Hi Hope,
If you're running iOS 7, go to Siri settings, General > Siri. Plug in
your device, either to the wall or your computer. Then, go down to the
voice selection field -- I forget the exact name. change the gender
from male to female, or veisa versa if you have the female voice
selected.
Once t
Hi, David,
I don't think the Anker keyboards support all the VO functions. I have one as
well. The command-VO-arrow keys don't seem to work for me, either. I think
there's a disclaimer in the VO-specific list of keyboard commands that
indicates they are for the Apple wireless keyboard.
HtH
Ter
Right you are, I guess I should have paid more attention when I read Hope's
message. Even though she said "SIRI shounds different" I just jumped to the
conclusion that she needed to download the high quality Voiceover voices.
Tristan's method should do the trick, if it doesn't then changing the SI
Great detective work! I definitely applaud your diligence!
Joseph the free tech guy!
- Original Message -
From: "Teresa Cochran"
To:
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth Keyboard
Hi, Joseph,
Just going backto an ear
In this case it was stumbling rather than diligence. I suddenly had a flash of
an idea, and said to myself: "I wonder what would happen if I press ... these
keys". I tried it first in keyboard help mode and couldn't believe my ears.
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> On Jul 12, 2
I have had the same experience with Sieghard. I had to redo all my prints
and just stuck with one print for the two fingers I usually use. When I set up
the prints, I made sure I set my finger down from several angles during the
creation process. Also, remember that when you place your fi
Hi, all,
I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, which acts like a bug to me.
When using my Braille display or even occasionally my bluetooth keyboard, if I
go to the "search iPod" field and type something, I get endless repetitions of
a random key, and I have to reload Voiceover. This d
Yes. This happened to me today while typing a text message with my Braille
display. I posted about this a week or two ago and someone said it had
something to do with battery life, but both my phone and my Pronto notetaker
were fully charged at the time. The first time this occurred was before t
Hello Fellow square users or attempted users.
At the NFB convention I spoke with someone who is using Square with a splitter.
It appears that what you need is a 4 pin splitter which in effect separates’
the microphone and headphone circuits in the iPhone headphone jack such that
you can use
Hi, all,
Just out of curiosity, how does anyone know when a bluetooth keyboard battery
is dying?
Thanks,
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
--
The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All
new members to the this list are moderated by default. If
When I did my finger prints, when I heard lift your finger, I lifted my finger.
When I heard, place your finger, I then placed my finger in a slightly
different place for example, the first time more on the tip of my finger.
Second time, the tip of that finger as if I were typing on a keyboard
Hello,
How many fingerprints can be input into the phone?
On Jul 12, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Alan Paganelli
wrote:
> When I did my finger prints, when I heard lift your finger, I lifted my
> finger. When I heard, place your finger, I then placed my finger in a
> slightly different place for examp
I would like to know if there are options other than Skype for making
outgoing phone calls from a fifth generation iPod.
I downloaded the Vonage IOS app thinking that it might be an option, but
it won't work on an iPod as it requires a mobile phone number to be
inserted during the setup proces
Hi,
Siri works well for me when on WiFi. When on LTE it cuts out very early, to the
point it's not useful. Any ideas or help?
For example, I ask Siri to Find tom's Music Store. Siri says, I found one
close" And then it's done. On WiFi, it tells me full details and asks me if
that's the rig
Ok, at the risk of sounding like a wise guy and it is not my intent, when the
keyboard no longer lets you type anything. The bluetooth rechargible keyboard
I use can go for about 2 weeks before it needs to be charged back up. It only
takes 3 hours from totally dead to fully charged so it's not
If the person you are calling uses an iPhone or has set up their Mac, you can
FaceTime or FaceTime Audio call them. This requires only their Apple ID email
address, or the phone number of their iPhone. You can also receive calls the
same way, just like you do iMessages. For non-Apple people, you
did you try turning up the volume? I read some where that that does
something to the card reader .and helps it take cards.
Hank
On 7/12/2014 9:29 AM, Karl Smith wrote:
Hello Fellow square users or attempted users.
At the NFB convention I spoke with someone who is using Square with a
splitte
Try freedom pop. They give you 200 free minutes every month and it seems to
be reliable.
DJ
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Donald L. Roberts
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:35 PM
To: Viphone
Subject: Making phone calls on
Teresa,
thank you for your response. The name of the keyboard, which I should
have specified in my initial message, is the Anker T300. Every other key
combo works well. As a matter of principle, I'd likely return it but
the original packaging isn't in the most usable state. The VO-command
c
If those of you who use to use an optican, that is how I placed my thumb and
index finger alternatively to get the finger print to recognise. I will try it
again though and see what happens.
Thank you.
Kawal.
> On 12 Jul 2014, at 07:33 am, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Hi Kawal,
>
> When you
LOL, I know it seemed like an obvious question, but I was looking for telltale
warning signs, like maybe some keys not registering, etc. and hopefully not
having the keyboard simply stop working before it needs a charge.
Thanks,
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> On Jul 12, 2014
Will the Bluetooth keyboard battery charge be indicated in the status bar,
before the device battery indication? My Plantronics Voyager Legend headset
battery indicator is listed there.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ter
Fantastic. Thank you! I'd been contemplating just switching over to Dropbox
to hold My Documents, but your explanation of OneDrive makes that app more
appealing, especially since I have more storage space there.
--
Twitter: @ScribblingJoe
Visit my blog:
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No, unfortunately, there is no status indicator either for my keyboard or for
the Braille display. I don't find anything in the settings info areas, either.
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> On Jul 12, 2014, at 12:02 PM, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D."
> wrote:
>
> Will the Bluet
My braille display gives me its own warning and I do sometimes get warnings
about my Logitech keyboard also. Some keyboards do show the battery level in
the bluetooth menu in extras if you hold the option key down when accessing the
menu but some don't.
