Does iOS have open with option?
Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone
Hi Paul. I use an app on my phone called iMap Weather Radio which is $9 in the app store. I know that it's been discussed several times but recently they came out with an update with a couple changes that I at least like. The first one is that if you've added cities to your favorites, there's now a play button at the bottom of the screen that when pressed will prompt the built-in voice to read current conditions for your cities as well as any weather warnings in that particular area. The second one is, and I'm happy about this, they finally stopped using the Cepstral William voice. Now, Samantha reads anything, though I have yet to investigate if you can change the voice somewhere. Also, if you've set weather alerts up, the app will alert you at the lock screen or anywhere in the phone and if you double tap on the alert, the app will open and there will be a play button to listen to the full details of the warning. In my opinion, it's worth the $9 or $10. Good luck with choosing whatever app you're gonna use. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Jun 28, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan pau...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hi, John. I was looking in the app store for WX Alert and found one for MInnasota, one which says KS, OK and SD, but nothing that seems to cover the whole country. Any thoughts. I live in Ohio, but sometimes go other places, so a nationwide alert app would be good. I have storm shield which works for some, but not all, cities I go to. Thanks in advance. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone WX Alert is a good app for this purpose assuming you are in the U.S. On 6/26/14, Casey cwoll...@wi.rr.com wrote: Hi okay I have the iPhone 5 and what I would like is to have an app that is good for receiving severe weather alerts wherever I am with my iPhone. And it needs to work well with voice over as well. I have the app called weather radio and the one called NOAH weather radio. But I would really just like one app that I can get the forecast and get the serve weather alerts wherever I happen to be. I have heard of an app called weather center does anyone know anything about this app? From what I Google it said that it was in partnership with middle n and there weather radios. So I know that post really doesn't sound like much but I hope that I will get some suggestions on this. -- Casey -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
No but it's all down to the sandboxed file system Apple uses. When iOS 8 is released to the public in the Fall this will still be the case however a new iCloud feature called iCloud Drive should allow you to store documents and other things in your cloud space. So although not an entire open approach one would hope to be able to see and manage what's in their cloud space. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 08:39, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
I'm asking others for their thoughts on the matter. I'm fairly certain I already know all you can suggest. Thank you. Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? No but it's all down to the sandboxed file system Apple uses. When iOS 8 is released to the public in the Fall this will still be the case however a new iCloud feature called iCloud Drive should allow you to store documents and other things in your cloud space. So although not an entire open approach one would hope to be able to see and manage what's in their cloud space. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 08:39, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
fore square and swarm
hi all sence yesterday I go to check in with foresquare and swarm comes up and I just want to use fore square what do I do I uninstall swarm and when I go check in it wants me to download swarm any suggestions? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. attachment: janet.vcf
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
In my experience, it's a very qualified yes. One recent example is that I used a downloding app to get an image pdf on my iPod. When I double-tapped on the downloaded file, I was given a choice of apps to open it. One of these was Prizmo, which has an OCR option in it. I usually use downloading apps or cloud-service apps to do this sort of thing. As far as I can tell, there's no way to set a default app to open a file. If there are several apps that will do the job, they are all presented as options from the open with button. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: I'm asking others for their thoughts on the matter. I'm fairly certain I already know all you can suggest. Thank you. Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? No but it's all down to the sandboxed file system Apple uses. When iOS 8 is released to the public in the Fall this will still be the case however a new iCloud feature called iCloud Drive should allow you to store documents and other things in your cloud space. So although not an entire open approach one would hope to be able to see and manage what's in their cloud space. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 08:39, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns
Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada
Hi, I am wondering if there is an accessible flier app that works in Canada. I love to look at fliers to see what is on sale where but of course when you have no vision this is not the easiest way. Just wondering if anyone knows of an accessible app. Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada
Jen, my experience has been better with individual store chains and their flyers. Many of them have accessible apps now, E.G. Metro Grocery, Sobeys's, shoppers Drug mart, etc.! Cheers.Reg From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen Colley Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada Hi, I am wondering if there is an accessible flier app that works in Canada. I love to look at fliers to see what is on sale where but of course when you have no vision this is not the easiest way. Just wondering if anyone knows of an accessible app. Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
Hi Teresa, If I may ask, what was that downloading app you referred to?--sounds very interesting. I had a heck of a time trying to get Microsoft's OneNote to open my files--actually, the files would open and play, its just that I couldn't close them and navigate back to my list of OneDrive folders. This is similar to the problem with the newly released Microsoft Office Mobile--you can open a file, its closing it which is the problem. Ideally, I'd like to find an app or a manner of specifying the app I would like to open types of files such as text files with X app, music files with Y app, and .doc apps with Z app. Thanks for any information you can provide. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 5:32 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? In my experience, it's a very qualified yes. One recent example is that I used a downloding app to get an image pdf on my iPod. When I double-tapped on the downloaded file, I was given a choice of apps to open it. One of these was Prizmo, which has an OCR option in it. I usually use downloading apps or cloud-service apps to do this sort of thing. As far as I can tell, there's no way to set a default app to open a file. If there are several apps that will do the job, they are all presented as options from the open with button. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: I'm asking others for their thoughts on the matter. I'm fairly certain I already know all you can suggest. Thank you. Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? No but it's all down to the sandboxed file system Apple uses. When iOS 8 is released to the public in the Fall this will still be the case however a new iCloud feature called iCloud Drive should allow you to store documents and other things in your cloud space. So although not an entire open approach one would hope to be able to see and manage what's in their cloud space. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 08:39, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or
Re: Does iOS have open with option?
Hi, Joseph, Unfortunately, except for specific file types that are proprietary, I don't think you'll be able to do file associations with specific apps. Two download apps I can think of off the top of my head are Filer and Downloads. Dropbox will also give you options for opening specific files. I'm not familiar with the apps you mention, so perhaps someone else can comment on those. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:39 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Teresa, If I may ask, what was that downloading app you referred to?--sounds very interesting. I had a heck of a time trying to get Microsoft's OneNote to open my files--actually, the files would open and play, its just that I couldn't close them and navigate back to my list of OneDrive folders. This is similar to the problem with the newly released Microsoft Office Mobile--you can open a file, its closing it which is the problem. Ideally, I'd like to find an app or a manner of specifying the app I would like to open types of files such as text files with X app, music files with Y app, and .doc apps with Z app. Thanks for any information you can provide. - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 5:32 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? In my experience, it's a very qualified yes. One recent example is that I used a downloding app to get an image pdf on my iPod. When I double-tapped on the downloaded file, I was given a choice of apps to open it. One of these was Prizmo, which has an OCR option in it. I usually use downloading apps or cloud-service apps to do this sort of thing. As far as I can tell, there's no way to set a default app to open a file. If there are several apps that will do the job, they are all presented as options from the open with button. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: I'm asking others for their thoughts on the matter. I'm fairly certain I already know all you can suggest. Thank you. Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? No but it's all down to the sandboxed file system Apple uses. When iOS 8 is released to the public in the Fall this will still be the case however a new iCloud feature called iCloud Drive should allow you to store documents and other things in your cloud space. So although not an entire open approach one would hope to be able to see and manage what's in their cloud space. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 08:39, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Anybody else have an opinion on this issue? Joseph - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: Re: Does iOS have open with option? Not possible. Apps that can open and save files can have the ability to open and or save files from and or to other apps. But this is not system wide. For example with Dropbox and an app like Audio Share I can save my recordings from AudioShare to Dropbox. It might be the same for Voice Dreamreader. As you can see it's complex because the facility is on a per app basis. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 07:56, Joseph FreeTech wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a type of open with option within iOS? In Windows, one can highlight something like an MP3 file, then right click and use open with to assign that type of file extension to a specific application. The end result is that when one presses enter on an MP3 file, it can be played with Winamp as opposed to Windows media player. I'm wondering if there is some sort of hidden setting within iOS which will allow me to configure all MP3 files to be played with voice Dream Reader or all text files to be opened in the Notes app. I don't think this is possible, but there's lots of experienced users here who might have a word-around. Thanks for any tips or information. Joseph -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. ---
voice dream reader and blind mice movies
Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: voice dream reader and blind mice movies
Hi Candy, As far as Ubidisk is concerned, try a pass-through gesture first on your playback slider first, i.e. do a double tap and hold when it says 1%, then carefully slide left or right without lifting your finger first. Quite often this will work if a more Voiceover oriented gesture does not. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: voice dream reader and blind mice movies Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Twitter question.
Hello list, please does anyone know how to access and manage lists using regular Twitter for IOS? Thanks for help in advance. Regards Maria Sent from iphone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Help redeeming eBay bucks
Sent from my iPhone hello, I have been getting into using eBay for shopping for items that I need. I was wondering, if anyone could help me regarding redeeming and using eBay books using the iPhone app for eBay thank you in advance for any help you may give me. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Interesting observation with iPhone is this normal?
