RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi again, Jim, here is what I found on the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8 It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are negative because the reviewer

Watch 4 and answering calls

2018-11-12 Thread regina alvarado
I have a question for a friend about Watch 4 running latest upgrade. What setting on her watch is on or off that would cause her to not be able to answer her phone on the watch? She says when she answers she cannot hear the person. I have my watch and have answered many times. If my phone is

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's completely accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if folks simply don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you need. We've got the bluetooth model and another 8 quart one that my wife uses. If

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
Well, seek hard, for what it’s worth, I still like the home button and touch ID better than face ID. And I don’t know why you have to come off so hard. After all, I was only reporting what I read on the App Store, not offering my personal opinion, since I do not have this new instant pot nor

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Mary, Just reading about things always brings with it the danger that you may happen to read something written by somebody who doesn't know what they are talking about. The old app a worse rating than the new one if you compare 1.6 to 2.1 Stars. Anyhow, I don't yet have the new Instant Pot

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hello: I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list? Hi

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread lenron brown
Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago. On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Hello: > > > > I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store. > > > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you said Face Id worked well for you even with the attention feature which previously you assumed most blind people would have to disable etc. If

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Susie Stageberg
Have I missed something? Is the pot with WiFi now availa in the U.S.? If it is, I want one! Susie > On Nov 12, 2018, at 9:21 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and > as you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread lenron brown
I am sure we could contact them about making the app a bit more accessible if it has issues. On 11/12/18, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how > you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you > said

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Mary, Sorry, but I didn't mean to come down hard on you, I was just pointing out that you do tend to focus on negative aspects of a product and I don't think I'm the only person who has noticed that. The reviews I saw were old and could not possible refer to how this app works together with

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I provided links for the apps I was looking at, they are right there in my email which is below yours. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Now available, was: New

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
As a side note and for those who may not be keen to give out their email address for every single thing that requires you to sign up, you can always use an alias. See: https://www.popsci.com/set-up-email-alias Newsletters, mailing lists, account sign-ups, etc. Just something to consider for an

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff,

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and as you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in already to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, the Wi-Fi model is available on Amazon for $146. It is a 6 quart model. According to what I have read, it sounds like it has buttons on the front like the other instant pots did before the one that turned out not to be very accessible. And there is an app. And that app enables you to do

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Kay Malmquist
Yup, I noticed that after I sent the message. I'll have a look. Thanks. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom - 1892-1983 - Watchmaker - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel"

Re: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch

2018-11-12 Thread lenron brown
I thought audible was making it so you could listen to a book via the speaker. Wow can't believe they dropped the ball on the accessibility as well. On 11/12/18, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Sorry, not sure if I mentioned this, but I am using an iPhone 6S Plus with > the iOS 12.1.1 public beta,

RE: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I am not necessarily blaming Audible for not being able to listen on speaker since it would appear this is a restriction imposed by Apple. At this point not even music from Apple can play on the speaker, not sure why the restriction, but if that is in fact what it is I blamed Apple not Audible.

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
The folks who were complaining, and there weren’t a lot of reviews which is understandable, were mostly on about the fact that when you try to scroll through the list of recipes, they opened instead of letting you scroll. That might not affect us as voiceover users. Also, people were

VoiceOver-friendly airplane tracker app?

2018-11-12 Thread Gerardo Corripio
Anyone happen to know of a voiceOver-friendly airplane tracker? for instance I want to know a route that left Houston for Germany this afternoon at 3:40PM where is it now, how fast it is going, at what altitude, and at what time is it scheduled to land? If possible also to alert me when it’s

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Kay Malmquist
What is the name of the app that you are looking at? I have the smart cooker app. and the instant pot app. I usually use the smart cooker app to cook with. Which one had the update last week? In the app called instant pot I have seen no way to cook with the instant pot except using recipes.

