Hello,
On the Apple Watch with the latest OS and VoiceOver, I am noticing
that the Hey Siri feature works intermittently. I have attempted to
power the watch off and on again and also to restart my phone but I am
still noticing the same behavior. Holding down on the crown until the
watch vibrates
Hi Larry,
As Ed said, we all have different needs and expectations, from what you
describe Blindsquare does a better job in these open areas, but for “normal”
navigation along streets and in situations where you may want turn-by-turn
directions the SeeingEye app does a very good job. Can you
Hi Brian,
The Seeing Eye app works just fine in Canada, maps are accessed via data, at
this point there is no way to download maps. I also like the app quite a lot,
but of course I also don’t have too use it all that much, mostly just when I am
in Vancouver. One thing I like about Apple Maps
I need to know how to delete files after they've already been saved in the
iCloud drive. Does anyone know how to do that?
Cathy and Tiny.
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 11:21 PM, Marissa Solaun
> wrote:
>
> Question if I save a document to iCloud Drive and have voice dream
Ah, I do think that I enabled that, but did not really know what it would do
for me. Thank you. I’ll look for the podcast.
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If you go into settings, manage my voices, and double tap on the more info
button on a voice you have downloaded, there is a default speed setting.
You can also change it on the fly in a document by touching the "Audio
Settings" and then flick up with one finger.
I hope that is what you are
I thought it was called the pass-through gesture. Anyways, do a double tap and
hold. You will hear a tone, and then you will be given more options.f
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:19 PM, Marissa Solaun
> wrote:
You might want to try and calibrate your battery. Charge it over night, then
use the iPhone until the battery gets so low that the phone shuts off by
itself. Then charge again, preferable over time for at least for 3-4 hours.
Repeat once more and drain completely, then charge again and see if
Go to iCloud , double tap on manage storage , then you should see backups then
delete them.
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Question if I save a document to iCloud Drive and have voice dream reader
enabled to get documents through there but I don't want the document to be
saved in voice dream will it still be able to be saved in ICloud?
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Not sure what else I can do to help, Default Dialect is there at the very top,
it's the very first button after the top row which contains the "Voiceover,
Back" button at the very top left (where if you try to swipe left you just get
the bonk noise that indicates it's as far as you can
What is a bypass gesture?
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I have noticed the exact same thing. I have tried looking for another method of
changing the reading rate and I haven't been able to find anything. If anyone
has a suggestion or a way of doing this please let us know. Thank you.
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> On Apr 6, 2016, at 7:35 PM, Candy Lowe
For me this has been working for some weeks now and there isn't anything I did,
it was just there at one point.
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It seems to me that I once read on the list that there is a way to delete some
of the older backups from ICloud. I am getting warnings that I am running out
of storage and I really don’t want to use ICloud Drive. So if I could get rid
of some old backups, this should free up some space for me.
Hello list,
I am trying to change the speed of my voice on voice dream reader. When I go
to document specific, I am able to change it for a particular document, but, I
am unable to change the default which would apply for all. Can anyone help? I
must be doing something wrong. Thanks in
I have my SE all set up and learning as I go, but I cannot figure out how to
make VO read the messages as they come in like it does on my 5.
When things are read it reads slower than I have Ciri set to read and there is
no inflection whatsoever. it is so robotic it’s driven me crazy in a very
They have a $9.99 a month subscription now for Sendero gps.
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:54 PM, Dianne B. Phelps wrote:
>
> I am sorry to say that Sendero’s price for their product has gone too high
> for this old lady. I do have Blind Square and do Like it. My problem is that
I am sorry to say that Sendero's price for their product has gone too high
for this old lady. I do have Blind Square and do Like it. My problem is that
I can't found a pouch or carrying case which will place the phone near
enough to my ears and hearing aids so that I can truly hear what it is
https://support.google.com/inbox/answer/6083800
iPhone and iPad accessibility
On iPhones and iPads, Inbox by Gmail is compatible with the VoiceOver screen
reader.
If VoiceOver isn't already enabled on your device, visit the Apple support site
for instructions. Once VoiceOver is turned on, you
Hi, is anyone using Twitterrific on their Apple Watch?
I would need to pay for the push upgrades to take full advantage. What I’m
interested in is can I have a few select accounts I follow push through, then I
can choose to like, retweet, or reply from the watch? Is that how it works? :)
It is only 2 or 3 weeks since I upgraded to 9.3, but for the past week, Apple
has been advising me that it will, if I wish, automatically upgrade my phone to
9.3.1.
I have been ignoring its kind offer, but last night, I took the bull by the
horns and told it to go ahead and download the
Hi Ed. I turned on my route and started walking with the screen locked and got
no info. The use I make of a gps app is to navigate in open areas off the
street map. Our apartment complex is huge with lots of things I need like the
dumpster, entrances and mailboxes in open areas in big
I do not have mute on. I did hear a voice in the background once but it was
very faint. Know how I can raise its volume?