Hi all I have an interesting observation with my iPhone 4s and asking is the below normal. I added a contact who has a U.S. cellular number. When I attempted to send them a message it wanted to send a text not an iMessage. So backed out, double check the contact and turns out the iPhone inserted plus 44 in front of the number. Yes I am in the UK. I then recalled that plus 1 is for the U.S. So I put this in front of the number and now all is well. I might know of a feature called dial assist is the culprit here. Am I right here and if so should I turn this off to remove this perhaps helpless assumption that all numbers I add are UK based when truly they're not? Any comments greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone
Hi, Try the app called Overcast. This is a very easy to use app and it is also very VO friendly. Ed -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul and Paula Jordan Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 9:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone Hi, John. I was looking in the app store for WX Alert and found one for MInnasota, one which says KS, OK and SD, but nothing that seems to cover the whole country. Any thoughts. I live in Ohio, but sometimes go other places, so a nationwide alert app would be good. I have storm shield which works for some, but not all, cities I go to. Thanks in advance. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone WX Alert is a good app for this purpose assuming you are in the U.S. On 6/26/14, Casey cwoll...@wi.rr.com wrote: Hi okay I have the iPhone 5 and what I would like is to have an app that is good for receiving severe weather alerts wherever I am with my iPhone. And it needs to work well with voice over as well. I have the app called weather radio and the one called NOAH weather radio. But I would really just like one app that I can get the forecast and get the serve weather alerts wherever I happen to be. I have heard of an app called weather center does anyone know anything about this app? From what I Google it said that it was in partnership with middle n and there weather radios. So I know that post really doesn't sound like much but I hope that I will get some suggestions on this. -- Casey -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed
RE: Help redeeming eBay bucks
Hi Ann, EBay bucks can be redeemed within about five days after each quarter ends. I think the emails should be out between July 3rd and 7th. It does fluctuate sometimes. You can follow the link in the email to redeem your Ebay bucks. I have also noticed that If I am making a purchase and have Ebay bucks available, they are automatically deducted from the amount due. HTH Lynda -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Help redeeming eBay bucks Sent from my iPhone hello, I have been getting into using eBay for shopping for items that I need. I was wondering, if anyone could help me regarding redeeming and using eBay books using the iPhone app for eBay thank you in advance for any help you may give me. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
New Behavior With Music
Hi, I have noticed that I am being asked to put in my password for Itunes to listen to music that I have all ready purchased. Is anyone else experiencing this change? Thank you in advance, Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
EBay App
I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: EBay App
I think it is the way it is shown now. Mine is the same -Original Message- From: Lynda Ingraham Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: EBay App I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: fore square and swarm
I have the same issue. I downloaded Swarm, but occasionally FS still asks me to download it. Andy From: janet wright Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: fore square and swarm hi all sence yesterday I go to check in with foresquare and swarm comes up and I just want to use fore square what do I do I uninstall swarm and when I go check in it wants me to download swarm any suggestions? *** God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for me! -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC
Yes, I need to chime in here with a sincere Thank You since Joseph did answer my initial question with such aplomb! Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 2:47 AM Subject: Re: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC Hi Joseph; Thank you for such a intuitive tutorial. I'm sure the rest of the group would AGGREE that it is outstanding. Anthony Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 28, 2014, at 2:49 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bill, I'm not exactly sure of the type of information you are requesting, but if you want access to a file created by an app on your iOS device, or if you want to save iOS files to your desktop, try this... 1. Attach iDevice to computer. 2. Launch iTunes if it is not automatically opened. 3. Using your tab key, work your way over to the sources tree view then navigate to and highlight your iOS device by using down arrow keys. 4. Once your iOS device has been highlighted, tab to the Apps radio button tab. Press the spacebar to check it. Wait about 30 seconds for iTunes to gather related information. 5. Press Shift+F6 about 7 times or until you reach the Apps tree view. This is a list containing all the apps which you can use to move files to and from your desktop and iOS device. 6. You can now select an app for which you want to either add files from your computer, or save files from your iOS device to your computer. You select an app by using your up or down arrow keys. Keep in mind that this step merely selects the app of interest. 7. Once you have selected your app of interest, simply tab once to access the list of files associated with the app. For example, if you selected the Numbers app in the previous step, this step will show you all of the files associated with Numbers. You need only press down arrow to select a file. 8. After having selected a file, to move the file to your desktop press the tab key until you find the following item then press enter: Save to... 9. Type in a path such as c:\iOSTransfers\ and press enter. 10. The file will be saved to your desktop's hard drive in the folder you selected. 11. If you want to reverse the process and take a file from your desktop and move it into your iOS device, simply follow the previous steps 1 through 6. 12. Now tab to Add... and press Enter. 13. You can use this dialogue to type in an exact path such as c:\Documents\Phone numbers.txt and press enter, or you can use this dialogue to manually find and select the file on your desktop. 14. After the file has been saved to your iOS device press shift+Tab to insure the file has been placed in the list of files associated with the app. 15. This is a very important step, tab to the sync button and press the spacebar to complete the sync. ITunes will normally play a sound when the process has completed. 16. The file(s) should now be on your iDevice. 17. Now that you are finished, you can press Alt+F4 to close iTunes. Yes, I do agree that this tutorial is wordy, but I wanted to be thrurough. Smile. Oh yeah, don't forget that you can also look for iDevice related files in the following folder(s): C:\Users\[your name]\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\ Please let me know if you have any problems at all. Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net To: E-Mail Group, viPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:46 PM Subject: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC There was a comment in an e-mail delivered to this list a day or so ago suggesting that OOTunes recording files could be brought onto a PC by using the BackUp feature in iTunes. What I presume this means that after making a recording via OOTunes, doing a backup of the iPhone to the PC will bring the file(s) along into the back-up folders. Where the dang is that folder on a Windows PC? Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: EBay App
Hello all, Talking about Ebay app, is there advanced search function? Regards Maria Sent from iphone Dňa 29.6.2014, o 19:49, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net napísal: I think it is the way it is shown now. Mine is the same -Original Message- From: Lynda Ingraham Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: EBay App I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC
Well, Joseph's tutorial is still quite useful even though I'll need another tack to get the files I desire out of the OOTunes app. Thanks Grant! Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:05 PM Subject: Re: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC Yes, I need to chime in here with a sincere Thank You since Joseph did answer my initial question with such aplomb! Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 2:47 AM Subject: Re: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC Hi Joseph; Thank you for such a intuitive tutorial. I'm sure the rest of the group would AGGREE that it is outstanding. Anthony Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 28, 2014, at 2:49 AM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bill, I'm not exactly sure of the type of information you are requesting, but if you want access to a file created by an app on your iOS device, or if you want to save iOS files to your desktop, try this... 1. Attach iDevice to computer. 2. Launch iTunes if it is not automatically opened. 3. Using your tab key, work your way over to the sources tree view then navigate to and highlight your iOS device by using down arrow keys. 4. Once your iOS device has been highlighted, tab to the Apps radio button tab. Press the spacebar to check it. Wait about 30 seconds for iTunes to gather related information. 5. Press Shift+F6 about 7 times or until you reach the Apps tree view. This is a list containing all the apps which you can use to move files to and from your desktop and iOS device. 6. You can now select an app for which you want to either add files from your computer, or save files from your iOS device to your computer. You select an app by using your up or down arrow keys. Keep in mind that this step merely selects the app of interest. 7. Once you have selected your app of interest, simply tab once to access the list of files associated with the app. For example, if you selected the Numbers app in the previous step, this step will show you all of the files associated with Numbers. You need only press down arrow to select a file. 8. After having selected a file, to move the file to your desktop press the tab key until you find the following item then press enter: Save to... 9. Type in a path such as c:\iOSTransfers\ and press enter. 10. The file will be saved to your desktop's hard drive in the folder you selected. 11. If you want to reverse the process and take a file from your desktop and move it into your iOS device, simply follow the previous steps 1 through 6. 12. Now tab to Add... and press Enter. 13. You can use this dialogue to type in an exact path such as c:\Documents\Phone numbers.txt and press enter, or you can use this dialogue to manually find and select the file on your desktop. 14. After the file has been saved to your iOS device press shift+Tab to insure the file has been placed in the list of files associated with the app. 15. This is a very important step, tab to the sync button and press the spacebar to complete the sync. ITunes will normally play a sound when the process has completed. 16. The file(s) should now be on your iDevice. 17. Now that you are finished, you can press Alt+F4 to close iTunes. Yes, I do agree that this tutorial is wordy, but I wanted to be thrurough. Smile. Oh yeah, don't forget that you can also look for iDevice related files in the following folder(s): C:\Users\[your name]\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\ Please let me know if you have any problems at all. Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net To: E-Mail Group, viPhone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:46 PM Subject: Getting OOTunes Recordings to a PC There was a comment in an e-mail delivered to this list a day or so ago suggesting that OOTunes recording files could be brought onto a PC by using the BackUp feature in iTunes. What I presume this means that after making a recording via OOTunes, doing a backup of the iPhone to the PC will bring the file(s) along into the back-up folders. Where the dang is that folder on a Windows PC? Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather
RE: Interesting observation with iPhone is this normal?
Hi Christopher, I am curious about this dial assist feature since I never encountered it. I always put the country code in for my contacts, e.g. +1 for Canada and US, +49 for Germany etc. By entering numbers in the international dialing format they always seem to dialed correctly and it doesn't seem to be a problem, e.g. even if I dial a number local to where I am in which case I don't really need the +1, having it there doesn't matter. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Interesting observation with iPhone is this normal? Hi all I have an interesting observation with my iPhone 4s and asking is the below normal. I added a contact who has a U.S. cellular number. When I attempted to send them a message it wanted to send a text not an iMessage. So backed out, double check the contact and turns out the iPhone inserted plus 44 in front of the number. Yes I am in the UK. I then recalled that plus 1 is for the U.S. So I put this in front of the number and now all is well. I might know of a feature called dial assist is the culprit here. Am I right here and if so should I turn this off to remove this perhaps helpless assumption that all numbers I add are UK based when truly they're not? Any comments greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: voice dream reader and blind mice movies
I remember someone writing about this earlier, and they said that they copied the Sendspace link into the clipboard after tapping on the movie title in the Blind Mice Movie Vault. There's actually a download link that you need to copy to the clipboard after the Sendspace page opens. I hope this makes sense. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:26 AM, 'Candy' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Twitter question.
