I seem to have had it from day one.
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isaac
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Weird I haven't noticed this bug. When did you start having
How do you do this?
Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
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On Apr 27, 2014, at 7:51, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Hi John,
If you want to keep a picture that was sent to you as part of a text message
you will have to save it to your camera roll. Just like a picture
Ok, afaik, the app shouldn't effect appstore's ability to work properly.
iPhone apps can run on an iPad, all be it in a small bit of the screen in
the middle. There is an option to expand into full screen, great for
limited sight, as it is then big enough to see!
iPad only apps on the iPhone
Again, afaik, the app coding should always work on both as they're the same
processor type and OS; it is only display size that is the operable issue.
An iPhone app takes up a fraction of the display of an iPad, but it can blow
it up full screen. An iPad app will assume so much display area
Hi Theresa and others, Thanks for the hints on how to use ibooks with braille
on the iphone. I will go try it again in a few minutes.
I was just wondering though how often you need to use the horizontal page
scrolling options if at all?
Thanks again!
Greetings, Anouk,
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How is the quality of music on the new ones?
On 4/26/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
I'll get my set next week. I, too, have the original model right now, and I
experienced the sound bleed and constant signal problems. My unit seems to
hold up well, but then again I've only had it
That was my next question but I was going to try it first.
On 4/27/14, Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy hayasim...@gmail.com wrote:
How do you do this?
Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
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On Apr 27, 2014, at 7:51, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Hi John,
If you want to
Okay, I will try that. Thanks so much, Andy and Shubert
From: Bill Gallik
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 8:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Sending txt with media?
Do you have Cellular Data enabled? I ran into this problem several weeks ago
and found that I needed to have
Hello. When you first open the app, it is usually focused on locations. Do a
one finger swipe to the right until you get to settings. Do a one-finger
double tap on settings. Once it opens, swipe to the right until you land on
notifications. One-finger double tap to select it. Once it
On this same note is there a way to share a ringtone from my phone via text or
email?
If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning
start?
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From: Jerry Mader
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Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 5:33
Be aware that though the app for iDevices is accessible the windows app is less
so.
If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning
start?
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From: Don Cher
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 4:37 PM
On Windows, can you use Windows Explorer to access the drive or do you need to
use the application? If you have to use the application, no wonder its so cheap.
O
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On Apr 27, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Robert Doc Wright yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com
wrote:
Be aware that though the
Hello,
Today every time I try to use siri to make a call, siri says: I'm very
sorry, but I can't take your request.
Does anyone know why siri sometimes can't make a call for me? The battery
and sign are fine. What can I do?
Rena
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I had removed the USA Today app a long time ago because it was flakey with
VoiceOver.
: just downloaded it again and you are right. I get the exact behavior you
describe.
That is not a setting on your phone.
There is clearly some kind of code in their app that is confusing VoiceOver.
It is like
You use it all the time, as this is how to turn pages in iPhone. That is, if
you're using a Braille display. Braille doesn't scroll automatically, except by
page, and that is when speech is on, and you're reading with the
two-finger-flick-down with speech. If you use speech only, you don't have
Correction, I meant that horizontal pages are used in iBooks, not iPhone.
Teresa
On the other hand, there are different fingers.
On Apr 27, 2014, at 6:14 AM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote:
You use it all the time, as this is how to turn pages in iPhone. That is, if
you're using a
Hi,
I am a big fan and daily user of the Aftershokz headphones. I have both the
wired and bluetooth versions. I do not use the Aftershokz for music. I use Bose
headphones for music. So, the Aftershokz are only used by me for podcast
listening, audio books and text to speech. I had excellent
Hello Listers, I am not sure who suggested to turn on Data but, I now can send
videos via text messaging as long as Data Is on and YFI is not being relied on.
Thank you for bring this up. Andy and Shubert
Andrew J. LaPointe
Co-Chairman
Salem Commission on Disabilities
President, The Friends of
I had someone text me a picture. I along with my sighted daughter can
hear and see the picture butt don't see how to actually save it. It is
also not in my camera roll or videos.
