient Tara. Your phone is defect and I think you yourselves know the solution. Go to an Apple store to get it fixed en have it back in two or three weeks. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Tara Prakash Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 4:58 PM To:

Find Friends widget no longer seems to display in Notification Center iOS11

Hello, I am using iOS11 with VoiceOver on an iPhone6S. When going into the Notification Center, I notice that the Find Friends widget has disappeared. I am no longer able to locate family members I have added through the app. Has anyone else noticed this? It was suggested to me that the Find

RE: Siri Issue

Kimber, I also prefer Eloquence on my computers and use Samantha on my iPhone for the day-to-day stuff, but at normal human speaking rate I have not yet met anybody except maybe Karla who was not very impressed with this new female SIRI voice and I still don't know if Karla set her as the

RE: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

Yes, but can you tell SIRI to do it? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William James Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11 You can still

wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

One of the main reasons I’m not upgrading to IOS 11, is the fact that you can no longer say to siri post to twitter, or facebook. I did that a lot, and that was easier for me to do, and I don’t know how the rest of you feel about that, but just thought I would share that. I hope they will

Re: Money reader problem

Richard, Thanks for the suggestion. Deleting and subsequently reinstalling did the trick. Don Roberts On 9/20/2017 3:37 PM, Richard Turner wrote: You may also want to try rebooting your phone after clearing all apps from the app switcher. Richard On Sep 20, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Sieghard

Some weirdness when trying to share documents with whatsapp and ios 11

Hi everyone, I just tried sharing an mp3 with someone through whatsapp. It was in my dropbox folder. No problem whatsoever with ios 10 but i cant get it to work in 11. Perhaps whatsapp works solely with the files app and that does not work with dropbox yet? Dropbox does show within the files app

RE: problems with american siri voice within vo on ios 11 and iphone 6

I don’t think is that bad, but as I said, it’s probably not a voice you want to use for everything because I find it only sounds good at slower speeds and many of us are used to using a fairly high speed. Therefore I put it as a second option in my language rotor and I find it works great if I

RE: How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers in iOS 11

Interesting, I remember I had this enabled once a long time ago, it may have been on my 5S, just now when Mark posted this I tried it on my 6S Plus and while it brought up the Field Test, I could not get it to display the signal strength this way at all. If somehow the Plus phones can't do that

Re: Urgent phone not charging need solution asap

Thanks for saving me writing exactly that. Even a charging case would need that lightning port to be working. Take care, Lois -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:17 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Urgent phone not charging

RE: Siri's Name?

Doesn't look like they are available In Voice Dream Reader. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kelby Carlson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:13 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Siri's Name? I'm trying to use the

Re: How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers in iOS 11

well, almot same as mine. after downloading ios 11, I noticed weird thing popping up before apps, features, names, etc. like u, a, star, k not makign senses. a good friend of mine found something as I had to go to voiceover and go to braille, and I found status cells, and I entered and I saw

RE: Urgent phone not charging need solution asap

It's probably just got a bunch of stuff in the Lightning port, there is nothing which would indicate for sure that it's defective, I have rarely heard of Lightning ports not working, they do seem to be fairly robust and a good cleaning is definitely the first step in the process of illimination

Re: Siri Issue

Eloquence on the iPhone would be great. Sadly, I don't think it's going to ever happen. on Mac OS there is a hack to get it working, but since this is an iOS forum i won't go into it here. Works well on Android devices though thanks to the good foke  at code factory. I use com packed

Re: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Hi Tara, It might be that some lint or something has gotten into that space. If you have a can of air, you might try cleaning it out that way. Maybe, someone else has a better idea. To me, it sounds like something is keeping a good connection from happening. Good luck, Lois

RE: Urgent phone not charging need solution asap

If the Lightning port is broken you are out of luck, the wireless charging adapter Lois mentioned still needs to plug into the Lightning port. If you are anywhere near an Apple Store I would go there, it could just be that there is dirt in the port. -Original Message- From:

