Re: The vagaries of updating.

2022-09-24 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
Its no big deal. There are always bugs whenever you upgrade your iPhone. Look what happened when IOS 13 came out. I'm not having all these issues that so many people seem to have. If I go to the notification center by swiping down from the top of my phone and I double tap on a notification, it

Re: text shortcuts

2022-09-24 Thread Bill Gallik
Alison et al, I suggest that, upon opening Settings, you use the search feature and look for “text replacement” and that will take you directly to the button you need to activate to get to the pertinent dialogue. HTH - Sent from Ino Squire's iPhone SE (iOS 15.7) via Google

RE: text shortcuts

2022-09-24 Thread CJ & AA MAY
When I upgraded, I lost my text shortcut for "on my way", which was omw and I can't remember how to set this up. Can anyone help please? Alison -- 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,

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Which phone do you have? Try Dolby On. It is free. Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard My web site: https://www.turner42.com 礪 -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Iphone XS. > On Sep 24, 2022, at 10:33 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Which phone do you have? > > Try Dolby On. It is free. > > > > Richard > “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought > which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard > > My web site:

ping ping ball in a never ending maze

2022-09-24 Thread Amy Ruell
Asking this list for help as a last resort. This is long, so I ask for patience. Until September 16, I could access my Comcast email on my iPhone 13 Pro without difficulty. When I obtained my iPhone 14 Pro, I initially transferred from my iPhone 13 Pro to the new phone but noted I could no

RE: seeking recommendations for kitchen scales and cooking thermometers

2022-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hello Keith, I personally find the talking scales from my Weigh to work best. I should mention that I haven't tried a connected scale yet, but my problem with them is that each time you want to weigh something you have to get out your iPhone, I assume you would have to use some app to work

RE: iOS 16.02 is available with VO fixes

2022-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
That worked for me as well, but the notifications just seem to be slow to go away or at least they are as far as Voiceover is concerned. If you clear the notification and go back and forth a few times they will also be gone. Maybe still good if this were reported to Apple Accessibility as it

pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

2022-09-24 Thread deidreandlouise
Reading this post made me hungry, and want to have a live in Sieghart. Measuring out the exact weight of ingredients as you put a baked good together is true commitment to cooking. Deidre From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of This Weitzel Sent:

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Hey, thanks. Yeah I'm kind of set on video because I find people connect with that more than just audio, and I like posting them on YouTube. Would an external microphone help matters I wonder? I've been looking at some options. But some of them I think redirect audio output so I'm not sure if

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
You shouldn't need an external microphone. But, if you do, I have a Zoom IQ6 I'm not using since my 13 pro has great stereo recording ability that I will gladly sell for much less than a new one. Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which

Ring doorbell alert in a foreign language

2022-09-24 Thread Holly
A very strange thing has happened with my Ring doorbell neighborhood alerts. When I open the page to read the alert, voice over reads the post in a foreign language. Everything else on the page she reads in English. Has anyone had this happen? Lots of the buttons on the Ring app are not

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
BTW, where was the phone during this recording? Do you have a tripod? Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard My web site: https://www.turner42.com 礪 -Original Message- From:

Siri Problem Solved

2022-09-24 Thread Arnold Schmidt
As the news commentator Paul Harvey sometimes used to say, this is just what, not why. I have no idea why. Just before doing the following experiment, Siri still was not working. A few days ago, when music recognition was discussed on this list, I decided to put it into control panel and

RE: Siri Problem Solved

2022-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Often Siri features are updated on Apple's servers and it is not always necessary for an iOS update to be released to fix some issue with Siri. Asking Siri to identify a song also works again for me. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent:

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
You should find Dolby ON has a good response on that phone. It does video and I think now can stream directly to things like YouTube. It has lots of settings to explore, but it is free. Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Awesome, thanks! I'll check that one out. Hopefully I can get away without needing another microphone. > On Sep 24, 2022, at 10:55 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > You should find Dolby ON has a good response on that phone. > It does video and I think now can stream directly to things like

RE: iOS 16.02 is available with VO fixes

2022-09-24 Thread davycuppens
Yes Sieghard I can confirm this behaviour but is certainly not driving me mad it happens rarely. But all the rest of complaints here I cannot confirm and for me all works fine in the notification center which I am using all day long because my iphone is my newspicker, my newspaper, my

Re: Siri Does Not Speak Responses

2022-09-24 Thread Beth G
Hi, I am having the same problem running iOS latest version 15 on an iPhone 12 pro. I had it starting a couple updates ago. Very frustrating. Restart is not work for me either. Thanks, BetSent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > I forgot to mention in my

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
First, nice playing. I think you are getting some clipping where the sound is too loud for the recorder. Are you set on having a video? If so, I don't know what other app to recommend. For audio, I personally find Just Press Record to be fabulous! You didn't say which phone you have. If it