> --
> Cheryl
> I tried and tried to t
How comes you don't use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard?
> On 12 Jul 2014, at 08:29 pm, Teresa Cochran wrote:
>
> No, unfortunately, there is no status indicator either for my keyboard or for
> the Braille display. I don't find anything in the settings info areas, either.
>
> Teresa
>
> "We're m
If you want your brightness to stay at zero, you'll have to make sure to turn
off the auto brightness setting in settings/brightness and wallpaper. Then you
can turn your brightness down to zero and it will stay there. I do things this
way because I rarely give my phone to sighted people. If I d
Yes, it reminds meow the bookshare read2go app. $20, and it's barely updated,
and hasn't even taken advantage of the iOS7 voice api openings and all that,
and we still have to switch sections to get to more content than a section or
chapter rather than it automatically scrolling. $20 for a dead
On the Freedom Scientific braille displays - such as the focus Blue - if
you turn off voiceover (or the computer) and navigate on the display,
you get its battery percentage remaining. Also the leftmost cursor
routing button blinks when it gets to below 10% (I think).
- Original Message ---
I haven't experienced anything like what you described on my iPhone 5s.
Regards,
Alan
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being
ridiculous - everyone
hasn't met me yet.
Please click on:
HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
There, you'll find free files of
That seems an unfair assumption to make, given that we have no information.
MBraille is a blind-specific app, but it gets regular updates, the developer
runs a discussion list for his product, and he is responsive to user feedback.
I'm just saying we can't know the future of any app if said app
I believe up to 5.
Regards,
Alan
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being
ridiculous - everyone
hasn't met me yet.
Please click on:
HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on
the Yamaha
Sieghard,
The cuts and residue on fingers is the reason why I scanned 3 fingers in one
hand and the thumb and index in my left hand. That way, no matter what,
there is always a finger that works. I mostly use my right index or right
thumb but, if needed, I have 3 other fingers.
I never lend my ph
Hi,
You can input 5 prints
Ron & Danvers
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Joseph
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Fingerprint.
Hello,
How many fingerprints can be input into t
Hi,
If you are a Braille reader, use the same part of your finger you would use
to use Braille. Not the tip.
Ron & Danvers
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kawal Gucukoglu
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 2:30 PM
To: viphone@g
To be honest, the keyboard I got was less expensive, but I will probabl get an
Apple one when I get an iPad. I couldn't pass up the good reviews and $30 US
discount on this one from Amazon. :) I also wanted to experiment to see if a
bluetooth keyboard was a good option for me. It apparently is.
Yes, my Braille display does this. My keyboard, according to the forum posts
I've seen, doesn't even have a visuual meter. So I'll just expect it to start
behaving erratically when the battery starts going.
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> On Jul 12, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Flor Lync
Hi, Cheryl,
I'm assuming you're referring to the menu extras on the Mac? I no longer have a
computer, and I checked the status bar on my iPod, even using
option-right-arrow, but no dice. Hey, it doesn't hurt to try, right? :)
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> On Jul 12, 2014, a
This is an incorrect statement. KNFB Reading Technologies developed and sold
the KNFB Reader for Nokia Phones running on the Symbian platform. As I recall,
they came out with one or two updates per year, so that is what I will
initially expect from them with their second app.
Also, KNFB Reader
Good point. I was thinking of iOS apps specifically, but in retrospect, of
course this company made the original KNFB application and hardware solution.
Thanks for pointing that out.
On Jul 12, 2014, at 10:24 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
> This is an incorrect statement. KNFB Reading Technologie
Hi Keith, I find if I have more than three bars wall on LTE, Siri does not work
as well. If at all, and sometimes too I think it may depend on the carrier
however, I have not experienced the issue that you're having. The course
however, I have experienced something similar to it as I explained a
Hello All,
I finally sat down to organize my paperwork using Text Grabber and the
StandScan Pro. I did swap out my case on the phone to see if this was
contributing to the lack of capturing the text in OCR. I changed out the phone
case and received the same problem of the famous error message o
Hi list.
Today I was experimenting with scanning free hand with Prizmo. My
first attempt wasn't very successful, so I changed some settings in the
hopes of better results. I have no idea what I did, but now the app
won't work properly when I use quick capture to try to take a picture of
th
Hi Don Roberts, magicJack, or Talkatone which used to work with Google voice
will do this for you. All you have to do is register.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 12, 2014, at 12:35 PM, "Donald L. Roberts"
> wrote:
>
> I would like to know if there are options other than Skype for making
> outg
Make certain the camera lens is over the hole in the top. If you do not have
the lights in the stand ScanPro turned on, you also need to make certain the
flash is in the hole as well.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
> On 13
Hello David,
Of course, the lights are on in the StandScan Pro and the camera is (what I
think) is properly positioned in the aperture whole on the top of the StandScan
Pro. For one who has gotten almost a perfect scan on the first attempt of each
scan, this is a new behavior for me. That's why
Hi Teresa,
The Apple Wireless keyboard is quite nice, but I think the Logitech K811 is
nicer. It's just as small, feels just as well-made but it has 2 big
advantages:
1. It has a physical on/off slider on the right side instead of that silly
button on the Apple Wireless keyboard which inevitably
You could also try a pair of logitech UE Booms. If you get two of them, you can
use an app produced by the company to pair both of them and have stereo output.
I haven't done this yet, although I have one speaker. I plan to buy another
when money affords. They're normally $200, but you can find
I can't wait for this to come out so that I can see how it stacks up against
the Braille Edge 40. It's nice that it comes in two sizes, too. This is a
display worth keeping an eye on.
Thanks,
Ari
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 4:04 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I am cross posting to both
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