RE: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread Richard Turner
Glad to hear things are better. I have one question about what you said, "A few things I found out is that a 3 finger swipe to the right will hide the options like insert photo, format, etc where they appear just above the keyboard. You probably have to be at the first item which I think is

Question About the New Classic Shell Phone

2020-06-13 Thread Shirley Baker
Does anyone know just out of curiosity, if you can play books from Audible.com or Bard using this particular phone? Not that I’m going to get one but was wondering. I have decided to get the SE 20 phone on Black Friday from Verizon. In fact, spoke to a lady Thursday who used to be a Verizon

RE: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Shirley Baker
It seems to me that Apple fixes one thing, only to mess up something else. I wish they would get stuff right. I'm not saying they have anything to do with pronunciations but if they did, they need to fix it. Shirley -Original Message- From: 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone
I can understand that words are mispronounced, but when one cannot even go in and correct the pronunciation, there is something wrong. Karen At 12:53 PM 6/13/2020, you wrote: It's the voice, not the screen-reader, that mostly determines how a word is pronounced. (The voice's speech dictionary

Re: Question About the New Classic Shell Phone

2020-06-13 Thread Dave
You would have to convert your books, to mp3, and copy them on to the phone. The Blindshell classic, is a feature phone, not a smart phone. Dave. -Original Message- From: Shirley Baker Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question About the New

Re: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread deidre muccio
Maybe you were at the end of the options rather than at the very first one to the farthest left since you’re gonna be swiping right. Is that possible? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Glad to hear things are better. > I have one question about

Re: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread deidre muccio
yes, Richard, if you go to the first item which I think is insert format and you have a three finger swipe to the right they should go away and then if you want to go to the last item and hide stuff you have to go back up your keyboard to beyond the Q and the W and then you’ll see a button that

Re: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread deidre muccio
Oh yes, sorry, it’s in a Gmail message in the text body of The message in the native mail app. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Glad to hear things are better. > I have one question about what you said, "A few things I found out is that a > 3

Re: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread deidre muccio
So, when rereading this message before replying when it came to the end of reading me my message it said expand tool bar and that was a button so there are different places where that button to expand the tool bar or shrink it appear and that is what I’m calling hiding or in hiding those items.

RE: Question About the New Classic Shell Phone

2020-06-13 Thread Shirley Baker
Okay, thanks for clearing that up. Not interested in doing that but my husband might be since all he uses his phone for is like a phone and nothing else but don't think he would want to switch carriers just to get that phone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Headset

2020-06-13 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Steve, Why wired headset and what do you mean by microphone infront of your mouth and over your head? I'm assuming you mean the headset over your head and a boom microphone? Why wired? Why not bluetooth? The plantronixvoyager 5200 is a great headset and has a boom mic but only sits in

RE: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread bentleyj1952
Thanks for your remarks. How do I get voice over to use the Alex voice. I want to try that. James B -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Priscilla Garces (prisci) Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 11:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pronunciation

Re: Question about Using iPad

2020-06-13 Thread Robert Doc Wright
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contacts organizer

2020-06-13 Thread Robert Doc Wright
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RE: Size question

2020-06-13 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yes it is. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anne West Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2020 1:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Size question I think I heard the new SE 2020 is the same size as the iPhone 8. Am I correct? I like the size of my 8. I don’t want a large phone and I

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Gary Ketler
Go to accessability voiceover speech settings. > On Jun 13, 2020, at 1:37 AM, bentleyj1...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks for your remarks. > > How do I get voice over to use the Alex voice. I want to try that. > > James B > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

Re: How to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box?