Hello list, please does anyone know how to access and manage lists using regular Twitter for IOS? Thanks for help in advance. Regards Maria Sent from iphone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: voice dream reader and blind mice movies
After you find the movie or episode of a tv show you want to download: Double tap on the first download link, On the next page, look for the link that looks like this: Click here to start download from sendspace, download 01 - 10 the good wife - Lifeguard.mp3 Link download 01 - 10 the good wife - Lifeguard.mp3 Then, double-tap and hold on that link until you get the sounds that indicate a pop-up and flicck right until you get to copy and double tap. Then go to Voice Dream and double tap on add, then double tap on web browser, and paste that link into the text field and hit the Go button in the lower right-hand corner. Then, plan on waiting a while, perhaps a long while. HTH, Richard Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Victor Hugo Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I remember someone writing about this earlier, and they said that they copied the Sendspace link into the clipboard after tapping on the movie title in the Blind Mice Movie Vault. There's actually a download link that you need to copy to the clipboard after the Sendspace page opens. I hope this makes sense. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:26 AM, 'Candy' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more
Re: New Behavior With Music
Do you have music turned on in the show all section of iTunes and App Stores under Settings? This allows you to see not only what you have purchased but what is in the cloud for you to download. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 18:40, Lynda Ingraham wrote: Hi, I have noticed that I am being asked to put in my password for Itunes to listen to music that I have all ready purchased. Is anyone else experiencing this change? Thank you in advance, Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: voice dream reader and blind mice movies
Another thing that you can do is to create a movies folder on a dropbox account. Then you can transfer the movies from your Dropbox to your Voice Dream reader application. Regards, Feliciano Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I remember someone writing about this earlier, and they said that they copied the Sendspace link into the clipboard after tapping on the movie title in the Blind Mice Movie Vault. There's actually a download link that you need to copy to the clipboard after the Sendspace page opens. I hope this makes sense. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:26 AM, 'Candy' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada
Hi, Have you actually been able to see the flyer with the shoppers app? when I've tried that, the flyer is just a stupid jpg file or something. Same with the Canadian tire app, and Pet Smart as well.. If anyone does know of an accessable flyer app for Canadian stores, do share! Thanks! Caitlyn On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Reg Sullivan regs2...@rogers.com wrote: Jen, my experience has been better with individual store chains and their flyers. Many of them have accessible apps now, E.G. Metro Grocery, Sobeys's, shoppers Drug mart, etc.! Cheers...Reg From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen Colley Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada Hi, I am wondering if there is an accessible flier app that works in Canada. I love to look at fliers to see what is on sale where but of course when you have no vision this is not the easiest way. Just wondering if anyone knows of an accessible app. Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: voice dream reader and blind mice movies
While it took me a bit of time to also figure out what Richard conveyed below, for Candy or anyone else looking to do something similar, I suggest making life much easier by simply downloading the content of interest from the BlindMice website then using iTunes to transfer to your iPhone some 10 or 20 different files all at once. Using Filer and Downloader? and alike can get very slow and very tedious even after creating bookmarks and such in an attempt to streamline the process. There is also a checkbox to be aware of when downloading from SendSpace; I don't know how it will effect iOS devices, but I would make sure to read the entire page to insure it is unchecked, or you will end up with possibly unwanted junk on your iOS device as would be the case on a desktop computer. If anything, I found the entire process quite easy using UbiDisk--especially after creating a bookmark to the BlindMice website; it's just playing the file using UbiDisk I don't like. It is possible to advance through an audio file by double tapping and holding, then slowly moving one's index finger in a very straight upward direction--You will hear 2%, 5%, 11% X%, Y% etc. To play and pause is of course a 2 finger double-tap. The whole process was seemingly 100% accessible. Joseph - Original Message - From: Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:58 AM Subject: Re: voice dream reader and blind mice movies After you find the movie or episode of a tv show you want to download: Double tap on the first download link, On the next page, look for the link that looks like this: Click here to start download from sendspace, download 01 - 10 the good wife - Lifeguard.mp3 Link download 01 - 10 the good wife - Lifeguard.mp3 Then, double-tap and hold on that link until you get the sounds that indicate a pop-up and flicck right until you get to copy and double tap. Then go to Voice Dream and double tap on add, then double tap on web browser, and paste that link into the text field and hit the Go button in the lower right-hand corner. Then, plan on waiting a while, perhaps a long while. HTH, Richard Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Victor Hugo Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote: I remember someone writing about this earlier, and they said that they copied the Sendspace link into the clipboard after tapping on the movie title in the Blind Mice Movie Vault. There's actually a download link that you need to copy to the clipboard after the Sendspace page opens. I hope this makes sense. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:26 AM, 'Candy' via VIPhone viphone@googlegroups.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am still trying to download a dvs movie from blind mice movie vault with voice dream reader. I just can't seem to get it to work. I go through all of the steps, but, at the end, there is no movie to be found. It doesn't appearin the folders where all of the books appearwhen I download them from bookshare. I have been able to download the movies with the IOs downloaded, but, thought I would have more control with voice dream reader. The IOs downloaded does not give me too much control when playing the movie back. I am open for any suggestions. I know that I can download the movies to my computer and then transfer them to my phone, but, I need to have the option of getting them on my phone with the apps when I am not at home with my computer. Any help is appreciated. I also had a fair amount of success with the UbiDisk app, but the problem I have with this app is the control in the player when listening to a movie. For instance, voice over will say, one per cent, swipe up or down to change the value. This is while the movie is playing, I swipe up or down, and nothing. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of
Re: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada
Jen, til we find something app wise, you can go to web sites of the lablas stores, like Zehyr's and no frills, those are accessable. WalMart is useable as well, but only on the web, for me at least. hth, for now at least. Cait On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Jen Colley jen.col...@shaw.ca wrote: Hi, I am wondering if there is an accessible flier app that works in Canada. I love to look at fliers to see what is on sale where but of course when you have no vision this is not the easiest way. Just wondering if anyone knows of an accessible app. Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Keyboard and voice over
In settings keyboard I believe there you can choose the settings you want for the external keyboard and the on screen keyboard. Mine are both set to characters and words. HTH Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: david gross david.dgro...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:45 PM Subject: Keyboard and voice over Sent from my iPhone I am using my iPhone for S. When using the virtual keyboard and voiceover, is there a way to have the letters or words repeat after you have typed an individual letter or a complete word? Thank you -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone
What's wrong with the native weather app on the iPhone? Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone Hi Paul and others, Regarding great weather apps, try this one below as it is very accessible. It will show you the current weather at your location, but what I feel is it's greatest strength is that one can add new cities then use a three finger swipe to the right or left to move back and forth between cities of interest. I like entering only the cities for which I want to read weather since I will not have to skip through unwanted information for other cities. The app also continuously updates itself so you will always have current weather on the first line of the screen. Like most weather apps, exact measurement of current weather will vary due to many variables. This app is only $1, so well worth the cost even if you don't end up liking it. Fahrenheit - Weather and Temperature on your Home Screen on the App Store on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fahrenheit-weather-temperature/id426939660?mt=8ign-mpt=uo%3D8 Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Paul and Paula Jordan pau...@roadrunner.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: RE: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone Hi, John. I was looking in the app store for WX Alert and found one for MInnasota, one which says KS, OK and SD, but nothing that seems to cover the whole country. Any thoughts. I live in Ohio, but sometimes go other places, so a nationwide alert app would be good. I have storm shield which works for some, but not all, cities I go to. Thanks in advance. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone WX Alert is a good app for this purpose assuming you are in the U.S. On 6/26/14, Casey cwoll...@wi.rr.com wrote: Hi okay I have the iPhone 5 and what I would like is to have an app that is good for receiving severe weather alerts wherever I am with my iPhone. And it needs to work well with voice over as well. I have the app called weather radio and the one called NOAH weather radio. But I would really just like one app that I can get the forecast and get the serve weather alerts wherever I happen to be. I have heard of an app called weather center does anyone know anything about this app? From what I Google it said that it was in partnership with middle n and there weather radios. So I know that post really doesn't sound like much but I hope that I will get some suggestions on this. -- Casey -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
I wonder the same regarding the battery. I might only have a 4s but can get away with two or three days with average usage. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 22:08, Alex Hall wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
I'm interested with any bugs you find on iOS 7. I have nothing show stopping to report here. All software including Android will have bugs; what's the point releasing updates otherwise. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 29/06/2014 21:58, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
From Ars Technica's review which I have linked to below, it's pretty clear that the iPhone 5's battery life with IOS 7 is horrible and this is most definitely Apple's fault. This is very disappointing and makes it seem like the powers that be want you to buy the 5S to get good performance with IOS 7. With that said, I really do not want to switch, if for no other reason than that I don't want to learn a whole new screen-reader, along with a new OS and apps. I know that Android is quite fragmented meaning you often can't use a new version of the OS when it is released. You're also subject to malware and probably can't set up a phone or tablet without sighted assistance, so I'm quite skeptical. I highly doubt I will switch but Apple should do better in the quality control department. People said the same when the Apple Maps came out and when iTunes 11 was released but I didn't have issues with those. But now I'm beginning to think that the crowd that said Apple was irrelevant without Jobs may be correct. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/ios-7-thoroughly-reviewed/6/ On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1,
RE: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts wherever I am on my iPhone
The native app is a nice one, but it is not nearly as good as the weather radio app in giving weather alerts. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 3:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone What's wrong with the native weather app on the iPhone? Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone Hi Paul and others, Regarding great weather apps, try this one below as it is very accessible. It will show you the current weather at your location, but what I feel is it's greatest strength is that one can add new cities then use a three finger swipe to the right or left to move back and forth between cities of interest. I like entering only the cities for which I want to read weather since I will not have to skip through unwanted information for other cities. The app also continuously updates itself so you will always have current weather on the first line of the screen. Like most weather apps, exact measurement of current weather will vary due to many variables. This app is only $1, so well worth the cost even if you don't end up liking it. Fahrenheit - Weather and Temperature on your Home Screen on the App Store on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fahrenheit-weather-temperature/id426939660?m t=8ign-mpt=uo%3D8 Joseph the free tech guy! - Original Message - From: Paul and Paula Jordan pau...@roadrunner.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 7:01 PM Subject: RE: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone Hi, John. I was looking in the app store for WX Alert and found one for MInnasota, one which says KS, OK and SD, but nothing that seems to cover the whole country. Any thoughts. I live in Ohio, but sometimes go other places, so a nationwide alert app would be good. I have storm shield which works for some, but not all, cities I go to. Thanks in advance. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for a good weather app for receiving weather alerts whereever I am on my iPhone WX Alert is a good app for this purpose assuming you are in the U.S. On 6/26/14, Casey cwoll...@wi.rr.com wrote: Hi okay I have the iPhone 5 and what I would like is to have an app that is good for receiving severe weather alerts wherever I am with my iPhone. And it needs to work well with voice over as well. I have the app called weather radio and the one called NOAH weather radio. But I would really just like one app that I can get the forecast and get the serve weather alerts wherever I happen to be. I have heard of an app called weather center does anyone know anything about this app? From what I Google it said that it was in partnership with middle n and there weather radios. So I know that post really doesn't sound like much but I hope that I will get some suggestions on this. -- Casey -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
IOS is better than an android IMO. Android has more problems to deal with. Regards, Feliciano Twitter: @Theblindman12v www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Keyboard and voice over
Actually, that is in Accessibility, Voiceover, typing feedback. Jenn TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Keyboard and voice over In settings keyboard I believe there you can choose the settings you want for the external keyboard and the on screen keyboard. Mine are both set to characters and words. HTH Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: david gross david.dgro...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:45 PM Subject: Keyboard and voice over Sent from my iPhone I am using my iPhone for S. When using the virtual keyboard and voiceover, is there a way to have the letters or words repeat after you have typed an individual letter or a complete word? Thank you -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: EBay App
Hello, I've been using the eBay app pretty regularly for over six months. I have found, that you get more choices/brand/color/sizes if you double tap on the categories button, then select the categories you want. Hope that helps Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Mária Orovčíková maria.orovcik...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Talking about Ebay app, is there advanced search function? Regards Maria Sent from iphone Dňa 29.6.2014, o 19:49, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net napísal: I think it is the way it is shown now. Mine is the same -Original Message- From: Lynda Ingraham Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: EBay App I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help redeeming eBay bucks
Thank you very much for the information. In regards to accruing eBay bucks, I noticed the other day when I double tap on for example if the eBay box amount is $.25 for that purchase, when I double tap on it I noticed highlights it. Is that how I actually apply those eBay bucks to my account? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Lynda Ingraham lynda.ingra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ann, EBay bucks can be redeemed within about five days after each quarter ends. I think the emails should be out between July 3rd and 7th. It does fluctuate sometimes. You can follow the link in the email to redeem your Ebay bucks. I have also noticed that If I am making a purchase and have Ebay bucks available, they are automatically deducted from the amount due. HTH Lynda -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Help redeeming eBay bucks Sent from my iPhone hello, I have been getting into using eBay for shopping for items that I need. I was wondering, if anyone could help me regarding redeeming and using eBay books using the iPhone app for eBay thank you in advance for any help you may give me. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Redeeming An ITunes card.
