Theoretically, what you say sounds logical. Reality has, thus far (in the
mobile market especially), proved the opposite. The numbers speak for
themselves. I have worked in both markets for several years.
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Hi.
Well, there are many apps which are called ITv. What developer and what app are
you talking about?
The developer choose if they wanna follow Apples guidelines and make their app
accessible. They choose if they'll only let some people use their app or if
they want all people who have an iPhon
Hello Sieghard:
I have no doubt that the task is possible on a PC using a number of
solutions. My point was just to illustrate the simplicity of doing it
in iOS.
Cheers.
Grant
On 1/24/13, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Grant,
>
> Could you not have used Skype for the Facebook chat session? I don
I was just reading this today and was similarly surprised. One thing I
would do right away is switch off location services for the app; I
don't believe there's any advantage to you to leave them on. Actually,
this is the case for a number of apps, including VizWiz. There's no
tangible benefit to yo
Hi Folks,
Well, it finally happened! My iPhone 4S running IOS 6.0.2 has quit talking.
I've tried restting the iPhone and restoring from backup but no difference. I
had Voiceover set up to turn on and off with triple tapping the home button but
this doesn't make and difference either Any sugge
Hi,
Yes. When you open OoTunes, stop the station that is playing if it is
launched automatically. Double-tap on the "favorites" tab. In the right hand
corner, there will be an edit b button. Double-tap on that. All of your
stations will be listed. There will be a delete button, followed by the
Hi Grant,
Could you not have used Skype for the Facebook chat session? I don't want to
say it's not perfectly OK to use the iPhone as from what you described it
worked well, but you can link your Facebook account to Skype and I have
chatted with people where I was on Skype and they were on Faceboo
Hi Tom and Reggie,
I have had an iPod Touch for a year starting in September of 2009, then I
had an iPhone 4 in the Fall of 2010 and bought a 4S in October 2011. I think
in those more than 3 years I had to use the hard reset or whatever you want
to call the Power Button/Home Key combination maybe
Hello Philippa,
Their reply is certainly not encouraging. I also read William's message to
their support team and while he mentions that he is a Voiceover user, I
typically give a few lines more background when I approach a developer. I
mention that I am of course blind which if somebody isn't
Except there's no competition for VoiceOver, while I know of at least
four screen readers for Windows, one of which is free. I can see a
situation where MS would put out a screen reader, which may actually be
pretty good at first, it would drive the other screen readers out of
business, and then wi
Hello,
I downloaded over drive on my iPhone, but am at a loss as to how it works.
Would someone email me instructions? Any help is appreciated.
Jan
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Hi,
Yeah, I hear where you're coming from, Reggie, but on the other hand,
playing devil's advocate for a second, I think I understand why they don't
want us doing that, although their response to you should not have been rude
or condescending in any way.To me, the verbiage in the iPhone 4
With the screen curtain on, you shouldn't need to shield the screen as
it completely hides the contents of the screen. I'd recommend at least
a four-digit passcode to secure your iPod Touch's data in case it is
stolen. You can set one up under settings/general/Passcode Lock.
Beyond that, I suppose
Hello. Here are a few things I can think of:
1. Make sure your phone has a passcode. You may also want to
enable the feature that will wipe your phone if someone
incorrectly guesses your passcode more than 10 times.
2. Enable the "find my iPhone" feature.
hth
Josh
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All, Will be traveling over a twelve day period, in several states, with Fourth
Gen IPod Touch as only internet device.
Other than operating with screen curtain on, listening to VO via headphones,
and holding screen of unit close to my body to somewhat shield typing, are
there other tips for kee
Thanks very much!
