RE: iPhone seven rumors

Rob from the Today in iOS Podcast made a few good points in his latest episode where he of course talked about this. Firstly, he mentioned that this rumour has not surfaced for the first time, I think it did also come up 2 years ago. Secondly, he mentioned that that the iPod Touch is almost 1

RE: iPhone seven rumors

Alan, Everybody has their preference, I'll take the wired Apple Earpods any day over a Bluetooth headset or earpiece. I do use Bluetooth for certain situations, but for every-day and all-day use I can't stand the lag of Bluetooth headsets. Yes, I know you mentioned before yours doesn't lag,

Re: iPhone seven rumors

Hi Sieghard. But do you want to have to carry separate headphones for your iDevices, and standard headphones for everything else. The 3.5 jack is a functional, universal standard. All the other non-Appple devices you use are not about to adopt the Lightning port. It's going to cause disastrous

RE: In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

Yes voiceover interfears with how true play works. Wish they could enable it though and one could use a headphone with it. Did not get to try that before they disabled it when voiceover was running. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

Re: renaming photos

Hi Sieghard, Very interesting indeed. I had never thought I could do this, atleast with the images. Thanks a turn for this tip. Bhavesh. On 12/8/15, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > You can’t rename photos, at best you can give the image file a custom label > by doing a 2-finger

RE: iPhone seven rumors

I am not familiar enough with the issues around hearing impairments and why having a 3.5mm headphone jack is important although I am sure that if Jonathan says it is then there are very good reasons. Strictly from a headphone availability perspective one thing is almost certain and that is

Re: iOS User Experience of Google Accessibility | AppleVis

I'm not so happy with Docs. I got pretty tired of, when I press delete while using a bluetooth keyboard, it always saying "selection deleted" and not what actually was deleted. Forthermore, the selection control should be easier to get to, as going all that way to do spell checking is tedious

Re: In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

Does this mean we can’t use Trueplay at all or just the setup? Maybe i could get sighted help to set trueplay up but if it won’t work at all whilst voiceover is on, then there’s no real point i guess. /Krister > 8 dec. 2015 kl. 08:31 skrev Jim Ruby : > > Yes voiceover

RE: Greyhound Bus App?

Hi Paul, thanks for wondering the same, but I am a him not a her. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Richard McGann Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 7:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Greyhound Bus App? I

RE: renaming photos

You can’t rename photos, at best you can give the image file a custom label by doing a 2-finger double tap and hold, then enter a custom label. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicki Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 2:52 PM To: IPhone

RE: Apple Music is coming to Sonos on December 15

I bet you have to have an payed account and not use the free one? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 11:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple Music is coming to Sonos on December 15

Re: I'm actually starting to really like NeoSpeech James.

Well, I really do like James. I think he is the best male voice by far. And also still really like Kendra. I am so sorry to see those voices going away. But it is such a personal decision about which voices you like. So many like Sharon. And I find her entirely too seductive. I think that was

Attaching pictures to an email in iOS 9.1

Greetings. I need to send an email and attach two pictures to it. I have written the text of the message on my Bluetooth keyboard, but couldn't find a way to attach the file/pictures to the message. I have saved the message in my drafts. I would like to put both pictures in the same message rather

Re: I'm actually starting to really like NeoSpeech James.

I don't like her, either. Lol. She's too deep of a voice for my taste. This deep female voice thing seems to be kind of common. Thanks, Ari > On Dec 6, 2015, at 1:43 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > I actually like Sharon from Acapela a lot. She reads things with so much >

update from Voice Dream about Ivona voices

A tweet from Voice Dream two hours ago said that Ivona will stop selling their iOS voices in 2017, but those who already purchased them will continue to be able to download them. Richard -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

RE: Greyhound Bus App?

Can you explain what you want edited? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Edmonds, Lucy (LARA) Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 5:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Greyhound Bus App? Can we please edit our messages? From:

RE: In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

That is correct, I have been beta testing for Sonos for some years now and TruePlay is not currently supported when Voiceover is running. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Monday,

Re: I'm actually starting to really like NeoSpeech James.

