Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Esther Levegnale]

Bracelet extensions sound pretty good.  I wear mine on my shoelace and I've 
been getting better results on my shoe than on my arm because my arm doesn't 
move that much.

Esther

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+

> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Cristóbal  wrote:
> 
> I've read that folks have used jewelry bracelet extenders on their Fitbit to 
> be able to wear on their ankle. That said though, that doesn't' mean that 
> simply wearing on your ankle will give you an accurate reading for steps if 
> that's what you're looking for.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Esther Levegnale
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:10 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]
> 
> Hi, Ari!
> 
> I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, but I was pretty busy over the 
> weekend.
> 
> I don't wear the Fitbit on my ankle because the arm band is very short.  If 
> it were a little bit longer, I definitely would do that.  This is why I 
> attach it to my shoe.  I'm glad to help, so if you have any further 
> questions, please feel free to contact me.  I can even give you my contact 
> info if you'd like and I can do this off-list if you need any more 
> information.  Thanks and take care.
> 
> Esther
> 
> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:50 PM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> Ester, could you maybe attatch the Charge HR to your ankle via the 
>> wristband? Just a thought. And thanks for your answer about the ease of 
>> checking the battery status with VO. That's a great thing to be able to do 
>> indipendently.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Esther Levegnale  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Ari!
>>> 
>>> I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
>>> status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on 
>>> it, and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of 
>>> the app and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another 
>>> trick I do is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace 
>>> into a bow, I push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I 
>>> seem to get better results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it 
>>> cheating?  LOL!  Well, I just get more steps from wearing it on my foot 
>>> then on my arm.  When I exercise on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on 
>>> my arm so as not to get it caught in the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place 
>>> my Fitbit hand on my thigh so that it registers.  Hope this helps and good 
>>> luck!  You'll love this Fitbit.
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> Esther Levegnale
>>> 
>>> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I 
>>>> have is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the 
>>>> app? Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ari
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit 
>>>>> app is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. 
>>>>> I don't think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications 
>>>>> and all would be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be 
>>>>> accessible. I'd agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple 
>>>>> Watch.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>>>>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to 
>>>>> be connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine 
>>>>> when the band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at 
>>>>> all. I don't even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My Charg

RE: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Cristóbal]

I've read that folks have used jewelry bracelet extenders on their Fitbit to be 
able to wear on their ankle. That said though, that doesn't' mean that simply 
wearing on your ankle will give you an accurate reading for steps if that's 
what you're looking for.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Esther Levegnale
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:10 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

Hi, Ari!

I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, but I was pretty busy over the 
weekend.

I don't wear the Fitbit on my ankle because the arm band is very short.  If it 
were a little bit longer, I definitely would do that.  This is why I attach it 
to my shoe.  I'm glad to help, so if you have any further questions, please 
feel free to contact me.  I can even give you my contact info if you'd like and 
I can do this off-list if you need any more information.  Thanks and take care.

Esther

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:50 PM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Ester, could you maybe attatch the Charge HR to your ankle via the wristband? 
> Just a thought. And thanks for your answer about the ease of checking the 
> battery status with VO. That's a great thing to be able to do indipendently.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Esther Levegnale  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Ari!
>> 
>> I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
>> status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on 
>> it, and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the 
>> app and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another 
>> trick I do is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace 
>> into a bow, I push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I 
>> seem to get better results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it 
>> cheating?  LOL!  Well, I just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then 
>> on my arm.  When I exercise on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my 
>> arm so as not to get it caught in the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place my 
>> Fitbit hand on my thigh so that it registers.  Hope this helps and good 
>> luck!  You'll love this Fitbit.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> Esther Levegnale
>> 
>> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+
>> 
>>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have 
>>> is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? 
>>> Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ari
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app 
>>>> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I 
>>>> don't think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and 
>>>> all would be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be 
>>>> accessible. I'd agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple 
>>>> Watch.
>>>> 
>>>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>>>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to 
>>>> be connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine 
>>>> when the band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. 
>>>> I don't even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>>>> 
>>>> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
>>>> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are 
>>>> times where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never 
>>>> miss the band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them 
>>>>> to figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to 
>>>>> go for one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if contin

Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Esther Levegnale]

