Re: Crossword Puzzle Cheater/Helper

Hi, If you're looking for an accessible crossword app, try Four Down, available through the app store. One of its features is a help button, where you can have the program check for incorrect letters. If you get really stuck, it can also fill in the puzzle for you. Bob Hill - Original Mes

Re: Transferring BARD books to your phone [was "Re: Interesting dellema with the bard ap."]

I have had good luck using iTunes to transfer books. You're right, you might have to restart BARD to have it show the books. I haven't had any issues authorizing books to play. Bob Hill On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > You can also use iTunes to transfer books to your

Re: how to transfer directly between BARD APP and pc

Hi, You can use iTunes to transfer books, or you can use DropBox. Bob Hill On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:51 AM, "Rose Combs" wrote: > I have a lot of BARD books on my computer in a folder I call NLS books. If > for some reason I decide I want one of these books on my phone or iPad, > Where would I pu

Re: Moving a DVD to an iPad

Hi, What I've done when wanting to put a movie on an iOS device is to use Handbrake to convert the movie to"m4v" format, then put it into iTunes, then synch it to the device. I use a Macintosh to do this so don't know what a Windows user would do. Bob Hill On Dec 21, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Frank V

Re: Facebook 5 has just been released.

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone else has had trouble trying to read the list of friends. I can find the letters of the letters of the names in the list, but can't read individual friends' names like I could in the previous app. So there's no way to select which friend's wall I want to go to. B

Re: Accessible Fruitmachine is published

Hi Jonathan and list, Got the game, having a great time with it. Thanks. Bob Hill On May 14, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Chacón Barbero wrote: > Good afternoon, > > Accessible fruitmachine is available in the App store for all countries > > Use this link to buy it > http://itunes.apple.co

List recorder upgrade question

Hi all, I upgraded List recorder from version 2.31, to 2.4. I had the full edition before I upgraded, but after the upgrade, I found out I have the light edition. If I had the full version in 2.3, do I have to re-purchase the full version in 2.4?Or would I just have to go through the in-app upgr

iPod 4th generation frozen during 6.1 upgrade

Hi all, I attempted to upgrade my wife's iPod 4th generation to iOS 6.1. The device froze after it was supposed to reboot, and now we can't do anything with it, no shut down, no reset, etc. I tried connecting it to my Macintosh , but iTunes doesn't recognize it. Is there any keystroke combinatio

Re: Android tablet accessibility may be better than you think [was "Questions regarding the IPod"]

Hi Krister, If you go to mosen.org and look for the blog link, you'll find it there. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's Braille Sentce U2 - Original Message - From: Krister Ekstrom To: viphone@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Monday, August 1, 2016 4:40 am Subject: Re: Android tablet accessibil

Re: Braille Easy Keyboard

Hello all, What helped me with more efficient input was to visualize the braille cell laid on its side, with dots 1 2 3 on the bottom, or facing the home button on your device if it's in portrait mode. Then dots 4 5 and 6 are above that. If I think of which fingers to use to create the dots for

Re: iPhone make a squish sound.

I have an iPhone 6, and I have reachability in settings, general, accessibility" Bob Hill Sent from Bob's iPhone > On May 13, 2016, at 8:50 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > It's only on the plus sized phones. It's definitely in the accessibility > settings though. > > Sent from my iPhone 6S

Re: Sounds missing from some games

Hi, I don’t know, but is it possible that you have sounds turned off. I’m talking about the sounds settings in the rotor. Bob Hill > On Nov 27, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Kimberly Samco wrote: > > Yep, did that too. > > Thanks > >> On Nov 27, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Rajmund wrote: >> >> Hello, >> Reboot

Re: Male focus bug Not fixed

If you hold 2 fingers together, and start at the right side of the screen, move your fingers, left, right, then left again. Bob Sent from Bob's iPhone > On Oct 23, 2015, at 6:51 AM, Rajmund wrote: > > Hello, > LOL, that's something that even though friends and everyone said how to, I'm > m

Re: Male focus bug Not fixed

ted, I went into voice over practise, but tried your > suggestion. Unfortunately, me being me, all I heard was select item under > your finger. What am I missing, please? > > ----- Original Message - > From: Robert Hill > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Date: Friday, Oc

Re: the happy new year and fire works

Hi, So that explains why my messaging program did that this morning. I couldn't figure out what was going on. Puzzle solved. Thanks. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's iPhone 7 > On Jan 1, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Gordon wrote: > > Just wanted to pass this onto those who might not know in case you

Re: Mail is driving me crazy!