Alex
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Sent: 24 January 2013 20:40
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Help for sighted girlfriend
Basically, yes. Instead of performing a double-tap and hold
I don't have one either, but my understanding is there an app that you
load to interface with the drive. That is really the only way you
could do anything with any external storage on the IPhone. The Iphone
does not in the operating system itself give you any way to access a
different storage sourc
Hi, the iphone will get a bit hot when using services like the gps or
Bluetooth or Wi-Fi for long periods of time. This is especially more
noticeable if the phone is inside an enclosed case or pocket. The GPS is
the worst of the 3 though from my experience. Oh, and it will eat
through your batt
Hello,
Is there a way to delete photos from an iPad without syncing it to iTunes?
Jan
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Hi, earlier this week I wrote the list about problems navigating with my
Bluetooth keyboard on the iPad. I was getting choppy reading while reading
documents by lines, etc. Anyway, I've tried it with my Apple keyboard, and I am
not experiencing the same issues. Can anyone think of a reason of wh
Hi,
Yes, that is normal, even for earlier models.
Cheers,
Joseph
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From: Agent086b Hello all, had my iPhone5 for a couple of days. We just went out
in the car so I thought I would give Maps a go. I must say the
map program worked well around my town. The Only thing
Hello all, had my iPhone5 for a couple of days. We just went out in the car so
I thought I would give Maps a go. I must say the map program worked well around
my town. The Only thing I noticed was the phone got very hot. Is this normal
when using maps?
Thanks for any pointers.
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Hi friends:
I would like to reorganize the radio stations I have on my favorites in a
different order.
Is it possible to do this?
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Hey Allen,
Although I don't have one of these, I did read up on it. When the unit is
turned on, you go to the y fi part of your settings. It should show up
there.
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Sorry, had to correct that typo. But I have some further observations, as well.
When I read with the Braille display, the app's panning feature goes on and on,
like a website. I'm wondering if there might be a way to turn it off. I like
it, but if it compromises the bookmarking, I'm not sure I s
Hi all,
I’ve been considering the Kingston wireless drive sold at Amazon.com. I know
that it is connected to an iPhone via wifi but I can’t find information on how
this is actually done. Does anyone have this drive and if so what did you have
to do to wirelessly connect your iPhone to the Kin
The trash on the eye devices has to be emptied manually. Tap the edit button,
in the trash folder, then tap delete all
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Hello. The app is called omoby. As for which one is better, I'm
not exactly sure, as I have not compared them.
Josh
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From: "Arnold Schmidt" I was telling a coworker about tap tap see, and he said he has an
app on his phone that sounds similar. I thought he calle
Well, ADA and the Rehab Act require government and industry that contracts with
government to provide accessible solutions whenever possible. This is, in point
of fact, why Apple brought screen reader development in-house. The tiny
percentage of the blind who used Apple products did not provide
It's odd that more and more people's accounts on this list are getting
hacked into. Thankfully it hasn't happened to me yet, probably because
I use my email account for my Skype and Facebook and I'm always signed
into them. To those that I may have offended in my previous post, I'm
sorry. What
I was telling a coworker about tap tap see, and he said he has an app on his
phone that sounds similar. I thought he called it moby, or emoby, but I don't
think that is right. I searched the archives and couldn't find a similar app
related to these words. So, what is it called, and how does i
I definitely am open to a better suggestion, but when I have gotten into a
situation like you describe with my iPhone 5, and can't figure out any other
way to get back, I go into the app switcher, and remove the problem app from
the app switcher. So far, when I have opened it again, it goes bac
It is the same and easier. She only need touch and drage and lift up her
finger and the app is put in the given folder. Or if you put two apps on
top of each other, a folder is created.
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Yes, and you ignore the fact that, unless such a screen reader was at least as
effective as those currently on the market, the existing screen readers would
remain viable and available because government and industry would continue
using them. Both the ADA and the Rehab Act require it.
Let me b
Hi, folk,
I have been successful in getting books to display on the IPod. Unfortunately,
when I leave the Overdrive App, the bookmark doesn't seem to take. I think
there are panning and zooming features in the app that confuse VO. Anyone have
success navigating in this app with VO, or reading l
Sorry, I didn't mean to put any words in your mouth. I was just
expressing my opinion. I feel that a world without 3rd party screen
readers puts blind people in a bind. I also am not convinced that a 3rd
party screen reader will survive, even if it is a superior product.
