Re: video magnification apps

[Richard Turner]

No, Zoom is for magnifying the screen; but Magnifier allows you to use the 
phone like a hand-held magnifier.
It has a slider to go from 1x to 15x, and you can adjust the color filters, 
invert colors, do a freeze frame shot, lock the focus; much like many costly 
hand-helds.
Richard


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On Apr 9, 2019, at 8:28 PM, R Van Lant 
mailto:vanlant2...@msn.com>> wrote:

Richard,
I will look at that. I assumed that was to magnify the screen, much like using 
Zoomtext or Fusion on a computer, but maybe I am wrong.




From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 1:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: video magnification apps


If you have an iPh"o, have you tried the built-in magnifier under Accessibility 
settings?
If not, you might be surprised.
Richard

Check out my web site at: 
www.turner42.com
“The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of 
flying.  There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies 
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, 
from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59



The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have 
any." -- Alice Walker



On Apr 9, 2019, at 7:22 AM, R Van Lant 
mailto:vanlant2...@msn.com>> wrote:
I have a SenseView hand held video magnifier.  A few years ago I tried a couple 
phone apps for magnification, but could not figure any out.  I was listening to 
a couple Blind Bargains podcasts from CSUN talking about products that work 
with an iPad and claim to be a terrific video magnifier system, but the price 
tags were two to three thousand dollars.  Am I missing something?  I’m not 
shelling out that kind of money and even only got  the SenseView because it was 
a close out of a demo model.  I don’t need magnification as much  as the 
ability to reverse color schemes to light print on a dark background.  Anything 
out there worth considering or do I just stick with OCR?  Probably the main 
reason I use a video magnifier is when the formatting is not conducive to OCr, 
such as in a cookbook, or the back of a box where I’m trying to find a recipe.

Robin




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RE: video magnification apps

[R Van Lant]

Richard,
I will look at that. I assumed that was to magnify the screen, much like using 
Zoomtext or Fusion on a computer, but maybe I am wrong.




From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 1:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: video magnification apps


If you have an iPh"o, have you tried the built-in magnifier under Accessibility 
settings?
If not, you might be surprised.
Richard

Check out my web site at: 
www.turner42.com
“The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of 
flying.  There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies 
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, 
from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59



The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have 
any." -- Alice Walker



On Apr 9, 2019, at 7:22 AM, R Van Lant 
mailto:vanlant2...@msn.com>> wrote:
I have a SenseView hand held video magnifier.  A few years ago I tried a couple 
phone apps for magnification, but could not figure any out.  I was listening to 
a couple Blind Bargains podcasts from CSUN talking about products that work 
with an iPad and claim to be a terrific video magnifier system, but the price 
tags were two to three thousand dollars.  Am I missing something?  I’m not 
shelling out that kind of money and even only got  the SenseView because it was 
a close out of a demo model.  I don’t need magnification as much  as the 
ability to reverse color schemes to light print on a dark background.  Anything 
out there worth considering or do I just stick with OCR?  Probably the main 
reason I use a video magnifier is when the formatting is not conducive to OCr, 
such as in a cookbook, or the back of a box where I’m trying to find a recipe.

Robin




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Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

[Richard Turner]

>From what I understand, it isn't designed with that in mind.
So it will take some trial and error to see for sure.
I know it is not designed to two two open pages of a book and separate them; so 
I suspect two columns may be the same.
Richard


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On Apr 9, 2019, at 7:13 PM, Larry Lumpkin 
mailto:llump...@austin.rr.com>> wrote:

Do you mean, Richard, that if a page of text has two columns, the scan program 
won’t decolumnize the text?


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.


