Re: Apple's iPhone is secretly tracking your every move

[Aedan Something]

Thanks for the information. Apple should do a better job of letting users 
decide how it tracks phones and which services to turn off.
Aedan



> On Sep 7, 2022, at 7:21 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:
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> https://www.komando.com/privacy/secret-map-tracking-apple/465598/ 
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Re: Quarter hour time announcement for iPhone

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Hi Chaim,
I like Westminster Chimes which will play a chime every quarter of the hour and 
strike the number at the hours in its free version. I had to disable showing 
notifications on the lock screen so it wouldn’t speak and sound the time but it 
has worked well.
Aedan



> On Mar 24, 2022, at 9:00 AM, chaim biberfeld  wrote:
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> Hi everyone. I had an iPhone app called Chime That would announce the time on 
> thI that would announce the time on the quarter hour. hour but it seems to 
> have been discontinued or changed  becoming  an unusable app with 
> advertisements etc. does anyone know of a way to get my iPhone to speak the 
> quarter hour etc.? Thank you
> 
> Chaim Biberfeld, LCSW-R
> Private Practice
> 917-902-3349 
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Re: Typing programs for learning to type for Mac?

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Hi, I found keystroke to work. Once I addapted to the fact that when a key is 
pressed Voiceover announces the next character I need to type it worked well. I 
hope it helps.
https://www.cfb.state.nm.us/apps 
Aedan

> On Jul 16, 2020, at 3:20 PM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
> 
> Is there any program for Mac computers like the Talking Typer from American 
> Printing House on iOS?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
>  
> Richard
> "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass 
> himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient 
> hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not 
> granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward 
> Herbert
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Re: Voice control on the 6S

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A lot of voice control’s problems can be solved by saying "command mode" when 
you don’t want to dictate normally. You can still say "type " to 
dictate what you say before you pause when Voiceover is focussed on a text 
field. I can’t find a setting in voice control settings to turn command mode on 
by default.
Aedan

> On Sep 28, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Richard Turner  
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> 
> Great!
> The other option is to use headphones when using Voice Control so it doesn't 
> hear VoiceOver talking.
> I forgot I had Voice Control on and went into the living room while the TV 
> was on and started to write an Email.  Well, if you ever want to get  quotes 
> from the TV, it does an OK job; just not helpful when trying to write an 
> email, grin.
> 
> Richard
> 
>  Live long and prosper
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> 
> Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com
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> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Ingraham
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 11:05 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Voice control on the 6S
> 
> Hi Richard, 
> 
> I spoke with Apple Accessibility last night. Both reps were extremely 
> helpful. 
> 
> Based on my conversation with the reps and my experience, vo and voice 
> command are tripping over each other. It appears if you have voice command 
> turned on, your phone is in a listening mode.As we use vo, voice command is 
> hearing vo and responding to the vo voice. I had my phone sitting next to my 
> computer yesterday. My phone kept trying to respond to JAWS. 
> 
> The one rep suggestedif I want to use voice command to turn vo off. I didn't 
> try it. I was so glad to have my phone up and running that I decided I will 
> wait for a few more updates before trying voice command again. BTW, both reps 
> were able to replicate the problems I described. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Lynda 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:04 PM
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> Subject: RE: Voice control on the 6S
> 
> Voice control is not Siri.
> It is completely independent of Siri.
> If Voice Control is on, without pressing any buttons or saying Hey Siri, if 
> you say "Reboot Device" it should bring up an option asking if you are sure 
> you want to restart.  If VoiceOver is silent, the restart button is in the 
> center of the screen, maybe an inch in from the side on my SE.
> The cancel button is to the left in the middle.
> 
> It works flawlessly for me.
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
>  Live long and prosper
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> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
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> Subject: Re: Voice control on the 6S
> 
> Hi Anna,
> Given the issues that some people are having with voiceover cutting out and 
> not being able to be brought back, I thought your idea about rebooting using 
> voice control was a good one. So I turned voice control on on my 7+, but when 
> I tell Siri to reboot the device it says it can’t. So I can’t tell it to 
> restart by double tapping restart. All it does is tell me that I can restart 
> my phone myself by pressing the side button at Cetera. But if I didn’t have 
> voiceover on,  Siri wouldn’t speak to me. And the whole problem of rebooting 
> with no active voiceover is thus not solved. What am I missing? This 
> voiceover cutting off bug is what is keeping me from updating my main phone. 
> And I thought you had a really elegant solution.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 26, 2019, at 10:59 AM, Anna Dresner  wrote:
>> 
>> One cool thing you can do with Voice Control is reboot your device. You can 
>> use Siri to turn on Voice control, then say, "Reboot device," say "Tap 
>> restart," and it reboots. I wouldn't use it on
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Re: Please contact Spotify support to report accessibility change in most recent release

