Re: Reading text messages in other language how to do it?

2013-07-14 Thread Michael Amaro
will try it thanks From: Victor Hugo Gallegos Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 5:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Reading text messages in other language how to do it? I added Spanish to the language rotor, if you haven't done that, I will tell you how. Go to settings/general/acces

RE: Small Jambox questions

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The original Jambox was released almost 3 years ago. I have one that is probably nearly that old, maybe 2 years, and I must say that while the battery still charges and works, battery life is greatly reduced. I haven't tested it and now that this came up I probably will, but there is absolutely no

Re: Small Jambox questions

2013-07-14 Thread David Chittenden
They have been out since 2010, so yes, they have been out long enough for the oldest models to start getting weak batteries if it has been used extensively. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 15/07/2013, at 11:59, SSEric wrot

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Traci Duncan
Has anyone successfully created an appointment/event for a specific calendar? For example, a hair cut appointment on the family calendar. BTW, the family calendar is not my default. Thanks, Traci On Jul 14, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: > And what is her response? Does she pout?

Re: Reading text messages in other language how to do it?

2013-07-14 Thread Victor Hugo Gallegos
I added Spanish to the language rotor, if you haven't done that, I will tell you how. Go to settings/general/accessibility/voiceover/language rotor, Then select Spanish. Now, whenever you want to read something in Spanish, just use the rotor gesture, and when you find language, flick up or down

Reading text messages in other language how to do it?

2013-07-14 Thread Michael Amaro
Hello Listers, I have the iPhone 4s how do I get it to read text messages in an other language spanish per say? Thanks Michael Windows Live ID: mikeam...@earthlink.net e-mail: mikeam...@earthlink.net Skype ID: mikeameli John F. Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can d

GV connect

2013-07-14 Thread Kay Malmquist
Okay all, I got it to work and found the tabs that everyone has mentioned. all looks good. Thanks for the help. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Kay Malmquist To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 4:24 PM Subject: GV connect Is anyo

Re: Small Jambox questions

2013-07-14 Thread SSEric
I did not think the jam box had been on the market long enough for a dead battery. You may want to check with the manufacturer or retailer where you purchased your jam box. Or, I could be wrong and they have been out longer than I realize. Eric On Jul 14, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wr

RE: Small Jambox questions

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Donald, A quick Google search for "Replacing battery of Jambox" produced a link for the Jambox user guide in PDF format. Right on the link description (becaused that is what I searched for) it says: For best results, fully charge your JAMBOXT before use. Do not attempt to replace your Jawb

Small Jambox questions

2013-07-14 Thread Donald L. Roberts
The battery on my small Jambox appears to be dying. Is it user replaceable? If so, just what is the procedure? Thanks. Don Roberts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search

RE: itunes splits album when importing from CD problem

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Fanus, Not sure if I missed any replies, but I haven't seen any regarding your question. You should try to select all the tracks of that album and put something in the "Album Artist" field that is the same for all tracks. You can still eave the various artists in the "Artist" field, but iTunes

RE: Ran out of PC disk space during a backup

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Keith, Your backup most likely was done and it was maybe just some new apps which didn't fit. In any case, if you delete some stuff and do another backup it will just overwrite the old one. A backup is mainly Settings and it is not that large. I just checked the size of my my encrypted b

Ran out of PC disk space during a backup

2013-07-14 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Got a message that in the middle of backing up my iPhone that my PC disk space was exhausted. Once I clear space off of my PC disk, do I need to do anything special the next time I backup my iPhone, with specific reference to those apps / files not backed up this time? Although I hit Backu

RE: facebook app

2013-07-14 Thread Kathy and Wilda
I also found that yesterday and it is great! Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Corey Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: facebook app Agreed Sent from my iPhone On J

GV connect

2013-07-14 Thread Kay Malmquist
Is anyone having any trouble with GV connect? When I open it now it just says authentication in progress. Any thoughts? Thanks much. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by

RE: Blind Square Question

2013-07-14 Thread Rose Combs
Look under languages. I know I changed it to the American female but, I can't give step-b--step directions. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Blind Treasures Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.c

RE: blind square podcast please

2013-07-14 Thread Rose Combs
Applevis.com has a podcast on Blind Square, I think it was recorded in April. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ramy moustafa Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: blind square podcast p

RE: Reducing the amount of music on my iPhone

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Kirsten, Was pretty much all of your music purchased via iTunes? Primarily my recommendation would be to manage your music via iTunes on the computer unless somehow the music on your iPhone is not in iTunes. I'd be happy to help you out with iTunes if you have not used it before, just email me

Re: Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Once you have your xml file, you can import it into TheOldReader through their web site at theoldreader.com. In fact, the web site does a pretty good job of explaining exactly what you need to do, which obviously agrees with what Cristóbal describes below. On 07/14/2013 12:21 PM, Cristóbal wro