On 4/27/14, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote:
That was my next question but I was going to try it
I have the original Bluez, which I just purchased a few months ago. I
agree with the assessment below. I do have speech on my Bluez, so
apparently this feature was added to the original Bluez at some point.
The only minor nuisance I have with the Bluez is that the bluetooth
reception will
I've had no issues with mine for the last year. Used with iPhone five and four
iPhone 5s
On Apr 25, 2014, at 6:33 AM, SSEric sseri...@gmail.com wrote:
Does this device have any issues working with an iPhone 5?
Thanks!
Eric
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Hi all.
I am having a little problem with spotify. When I use this app, is saying
that I am on offline mode, even though I am getting access to WiFi, and
everything is working fine with my phone. Why spotify is saying this, and it
doesn't let me search and play any thing?
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Chris, you might look into upgrading. Many people who bought the Bluez recently
were able to get a free replacement if they had problems with their units. For
instance, if my phone is in a pocket, I can't use the Bluez outside because the
audio is too choppy. In fact, just behind down will
Hi, what I do is open the message then tap on the pic or video to either
listen to and then go to share. Within Share, you have the option to save
or mail. If you save, it goes to your camera roll with that app. I do know
though that when I started with the IPhone, I had a hard time finding
Dear Sieghard,
It is unfortunate that bing rewards is not available in Canada.
Hopefully this will change soon.
While the 100 GB is only for a year. I anticipate that the reward may
be available next year. If not, iDrive will likely be one of a string
of similar offers that provide what a few
Thanks I'll think about this. I mostly consider it an annoyance, and I'm
not sure it's worth asking for a replacement. The noise bleed doesn't
bother me much. I knew what I was getting when I ordered the Bluez, and
I wonder how much of this can be addressed, given the technology being
used. I
Hi Andrew,
When I read your initial post it never occurred to me that you may have
cellular data turned off. In my opinion cellular data should always be on
because so much the iPhone can do relies on cellular data, it's a smartphone
after all and smartphones are not so smart without cellular
Hi Robert,
No, not with the iPhone if it is not jailbroken. If you made custom ringtones
you could of course email them to somebody from the computer, if he or she is
also an iPhone user they can then save them into their iTunes Media folder, add
them to their tones library and sync them to
Hi Kelly,
I believe Box.com gives you 100 Gb of free storage, at least I got it a while
back although I have yet to use the service. I find Dropbox works so well and
of course OneDrive as well that I just can't be bothered with all the others.
Unfortunately I missed that initial OneDrive
I can't see the entire thread below, so I apologize if I'm missing
anything, but the iPhone is plenty usable even with cellular data turned
off. For example, you can use SIRI and iMessaging over wifi, just as you
can use these features on the iPod and the iPad. I'm not sure why you
say you
It claims that there is a folder that you can drop stuff into similar to the
automatically add to iTunes.
If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning
start?
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Sent: Sunday,
It claims that there is a folder that you can drop stuff into similar to the
automatically add to iTunes.
If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning
start?
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Sent: Sunday,
hi what's a brail pen, also what does it do?
vest si
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Hi Christopher,
I guess our opinions here differ. The iPhone does an excellent job of always
using WiFi if you are connected to your WiFi anyways. I am not sure if you
actually save battery by turning cellular data off, maybe a bit, but if I am
at work and I have to leave for a while to maybe
Hi Grace,
That happens from time to time and there really isn't much you can do except
try later. I guess you could try to turn your phone off completely and back
on and see if that helps as sometimes it does. I must say that since iOS 7
came out last fall I only had SIRI tell me this only 2 or 3
Hi all,
I have a few questions about transfering documents from one app to another app.
Okay when I want to transfer documents from the prizmo app to the drop box
app how do I go about doing it? Is it best to transfer documents from Prizmo to
another app like dropbox?
Also the documents I
Thank you, you helped solve my ongoing problem. Andy and Shubert
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 12:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Solution to sending text with videos and Pictures
Hi Andrew,
When I read your initial post it never occurred to me that
Actually, I have been working with this a lot and I think it is so worth it.
On my iphone it backed up my calendar, contacts, photos and videos. Not such a
big deal but I was able to access the calendar from my PC and copy the list.
