RE: iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
And it uses U V light, Oh sunlight! What an amazing invention, Someone created a sunlight cleaner. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2020 4:42 pm To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone sanitizer What are we doing with that?

RE: iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
I’m sorry but what are you folks going on about here? What is a phone sanatizer? I’d just call that a wipe, or wet wipe. May be even a complex putting my phone in my pocket, Why pay for something that seems to be over kill. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent:

RE: Apple TV and apps

2020-11-30 Thread Jim Fettgather
Hello, I do not believe that you can use Twitter or email through your Apple TV, but one thing that you can do, which I have done quite often is to use Screen Mirroring in Control Center to Stream Facebook Live, Youtube, and any other apps that produce audio or video. If you have the correct

Re: iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Shirley Baker
I got one of these from Mystic Access and it has voice on it and it's simple to use. It's supposed to get rid of germs on your phone. You can use it for your money, keys and other items. I really like mine. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2020, at 9:15 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: >  >

Re: iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Kay Malmquist
What are we doing with that? Protecting the phone from us? Or maybe we need to be protected from the phone? People will buy anything won't they? Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. Anonymous -

Re: iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
Funny you should ask. I've not used them, but in the November issue of Access World, the following was mentioned.Talking smartphone sanitizer What do all of us touch thousands of times every day? Our smartphones or tablets or other mobile devices. In response to this fact, devices employing

Re: Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Dave Clement
Hi, The AIRA app supports two vocal commands that can work with SIRI. Using SIRI you can say "make an AIRA call" or "Call AIRA" and the app will open. I don't think you need to do anything to set up these commands other than turning on the SIRI opotion in AIRA's settings. I do not use AIRA

Re: Apple TV and apps

2020-11-30 Thread 'Simon Wong' via VIPhone
Sorry priscilla your message is blank -Original Message- From: Priscilla Garces (prisci) Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 8:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple TV and apps On Nov 30, 2020, at 8:20 PM, Tom Cramer wrote: Hi there, So now that I am playing with the

iPhone sanitizer

2020-11-30 Thread Jim Portillo
Good evening, Has anyone used or does anyone currently use one of those UV Phone sanitizers? I know they sell them at Staples, and someone wants to get me one as a gift, but I wonder how well they work and if a blind person will be able to use them. Are there alternatives to the Staples ones

Re: Apple TV and apps

2020-11-30 Thread Priscilla Garces (prisci)
Mitigation of Ableism.docx Description: MS-Word 2007 document > On Nov 30, 2020, at 8:20 PM, Tom Cramer wrote: > > Hi there, > So now that I am playing with the Apple TV, I wonder about apps for > it. For instance, am I able to do things like email, texting and other > things like Facebook

RE: Apple TV and apps

2020-11-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Face book yes but email and or texting I've never tried to do that but can't see why not if the apps are there. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tom Cramer Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2020 2:20 pm To: viphone Subject: Apple TV and apps Hi there, So now

Apple TV and apps

2020-11-30 Thread Tom Cramer
Hi there, So now that I am playing with the Apple TV, I wonder about apps for it. For instance, am I able to do things like email, texting and other things like Facebook or Twitter? I stream Facebook live concerts and it would be cool to have them coming through the Apple TV which is hooked up to

RE: Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
As someone pointed out with Be My Eyes, the shortcut is there for you to add. Open Be My Eyes. Open Settings within the Be My Eyes app. Find and double tap on the Siri shortcuts button. There is one called, “Call volunteer” just activate that and choose add then save. When you tell Siri to “call

Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Donald L. Roberts
Thanks to those who have responded to my inquiry. What I hope to do is to set up a shortcut which would allow me to give Siri a specific command which would connect me to Be My Eyes, and a  different phrase which would connect me to Aira.  It doesn't matter to me whether it is a command for

RE: Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah the belkon Rockstar or apple do a lightening to 3.5mm adapter as well. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Donald L. Roberts Sent: Tuesday, 1 December 2020 8:13 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Looking for a product I miss the 3.5 mm. audio jack on my S E 2. I have

Re: iPhone 12 and Voiceover

2020-11-30 Thread Marty Hutchings
Andrew Try adjusting the volume control. I hear that sometimes the volume of Voiceover can get knocked down to 0. Love in Christ Marty If we view this present life as our primary goal, we will agree with William Shakespeare who said: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and

Re: iPhone 12 and Voiceover

2020-11-30 Thread Ignacio Suarez
That happened to me when I got my iPhone 12 Pro Max about two weeks ago. The voiceover came back after a few hours. I think what it does, is that all your back up is trying to sinking into your phone. That is the reason it doesn’t work at the beginning. I called Apple technical support, but

iPhone 12 and Voiceover

2020-11-30 Thread Andrew Roberts
Hi there, This morning I took delivery of a new iPhone 12. I have just gone through the setup process and elected to restore my apps etc from my most recent iCloud backup. Towards the end of the setup process I was asked to download and instal the latest version of the iOS which I

Re: Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Alan Lemly
If you're looking for the Belkin Rock Star adapter with the lightning male connector to attach to your iPhone and both 3.5mm and lightning female ports for attaching an audio plug and a lightning cable for listening and charging at the same time, you can also get it from the Apple Store for

Re: iphone transferring to Homepod questions.

2020-11-30 Thread Agent086b
Hi, to transfer iPhone to HomePod unlock the phone and hold it just above the Pod and it will move what is playing on the phone to the Pod. So as long as there is something playing on the phone the Pod will keep playing. To bring it back to the phone repeat the process and the phone will start

Re: Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Maria Campbell
You can buy this type of item at Walmart or Best Buy. Maria Campbell lucky1i...@gmail.com All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. --Edmund Burke On 11/30/2020 2:45 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: I believe the Rockstar from Belin is a splitter, in other

RE: Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I believe the Rockstar from Belin is a splitter, in other words at one end you have a male Lightning connector and on the other end you have a female 3.5Mm connector and a female Lightning connector. This way you can plug in some 3.5Mm headphones and still have a Lightning port you can use to

Re: Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Dave Clement
Hello, Here is an Apple Support article that may help you learn to use the Short Cut app to create your own short cuts. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios Many 3rd party apps provide short cuts that you can install. "Be My Eyes" has one such available. 1. Open "Be

RE: Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
What do you want the shortcut to do exactly? Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, from Life,

RE: Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
I believe this is what you want. I ordered it early this year and it works great. Amazon.com: Belkin F8J212btWHT 3.5mm Audio + Charge Rockstar (iPhone Aux Adapter) Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the

Looking for a product

2020-11-30 Thread Donald L. Roberts
I miss the 3.5 mm. audio jack on my S E 2.  I have heard of a product whose exact name I don't know, but it is something like a Belkin    Rock star.  I believe there is more than one product with a similar name, so I would appreciate someone pointing out which product I want.  I am looking for

Seeking information about shortcuts

2020-11-30 Thread Donald L. Roberts
Now that I have an S E 2 running IOS 14.2, I would like to learn how to create audio shortcuts.  Specifically, I want to learn how to create a  shortcut for Be My Eyes and also a shortcut for Aira. Thanks in advance for feedback. Don Roberts -- The following information is important for all

Alexa and police scanning

2020-11-30 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi, hope this is not off topic... does anyone know how to get Alexa play police scanner frequencies? I looked this up but, did not seem to work. Thanks, Andy and Shubert Andrew J. LaPointe, President Friends of the Salem Council on Aging 34 Raymond Ave. Salem, MA. 01970 Home: 978-745-4289 cell:

Re: Does anyone know about Tunein stations no longer available

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
Sadly, radio has been on a downhill slide for 40 years or mWhen I first moved to Salem Oregon, for college, which gets most of its radio from the Portland radio market, there were something like 40 or 50 different owners.Move ahead about 20 years and there were about 5 owners.The large

Re: Does anyone know about Tunein stations no longer available

2020-11-30 Thread Duane Steele
Kathy, and others who may be interested, Unfortunately, there's a struggle going on with all of the internet radio services, especially TuneIn and iHeart Radio. Over the past year, iHeart Radio has bought many of TuneIn's stations... a prime example, WBZ in Boston. I have a really good friend

Does anyone know about Tunein stations no longer available

2020-11-30 Thread Kathy Brandt
At least for now? I am getting errors for different ones in my local area, both on my devices and on my echo. -- 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

Re: Login to Mac mini with Braille display

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
Space with low h, dots 2,3,6 toggles the input mode. Just keep pressing it to go through the modesIt has to be on, and connected. Did you say if you are connecting via USB or bluetooth? Richard "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man

Re: Login to Mac mini with Braille display

2020-11-30 Thread 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
VoiceOver comes on immediately my Mac starts up so my orbit reader should connect. The display is set to 6 dot UEB BY DEFAULT. Is there a Braille command to change to 8 dot and tgen back to 6 dot? And is such a command executed while the orbit reader 20 is turned on? Off? Or when I’ve opened

Re: Login to Mac mini with Braille display

2020-11-30 Thread Richard Turner
VoiceOver has to be running before the braille display can do anything.On an iPhone, I can enter my passcode by switching to 8 dot brl.When does VO load on your Mac?If it is on before the password, I would think it would work. Perhaps time to call Apple? Richard "You know," said Arthur, "it's

Login to Mac mini with Braille display

2020-11-30 Thread 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
> I have just set up my new Mac mini with M1 chip and I have successfully > paired via Bluetooth my braille display, which is an orbit reader 20. The > only thing I cannot seem to do is to get my braille display to be recognised > and connected at the login screen when I turn my Mac Mini