There are tons of cases whe
If a similar issue were to come up again I would again resolutely be "short
sighted" and vote "NO!" It doesn't bother me to be labeled "short sighted"
because at that time Microsoft had shown no serious intention to be
concerned about accessibility until the State of Massachusetts had
implemen
Christopher,
The concerns you expressed in your post is precisely why I replied to that
question when put to me with a resounding "NO."
Holland's Man, Bill
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Excellent points David, while I have a feeling that one screen reader or
another might emerge as the "clear choice", it doesn't have to be as
black-and-white as "OS-BASED or third-party screen reader, but not both."
Microsoft is sort of making strides with Narrator to the point where my
underst
And that is an example of placing words and concepts in my mouth which I never
stated. Of course, it is the only way to give the short-sighted blindness
position any Merritt.
To be perfectly clear, I never said there should only be an OS based screen
reader. This was the straw man distraction p
Thanks Sieghard. I've made this recommendation to others, but forgot to do
this myself. Removing and reinstalling seems to have helped in terms of
responsiveness.
On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Les,
>
> Have you tried to remove the app and redownload/reinstall it?
I wish I could say that it was some brilliant technical prowess on my
part that made it work, but the truth is I simply downloaded the free
Facebook Messenger app from the App Store. VoiceOver announced every
message along with its participant as it arrived, and the phone also
vibrated so I knew I
Yes exactly. I can easily delete things from playlists, but to delete
them from my library itself it seems that you have to view the item in
Music, Books, etc.
On 1/24/13, Sherrie wrote:
> At least in my experience deleting a song from a playlist does not delete it
>
> from your iTunes Library.
At least in my experience deleting a song from a playlist does not delete it
from your iTunes Library. This is especially aggravating when I want to
delete tracks. from a particular area that I have in a playlist. I have to
then go to the music folder or the books folder to search for the spe
Grant,
Can you please fill us in on how you made the group chat work?
This may be useful for others on the list, too, besides me.
Thanks in advance. Keith
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Grant Hardy
Sent: Thursday, Januar
Basically, yes. Instead of performing a double-tap and hold, she'll
simply touch and hold an app to get it to jiggle. Then she can drag it
to another location on the home screen, drag it to either edge of the
home screen to move from page to page, drag it on top of another app
to create a folder, o
^It's worth pointing out that there are plenty, plenty of apps, both
on the job and not, that JAWS doesn't work with at all including many
of the built-in apps included in Windows 8, as well as most
third-party "metro" apps. While you may have lucked out in your
particular case with Lotus Notes on
I have seen this type post several times. It is more than likely that this
person's email has been hacked and this is why this is happening. He is not
doing this on purpose. Just be wise and do not click on any link that you
know nothing about.
-Original Message-
From: John Lipsey
Se
I've just given my old Iphone4 to my sighted girlfriend, and
I need some help with moving apps about and putting things in folders. I
know how to do this with vo, but is it pretty much the same for sighted
folk?
Cheers
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as no doubt some of you know, ITV app on iPad or iPhone is completely
inaccessible to VO users. below is what they said when my fiancee wrote to them
and asked them to consider fixing the issue. would as many people as possible
write to them and raise the point? we might be able to do
I've loved my iPhone 5 ever since I got it in October. I was one of
the 2,000,000 that preordered the phone when orders were being taken,
and though it took awhile for it to arrive, I have been loving it ever
since. It is definitely worth the purchase. Besides, everyone that
buys from Apple has a f
Well, we can choose to disagree, but I feel it's also short sighted to
think that OS provided screen readers will solve all of our problems.
They definitely have an advantage and a place, but if we go down that
path to the exclusion of 3rd party screen readers than I fear we're
losing the opportuni
Like I said, short-sighted. Microsoft is finally putting a full-fledged screen
reader in Windows 8. And all those dire predictions of yesteryear are already
proving to be so much hot air. The fact is the screen reader companies are
finding the weaknesses in Windows Narrator and demonstrating tha
Thanks. The scrub gesture doesn't seem to work. Decided to try just
turning my iPad off and back on. That seemed to take care of it.