Hello. I have an ITunes card and would like to redeem it with my IPhone 5s. I also have a Stand Scan pro. Is this possible? What app do I use? Thanks so much. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Redeeming An ITunes card.
Hello Paul, here's one way to redeem the card: simply open the iTunes Store app on your iPhone and near the bottom of most tabs like music, movies, TV shows, etc. should be a redeem option. You can enter the code manually, but there is also a use camera button which is highly convenient for those of us who can't see the code! I'm terrible at taking pictures, but I just redeemed a few gift cards the other day and simply waving the phone's camera around above the gift card was enough. Keep in mind that there's a small piece of tape overtop of the code which you will have to remove before the phone will be able to read the code. Grant -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: June 29, 2014 3:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Redeeming An ITunes card. Hello. I have an ITunes card and would like to redeem it with my IPhone 5s. I also have a Stand Scan pro. Is this possible? What app do I use? Thanks so much. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi Eric, smartphone battery life in general needs improvement, there's no doubt about that. However, GPS as well as using your phone in low signal areas are very aggressive on any phone battery. If you go to www.apple.com and read the material Apple has posted regarding iOS 8 and watch the keynote, it's pretty clear iPhones are far from becoming irrelevant. My suggestion would be to purchase a charger for any place or situation where you are indoors for a long period of time, such as your office. This will take care of large battery drainage due to the low coverage area. The other solution is simply to put your iPhone into airplane mode in such an area, though I realize that's hardly practical--but if you did this, you could always forward your calls to a landline in your office, and use Wi-Fi to receive most other notifications. Also, which GPS apps are you using? Seeing Eye GPS is quite a bit more aggressive on your phone's battery than BlindSquare, in my opinion. Also, I'd suggest opening the settings app and going to general, then Background App Refresh. This is a list of apps that have permission to update in the background (even when you aren't using them). You should turn off any that you don't need updated. Grant -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: June 29, 2014 2:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid From Ars Technica's review which I have linked to below, it's pretty clear that the iPhone 5's battery life with IOS 7 is horrible and this is most definitely Apple's fault. This is very disappointing and makes it seem like the powers that be want you to buy the 5S to get good performance with IOS 7. With that said, I really do not want to switch, if for no other reason than that I don't want to learn a whole new screen-reader, along with a new OS and apps. I know that Android is quite fragmented meaning you often can't use a new version of the OS when it is released. You're also subject to malware and probably can't set up a phone or tablet without sighted assistance, so I'm quite skeptical. I highly doubt I will switch but Apple should do better in the quality control department. People said the same when the Apple Maps came out and when iTunes 11 was released but I didn't have issues with those. But now I'm beginning to think that the crowd that said Apple was irrelevant without Jobs may be correct. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/ios-7-thoroughly-reviewed/6/ On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi Alex, I'm curious; have you ever gone to http://selfsolve.apple.com and ran diagnostics on your own? Since Apple told you that you have a battery issue, I'm curious what the website would display to you (as an end user). Grant From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca mailto:siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on
Re: Redeeming An ITunes card.
Just to add to this, I simply lay the lens of the camera right on top of the code (the code is the smooth part of the card, under the peel-off piece of plastic; it is a long, narrow rectangle). Once positioned, and once you are sure you have a good light on in the room, just lift the phone straight up. Once the code is far enough away to fit, the phone will automatically capture it, no need to manually take a picture or anything. While I don't know if it matters or not, I always have the alignment such that the bulk of the card is facing down. That is, the code is parallel with the lock button, and the card extends down toward the charging port while the code is up near the camera. I hope that makes sense. On Jun 29, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hello Paul, here's one way to redeem the card: simply open the iTunes Store app on your iPhone and near the bottom of most tabs like music, movies, TV shows, etc. should be a redeem option. You can enter the code manually, but there is also a use camera button which is highly convenient for those of us who can't see the code! I'm terrible at taking pictures, but I just redeemed a few gift cards the other day and simply waving the phone's camera around above the gift card was enough. Keep in mind that there's a small piece of tape overtop of the code which you will have to remove before the phone will be able to read the code. Grant -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: June 29, 2014 3:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Redeeming An ITunes card. Hello. I have an ITunes card and would like to redeem it with my IPhone 5s. I also have a Stand Scan pro. Is this possible? What app do I use? Thanks so much. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
My Battery (was Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid)
That sounds like a helpful website, but when I went to it, it just told me my warranty status (expired). There was nothing about any diagnostics or anything. Did I miss something? Thanks. On Jun 29, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm curious; have you ever gone to http://selfsolve.apple.com and ran diagnostics on your own? Since Apple told you that you have a battery issue, I'm curious what the website would display to you (as an end user). Grant From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple
RE: EBay App
It is true that the eBay app is a bit more tedious to get through now. I had contacted them last year after one of their updates made it really hard to use with VO. I was fortunate to reach a rep who actually took interest in my feedback having to do with Voiceover accessibility and he said that he would pass my concerns to the app team for whatever that was worth. He also told me that I could write to the following email address to provide more feedback.: reso...@ebay.com When I sent an email to this address again expressing my concerns with the less accessible app, I did indeed receive a response acknowledging my email. Whether that had any influence in future improvements to the app which I did notice, I have no clue. I again contacted eBay at the beginning of this month, but my experience wasn't as fruitful. I ended up speaking to someone who thought I was calling about a payment issue no matter how many times I tried explaining my reason for calling. I went ahead and emailed to the same address provided above, but this time, the response I received had nothing to do with my inquiry and was instead provided a detailed accounting of my eBay account and the reassurance that my account was indeed in good standing. Anyway, there's not much information within the eBay app itself having to do with accessibility, but I guess the more people who reach out to eBay via telephone or at the email address above, there may be more of an opportunity to reach someone or a department that will take notice and hopefully make the app easier to use with VO again. Leaving app feedback in the app store too I guess can be an option. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 3:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: EBay App Hello, I've been using the eBay app pretty regularly for over six months. I have found, that you get more choices/brand/color/sizes if you double tap on the categories button, then select the categories you want. Hope that helps Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Mária Orovčíková maria.orovcik...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Talking about Ebay app, is there advanced search function? Regards Maria Sent from iphone Dňa 29.6.2014, o 19:49, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net napísal: I think it is the way it is shown now. Mine is the same -Original Message- From: Lynda Ingraham Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: EBay App I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list.