>>>>> not going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got 
>>>>> my phone on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not 
>>>>> an issue for me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ari
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife 
>>>>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's 
>>>>>> not unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues 
>>>>>> aside.
>>>>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much 
>>>>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up 
>>>>>> buying a refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
>>>>>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother 
>>>>>> my wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is 
>>>>>> fine  for her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her 
>>>>>> alarm.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>>>>>> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Ari,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands 
>>>>>> out there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that 
>>>>>> sort of vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates 
>>>>>> especially if it is lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Sieghard
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>>>>>> Behalf Of englishride...@gmail.com
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low 
>>>>>> while keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light 
>>>>>> slleeper, to the point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So 
>>>>>> finding something that will disturb him as little as possible while 
>>>>>> waking me up at the same time (I'm a rather heavier sleeper than he is, 
>>>>>> and even if I do wake up, am able to very quickly fall asleep again if I 
>>>>>> do wake up from something making noise, my husband doesn't find getting 
>>>>>> back to sleep easy) is very difficult.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ari
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the 
>>>>>>> change with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied 
>>>>>>> to the volume of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, 
>>>>>>> and if I set an alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is 
>>>>>>> presented at the same low volume as the ringer. I'd really like the 
>>>>>>> alarm to be loud but the ringer to be very quiet. Thanks for any 
>>>>>>> additional ideas.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> JR
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>>>>>>> Behalf Of englishride...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
>>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's n

Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[englishrider91]

Ester, could you maybe attatch the Charge HR to your ankle via the wristband? 
Just a thought. And thanks for your answer about the ease of checking the 
battery status with VO. That's a great thing to be able to do indipendently.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Esther Levegnale  wrote:
> 
> Hi, Ari!
> 
> I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
> status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on 
> it, and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the 
> app and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another trick 
> I do is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace into a 
> bow, I push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I seem to 
> get better results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it cheating?  
> LOL!  Well, I just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then on my arm.  
> When I exercise on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my arm so as not 
> to get it caught in the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place my Fitbit hand on 
> my thigh so that it registers.  Hope this helps and good luck!  You'll love 
> this Fitbit.
> 
> All the best,
> Esther Levegnale
> 
> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have 
>> is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? 
>> Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app 
>>> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I 
>>> don't think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and 
>>> all would be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be 
>>> accessible. I'd agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple 
>>> Watch.
>>> 
>>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be 
>>> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when 
>>> the band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I 
>>> don't even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>>> 
>>> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
>>> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are 
>>> times where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss 
>>> the band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
>>> 
>>>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them 
>>>> to figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go 
>>>> for one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart 
>>>> rate monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do 
>>>> you find the app for controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit 
>>>> Devices use the same app to control them?
>>>> 
>>>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some 
>>>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a 
>>>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably 
>>>> not going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my 
>>>> phone on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an 
>>>> issue for me.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ari
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife 
>>>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not 
>>>>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
>>>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much 
>>>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying 
>>>>> a refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
&

Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Esther Levegnale]

Hi, Keith!

As far as the heart rate goes, it'll give you a resting heart rate when you're 
just standing, sitting, etc., and then when you do your exercise, it'll 
increase, of course, and it might say "Fat-burn zone".  Then when it goes up 
higher it'll say "CardioZone".  Then when you increase your heart rate even 
further, it'll say "Peak zone", or something similar to that.  I hope I 
clarified this with you.

Esther

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How much of the Heart Rate info is accessible? Will it give you a good sense 
> of heart rate variability over an afternoon, or just spot heart rate 
> readings? I'm interested in getting the most heart rate information as 
> possible. 
> 
> Thanks, Keith
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Esther Levegnale
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 10:29 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]
> 
> Hi, Ari!
> 
> I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
> status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on 
> it, and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the 
> app and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another trick 
> I do is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace into a 
> bow, I push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I seem to 
> get better results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it cheating?  
> LOL!  Well, I just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then on my arm.  
> When I exercise on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my arm so as not 
> to get it caught in the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place my Fitbit hand on 
> my thigh so that it registers.  Hope this helps and good luck!  You'll love 
> this Fitbit.
> 
> All the best,
> Esther Levegnale
> 
> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have 
>> is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? 
>> Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app 
>>> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I 
>>> don't think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and 
>>> all would be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be 
>>> accessible. I'd agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple 
>>> Watch.
>>> 
>>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be 
>>> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when 
>>> the band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I 
>>> don't even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>>> 
>>> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
>>> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are 
>>> times where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss 
>>> the band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
>>> 
>>>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them 
>>>> to figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go 
>>>> for one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart 
>>>> rate monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do 
>>>> you find the app for controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit 
>>>> Devices use the same app to control them?
>>>> 
>>>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some 
>>>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a 
>>>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably 
>>>> not going to be accessible, like t

RE: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.]

