We were 16 and no political activists or terrorists so it was to blow up rocks or tree stumps or similar things. We had built dozens before that, but it's always the one which gets you in the end. Fortunately I was not one to wallow in my own misery and felt that moving on and making the best of it was what I had to do, but I also had the full support of my family and as this was still back in Germany where I was born and grew up, I was able to attend an excellent school for the blind which prepared me very well not just academically but also in terms of the skills I needed like learning braille, typing, hundreds of hours of O&M and so on. 3 Years after my accident which was in 1984 I spend 4 weeks in Toronto at a private language school to polish up on my English and in 1989 after I graduated from my Grade 13 high school I immigrated to Canada and started University where I eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Anyhow, enough biographical info, I don't want to take this too far off-topic.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of bentleyj1...@gmail.com Sent: September 26, 2021 6:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Yes virginia, there is a Santa Claus Please excuse me but what was the pipe bomb built for? Congradulations on how well you have over come all of the damage to your hands and face. Regards, James B From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2021 6:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Yes virginia, there is a Santa Claus I had no problems with attention mode turned on, but I eventually turned it off because in addition to very bad hand injuries, both my eyes were destroyed when I was 16 which I guess is what can happen with a home-build pipe bomb. I have two prosthetic eyes and I tend to not have them in at night and that is where Face Id with attention fails whereas it works just fine when attention mode is turned off. I think some blind people also tend to close their eyes a lot and if attention mode was turned on I am pretty sure it would not unlock the iPhone. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: September 26, 2021 4:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Yes virginia, there is a Santa Claus Hi richard, I have been using this iPhone XR since I got it almost 3 years ago now. And I do have the attention thing on for face ID, and it is no problem. I have never had sight. And I am is easily able to unlock with face ID with attention enabled as I am with the touch ID on my old 7+. Neither of these is perfect, sometimes I have to use the code. But I wouldn’t be afraid of the attention mode if I were you. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote: OK< a completely misleading subject line, but Santa Claus came yesterday cleverly disguised as a UPS delivery person with my iPhone 13 Pro, Sierra Blue, 256GB. (For those who do not get the reference of the subject line, I will post a link to a Wikipedia article at the end of this email.) Yes, UPS made good on the text Saturday morning letting me know that my package would be delivered today, not Monday. We had just helped a friend setup her new iPhone 12 Pro with the wireless data transfer from her old 6S, so I was sure my experience would be similar… You know what happens when you assume?... After 2 hours and a couple of failed attempts, I called Apple Accessibility. I got a wonderful woman named Regina, who was more than happy to sit with us through this process. Of course, it failed for her too. Then, she had us reboot both my SE 2020 and the new iPhone 13 pro and this time, the process went very smoothly. I was afraid I would have to truly start from scratch, but it went much faster and got everything trasnferred over. I think the fancy new screen may make a little difference in swiping. It is quite responsive, but that could also be just the new chip. I bought an inexpensive ESR clear case for it, which fits very nicely. The case came with a surprise; a stand. It is like the decrotive plate holders, a plastic V with knotches near the end of each half and it hinges at one end and when you spread the sides open, the phone sits at a nice angle in landscape mode. I’m listing the observations/opinions in no particular order below. The Sound. Well, I was expecting better sound. I was not expecting this quality of sound. When in that little stand that came with the case, sitting at my desk about 2 feet in front of the phone, the stereo separation is very clear and the sound quality is quite impressive. Now, my SE 2020 I got last year, had significantly better sound than the SE first generation and of course, had the stereo if you had your nose about on the display. The 13 Pro sounds way better than the SE second generation. Bigger, clearer, and while the phone is only slightly longer than the SE second generation, the separation is noticeably better. I never heard the 11 or 12 pro, so maybe they are as good, but I’m quite impressed. Setting up Face ID was very easy. VoiceOver walks you through the setup with good directions. Best yet, at the end of the setup, it lets you know that the requires attention is turned off for VoiceOver users but you can turn it on if you wish. I wouldn’t do that. That requires very specific focus rather than just some of your face being seen by the camera. It makes unlocking the phone quite fast. I won’t guess at battery life for at least a week after I’ve used it a fair amount. My wife wathced a video on inserting the Nano SIM from my SE 2020 into the 13 Pro because she could not get it to fit. It goes in upside down from the way it was in the SE 2020. Then, it works fine. I am on Xfinity, and I could make calls, receive calls, etc., once the Sim was in and I rebooted to make sure. I will call them later to see if they need anything like the IMEI number, etc. I’m having a few issues with mBraille but that is probably me getting used to the larger screen, but I’m not sure yet. I used Super LIDAR from SuperSense briefly this morning. Very promising. 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