Hi, list.
I am seeking recommendations for an Apple Desktop where I can install
Windows10 as well. I am not looking for the latest and greatest with a lots
of bells and whistles, even an earlier model is ok too.
I am totally blind so I don't care display size if that can save me some
money.
The only thing I'm slightly worried about with the XR is FaceID, but I'm sure
it'll work fine for me. I just have never used it before.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind
JAWS certified
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 11:33 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Oh yes, and the lack of Apple cases for the XR, so what? I mean who buys Apple
cases anyways when you can buy a better case for half the price on Amazon?
OK, I guess people do buy Apple cases and I’m not saying they aren’t nice, but
just as with Apple Watch bands they are overpriced.
From:
I agree with Cristobal, some of these tech writers I guess have to write
something even if it’s mostly complete nonsense. He writes about upgrading from
an iPhone X to an XR for example, now why in the world would anybody want to do
this? He mentions things like 3D Touch, aluminum vs stainless
Mary,
One thing to keep in mind is that you could set up a keyboard shortcut for your
email address. I have one setup for all my personal and my work email, I start
all of them with a double e as in “ee” because not many words I can think off
start with a double e, then I added an o for my
What does the Qardio Arm do that is more than what it nees to do? It takes the
blood pressure and that’s about it, we have one and it’s easy to use and I
don’t think any of the consumer models are really designed to be worn
permanently throughout the day unless you mean something else by
Now if Apple could only figure out a few tweaks to make old Mr. Ed run faster,
maybe one of those $29 battery replacements would help?
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mr. Ed
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 5:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
I think the call with Side button isn’t a bad idea since it allows easy
triggering of a 9 1 1 call and if auto dial is off you still have to confirm.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bill
Outman
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
I got used to the gestures after a while of using my iPhone X but the folder
problem isn't an issue for me since I don't have any apps in folders other than
the default utilities folder.
My group:
marias-chat+subscr...@googlegroups.com
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 10:20 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
>
>
Hi:
I have predictive off for a long time and I can still type a few letters and
get suggestions.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 7:40 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Dictating a message, or an email, having an odd
I don’t have either of those features turned on and I am experiencing the same
problems that you describe in an earlier message
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 31, 2018, at 10:40 PM, Mary Otten
mailto:motte...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I have AutoCorrect turned off. But I am Lowe’s to turn off the
I have AutoCorrect turned off. But I am Lowe’s to turn off the predictive text,
because I find that if I start entering my email, I can go up above the
keyboard and find my email address there. So it saves time. Otherwise, I don’t
mess with predictive text. But I do wonder if that’s what’s
I agree with you about having to swipe up more than wants to get back to the
home screen. The swiping up things seems to act more like a back button then
liked the home button used to. It is annoying. Because I have said before, I
would still prefer the home button. If you press the side button
I am in the market for a blood pressure monitor which is compatible with
Voice Over. I saw the Cardioarm but it does a little more than I need it to
do. I also would like to have something that is not cumbersome.
I was hoping for something that I could wear regularly that would take the
IPhone 6s run great on IOS 12. Runs faster than IOS 11.
Mr. Ed
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
James Lockwood
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: IPhone 6s with IOS 12
I still have
Yeah, the status bar thing kind of sucks. Unless I’m doing something wrong or
missed something, I still have to swipe up to unlock the phone. Face ID is kind
of finicky for me too. I often have to end up punching in my passcode. I may
try setting up face iD again to see if that helps. Maybe
If you edit things and they don't hold, go into the settings, general,
keyboard, and turn off autocorrect, and for good measure, I also turn off
predictive text.
Both of those annoy the heck out of me
Richard
"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books
which
I do have this problem and it’s getting steadily worse. Even when you edit
things it tends to edit them again. I’m beginning to go back two typing.