It isn't designed for columns at this point.
Something you could write the developer about and request that feature.
Also, there is now a list dedicated to just Voice Dream Products.
The address to subscribe is:
voicedreamproducts+subscr...@groups.io
Winston Chen, the developer is a member of that list.
Richard


Check out my web site at: 
www.turner42.com
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flying.  There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies 
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, 
from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59



The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have 
any." -- Alice Walker



On Apr 9, 2019, at 6:58 PM, kitty hevener 
mailto:kheve...@earthlink.net>> wrote:
Just took the plunge and got it.  I couldn’t believe how quickly it scanned and 
how accurate the scan was.  To echo Reggie, wow!!!  How does it handle material 
in columns?  The document  I scanned had no columns.

From: khaf...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 8:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I agree, this is one of the best if not the best scanning app I’ve used so far. 
I ran a number of tests on a few complex documents and on some documents that 
were not very clear. In all cases with no exception VDS came on top.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of regina 
alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Viphone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed.
Reggie Alvarado

On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel 
mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Larry 
Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Dianne 
B Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: 

RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

[Larry Lumpkin]

Do you mean, Richard, that if a page of text has two columns, the scan program 
won’t decolumnize the text?

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

 

It isn't designed for columns at this point. 

Something you could write the developer about and request that feature.

Also, there is now a list dedicated to just Voice Dream Products.

The address to subscribe is:

voicedreamproducts+subscr...@groups.io 
 

Winston Chen, the developer is a member of that list.

Richard

 

 

Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com 

 

“The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of 
flying.  There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies 
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, 
from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59

 

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have 
any." -- Alice Walker

 


On Apr 9, 2019, at 6:58 PM, kitty hevener mailto:kheve...@earthlink.net> > wrote:

Just took the plunge and got it.  I couldn’t believe how quickly it scanned and 
how accurate the scan was.  To echo Reggie, wow!!!  How does it handle material 
in columns?  The document  I scanned had no columns.  

 

From: khaf...@gmail.com   

Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 8:05 PM

To: viphone@googlegroups.com   

Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I agree, this is one of the best if not the best scanning app I’ve used so far. 
I ran a number of tests on a few complex documents and on some documents that 
were not very clear. In all cases with no exception VDS came on top.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
regina alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Viphone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed. 

Reggie Alvarado 


On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:

And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Dianne B Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if anyone 
else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my kitchen table 
and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my big chair, page 
in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and positioning 
properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, impressed and 
pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB gets things back 
in action with KNFB Reader.

 

Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to hear, 
and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding settings 
which I can try and work with as well.

 

I am pleased 

Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

[Richard Turner]

It isn't designed for columns at this point.
Something you could write the developer about and request that feature.
Also, there is now a list dedicated to just Voice Dream Products.
The address to subscribe is:
voicedreamproducts+subscr...@groups.io
Winston Chen, the developer is a member of that list.
Richard


Check out my web site at: 
www.turner42.com
“The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of 
flying.  There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies 
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, 
from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59


The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have 
any." -- Alice Walker


On Apr 9, 2019, at 6:58 PM, kitty hevener 
mailto:kheve...@earthlink.net>> wrote:

Just took the plunge and got it.  I couldn’t believe how quickly it scanned and 
how accurate the scan was.  To echo Reggie, wow!!!  How does it handle material 
in columns?  The document  I scanned had no columns.

From: khaf...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 8:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I agree, this is one of the best if not the best scanning app I’ve used so far. 
I ran a number of tests on a few complex documents and on some documents that 
were not very clear. In all cases with no exception VDS came on top.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of regina 
alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Viphone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed.
Reggie Alvarado

On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel 
mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Larry 
Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Dianne 
B Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.

I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if anyone 
else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my kitchen table 
and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my big chair, page 
in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and positioning 
properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, impressed and 
pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB gets things back 
in action with KNFB Reader.

Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to hear, 
and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding settings 
which I can try and work with as well.

I am pleased with the purchase. Thanks again for everyone’s help.

Smiles to all,

Dianne and the Fur Crew
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Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

[kitty hevener]

Just took the plunge and got it.  I couldn’t believe how quickly it scanned and 
how accurate the scan was.  To echo Reggie, wow!!!  How does it handle material 
in columns?  The document  I scanned had no columns.  

