RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Robert, Make sure your phone is plugged in, then open iTunes and find you rphone under devices. By default the "Summary" tab should be checked. Just keep pressing the tab key until you find "Open iTunes when phone is connected". It actually doesn't say it exactly in those words, I did have the exa

iCloud question

2012-10-10 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi all, An interesting observation about iCloud. I have discovered that there are certain apps which store their data in iCloud but which you cannot access from Settings/iCloud/Storage and Backup/Manage Storage/Documents and Data. Fleksy is one example. The user dictionary seems to be stored in iC

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Kevin, Even though your subject and message were quite clear, I think I misunderstood your previous message and thought you wanted iTunes to open when you plugged in your phone and not when you booted up your Windows 7 computer. What I described takes care of the first, the latter I assume you

Re: facebook and replying to their emails

2012-10-10 Thread Rob Harris
So long as you click Reply, and put the new comments above the "original mesage" line; FB will use the new content above that line as a new status or message update. R! - Original Message - From: "Vicki Meizinger" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:30 PM Subject: facebook and r

Re: Accessible Speed Test App

2012-10-10 Thread Earle
I haven't found 1 yet. That's why I was asking the list if anyone new of an accessible speed test app for the iPhone. -- Earle Msn: peterson...@sympatico.ca Skype, Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo: rowdyamerican Aim: rowdyamerican28 On 2012-10-10, at 12:58 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >

Re: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Robert Doc Wright
I have not been able to find the feature that opens iTunes when I plug in my phone. *** character is found in how you treat people who can't do anything for you. web page http://www.wrighthere.net - Original Message - From: "Kevin Minor" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:24 PM

Re: Accessible user guide for the previous iOS version anyone?

2012-10-10 Thread Esther
Hi Ioana, You can check the AppleVis guides section for "Easy access to the iOS Manual" at: http://www.applevis.com/guides/easy-access-ios-manual The comments have my old posting of links to various HTML versions (and the scheme for getting guides in different languages). I was trying to add the

Netflix question

2012-10-10 Thread Hope Paulos
Hello all. I just install the Netflix app, and I'm wondering how I continue to watch something. On the top of the screen, it says continue watching and then gives movie. Then it says double tap to play. I double tap, nothing happens. Suggestions are welcome. Sent from my iPhone -- You receiv

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Kevin Minor
Hi All. Raul's suggestion worked great, and iTunes now will start when Windows starts. It does make the bootup process noticeably longer. In any case I'm happy again. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public arc

RE: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Turner
If you are already in Settings, General, Accessibility, then you need to go into the VoiceOver settings, then down to Braille. If blue tooth isn't on, it will prompt you to turn it on. Then, it will search for your device. When it shows up in the list of devices, double tap on its button. If it bri

Re: How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-10 Thread Hope Paulos
Hi there. I do not know how to pair of the device with the phone, but I know manual can be obtained in PDF format from the company's website. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 10:01 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Anyone know how to pair a Focus with a iPhone 5? I am in the braille section >

How to pair Focus 14 to iPhone?

2012-10-10 Thread VaShaun Jones
Anyone know how to pair a Focus with a iPhone 5? I am in the braille section of accessibility and now I need to know what button to press to get them to pair? please be specific as I'm not familiar with this device. Any help is appreciated greatly. On a side note would you also know where elect

Nice ways to use Siri with reminders

2012-10-10 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi everyone, I thought I would share with you an interesting way to use Siri with reminders. As far as I know I haven't seen this posted in the complete command guide that somebody shared on the list a few days ago. I managed to create reminders by saying something like this: Add John Doe to m

Accessible user guide for the previous iOS version anyone?

2012-10-10 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi everyone, If I remember correctly they accessible user guides for iOS fives had a much more detailed description of Siri and conjecture with other applications I remember a whole list of commands you could say to Siri and reminders but I haven't seen posted on other blogs. Does anyone have

Re: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-10 Thread Damashe Thomas
I like the app as well, but I wish there were more sharing options on the apps menu. IOS has plenty of options builtin they could take advantage of. Does any one remember if the app has been updated since iOS 6 was released? - Original Message - From: "Cristobal" To: Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Should resetting the iPhone in IOS 6 cause loss of VoiceOver

2012-10-10 Thread reggie.alvar...@gmail.com
To the last trill? Does this do the same thing as holding until turn off completely? Reggie and Brooks On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:42 PM, "Kathy Blackburn" wrote: I wrote to accessibil...@apple.com and was told that the hard re-set, holding down the home and sleep/wake buttons at the same time, do

