App price tracker

Hi listers, any recommendations for an accessible price tracker for apps like Marrs edit on the Mac appstore etc. With thanks, Ian -- 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

Re: Google Assistant with voiceover?

Hi all, do you know if you can get the assistant on your phone to work the same as the stand alone device? That is not to have to tap the microphone or at least have google read the results back to you rather than have to scroll down the answers and have voice over read them? Thanks Ian > On 16

Maps usage guidance

Dear listers, I have decided to become a bit more independent in walking around. I am a pretty experienced voice over user but struggle to set up journeys for turn by turn guidance in both Apple maps and Google.. I have listened to many in depth podcasts but cannot seem to find one or t

Re: Maps usage guidance

ignificantly more expensive, though you can > do a month trial I think for around $10. > > HTH, > Richard > > > > “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” > - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 > &g

Re: Favorite Tech Podcasts

Hi all. I tend to agree that listening through the app on my phone is better and more reliable. However, I have had some success asking Alexa to ask Anypod to play a named podcast. The trouble with Alexa is having to remember the name of the skill as well as the name of the podcast. I hope that

Re: Offline maps?

Nearby Explorer is not fully functional in the UK as yet. I contacted them two weeks ago and they say they are building a UK version. When it comes out I will probably buy it as it looks like it does what I want. I have got the Nearby Explorer Online version, which shows what it will be capable

Re: Two Apple TV Related Questions

Hi, Can’t help with direct tv, but I think once you get to the “one of four” point in voices you need to click on the touch screen to get into the list of choices. A bit like having to interract with an object slider. Hope this is right and solves it. Ian > On 27 Apr 2018, at 21:02, lynn white

Re: the near by explorer GPS

Hi, are you saying Nearby Explorer is now available and fully functional in the UK? Thanks, Ian > On 30 Apr 2018, at 05:23, Janet Bell wrote: > > Hi Richard I got the england maps downloaded today o#so it is available here > I will let you know what it is like outside later. Janet > > From:

Re: Daisy?

Hi, not sure if you mean on windows only. The only reliable daisy reading app I have found is for IOS. It is called Voice Dream Reader and I import my RNIB daisy audio books into it. They work great. The app is not cheap, but it can read just about any format you can throw at it. Cheers, Ian

Re: question internet radio

Hi. In the UK I can simply ask Alexa to play any radio station that has an internet stream. As long as you know the exact name of the station no extra skills are needed. Cheers, Ian > On 7 May 2018, at 00:00, Richard Turner wrote: > > You do not need Prime, just a free Amazon account t

Re: Questions re TP Link smart plug

Hi, my experience with the TP link and its Kasa app is pretty good. However, I was unable to set specific schedules in the app withvoiceover; my sighted wife had to do it. I have written to the Kasa developer and reported this as an issue. If everyone would do this then it is possible th

Re: Glasses

Hi, does anyone know how to sign up for a pilot in the UK? Thanks, Ian > On 4 May 2018, at 01:51, Andy Baracco wrote: > > The Samsung phone included with the new glasses is simply for providing power > to the glasses. Apparently Talk Back is locked out, so you can't use the > phone as a phone,

Re: Glasses

Hi. IMHO I think the pricing reflects the current scale of the operation. It is a bit like how expensive mobile phone minutes or internet used to be until numbers increased. However a product for the blind is not such a mass market - only 285 million of us across the world at the last count. E

Re: Netflix no longer reads synopsis of

I know this is an old question, but I thought I would announce this workaround. When a programme is highlighted in netflix, hold down the apple remote’s play/pause button for a couple of seconds and voice over will read out the synopsis or screen contents. The play/pause is the round one at the

Re: Accessibility of Tp-Link smart switches and plugs

Hi, I have been using the app and Alexa for a while now. I use it for lamp switches, not the wall switches that are also available. The system works well once set up. The Kassa app is ok if I remember rightly. You don’t really need it at all once you are set up properly as it all works through

merging phone contacts

Hi, is there any way to merge the information from two different contacts into one on the iphone? With thanks Ian -- 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'

