Re: ordering from American printing House

2018-10-27 Thread Lea W Langley
OK, one more question. I did get the checkout button to work and I was and I created my own account, and when I got to the end of the order it said there was some sort of an error on water service number I think. So my question is am I supposed to contact them to create the account? And number

Re: Important announcement from the APH web site concerning the VisioBook and Refreshabraille 18

2018-10-27 Thread alia robinson
I guess this answers the question as to whether someone should buy these. I hate this. I got a varioultra, and while I love it there are no options for repairs, so I’m screwed. even hims has made a new display, and forgotten about their old ones. it makes you afraid to buy anything because your

Re: a music question

2018-10-27 Thread Russ Kiehne
Waltr 2 doesn’t support itunes file sharing. The only thing I use itunes for is file sharing. I don’t have any music on my ipad mini. From: Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 8:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: a music question Russ, There is a program called

Re: a music question

2018-10-27 Thread Russ Kiehne
I just wished that the iStick supported the ios open with option. Then I would get one. From: Kay Malmquist Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a music question Ah Sieghard, Many many years ago I set up iTunes to work with my 4 S. Yes, that is

RE: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Oh my, yes, if one can get a phone to a store, those guys live to make phones do whatever we want them to do. They usually can do it in a flash. That is what I told my cousin last year, when she finally broke down and took her phone to the AT store, and she said, like magic, the guy got her

RE: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR

2018-10-27 Thread rhs
The IPhone XR doesn’t have taptic feedbvack. I figured out that when voice over starts reading items on the screen as I move my finger from the top or bottom of the screen that I am moving it too slowly. When I move my finger a little faster the tones are all that are “spoken”. I also

Re: Facebook question

2018-10-27 Thread Donna
Rich, If you want to copy a Facebook post do a three finger tap four times. Or you can do a two finger tap twice & hold. This will bring up a dialogue box. Edit any part of the Facebook if needed. Turn the rotor to Edit, flick to Copy, go to where ever you want to share the post. In an edit

Re: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
So far as I could tell, the set up process never started. I was offered a screen that had the instructions on how to do the quick start up or an offer to do it manually if you wanted. Everything you could double tap on it except the manual one did nothing. So I did the manual thing and use an

Re: Facebook question

2018-10-27 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
If I get ao email with a group message or cokment via email it shows me only 2 or 3 lines and then say See More link urging you to go to the facebook site to view the rest ofthe post. Rebecca and guide dog Kabob email: rilni...@gmail.com On Oct 27, 2018, at 11:33 AM, Donna wrote: Now I’m

Re: Facebook question

2018-10-27 Thread Paul Mcgann
thank you, rebecca. it is tough. i have tried to find way to ask questions to facebook about how to copy and paste as i want to share with friends of the facts they need to be aware of. and also, i am trying to ask for advices for facebook. i did ask apple accessiblity and they say go to

Re: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, the iPhone XR does have haptic feedback. It does not have 3D Touch. But at least on mine, when I slide my finger of the screen or down from the top, I get a tactile feedback. Not just the sound. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2018, at 8:24 AM, wrote: > > The IPhone XR doesn’t

Re: Facebook question

2018-10-27 Thread Donna
Now I’m even more confused. Where exactly is the See More located that you want to get rid of??? Are you referring to the More that is after a friends name? Or the See More when more than two people share the same post? Or the See More when reading through the comments on a post? Or the See

Re: Important announcement from the APH web site concerning the VisioBook and Refreshabraille 18

2018-10-27 Thread Devin Prater
I agree. I bought the VarioUltra too. Now, 3 cells on it have defective pins, and no way of fixing it. Hopefully the Orbit reader line will work out much better than the Braille Plus 18. :) > On Oct 27, 2018, at 7:24 AM, alia robinson wrote: > > I guess this answers the question as to

Re: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Marie
I have had this work hit or miss, but the last time I tried it, I held the old phone above the new one and it worked? Not sure if this is an answer but you might try it. Marie From: Mary Otten Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 5:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trying to get a

Duo

2018-10-27 Thread Ann Byrne
Is Duo accessible? Do you need a Google ID to use it? Thx -- 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 member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or

Re: Duo

2018-10-27 Thread Gordon
No you don't need a Google account to use Duo unless you're using it on something that doesn't have phone service or if you want people to be able to find you using your google ID. when you install Duo, it will have you put in your phone number. If someone calls you on Duo you're going to have

RE: ordering from American printing House

2018-10-27 Thread jkt4960
Hi, I ordered the "Orbit" last Sunday and today I received a letter saying it was back ordered. I can call on Monday to find out details. Bummer, patience is not my strong suit, Joe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lea W Langley Sent: Friday, October

Ring tones won't sync, any suggestions?