From: khaf...@gmail.com 
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 8:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I agree, this is one of the best if not the best scanning app I’ve used so far. 
I ran a number of tests on a few complex documents and on some documents that 
were not very clear. In all cases with no exception VDS came on top.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of regina 
alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Viphone 
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed. 

Reggie Alvarado 


On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:

And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Larry 
Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Dianne B 
Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if anyone 
else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my kitchen table 
and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my big chair, page 
in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and positioning 
properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, impressed and 
pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB gets things back 
in action with KNFB Reader.

 

Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to hear, 
and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding settings 
which I can try and work with as well.

 

I am pleased with the purchase. Thanks again for everyone’s help.

 

Smiles to all,

 

Dianne and the Fur Crew

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RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

[khaffar]

I agree, this is one of the best if not the best scanning app I’ve used so far. 
I ran a number of tests on a few complex documents and on some documents that 
were not very clear. In all cases with no exception VDS came on top.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of regina 
alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Viphone 
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed. 

Reggie Alvarado 


On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:

And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Dianne B Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.

 

I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if anyone 
else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my kitchen table 
and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my big chair, page 
in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and positioning 
properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, impressed and 
pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB gets things back 
in action with KNFB Reader.

 

Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to hear, 
and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding settings 
which I can try and work with as well.

 

I am pleased with the purchase. Thanks again for everyone’s help.

 

Smiles to all,

 

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How do I share a Facebook Photo to Seeing AI to get it described?

[Kathy Blackburn]

I'm running the latest versions of IOS and Facebook on an iPhone 8. I used to 
be able to double-tap and hold on a photo in Facebook to save it to my photos, 
then go there to initiate sharing to Seeing AI to get the photo described. 
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Re: video magnification apps

[Richard Turner]

If you have an iPh"o, have you tried the built-in magnifier under Accessibility 
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a couple Blind Bargains podcasts from CSUN talking about products that work 
with an iPad and claim to be a terrific video magnifier system, but the price 
tags were two to three thousand dollars.  Am I missing something?  I’m not 
shelling out that kind of money and even only got  the SenseView because it was 
a close out of a demo model.  I don’t need magnification as much  as the 
ability to reverse color schemes to light print on a dark background.  Anything 
out there worth considering or do I just stick with OCR?  Probably the main 
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Re: Fwd: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!

[Robin]

Thank You for sharing, it's VeryMuch & Greatly appreciated!
At 09:45 AM 4/9/2019, you wrote:

Hi,

I thought anyone interested in shortcuts on iOS 
devices would want to know about this.


Best,
Anna



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Re: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!

[Anna Dresner]

Hi Anthony,

You're welcome. I hope you find it useful.

Cheers,
Anna




> On Apr 9, 2019, at 11:50 AM, Anthony Vece  wrote:
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> Hi Anna;
> This is just what I have been looking for.
> Thanks
> Anthony
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> Subject: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!
>>> Date: April 9, 2019 at 10:14:06 AM CDT
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>>> With iOS 12, Apple has made it possible to use one command to perform a 
>>> series of steps, giving you the ability to personalize your devices to 
>>> easily perform the tasks most relevant to you. You can set up a shortcut to 
>>> go to a website, send a message to a friend, skip to the next chapter of a 
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>>> and share shortcuts in the new Shortcuts app. Using real examples, Dresner 
>>> shows how to put steps (called actions) in a sequence and configure them 
>>> with parameters so they do what you want. Example shortcuts start out 
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Re: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!

[Anthony Vece]

Hi Anna;
This is just what I have been looking for.
Thanks
Anthony

Sent from my Verizon iPhone 10R!!!

