Re: Portable charger

2020-02-04 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
There is another model from Anker itself, Anker Powerplus 3350 MAH Lipstic size powerbank. You can search it. On 2/4/20, Ann Byrne wrote: > Can someone please recommend a *small portable charger for the > iPhone? something I can carry in my purse? My kids had a Powercore > 5000 which I like a

Putting in emergency contacts.

2020-02-04 Thread Carolyn
Where do I go to set in emergency contacts, please? -- 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: Portable charger

2020-02-04 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Hi, I suggest you stay with anker brand as it is reliable and priced very well. I like the anker Powercore 10,000 compact battery. That usually runs for about $32 on Amazon. Feliciano For tech tips and updates: LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Follow

Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Marie
I am shopping for a wireless charging stand and most do not come with the AC adaptor. But if I am reading correctly, the wall adaptor which comes with my IPhone 11 Pro will work with these chargers. Am I correct, or does it only work with some of the chargers? Thanks, Marie IF MY BODY IS EVER

Re: Text Selection in Rotor

2020-02-04 Thread Richard Turner
Where are you when you are looking for it on the rotor? It should show up any place it can be used. Make sure you are not moving too quickly and missing it. I had a client doing that recently. I also assume you have rebooted the phone. Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those

Re: Portable charger

2020-02-04 Thread Keith Bierman
As others have noted, Anker generally does good work. There are lots of other good vendors as well. I've yet to work with a powerbank which has good accessibility many provide a few lights (LEDs) to mark the state of charge. Some provide an LCD gauge . I was recently gifted a nice unit,

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: blind square help please. How do I enter a distant location into my places so that I can simulate a route?

2020-02-04 Thread 'Kramlinger, Keith G. (Keith G.), M.D.' via VIPhone
thanks very much, Richard. With your advice, I went into BlindSquare with every confidence it would work. Much to my chagrin, the well-established addresses I entered reveal a search that cannot find those addresses. I know these are existing addresses, but for some reason the search engine

Re: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom?

2020-02-04 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello All, I have used both the Dexcom G5/G6 and the Libre Link sensors. I liked certain features of both devices. First the Dexcom system: The Dexcom system is the best sensor or CGM on the market here in the US. That is a plus and a minus as it works the best and has the best application

Re: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Keith Bierman
Most of these wireless chargers will work with any appropriate USB power input. Obviously, if it's a fast charger it needs higher amps than slow charging (so look at the specifications for the wireless unit (power input requirement) and ideally match or exceed that with the power output of your

Airpods Pro in noise cancelling might be covering up my voice. A thing?

2020-02-04 Thread Pete Nalda
As soon as I put them on transparency mode, caller heard me way better! My theory would be the mics are attenuated in noise canceling mode. What say y’all? Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda

Text Selection in Rotor

2020-02-04 Thread sherrywells1157
Hello all, I'm using an IPhone 8 with the latest IOS. I can't seem to get text selection added to the rotor. I go into accessibility / rotor & text selection is selected. Yet when I use the rotor it is not there. I unselected text selection & re-selected it but it is still not in the

Re: Portable charger

2020-02-04 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
As long as you recharge your charger after using it a couple times, you should be good if you need to go out. That's what I'd do. I saw a 1MA anker charger that sounds very nice. I'll probably get that soon along with a couple different iPhone cases. I'm currently using a 4200 charger I

Re: Blind Square

2020-02-04 Thread Richard Turner
I found the below in the settings help. Somewhere in there is a restore my places in the Other menu I think. If someone knows more I hope they'll chime in. you use iCloud, BlindSquare will save your settings to iCloud and they will be synchronized between your devices. If you are using

Re: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Marie
According to Google, the 11 pro comes with an 18watt charger, so I assume this will be sufficient for any of the fast charger? Marie From: Keith Bierman Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wireless charging stand question Most of these wireless

Re: Airpods Pro in noise cancelling might be covering up my voice. A thing?