using kindle app for the first time, need some directions
Hello, the subject says it all; what VO gestures do you use to navigate books, etc? Are there any rotar settings you need to change also? Thank you. Paul -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Looking for an accessible flier app that will work in Canada
I use an app called Flip. It is very accessible and has a wide range of flyers. It is a free app as well. My flyer is also pretty good but flip offers more flyers. They are both free though. Flip has a few little inconstancies but for the most part it is accessible. Earle On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Jen Colley jen.col...@shaw.ca wrote: Hi, I am wondering if there is an accessible flier app that works in Canada. I love to look at fliers to see what is on sale where but of course when you have no vision this is not the easiest way. Just wondering if anyone knows of an accessible app. Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Also, with iOS 7, a dictation bug was introduced, wherein the Mike does not shut off unless you activate Siri and then press the home button to stop Siri from listening. This could very well be affecting your battery life. Also, do you remove apps that use GPS from the App Switcher after you've gotten to where you need to go? Leaving GPS running in the background will seriously decrease your battery life. I'm just wondering, as you mentioned GPS in your first post. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: From Ars Technica's review which I have linked to below, it's pretty clear that the iPhone 5's battery life with IOS 7 is horrible and this is most definitely Apple's fault. This is very disappointing and makes it seem like the powers that be want you to buy the 5S to get good performance with IOS 7. With that said, I really do not want to switch, if for no other reason than that I don't want to learn a whole new screen-reader, along with a new OS and apps. I know that Android is quite fragmented meaning you often can't use a new version of the OS when it is released. You're also subject to malware and probably can't set up a phone or tablet without sighted assistance, so I'm quite skeptical. I highly doubt I will switch but Apple should do better in the quality control department. People said the same when the Apple Maps came out and when iTunes 11 was released but I didn't have issues with those. But now I'm beginning to think that the crowd that said Apple was irrelevant without Jobs may be correct. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/ios-7-thoroughly-reviewed/6/ On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone
RE: Help redeeming eBay bucks
Hi Ann, Once you have signed-up for Ebay Bucks, you don't need to do anything else. I think the highlighting simply shows you the amount you will earn for that particular purchase. It is all done automatically. Lynda -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help redeeming eBay bucks Thank you very much for the information. In regards to accruing eBay bucks, I noticed the other day when I double tap on for example if the eBay box amount is $.25 for that purchase, when I double tap on it I noticed highlights it. Is that how I actually apply those eBay bucks to my account? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Lynda Ingraham lynda.ingra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ann, EBay bucks can be redeemed within about five days after each quarter ends. I think the emails should be out between July 3rd and 7th. It does fluctuate sometimes. You can follow the link in the email to redeem your Ebay bucks. I have also noticed that If I am making a purchase and have Ebay bucks available, they are automatically deducted from the amount due. HTH Lynda -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Help redeeming eBay bucks Sent from my iPhone hello, I have been getting into using eBay for shopping for items that I need. I was wondering, if anyone could help me regarding redeeming and using eBay books using the iPhone app for eBay thank you in advance for any help you may give me. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
How does a person tell if the mic was left on? Does it stay going then even if the phone locks? - Original Message - From: Gmail englishride...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Also, with iOS 7, a dictation bug was introduced, wherein the Mike does not shut off unless you activate Siri and then press the home button to stop Siri from listening. This could very well be affecting your battery life. Also, do you remove apps that use GPS from the App Switcher after you've gotten to where you need to go? Leaving GPS running in the background will seriously decrease your battery life. I'm just wondering, as you mentioned GPS in your first post. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: From Ars Technica's review which I have linked to below, it's pretty clear that the iPhone 5's battery life with IOS 7 is horrible and this is most definitely Apple's fault. This is very disappointing and makes it seem like the powers that be want you to buy the 5S to get good performance with IOS 7. With that said, I really do not want to switch, if for no other reason than that I don't want to learn a whole new screen-reader, along with a new OS and apps. I know that Android is quite fragmented meaning you often can't use a new version of the OS when it is released. You're also subject to malware and probably can't set up a phone or tablet without sighted assistance, so I'm quite skeptical. I highly doubt I will switch but Apple should do better in the quality control department. People said the same when the Apple Maps came out and when iTunes 11 was released but I didn't have issues with those. But now I'm beginning to think that the crowd that said Apple was irrelevant without Jobs may be correct. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/ios-7-thoroughly-reviewed/6/ On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the
Re: Redeeming An ITunes card.
Hello Grant. Wow it worked. Thanks. On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hello Paul, here's one way to redeem the card: simply open the iTunes Store app on your iPhone and near the bottom of most tabs like music, movies, TV shows, etc. should be a redeem option. You can enter the code manually, but there is also a use camera button which is highly convenient for those of us who can't see the code! I'm terrible at taking pictures, but I just redeemed a few gift cards the other day and simply waving the phone's camera around above the gift card was enough. Keep in mind that there's a small piece of tape overtop of the code which you will have to remove before the phone will be able to read the code. Grant -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: June 29, 2014 3:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Redeeming An ITunes card. Hello. I have an ITunes card and would like to redeem it with my IPhone 5s. I also have a Stand Scan pro. Is this possible? What app do I use? Thanks so much. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
If you use bluetooth headphones, or at least the Aftershokz, the sound quality remans very low while the microphone is active. The only other way to tell is if Siri's volume is way different from normal volume, since while the mic is open, Siri's volume setting is used. I find that doing a two-finger double tap to start some media, or playing some directly, fixes the problem (of course, don't do the magic tap if you are still editing as that will start dictation again). On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: How does a person tell if the mic was left on? Does it stay going then even if the phone locks? - Original Message - From: Gmail englishride...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Also, with iOS 7, a dictation bug was introduced, wherein the Mike does not shut off unless you activate Siri and then press the home button to stop Siri from listening. This could very well be affecting your battery life. Also, do you remove apps that use GPS from the App Switcher after you've gotten to where you need to go? Leaving GPS running in the background will seriously decrease your battery life. I'm just wondering, as you mentioned GPS in your first post. Thanks, Ari On Jun 29, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: From Ars Technica's review which I have linked to below, it's pretty clear that the iPhone 5's battery life with IOS 7 is horrible and this is most definitely Apple's fault. This is very disappointing and makes it seem like the powers that be want you to buy the 5S to get good performance with IOS 7. With that said, I really do not want to switch, if for no other reason than that I don't want to learn a whole new screen-reader, along with a new OS and apps. I know that Android is quite fragmented meaning you often can't use a new version of the OS when it is released. You're also subject to malware and probably can't set up a phone or tablet without sighted assistance, so I'm quite skeptical. I highly doubt I will switch but Apple should do better in the quality control department. People said the same when the Apple Maps came out and when iTunes 11 was released but I didn't have issues with those. But now I'm beginning to think that the crowd that said Apple was irrelevant without Jobs may be correct. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/ios-7-thoroughly-reviewed/6/ On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience;
RE: Redeeming An ITunes card.
You can redeem it through the App Store. It is under the featured tab. It is down aways, but you are looking for a redeem button. Jenn TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 4:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Redeeming An ITunes card. Hello. I have an ITunes card and would like to redeem it with my IPhone 5s. I also have a Stand Scan pro. Is this possible? What app do I use? Thanks so much. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: EBay App
Thanks for the email address. I've sent them a request regarding VoiceOver accessibility. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: EBay App It is true that the eBay app is a bit more tedious to get through now. I had contacted them last year after one of their updates made it really hard to use with VO. I was fortunate to reach a rep who actually took interest in my feedback having to do with Voiceover accessibility and he said that he would pass my concerns to the app team for whatever that was worth. He also told me that I could write to the following email address to provide more feedback.: reso...@ebay.com When I sent an email to this address again expressing my concerns with the less accessible app, I did indeed receive a response acknowledging my email. Whether that had any influence in future improvements to the app which I did notice, I have no clue. I again contacted eBay at the beginning of this month, but my experience wasn't as fruitful. I ended up speaking to someone who thought I was calling about a payment issue no matter how many times I tried explaining my reason for calling. I went ahead and emailed to the same address provided above, but this time, the response I received had nothing to do with my inquiry and was instead provided a detailed accounting of my eBay account and the reassurance that my account was indeed in good standing. Anyway, there's not much information within the eBay app itself having to do with accessibility, but I guess the more people who reach out to eBay via telephone or at the email address above, there may be more of an opportunity to reach someone or a department that will take notice and hopefully make the app easier to use with VO again. Leaving app feedback in the app store too I guess can be an option. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 3:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: EBay App Hello, I've been using the eBay app pretty regularly for over six months. I have found, that you get more choices/brand/color/sizes if you double tap on the categories button, then select the categories you want. Hope that helps Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Mária Orovčíková maria.orovcik...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Talking about Ebay app, is there advanced search function? Regards Maria Sent from iphone Dňa 29.6.2014, o 19:49, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net napísal: I think it is the way it is shown now. Mine is the same -Original Message- From: Lynda Ingraham Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: EBay App I don't know whether I inadvertently changed something in the Ebay app, but it is much slower to read about the items in a search. Previously, I could search for an item and the following info would be shown on a single line: Item name, current bid, shipping charges and time left. Now, I see the name of the item and have to swipe right to hear the rest of the information on separate lines. Also, is anyone having problems with the picker? When there is a color choice or size involved, the picker does not allow you to select. Any help would be very much appreciated. Lynda -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca mailto:siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those
app support often wrong