> On Apr 9, 2019, at 12:45 PM, Anna Dresner  wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I thought anyone interested in shortcuts on iOS devices would want to know 
> about this.
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> Best,
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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Tony Grima 
>> Subject: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!
>> Date: April 9, 2019 at 10:14:06 AM CDT
>> To: 
>> Reply-To: Tony Grima 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts
>> An Introduction for Blind Users
>> By Anna Dresner.
>> In Braille (1 vol.), BRF, DAISY, or Word: $12.00 and up
>> 
>> With iOS 12, Apple has made it possible to use one command to perform a 
>> series of steps, giving you the ability to personalize your devices to 
>> easily perform the tasks most relevant to you. You can set up a shortcut to 
>> go to a website, send a message to a friend, skip to the next chapter of a 
>> podcast, or find your AirPods with a single command! Technology writer Anna 
>> Dresner provides a clear and concise introduction to Siri Shortcuts, which 
>> are based on the tasks you already perform, as well as how to create, edit, 
>> and share shortcuts in the new Shortcuts app. Using real examples, Dresner 
>> shows how to put steps (called actions) in a sequence and configure them 
>> with parameters so they do what you want. Example shortcuts start out simple 
>> and get increasingly complex, so you can learn as much as you want and find 
>> useful shortcuts regardless of your interest level. She also helps you find 
>> shortcuts created by others and figure out where to learn more.
>> 
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Fwd: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!

[Anna Dresner]

Hi,

I thought anyone interested in shortcuts on iOS devices would want to know 
about this.

Best,
Anna


> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Tony Grima 
> Subject: Getting the Job Done with Shortcuts!
> Date: April 9, 2019 at 10:14:06 AM CDT
> To: 
> Reply-To: Tony Grima 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> Getting
>  the Job Done with Shortcuts 
> 
> An Introduction for Blind Users
> By Anna Dresner.
> In Braille (1 vol.), BRF, DAISY, or Word: $12.00 and up
> 
> With iOS 12, Apple has made it possible to use one command to perform a 
> series of steps, giving you the ability to personalize your devices to easily 
> perform the tasks most relevant to you. You can set up a shortcut to go to a 
> website, send a message to a friend, skip to the next chapter of a podcast, 
> or find your AirPods with a single command! Technology writer Anna Dresner 
> provides a clear and concise introduction to Siri Shortcuts, which are based 
> on the tasks you already perform, as well as how to create, edit, and share 
> shortcuts in the new Shortcuts app. Using real examples, Dresner shows how to 
> put steps (called actions) in a sequence and configure them with parameters 
> so they do what you want. Example shortcuts start out simple and get 
> increasingly complex, so you can learn as much as you want and find useful 
> shortcuts regardless of your interest level. She also helps you find 
> shortcuts created by others and figure out where to learn more.
> 
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> 
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RE: Help needed removing an app from an inadvertently created folder

[Alan Lemly]

Anna,

 

Many thanks for restating the steps to move apps without using the drag and 
drop approach at which I so abysmally failed. Now that I'm reading your 
instructions, I recall having read them previously but I couldn't recall them.

 

Alan

 

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Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 11:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Help needed removing an app from an inadvertently created folder

 

Hi Alan,

 

Once you turn on editing mode, touch the app you want to move, flick down until 
VoiceOver says, "Drag," and double-tap. Go to the place where you want to put 
the app, flick up or down until you hear the option to drop the app before, 
after, or on the item you're focused on. When you get to the option you want, 
double-tap. Note that you can drag multiple items at one time. If you decided 
to use folders, for instance, you could create a folder, then drag all the apps 
you wanted, touch that folder, and drop them there.

 

I think you will have to move both of the items currently in your folder to get 
rid of the folder, but using this method makes doing that much easier than 
trying to drag items where you want them.

