I bring the iPhone along with me when I go shopping. I simply open the reminders app and select the list I want. Then, as I walk through the store with the iPhone in my hand, I run my finger down the list (or flick right and left) to hear its contents. no need to print or email anything. And, if I have a sighted assistant helping me find the items, they also hear the items read aloud and that helps us to work together as a team so to speak. You can tell siri to "show grocery list", for example, but opening the list in reminders gives more flexibility in using the list. For example, you can check off,or delete the items from the list as you go - -something not possible when the list is simply "shown". I think we're expecting a level of complexity that simply isn't there. After all, why print out the list when you can simply carry it with you, checking off items as you go?
As an aside, when adding items to your list as you think of them, if siri gets it wrong, you can interact with her and tell her to "change title". then, re-speak the item name. Siri will ask confirmation of your item and then add it to the list. It's a lot easier for me now to add items to my various lists as I think of them, wherever I may be. No more sitting down and trying to come up with a complete list (which inevitably lacks one or two items). On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Geoff Waaler <geoff.waa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings Dane and list, > > First of all, thanks Phil for the suggestion. I knew that the reminders app > was powerful, but I'd never looked at lists. Now from preliminary testing, I > have a few suggestions for retrieving the list data. > > 1. Tell siri something like: show my grocery list. > > 2. go into reminders -> list name. > > Hopefully someone can come up with a better suggestion, but it appears to me > that in order to eMail or print, you would need to traverse your list item by > item and select and paste. The three finger quadruple tap gesture introduced > in IOS7 will speed up the process of copying the items, but I can see where > this method would involve a lot of toggling around between Mail and Reminders > if the list gets long. Siri will read multiple items though, hence the > gesture referenced above may save a lot more time. > > As for printing, I use an app called PrinterPro by Readdle.com. This app > supports printing from the clipboard, texts, or eMail messages. > > Best regards. > Geoff > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 5:36 PM > Subject: Re: Shopping Lists was Using Pages On My iPon > > >> Okay, I'm replying to my own message as I have a question about your >> shopping list, how do you get the output of the list when you need to go >> shopping? For example do you print it, eMail it or what? >> >> >> On 7 Nov 2013, at 9:29 am, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: >> >>> Yes I certainly will consider this as I had no idea that Siri was so >>> powerful so thanks for the suggestion, this will save me heaps of time and >>> certainly will be far more convenient. >>> >>> >>> On 7 Nov 2013, at 9:25 am, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dane, >>>> >>>> Sorry, I don't have any pages info, but just wanted to tell you about the >>>> quickest and easiest >>>> method I've found for shopping lists. It's the built-in reminders app. I >>>> just set up a list called shopping, or grocery, or whatever else I need, >>>> and then use SIRI to populate the list as I think of things I need during >>>> the week. >>>> >>>> Using Siri, you can use the "add" keyword to add items to your list, and >>>> then once finished with the list , you can easily delete them off the list >>>> with a flick and tap of the actions menu. >>>> >>>> Example: >>>> "add eggs, butter, bread and milk to grocery list". >>>> or, "add to grocery list, eggs, butter, bread and milk" >>>> that will put a reminder in the grocery list that says "eggs, butter, >>>> bread and milk". >>>> As long as siri is up and running this method is so quick and easy that I >>>> don't bother with writing out lists in textedit or the notes program >>>> anymore. >>>> The important thing is to use the keyword "add", and the name of the list >>>> in a phrase like "to shopping list". >>>> >>>> It really works well and is just something you might want to consider. >>>> >>>> On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> I'm using Pages on my iPhone to compile my fortnightly shopping list, >>>>> this is the second time I've used the App for this sort of thing, a very >>>>> mundane task I know but a task that demands high priority nevertheless. >>>>> >>>>> So to my question, I've typed out all the items I want on the list and I >>>>> have a heading nicely centered in bold and underlined at the top of the >>>>> document so how to number each item in the list? >>>>> >>>>> I imagine that you select the text you wish to work with and then select >>>>> "Lists" from the "Format" options? That's as far as I get, I can't see >>>>> anything which makes reference to bulleted or numbered lists, I can see >>>>> indenting and all the other stuff. >>>>> >>>>> There are sections of the formatting screen that Voiceover doesn't read >>>>> out though I know they're there as I can hear Voiceover skipping over >>>>> what appears to be buttons so perhaps the bulleted and numbered list >>>>> items are amongst those things which Voiceover isn't reading? 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