First of all I apologise for the poorly stated subject line. In my original post, I meant to say apple care support. Folks in follow up posts have asked about the status/symptoms of my Iphone 4s. My in store appointment is not until Wednesday, so I won't have a final diagnosis until then. At the time I made my first of many calls to Apple Care support (877) 204-3930, my issue was that everyone I attempted to talk to on a phone call using the speaker said they could not hear me. So I had to plug in the ear buds when making calls. The reset I was asked to do was from the settings menu. I have cloud backup for the phone. When the phone came back on, and I had to re establish my wi fi connection, I was in a typing mode different than what I was used to. the rep could not guide me to the proper correction. Since then, the phone has been setting off a chime sound when I attempt to input into the phone call keyboard, cutting off the attempted dialed number. It sounds like the Siri chime. I have many radio apps. also mlb at bat, and ITunes radio. These streams are suddenly starting with the slightest touch to the phone without opening or touching the individual app in question. And the 2 finger double tap no longer stops the stream playing. I have to power the phone off. And my question about keyboard feedback and voiceover could not be answered by one of the reps I talked to. He said the keyboard was acting correctly and there was no adjustment to produce what I was requesting. Because of the knowledge of some nice posters on this list, I know have the keyboard arrangement I wanted. So we still don't know what the speaker problem is. also today, I was at the Pirates game, it started raining, my wife and I put our phones in our backpack for protection. When the rain stopped, her phone was cool, and had battery life. Mine was hot, and the battery was drained completely. Another negative issue since the reset. Will update this Wednesday. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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Hi Mark, thank you for the clarification. I just figured since I had you set your Microsoft outlook account that you have access to email as well. Joseph Hudson I device support Phone 641-715-3900 ex 34315 Email jhud7...@gmail.com Sent from my iPad On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:20 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Joseph, Office Mobile for iPhone is not intended to be used as an email client. However, you may use the native iOS app to access your Microsoft email account. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Hudson Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 6:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office Mobile for iPhone Hi Mark, do you know if this app allows you to check your Microsoft account email? Joseph Hudson I device support Phone 641-715-3900 ex 34315 Email jhud7...@gmail.com Sent from my iPad On Jun 27, 2014, at 1:59 AM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, I cannot remember if this information has been posted to the group but: Office Mobile for iPhone delivers the three core Office apps-Word, Excel, and PowerPoint-to the iPhone. When Microsoft first launched Office Mobile for iPhone, using the app required an Office 365 subscription. Microsoft has since removed that restriction and now offers the app for free. Keep in mind that you will need a free and/or paid Microsoft account in order to use Office Mobile for iPhone but I suspect that many of us who use any of the Microsoft cloud services already have one. Upon launching the app for the first time, you will find a rather inaccessible introductory tutorial. To bypass this one-time screen, simply perform a three-finger right-to-left swipe several times until you get to the last page. Then, touch near the center of the screen to place focus on the Get Started button which is read correctly by VoiceOver. Once you sign into the app, you will find that it is not the most VoiceOver friendly suite. Be that as it may, it is somewhat usable/accessible. To be honest, I'm not certain if I'm going to keep Office Mobile for iPhone installed on my device as Pages is much more VoiceOver accessible. I just wanted to pass this information on to you. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hello Eric, I am sorry you are so unhappy with your iPhone 5 since updating to iOS 7.1. I know what it is like to have a phone running perfectly only to have things seemingly get messed up after an update. I have been following this thread and almost everything I was going to say has been said so well by others. However, I would like to add the following: 1. Always both manually close and restart your phone after using any GPS tracking application such as the maps apps. Today, I had to use A T T Navigator 3 separate times for 30 minutes each. After each trip, even though the turn-by-turn navigation automatically ended the trip upon my arrival, I manually closed the app and rebooted the phone after each use. Granted, I am using an iPhone 5 S but the reduction in my battery level upon my return home after over eight hours out was minimal--even I was surprised. I always manually close and reboot after launching any GPS app such as Google Maps even if I don't actually initiate turn-by-turn navigation. 2. I have an Android phone and I love it. While I would not necessarily recommend that anyone either switch to or from Android or iOS, as a general rule, I don't like putting all of my proverbial eggs in one basket. This is why I maintain a pay-as-you go cell account using Android; so I can stay up-to-date on all the latest blind and low vision accessibility options in that arena. While I would hate to lose the use of my iPhone, were something to go wrong with it, I would have no problem immediately switching to my Android phone running Google's TalkBack screen reader. If you have any interest or curiosity about Android, I suggest that you consider purchasing a low-end Android device, perhaps a phone, and get a pay-as-you-go SIM card and jump in. Eric, in my world, there is no such thing as either Windows or Mac, Android or iOS, Jaws or VoiceOver, this or that. There is room enough for everyone and everything if one only has the desire to learn and the finances to get started. Good luck and hang in there, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a better vehicle. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Mark, Your following suggestion is an incorrect and not a practical solution as you can close and unload an app from the app switcher to recover used memory. You're causing needless wear and tare on your device with the many reboots. Always both manually close and restart your phone after using any GPS tracking I don't know of a single person who uses GPS then has to run a full restart of their device. Can you imagine the complaints you would hear if a sighted person had to restart their device every time he or she used GPS to find a location? Joseph - Original Message - From: M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:57 PM Subject: RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Hello Eric, I am sorry you are so unhappy with your iPhone 5 since updating to iOS 7.1. I know what it is like to have a phone running perfectly only to have things seemingly get messed up after an update. I have been following this thread and almost everything I was going to say has been said so well by others. However, I would like to add the following: 1. Always both manually close and restart your phone after using any GPS tracking application such as the maps apps. Today, I had to use A T T Navigator 3 separate times for 30 minutes each. After each trip, even though the turn-by-turn navigation automatically ended the trip upon my arrival, I manually closed the app and rebooted the phone after each use. Granted, I am using an iPhone 5 S but the reduction in my battery level upon my return home after over eight hours out was minimal--even I was surprised. I always manually close and reboot after launching any GPS app such as Google Maps even if I don't actually initiate turn-by-turn navigation. 2. I have an Android phone and I love it. While I would not necessarily recommend that anyone either switch to or from Android or iOS, as a general rule, I don't like putting all of my proverbial eggs in one basket. This is why I maintain a pay-as-you go cell account using Android; so I can stay up-to-date on all the latest blind and low vision accessibility options in that arena. While I would hate to lose the use of my iPhone, were something to go wrong with it, I would have no problem immediately switching to my Android phone running Google's TalkBack screen reader. If you have any interest or curiosity about Android, I suggest that you consider purchasing a low-end Android device, perhaps a phone, and get a pay-as-you-go SIM card and jump in. Eric, in my world, there is no such thing as either Windows or Mac, Android or iOS, Jaws or VoiceOver, this or that. There is room enough for everyone and everything if one only has the desire to learn and the finances to get started. Good luck and hang in there, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi Eric, If you are doing a 3-finger swipe and Voiceover announces the number of rows then you are simply not doing the gesture correctly as it apparently registers as a 3-finger single tap. The 3-finger single tap is the gesture for Speak page number or rows being displayed. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
If you don't want automatic language switching all you have to do is to add US English to the language rotor and set the language rotor to that option rather than to Default Language. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com mailto:eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com mailto:chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com mailto:kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com
RE: app support often wrong
Hi Eric, It sounds to me that your phone has a hardware problem, but I'm sure the Apple Genious who will check out your phone will be able to tell you. As far as some of the things you mentioned: Typing Mode: Standard typing is default when you get a new phone or if you do a factory reset. In this situation the first thing I do when I am prompted to enter my WiFi password is turn the rotor to Typing Mode and I flick down to change it to touch typing. Should a standard Apple tech be aware of every Voiceover feature? Well, I guess in a perfect world maybe so, maybe if you call Apple support and state that you are blind and a Voiceover user you should be immediately transferred to accessibility support where they might have answers for these issues. Maybe your home key is dirty or stuck and that is why you are getting the SIRI tone because the phone may think you are pressing the home key--just a suggestion. Anyhow, I wish you luck when you have your appointment and hopefully there isn't any major problem with the hardware since your 4S is not under warranty any more. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Gross Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: app support often wrong First of all I apologise for the poorly stated subject line. In my original post, I meant to say apple care support. Folks in follow up posts have asked about the status/symptoms of my Iphone 4s. My in store appointment is not until Wednesday, so I won't have a final diagnosis until then. At the time I made my first of many calls to Apple Care support (877) 204-3930, my issue was that everyone I attempted to talk to on a phone call using the speaker said they could not hear me. So I had to plug in the ear buds when making calls. The reset I was asked to do was from the settings menu. I have cloud backup for the phone. When the phone came back on, and I had to re establish my wi fi connection, I was in a typing mode different than what I was used to. the rep could not guide me to the proper correction. Since then, the phone has been setting off a chime sound when I attempt to input into the phone call keyboard, cutting off the attempted dialed number. It sounds like the Siri chime. I have many radio apps. also mlb at bat, and ITunes radio. These streams are suddenly starting with the slightest touch to the phone without opening or touching the individual app in question. And the 2 finger double tap no longer stops the stream playing. I have to power the phone off. And my question about keyboard feedback and voiceover could not be answered by one of the reps I talked to. He said the keyboard was acting correctly and there was no adjustment to produce what I was requesting. Because of the knowledge of some nice posters on this list, I know have the keyboard arrangement I wanted. So we still don't know what the speaker problem is. also today, I was at the Pirates game, it started raining, my wife and I put our phones in our backpack for protection. When the rain stopped, her phone was cool, and had battery life. Mine was hot, and the battery was drained completely. Another negative issue since the reset. Will update this Wednesday. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit
RE: app support often wrong
Sorry, David, for addressing my reply to Hello Eric, just talked on the phone with a friend named Eric and it was one of these brain farts one gets occasionally. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Gross Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: app support often wrong First of all I apologise for the poorly stated subject line. In my original post, I meant to say apple care support. Folks in follow up posts have asked about the status/symptoms of my Iphone 4s. My in store appointment is not until Wednesday, so I won't have a final diagnosis until then. At the time I made my first of many calls to Apple Care support (877) 204-3930, my issue was that everyone I attempted to talk to on a phone call using the speaker said they could not hear me. So I had to plug in the ear buds when making calls. The reset I was asked to do was from the settings menu. I have cloud backup for the phone. When the phone came back on, and I had to re establish my wi fi connection, I was in a typing mode different than what I was used to. the rep could not guide me to the proper correction. Since then, the phone has been setting off a chime sound when I attempt to input into the phone call keyboard, cutting off the attempted dialed number. It sounds like the Siri chime. I have many radio apps. also mlb at bat, and ITunes radio. These streams are suddenly starting with the slightest touch to the phone without opening or touching the individual app in question. And the 2 finger double tap no longer stops the stream playing. I have to power the phone off. And my question about keyboard feedback and voiceover could not be answered by one of the reps I talked to. He said the keyboard was acting correctly and there was no adjustment to produce what I was requesting. Because of the knowledge of some nice posters on this list, I know have the keyboard arrangement I wanted. So we still don't know what the speaker problem is. also today, I was at the Pirates game, it started raining, my wife and I put our phones in our backpack for protection. When the rain stopped, her phone was cool, and had battery life. Mine was hot, and the battery was drained completely. Another negative issue since the reset. Will update this Wednesday. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