 

Best,

Anna

 

 





On Apr 9, 2019, at 9:30 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:

 

Hi List,

 

I'm using an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.4.2 and will be the first to admit that I 
really don't use folders. I'm familiar with the iPhone editing process but 
while attempting to move an app from one page to another, I mistakenly dropped 
it onto another app on the incorrect page and iOS automatically created a new 
folder which I think it named using the tagged category of the app I was moving 
and now I have 2 apps in this unwanted folder. First, if there is a better way 
to move an app than double tapping and holding followed by dragging and 
releasing to the desired location, I'd love to hear about it. When I attempted 
this, Voiceover gave me no feedback on which page I was on. As I only had one 
location to which I was attempting to move the app, not knowing the page I was 
on sort of made the move operation doomed to failure. I have 14 pages of apps 
and all pages are full except for the last one.

 

I need to confirm the best method to remove the moved app from the unwanted 
folder which I'm hoping will simultaneously delete the folder when it's left 
with only one app in it. I expect I'll have to open the folder, place focus on 
the app I wish to move, single finger swipe down to start edit mode then double 
tap and hold the app to move followed by dragging it to the desired location. 
As I mentioned previously, I'd love to be able to tell iOS on what page to 
place this moved app but I think I'll only have the option to drag and drop it. 
Any guidance on the best approach will be greatly appreciated as I'm not 
expecting my next attempt to drag and drop to go much better.

 

After the unwanted folder only has one app remaining in it, will I also need to 
drag and drop that app somewhere using the procedures just described in order 
for the folder to disappear?

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance. I know this has been discussed ad 
infinitum here but as I don't use folders, I've not paid attention to those 
posts.

 

Alan Lemly

 

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Re: Help needed removing an app from an inadvertently created folder

[Anna Dresner]

Hi Alan,

Once you turn on editing mode, touch the app you want to move, flick down until 
VoiceOver says, "Drag," and double-tap. Go to the place where you want to put 
the app, flick up or down until you hear the option to drop the app before, 
after, or on the item you're focused on. When you get to the option you want, 
double-tap. Note that you can drag multiple items at one time. If you decided 
to use folders, for instance, you could create a folder, then drag all the apps 
you wanted, touch that folder, and drop them there.

I think you will have to move both of the items currently in your folder to get 
rid of the folder, but using this method makes doing that much easier than 
trying to drag items where you want them.

Best,
Anna



> On Apr 9, 2019, at 9:30 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
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> Hi List,
>  
> I'm using an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.4.2 and will be the first to admit that 
> I really don't use folders. I'm familiar with the iPhone editing process but 
> while attempting to move an app from one page to another, I mistakenly 
> dropped it onto another app on the incorrect page and iOS automatically 
> created a new folder which I think it named using the tagged category of the 
> app I was moving and now I have 2 apps in this unwanted folder. First, if 
> there is a better way to move an app than double tapping and holding followed 
> by dragging and releasing to the desired location, I'd love to hear about it. 
> When I attempted this, Voiceover gave me no feedback on which page I was on. 
> As I only had one location to which I was attempting to move the app, not 
> knowing the page I was on sort of made the move operation doomed to failure. 
> I have 14 pages of apps and all pages are full except for the last one.
>  
> I need to confirm the best method to remove the moved app from the unwanted 
> folder which I'm hoping will simultaneously delete the folder when it's left 
> with only one app in it. I expect I'll have to open the folder, place focus 
> on the app I wish to move, single finger swipe down to start edit mode then 
> double tap and hold the app to move followed by dragging it to the desired 
> location. As I mentioned previously, I'd love to be able to tell iOS on what 
> page to place this moved app but I think I'll only have the option to drag 
> and drop it. Any guidance on the best approach will be greatly appreciated as 
> I'm not expecting my next attempt to drag and drop to go much better.
>  
> After the unwanted folder only has one app remaining in it, will I also need 
> to drag and drop that app somewhere using the procedures just described in 
> order for the folder to disappear?
>  
> Thanks in advance for any assistance. I know this has been discussed ad 
> infinitum here but as I don't use folders, I've not paid attention to those 
> posts.
>  
> Alan Lemly
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Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

['Dan' via VIPhone]

hello list

Without a doubt, this is one of the best apps I have ever purchased. After 
downloading it using it once it was fantastic.