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Ed Worrell
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 4:44 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
I have never come across a way to do this with texting.
Perhaps Email is a better choice unless someone knows of something.
Richard
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> On Apr 6, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Tom Cramer wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I know that one can text several people at once
Hello,
I know that one can text several people at once using the iphone. At
least, what I've done is to go to Compost and then in the edit field,
I start typing in people's names. After a while, little groups begin
to appear, so I imagine it begins remembering things. What I'd like
to do is to
I will try that and report soon.
Thanks
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> On Apr 6, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Dave wrote:
>
>
> Hi, it sounds like you might have a faulty charger.
>
> Have you tryed your charging cable, in another Device?
>
> Dave.
>
> -Original Message-
Seeing eye does not store maps off line. Blindsquare is much more
automatic, seeing eye will announce the streets when you get to them,
but blindsquare provides more information automatically and I think
it's better than seeing eye at this point.
Original message:
well, perhaps I should try
Hello Larry,
I assume that your sounds are not muted. I believe if the sounds on the phone
are muted. I.e. the switch on the side of the phone is switched to the mute
option the internal voice will not work on the Seeing Eye app. If all of the
settings are on for background app usage it should
Hello Sieghard,
Thank you for your instructions. I went to settings; general;
accessibility; voiceover; speech; there I could not find default dialect to
tap on it. I am stuck there. Can you help me complete the steps? I
must've missed something. I would really like to go back to the
Hello!
I would like to ask a question to the Scandinavians in this list. Does
anybody know accessible apps where you can read news in Norwegian and Danish? I
have studied these languages and would like to improve them. I would be glad if
somebody can recommend me something. Otherwise I
I just wanted to say that I concur with Ed in that I am a huge fan of Seeing
Eye GPS.
While I am so grateful to the developer of Blind Square, for such a marvelously
comprehensive app, I find that, for day-to-day navigation on busses and in
taxis, etc, I use Seeing Eye more often.
Mark
Ed, background refresh was on in both the app and in the phone settings and
still no go. I initiated a route I had made to my dumpster and started it and
then locked my phone. I got no information at all when walking it.
The same thing happened when driving down the street. With the phone
Hi, it sounds like you might have a faulty charger.
Have you tryed your charging cable, in another Device?
Dave.
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From: TaraPrakash
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 9:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Battery issue
Dear all.
I wonder if someone else is
Dear all.
I wonder if someone else is experiencing this. I am not getting On AC power
message when I check battery level after it is 100% charged. I keep getting
100% charging message. Once I noticed the charge went down to 96% even if I did
not disconnect the charger from phone. The battery is
Hello,
Really basic, I know, but, works. Open something like updates. Now, simply, as
you otherwise would, double tap on updates, 10 times. At the 10th tap, it will
refresh.
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> On 6 Apr 2016, at 8:56 pm, Victor Gouveia wrote:
>
> The split tap
The split tap method didn’t work. Sorry.
Heck, I even tried turning Voiceover off, and doing it by position. Not sure
what’s supposed to happen, like a confirmation screen or something like that,
but nothing happened for me.
Perhaps someone else could try it, and see if something happens on
And, for the person who wondered about wether any GPS tells you the side of the
street, Seeing Eye GPS does. For example, in Portland Oregon, where I am, we
have lots of streets that eithemake t intersections or jog a ways from where
they cross the intersecting street. So Seeing Eye might say,
It works for me. I know this because in one photo it said "no automatic alt
text available".
> On 6 Apr 2016, at 01:12, Grant wrote:
>
> I’ve been reading that Facebook’s artificial intelligence for pictures is
> enabled today when using the app on iOS in English. This
Hello,
I found that the 4Sq option for POIs is much more accurate in finding things
near you. The Google maps option isn’t always the closest option. Before you do
a search. In the search screen there is an option to switch the POI source if
you select the 4Sq option it seems to pull in closer
Hello,
It uses the Google maps. It might have the Canada maps as it does not store
maps off line. It just gets it’s maps info from google or even the Open Street
Maps Project. It all depends on which one you have selected in the settings.
I hope that this helps.
Ed
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:36
Hey Larry,
You have to make sure that the background refresh option is turned on in
settings on your phone, and in the settings tab of the Seeing Eye App. It works
very well on my phone.
I hope that this helps.
Ed
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Larry Lumpkin wrote:
>
Blindsquare functions with the screen locked and I can’t seem to get that to
happen in seeing eye.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ed Worrell
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: head to head
well, perhaps I should try seeing eye gps. not sure if it even has maps
for Canada but easy enough to find out. does it store maps off line?
would prefer not as I have a rather large data bucket but it might be
handy. With blind square, the announcement stuff is pretty automatic. I
mostly
Alan,
If you want to continue to use iTunes as your sync source for your Calendar and
Contacts, do not, repeat, do not, enable that option in the iCloud Control
Panel or you will, indeed, end up with duplicates.