Re: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch

2018-11-12 Thread 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone
Well I did some looking around the forums to see what others had to say on the Audible watch  App. Everybody has had problems whatever the phone or watch model and the advice provided by Audible themselves is contradictory. There is a suggestion to turn off WIFI on the watch as the App uses

Alibaba made a smart iPhone screen to help blind people shop and it costs next to nothing

2018-11-12 Thread Avnish Chopra
Gadgets – TechCrunch - Monday, 12 November 2018 at 8:55 AM Alibaba made a smart screen to help blind people shop and it costs next to nothing Just a few years ago, Li Mengqi could not have imagined shopping on her own. Someone needed to always keep her company to say aloud what was in front of

Updating check card in Apple Wallet

2018-11-12 Thread Bill Outman
Good morning. I need to update my check card in the Apple Wallet program on my iPhone. I see the add card button, is this where I go merely to update a card, just needs a new expiration date and security code. When I do this will it apply to the app store as well? Bill Outman

Re: Alibaba made a smart iPhone screen to help blind people shop and it costs next to nothing

2018-11-12 Thread 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone
hey! This looks good and cheap! I'll be interested to see if it can come over to Ireland. Sandy Sent from The dark side of the moon > On 12 Nov 2018, at 09:54, Avnish Chopra wrote: > > Gadgets – TechCrunch - Monday, 12 November 2018 at 8:55 AM > > Alibaba made a smart screen to help blind

New EarPods on the way.

2018-11-12 Thread matthew dyer
Hi all, So this morning I ordered a set of apple EarPods and should be receiving them tomorrow at the earlyest. Is there anything I should be aware of when setting them up? I have never seen them before so looking for pointers from anyone who has them. Thanks. Matthew -- The following

RE: message sent failure bug still a problem

2018-11-12 Thread Steve & Shannon Cook
I am still receiving message sent failure as well. Steve Cook District 2 State Board Member of the NFB of SC 1st Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the NFB of SC 1st Vice President of the Columbia Chapter of the NFB of SC www.nfbofsc.org -Original

Re: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually the battery life on the iphone XR is amazing, I can get several days out of it without having to charge, it's also a bit lighter than my iphone 8, and once you get used to not having the home button, it's not a big deal. Original message: Hi Mike, I have an iphone 8|+ which I have

Re: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Devin Prater
Several days? I just can't quite believe that. What do you do with it, and to it, to have that great of battery life? Wow. Along with the wireless charger I already have for the Apple Watch, the X R is looking even better. Devin Pratersent from Gmail. On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:09 AM Mike Arrigo

Re: Updating check card in Apple Wallet

2018-11-12 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi, I don't think you need to add a card just to update it. My guess is that when it needs a new expiration date, you'll get prompted to enter it. Best, Anna > On Nov 12, 2018, at 8:17 AM, Bill Outman wrote: > > Good morning. > > I need to update my check card in the Apple Wallet

RE: Updating check card in Apple Wallet

2018-11-12 Thread Bill Outman
This came up because I had a card eaten by an ATM at my bank about a week ago and had to have it replaced. I kept the account number to minimize having to make changes, but the expiration date and security code changed. Bill Outman From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I do keep it off during the day while at work, but it's on during the evenings and all the time on weekends. I got it last Wednsday evening and on Sunday it was at 40 percent, I turn the brightness all the way down, enable screen curtain and I don't use any features such as automatically

What to do to make Table Index work in contacts, please?

2018-11-12 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Table Index is not working on my SE now that I have 12.1. I have tried everything I can think of, clicking on it, closing Contacts and trying again. When it says swipe up or down with one finger and I do, if I swipe up, it goes pop, and if I swipe down it goes to add. This is something I use and

RE: What to do to make Table Index work in contacts, please?

2018-11-12 Thread Richard Turner
It is working fine here with an SE and iOS 12.1. When you touch the table Index and it says swipe up or down, turn the rotor and make sure it is on adjust value. It should default there, but perhaps it isn't for some strange reason. HTH, Richard “Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been

Re: What to do to make Table Index work in contacts, please?

2018-11-12 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi, Also, don't forget that you can double-tap and hold a table index and slide your finger. This makes navigating it much faster. Best, Anna > On Nov 12, 2018, at 1:30 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > It is working fine here with an SE and iOS 12.1. > When you touch the table Index and

A Conversation with Siri

2018-11-12 Thread Susie Stageberg
Hi all. I have just updated my software to 12.1, and had the following conversation with Siri yesterday. Me: "Hey Siri. Text Ellen." Siri: "Which Ellen? Ellen, or Ellen Fisher?" Me: "Ellen." Siri: "Which Ellen? Ellen, or Ellen Fisher?" Repeat until I finally hit the Home button

Re: A Conversation with Siri

2018-11-12 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Susie, If you tell Siri that Ellen is your daughter, you can then say, "Text my daughter." That may be easier. You may want to put in her last name as well. Computers can definitely be frustrating sometimes. Best, Anna > On Nov 12, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Susie Stageberg wrote: > > Hi all.