Hi all, I have a question about the threading feature in mail settings. I have gone into these settings, and have threading on, newest message on top off. When I am in the mail app, and come to a message thread, I flick up with one finger to get to the expand thread item and double tap on it.

Re: Mail is driving me crazy!

urther > clarifications. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers Brett. > > > On 15 Sep. 2016, at 8:24 pm, Robert Hill <mailto:molliesda...@icloud.com>> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a question about the threading feature in mail settings. &g

iOS 10, iMessages and braille screen input question

Hello all, I have an issue when trying to compose an iMessage when attempting to use braille screen input. After I select the recipient of my iMessage, I go to the body and use the rotor to move to braille screen input. My phone says braille screen input, and I need to change to landscape to

Re: iOS 10, iMessages and braille screen input question

ch. > > I hope that helps. I routinely use onscreen braille input to write text > messages, so it can definitely be done. > > Best, > Anna > > > On Sep 19, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Robert Hill wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have an issue when trying to compose a

FW: iOS; Follow-up: 648519995

Hello everyone, I wanted to forward the following email I received from accessibil...@apple.com regarding the issue I was having with attempting to use Braille Screen Input to enter text into an iMessage. I tried their suggestion, and it worked beautifully. I hope that others will find this us

Re: MBraille Not Working Well in IOS 10

Hi, I am finding that I can’t save files to DropBox. I have m braille settings set to use DropBox, but when I save a file, my mBraille folder is empty. Bob Hill > On Oct 2, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Gordan Radić wrote: > > Hi, Arnold! > > I dont have crashing issues with MBraille. I have some other

Re: MBraille Not Working Well in IOS 10

lle that you > have purchased that feature has gotten corrupted. > > Chris > > >> On Oct 2, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Robert Hill wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am finding that I can’t save files to DropBox. >> I have m >> braille settings set to us

Re: The native braille keyboard on the iPhone

Hi Fanus, AppleVis has a podcast done by Alex Hall which gives a good overview of the Braille Screen Input available on the iPhone. Bob Hill > On Oct 30, 2016, at 8:07 AM, Fanus wrote: > > Hello list > Is there a podcast on this topic. For some reason I just can’t manage to > write braille.

Re: The At Sign in Braille Screen Input

Hi Arnold, Press dot 4 then dot 1. Bob  Get Outlook for iOS On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:13 AM -0400, "Arnold Schmidt" wrote: How do I make the at sign

Having trouble with Maccessibility podcast in iTunes for Macintosh

Hi all, I am having trouble accessing the maccessibility podcast in iTunes on my Macintosh computer. I am running Mojave. I am using the following link to subscribe. http://maccessibility.net/feed-podcast.rss I can subscribe successfully, and can see the listing of episodes when expandint the

Re: voice over bug, badge app icon

Hi, I am also experiencing the same issue. Running iOS 11.1 on an iPhone 7. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's iPhone 7 > On Nov 4, 2017, at 1:09 PM, Chris Chaffin wrote: > > > From further investigation, I have learned that the badge app icons only > disappear after you open the app then clo

Trouble with Outlook, Braille Screen Input on iPhone 7

Hi everyone, I am trying to use Outlook email on an iPhone 7 with Braille Screen Input. I am running iOS version 10.3.3, and Outlook version 2.39.0. When using Braille Screen Input, I can enter the recipient’s address, and the email subject with no problems. However, whenever I go to the compos

Re: Trouble with Outlook, Braille Screen Input on iPhone 7

een input. I'm sorry this is a problem but we should > report it to outlook. . > > Jenn and Kumi > From: viphone@googlegroups.com on behalf of Robert > Hill > Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 2:21:55 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Trouble with Outloo

Re: Deleting podcasts

Hello all, I was messing around with the Podcasts app, on my iPhone 7, running iOS 11, and subscribed to a couple of podcasts so I had something to work with. I was having issues deleting episodes, and shows on my phone. What I did was go to my computer, a Macintosh, and open up iTunes and go t

Re: finding purchased apps in the app store

Hi vicky, Your friend should go to the App Store and double tap on it. there should be a button called "my account". Double tap on it, and there will be the apps. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's iPhone 7 > On Sep 24, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Vicki W. wrote: > > I have a friend who has updated to v

Re: How do I copy to clipboard

Hi, DT means double tap, witha single finger. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's Braille Sense U2 - Original Message - From: Simon To: viphone@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:34 am Subject: Re: How do I copy to clipboard > > > What's DT? > > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: Is there a way to sort apps alphabetically on the iPhone

Yes you can go to settings/general/reset. You will see reset home sxreen. This will do what you want. Bob Sent from Bob's iPhone > On Sep 26, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Lea Langley wrote: > > Hi all and thank you very much for the help is there a way to tell the iPhone > to sort apps in alphabetical

Re: issues I have with the new update.