2020-02-04 Thread Ed Worrell
Hey Pete, Yeah, I am seeing the same behavior here as well. I think your assessment of the microphones processing your voice out a bit might be correct. Ed W. > On Feb 4, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > As soon as I put them on transparency mode, caller heard me way better! My >

case/keyboard for iPad 7th gen 10.2 inch

2020-02-04 Thread Donald Raikes
I just got a 7th generation iPad 10.2 inch tablet for work. I want to keep it protected and nice, and a bluetooth keyboard would be nice. Any suggestions on an affordable case/keyboard combination? I saw: Fintie Keyboard Case for New iPad 7th Generation 10.2 Inch 2019, Soft TPU Back Cover with

Re: how does flick type compared to apples slide to type?

2020-02-04 Thread 'Chuck Dean' via VIPhone
Hello, I use the FlickType keyboard about 99% of the time. Usually, the only time I use the iOS keyboard is when I am using financial apps, because I prefer the number keyboard and I have to enter a lot of abbreviations. I tried the slide to type keyboard. With practice I am sure I could get

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: blind square help please. How do I enter a distant location into my places so that I can simulate a route?

2020-02-04 Thread Richard Turner
Could you send an address you have tried so I can check to see if I can duplicate the issue? Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane Wagner On Feb 4, 2020, at 11:01 AM,

RE: How Do I Add an Emergency Contact?

2020-02-04 Thread Carolyn
Thank you, Richard. That was so easy, and I set three. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2020 5:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: How Do I Add an Emergency Contact?

RE: Putting in emergency contacts.

2020-02-04 Thread Carolyn
Thank you for the correct information about setting Emergency Contact. I had no idea it was that easy. I have one question now. Where are they, please? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Tuesday, February 4,

Accessibility of Facebook on portal versus iPhone

2020-02-04 Thread TaraPrakash
Hi all. I apologize it may feel a little off topic. I’m wondering if somebody on the list uses portal from Facebook?is it completely accessible? Is it just for video calls or you can send instant messages and check your news feed using it? I am interested in it because some days back

RE: Question about selecting text

2020-02-04 Thread Alan Lemly
Tom, Text Selection from the rotor seems to be working fine for me in the Mail app. I just opened one of Sieghard's emails on my iPhone 8 running iOS 13.3.1, turned the rotor gesture to Text Selection, single finger swiped down until stopping on line selection, and then single finger swiped to

not receiving messages

2020-02-04 Thread Dennis Long
I'm not receiving messages. Did I set myself to no mail? If so how do I fix this? -- 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

RE: how does flick type compared to apples slide to type?

2020-02-04 Thread Alan Lemly
I'm with Chuck about spending the necessary learning and practice time with FlickType. I use it in portrait mode with only an index finger but I can type significantly faster with it. Alan Lemly From: 'Chuck Dean' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 04,

Question about selecting text

2020-02-04 Thread Tom Cramer
Hello, When I get an email or am looking at something and want to select some text, such as a block of text or perhaps an email address, is it doable if I wasn't the one to originate it? For example, someone sent me an email the other day, and there were some things I wanted to select from it,

Re: not receiving messages

2020-02-04 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
Your message came through just fine. On 2/4/20, Dennis Long wrote: > I'm not receiving messages. Did I set myself to no mail? If so how do I > fix this? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the

RE: pursuit of that "perfect" bluetooth ear phones!!!

2020-02-04 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Into the ear like earpods from apple, Not into the ear canal If you got hearing aids with Bluetooth you could just connect your aids to the phone and cut out the need for earpods / headphones. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Terri Hedgpeth Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 4:28 AM

RE: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom?

2020-02-04 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Sorry Richard, The libre has the need for the nfc chip which the Dexcom doesn’t Dexcom I believe uses Bluetooth. However the libre has the ability now to utilise a third party product called the miao miao which is a Bluetooth dongle that sits on top of the libre freestyle sensor. This then

RE: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom?

2020-02-04 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Which is why her pone had no issue with the app installing. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Keith Bierman Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 5:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom? Dexcom doesn't use NFC; so I don't know why it wouldn't work with

RE: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom?