Re: New EarPods on the way.

2018-11-12 Thread matthew dyer
Anna, I will give it a look. Thanks. Matthew On Nov 12, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Anna Dresner mailto:wadres...@att.net>> wrote: Hi Matthew, David Woodbridge did a good podcast on Airpods when they first came out, and most of it is still accurate. If you look for isee in a podcast app, you

Re: New EarPods on the way.

2018-11-12 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Matthew, David Woodbridge did a good podcast on Airpods when they first came out, and most of it is still accurate. If you look for isee in a podcast app, you should be able to find it. Mystic Access also did a short tutorial on them, and you can choose how much to pay. That's at

RE: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
While I could probably get away without not charging my XR overnight, it’s a habit at this point to plug it in. That said, at the end of the day of all day usage, I’m anywhere between 45% and 59% battery. Screen brightness set to zero, auto brightness turned off, true tone disabled, white

Re: Updating check card in Apple Wallet

2018-11-12 Thread Janet Bell
Hi Bill, try this it may not work but anything is worth a try. go into apple id then double tap on payment and shipping you will then see your card number if you double tap this you may be able to swipe right and change the expirey date and sec number hth Janet From: Bill Outman Sent:

RE: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I did two more trials, this time both books synced to the watch although it takes long. I never checked exactly how long since I usually put it on the charger and let it be. The book Deep Freeze which is 10 hours and 2 minutes long synced, but I was almost done with that book anyways so when I

RE: Synching Audible book on to Apple watch

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Sorry, not sure if I mentioned this, but I am using an iPhone 6S Plus with the iOS 12.1.1 public beta, whatever the latest Audible update is and I have a series 2 Apple Watch with WatchOS 5.1.1. -Original Message- From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 1:46

RE: Updating check card in Apple Wallet

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If the card number itself has not changed, i.e. if it is only a new expiry date then this should update automatically. If not you will have to delete the card and add it again. Here is part of an Apple support article, the link is below: While you can't change your card number or expiration

RE: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
A little bit like buying a new car and driving it very rarely at low speed for short distances *smile* I have 2 email accounts set up on my iPhone and to me not using push just makes little sense. I also have Bluetooth on at all times because I have an Apple Watch, I rarely ever turn Wi-Fi off

RE: A Conversation with Siri

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If it asks "Ellen" or "Ellen Fisher" try to say "the first one" Of course you can also tell SIRI that Ellen is your daughter and say "Text my daughter". I say "text my wife", "text my mother" or "text my brother" all the time. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Susie Stageberg Sent:

RE: What to do to make Table Index work in contacts, please?

2018-11-12 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Yea! Richard! As usual, you are right on! It worked! Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 2:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: What to do to

Re: A Conversation with Siri

2018-11-12 Thread Teresa Christian
Oo, I had the same thing happen only mine is Bobbie spelled differently and with different last names. Teresa☺ On 11/12/18, Anna Dresner wrote: > Hi Susie, > > If you tell Siri that Ellen is your daughter, you can then say, "Text my > daughter." That may be easier. You may want to put in her

RE: What to do to make Table Index work in contacts, please?

2018-11-12 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I definitely will try that, Anna. I have about 150 contacts, and rarely use Siri to call, so I use Table Index a lot. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018

RE: A Conversation with Siri

2018-11-12 Thread Richard Turner
Yes, adding the last name would help. I’m not sure without it, you wil be successful, but once you have her last name in, you can tell Siri that Ellen blank is my daughter. Then, you could say “text my daughter” and it would work every time. HTH, Richard “Definition of an expert: An ex is a

RE: got a new toy!

2018-11-12 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
Having migrated from an SE, I must admit, I'm not a fan of the new gestures. I enabled the assistive Touch virtual button and configured the actions I wanted in order to make it a more comfortable one handed device and placed it in the dock between the second and third app. Cristóbal

Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Len, Don and others, I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship. In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US,

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

2018-11-12 Thread Zhi Huang
Thanks a lot Sieghard, Although I own the last one right before it stopped selling it, I have many students who keep asking for this if its available again. Zhi Huang Assistive Technology Specialist From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday,