Re: Is Hoopla Accessible?

2023-07-15 Thread Barbara Stahl
Its fairly accessible for me too. My only issue is that the app seems to refresh itself a lot during searches or when I'm accessing my borrow list or my favorites and I have to keep retracing my steps in the app so to speak. For instance, I could be going through my favorites in order to

RE: Is Hoopla Accessible?

2023-07-15 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
Accessible? Yes... Intuitive? Meh... I don't have a problem with playing a checked out audiobook per se, but the playback speed picker can sometimes be picky and in general, there's a lot of extra scrolling and tapping that can make the app overall a chore to use sometimes. I do my audiobook

RE: Google meet on an iPad?

2023-07-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I assume using your Google account will let Google Meet access other information you've stored in your Google account, such as your contacts, your name and so on. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: Is Hoopla Accessible?

2023-07-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
In addition to Hoopla, there's also Canopy. It's been a while since I brought them up, but I believe everything is accessible except for the players. If I remember correctly, they're still usable but you can't get to all of the features, like fast forward, rewind, ... You will need a library

RE: Spring for Twitter

2023-07-15 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
It started working again last night after the latest ap update hit the app store. I just had to log in again and grant access to Spring. I guess we'll see how long it lats this time. I believe it worked earlier than yesterday, but my understanding was that you had to disable 2FA which I wasn't

RE: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Ann Byrne
The webber grill one has a leave-in probe with a cable about a yard long. I You can swipe the phone at any point to hear the current temperature. At 05:03 PM 7/15/2023, you wrote: I've had the ThermoWorks thermometer for a few years and while not instant in its readings, off hand, I don't

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Ann Byrne
Absolutely! It works perfectly. At 03:31 PM 7/15/2023, you wrote: Have you tested the app with VoiceOver? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Ann Byrne wrote: > > Webber sells a thermometer that communicates with the iPhone. There is a probe to put into the meat

RE: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
I've had the ThermoWorks thermometer for a few years and while not instant in its readings, off hand, I don't think it takes five or six seconds to speak readings. One thing I like about it is that by double pressing the button for it to speak readings, you can have it announce readings as they

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Penny Reeder
Have you tested the app with VoiceOver? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Ann Byrne wrote: > > Webber sells a thermometer that communicates with the iPhone. There is a > probe to put into the meat with a cable about three feet long with a disk > looking thingy at

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Ann Byrne
Webber sells a thermometer that communicates with the iPhone. There is a probe to put into the meat with a cable about three feet long with a disk looking thingy at the other end. You tell the app what kind of meet you are cooking, and it tells the iPhone the temperature you want. then you

Re: Something of interest, maybe?

2023-07-15 Thread Ron Canazzi
Hi Maria, Are you actually activating the closed captioning for the hearing impaired? If so, that would explain this. With my MLB app here in the Buffalo, New York area, I get local commercials somehow instead of the NYC commercials.  I am wondering if you are running a VPN? I wondered what

Re: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Penny Reeder
Please let us know how the one you just ordered seems. I am interested in instant readings and accuracy. Thanks’ PennySent from my iPhoneOn Jul 15, 2023, at 2:06 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: A link to a talking thermometer dfrom Thermoworks was posted recently, unfortunately the talking

Re: IOS 17, is it worth it?

2023-07-15 Thread Ivan Icin
Sieghard, I appreciate your high moral standing and certainly you may consider to switch from Apple devices if you don’t like that. Apple is still known for Mac vs PC guy campaign that must be extremely dodgy by your standards, as it went much further in being nasty to competitors, comparing

RE: IOS 17, is it worth it?

2023-07-15 Thread realman02 via VIPhone
Voice dream reader did a recent update so they probably fixed the issue with non-VO voices not working when Synch was enabled. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 2:35 PM To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: IOS 17, is it worth it?

Re: IOS 17, is it worth it?

2023-07-15 Thread Anna Dresner
Hello, Yes, Voice Dream Reader is working fine here too. Best, Anna > On Jul 15, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > If you refer to Voice Dream Reader which I assume you are after your dogged > campaign to try and convince people your app is vbetter then I can report > that

RE: Google meet on an iPad?

2023-07-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I am not sure about this, I logged in with my Google account because it is "Google Meet" so one would expect that you get the best experience by logging in with a Google account. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023

MLB app

2023-07-15 Thread Kathy Blackburn
My husband's MLB subscription renewed before the season started. Until a few weeks ago, he happily listened to games. Now, though, he's being presented with a login screen, and there seems to be no record of his current account. Has anyone else run into this? Kathy Blackburn

RE: IOS 17, is it worth it?

2023-07-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you refer to Voice Dream Reader which I assume you are after your dogged campaign to try and convince people your app is vbetter then I can report that after upgrading to iOS 17 public beta yesterday I just tried it and the app opened without crashing. I didn't do a lot in it, but I did have

RE: Has Anyone Managed to Seamlessly and Consistently have VoiceOver Audio Switch Between Apple Watch and iPhone, via AirPods?

2023-07-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
And this sort of seamless switching is what I would absolutely expect from any Apple Airpods because according to Apple they are the best and m ost advanced Bluetooth headphones ever and yet this works with my Plantronics Voyager and apparently it still does not work with Airpods after how many

RE: Accessible meat thermometer

2023-07-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
A link to a talking thermometer dfrom Thermoworks was posted recently, unfortunately the talking version says it has a reading time of I think 5-6 seconds whereas a sighted person gets a reading with the newer Thermopen One in 1-2 seconds. I just ordered another brand from Amazon, somebody has

Something of interest, maybe?

2023-07-15 Thread Maria Campbell
I listen to the Yankees baseball games on the MLB app, but I don't get the local commercials, because I don't live in the broadcast area.  The national commercials I get are absolutely horrendous and repetitive.  I accidentally discovered a way to get rid of all commercials, but I do miss the

Is Hoopla Accessible?

2023-07-15 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I found out about them from a sighted person as one more source of audio books. Thanks in advance for Any opinions about them Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone S E 3 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or

RE: accessible air fryer\\.//

2023-07-15 Thread llumpkin
This means nothing to me. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Marenson Eperiam Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 7:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd: accessible air fryer\\.// Marenson Eperiam has sent you an email via Gmail confidential mode:

Re: IOS 17, is it worth it?

2023-07-15 Thread Ivan Icin
There are several features that might be of interest of VoiceOver users. You can set sentence pause and pitch for each voice. There is the option to read aloud the web page from Safari. One popular accessibility app is crashing on start, but people don't like when I mention it so you will

RE: Downloading An App From The App Store Help Please.

2023-07-15 Thread Karen Poulakos
Janet, I was a bit confused by this, myself, at first. Here’s how it works for me, using the latest SE. After I open the App Store app, and double tap on Search, I move my finger to the top right of the screen. Just below where I hear my battery percentage, I hear “My Account”. Just