Re: Should resetting the iPhone in IOS 6 cause loss of VoiceOver

2012-10-10 Thread reggie.alvar...@gmail.com
I had not rebooted for almost three weeks when it happened to me. I also had nothing attached to the phone. Reggie and Brooks On Oct 9, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Scott Howell wrote: David, I have to admit that I have not used this reboot procedure more than maybe a couple of times, yet I have no

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread David Chittenden
You need to move items to the page you want to fill. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 11/10/2012, at 10:54, Wayne Merritt wrote: > Greetings. I got my iPhone 5 today and have been enjoying it most of > the afternoon. So ma

Re: Should resetting the iPhone in IOS 6 cause loss of VoiceOver

2012-10-10 Thread reggie.alvar...@gmail.com
It does not work. I thought I wrecked my phone when I did it. Reggie and Brooks On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: It should actually work no matter what provided you've gone into Settings/General/Accessibility/Tripple Click Home and set it to VoiceOver. Grant On 10/9/12, Jeff

Re: Should resetting the iPhone in IOS 6 cause loss of VoiceOver

2012-10-10 Thread reggie.alvar...@gmail.com
I sent a message to Apple and they wrote back telling me, in effect, don't use home and power button to reboot the phone. I only did this when I could not get things straightened out. I think more people need to report this unless they have done this on purpose. Reggie and Brooks On Oct 9

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi, It also depends on how you configure it when you setting it up, either you configuring it as brand new set up, or you choose to restore your setting from your previous iphone. If you set aas default with new set up, no cyncing apps or setting when you first setting up, all of your default app

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Les Kriegler
Well, on the phone I tried, there were definitely five rows, stocks was on the first page, it's on the second page on my 4S. Les On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw wrote: > I also have the iPhone 5 and notice nothing is added to the fifth row--even > on the first page thanks for t

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, 4 icons per row times 5 rows makes 20 icons per page. I hope that helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best job I ever had was at a bank, I was bringing home $5,000 a month... but then they caught me. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.

Re: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi all, in case this wasn't fully answered as yet with all the techno details, here is the simple answer. If you are using Windows 7, open the following path, but replace xxx with your own user name. C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Please note that it

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
I also have the iPhone 5 and notice nothing is added to the fifth row--even on the first page thanks for the tip Sharonda Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > I did see an iPhone 5 and noticed that on the Home Screen, there were five > rows of icons that

Test Message

2012-10-10 Thread M. Taylor
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Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
Thanks. this matches what people on Twitter have told me, that icons need to be moved to the 5th row in order for the 5 rows to show up. Since we can now have 5 rows of icons, how many icons can be in a folder now? And, can you have a folder inside of another folder? Like can I put the New Stand fo

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Kevin Minor
Hi Joe. I looked in the preferences of iTunes, but I didn't fin d anything there. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit home premium with the latest version of iTunes and the most recent Window-Eyes. Thanks for any help you can offer. GO REDS! Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY kmi...@windstream.net -- You rec

Test Message: Please ignore

2012-10-10 Thread M. Taylor
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RE: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-10 Thread Cristobal
I too find the app easier to go through the magazine than the webpage. Matter of opinion more than anything else I suppose. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:45 PM To: viphone@

Re: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Les Kriegler
I did see an iPhone 5 and noticed that on the Home Screen, there were five rows of icons that all had apps assigned to them. I'm guessing that on subsequent pages, there are only 4 rows with assigned apps? Les On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:55 PM, "Daniel Miller" wrote: > By default, nothing gets adde

Practicing gestures

2012-10-10 Thread reggie.alvar...@gmail.com
I was struggling badly with two finger, double tap. I took David's suggestion to heart and found my fingers had gotten just too close together. As soon as I practiced for a few minutes, I was no longer having the problem. I would encourage anybody to just take a few minutes if a gesture is just

Re: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Turner
The app provides a cleaner interface in my opinion. Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." — Jane Wagner (Sent from an iPhone 4s) On Oct 10, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Shane Clark wrote: > Well are there differences in going to the website than just usi

Re: Tune-in Radio

2012-10-10 Thread Shane Clark
Ok cool. Thanks Wayne. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > Provided you know what to look for , you can find blindness related > Internet stations in TuneIn Radio, such as Mushroom FM, and I would > bet even ACB Radio. You might try doing a search for blind,

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Joe
You're on Windows 7, right? I'll poke around and see if I can find something for you. That's strange that it won't start automatically if it's checked in MSConfig. Did you try the Preferences route from within iTunes like the other guy suggested?--Joe -Original Message- From: viphone@googl

RE: How do I get iTunes to start automaticly when Windows 7 starts?