Hi,

How much of the Heart Rate info is accessible? Will it give you a good sense of 
heart rate variability over an afternoon, or just spot heart rate readings? I'm 
interested in getting the most heart rate information as possible. 

Thanks, Keith

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Esther Levegnale
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 10:29 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

Hi, Ari!

I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on it, 
and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the app 
and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another trick I do 
is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace into a bow, I 
push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I seem to get better 
results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it cheating?  LOL!  Well, I 
just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then on my arm.  When I exercise 
on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my arm so as not to get it caught in 
the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place my Fitbit hand on my thigh so that it 
registers.  Hope this helps and good luck!  You'll love this Fitbit.

All the best,
Esther Levegnale

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have 
> is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? 
> Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  wrote:
>> 
>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app 
>> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I don't 
>> think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and all would 
>> be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be accessible. I'd 
>> agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple Watch.
>> 
>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be 
>> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when the 
>> band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I don't 
>> even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>> 
>> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
>> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are times 
>> where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss the 
>> band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
>> 
>>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to 
>>> figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for 
>>> one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate 
>>> monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you 
>>> find the app for controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit 
>>> Devices use the same app to control them?
>>> 
>>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some 
>>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a 
>>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably 
>>> not going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my 
>>> phone on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an 
>>> issue for me.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ari
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife 
>>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not 
>>>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
>>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much 
>>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying 
>>>> a refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
>>>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
>>>> wi

Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Esther Levegnale]

Hi, Ari!

I have the Charge HR and love it!  Yes, you can find out what the battery 
status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on it, 
and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the app 
and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low.  Another trick I do 
is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace into a bow, I 
push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace.  I seem to get better 
results for steps with the device on my foot.  Call it cheating?  LOL!  Well, I 
just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then on my arm.  When I exercise 
on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my arm so as not to get it caught in 
the pedals.  Then, as I Pedal, I place my Fitbit hand on my thigh so that it 
registers.  Hope this helps and good luck!  You'll love this Fitbit.

All the best,
Esther Levegnale

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have 
> is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? 
> Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  wrote:
>> 
>> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app 
>> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I don't 
>> think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and all would 
>> be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be accessible. I'd 
>> agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple Watch.
>> 
>> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
>> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be 
>> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when the 
>> band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I don't 
>> even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
>> 
>> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
>> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are times 
>> where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss the 
>> band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
>> 
>>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to 
>>> figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for 
>>> one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate 
>>> monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you 
>>> find the app for controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit 
>>> Devices use the same app to control them?
>>> 
>>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some 
>>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a 
>>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably 
>>> not going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my 
>>> phone on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an 
>>> issue for me.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ari
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife 
>>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not 
>>>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
>>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much 
>>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying 
>>>> a refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
>>>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
>>>> wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  
>>>> for her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone ri

Re: Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[englishrider91]

Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have is 
about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? Also, 
is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere?


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain  wrote:
> 
> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app is 
> accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I don't 
> think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and all would 
> be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be accessible. I'd 
> agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple Watch.
> 
> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be 
> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when the 
> band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I don't 
> even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.
> 
> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are times 
> where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss the 
> band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.
> 
>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to 
>> figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for 
>> one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate 
>> monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you find 
>> the app for controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit Devices use 
>> the same app to control them?
>> 
>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some 
>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a 
>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably not 
>> going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my phone 
>> on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an issue 
>> for me.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife 
>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not 
>>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much 
>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a 
>>> refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
>>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
>>> wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  for 
>>> her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>>> 
>>> Hi Ari,
>>> 
>>> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out 
>>> there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of 
>>> vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it 
>>> is lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Sieghard
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of englishride...@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>>> 
>>> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low 
>>> while keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light 
>>> slleeper, to the point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding 
>>> something that will disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at 
>>> the same time (I'm a rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do 
>>> wake up, am able to very 

Fit Bit [was "Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings"]

[Christopher Chaltain]

I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit 
app is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. 
I don't think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications 
and all would be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be 
accessible. I'd agree, if you're going to go that route then get an 
Apple Watch.


One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the 
Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to 
be connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine 
when the band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at 
all. I don't even mess with my clock radio alarm any more.


My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this 
feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are 
times where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never 
miss the band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call.


On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:

I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to 
figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for one 
of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate monitoring 
is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you find the app for 
controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit Devices use the same app 
to control them?