Oh, God. You're right about voices being subjected. I can't stand Sally. She's got the same inflection for every sentence l; and that inflection is so flat. As for Julie, I like the way she reads, but her actual voice quality is too breathy/high-pitched for my liking. She sounds sort of

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Re: Google kills Songza after buying the music service in July 2014

This sucks. I just launched Google Play Music and once you get a station playing, VoiceOver reads nothing on the screen. You can hear sounds when you flick, but VoiceOver reads nothing. I really enjoy Songza and hate that this change is taking place. From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday,

RE: Music not playing in correct order

See if it is listing the tracks alphabetically. If so, you will need to go into view options and choose track order or manual order (whatever it's called). Cher -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Agent086b Sent: Sunday,

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

On the iPhone in Apple Music, once you have searched for an artist and are looking at the list of albums, you can also do a flick up/down to More, double tap, then swipe right until VO says, "Add to Playlist." You can then double tap on the playlist you want and the entire album will be added.

Re: Greyhound Bus App?

I second her. thank you! what do yo, lucy, want us to edit about? From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Greyhound Bus App? Can you explain what you want edited? From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Greyhound Bus App?

All of the typos! It’s ridiculous! Lucy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Richard McGann Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Greyhound Bus App? I second her. thank you! what do yo, lucy, want us to

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

I only have the problem on my mac, not on my iphone. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 17:59 heeft Wayne Merritt het > volgende geschreven: > > On the iPhone in Apple Music, once you have searched for an artist and > are looking at the

New F123 Access includes Facebook and Youtube improvements

Hi everyone, I just want to let you all know that the new version of the F123 Access extension for Mozilla Firefox, now includes accessibility improvements for Youtube and Facebook, in addition to WhatsApp. This accessibility extension works with all major screen readers. For additional

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

Hi Gianni, I don't know what to say. I am looking in my iTunes now and under the "view" menu when I arrow down, I can' see "column browser". I am on El Capitan latest itunes. I have no idea why you can't find this menu item in the view menu. Andrew > On 7 Dec 2015, at 16:38, Gianni

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

There is nothing like column view in the menu in itunes. This item only shows up when I'm in the finder of my mac. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 09:52 heeft Andrew Lamanche het volgende > geschreven: > > Hi Gianni, > > Yes, you can

Re: In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

thank you for beta testing. We appreciate the advancements made therein due to your work on the behalf of all of us (smile). Here's hoping one day TruePlay will be accessible too. If there's a way to make it so I've no doubt they will. Robin -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

You should be able to choose from the music browser an album you wish to add to a list. Once you have selected it and stop interacting with the music browser and move to the right to the table of songs and interact, you can highlight all of the songs in the table with command+a. Check the

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

Hi Gianni, Yes, you can browse your music by various categories depending on your choice. Once you choose to show your music with command+1 and check the box for "my music" selection, go to view menu in the menu bar and arrow down it until you hear "column browser submenu". Expand this with

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

Hi, What music browser, in itunes? Do you browse itunes library by artist? Or how do you do this? I have el capitan. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 09:35 heeft Andrew Lamanche het volgende > geschreven: > > You should be able to choose

In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

Hello folks, As you probably know, at least you who have Sonos, they recently introduced a feature they call ”True play” which apparently is some kind of compensation for the room in which your Sonos player is. This feature has a setting where you set the Trueplay thingy up, only this feature

Re: Siri randomly answering my 6s

Wish I knew also. Now and again I have the same interrupting experience and he's hard to shut up ... I'm not sure what triggers this behaviour! Carol P On 07/12/2015 05:06, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Regina, Have you gone through the Hey SIRI training? If not go to Settings > General >

Re: In Sonos, the Trueplay settings button seems to be inaccessible

Hi, I can confirm your experience. From what I'm told this is normal behavior for now. I've been told that they haven't figured how to get it to work properly without VoiceOver interfering with it. So the app detects when VoiceOver is running and the button for it is hidden. If this isn't

RE: Apple Music is coming to Sonos on December 15

Hi, I can’t understand why Apple is going to Sonos and Android before introducing their own service to Apple TV Third Generation. Not all of us are going to go out and buy the fourth gen right away. In fact some of us are not planning to buy it period as long as accessibility issues continue

Re: iPhone seven rumors

I think too that with Bluetooth ear peaces and head sets, most people won't want to be hampered by a cord. I know I certainly don't. Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Chip Orange wrote: > > I suspect this is going to happen, and I really don't

RE: Greyhound Bus App?