In my case, I have found that my touch on the display for the three-finger vertical flick is too brief, so the three-finger touch command is activated instead. The three-finger touch tells VO to report one's location - the exact response you describe. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 13:59, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local newspaper apps open in the task manager. Everything else is closed. I don't use my iPhone for navigation, audio streaming, reading, music listening to music or other activities on my way to work. Kelly On 6/29/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, exactly. Android is a good OS, and plenty of blind people make it work well for them, but switching just because your older phone is having battery problems makes little sense. Given all that iOS8 will bring, and given all the programming announcements at WWDC this year, and the advances the iPhone5S brought with it that everyone else is now copying (fingerprint authentication and 64-bit processors), I'm always amazed when people say Apple is declining,or not innovating, or in trouble. Wait for iOS8 and the iPhone6 and see if Android still looks like a better option. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Alex, You make a very good point about battery size in larger phones. Apple has been slow I adopting a larger screen size, but we all know that the iPhone 6 will come in at least something like a 4.7 inch and maybe also a 5.5 inch version. In the past Apple has been accused of not innovating any more, but of course sticking a larger screen on a phone can hardly be called innovation. Going bac to the issue of battery, the Galaxy S5 which has a 5.1 inch screen and is significantly larger than the iPhone 5S, has a 2800 MAH battery which is almost twice as big as that of the 5S. Yes, of course they get better battery life out of such a large battery and it's unfortunate that you will inevitably find articles comparing the iPhone 5S battery life with that of the Galaxy S5. Of course that would be like comparing 2 similar cars, one with a 20 Gallon tank and one with a 40 Gallon tank, of course you will be able to go further with the car that has a 40 Gallon tank, but being able to put more fuel in it doesn't necessarily make it a
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
It is simple to turn off automatic language switching. Go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, languages, and place a check in at least one other language. If using English, selecting another English language counts. Go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, Rotor, and make sure language rotor is selected. On any screen, turn the rotor to language. Single-finger vertical flick until VO announces the name of the default language without stating default language. Now, VO will remain locked in one's language and speech will attempt to pronounce everything as the chosen language / voice. Note: any incompatible language symbology, such as Chinese or Japanese to English, will be skipped by the English voice, so one will not be aware that the incompatible symbology is even there. To reactivate automatic language switching, set language back to where VO announces default language followed by the language name. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:10, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell the story of the processor itself. You can have a cheap octa core (8 core) processor on an androy phone, but running on the speed of the dual processor. On 30/06/2014, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that if I force quit most of my apps on my iPhone 5, I still have 97 percent of battery power when I check my phone at about 1:00 p.m after leaving for work at 7:00. I leave the mail, weather, messages, find my iPhone and local
RE: My Battery (was Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid)
Hi Alex, sorry, the address is http://getsupport.apple.com. If you select iPhone as the product and battery power/charging questions as the topic, you should be able to run diagnostics yourself. Obviously there's no obligation for you to try this since you've already been told there's an issue. I'm just genuinely curious whether you'd be told there's an issue right away (on the website) or whether you'd simply be directed to contact support. Cheers, Grant From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 4:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: My Battery (was Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid) That sounds like a helpful website, but when I went to it, it just told me my warranty status (expired). There was nothing about any diagnostics or anything. Did I miss something? Thanks. On Jun 29, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com mailto:grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm curious; have you ever gone to http://selfsolve.apple.com/ http://selfsolve.apple.com and ran diagnostics on your own? Since Apple told you that you have a battery issue, I'm curious what the website would display to you (as an end user). Grant From: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com [ mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com[ mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the
Re: using kindle app for the first time, need some directions
To get into the menu from within a book, double-tap anywhere in the book. For even more menu choices, press the menu button within the first menu. Use a two-finger swipe downward to read continuously from where you are. Tap with two fingers to pause and resume reading. The library is located within the second level of menus mentioned above. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Paul Ferrara paul.ferr...@insightbb.com wrote: Hello, the subject says it all; what VO gestures do you use to navigate books, etc? Are there any rotar settings you need to change also? Thank you. Paul -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Yeah, but I specified software. Also name the titles--surely you must have some. Like I said, there might be a few here and there--maybe in gaming, but overall nothing major. So, actually, yes, I'm right, the potential is there, but there has not been wide adoption. Joseph - Original Message - From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the problems can be resolve, or some phones, the problems can't be resolve. Also, although the look of numbers of processor available on an androy phone, doesn't always tell
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
That's crazy! Sent from my iPhone 5s! On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:57 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Eric, I am sorry you are so unhappy with your iPhone 5 since updating to iOS 7.1. I know what it is like to have a phone running perfectly only to have things seemingly get messed up after an update. I have been following this thread and almost everything I was going to say has been said so well by others. However, I would like to add the following: 1. Always both manually close and restart your phone after using any GPS tracking application such as the maps apps. Today, I had to use A T T Navigator 3 separate times for 30 minutes each. After each trip, even though the turn-by-turn navigation automatically ended the trip upon my arrival, I manually closed the app and rebooted the phone after each use. Granted, I am using an iPhone 5 S but the reduction in my battery level upon my return home after over eight hours out was minimal--even I was surprised. I always manually close and reboot after launching any GPS app such as Google Maps even if I don't actually initiate turn-by-turn navigation. 2. I have an Android phone and I love it. While I would not necessarily recommend that anyone either switch to or from Android or iOS, as a general rule, I don't like putting all of my proverbial eggs in one basket. This is why I maintain a pay-as-you go cell account using Android; so I can stay up-to-date on all the latest blind and low vision accessibility options in that arena. While I would hate to lose the use of my iPhone, were something to go wrong with it, I would have no problem immediately switching to my Android phone running Google's TalkBack screen reader. If you have any interest or curiosity about Android, I suggest that you consider purchasing a low-end Android device, perhaps a phone, and get a pay-as-you-go SIM card and jump in. Eric, in my world, there is no such thing as either Windows or Mac, Android or iOS, Jaws or VoiceOver, this or that. There is room enough for everyone and everything if one only has the desire to learn and the finances to get started. Good luck and hang in there, Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid As someone who uses GPS and browses the web regularly, the battery life on my iPhone 5 with the latest IOS has become completely unacceptable. I have read MacWorld's guide to improving battery life and followed their suggestions, but I am still lucky to have over 30% charge after a trip to NYC. If I don't put the phone into airplane mode while at work or bring a charger to the office, I will have 20% or less by the time I leave. And i don't even use my phone at work. There's just poor cell coverage in my office, but this wasn't a problem until recent months. I think it's due to the walls, as I am on Verizon and have no issues when outside. If I stay with IOS, I will buy a juice pack when I upgrade to the iPhone 6 this fall. But there are so many bugs in the latest IOS that I wonder whether I might be better off on Android. The dictation feature seems to have gotten less smart since IOS 7.1, often typing the word comma when I want a comma punctuation indicator. There are so many bugs with Facebook and VO that I could easily spend five paragraphs detailing them. Also, I really don't think I should need to buy a juice pack, as I didn't have much of an issue with the battery life prior to IOS 7. These issues are the result of Apple rushing products out the door before they are ready, something that's been crippling the company ever since the IOS 6 Maps debacle. Had you asked me a year ago, I would've said I'll never switch to Droid, but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone on this list know what the situation is on Droid concerning GPS and accessibility? The last time I heard, good screen-reading software was available but I wasn't sure about GPS. I have heard that now Google's dictation functionality is in many ways smarter than Siri. Is battery life far superior on the top-of-the-line Droid phones as well? Thanks in advance. Eric -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To
Screen curtain!
Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Hi David, Correct, also 64 Bit architecture has removed the 3 Gb RAM limit, without it a PC with 8, 16 or 32 Gb of RAM would not be possible. Of course most average PC users don't notice this or benefit from it a lot and as a blind user high-end gaming, intense graphics oriented applications and so on are not typically used. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For those that insist on switching to Androy OS, just make sure that you get the phones/tabs that comes with google Androy stock. Whith means, at this stage, either the nexus 4/5, nexus tabs, or the motorola motor E or motor G. Other than that, you will have some accessibility problems. Just the matter of either the
Re: Screen curtain!
The screen curtain is for the sighted not to be able to look at your phone screen; for instance if you're using your IPhone and you don't want for people, when looking over your shoulder, turn on the curtain via a three-finger double tap; to turn it off again and regain the phone's screen, again three-finger double tap. Good luck! El 29/06/2014 10:53 p.m., Jose Lomeli escribió: Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- Enviado desde mi lap Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki Saludos desde Tampico, Tamaulipas México RompiendoBarreras espacio de psicología/Superación Personal Sábados 10PM México http://radiogeneral.com ¡los esperamos! -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Joseph, There are multiple examples. My nieces husband is an environmental consultant. He just purchased a $40,000 drone to do surveys for oil companies and so on. The software he uses which processes the huge amounts of data collected by the drone runs for hours even on a top-of-the line computer with I7 processor and 32 Gb of RAM. Without 64 bit architecture this would probably be not even possible. Also, if you work on very large Excel files (over 2 Gb in size) you can only do this with the 64 Bit version of Office. As I said in my previous email, these are often not applications the average user has to be concerned about, but that doesn't mean the improvement is not there. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph FreeTech Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Yeah, but I specified software. Also name the titles--surely you must have some. Like I said, there might be a few here and there--maybe in gaming, but overall nothing major. So, actually, yes, I'm right, the potential is there, but there has not been wide adoption. Joseph - Original Message - From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go
RE: Screen curtain!
Hi Jose, As Gerado already pointed out, it is simply a means for privacy since as a blind person you can't always be sure that somebody isn't looking at your phone from a few feet away. The screen curtain actually does nothing to brightness, it simply artificially blacks out the screen. There have been claims that using the screen curtain saves battery, but this is not correct. I at one point asked Apple Accessibility and received a reply stating that use of the screen curtain does not improve battery life. If you don't have sighted people using your phone you can turn brightness down to 0% which actually will save you battery. Keep in mind that this simply means the backlight is turned to 0% and it is still possible to see and read what is on the screen although it is much more difficult especially in bright light. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jose Lomeli Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Jose Lomeli Subject: Screen curtain! Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Screen curtain!
Hi, Jose, Screen curtain is a part of Voiceover. It's used to darken the screen and give privacy. As far as I'm aware, it doesn't save battery life, because it doesn't disable the screen. I use the screen brightness setting, because it does improve battery life and works when Voiceover is off. I think screen curtain is a good temmorary privacy solution. HtH, Teresa Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at --Lewis Carroll On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Jose Lomeli jose.lome...@gmail.com wrote: Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Screen curtain!