2012-10-10 Thread Kevin Minor
Hi. I just checked the startup items in MSCONFIG, and iTunes manufacturing is checked, but iTunes still doesn't start automaticly. If it weren't for my PC doing an auto update and restarting because the update didn't take this wouldn't be a problem. I'd prefer to start iTunes myself and have it

Re: facebook and replying to their emails

2012-10-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can do it directly through Facebook, but another option is thefriendmail.com. On 10/10/12 16:30, Vicki Meizinger wrote: > you know how you can get messages in your email from facebook? I have > heard both yes and not to being able to reply and have the person get > your return message. if so,

RE: 5 rows of icons on iPhone 5

2012-10-10 Thread Daniel Miller
By default, nothing gets added to that 5th row, it's empty. You need to manually add things. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:54 PM To: viphone Subject: 5 rows of icons on iPho

facebook and replying to their emails

2012-10-10 Thread Vicki Meizinger
you know how you can get messages in your email from facebook? I have heard both yes and not to being able to reply and have the person get your return message. if so, what do I have to do to make this work? Vicki Meizinger -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhon

Re: Tune-in Radio

2012-10-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
Provided you know what to look for , you can find blindness related Internet stations in TuneIn Radio, such as Mushroom FM, and I would bet even ACB Radio. You might try doing a search for blind, and see what comes up. You may be surprised. Wayne On 10/9/12, MamaPeach wrote: > I don't believe th

Re: Selecting Tones

2012-10-10 Thread David Chittenden
Yes, it appears to be the way the area scrolls now. Only so many ringtones appear on the screen at one time. The workaround I have found is to double-tap a ringtone, bringing focus to it. This shifts the focus in the list and shows more ringtones. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...

Selecting Tones

2012-10-10 Thread Joe
Hi, is anyone else having difficulty selecting tones, whether it be ring tones or alert sounds in general? I've added custom tones to my phone, and sometimes swiping or doing the four-finger tap to go to top of screen still makes Voiceover jump around and skip tones I know are there. Tapping random

Re: Bookmarks app and reading speed.

2012-10-10 Thread Esther
Hi Annie, You can speed up your audio book listening when using the Bookmark app, but only by as much as you can get from the built-in Music app. Go to the track in the music app, start playing, and increase the speed. Then when you switch to the Bookmark app and play the audio book it will use

Re: Accessible-iOS Access World/Afb site

2012-10-10 Thread Shane Clark
Well are there differences in going to the website than just using the app? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Shane Clark wrote: > Hi All, > I've been reading some of Access World via the iPhone app. My question is, > does Afb have an app you can download? And what differences d

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, unfortunately this is a known issue. Right now there isn't a way around this unless you search for a specific friend to narrow the search list down. -- Raul A. Gallegos America: a country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight. Home Pa

Fidelity App

2012-10-10 Thread Les Kriegler
I have an IRA account with Fidelity. I have been working with the Fidelity App and it is totally accessible. I wish to thank Amy Ruell and the group with whom she is affiliated, as I understand work was done to improve this app's accessibility with VoiceOver. All buttons are labeled and it wo

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hmm, I never thought of that. Thanks for the work-around, but I'd still like the app to be more accessible. K On 10/10/12, Donna Slater wrote: > Hi, ok well, for friends I go to the facebook mobile site in safari and then > > you can access friends quite easily from there. I think the address is

The Boot

2012-10-10 Thread Shane Clark
Hi, I recently liked a page on Facebook called theboot.com. Its a Country music news site. They have videos sometime:, but I can't seem to find the play button. My girlfriend can find it, but it doesn't seem to work for me. So I didn't know if any of you could help? Thanks for any and all feedb

Access World/Afb site

2012-10-10 Thread Shane Clark
Hi All, I've been reading some of Access World via the iPhone app. My question is, does Afb have an app you can download? And what differences does going to the app have to the site? Finally, I guess it woukdn't matter where you put the app, but could you put it in the news folder app, isn't Ac

Re: audible app again asking people to test.

2012-10-10 Thread Aser Tolentino
I have similar symptoms but number of items queued for download or successfully downloaded varies. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Oct 10, 2012, at 9:41, "Donna Slater" wrote: > Hi > > Ok well, I have installed and removed the audible app several times now, and > I’ve done a full rest

RE: audible app again asking people to test.