Karen P
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From: "Christopher Chaltain"
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: A Voxy Question
Try the scrub
Hi Anita,
If you check out an app on the app store it will definitely work on a 4S
unless otherwise indicated.
As for working with Window-Eyes that really doesn't apply here, this is an
app for your iPhone and only indirectly has to do with Window-Eyes because
you have to use iTunes to tra
Hi Christopher,
I agree, but let's assume or maybe I should say hope that Mr. or Ms. BBS
whoever he/she is meant this as a generalization and did not imply that Jeff
sent that SPAM because I am sure he didn't. The fact that the message with
that link was not only sent to the list but to a bunch of
Wow. I didn't know that changed. I rarely use it, but it's good
information.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
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Hi Les,
Have you tried to remove the app and redownload/reinstall it? I have a 4S
and I'm in Canada and it works very well and I also used it on a bunch of US
currency, about a dozen bills from hundreds to twenties to tens and fives
and I just kept picking them up and holding them over the phone w
Don't assume that the sender intentionally sent this to the list. Their
system or account could have been compromised.
On 24/01/13 09:47, BBS wrote:
> Don't worry about it. It's spam. It's stupid that people have nothing
> else to do besides spamming people.
>
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I'm not so sure that those in the blindness community who expressed
concerns about MS getting into the screen reader business was so short
sighted. There's no guarantee that JAWS would still exist if MS had come
out with their own screen reader, and I'm sure JAWS is a superior screen
reader to anyt
Don't worry about it. It's spam. It's stupid that people have nothing
else to do besides spamming people.
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Try the scrub gesture. Sweep two fingers back and forth like you're
scrubbing the clean screen. This works for me in some apps.
On 24/01/13 09:39, Karen Poulakos wrote:
> I was looking around in the Voxy settings yesterday. I tapped the
> "More" button, to see what was there, and can't seem to fi
I was looking around in the Voxy settings yesterday. I tapped the "More"
button, to see what was there, and can't seem to find a "Back" button to get
back to the settings. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Karen Poulakos
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Thanks for this. Going in my documents for sure. Until I am better with
iTunes I won't be able to use, but this was what I needed just in case.
Other option was to drop it in Apple's lap.
Reggie
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Of Ro
Accessibility does not care about this. They don't want us doing the home
button/on/off button reboot. They blamed me for the problem, and not easy
for me to get sighted help when nobody in my home can see a lick. Angry
about their lack of understanding but I just don't do it. If I ever need to
Ah, the help file indicates that this option doesn't apply to ITouch and
IPhones. That settles that.
Teresa
On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> Hmmm, John, I can't find it in either one of those places. How odd. I know
> I've seen it.
>
> Thanks,
> Teresa
>
>
> On the other
Hmmm, John, I can't find it in either one of those places. How odd. I know I've
seen it.
Thanks,
Teresa
On the other hand, there are different fingers.
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I have had nothing but great success with Money Reader on the iPHone 5. It
is as responsive as ever.
I have the newer Otterbox Defender case on it which has the large cut-out
for the camera.
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Looks like spam. Any link with no explanation is one I don't open.
Teresa
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 4:48 AM, Paul Ferrara wrote:
> What is this link?
>
> Paul
>
> -Original Message- From: Jeffrey Turner
> Sent: Thursday, January
Is that the checkbox in iTunes preferences under the devices pane? It's
either that one, or it shows up in the info tab when you have the device
connected to your computer.
Take Care
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Website, htt
Craig,
The three or so magazines that I have tried through that, always as paid by the
way, none have worked. They are all as you correctly point out images or scans
of the actual product.
This of course renders them inaccessible and this will not change until the
producer converts the product
Go to speech/general/accessibility/voiceover. Flick down to the rover button
and double tap it. Select speech rate with a double tap, and then exit settings.