Re: Accessibility of Tp-Link smart switches and plugs

/ref=pe_3034960_233709270_TE_item> > > I think even if the app for these isn’t very accessible I can just get my > manager to do the setup and after that as you said it’s mostly using Alexa > anyways to turn the lights on or off. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From

Re: Netflix questions

Hi All, here is my experience from the UK: Accessing the list of AD films is different on the iphone to the Apple TV. On the iphone it feels like it is at the bottom of a vertical category list, while in the apple TV it is at the end of a horizontal list. Clicking on the category brings up over

just a test

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Betting apps

Hi, does anyone know of a betting app that works with voice over? Thanks Ian -- 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 contac

Re: Apple Watch and wireless connectivity question.

Dear Anna, are you the author of the watch guide? If so how do I buy it from the UK? Regards, Ian > On 21 Feb 2018, at 10:33, Doc wright wrote: > > Is the Apple watch a stand alone device yet? > - Original Message - > From: "Woody Anna Dresner" > To: "VIPhone Mailing List" > Sent: Feb

Re: Soundscape

I am also trying this out in the UK. I completely agree that we should be able to set current location as a user defined point of interest, so that a beacon can be used later - for example finding one’s way home. As for the overall product I think it is imaginative and empathetic as a work in p

Re: The IOS Tips App

Hi, three finger swipe right to left works. Thanks for the question and answer to this. It has been frustrating me for a long time Ian > On 16 Mar 2018, at 06:31, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Did you try a 3-finger swipe from right to left or bottom to top? > > -Original Message- > From:

OT Alexa, apple music and sonos

Dear All, I heard a rumour that connecting my apple music subscription to Alexa only works on the Echo units and will not work with Sonos units so enabled. Can anyone clear this up? With thanks as always. Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone li

Re: Sonos now has the Google Assistant

Hi, I have also tried this out. I agree it is a bit of a timewaster having to switch between the two, but the Sonos controller app makes it relatively straightforward. One downside I haven’t cured is that Alexa can control some of my TV functions such as on/off and volume, through my sound beam

Turning touchpad on and off on Macbook Air M1

Dear listers, I am now sharing my new Air with my wife. I am blind and she isn’t. She likes to use the touchpad but I don’t and I keep accidentally touching it by accident when using voiceover. How can I turn off the touchpad on the fly without going into preferences every time? With many than

Switching between emails organised by theme

Hi listers, I would like to flick between emails that were organised by theme but cn’t find a keyboard shortcut to do this. Any ideas? Many thanks Ian -- 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

Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

Hi listers, apologies if someone has already posted this. A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I can now

Newspaper archives

Hello listers, I am doing a dissertation in the UK and need to access newspaper archives going back to the first world war. Has anyone come across a voiceover friendly archive site? I don’t mind paying for access. With many thanks Ian -- The following information is important for all members

Sonos and Apple Music

Hello all, I use google assistant on my Sonos speakers but they refuse to play my Apple playlists etc. However, I can perform this instruction on my google nest mini. What am I not doing properly? Thanks in advance. Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

New hand gestures on Apple watch

Hi all, I thought I would try these out. I turned them on in the watch app, but the watch is not responding to the clenches or pinches. I’ve restarted my watch. Thanks in advance Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or co

New watch hand gestures

Hi all, I’ve enabled this on my watch series 6 in IOS 15 but the watch is not reacting. I’ve restarted both watch and phone. Any ideas? Thanks Ian -- 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

OT Sonos, google assistant and apple music

Hi everyone, I can’t get the google assistant on my Sonos player to connect to my apple music library, yet it will do this from my little google nest speaker. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any ques

Re: Forwarded Email: Alexa and finding previous In Touch Radio 4 programs

Hi, I have a different option as I don’t know the Alexa method. I listen to In Touch through the Apple Podcast app, which can play a large number of older episodes. The podcasts are probably an edited version of the broadcast. Cheers Ian > On 3 Jun 2021, at 18:30, 'Pat Marshall' via VIPhone >