It is 3 finger triple tap. Double tap is turning the voice over on and off. Tap the phone three time with 3 fingers. Cathy Pilot Dog, Tiny: -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: My Battery (was Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid)
Thanks, I got it to run. Unhelpfully, it now shows a dialog that says my phone is reporting the following issue: power issue. I cannot activate the continue button to view more about this, though, for some reason, so can see no details or possible solutions Apple can offer. I know it will just say to bring it to an authorized repair center, but I'd still like to be able to complete this process and see just what Apple thinks about this. Still, I love that I can get the diagnostics to run at all; I thought that was something only Apple could initiate on a support phone call. On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hi Alex, sorry, the address is http://getsupport.apple.com. If you select iPhone as the product and battery power/charging questions as the topic, you should be able to run diagnostics yourself. Obviously there's no obligation for you to try this since you've already been told there's an issue. I'm just genuinely curious whether you'd be told there's an issue right away (on the website) or whether you'd simply be directed to contact support. Cheers, Grant From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 4:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: My Battery (was Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid) That sounds like a helpful website, but when I went to it, it just told me my warranty status (expired). There was nothing about any diagnostics or anything. Did I miss something? Thanks. On Jun 29, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm curious; have you ever gone to http://selfsolve.apple.com and ran diagnostics on your own? Since Apple told you that you have a battery issue, I'm curious what the website would display to you (as an end user). Grant From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: June 29, 2014 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid I am having the same battery problems, also starting with iOS7. However, Apple ran a remote diagnostic on my phone when I called them, even though I didn't have Apple Care, and said that there is a hardware fault in my battery somewhere which is causing problems with fast draining. As was said, the battery is now one and a half years old and I use it constantly, so I'm not too surprised. I, too, would take a long and hard look at Android before switching. Maybe rent a tablet for a couple weeks, or see what your carrier's return policy is. Facebook is not Apple's fault at all, and I'd be interested to see how the same app performs on Android. also, remember that the iPhone6 will very probably have a larger screen, which means a larger battery. Many Android devices can offer longer battery lives simply because they are already bigger than the iPhone and so can sport more raw power to use. Finally, if battery drain is all in iOS, then who's to say iOS8 won't make a huge jump in battery? Obviously, the choice is yours. The bottom line is that Android is very different and has its own set of challenges, bugs, and shortcomings you need to know about before you start relying on it full time. No company is perfect, and of course you know what Apple's problems are. Just be sure you aren't trading those issues for an even bigger set with Android. On Jun 29, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Eric, I doubt a top of the line Android phone will give you better battery life. I also would be interested to know what all these bugs in iOS 7 are and of course the fact that you are having issues with Facebook is not Apple's fault. As for dictation, I don't encounter the problems you have with SIRI putting in the word comma when I want it to put in the punctuation. According to what they said in the keynote dictation in iOS 8 will be much more responsive and while there are some Android fanboys on this list, I would highly recommend that you find a way to try Android before you commit to a high-end Android phone on a 2-year contract. I can't diagnose your battery issue, but having poor cell coverage definitely will suck battery as the phone constantly tries to connect and communicate with the towers.My nephew works in a very remote rural area in northern British Columbia and his is the same experience; however, if he is in town with a good signal his battery is just fine. Then you also have to keep in mind that if you got your iPhone 5 when it was released that the battery is now one and a half years old and any rechargeable battery degrades with time. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Brinkman Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:58 PM
Re: Screen curtain!
Three finger double tap turns off on and on the speech Regards, Feliciano Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Cathy cats.car...@gmail.com wrote: It is 3 finger triple tap. Double tap is turning the voice over on and off. Tap the phone three time with 3 fingers. Cathy Pilot Dog, Tiny: -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Back-Up Extraction
Someone on this list (I believe it was Grant) had suggested two programs that would be able to extract files -- OOTunes recording files specifically -- from the back up images stored on a PC. But darned if I didn't lose that e-mail message, could whomever sent that message please follow up with a reply to this message and remind me of the name of those programs and whether or not they run on MS Windows platforms or Macs? Also, how does one go about installing said programs? Thanks! Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
Like I said, the potential is there, it's just that the 64bit architecture is not commonly used to it's peak performance--especially for blind computer users. Joseph - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:03 PM Subject: RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Hi David, Correct, also 64 Bit architecture has removed the 3 Gb RAM limit, without it a PC with 8, 16 or 32 Gb of RAM would not be possible. Of course most average PC users don't notice this or benefit from it a lot and as a blind user high-end gaming, intense graphics oriented applications and so on are not typically used. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is trying to say. I'd love there to be a toggle somewhere to turn this off, since, as you said, it can get annoying if languages are improperly tagged or detected, but it's not a bug per se. On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Eric Brinkman eric.brinkm...@gmail.com wrote: Alex, does the 64-bit processor offer much improvement that is noticeable from a user's perspective? As far as bugs go, scrolling seems to have become more erratic recently. When I swipe up with three fingers, sometimes it scrolls, but sometimes it just tells me what rows are being shown without scrolling. This can make it difficult to navigate large playlists, particularly in Spotify which I use more than the native music app at this point. Also, occasionally VO will randomly start speaking as though text were written in a different language. I used to think this was a Facebook bug, but it happened in Mail once last week while reading the subject of a message from Linked In. Jaws used to do this randomly on certain websites as well. For GPS I mainly use Seeing Eye at this point. I used to use Navigon and BlindSquare but prefer to have all functions in one app. I am looking forward to having Alex in IOS 8 though and am sure the voices on Droid screen-readers won't be as good. On 6/29/14, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: If you're thinking about an Android option, go ahead and also consider the Samsung models. Samsung has made some nice accessibility additions to what's available on stock Android. You might want to check out some Android specific mailing lists first as well. You'll be getting the latest on Android. On 06/29/2014 08:24 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Also, anything that using tracking mode, doesn't matter it is a pedometor, weather app, social media, or any kind of gps apps will sucks up the phone battory like a hawk. For
Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid
I stated from the beginning that the potential is there, its just that the common computer user has no need for the advanced computing power currently available. Heck, most computer users whether blind or not can do just fine with an I5 or I3 processor, and don't have the need for 64bit processor and even less with current multi-core able software. In other words, you can buy a Ferrari, but just how do you intend to get full performance and your money's worth out of this sport scar if you live in an environment like Manhattan. Regarding your example, I'm absolutely certain this same work was done just fine back some 10 years ago way before multicore processors and 64bit hardware, it just took longer. You are of course also citing examples at the extreme of the normal curve who would indeed benefit from such computing power, but most users are within 2 standard deviations and will do just fine with the less performing computers I mentioned. If you have not studied research methods or even introductory stats please let me know now as we're not going to get anywhere in this discussion or any other regarding probability, sampling, etc. Sorry. Joseph - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:07 PM Subject: RE: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Joseph, There are multiple examples. My nieces husband is an environmental consultant. He just purchased a $40,000 drone to do surveys for oil companies and so on. The software he uses which processes the huge amounts of data collected by the drone runs for hours even on a top-of-the line computer with I7 processor and 32 Gb of RAM. Without 64 bit architecture this would probably be not even possible. Also, if you work on very large Excel files (over 2 Gb in size) you can only do this with the 64 Bit version of Office. As I said in my previous email, these are often not applications the average user has to be concerned about, but that doesn't mean the improvement is not there. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph FreeTech Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Yeah, but I specified software. Also name the titles--surely you must have some. Like I said, there might be a few here and there--maybe in gaming, but overall nothing major. So, actually, yes, I'm right, the potential is there, but there has not been wide adoption. Joseph - Original Message - From: David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid Untrue, the 64 bit architecture has considerably increased responsiveness of high-end graphics rich and intense applications in computing. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2014, at 14:27, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com wrote: The 64bit architecture was also suppose to revolutionize software on Windows, but now years later, it never really did happen. Joseph - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Tired of quality decline and considering switching to Droid The 64-bit arcetechture isn't noticeable right now, but it is what allows for advances and more powerful apps. For instance, it is how Apple's new graphics engine is able to be so amazing, and it is, as I understand it, what will let the Alex voice work correctly on iOS. As iOS8 comes out and gets updated, you will start to see more that the A7 (that is, 64-bit) processors and beyond can do which older devices cannot. Scrolling works for me; sometimes, if a finger doesn't move enough to register or if I accidentally have one finger too close to the edge and it doesn't register, then yes, the gesture fails. I consider it just an artifact of the way the input system works, though, and I'd challenge anyone, sighted or not, to find a touch interpretation system meant to be used all the time that always works perfectly. I briefly tried Android, and those crazy corner gestures were hard to get right, for instance. The language switching is iOS seeing another language and switching to it. Maybe an email subject or Facebook post is written in that language, or maybe it's English but came from a foreign computer that tagged the string as another language even though it isn't. Either way, it's iOS doing its best to present foreign languages in their proper voices, since it assumes that this is better than presenting everything in English and letting you try to figure out what an English pronunciation of a language you speak is
Re: Screen curtain!
The funny thing about this is that though you try to black out the screen for privacy purposes, people will still bug you. The exchange goes as follows: its off, I'm sorry, are you referring to me? Yes, your screen is turned off. At this point I have to decide whether I say thank you for telling me, or I explain to them what the device is doing and risk offending the person by trying to prevent them from trying to peak at my iDevice's screen. I usually just thank them. Smile. Joseph - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:11 PM Subject: RE: Screen curtain! Hi Jose, As Gerado already pointed out, it is simply a means for privacy since as a blind person you can't always be sure that somebody isn't looking at your phone from a few feet away. The screen curtain actually does nothing to brightness, it simply artificially blacks out the screen. There have been claims that using the screen curtain saves battery, but this is not correct. I at one point asked Apple Accessibility and received a reply stating that use of the screen curtain does not improve battery life. If you don't have sighted people using your phone you can turn brightness down to 0% which actually will save you battery. Keep in mind that this simply means the backlight is turned to 0% and it is still possible to see and read what is on the screen although it is much more difficult especially in bright light. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jose Lomeli Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:53 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Jose Lomeli Subject: Screen curtain! Hello; Listers, I have a question! What is the screen curtain used for? Does it make the screen brightness lower like up to 0%? Does it waist the battery? Please let me know! Jose Lomeli Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