Mark
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
I may just try the free 30 day trial option again, and see how I like it. One
of the reasons I didn't like it, and this wasn't really the app's fault, was
that it ran super, super slowly on my iPhone 4S. Google Maps and Lyft used to
do this as well, but both of those apps are now running great
Hello List,
I just installed iCloud for Windows on my Windows 7 computer and have a
question about syncing before I step in something and end up with duplicates
on my iPhone 6.
I understand conceptually that with iCloud for Windows, items I have ticked
such as Outlook contacts and
Hi,
It's been a while but, if memory serves, you can perform a 3-finger swipe from
right-to-left gesture, several times until the screen containing the Finish
button appears. If that does not work, then perform the single-finger
pass-through gesture in order to scroll through the screens,
Richard, I got your Alfred reference.
I loved him, also.
For those not familiar with Alfred, he was the butler on the 1960s, short-lived
(only 3 seasons I believe), Batman series.
Richard, thank you for making me smile, today, with that marvelous memory.
Mark
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As is usually the case, I agree with Sieghard.
On my Macs, I use Alex for the primary voice with Samantha enhanced for all
notifications.
In iOS, I am definitely a Samantha enhanced, man, with the pitch option
disabled.
On Zoomtext, by the way, I prefer ViaVoice which is about as close
I think it’s even easier to ask Siri, “What’s 300 divided by 42?”
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Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 6:01 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Hidden iPhone features
I typed 300/42 into the
I have noticed that even after removing audio ducking from the rotor
it does come back on occasion.
On 4/5/16, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> The problem is not in what you get when you turn the rotor, the bug is when
> you go to Voiceover settings > Rotor where you
Hi,
It's been so long, I'm not sure, but I seem to remember that I needed cited
help in order to get past the screen. Once you get past the screen however most
things are accessible on the TV Guide app.
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I use the Plantronics Voyager Edge. It’s got 3 mics and noise canceling
capabilities. There’s also a mute button which is also nice.
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Cheryl Lenartiene
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 7:14 AM
To:
I've not had that problem either with my iPhone 5s or my iPad Air.
Alan
Sent from my iPad Air
> On Apr 5, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Eva Abbas wrote:
>
> Hello listers,
>
> I just want to add that Samantha's voice in voiceover became ugly in this
> new update. It sounded more
I seem to recall pressing the home button and getting past the different
languages.
Alan
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> On Apr 5, 2016, at 4:37 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
>
> Another alternative: when it says slide to set up, do a three-finger swipe
> left to right,while
I was so looking forward to this new feature but alas, I couldn't get it to
work either and after fiddling around with it, I gave it up as a bad job and
moved on.
Alan
Sent from my iPad Air
> On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Grant wrote:
>
> I’ve been reading that
When I ask for a category/restaurants for instance, in the Seeing Eye app how
do I get it to tell me restaurants within perhaps a mile or 1.5 miles or even
shorter? They seem to give me the names on the other side of town. Thanks.
reggie & Lex
On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Larry Lumpkin
I wanted to find out I asked this question before but did not get an answer,
how does one skip passed the welcome screen on the TV guide mobile application
for iPhone using voice over?
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Thanks Aleeha, that did it. I should have thought of trying edit myself.
Sherry Wells
From: Aleeha Dudley
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:45 AM
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Subject: Re: Mail App - Is There a Way to Empty the Trash Folder?
At least in my mail app, when I double tap on the
Hey Guys,
I am on the opposite side of the coin. I find the Seeing Eye GPS app much more
intuitive for my use. I really love the improvements to the app with the newest
update. The tabs down at the bottom of the app screen are now all on one level,
and for low vision users they have added some
At least in my mail app, when I double tap on the edit button in my trash
folder, there is a button in the bottom right corner that says delete all. I
hope this helps.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 6, 2016, at 09:42, Sherry Wells wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In the
Hi all,
In the trash folder in the mail app, is there a way to do a delete all? I
can’t find a button that does this.
Thanks,
Sherry Wells
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Hi folks,
I wonder which apps to controlling your sleep do you use.
Nowadays I check The Sleep Pulse 2. Before first use it looks like very
nice. At the beginning I used the SleepTrack app but unfortunately it
can count only the time between pressing start and stop button. Of
course I would
Hi,
You can change the intersection distance from short, medium or long inside the
app setting. I periodicaly shake my phone to check my location to get updates.