Re: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

I think it has a IPhone Case can do that! Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 2017年9月21日 週四，Lois Butterfield 寫道﹕ 主旨:

nfb news line and ios11

Hello, I am unable to find previous issue in nfb newlsine. I have not had this problem prior to upgrading yesterday. Previous issue does not show up. Help would be appreciated. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or

RE: Siri Issue

I have it set to 55% for the SIRI voice, just ask SIRI a question, this will give you a good example of what she should sound like. Ask her “What is the forecast for today”. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carla Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017

Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

You can still post to Facebook and Twitter on iOS 11. All you have to do is install the official Twitter and Facebook apps. Sent from my iPhone 7 Plus > On Sep 21, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > It will probably come back but it will be something Facebook and

Re: How to Display Your iPhone Signal Strength in Numbers in iOS 11

Mark, In my experience the plus sized phones have trouble with this trick. Just curious, do you have a plus phone? > On Sep 19, 2017, at 1:36 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Below, I am going to paste in the text that, up until now, it seems, would > place iOS

Re: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Thanks Lois. I have already tried a hear dryer but it did not work. On 9/21/17, Lois Butterfield wrote: > Hi Tara, > > It might be that some lint or something has gotten into that space. If you > > have a can of air, you might try cleaning it out that way. Maybe,

Re: Change in AT Bat Standings Leaves Out Key Information With VoiceOver

Kelly, I happen to prefer the table format for the ability to move up and down a column. On Sep 20, 2017, at 4:52 PM, KellyFord > wrote: Richard, Wendy and anyone else following this, Assuming MLB put all the info in this format, do you prefer

RE: Uber App: Finding Your Driver

The best thing to do is call or text the driver and tell him where you are. You might also indicate that you are blind and he will need to identify himself. Rob -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent:

RE: some questions on the gmail app

Jed, If you udse ios 11, this does work. You can go to the account settings and enable it there and should work. It does for me any how. Matthew Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jed Barton Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: some questions

RE: airplay and ios 11

I just tried it with Audible and selected my Airport Express which is connected to one of my Sonos players so I can Airplay to Sonos and it worked as before, Voiceover stayed behind on the device. Have you rebooted your phone after updating? Regards, Sieghard -Original Message-

RE: bluetooth keyboard tutorial

Thank you Very much. I appreciate this. Connie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Bell Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: bluetooth keyboard tutorial Below is what I cobbled together

Re: Siri Issue

I have never had a problem with Samantha like her a lot more than Alex. The new siri voice will have to try it with voice over. I just need to remember how to setup that voice with vo. On 9/21/17, Rick Alfaro wrote: > Hi. Totally agree with you regarding the new Siri

Re: VoiceOver stopped working on iPhone SE with iOS 11

Hello Cris, I would second Davi's suggestion. I would also suggest reporting it to Apple Accessibility if you haven't done so already. I had a similar incident occur on my iPhone6S. Here, VoiceOver was speaking, but I could not flick across my apps on the home screen or power off the phone. I

RE: Siri Issue

Hi. Totally agree with you regarding the new Siri female voice. It isn’t the most responsive by a long shot but the most human sounding I’ve ever heard on an iPhone. Hopefully, responsiveness will improve. Despite the small lag, I still am keeping her as my default voice because she’s so

IOS 11

I installed my upgrade last night, don't really notice too much differencce, but may have found one issue. Since the upgrade, my I message conversations don't sync between my phone and my macs, will have to see if I can figure out why not. -- The following information is important for all

Re: is age of empire accessible with vo?

More than likely, not. Games like that and Clash of Clans, are not accessible. Devin PraterAssistive Technology Instructor in Training:JAWS certified. On Wed,

Re: Status bar issue since updating?