I really really love this app I've been doing more scanning in the last several 
days and I have in a long while.




Dan


> On Apr 9, 2019, at 7:11 AM, R Van Lant  wrote:
> 
> Frankly, I’m surprised that the price is so low.  I was expecting the app to 
> cost more – not that I’m complaining.  It made the decision  to get it a no 
> brainer. 
>  
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> regina alvarado
> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 10:44 AM
> To: Viphone
> Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.
>  
> I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
> it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
> middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the 
> picture. First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even 
> come close on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was 
> immediate! Impressed. 
> Reggie Alvarado 
> 
> On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
> competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
> Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
> grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I 
> assume does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various 
> apps, but the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase 
> price of $299 it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a 
> lot of grants to develop it.
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Larry 
> Lumpkin
> Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.
>  
> I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
> consistently good results.
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Dianne 
> B Phelps
> Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.
>  
> I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
> what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
> discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
> finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if 
> anyone else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my 
> kitchen table and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my 
> big chair, page in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and 
> positioning properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, 
> impressed and pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB 
> gets things back in action with KNFB Reader.
>  
> Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to 
> hear, and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding 
> settings which I can try and work with as well.
>  
> I am pleased with the purchase. Thanks again for everyone’s help.
>  
> Smiles to all,
>  
> Dianne and the Fur Crew
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Help needed removing an app from an inadvertently created folder

[Alan Lemly]

Hi List,

 

I'm using an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.4.2 and will be the first to admit that
I really don't use folders. I'm familiar with the iPhone editing process but
while attempting to move an app from one page to another, I mistakenly
dropped it onto another app on the incorrect page and iOS automatically
created a new folder which I think it named using the tagged category of the
app I was moving and now I have 2 apps in this unwanted folder. First, if
there is a better way to move an app than double tapping and holding
followed by dragging and releasing to the desired location, I'd love to hear
about it. When I attempted this, Voiceover gave me no feedback on which page
I was on. As I only had one location to which I was attempting to move the
app, not knowing the page I was on sort of made the move operation doomed to
failure. I have 14 pages of apps and all pages are full except for the last
one.

 

I need to confirm the best method to remove the moved app from the unwanted
folder which I'm hoping will simultaneously delete the folder when it's left
with only one app in it. I expect I'll have to open the folder, place focus
on the app I wish to move, single finger swipe down to start edit mode then
double tap and hold the app to move followed by dragging it to the desired
location. As I mentioned previously, I'd love to be able to tell iOS on what
page to place this moved app but I think I'll only have the option to drag
and drop it. Any guidance on the best approach will be greatly appreciated
as I'm not expecting my next attempt to drag and drop to go much better.

 

After the unwanted folder only has one app remaining in it, will I also need
to drag and drop that app somewhere using the procedures just described in
order for the folder to disappear?

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance. I know this has been discussed ad
infinitum here but as I don't use folders, I've not paid attention to those
posts.

 

Alan Lemly

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video magnification apps

[R Van Lant]

I have a SenseView hand held video magnifier.  A few years ago I tried a couple 
phone apps for magnification, but could not figure any out.  I was listening to 
a couple Blind Bargains podcasts from CSUN talking about products that work 
with an iPad and claim to be a terrific video magnifier system, but the price 
tags were two to three thousand dollars.  Am I missing something?  I'm not 
shelling out that kind of money and even only got  the SenseView because it was 
a close out of a demo model.  I don't need magnification as much  as the 
ability to reverse color schemes to light print on a dark background.  Anything 
out there worth considering or do I just stick with OCR?  Probably the main 
reason I use a video magnifier is when the formatting is not conducive to OCr, 
such as in a cookbook, or the back of a box where I'm trying to find a recipe.