There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some notifications, 
like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a basic smart watch, 
but that's not very important to me, as it's probably not going to be 
accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my phone on my belt 
when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an issue for me.


Thanks,
Ari


On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:

I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife hates 
mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not unusual for 
me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much less 
for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a 
refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  for her 
since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Hi Ari,

And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out there 
which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of vibration 
will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is lying on a 
hard surface such as a wooden night table.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
englishride...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari


On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:

You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change with 
buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume of the 
alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an alarm for 1 
minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low volume as the 
ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to be very quiet. 
Thanks for any additional ideas.

JR

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
englishride...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver volume 
(turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
VoiceOver and your ringtone. 

Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

['Carol Pearson' via VIPhone]

Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using MBraille

On 8 Jul 2016, at 21:27, Cristóbal  wrote:

I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife hates 
mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not unusual for 
me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much less 
for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a 
refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  for her 
since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Hi Ari,

And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out there 
which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of vibration 
will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is lying on a 
hard surface such as a wooden night table.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
englishride...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume 
> of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an 
> alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low 
> volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to 
> be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
> 
> JR 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
> VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
> setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. 
> This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do 
> with your volume buttons.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>   Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned off 
> speech/voiceover.
> 
>   Joseph Hudson
>   Email
>   jhud7...@gmail.com
>   I device support
>   Telephone
>   2543007667
>   Skype
>   joseph.hudson89 facebook
>   https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
>   Twitter
>   https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
>   FaceTime/iMessage
>   jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
> 
>   On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
>   Hi all, 
> 
>   Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when my
>   phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
> loudly
>   announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
> hear
>   the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
> 
>   JR 
> 
> 
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Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[englishrider91]

I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to 
figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for one 
of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate monitoring 
is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you find the app for 
controlling your Flex  with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit Devices use the same app 
to control them?

There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some notifications, 
like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a basic smart watch, 
but that's not very important to me, as it's probably not going to be 
accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my phone on my belt 
when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an issue for me.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal  wrote:
> 
> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife hates 
> mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not unusual 
> for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much less 
> for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a 
> refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
> wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  for 
> her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> Hi Ari,
> 
> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out 
> there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of 
> vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is 
> lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
> keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
> point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
> disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
> rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
> quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
> husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
>> 
>> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
>> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the 
>> volume of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I 
>> set an alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the 
>> same low volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the 
>> ringer to be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
>> 
>> JR 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of englishride...@gmail.com
>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>> 
>> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
>> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness 
>> of VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off 
>> the setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings 
>> app. This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you 
>> do with your volume buttons.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
>> off speech/voiceover.
>> 
>>   Joseph Hudson
>>   Email
>>   jhud7...@gmail.com
>>   I device support
>>   Telephone
>>   2543007

RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Cristóbal]

I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife hates 
mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not unusual for 
me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside.
An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much less 
for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying a 
refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00.
It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my 
wife. She  in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine  for her 
since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Hi Ari,

And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out there 
which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of vibration 
will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is lying on a 
hard surface such as a wooden night table.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
englishride...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume 
> of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an 
> alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low 
> volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to 
> be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
> 
> JR 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
> VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
> setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. 
> This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do 
> with your volume buttons.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
> off speech/voiceover.
>
>Joseph Hudson
>Email
>jhud7...@gmail.com
>I device support
>Telephone
>2543007667
>Skype
>joseph.hudson89 facebook
>https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
>Twitter
>https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
>FaceTime/iMessage
>jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
> 
>On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
>Hi all, 
>
>Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when 
> my
>phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
> loudly
>announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
> hear
>the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>
>JR 
>
>
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> list.
>
>If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, 
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Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[englishrider91]

Oh, wow! Really! Thanks for the suggestion! I thought only the Apple Watch 
could do this. Any suggestions as to what I might purchase? Do these devices 
also track sleep habits? I've always thought that would be kind of neat.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Ari,
> 
> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out 
> there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of 
> vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is 
> lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
> keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
> point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
> disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
> rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
> quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
> husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
>> 
>> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
>> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the 
>> volume of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I 
>> set an alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the 
>> same low volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the 
>> ringer to be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
>> 
>> JR 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of englishride...@gmail.com
>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
>> 
>> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
>> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness 
>> of VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off 
>> the setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings 
>> app. This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you 
>> do with your volume buttons.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ari
>> 
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
>> off speech/voiceover.
>> 
>>   Joseph Hudson
>>   Email
>>   jhud7...@gmail.com
>>   I device support
>>   Telephone
>>   2543007667
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>> 
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>>   jhud7...@yahoo.com
>> 
>> 
>>   On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
>> 
>>   Hi all, 
>> 
>>   Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when 
>> my
>>   phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
>> loudly
>>   announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
>> hear
>>   the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>> 
>>   JR 
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RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Ari,

And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out there 
which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of vibration 
will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it is lying on a 
hard surface such as a wooden night table.