Turn the rotor to speech rate, and flick up and down to change the percentage
higher to lower or lower to higher.
Now, you'll be able to
Hi,
connect your device to your computer, open iTunes, and navigate to your device
in the sources table. It is found in the first settings category. I can't
remember what its called. lol. summary, info, something like that. any which
way, its where you would find the serial number for your
Create a backup and then use the backup when setting up the new device.
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 4:30 AM, RobH! wrote:
> I have 2 iDevices so far with all the same mailboxes; so how can I import
> all this to
I have a 4S and I've noticed inconsistent performance. As compared to the
initial release, the app is slower to respond in general to the point that I am
going to look at the other option discussed here.
Les
On Jan 23, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alan Paganelli
wrote:
> I have the first iBill bank no
What is this link?
Paul
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Hi, Jaws is a screen reader, not a voice. Eloquence is a voice, not a
screen reader. Eloquence is widely used by screen readers such as Jaws
and Window-Eyes.
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Hi,
Just to clear something up here: as I have lost VO several times now after
a reset, I have discovered that the thing which gets turned off is not VO, but
the default to triple click home. So, if you get sighted help to enable vo,
just get teh mto go to settings/general/accessibility an
Hi,
I use this app all the time on my 4s and the old 4. However, I did upgrade
to "iLike2Read pro", which seemed a little sluggish at first but works
flawlessly for me now. I am not using a braille display at the moment, just the
built in voice Daniel. So, don't know if a Braille Display wo
you can edit the playlist and delete the songs you no longer want in the
list and then save the edited playlist. The songs you deleted from the list
will no longer be played.
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From: "Grant Hardy"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:57 PM
Subject: Deleting song
I have the first iBill bank note reader. It's faster and easier then
pulling out my iPhone but I also have EyeNote on my iPhone as a backup.
- Original Message -
From: "Don Breda"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:12 PM
Subject: Looktel money reader results on the iPhone 5:
I
How about tap tap see?
If it is just text you are wanting to read, you might be able to use an OCR
app, but I think Tap Tap see might be quicker and easier.
You also could use an app called Recognizer, but there would be time
involved to first get all of your CDs scanne into your personal dat
I like the vo voice in the i devices!!! The only voice if I really had
to choose would be Jaws!! Since I am so used to it. I am sorry, but
I don't really like elenquence or Sepi 5. Thanks Wait!!!
Sorry for that! Is Jaws and elenquence same? (please excuse my
spelling) Thanks!
On 1/23
I use tap tap see with my curtain on, and I did not adjust my brightness at
all.
And it works wondderfully.
A great app, and highly recommended!
I mean, why not, it is free!
Chris Chaffin
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Go to settings, enter general, enter accessibility, enter voice over on,
flick to the right until you find speaking rate it will be an adjustable
flick one finger up or down depending on what speed you want.
Note when you become more familiar with the IOS there is a way to do this
using the rotor.
Hi list:
Have a question for a friend who just purchased the IPhone. How do you go
about adjusting the speech rate for voice over? Thanks!
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> Annie,
>
> Limited on what I can say, but, shall simply say that they are still working
> on it.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
Annie,
Limited on what I can say, but, shall simply say that they are still working on
it.
Regards,
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Tony,
You will need to contact BT and ask them for your BT WiFi / BT OpenZone
credentials.
Do note, I gave up on this ages ago, as a fellow BT user, I expected a similar
service to The Cloud or O2 WiFi. That is where you log on once, validate, and
from there the service retains your MAC addres
Gina,
I'm in the UK, you can call our service desk and we'd be happy to talk you
through this.
0844 999 4199
ask for Neil.
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Hi, all,
I can't for the life of me find this setting in iTunes for the Mac. I'm using
the most recent version. I'd like to be able to eject from the desktop and
perhaps store some data outside of ITunes on my Ipod Touch 4.
Thanks,
Teresa
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