2018-10-27 Thread 'Kliphton Miller' via VIPhone
Ok, I have done this the iTunes way, have pasted the tones I want into the ring tones section of iTunes. An article suggested doing 1 at a time, tried that, no go. I even restored my iPad, to see if that would fix the issue. Still, no go. But this method above works on my iPhone. Any

missing tones on my new phone and my old phone

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
It seems that even on my old iPhone, the tone for sent male is gone. I checked and it is still set to swish“. But I can’t find how to make that play, and when I send messages it doesn’t play. Same is true for my new phone. Where the heck did you go to McDonald’s play? Mary Sent from my

Finger print no longer working...

2018-10-27 Thread Dianne B Phelps
I have been having this problem with my SE now for months. One thing to check is that we found my screen protector had shifted and was in the way. So, we took care of that, and the lady at the phone store helped me redo my finger print which my sister said upon looking was more thorough than what

RE: Finger print no longer working...

2018-10-27 Thread Cristobal Muñoz
Have you tried using another finger? Cristóbal From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dianne B Phelps Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Finger print no longer working... I have been having this problem with my SE now for months. One

RE: Finger print no longer working...

2018-10-27 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Thanks for all the advice. I finally called apple care and got some help. They suggested I try another finger, so I tried the only one I hadn’t tried before. Wouldn’t you know, it worked. It was the index finger of my right hand which is my Braille reading finger, so I assumed it wouldn’t

RE: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have the German keyboard installed as well as Flicktype and the keyboard icon is always there for me at the bottom left beside More Numbers From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 4:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Unable to do

Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks Mary, I also hope that the apple store techs would solve this puzzle or give me a new phone and let me go. Yes Mary, I use the Arabic keyboard. I will let you know tomorrow evening how the transfer goes. Cheers, cris Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2018, at 7:39 PM, Mary Otten

Re: Facebook question

2018-10-27 Thread Donna
Hi When receiving posts from groups or comments by email from Facebook, only getting part of the post from a group or comment , then being prompted to go to Facebook to read the entire post in a group or comment has been this way since 2009, when I started using Facebook. This is the reason I

Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Do you have a 10 or a X or XS? I never had this problem either. The keyboard button was right where you said it was. Not now. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > I have the German keyboard installed as well as Flicktype and the keyboard > icon is

Removing email addresses from my phone

2018-10-27 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, How do I go about clearing out email addresses in my phone? These are not in my contacts. They show up when I start to type an address in the email area. Some of these addresses are no longer any good calling and I would like to get rid of them. If someone could tell me how to

Location location location on the new iPhone

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, Both the keyboard switching and dictation switching issues have been solved with a little bit of sighted assistance. It turns out that the switches are located on the very bottom left and very bottom right of the phone when you’re in an edit field where they would normally pop up. The

Re: Location location location on the new iPhone

2018-10-27 Thread Anthony Vece
Really! That’s amazing. Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Oct 27, 2018, at 10:40 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi all, > Both the keyboard switching and dictation switching issues have been solved > with a little bit of sighted assistance. It turns out that the switches are > located on the

Re: Removing email addresses from my phone

2018-10-27 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, are you talking about the mail app? Start typing in the email address in the to field then find the invalid address then double on the more info button next to it and double tap on remove from recents. My group: marias-chat+subscr...@googlegroups.com > On Oct 27, 2018, at 10:22 PM, Terri

Re: Cleaning Up GMail

2018-10-27 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, All I can say is go into the mail app then hit eddit and at the bottom of the screen is a mark all button. An alert will pop up and you have to hit the mark as read button. It won’t fix your storage issue but that’s all I can think of. My group: marias-chat+subscr...@googlegroups.com > On

Re: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR

2018-10-27 Thread Devin Prater
Oh good, thanks Mary for confirming that it has taptic feedback, as that's the next phone I'll be getting, the X R. Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind JAWS certified > On Oct 27, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Yes, the iPhone XR

Re: Cleaning Up GMail

2018-10-27 Thread Yohandy Rodriguez
using a pc and a program like Thunderbird is probably the best way as you can filter mail by keywords and such and delete them all at once. On 10/27/2018 11:26 PM, Maria Reyes wrote: Hi, All I can say is go into the mail app then hit eddit and at the bottom of the screen is a mark all

Cleaning Up GMail

2018-10-27 Thread Tom Lange
Hi all, Before I pose my question, I’d like to apologize up-front for the off-topic nature of this question, but frankly I’m not sure where to go with this, so please bear with me. Please, no flames. All right then, here goes. I’ve had a Gmail account since 2007 and, like many people out there,

Re: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Feliciano Godoy
When I did this Quickstart, I didn’t pointed the camera at the new phone. I just had it next to it. then was activated. At one point, in the setup they do say to use your camera of the old phone and to point it at the new phone. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE

Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Arlene
Cris, I don't know if this will help, but this is what we did with our ipad when we didn't have anyone hear to get the ipad going. When we got our ipad about a year ago I tripple tapped the home button on the ipad and it began talking. I don't know if this will work with the phone, and if

RE: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks Arlene, In fact I tried every trick in the book and none worked. The problem was not in starting up Voice Over, That was easy. The problem is that voice over dies in the middle of the set up process and the iPhone freezes. Last night I called the Apple disability support. The

Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem is!