Re: what is app purchases

2013-07-14 Thread ramy moustafa
Thanks so much for that. I will take care of this whenever i will buy an app Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone On Jul 14, 2013, at 4:45 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Ramy, > > What you saw is probably a comme

Reducing the amount of music on my iPhone

2013-07-14 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
I have certain albums on my iPhone which will not delete through the actions menu. Neither will it work to delete them using the tap and hold and slide method. They just will not go. I think some of this is to do with iCloud but I cannot get into my recent iCloud backup to delete them from there

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Alan Paganelli
And what is her response? Does she pout? LOL! - Original Message - From: Chuck Dean To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:10 AM Subject: Re: Using Siri to create appointments Many of the conversations I have with Seri involve a lot of curse words, and

RE: in-app purchases after ID change

2013-07-14 Thread Lois Butterfield
No, they don't. That I know for sure. Lois From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: in-app purchases after ID change If you change your AppleId, it should migrat

RE: Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Cristóbal
You have until tomorrow to grab your Google reader stuff. You can go the Googles takeout section www.google.com/takeout and follow the prompts from there. Once you download your Reader files, it’ll be in a zip format. Unzip it and click into a folder or two and you’ll see your files with one being

Speaking on iOS / accessibility and LookTel today at The Center for the Partially Sighted (Tarzana CA)

2013-07-14 Thread AppleGourmet
Hi! Good to hear about this. Will you be posting a podcast or an audio file of the proceedings so those of us who cannot visit can also get the information? Best wishes and many blessings! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new messag

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Chuck Dean
Many of the conversations I have with Seri involve a lot of curse words, and the phrase, "shut up and listen to me ". Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. On Jul 14, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: > I have an iPhone 4 which doesn't have siri. I've tried se

Re: Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Geoff Stephens
I think they are available through July 15. Sent from mobile device On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:18 AM, "Jonathan Mosen" wrote: > I know Google Reader had a grace period after it was shut down, but I think > that may be over now, so if you haven't grabbed your feeds already, you may > be out of luc

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Alan Paganelli
I have an iPhone 4 which doesn't have siri. I've tried several of the 'wanna-bees but they usually all fall short. When ever they come out with the 5S or the 6 which ever they finally come out with, I'll upgrade my 4. I'm rather looking forward to all those conversations with siri. - Or

RE: ubidisk tutorial

2013-07-14 Thread Steve Sweeney
Hi, There is another transfer option that you can use with ubidisk that I didn't see in the tutorial. It is called Easy Push. You have to install it on your computer one time. After that you can transfer files between your computer and iDevice or from your iDevice to your computer either by USB

Re: in-app purchases after ID change

2013-07-14 Thread Steve
If you change your AppleId, it should migrate your apps to that new Id. - Original Message - From: Lois Butterfield To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:06 PM Subject: RE: in-app purchases after ID change Yes, the app is connected to the ID. So, I signed out of t

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Chuck Dean
Hi, When I make appointments I say... Make dentist appointment on Friday at two thirty. Usually this works. Sometimes I will do it in two stages like this... Make dentist appointment. Then Seri will ask when is the appointment? Then I'll hit the talk button and say Friday, at two thirty. Then

Re: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Richard Turner
Hi, Lois gave you the best direct syntax for setting an appointment. A couple variations I find useful are: Schedule a 30 minute appointment at 10 AM, title John Smith" You can specify the length if you don't want an hour appointment. Also, you can say something like: "schedule a weekly appointmen

Re: Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I know Google Reader had a grace period after it was shut down, but I think that may be over now, so if you haven't grabbed your feeds already, you may be out of luck. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 14/07/2013, at 9:38 PM,

Re: a very accessible app

2013-07-14 Thread hannah day
oh ok yes i wil take a look On 14/07/2013 13:55, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Hannah, I know Expedia exists in Germany and I believe it does in quite a few European countries so most likely it will be available in the UK. . Anyhow, there is a very easy way to find out which probably takes about a

RE: a very accessible app

2013-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Hannah, I know Expedia exists in Germany and I believe it does in quite a few European countries so most likely it will be available in the UK. . Anyhow, there is a very easy way to find out which probably takes about as long as sending a question to the list. Most people would have to do exact

RE: Blind Square Question

2013-07-14 Thread Blind Treasures
Chuck Thank you very much for the very good instructions. Worked like a charm! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group

Re: ubidisk tutorial

2013-07-14 Thread RobH!
No. - Original Message - From: "Fanus" To: Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:29 PM Subject: Re: ubidisk tutorial Hello Rob Does one have to jailbrake the iPhone to be able to use UbiDisk? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: "RobH!" To: Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:22 P