2020-02-04 Thread Simon A Fogarty
It’s a blue tooth transmitter that helps send the signal from the Dexcom to the phone No the free style libre doesn’t have them built in but you can purchase a third party option. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 8:05 AM To:

British Gas Hive app

2020-02-04 Thread 'ChalmersAS' via VIPhone
Hi I have been trying to adjust a heating schedule in the Hive app on my iPad and it just keeps crashing Voiceover every time I try to copy a schedule. When I get VO back all the changes I have made have disappeared. This is still happening after the recent update and I have reported it to

RE: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Yes, it should be, keep in mind that the 10 Watt fast charging standard many Android phones use has no connection to Apple who chose to use 7.5 Watt fast charging. According to rumours Apple is also going to release a small charging pad some time soon. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf

Re: Text Selection in Rotor

2020-02-04 Thread PRAMIT BHARGAVA
Hello Sherry, To add the Text Selection to your Rotor settings: go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor and check "Text Selection". Hope this helps Pramit On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:50 PM wrote: > *Hello all,* > > > > *I’m using an IPhone 8 with the latest IOS. I can’t

RE: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Well, let’s see and, what’s more, if their pad costs twice as much as most other brand name pads out there. I have a Mophie pad which is about a quarter inch wider than the iPhone on each side so I’m not sure how much smaller you can make a charging pad, I personally wouldn’t want one where the

Re: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Keith Bierman
The Qi quick charging standard is 10watts (if memory serves) so all other things being equal yes. But there are fiddly bits (the USB standard didn't really intend for such high rates (more like 1.5amps) so the wall transformer, the cable and the charger really all need to cooperate to get best

Re: Wireless charging stand question

2020-02-04 Thread Alex Stone
I really hope they do release a smaller pad. On 5 Feb 2020, at 02:47, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:  Yes, it should be, keep in mind that the 10 Watt fast charging standard many Android phones use has no connection to Apple who chose to use 7.5 Watt fast charging. According to rumours Apple is

Re: Airpods Pro in noise cancelling might be covering up my voice. A thing?

2020-02-04 Thread Alex Stone
I can confirm this too. Also, I used to have a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphones which did the same thing. > On 4 Feb 2020, at 17:37, Pete Nalda wrote: > > As soon as I put them on transparency mode, caller heard me way better! My > theory would be the mics are attenuated in noise

RE: pursuit of that "perfect" bluetooth ear phones!!!

2020-02-04 Thread Terri Hedgpeth
My hearing aids are connected and that is good. However, hearing aids are not stereo. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 2:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: pursuit of that "perfect" bluetooth ear phones!!! Into the

Re: Keyboard is locked!

2020-02-04 Thread John Panarese
I’m assuming that, just like on a Mac, Control-option-semicolon locks the VoiceOver keys. I haven’t looked at VO settings on the iPhone in depth, but I am of the mind this is what you did. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

RE: Blind Square

2020-02-04 Thread Laury, Shawnese (LEO)
I had to delete it and re-install and now I’m having no issues. It’s working but all of my previous locations I had within the app are all gone. Thanks From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Blind Square

2020-02-04 Thread Richard Turner
First, make sure everything is out of the app switcher. Reboot your phone. If that still happens, you may have to delete and redownload the app. Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the

Blind Square

2020-02-04 Thread Laury, Shawnese (LEO)
Since updating to the most recent IOS update anytime I try opening blind square it automatically closes out and takes me back to the home page of my phone. Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks Shawnese Laury, MA, CRC, LLPC Vocational Rehabilitation

Re: Blind Square

2020-02-04 Thread Alex Stone
It doesn’t happen to me, I used it to find a bus stop about ten minutes ago, and it worked fine. From: viphone@googlegroups.com on behalf of Laury, Shawnese (LEO) Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1:37:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Blind Square

Portable charger

2020-02-04 Thread Ann Byrne
Can someone please recommend a *small portable charger for the iPhone? something I can carry in my purse? My kids had a Powercore 5000 which I like a lot, but is there something better that I should know about? Thanks, Ann -- The following information is important for all members of the V

Re: Freestyle Libre or Dexcom?

2020-02-04 Thread Joney
Are use the Librelink and I have no problems with it at all. Dicks come does have an extra transmitter, but everything is built in to the sensor on the other. I do miss the ability to sync the numbers, as sometimes it can be many points off. I tested, when I first put it in. After the hour