Lelia
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Laury, Shawnese (LARA)
> wrote:
>
> Yes, I have his problem to and I have no idea
I’ve never used the reachability feature. I guess I mostly use my phone when is
lying on some surface or other. So I guess I’ve never seen the need for
reachability. I was coming from a plus size phone anyway. So this isn’t all
that different, except for the very top where the status line
Yes, I have his problem to and I have no idea what causes it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 31, 2018, at 5:25 PM, Terri Stimmel
mailto:icecreamlove...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I wasn’t sure how else to title this message. I’ve got a strange issue going
on. I wonder if anyone else
I jumped from an SE to this XR so missed the whole 3D touch hype entirely.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to get the XR, but bought a case and screen
protector via Amazon on the off chance.
All the other stuff especially with being blind, really has no impact for us
anyway.
So far, the face
I bought the XR, because pretty much everything that isn’t available there is
visual. 3D Touch is one exception, but since I almost never use it, it just
wasn’t a big thing. So far, no regrets. I will take the better battery life any
day, since I use my phone for so many things.
Mary
Sent
Since it is free, maybe you could try it out and let us know?
It sounds mostly visual, but if you need a graphing calculator, give it a try.
Richard
"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books
which are your very own." __ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
> On Oct 31,
I have definitely seen this happened, and it did not start with iOS 12, and it
is inconsistent. That means it’s probably going to be hard to pin down on Apple
side. Here’s wishing them good luck.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Terri Stimmel
> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
Hello everyone,
I wasn’t sure how else to title this message. I’ve got a strange issue going
on. I wonder if anyone else has dealt with death, or Mike know if there’s
anything I can do about it.
Sometimes when dictating a message, or an email, when the text is read back to
me, words will be
Hi listers,
Is the Desmos graphing calculator app accessible? I know the website is
somewhat accessible but I wonder if the app is any good.
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Hello.
Good tip about turning off auto dial in Emergency SOS. I just did that on my 8
Plus. Another setting I found was Call with Side Button. It’s off now.
Should it be on?
Bill Outman
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Hi Tom,
There are a couple of ways to find out the charge of your watch's battery. It's
always listed in Control Center. Flick up with two fingers on the main screen
to open Control Center. If you turn on Battery on your phone's Today screen,
the watch's charge is shown there.
It sounds like
Same here, Richard, I put Timer and Stopwatch in my Control Centre as separate
items, but still both open the Clock app just that you are already on the
appropriate tab and both work just fine. Not sure what Davy's friends are doing.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On
Hi Rina,
Just use the wall plug that came with your phone and you cut your charging time
in half. A USB port on a PC delivers I believe 500 Milliamps whereas the wall
plug sold by Apple is a 5 Watt charger delivering 2.1 Amps and that is much
much better and faster. Most computers, for
Hi Tom,
You can add Battery level as a complication on I think pretty much most watch
faces and then, if you like, you could set it to auto speak so that every time
you wake up your watch the battery level would auto speak.
As for text messages, did you make sure on your iPhone you go to
Hi Sieghard,
You're right. HOlding down both buttons is a hard reset and shouldn't be
necessary to solve this particular problem. It's useful if the watch freezes
up, though.
Best,
Anna
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Is holding down the digital crown and side
Hi Bill,
My voice is Alex. I also use a Russian boys for reading Russian obviously. And
I am not experiencing the problem you have noted. My voice over volume is set a
little bit lower than yours. But I can’t imagine that should make a huge
difference. I am at 50%.
Mary
Sent from my iPhone
>
Is holding down the digital crown and side button some sort of hard reset? I
thought you just hold the side button to shut down the watch, then when the
screen with Power Off appears you double tap that much like you do on an iPhone.
-Original Message-
From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
You will get used to this sound. I previously had the iPhone 7 and the 8
has that same sound you're referring to compared to how the 7 sounded.
Voice over kind of has a far away sound, but music and videos are fine.
On 10/31/2018 10:34 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
My mean voice is Karen enhanced,
Good morning,
I have two questions.
