OKO beta testers required in Canada

[davidmac1957]

 

This is not a new App, but would be new to Canada, thus they are looking for 
Beta testers. The OKO app is an IOS app and is used to assist with pedestrian 
crossing signals. 

By clicking the link below, you can sign up and view two videos on the app.  

Text of note and link from OKO...

we are currently opening our beta program for our oko app in Canada and this 
program will be launched only if we have found enough people.

Anyone can sign up for our program by filling their details here: 
https://forms.gle/58y7Mga9gr3EEZCJ8 

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RE: Getting started with Blind Square

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Hi, here’s a Youtube audio which may help.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDAMGSfTOq8

 

From: rhs via VIPhone  
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Getting started with Blind Square

 

Hi,

 

I just downloaded Blind Square and am a little overwhelmed by all the options.  
I have a couple of questions that hopefully will get me started.

 

When I decided to get Blind Square I thought it would work in a similar way to 
Apple Maps or Good Maps Outdoors.  After reading some of the manual, it seems 
that Blind Square works in conjunction with Apple Maps and not in place of it.  
So, what do I need to do to use them together?

 

Second, I bought Blind Square because I want to explore routes and destinations 
starting from a location different than my actual location.  My wife and I are 
buying a house in a different town.  I’d like to figure out what businesses are 
in the area of our new house.  I’d like to figure out the location of 
particular types of businesses such as drug stores or florists (our anniversary 
is coming soon) to know which I can reach by walking or by public 
transportation.  

 

Any pointers to get me started would be much appreciated.

 

Ralph

 

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RE: Can I Use Touch ID Instead of Pass Code

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Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Scroll down and double tap Display & Brightness.
In the Display and Brightness settings, double tap Auto-Lock. 
Choose the amount of time you want your screen to stay on after you last touch 
your iPhone.
Hope this helps.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Margaret 
Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 3:00 PM
To: V iPhone list 
Subject: Re: Can I Use Touch ID Instead of Pass Code

Sieghard and All:

I want to keep Pass Code so it is available when needed and not totally disable 
it.

I think 3 people have said that it is not a good idea to have the phone powered 
off most of the time as I have been doing and I want to try having it locked 
when I'm not using it to save the battery.  I thought powering off when it 
isn't being used was saving the battery.

I set it to never lock when I first got the phone months ago and I forget where 
I did it.  I've spent hours this afternoon and tried the word lock in the 
settings app.  I found one result for lock and never and there were several 
time periods in minutes and I double tapped on 5 
minutes as an experiment.   It's been much longer than 5 minutes and my 
home screen is still talking.  I don't know if I missed a save button or if I'm 
misunderstanding something.  Could you please help me out and give the proper 
location and time period to choose for the way I use the phone?

I'm doing better with what I think is manual locking and the screen doesn't 
talk and I can press the home button and speech resumes.  It's been a long day 
and I'm confused since I don't understand your saying "I personally am not one 
of those and want my phone to lock relatively quickly after I use it"  since it 
went silent on me almost immediately.

All help is greatly appreciated.