Can we please edit our messages? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Richard McGann Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 4:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Greyhound Bus App? gary, contact national council of disabled. go to

Spell checking list messages [was "Re: Greyhound Bus App?"]

My approach is a bit different. If I have trouble reading a message because it wasn't spell checked or written well then I just hit the delete key and move on. I have plenty of messages to read. I can't control whether someone spell checks their messages or not, but I can control whether I

Re: iPhone seven rumors

This rumour has gone around before and obviously proved to be false in the past. On 12/7/15, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hey Mary, > > I hear your concerns, but we will not know what Apple has up it’s sleeve > until it is out. Apple has maybe thought of this and has figured out a

Re: iPhone seven rumors

Unfortunately, many will not care about needing the adapter and the extra cost and all that. They'll just chalk it up to advancing technology, and for those who feel that way, great! However, there are plenty of reasons to keep the standard jack as is, go back and read Jonathan's blog entry

Re: How to Insert a "Pause" or "Wait" Key on Your iPhone using VoiceOver

Chip, The short answer is by double tapping on the hide button. When you have the keypad up in the phone app, and have "ialed a number, in the lower right, there is a hide button to hide the keypad. Once it is hidden, you will find options like mute, speaker, add call, etc. If you have set up a

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

OK, no problem man, thanks for the help anyway. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 18:33 heeft Andrew Lamanche het volgende > geschreven: > > Hi Gianni, > > I don't know what to say. I am looking in my iTunes now and under the "view" > menu

bar code apps?

Hi, Trying this again, I am seeking bar code reading apps like red laser, which doesn't seem VO ready anymore. Send to anniecm...@gmail.com Tx -- 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,

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

I looked at the short key to go to column view, and it should be command b. But when I push it it just says blub, so there is no action happening Anyone an idea? Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 18:33 heeft Andrew Lamanche het volgende >

Email client recommendations?

Hi there, So, for reasons, I like viewing email headers. I.E. IP address, x-mailer, etc. Currently, the default IOS client can't do it. Does anyone know of a voice over accessible client, that will show me all the details? Sent from a Braille Sense -- The following information is important

putting ring tones to iPad with iTunes

Hi, all. How do I put Ring tones on an iPad via iTunes on Pc? thanks and have a great day. *** “And therefore ... though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!” ― Charles Dickens,

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

Andrew, I just wanted to see you are an absolute genius. I had some problems, but this really works man, thanks man! I am very happy man. The only thing that doesn't work is the combination vo command f6. Gianni Skype: giannijuve Sent from my iPhone > Op 7-dec.-2015 om 18:33 heeft Andrew

Re: iPhone seven rumors

Well, since Apple is supposedly so concerned about accessibility, I do hope they take the needs of the hearing-impaired into account here. This lightning solution is not going to do that. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: > >

Re: Is there a way to add whole albums to a playlist?

Gianni, Sorry for the mistake: to ascertain which items are highlighted, you press the combination keys: vo+f6. I was rushing to respond to your message and got it wrong. Glad you are having some luck with this. Andrew > On 7 Dec 2015, at 21:30, Gianni wrote: > >

Re: iPhone seven rumors

Hey Mary, I hear your concerns, but we will not know what Apple has up it’s sleeve until it is out. Apple has maybe thought of this and has figured out a solution. I sure hope so, and I would hate to see people left out. We will just have to wait and see what comes out. Heres to hoping. Ed >

amazon echo podcasts?