First, is there a way to check my iWatch's battery status without
always having to ask Siri? I thought there was a gesture or an area,
but I can't find one. And, while I'm on that subject, is there a way
of having it not always speak how much I've moved,
I can understand that, I wrote another message to Apple Accessibility last
night, you should do so as well and complain that this has not been fixed in
this release. Personally it makes little difference for me because while I do
have my music in iTunes, I just don’t use it for that since I
My mean voice is Karen enhanced, but even Alex sounds hollow to me. No matter
what the volume, it sounds like this speaker is about to clip out. But music,
videos, they sound fine
I have a voiceover set two between 55 and 60%
> On Oct 30, 2018, at 9:38 PM, 'Maria Reyes' via VIPhone
> wrote:
Thank you, Anna! Holding down the crown and side button until the Apple logo
appeared in order to reboot my watch has worked very nicely! Now when I tap to
wake the watch, it automatically announces the time again - hurrah!
> On 31 Oct 2018, at 15:13, Anna Dresner wrote:
>
> Hi Harry,
>
>
Hi Harry,
I've had this happen from time to time with the original watch and a series 3.
Try restarting your watch. That should fix it.
Best,
Anna
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 8:13 AM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
> wrote:
>
> Since I updated my Apple Watch Series 4 yesterday, when I tap to wake up
It has not slow down my SE. In fact, I seem to be getting better battery
mileage - haven't charged since Sunday night.
Best regards,
Carolyn
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
James Lockwood
Sent: Tuesday, October 30,
I got a reply back already from Apple Accessibility. I've copied the text
below. This is hopeful for the next update, maybe.
Hello,
Thank you for your email. I tried setting verbosity to none and it didn’t seem
to make much difference.
I’ll file a report on this with the appropriate group.
I reported this to Apple Accessibility. I suggest others do as that extra
stuff is not visible on the screen. I had my light dependent wife check.
Richard
“Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under
pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips
-Original
On my Work 8 plus, from the Control Center, if I double tap on Timer and set a
timer and hit start, it works fine.
I can switch to stop watch and it works.
Clock alarm works.
Make sure you have cleared out the app switcher and maybe try again?
Richard
“Definition of an expert: An ex is a
Yes I can confirm this bug.
Rzgards
Davy
2018-10-31 12:24 GMT+01:00, Apple Gourmet- :
> I just updated to iOS 12. one and while I was at it I also updated my Apple
> Watch to watchOS 5.one
> Both update went smoothly and uneventfully.
> However I do find some annoying additions in voiceover.
Since I updated my Apple Watch Series 4 yesterday, when I tap to wake up the
screen, voiceover no longer automatically speaks the time on my Modular watch
face. I now have to tap and then swipe right for it to announce the time.
Anyone else noticing this?
Harry
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The following information is
Hi folks
I admit I rarely use the control center.
Folks around me report the following: you can nolonger set or change
the timer or clock in the control center since ios12.1. I tried to
reproduce this with my iphone 5s and I can reproduce this bug. But
maybe before ios12.1 you could set or change
I always charge my iPhone plugging it to the pc .I notice that usually it takes
only a couple of hours, but
Today for the first time after several hours it's still charging, and I wonder
why.
Rena
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
I just updated to iOS 12. one and while I was at it I also updated my Apple
Watch to watchOS 5.one
Both update went smoothly and uneventfully.
However I do find some annoying additions in voiceover. The way voiceover
speaks the phone numbers in my recent calls list is funny, it adds some
The list seem to be unusually quiet regarding the release of iOS 12.1. So, just
in case you were not aware, I am letting you know that it is available now. For
those of you running iOS 12.1 beta, you will need to remove the beta profile
and then reboot your phone. Also, unless apple has
Hi all,
I took delivery of a new iPhone XS couple of days back.
I used iTunes for business to set it up and all went smoothly.
I hope when I next plug in the device it doesn't auto-update to 12.9.1.
Fingers crossed.
Sincerely,
Sadam Ahmed
On 10/31/2018 6:28 PM, Debbie April Yuille wrote:
I have a nasty feeling that they won’t. You can still use iTunes on windows but
you need to have the album/TV/movie view set to list rather than grid. It’s not
as detailed as column browser but it’s better than nothing.
HTH
Debbie
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
Sorry to hear that. I won’t be updating till they fix it. I use the column
browser all the time
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: itunes 12.9.1
Unfortunately no, it is still
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