2020-06-13 Thread Richard Turner
That is a massive file to try to download. I hope you do not have Cloud Sync enabled, because you should never have large files if you want Cloud sync to work. And, dealing with that large of a file in any app is going to be challenging. You really should ask Winston Chen directly:

RE: Honeywell t6 Thermostat question

2020-06-13 Thread Kelly Ford
Hi, I have been able to get mine back online with the helpof AIRA or something similar. Most often somehow the app has lost the wi-fi connection. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 3:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Honeywell t6

Re: Voice dream scanner not recognising any text

2020-06-13 Thread Richard Turner
There is no limit I am aware of. But, depending on the phone's available resources, maybe it was maxed out. Phones need to be rebooted now and then to clear out anything that could be effecting its performance. Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass

Good bone conduction headset wanting recommendations

2020-06-13 Thread Dana Leet
Good morning everyone. My husband and I both have a set of aftershock headsets, however we were trying to find a back up that was less expensive and wondered if anyone had tried any of the other ones that are not as expensive on Amazon and I found one that really works well. If anyone can

RE: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Carolyn
I, personally prefer the original voice, Samantha and the original Siri voice. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Bentley Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pronunciation of

Re: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Alan Lemly
Casey, Go to Settings, Accessibility, Spoken content, Voices, double tap on the language containing the voice you wish to delete, find the voice in the list that opens and double tap on it, place focus on the voice and single finger swipe down until you hear delete then double tap. Alan Lemly

Re: How to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box?

2020-06-13 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I decided to break it up into parts to make downloading easier. I know I could just save myself all this work and put it on my stream, but I want it on my iPhone. I've uploaded files around 700 gigs or so, so I think this will work. On 6/13/20, Richard Turner wrote: > That is a massive file to

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I'm glad I'm still on 12.41. I don't like the Alison voice. I have deleted it from my Iphone. I think she sounds boring. I'm currently using Lee as my voice over voice. On 6/13/20, James Bentley wrote: > hi, > I think I like the original voice better. > But it's good to know other voices are

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread James Bentley
hi, I'm using the default vo voice. I'm using the Mail Siri voice. I do not know the names of either Voice, but they both sound good to me. James Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2020, at 4:53 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I'm glad I'm still on 12.41. I don't like the Alison voice. I

Re: How to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box?

2020-06-13 Thread Richard Turner
I do not think you can copy a book from Voice Dream to Dropbox. You can from Dropbox, to Voice Dream. I'm Could you say more exactly what you are wanting to do? Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Flor Lynch
How are you spelling the substitution for 'peace'? Does 'piece' come out the same way? Try peess? -Original Message- From: 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 10:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Pronunciation of a word Hi, all, I'm sorry if this has been

how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Casey
hi if you have A voice that you no longer want how do you delete it from your phone? -- Casey -- 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

Re: Voice dream scanner not recognising any text

2020-06-13 Thread Judy Pryor
Many thanks Richard, last night I deleted about 12 pages I had scanned, and today I tried the scanner again and it worked. Is there a limit on how many pages you have scanned? I would not have thought so as I think books can be scanned. Regards Judy Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Jun 2020,

Re: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Casey, Someone else may know a better way, but I'll tell you how I found out. 1. Open settings 2. Open accessibility 3. Open VoiceOver 4. Open speech 5. Open the voice you want to delete 6. Flick up on both the enhanced and regular voices and it will say delete. I think this is how you do

Re: free mp3 recorder?

2020-06-13 Thread The wolf
Hello I downloaded the app there are tons of unlabeled buttons in this app especially in the settings I can not figure out how to choose the bitrate fore the mp3s so far I am not liking this app what so ever\ is there any other ones that save in mp3? On 6/12/2020 2:44 PM, Marco Chan wrote:

RE: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Carolyn
I tried this, and it sounds right with JAWS on my computer: Peese P e e s e like cheese. Now, you'd think peese would sound like cheese or peas, but it sounds like peace. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch

Re: free mp3 recorder?

2020-06-13 Thread Dave
There is an app, called mp3 recorder. But you will have to pay a small amount, to unlock the extra features. But you can download the free version, which is very limited, but seems to be fully accessible. Dave. From: The wolf Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:17 PM To:

RE: free mp3 recorder?

2020-06-13 Thread Karen Poulakos
Recorder HQ can save to an mp3 file. Karen P From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 9:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: free mp3 recorder? There is an app, called mp3 recorder. But you will have to

How to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box?