Thanks for this. I wasn't sure how the control center worked now. Devin PraterAssistive Technology Instructor in Training:JAWS certified. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at

Re: Opinions on 32-bit apps not used before upgrading to iOS 11 - delete or leave alone

Hi Just to add my opinion on this as a developer. If you like an app contact the dev to see if a update is being worked on most devs will respond to a email asking for info in my experience. John from Woodside Apps. - Accessible Apps and games for mobile devices. Twitter

Re: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Hi Sieghard. Why not metal? I tried a tooth brush, it did not work. I tried a q tip, it did not work. I tried a tooth pick, it did not work. I have a metal pin which I use to remove sim card off my iphone if ever required. I scraped the inside with that metal pin, what the heck I had given up on

iTunes 12.7 - things missing?

Hey folks. So here's a thing. It used to be that you could do things like enable VO from within iTunes. Running 12.7 now, it looks like that's gone missing. I'm also not seeing the area you're supposed to be able to paste content onto your device from. Did they move it, or take it out entirely, or

RE: can wireless charging help with iphone 6

Metal can cause a short and it is always better to use non conductive materials. There are definitely times when a sighted person is better able to do something and that is not putting down what a blind person can do. But sighted people can, well, I guess "see" so they can much more easily

RE: Apple rumors about not upgrading over the air

If an over the air update just “patches iOS 10” then why is it a 2 Gb download? I think whoever said this doesn’t really know what they are talking about and I bet if you update via iTunes you have the same issues as everybody else. In any case, when I clicked “Check for Updates” in iTunes it

Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

I chose not to upgrade this time which is unusual for me. I use Braille a lot and when these updates come out, I always feel sorry for those who have to use Braille especially those who are deaf-blind. I have a choice but I always feel like Braille is forgotten about. Hopefully they will

RE: Siri Issue

Go to Voiceover Settings > Speech, then under the "Rotor Languages" heading tap on "Add New Language". -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:28 AM To:

RE: Can I activate Do Not Disturb after a Skype call is initiated to avoid being interrupted during the call?

Alternatively you could simply flick the mute switch on the side after you pick up your Skype call. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; Aleeha Dudley

Re: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

Hi Rebecca, braille has definitely not been forgotten but in this upgrade. There have been lots of changes to the display commands! You can now just press dot 7 to backspace and dot 8 to ter. There is also a whole list of commands you can assign and unassign. I upgraded and I feel Braille has

RE: Can I activate Do Not Disturb after a Skype call is initiated to avoid being interrupted during the call?

When I’ve done that, my Skype call has disconnected. Maybe that was a fluke, but I don’t want to take another chance. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: wish apple didn't eliminate posting to facebook with siri in IOS 11

Hi Rebecca, You should listen to Jonathan’s Podcasts. Yes, there are a few braille issues, but apart from these issues braille apparently has gotten a huge boost and Jonathan says he could not be happiewr with what Apple has done, I think the way he put it was that he said apparently Apple

Questions regarding Apple music

Hello everyone, I no longer have my 64 gig iPad, which is fine. However, I still have an older iPhone, the 5S, 16 gig model. Eventually I would like to upgrade my phone. But this isn't the best time for me to do this. So I have to use whatever works. Now here is what I would like to know.

Re: notifications not speaking on lock screen

I can confirm the report has been reported via their feedback app in the betas. I was one of them who reported this bug. > On Sep 21, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Dana Leet wrote: > > I hear this is a major bug in iOS 11 and supposedly has been reported because > it’s not

Re: notifications not speaking on lock screen

Noted. Thanks also for providing the feedback link. I'll write to them about this bug and the messages issue in which VO says nul after you delete a conversation. On 22/09/2017 1:46 PM, Scott Berry wrote: This has nothing to do with this particular bug sir. On Sep 21, 2017, at 9:17 PM,

Re: iTunes 12.7 - things missing?

ringtones are the point, as I tend to make my own, rather than fork out for them. in previous iTunes versions, when I opened them, it would go strait to my tones library. in this latest iTunes, I can't seem to get access to, or even find my tones library at all, so can't find a way of adding

RE: have some emails I need to transfer on an iCloud transfer to another phone, how and where do I put them?

Do you not have your gmail account set up as an IMAP account? If you set it up that way all your emails are always synced no matter on what device you set up your gmail account. There really is very little reason nowadays for having to manually jump through all sorts of hoops with emails and

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