I had the issue with Light Detector, so purchased Seeing Assistant Light. It works fine on my iPhone 6. Bob Sent from Bob's iPhone > On Sep 30, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Rose Combs wrote: > > No I have not, somewhat based on the language used in the description, not as > welling to try, not being cul

Re: problems verifying payment method iphone 6 ios 8.02

What I found helpful was to use the next button to select the picker item. Then I could double tap it to work with it. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's iPhone > On Oct 7, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Isaac Hebert wrote: > > I am also having this problem as well. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 7, 20

Re: data usage with new phone

Hi, If you go to settings, find the cellular button, double tap it and go all the way to the bottum, you'll find the WIFI assist item. Make sure it's turned off. Bob Hill - Original Message - From: simon wong To: viphone@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:2

Re: data usage with new phone

t; > > I do not seem to have that option, all I seem to find is reset statistics, > iPhone 4s. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:32 AM, Robert Hill wrote: > > Hi, > > If you go to settings, find the cellular button, double tap it and go all the

Re: how to stop siri from cutting itself off in IOS 8.1

HI, What I've had to do when this happens is to turn Voiceover off. That seems to allow Siri to speak without cutting off. Hope this helps. Bob > On Oct 29, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Casey wrote: > > Hi I know this has been asked before. > But maybe I have missed it. > I upgraded to IOS 8.1 and now

Re: Facebook app now saying "product" in every story title

Yes, I am getting this too. I wrote to accessibility at Apple, and they are saying to contact FaceBook about this. Since FaceBook updates their app so frequently, that's probably a good way to go. Bob . . Sent from Bob's iPhone > On Apr 9, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Alan J Paganelli > wrote: > >

Re: Native podcasts app

Hi All, If you subscribe to the Applevis podcast, Thomas Donneville did one which appeared this past Monday describing and demonstrating the native podcasts app on the iPhone. I haven't lisgtened to the whole episode yet, but from what I've heard so far, he seems to do a great job of explainin

Re: Mac question for a sighted friend

Hi Richard, I haven't run Sierra in awhile, but if she goes into the mail app, and looks along the menuber, she should find a menu item over to the right which might be labeled as windows. In that menu there should be an item such as previous recipients, or someting similar. This should have a

Re: Question about pluggable foldable Bluetooth keyboard

Hi all, With VoiceOver, on a regular keyboard you can also use CAPSlock as the VO key, don't know if the keyboard you're talking about has caps lock, but it might be worth a try. Bob Hill > On Oct 10, 2021, at 10:07 AM, Christopher Chaltain > wrote: > > I’m not familiar with this keyboard,

Re: Question about pluggable foldable Bluetooth keyboard

Bob Hill > On Oct 11, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > How would I change the caps lock to be my vo key? > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Robert Hill > Se

Re: Importing Downcast podcast subscriptions into the Apple Podcasts app

Hi Wayne, If you subscribe to the Applevis podcast, Thomas did a podcast about the Apple Podcast app. As I recall, you can't import from Downcast or other podcast apps. Bob Hill > On Dec 5, 2021, at 1:19 AM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > > Listen -- The following information is important for all

Re: My Verizon App and Degradation of #Accessibility is it just me?

Hi all, I'm finding the my Verizon app to be a pain to work with both on my iPhone and Mac. What is the current phone number for accessibility? I'm wanting to ask some questions about features of a couple of phones I'm considering purchasing? Thanks for any information. Bob Hill > On Apr 18

Re: Accessing Status Bar on home screen

HI, Try accessibil...@apple.com . Bob > On Oct 5, 2019, at 2:38 AM, Debbie April Yuille > wrote: > > I’ve just got to find their accessibility address then I can email them. > > Debbie > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Se

How do I recover the mail app on my iPhone?

Hi all, Well it's my turn for a bonehead move. I accidentally deleted my mail app from my iPhone SE. What do I have to do to gget the app back on my phone? Thanks for any help. Bob Hill -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

Re: How do I recover the mail app on my iPhone?

It should also say it is from Apple. > > > > Richard > Chicken: A pet that poops breakfast > > >> On Jun 10, 2020, at 4:42 AM, Robert Hill wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Well it's my turn for a bonehead move. >> >> I accidenta