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Wow, Chris! What a hassle! I certainly hope they get this sorted for you. Mary PS do you use the Arabic keyboard on your phone? If you do, I will be very curious how that transfer works for you, since my second language keyboard is no where and evidence, although it is said to be so into

report of missing Sim card

2018-10-27 Thread G Eden
Hello, I have a six month old iPhone eight, living in an otter box, and yesterday it reported no Sim card. When I try to use the phone as a phone, it's reporting no signal. My Apple dealer is 20 miles from me, and it may take some doing to get there. How can I check this myself? Can one of

RE: How do I separate group phone numbers in a text message

2018-10-27 Thread Cher Bosch
You can say AND between the names. Cher -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jennie Facer Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 7:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do I separate group phone numbers in a text

Re: Ring tones won't sync, any suggestions?

2018-10-27 Thread Richard Turner
Have you hit enter on the file while in iTunes, in the tones list with your phone connected? You should hear the sound when iTunes has added something. Richard "It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own." __ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Re: ordering from American printing House

2018-10-27 Thread Lea W Langley
hi Joe, I hope I got your name right. Did you order it online by yourself? If you did, could you please write me off list or on list whatever you think might be better, and tell me exactly how you did it. I tried to order mine, but I got some sort of an order service number error. Would you

RE: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You know that you have to scan the screen of the old phone with the camera of the new phone, right? At least that is what is described in the article I read. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 8:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: report of missing Sim card

2018-10-27 Thread 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
It did happen to me once a few years ago. As I recall, I took the sim out, powered phone off, put a friend’s sim in, powered it back on and it recognised the sim - so I knew the phone was ok. So I took that sim out, turned the phone off, put my original sim back in - and it was recognised. No

Re: report of missing Sim card

2018-10-27 Thread Richard Turner
I had that happen a couple times and simply used a small paperclip and push in the hole until the SIM came part way out, pushed it back in and it was fine. No idea why it happens. It happened one other time, and I did the same thing and it never happened again over a couple of years. Richard

RE: ordering from American printing House

2018-10-27 Thread llumpkin
You'd think that, after all this time, they could have fixed the supply problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of jkt4...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 12:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: ordering from American printing House

Re: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
I thought I remembered that you had to do that scanning of the screen. I did hold the new phone with the back camera facing to the screen on the old phone for a while. But I don’t know maybe I didn’t do it long enough. Nothing like that is stated on that help the screen if that’s what it is

Re: Trying to get a QuickStart on my new iPhone to work

2018-10-27 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
You can also choose to do it manually. You will then get a code that you enter into the new phone to begin transfer of data. Rather like you can do when setting up an Apple Watch. Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Oct 2018, at 22:14, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > You know that you have to scan the

RE: missing tones on my new phone and my old phone

2018-10-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Have you sent an email when you had a headset connected to check whether you can hear the swoosh tone? I certainly don't have any issues with it not playing on my 6S. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:34 AM

RE: ordering from American printing House

2018-10-27 Thread Richard Turner
Is it a supply problem or a demand problem? My impression is that they have received a bunch of orders lately, but without talking with them directly, no one knows. It is not uncommon for smaller companies to have demand outstrip supply, especially when they take the time to inspect each unit.

RE: Finger print no longer working...

2018-10-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
And don’t think just because it is not working as it does for most others that it will be better on an Android phone. The only time Touch Id doesn’t work for me is when I do a lot of woodworking and my fingers have a lot of scratches, small cuts or glue on them or as right now when I happened

RE: Ring tones won't sync, any suggestions?

2018-10-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Could you send the ringtone that isn't syncing, may be some of us could try it on their phones to see if it works. -Original Message- From: 'Kliphton Miller' via VIPhone Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Ring tones won't sync, any

Re: Ring tones won't sync, any suggestions?

2018-10-27 Thread 'Kliphton Miller' via VIPhone
Yes, and it makes the sound like they are synced, even tells me in the sections after ring tone header how many are there, but they are not showing up. And to be clear, this is on my iPad, not iPhone. > On Oct 27, 2018, at 3:33 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > > Have you hit enter on the