Re: Forwarded Email: Alexa and finding previous In Touch Radio 4 programs

Hi Pat, Apple’s podcast app is part of the standard set up on your iphone. I am assuming suddenly that you have an iphone or a Mac? Perhaps I should have asked. If you do, you open it up ; find the search tab; double tap; enter In Touch into the search box and double tap on the search button at

Re: Apple Music Spacial Audio is here

I have it in the UK. Ian > On 18 Jun 2021, at 04:41, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hello, > > I am not entirely sure if this is rolling out to certain countries only and > if everybody is getting this at the same time, but I received a notification > from the Music app this morning that Apple'

Dolphin Easyreader not opening

Hi All, is anyone else using this app having the same problem? Today I tried to open the app and all it says is loading. I’ve tried deleting the app and redownloading with no effect. Any suggestions gratefully received Ian -- The following information is important for all members of th

Mecbook air replacement magsafe charger

Hi everyone, My 2014 magsafe charger is fraying at the tip. I don’t want to pay £79 from the apple store but also don’t trust Amazon reviews. Has anyone out there got a cheaper version that they have been happy with for a while? One I have seen is by a company called Nodara. Wit

Voice Over typing feedback in Safari based survey

Hi all, recently I tried to complete an online survey, about accessibility would you believe, and came across a problem when trying to respond a text entry box. I got the usual text edit prompt but it was followed by something like ‘object replacement’. When I attempt to type there is no longer

Using siri on the mac

Hi all, just getting to grips with the above. When I ask Siri something all I get back is Alex saying notifications. I assume the answer from siri is in the notification, but how can I get it to start reading the response immediately? With thanks as always Ian -- The following information is

Unusual apple charge update

Hi all, the charge on my credit card for £33.99 was valid. The price of having kids home for Christmas! Ian -- 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

Re: Repeatedly Being Asked for Apple ID Password when Playing Podcasts

Hi all, this recently happened to me as well. It went away as a problem after a hard reset. I don’t know if this is relevant but it appeared after I logged into icloud.com as I was curious what was in there. > On 19 Jan 2021, at 04:32, Richard Turner wrote: > > Well, I've never heard of this.

Face time auto answer

Hi listers, Is there any way to enable auto answer on an ipad for face time or some other communication app? I have a relative who has dimentia as well as sight issues who can’t get the hang of swiping or touching the answer button when a call comes in. With thanks in advance Ian -- The foll

Is Audiovault.net safe to register with

Dear listers, this resource has been mentioned on a list. I have looked at it and it has a lot of AD recordings. it requires account setup to download the file. My question is whether anyone has used this without facing problems with phishing scams etc? Thanks Ian -- The following informatio

Creating a web site

Hi everyone, hope you are staying safe. In this time of great boredom I would like to create a web site for my family. A simple one with no ecommerce etc. Has anyone got experience with a provider who is voice over friendly? I am reasonable tec savvy but not a coder or html person. Squa

Safari chat unable to enter text

Hi listers, When in a chat element on a particular web page, voiceover tells me I am in a text entry area and then says edit message. This would normally mean I could start typing and get voiceover feedback as I type. However, voiceover is silent when I hit keys and the edit box does not appear

Voiceover on mac and Microsoft Teams

Hi All, My University is now using Teams for most learning. I was lead to believe it was accessible for Mac users, but I am not finding this to be the case. Sighted help tells me that Microsoft’s own guidance does not do what it says it should do; even using the key control modifier instead of

Getting the new Macbook air with silicon

Hi all, I’m lucky enough to be getting this for Christmas. It will arrive with Big Sur installed and my old system was backed up to time machine with High Sierra. I have some questions please: •If I set up my new machine from a time machine backup can I just transfer all my personal data and no

OCR PDFS on Mac or iphone

Hi listers, Just upgraded to Catalina and I’ve lost my accessible Fine Reader software. Can you recommend something for either the Mac or iphone that will extract text to plain text or MS Word that is voice over friendly and doesn’t cost the earth. I will be doing it a lot due to needing it for

Re: OCR PDFS on Mac or iphone

document. > > > > > Richard > > Sent from the iPhone SE 2020 > >> On Apr 25, 2020, at 4:59 AM, Ian Harrison wrote: >> >> Hi listers, >> >> Just upgraded to Catalina and I’ve lost my accessible Fine Reader software. >> Can you rec