RE: iOS 16.02 is available with VO fixes

2022-09-24 Thread davycuppens
Then please do please do all report to Apple Accessibility! I cannot confirm this bug, I am on Belgian and Dutch lists too I hear no complaints about that! Davy -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Gerardo Corripio Verzonden: vrijdag 23 september 2022 20:16

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Yes I have a tripod. It was about 2 feet to my right. > On Sep 24, 2022, at 11:59 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > BTW, where was the phone during this recording? > Do you have a tripod? > > > > > Richard > “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought >

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

2022-09-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Measuring whether using cups or a scale is no different exact using a cup is not very accurate. If you want it to be as accurate as possible especially for floour you have to spoon the flour into the cup because if you scoop it in then it gets compressed and instead of the approx. 120 grams

Re: Is the Capital One app accessible?

2022-09-24 Thread Cristobal Munoz
Agreed. One of the more accessible apps/banks out there. We have two credit cards and two bank accounts one being a savings account. Everything is completely voiceover accessible. if I recall, I set up tha checking account in less than five minutes on my phone. Everything is pretty

How accessible is the HEOS app?

2022-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
So, I'm thinking of upgrading my home theater receiver to a Denon, so I'm wondering how accessible the HEOS app is? I've downloaded the app and run it in demo mode, and what I can see seems accessible, but there are features I can't seem to get to like actually controlling things on the

Re: Ring doorbell alert in a foreign language

2022-09-24 Thread wessmith313
What language?  I’m just curious. I don’t know what could be happening, but sometimes I’ll get that on an English website, and it’s because of the markup that they use in their posts, I believe.  If you go into voiceover settings, and turn off, detect languages, does that help?Sent from my

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

2022-09-24 Thread deidreandlouise
Wow, precision alright, and power to the talking cooking scale makers. it was already obvious that you, Sieghart, were serious and now 100 times even more so. I spent 6 months in Germany in 1977 when I was still a teenager and loved it. I loved the whole ritual

RE: Is the Capital One app accessible?

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
I find the app very accessible. And, they are willing to help where they can over the phone, which is a bit limited, but we’ve had a savings account with them for over 2 years and while their interest rates go up and down with the market, they have always paid more than the traditional

AW: iOS 16.02 is available with VO fixes

2022-09-24 Thread Alexandra
Same here: The bug is still there, also on list view. Alexandra -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Gerardo Corripio Gesendet: Freitag, 23. September 2022 17:48 An: viphone@googlegroups.com Betreff: Re: iOS 16.02 is

Re: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

2022-09-24 Thread Esther Levegnale
hi, everyone, I always spoon flour into a measuring cup. I learned that the hard way!☺️ Esther Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max! > On Sep 24, 2022, at 4:41 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >  > Oh yes! Always spoon flour into measuring cups. I learned about that years

Re: Ring doorbell alert in a foreign language

2022-09-24 Thread Holly
I am not sure what language, but I think it is Spanish or Portuguese. Turning off detect language does not make a difference. -- 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

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Hi Brandon, I asked my wife to look at the video. She thinks the phone is too close. I was thinking if you moved it back it might help on the clipping/distortion, but she says it should be moved back because she cannot see the whole keyboard or all of you. You get cut off at about your

RE: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Well, moving the microphone further back may help for the distortion too. But, if you know someone with aa 12, 13, or now 14 pro, perhaps they could let you record something with their phone. Especially with the Camera Video mode since it will record in stereo and you may find you get a much

Is the Capital One app accessible?

2022-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
It was suggested that I set up a Capital One 360 Savings account. I've poked around the app without actually creating an account yet, and it seems pretty straightforward and accessible. I know I can set up an account for free, but before I go down that path, I'd like to know if anyone else has

RE: pre-ordering Stollen from Sieghart

2022-09-24 Thread Richard Turner
Oh yes! Always spoon flour into measuring cups. I learned about that years ago. A very helpful tip, though tedious. That is where weighing makes more sense. Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Hey, so I tried recording with dolby On and it definitely improves the sound quality and there's no clipping, but now I notice a constant mild distortion in the background, especially in the quieter sections. My phone is 3 years old — could it just be that the microphone isn't very good? Or is

Re: Notification Center problem resolved...

2022-09-24 Thread Robin Frost
Hi Holly and all, thanks so much for this tip while it is definitely not a fix and I do hope people continue to report this as a bug or an annoying design change to restore previous behavior I am grateful for the work-around and am so glad you shared it with us all as it makes life in iOS 16

Re: Weird Recording Bug

2022-09-24 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Thanks. I probably just nudged the tripod and it got off-center. I had aligned it properly with Aira yesterday but it's easily moved. I will check into the settings, thanks. > On Sep 24, 2022, at 8:11 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Hi Brandon, > > I asked my wife to look at the video. She