2020-06-13 Thread Jan Stirbens
Hello, Is there a way to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box? I am using iPhone XR, the latest version, and the latest version of voice dream reader. Any help is appreciated. Jan -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any

Re: Really need advice on helping a friend to join join the list

2020-06-13 Thread alia robinson
it’s at the bottom of every email that gets sent here. you just take the un out of unsubscribe! On Jun 12, 2020, at 7:43 PM, Virginia Nork wrote: Hi List, Ginnie Nork here. I have been on the list for a long time, but I forgot how I originally signed up. A friend of mine wants to join the list

RE: Headset

2020-06-13 Thread Dennis Long
I have a 5200 it is a good headset. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Headset Hi Steve, Why wired headset and what do you mean by microphone infront of your

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread James Bentley
hi, I think I like the original voice better. But it's good to know other voices are available. Thanks, James Bentley Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2020, at 2:27 AM, Gary Ketler wrote: > > Go to accessability voiceover speech settings. > >> On Jun 13, 2020, at 1:37 AM,

Re: How to add a book from voice dream reader to drop box?

2020-06-13 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
On this topic. I'm trying to download a 3.4 gig zip file into voice dream reader from dropbox. It isn't working to well. It almost looks like after a certain percentage the file kind of goes back to 0% and tried to redownload again. On 6/13/20, Richard Turner wrote: > I do not think you can

Re: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Allen and list, Thank you so much for clearing up what I was trying to say. I was going about it the wrong way. I didn't know you could do it from spoken content. Thanks again. Jen Jenn and Kumi > On Jun 13, 2020, at 8:19 AM, Alan Lemly wrote: > >  > Casey, > > Go to Settings,

RE: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Kenny Nead
Are the voices like a radio box, when you add one, it removes the other? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

Re: Pronunciation of a word

2020-06-13 Thread Flor Lynch
It's the voice, not the screen-reader, that mostly determines how a word is pronounced. (The voice's speech dictionary is 'hard-wired'.) So, one solution to a mispronunciation issue is to instead use an alternative voice which will often speak the word correctly. (This is an over-extensive

RE: how do you delete an unwanted voice from your phone

2020-06-13 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Jennie, Glad what I posted worked. I first tried the settings path you posted under Voiceover but I was unable to figure out how to delete any of the voices that way. About all I was able to do was to select the default voice used when rotoring to another language. Alan Lemly

all is well

2020-06-13 Thread deidre muccio
>Hello all > > Since most of you probably witnessed my perplexing horror over having a near > totally unusable new SE phone, I can say that all has been resolved. A > tentative hardware issue was ruled out by a cursory test by Yes Computers > here in town, and AA said they did not take phones

ITunes For Windows Question

2020-06-13 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I have a friend who recently got an IPhone SE who downloaded ITunes For Windows. He says that it says it is only for music and videos, everything else is done in the cloud. I know that ITunes, as one large program, is no longer on the mac, having been divided into separate programs as it is

RE: problum trying to ancer a vidio call on what'sapp

2020-06-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
When the call comes in and you want to answer, is your phone locked or are you using it or in the WhatsApp app? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joy Cyr Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:34 PM To: iPhone List Subject: Re: problum trying to ancer a vidio call on what'sapp Yes! I had

RE: Honeywell t6 Thermostat question

2020-06-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would call Honeywell support, we have the T5 and I think all we had to do is pull it out of its cradle on the wall and put it back in and that reset the connection. But it's been a while so maybe this is no longer the case. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kelly Ford Sent:

Re: YouTube Appears to have Fixed Forward/Rewind Option for Video Viewing

2020-06-13 Thread brian albriton
I’m still having this issue with forward and backwards through a video. I believe I will send feedback through YouTube > On Jun 4, 2020, at 12:19 PM, dani pagador wrote: > > Hi, Everyone. > It seems YouTube has fixed the gesture to swipe up/down to > rewind/forward in a video. There's also an

Re: all is well

2020-06-13 Thread Richard Turner
It doesn't work with a Microsoft outlook account. Maybe just gmail. Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not

RE: ITunes For Windows Question

2020-06-13 Thread Alan Lemly
Arnold, I'm still running Windows 7 but I have the latest version of iTunes for Windows and it still allows me to make encrypted backups to my computer and to do file transfers. I'm not sure what told your friend that iTunes for Windows only allowed music and videos. That hasn't been my