Margaret

On 9/7/2022 1:04 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hello Margaret,
> 
> As I already said in my previous email, you have to have a passcode as backup 
> for Touch Id and you cannot unlock your phone after it was turned off with 
> Touch Id, only the passcode will work here.
> Another place where only the passcode works is if you want to go back into 
> Settings > Touch Id and Passcode so even if you decide you want to turn off 
> Touch Id/passcode, you do have to enter it in order to get into that area of 
> settings.
> 
> Only you can know if you want to leave your phone open/unprotected. I assume 
> if you kept it mostly at home, you don't have sensitive information on it and 
> you don't plan to use Apple Pay then you could disable passcode/Touch Id.
> 
> As for the automatic locking of the phone that again is your preference. 
> There are others on this list who prefer to lock their phone manually by 
> pressing the side button, I personally am not one of those and want my phone 
> to lock relatively quickly after I use it because the more it is unlocked the 
> more battery is used up. But then of course I have about 80 apps on my phone 
> and use it constantly for anything from checking the time and the weather to 
> checking email, sending and receiving text messages to doing online banking 
> and using a variety of home automation devices like smart thermostats for my 
> home and business, I have video cameras and a monitored alarm system at my 
> business and have apps for that and I have video doorbell and cameras at 
> home. Even if I don't actively use my phone I probably am listening to an 
> Audible book while I am walking to or from work, at night before I go to 
> sleep and so on. I never counted how often I use my phone each day, but I 
> guess it must be at least 1 to 3 or 4 times an hour so over the course of a 
> day I'd aay probably anywhere from 40 to 60 times when I grab my phone and 
> unlock it to do something.
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Margaret Thomas
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 8:04 PM
> To: V iPhone list 
> Subject: Can I Use Touch ID Instead of Pass Code
> 
> Good Evening:
> 
> The recent Face ID hit or miss thread caught my interest since, like the 
> original poster, I have an iPhone SE 2020 and like Touch ID.
> 
> The SE2020 is my first smart phone and is my back up  with my land line being 
> my primary phone.  I have the cell powered off most of the time and might 
> power it on for texting or to check the weather app etc.  I have Apple ID, 
> Touch ID, and Pass Code set up and have purchased an app on the App Store.  
> The way things are set up, I have to type in my pass code when I power up.  I 
> can usually do it correctly the first or second time so typing it isn't the 
> problem; I'd prefer to use Touch Id instead if possible.  I am not in a work 
> or school situation and my house does not resemble Grand Central Station and 
> I do not have a lot of personal information on the cell.
> 
> The original post did say locked and not powered off.  When I first got the 
> cell and was trying to follow along with a 

ABC Groups

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Does anyone have instructions to use the ABC Groups. Someone asked me if
there was a tutorial out their.

If someone could post some steps on how to send email with the app would
very much be appreciated.

 

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RE: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

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Good morning, Arlene glad the instructions worked for you.

You may find help to your train Alexa at the following link;

 

https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-make-alexa-learn-your-voice

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Arlene
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2022 10:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

 

David, that was perfect, we got it set up with hands free. 

I have another question you might be able to help with. When we were first 
setting up the alexa app, both our names were in the app, so we first clicked 
on my name so I could train Alexa to my voice, so how would we get back to 
where it has both our names so Wayne could train alex to his voice. Thank you.

 

Arlene- Original Message - 

From: davidmac1...@gmail.com   

To: viphone@googlegroups.com   

Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2022 6:12 AM

Subject: RE: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

 

1, Open the Alexa app,

 

2, tap bottom right hand corner, "more",

 

3, Double tap settings,

 

4, Double tap Alexa app settings,

 

5, You should now see hands free,

 

Swipe right you will see/hear, enable Alexa hands free.

Now you can go back to the home tab.

 

You can now use Alexa hands free.  Note you need to have the Alexa app opened 
to use the hands free feature.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Arlene
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2022 4:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

 

When we first set up alexa on our phones we decided not to set up the hands 
free alexa. Then tonight we were looking to see how we could set up the hands 
free. The instructions we heard was to go into setting alexa though we could 
find hands free mode. Thank you for help with this.

 

Arlene

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RE: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

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1, Open the Alexa app,

 

2, tap bottom right hand corner, "more",

 

3, Double tap settings,

 

4, Double tap Alexa app settings,

 

5, You should now see hands free,

 

Swipe right you will see/hear, enable Alexa hands free.

Now you can go back to the home tab.

 

You can now use Alexa hands free.  Note you need to have the Alexa app opened 
to use the hands free feature.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Arlene
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2022 4:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: how to set up hands free on the alexa app?

 

When we first set up alexa on our phones we decided not to set up the hands 
free alexa. Then tonight we were looking to see how we could set up the hands 
free. The instructions we heard was to go into setting alexa though we could 
find hands free mode. Thank you for help with this.

 

Arlene

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