And the items showed up as a list of just the calendar
Hi, I don’t know why this is but, I had no luck in the past before making sure
DATA is turned off. At a guess, and only a guess, would it have to do with the
amount of space that a video or pic takes to go over the air? Andy and Shubert
From: Christopher J Chaltain
Sent: Sunday, April 27,
I agree, and I don't personally turn my cellular data on or off. I'm all
about convenience myself. I'm fortunate to have a unlimited data plan
though. My children, who don't have unlimited plans, turn off their
cellular data, or should, when they're getting close to their limits.
The only time
Kelley and others, how does one get the wanted material to the website/drive
storage area?
Fred Olver
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From: Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [New post] Get 50GB of iDrive iOS cloud
It's a refreshable braille device. I don't have one myself, but using
Google I found this web site: http://www.braillepen.com/index.html
On 4/27/2014 11:49 AM, mrsvil...@gmail.com wrote:
hi what's a brail pen, also what does it do?
vest si
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it is improved, but if you want something primarily for music, I would use a
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From: John Diakogeorgiou
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: new aftershotz blues2
How is the
I like this concept of doing Braille one-handed. I'm not clear on how to hold
my fingers if it's going to be across the screen or lengthwise does the home
key go to the writer left. For instance my C letter comes out-I've tried
turning the phone different ways but we're having fun in any case.
One question I can't figure out for the life me to make a K
On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:36 PM, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote:
Perkinput is a good first attempt for braille entry. The concept is
excellent. I only need to use one hand for the input, and I find it fairly
easy to
Robert,
When going through the FAQs on the Aftershokz site, in reference to the
Bluez 2, it was said that the amount of spoken feedback you can get is
configurable, but it didn't say how to configure it. Also, I was unable to
find a user guide for the Bluez 2. Perhaps this is because they are
In the Bluez 2, the bluetooth antenna was moved forward. This should help to
mitigate the issues with loss of connectivity.
Andy
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From: Christopher J Chaltain
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: new aftershotz blues2
I
It never fails. I ask about three stupid questions on the list and inevitably I
figure it out after I sent the email this thing works pretty darn cool. I'll
look forward to more development
On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:36 PM, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote:
Perkinput is a good first
I bought my first set about a year ago, and had to get a replacement after a
few months when I lost audio on one side. With the second set, the head band
actually started falling apart. This happened just around the time that the new
ones came out. I didn’t request another replacement. I just
Fred,
If you have Windows 8.1, there is a folder named OneDrive that
automatically synchronizes your files to the cloud. Documents created
in Word and Notepad are automatically saved to OneDrive.
If you don’t have Windows 8.1, you need to download and install free
OneDrive software from
Hello Anouk,
What type of Braille display are you using?
IF you are using the Focus 14/40/80 Blue with your iPhone running iOS 5 or
later, you can use the right rocker bar to perform the horizontal page
change. This is handy as you read because you don't have to lift your
fingers off of the
B and L would have the same issue, and thought there was a gesture to
indicate a nul entry for the other half of the cell.
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From: brian albriton autoharp...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: Perkinput
One
hi chris,
many thanks for that info.
best si
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To perform a capital symbol, use the fourth finger by itself to create a blank
row, then press with the third finger for the capital mark. Next, press with
first and third finger. Finally, press with fourth finger.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288
Hello,
Maybe somehow the offline mode got switched on.
Go to settings and uncheck the appropriate checkbox.
I'm honestly not sure how accessible it is now on iOS as I moved over to
Android and am getting information from various sources that with the
latets update the accessibility has got
The finger farthest away from the home button is dot 1. Braille entry is
performed in landscape mode.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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On 28 Apr 2014, at 6:49, brian albriton autoharp...@gmail.com wrote:
I like this
Hello Rena,
Generally speaking, Siri is unavailable during Apple server maintenance or
updates. Again, generally speaking, the outages don't last very long
although I suppose it depends on one's perspective.
On occasion, after the maintenance has been completed, your copy of Siri
will not be
Hi Andy,
I contacted Aftershokz and they said that the online documentation was not yet
ready. I do not know anything about how to configure the speech.