I am thinking of getting this for Christmas for my husband, but I need a podcast to know the easiest way to set it up for a blind person. Also, is it compatible with Iphone 4s? That is the device that plays music in our living room -- The following information is important for all members of

RE: Music not playing in correct order

You might check to see if shuffle has gotten turned on by mistake. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Agent086b Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 3:16 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Music not playing in

renaming photos

I need to rename some photos in my IPhone C, but cannot find the option to rename anywhere. Can someone tell me how to do this in the photos area? Thanks. Vicki -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

RE: Music not playing in correct order

The view options are available in iTunes- just re-read your post and noticed that you are having this issue in iPad- not iTunes. Sorry- don't have an iPad. Cher -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Monday,

RE: How to Insert a "Pause" or "Wait" Key on Your iPhone using VoiceOver

Richard, If you don’t have any external keyboard, how do you “hide the keyboard”? Thanks. Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 2:21 PM To: ViPone list Subject: How to Insert a

Re: Attaching pictures to an email in iOS 9.1

Hi Wayne, under the photos thing there is the share button. You will want to hit that button once you've selected one of the photos. Or both of them. They want to selectable photos hit the share button, didn't choose mail. The pictures will be attached. Then you can entered the text in the body

Using the Braille keyboard on the phone

Hi all, Can anyone, please, remind me how to produce a carriage return when using the "apple Braille keyboard! In addition, is there a way to persuade the keyboard you really would like to ensure your fingers are correctly placed before starting? I find that message to place fingers on the

RE: iPhone seven rumors

I suspect this is going to happen, and I really don't see any problem with buying an adapter for existing headphones to use to plug into the lightning port. Chip -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: Google kills Songza after buying the music service in July 2014

I hope this isn't considered as HiJackin' a Thread I'm curious if the HighlyRumored Google's PlayRadio is PartOf Android6.0 OR AndroidMarshmellow or simply an UpDate to GoogleMusic or is it ReferredTo as PlayMusic At 09:56 AM 12/7/2015, you wrote: Same here! I don't have the Google Play

Re: Using the Braille keyboard on the phone

Hi Carol, Flick right with 2 fingers to start a new line. To recalibrate the dots at any time, put your fingers down on dots 4-5-6, then dots 1-2-3. HTH, Anna > On Dec 7, 2015, at 12:25 PM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hi all, > Can anyone, please,

Re: Google kills Songza after buying the music service in July 2014

Same here! I don't have the Google Play music app yet, but I love Songza, and have been using it ever since I got my first iPhone. I even recommended it to my sister, and she's enjoyed using it as well, and I'll always remember last Christmas when the two of us and my nephew were

Re: iPhone seven rumors

Well, I have said before and will say again that I think it is a stupid idea to trade off one millimeter of thickness for the headphone jack. I do not want an adapter. I do not want to pay for it, nor do I want to lose it, which is almost inevitable. And then I would have to buy another one.

My eBook, "Apple TV 4th Generation with VoiceOver", is now available

Hi everyone, some list members have been asking about this one, and I'm pleased to say that my latest eBook, "Apple TV 4th Generation with VoiceOVer", is here. It's a comprehensive look at how to make the most of Apple's latest entertainment power house. There are two options for purchasing it.

Got my iPhone 5S

Hello there all, I got my iPhone 5S last Saturday. For those who are looking to get a new iPhone, but can't afford the newest iPhones, Amazon has refurbished 5S's for somewhat decent prices. I got mine for $314. But if you don't mind used, it is even cheaper. The cool thing was, it came to

Re: iPhone seven rumors

I don't like the idea; it's just another piece to keep up with. It's very simple to keep the jack instead of this craziness. Believe me, I'm letting Apple Know what I think of the idea. -Original Message- From: Chip Orange Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 12:44 PM To:

Re: iOS User Experience of Google Accessibility | AppleVis

Is no news good news? Every iOS Google app Blind VoiceOver user is happy with their user experience! :) On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:53 AM Kevin Chao wrote: > Join this discussion and let us know your thoughts on the #a11y of > Google’s #iOS #apps to #blind #VoiceOver users >