2012-10-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Donna, I have no issues with the Audible app and never have had any except sometimes a download may be corrupted in some way and I have to delete the part of the book and redownload. I have 515 titles in my library and by that I mean books, not the various parts. I only buy full-length b

Re: Accessible Speed Test App

2012-10-10 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Hi. I don't see the name of the speed test app in your messages. Could you repost it? I'm also looking for an accessible speed test app. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Earle wrote: > I did mean for the iPhone. Thought I specified that. Sorry. > -- > Earle >

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Donna Slater
Hi, ok well, for friends I go to the facebook mobile site in safari and then you can access friends quite easily from there. I think the address is m/facebook.com Regards Donna -Original Message- From: Kimber Gardner Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Shane Clark
Kimber, not sure what to do about adding friends, but if you wanna tag friends in your friends list, go to the choose friends button and in the edit box, type in your friends name. Now Vo won't read your friends name when you flick to the right, but if you double tap, it will then read your frie

Re: Accessible Speed Test App

2012-10-10 Thread Earle
I did mean for the iPhone. Thought I specified that. Sorry. -- Earle Msn: peterson...@sympatico.ca Skype, Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo: rowdyamerican Aim: rowdyamerican28 On 2012-10-09, at 2:39 PM, Jessie wrote: > is it for iphone or pc > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2012,

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Kimber Gardner
Thank you Loreal! Kimber On 10/10/12, Loreal Lavigna wrote: > I'm not sure but am looking into this issue for my own interest as well. > If > I find something I'll post it to the list for you! > Loreal > > > Loreal Lavigna > Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Language Specialist > Phone: (518) 33

RE: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Loreal Lavigna
I'm not sure but am looking into this issue for my own interest as well. If I find something I'll post it to the list for you! Loreal Loreal Lavigna Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Language Specialist Phone: (518) 330-5188 Email: loreallavi...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: viph

Re: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Kimber Gardner
Well Rats! Is there another app that I can use in the meantime? Oh, I know there are other FB apps, but which ones do not have this issue? Thanks, Kim On 10/10/12, Loreal Lavigna wrote: > No, you aren't doing anything wrong. This is indeed a bug in the new > Facebook app. It's been there for

RE: Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Loreal Lavigna
No, you aren't doing anything wrong. This is indeed a bug in the new Facebook app. It's been there for the previous release of the app as well as this new release. Loreal Loreal Lavigna Medical Transcriptionist/Medical Language Specialist Phone: (518) 330-5188 Email: loreallavi...@gmail.com

Re: Muxica crashing

2012-10-10 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Yes, version 4.0 worked fine, but the 2 newer versions have not. In the current one it doesn't even load. So, it's not exactly a crash, but just won't load. I'm confident David will be able to fix this though, so I haven't lost hope. -- Raul A. Gallegos A friend sent me a post card with a pict

RE: Audible app seems to be unuseable

2012-10-10 Thread Rose Combs
Uninstall it and reinstall it, then you can access your library and redownload any books you want. That is how I fixed the problem since I don't want to use iTunes since I get credits on Audible itself. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Sl

Can't see my friends in the facebook app

2012-10-10 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, When I go into the Facebook app and access my friend list, I can't see their names. All I get when running my finger down the screen is a series of clicks. I have similar issues in the area where new friends are suggested. I can see the button to add the person but not who I'm adding. Am

Re: two finger double tap in ios6

2012-10-10 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I find that it's somewhat inconsistent on my iPhone 4, and I use that gesture for starting/stopping streaming audio more than anything else. I never use the two-finger double-tap for answering calls. As soon as a call comes in I go immediately to the botttom of the screen and to a split-ta

Bookmarks app and reading speed.

2012-10-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Can you only read in normal speed in the bookmarks app. If I can speed the reading up please tell me how. Best regards Annie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/vip

Re: using the bookmark app?

2012-10-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. The best you can do is to use a program for creating an audiobook for ITunes. I bought one called audio book builder for the mac, but I do not know if it is the best one. There are a number of these apps in the app store. On windows there are a program called something with chapters that sh

Re: recording app for teh iPad

2012-10-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have tried a great number of these Voice recorders, the one I will really recommend is Voice Recorder HD. It also works for background recording in very good quality. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 8, 2012 kl. 4:21 AM skrev Joseph Lee : > Hi, > There are two paid ones I’d recommend: Audio M