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I can’t contact them because I’m not a spotify user, I hope users will. Have 
you written to Applevis?
www.applevis.com
If you post a topic in their forum more people may read it and comment on 
changes.
Best of luck, Aedan

> On Nov 5, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
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> Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but I'm really hoping that
> people might feel compelled to contact Spotify to let them know that
> as of the most recent update, voiceover users can no longer read
> descriptions of any playlists. Remarkably, the chat option on their
> website is accessible, although you can also e-mail
> supp...@spotify.com or contact them on twitter or another social media
> platform if that's easier. And if you haven't yet updated, I'd urge
> you not to, as this issue is not specific to me.
> 
> Thanks, all.
> 
> Shermeen
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Re: I updated spotify and now can't read daly mix descriptions

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You’re welcome, in my experience developers need more than polite requests from 
disabled people before they take us seriously. Skip the Dishes has refused to 
change their app framework or label their buttons after many attempts. Giving 
the app makers a low rating and encouraging other people to do the same because 
the developer has broken Apple’s accessibility guidelines and therefore is 
refusing to serve the whole public might do a better job of encouraging 
positive change.
I hope more developers respect all of us whatever it takes.
Aedan

> On Nov 4, 2019, at 7:47 AM, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
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> Thank you, Eden. I really hope more people contact spotify, however,
> as I worry it won't get fixed otherwise.
> 
> 
> On 11/4/19, Aedan Something  wrote:
>> Hi Shermeen, that lesson is hard to learn for everyone. If spotify doesn’t
>> help a good idea might be to give them a low star rating on the app store.
>> Maybe if we treat accessibility issues like the real problems they are
>> developers will listen to us.
>> Good luck, Aedan
>> 
>>> On Nov 2, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello again,
>>> 
>>> Just a quick update. I contacted Spotify support via their website,
>>> and the chat feature was remarkably accessible. The person I was
>>> chatting with offered to escalate the concern to a specialist, and now
>>> I'm just waiting to hear from someone. I'd urge other VO users who are
>>> having similar issues with the update to do the same thing, or maybe
>>> there's a more effective way of getting some movement here.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Shermeen
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/2/19, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
>>>> I should have learned my lesson by now: update apps at your won risk.
>>>> I am running IOS 12.something on an iPhone 8, and just updated to the
>>>> latest version of spotify. They indicated "accessibility fixes" as
>>>> part of the update. As the subject line says, in my "made for Shermeen
>>>> K" heading, I can see my daily mixes listed, but it used to say
>>>> something like "daily mix 1: Sela, Andrew Peterson, Audry assad and
>>>> more. Daily mix 2: The Monteberity Singers, choir of kings college,
>>>> and more. and now it's not saying any of those types of descriptions,
>>>> just daily mix 1, daily mix 2, daily mix 3, etc. which doesn't tell me
>>>> anything useful. Is anyone else having this problem?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>> Shermeen
>>>> 
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Re: I updated spotify and now can't read daly mix descriptions

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Hi Shermeen, that lesson is hard to learn for everyone. If spotify doesn’t help 
a good idea might be to give them a low star rating on the app store. Maybe if 
we treat accessibility issues like the real problems they are developers will 
listen to us.
Good luck, Aedan

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> Just a quick update. I contacted Spotify support via their website,
> and the chat feature was remarkably accessible. The person I was
> chatting with offered to escalate the concern to a specialist, and now
> I'm just waiting to hear from someone. I'd urge other VO users who are
> having similar issues with the update to do the same thing, or maybe
> there's a more effective way of getting some movement here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shermeen
> 
> 
> On 11/2/19, Shermeen Khan  wrote:
>> I should have learned my lesson by now: update apps at your won risk.
>> I am running IOS 12.something on an iPhone 8, and just updated to the
>> latest version of spotify. They indicated "accessibility fixes" as
>> part of the update. As the subject line says, in my "made for Shermeen
>> K" heading, I can see my daily mixes listed, but it used to say
>> something like "daily mix 1: Sela, Andrew Peterson, Audry assad and
>> more. Daily mix 2: The Monteberity Singers, choir of kings college,
>> and more. and now it's not saying any of those types of descriptions,
>> just daily mix 1, daily mix 2, daily mix 3, etc. which doesn't tell me
>> anything useful. Is anyone else having this problem?
>> 
>> Thanks very much,
>> Shermeen
>> 
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