Regards,
Sieghard

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Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume 
> of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an 
> alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low 
> volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to 
> be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
> 
> JR 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
> VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
> setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. 
> This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do 
> with your volume buttons.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
> off speech/voiceover.
>
>Joseph Hudson
>Email
>jhud7...@gmail.com
>I device support
>Telephone
>2543007667
>Skype
>joseph.hudson89 facebook
>https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
>Twitter
>https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
>FaceTime/iMessage
>jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
> 
>On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
>Hi all, 
>
>Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when 
> my
>phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
> loudly
>announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
> hear
>the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>
>JR 
>
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RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.]

Hi,

I wonder if you could successfully use a third party app such as Alarmed.

I use my AppleWatch, and turn the volume down to 1% or 5%, and use the 
vibration alert, too. One can even mute the alarm if you want, and just get the 
vibration alert.

Keith

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Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume 
> of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an 
> alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low 
> volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to 
> be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
> 
> JR 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
> VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
> setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. 
> This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do 
> with your volume buttons.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
> off speech/voiceover.
>
>Joseph Hudson
>Email
>jhud7...@gmail.com
>I device support
>Telephone
>2543007667
>Skype
>joseph.hudson89 facebook
>https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
>Twitter
>https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
>FaceTime/iMessage
>jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
> 
>On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
>Hi all, 
>
>Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when 
> my
>phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
> loudly
>announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
> hear
>the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>
>JR 
>
>
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Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[englishrider91]

Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low while 
keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light slleeper, to the 
point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding something that will 
disturb him as little as possible while waking me up at the same time (I'm a 
rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I do wake up, am able to very 
quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from something making noise, my 
husband doesn't find getting back to sleep easy) is very difficult.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change 
> with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume 
> of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an 
> alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low 
> volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to 
> be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas.
> 
> JR 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> englishride...@gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings
> 
> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver 
> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
> VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
> setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. 
> This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do 
> with your volume buttons.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
> off speech/voiceover.
>
>Joseph Hudson
>Email
>jhud7...@gmail.com
>I device support
>Telephone
>2543007667
>Skype
>joseph.hudson89 facebook
>https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
>Twitter
>https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
>FaceTime/iMessage
>jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
> 
>On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
>Hi all, 
>
>Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when 
> my
>phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very 
> loudly
>announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply 
> hear
>the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>
>JR 
>
>
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RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Jeremy]

You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the change with 
buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to the volume of the 
alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and if I set an alarm for 1 
minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at the same low volume as the 
ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud but the ringer to be very quiet. 
Thanks for any additional ideas.

JR 

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englishride...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver volume 
(turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. This 
makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do with your 
volume buttons.


Thanks,
Ari

On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:



Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned 
off speech/voiceover.

Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com
I device support
Telephone
2543007667
Skype
joseph.hudson89 facebook
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Twitter
https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 

FaceTime/iMessage
jhud7...@yahoo.com


On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  
wrote:

Hi all, 

Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling 
me when my
phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver 
very loudly
announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to 
simply hear
the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  

JR 


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Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[englishrider91]

You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver volume 
(turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between loudness of 
VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is turning off the 
setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of the settings app. This 
makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no matter what you do with your 
volume buttons.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned off 
> speech/voiceover.
> Joseph Hudson
> Email
> jhud7...@gmail.com
> I device support
> Telephone
> 2543007667
> Skype
> joseph.hudson89 facebook
> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
> Twitter
> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 
> 
> FaceTime/iMessage
> jhud7...@yahoo.com
> 
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when my
>> phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very loudly
>> announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply hear
>> the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
>> 
>> JR 
>> 
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Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Joseph Hudson]

Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned off 
speech/voiceover.
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> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy  wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when my
> phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very loudly
> announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply hear
> the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  
> 
> JR 
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Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings

[Jeremy]

Hi all, 

Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me when my
phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very loudly
announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to simply hear
the phone ring. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)  

JR 


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