File recovery

Hi all, I need to recover files from an external hard drive that won’t mount any more. Do you have any suggestions for one with Catalina in mind. There is one called Disk Drill that gets good ratings on the appstore, but the developer says it is not really voice over accessible. with thanks Ian

Catalina mail app too verbose

Hi all, having upgraded to Catalina I now find that voiceover reads out every detail of email headings in the mailbox. That is the from, subject, date and time and mailbox. I used to be able just to scroll down by subject or date without hearing the rest. Is there any way around this extra noise

Sharing secure data with family

Hi all listers, I am looking for the most accessible solution to sharing important data with my family, and only my family. Which app would you recommend? I want to share bank account details, logins and text information such as where to find stuff in an emergency, so it can’t just be a passwor

Scanning solution

Hi listers, I need to get a scanner for photos and A4 documents. Wireless would be nice but not if expensive. The main project is a load of photos my wife has but doesn’t have the time to scan them herself. Therefore it is my job to do the tedious task and it would be nice to have simple softwa

OT advice on trading in old units in apple store

Hi all, I am thinking of trading in my old iphone and Macbook with Apple in order to buy new ones. One thing I can’t find out is how it works while we can’t go to the stores. Could it all be done remotely? If I buy the new items, how long do I get to return the trade in items and do they send a

Voice over speed

Hi again, I am now using Catalina. I used to be able to adjust the voice over speed on the fly using the arrow keys and modifiers. I can’t seem to find that any more. Any suggestions? I have looked at the rotor in Web settings but speech rate is not in there. I’m sure it used to be. Thanks Ian

New SE slight concern

Hi all, Very happy with my new SE, but have one slight concern. I use the two finger double tap to pause and resume audio in various apps and it is much slower to respond than with my 6S. So much so that I sometimes do it again thinking I did the tap badly. It then catches up and reverses the o

voice over problems just appeared

Dear all, I am having problems with a couple of apps responding when using voice over that were not happening last week. I am in the UK and my Nationwide bank app and fantasy premier league app are now very flaky when trying to click on links or buttons. Is anyone else having this issue

Re: hearing numbers punched, when listening to prompts.

Hi, I think this is a general problem. If you have earphones I find that the numbers spoken by voice over are more distinct for some reason. I can’t guarantee or explain why this is so, but it usually works for me. Regards, Ian > On 10 Sep 2019, at 01:13, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net

Netflix Uk AD category has gone missing

Hi, has anyone else noticed that this category no longer shows up? Does it only happen on the apple TV or has it also disappeared on the iphone? Thanks Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Accessible screen recorder

Hi listers, does anyone know of a simple and accessible screen recorder for use on the iPhone? I need it for uni work. There are plenty out there but I need one that works with voice over. Thanks in advance Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If

Re: Accessible screen recorder

Oh ok. Where do the recordings go? Thanks very much > On 3 Aug 2020, at 11:37, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Hi listers, > does anyone know of a simple and accessible screen recorder for use on the > iPhone? I need it for uni work. There are plenty out there but I need one > tha

Loadstone GPS

Dear All, I am thinking of paying for the Loadstone in the UK. I want an app I can rely on and get used to. I have tried many of the free options and they seem quite complex to use, especially when out on the street. What is your experience and is it good enough to use in the UK? With thanks i

Re: unable to shuffle an apple playlist on alexa

Her eis my experience with Alexa and apple music. I ask alexa to play one of my playlists. Giving them unusual names seems to help. Once the playlist starts I say Alexa,, shuffle. I no longer say shuffle playlist as this seems to confuse things. Also I found that when shuffled it will replay th

VO friendly world atlas

Hi all, I would love to have a world atlas that could help me see a country and the countries around it. Any ideas? Thanks Ian -- 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: VO friendly world atlas

;> >> On Jan 13, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Anna Dresner wrote: >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> I don't know of anything except Apple Maps. YOu can change the zoom on Apple >> Maps to see whole countries. You get feedback as you slide a finger around >> the map. >&g