Hope that helps.Regards,
Feliciano
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HI Jen,
Try restarting your phone. Odds are, that will fix it.
best,
Anna
> On Apr 5, 2016, at 7:01 PM, Jen . wrote:
>
> hi I seem to have to email messages that have not downloaded completely to my
> email app so what I get is a bunch of messages which I can see and
Hi Jennifer,
There's no need to turn off the braille display. You can probably enter all the
characters from the display. If you want to use the keyboard, though, press
Sh-Chord, which is Space with 1-4-6. This toggles between showing and hiding
the onscreen keyboard.
Best,
Anna
> On Apr
Hi Robert,
The Sennheiser Presence series gets excellent reviews for noise cancelation. I
was in need of a new headset and ordered one to try, but it hasn't gotten here
yet. Will keep you posted.
Cheryl
Rejoice always! Pray continually. Give thanks in everything,
for this is God's will for
Choice of what voice to use is completely subjective. I, for example, can't
stand Eloquence, while Sieghard, and many, many others, would like to have it
on the iPhone.
I generally stick to Samantha and the male British Siri voice. (What can I
say, I wish I could afford a British butler,
Blindsquare tells me my nearest intersection automaticly.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 5:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: head to head blindsquare and sendero seeing eye
Hi,
OK, could someone check the US Enhanced female Siri, either on an
iPhone 5S, and or an iPad air first generation, please?
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I notice no lag whatsoever on my 6S Plus, I just tried it last night again and
both SIRI male and female enhanced sounded just as responsive to me as
Samanthas does.
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rajmund
Sent:
Hi Marissa,
Just as Dave said, the replies here will be all over the place. Alex definitely
has a following, I personally can't listen to him for an extended period of
time. Interestingly enough when I listen to Podcasts where the author uses Alex
he doesn't sound so bad and my 6S Plus
Hello,
Has anyone noticed, though, the US female Siri enhanced horribly
lags?
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From: englishride...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:54:06 -0700
Subject: Re: Voiceover voices
Compact Samantha (I can't
Hi,
You're right, now that I think about it, the files that I uploaded did indeed
end up in the folder which had focus in Voice Dream. Now that I understand how
it works, I think this is a nice feature: even if you forget which folder last
had focus when you upload new material, when you open
I typed 300/42 into the Spotlight search box and got the following as the first
"top result,"
300/42 =, 7.1428571429 button
If you double tap on the result button you are taken into the calculator.
Frankly, it is easier to just use the calculator in my opinion.
Richard
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>
I tried Seeing Eye GPS a while back, and while I really did like the
turn-by-turn directions, and especially the intersection analisous, I think
BlindSquare may be a better fit for me. I mostly need something that will tell
me my nearest intersection, like Sendero Lookaround used to do before
Compact Samantha (I can't stand her any other way) Alex sometimes, and the
higher-quality versions of the British Siri female and American Siri female
voices. I used to really love compact Karen, but ever since iOS 8, she's
sounded weird to me, which is why I switched to Samantha.
Thanks,
Ari
Hello everybody. The redial feature is very nice. However, i can't get
spotlight math to work. What is the syntax?
> On Apr 5, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Yes, you can do so by putting your finger on the item and then doing a split
> tap, i.e. tap 10 times
you will get everybody's own preference, with this question.
at the end of the day, it is up to your own personal taste!
Dave.
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From: rajmund
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 7:12 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Voiceover voices
Hi,
Samantha enhanced
If you are asking for the address to the playroom's web client its:
Http:qcsalon.net/en
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> On Apr 6, 2016, at 2:25 AM, Rafał Marzec wrote:
>
> Can I ask for some link?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 6 Apr 2016, at 9:05 am, Robert Wright
Tripple click home should do it.
Dave.
From: Dave Mitchel
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 10:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: New phone-SE? queries
I received my new SE today and I ‘m wondering if I can turn the phone on, do
the triple click home key for Voice over and do the rest
Can I ask for some link?
Sent from my iPhone
> On 6 Apr 2016, at 9:05 am, Robert Wright wrote:
>
> Set your rotor to "headings" it will help whether you are using the screen or
> keyboard. Also, at the bottom of the screen you may wish to lower the volume
> before
I know that everyone has their favorite and in most cases the concern has been
for listening to audio. I am curious as to which headset has
Been found to have the best quality during a phone call in a somewhat noisy
environment. Example, while traveling in car or bus.
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Set your rotor to "headings" it will help whether you are using the screen or
keyboard. Also, at the bottom of the screen you may wish to lower the volume
before starting the game, the sounds can be quite loud. The 'actions' heading
is the main part of the game.
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> On Apr
I tried Seeing eye because it was from the company that made my Sendero GPS on
my voice note. I did like it because it was so similar with the turn by turns.
Price wise, I switched to BSQ and have been enjoying it ever since. I use it
with Navagon and it has been a treat. I was told that I can
Hi, I use Alex on both my Mac and my iPhone.
Shawn
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> On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:27 PM, solaunmarissa2...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> What voice do
Hi,
Samantha enhanced here, with pitch change disabled.
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