For people who are having drop-out issues, I always carry my phone in my left
front jeans pocket and don't have any drop-out with either the
Well, I think that the accessibility is not been so helpful. I see the WiFi
off, but no matter if I do double tab, or flick up or down, it doesn’t change
to on.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Pawel Masarczyk
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:01
How do you go up and down with the Braille display? I can't figure that out.
Thank you so much!
Jenn
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Space-3 or space-6. Remember that a picker item is nothing more than a rotor
item dynamically added, so rotor gestures apply.
On Apr 27, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Jennie Facer jennie.fa...@gmail.com wrote:
How do you go up and down with the Braille display? I can't figure that out.
Thank you so
Which note program would you recommend to read Anna Dresner's book? I bought
it, and now I want to refresh myself on a couple of things. I am wondering if
anyone can sugest the best reading tool? I tried AccessNote but I can't seem to
figure out how to search long documents with a Braille
This is a really unorthodox approach, but I find it works best for keeping my
place in a long document in iOS. I turn a brf or brl document into pdf, which
doesn't destroy it or change the formatting at all. You can use any word
processor that saves or exports to pdf. Then I open the document
Hi all,
I have a few questions.I'm scanning some documents and other information I
need.After I scan my information and documents I want to keep because I will
need them. What I want to know is should I transfer all my inportant documents
from Prizmo over to my dropbox? And if so, how do I
Hey guys,
Hoping someone can help. I use google voice text messaging with a
aprticular group that i am with. Because we rely on it, is there any
way i can set a custom notification for when i get a google voice text
message? Furthermore, is there an app that will support this?
I'd like to
First, has anyone tried to update the Schwan's Frozen Food app
from version 1.0.5 to 1.0.6? When I did so earlier today and then
launched the app, it would just sit there and do nothing. Or,
having no sighted folks around, that is how it appeared to me.
And, no matter what I tried, even with
Can NFBTrans translate BRF files into any other format besides TXT? Also, is
there a batch translation option? I used a program called WinTrans, and I liked
it okay, but I had to do files one by one, and you could only translate to the
TXT format. Now that my book sense is no longer working,
Hi all,
I have a couple of questions.Is there a way to create a folder in Prizmo to put
several documentsI created in fact, there's eight documents named constitution
and bylaws for my Society of the blind group (8 pages) that I want to put in
one folder.So can I create a folder in Prizmo
Hi Vicky,
If I run into a situation when after an app update the app seems to not work
correctly I always make sure to remove all apps from the app switcher and
then to power off the phone, wait 30 or so seconds and then turn it on
again. If that doesn't help it's probably not a bad idea to
Hello to all, I have just now switched from Sprint to ATT and got on the next
plan you know that one that is really $140? Well I have a quick question I'm
thinking of going to school and Hadley and am going to use my iPad for that. So
I was wondering if anybody knows whether ATT is charging
Hi Joseph,
Hotspot accès is included in that plan.
On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Joseph Hudson jhud7...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello to all, I have just now switched from Sprint to ATT and got on the
next plan you know that one that is really $140? Well I have a quick question
I'm thinking of
Hi Lori,
You can very easily send Prizmo documents to Dropbox. Just double tap on the
document and select Export. You are presented with a menu which includes
the following:
Send by mail
Send message
Open In
Select Open In. prizmo now asks you to choose an export format, select the
For $140 a month it better be included! In my opinion these early upgrade
plans are quite a rip-off, sorry Joseph, but that's just my opinion. If you
do the math you would find that if you were to get whatever best deal you
can get and if you then were to put the money you save aside that after
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Hi Sieghard,
Thank you for responding back to me and answering my question and explaining
how I can transfer documents from Prizmo to dropbox and how to creat afolder to
put my documents in.
Now dropbox will read my documents when I go into the folder I created and to
the document I want to
Hi all, I have just started using the app Pages. I edit my document in MBraille
and then pasted into pages. I don't understand how to read it though or how to
move around in the document. It is my journal and is very long. I can't
understand how to go from page to page or how to move around and
RT @fleksy: What the new @Tweetings integration means for our blind users:
http://t.co/HX26YT9dYk
It works great and now I can use the languages that or not in fleksy vo yet.
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