Thanks - I did listen to Jonathan Mosen but when I click on the link on my pc, Edge does launch but with a blank screen, which soon shows the message about taking longer than expected and a minute or two later the big message comes up saying cannot connect to facetime. I’ll try another way! Harry
> On 31 Oct 2021, at 12:11, Chris Chaffin <chaffin102...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Jonathan Mosen went through a demo of how this is done. He sent a link to his > windows computer, and in the end, everything connected just fine. Plus, the > web site version on his windows computer was accessible with a screen reader. > > Now, from his demo, once you activate the link on your windows computer, you > have to go back to your iphone and say that it is ok that the device connects > to the Facetime call. There should be a pop up window or something on your > iphone that you have to double tap ok or yes before it will let your computer > join the call. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Chris > > >> On Oct 31, 2021, at 7:10 AM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone >> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> I am going to host a Group FaceTime call this week for my local blind >> society for the first time , I’m running iOS 15.1 on my iPhone 13 pro and I >> generated a link for a FaceTime call as an experiment. I can tap on the link >> I have emailed to my various devices and I can open it to join the FaceTime >> call on other Apple devices but when I try to click on the link on my >> windows 10 PC or on my pixel 4a phone running android 12 and both android >> device and Windows fully up-to-date, both devices show a message saying that >> either the network is unavailable or it’s taking unexpectedly long to >> connect and therefore has a link saying cancel. All devices are on the same >> fast Wi-Fi. I seem to be to be doing everything right according to the >> instructions because I can open the link on my Apple devices. Does anybody >> have any suggestions about how to get Windows or android devices on board >> with a FaceTime call from the link which Facetime now generates? >> Thanks >> Harry >> >> -- >> 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 contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/6B5ECC03-F51F-4D4A-A30E-C707D8B1750D%40icloud.com. > > -- > 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 contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/7A65F75C-0CBE-42EF-AF0C-55777087AA6A%40gmail.com. -- 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 contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/3613E4BA-D9AF-4A00-9C07-6CF4F4156495%40icloud.com.