RE: ubidisk tutorial

2013-07-14 Thread Andrew Head
Hi Rob, Thanks heaps for this. I'll save it to a document. Kind regards, Andrew -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RobH! Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2013 5:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: ubidisk tutorial UbiDisk Use

Re: facebook app, some questions

2013-07-14 Thread Jennie Facer
If you are using the screen, just do a scrub gesture and it will work. A scrub gesture is where you go back and fourth with two fingers on the screen. Hope this helps, Jenn Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2013, at 6:29 PM, "CD" wrote: > If you are using a Bluetooth keyboard hit the escape key a

Re: a very accessible app

2013-07-14 Thread hannah day
k can i ask is this app in the u.k store? On 14/07/2013 02:10, Jed Barton wrote: Hey guys, For those of you that travel, I decided to try an app that I found to be pretty accessible, and wanted to pass it on. It's the expedia app. I know there are 2 big sights, expedia, and Travelocity, but I

RE: Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Sharon
Hi, I know you have to log into your google reader account and if I remember right there is a place where it will allow you to create that file so you can import into old reader. Sorry I can't help more, for I have forgotten exactly how to do it. Sharon From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mail

Re: ubidisk tutorial

2013-07-14 Thread Fanus
Hello Rob Does one have to jailbrake the iPhone to be able to use UbiDisk? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: "RobH!" To: Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:22 PM Subject: Re: ubidisk tutorial UbiDisk User Guide Version 1.4.0 Developed by Focusbyte http://ubi

RE: Blind Square Question

2013-07-14 Thread Lois Butterfield
To add to this, you can also delete the voices you don't want to use to save space. This is also in settings. The applevis podcast is really super. It is very thorough. Lois -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitz

RE: what is app purchases

2013-07-14 Thread Lois Butterfield
In the case of Navigon, one of the extras, which I got, was fresh maps. It was $32 once for map updates every 3 months for 2 years. I got it because it got me all the North America maps. I had previously bought just USA east maps, so this was a good deal for me. Now, I will have not only update

RE: Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Lois Butterfield
Hi Robin, What I say is: schedule appointment for July 30th at 10 a.m., title Dentist. I make sure to pause, but not too long before I say title. Good luck. Lois From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Christopherson Sent: Sunday, J

Fiedler Pro: How do I import my google feeds into oldreader?

2013-07-14 Thread Ketan Kothari
Hi friends, I have now migrated to the oldreader but I don’t know how do iI import my feeds from google feeds as there is no OPML file. Please do help. Thanks in advance. With best wishes, Ketan Ketan Kothari Ph: +91:2224223281 Cell: +91-9987550614/+918108842280 Skype: ketan Twitter:

RE: blind square podcast please

2013-07-14 Thread Lois Butterfield
There is a great one on applevis. Lois -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ramy moustafa Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: blind square podcast please Hi all: i need to find a good pod

Using Siri to create appointments

2013-07-14 Thread Robin Christopherson
Dear listers I love using Siri for as much as I can as, when it works (which it does 90% of the time), it’s fantastic. I’m stumped about the best way to create appointments as, when I say something like “Create an appointment for 10am tomorrow morning”, Siri says ‘I have created an appointment

Re: vO friendly calculator

2013-07-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
The calc from mpaja works great in my opinion better than the native calculator especially if you are using braille or keyboard. Another app I will mention is maybe more for those who also uses mac. There is an app called soulver, there is a version both for mac and IPhone and they can work tog

little riddles?

2013-07-14 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com skype bubbygirl1972 twitter same as skype without the numbers. thanks to whoever posted this app. I have a couple of questions. Is there any other way to get a hint other than asking a friend for help? And does

Re: what is app purchases

2013-07-14 Thread RobH!
BrailleTouch and mBraille were classics in this, in that they're effectively disfunctional until you make the in-app purchase to enable it all. - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 3:45 AM Subject: RE: what is app purchases Hi Ramy, What you s

Re: using iphone without a data plan

2013-07-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hello, Christopher and all. First, there is no question that AT&T and other GSM providers can detect the phone being used. They can read the IMEI, they do it to detect stolen phones, and the IMEI indicates who manufactured the phone and often indicates its model. The problem for detecting smartphon

Re: in-app purchases after ID change

2013-07-14 Thread RobH!
I'm pretty sure that has to be true, they have to control it some how. - Original Message - From: "JoJo and Clinton" To: Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:24 AM Subject: Re: in-app purchases after ID change I believe your apple ID is connected to the apps you purchase. Someone correct me

Re: Determining iTunes credit amount on iPhone

2013-07-14 Thread RobH!
Agreed, but it is not even that simple as it often doesn't update. So you have to doubletap that line, find check my account, enter your apple id password, then it will both tell you, and update that line out in the appstore app. I got caught out recently cos it qoted £10 difference cos it h