Robin




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RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

[R Van Lant]

Frankly, I’m surprised that the price is so low.  I was expecting the app to 
cost more – not that I’m complaining.  It made the decision  to get it a no 
brainer.



From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
regina alvarado
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 10:44 AM
To: Viphone
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Scanner.

I just tried VDS. Wow, is all I can say! Compared to other scanners out there 
it outshines them all. I just took a piece of paper, put phone down in the 
middle, lifted it up to where the tone was fairly steady and took the picture. 
First try, great OCR! Never before on any of these apps did I even come close 
on Ocr the first time! My hands shake too much. However, VDS was immediate! 
Impressed.
Reggie Alvarado

On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Sieghard Weitzel 
mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
And who really cares if KNFB Reader ups their game or not. It’s a free and 
competitive market and one wonders why KNFB Reader costs $100 and Voice Dream 
Scanner $5.99. KNFB Reader was developed by the NFB and I assume they do get 
grants and such whereas Voice Dream Scanner is developed by a guy who I assume 
does not. Maybe Winston has other income than that from his various apps, but 
the same applies to the Seeing Eye GPS, at an outright purchase price of $299 
it is pretty expensive especially since Sendero also received a lot of grants 
to develop it.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Larry 
Lumpkin
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 7:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Voice Dream Scanner.

I’m doing scans at our diningroom table with no lights on and am getting 
consistently good results.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Dianne 
B Phelps
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Voice Dream Scanner.

I did read through some mail this morning but felt that as I worked through 
what I had, there may have been a degradation in scan quality after doing and 
discarding several documents. I tried closing the program and restarting and 
finally got something which identified what I had, but just wondering if anyone 
else has noted this. It might have been that I was set up at my kitchen table 
and I am personally not as comfortable out there as I am in my big chair, page 
in my lap, phone to the center of the document, lifting and positioning 
properly to get picture. I will play with it some more. Overall, impressed and 
pleased and think it will ultimately be useful until or if NFB gets things back 
in action with KNFB Reader.

Russ, Thank you as well for that link. That demonstration was clearer to hear, 
and I learned a lot of things with the descriptives  there regarding settings 
which I can try and work with as well.

I am pleased with the purchase. Thanks again for everyone’s help.

Smiles to all,

Dianne and the Fur Crew
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Siri shortcuts on HomePod

['Harry Bell' via VIPhone]

I’m using an iPhone XS and have Siri Shrtcuts set up to play various radio 
stations using the Receiver Radio app. I can issue the Shortcut command and 
Siri on my HomePod will hear and obey. All very cool. But if I then pick up my 
iPhone and start using other apps, including the Withings HealthMate app, the 
HomePod stops working, the radio stream stops. Also, if I go upstairs, when I 
come back down, the radio stream has stopped. Does a Siri Shortcut on the 
HomePod rely on the proximity of the iPhone and its exclusive attention in 
order to function?
Cheers
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Re: Trying to access subscriptions on my iPhone to cancel one

[Lois Butterfield]

Hi Beth,

The way I get there is to go to app store, then my account, then subscriptions.

Take care,
Lois

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 8, 2019, at 9:24 PM, Beth G  wrote:
> 
> Thank you both! Not sure how I missed that change in the updates, but thank 
> you.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 8, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Gordon  wrote:
>> 
>> Yes it has and it's more simple now. Go to the app store and go to my 
>> account. Flick to the right a few times and you'll see manage my 
>> subscriptions.
>> 
>>> On 4/8/2019 6:54 PM, Beth G wrote:
>>> Hello all, again,
>>> 
>>> I thought to cancel or change your subscription, you had to go to settings 
>>> then Apple ID, then double tap on my name to then access subscriptions. 
>>> However, when I go under Apple ID, tapping on my name does nothing. Has 
>>> this process changed? What I missing?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Beth
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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