Re: can't turn voice over off, help

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
The triple click home might not be set if updated, worth going into accessibility to check that. Meanwhile, Siri is a reliable option... usually. - Original Message - From: Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 3:16 AM Subject:

Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
Hi Chris I'm using an iPhone 5S running iOS 8.1. I suppose it could be that this is new in iOS 8. I don't know. I actually don't use Accessnote that much. I keep meaning to spend more time with it. Maybe now I will. I bounce back and forth between using Pages for some things and PlainText 2.

AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all AccessNote sounds interesting, but I have a question. Does anyone use this app and input text using Braille Screen Input? I understand it is designed mainly to work with bluetooth keyboards and Braille displays. Thought I would ask before plonking down the money for it. I like Pages a

Re: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
Wonder if this is Windows thinking it means Windows8.1 and trying to do something too smart for its own good. We know it's stupid enough to try. - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
Chris, My apologies. My apologies to everyone else. Apparently what I was seeing was a list of my apps in my productivity folder. AccessNote is not working at all under iOS 8. At least, not to add a note. When I hit add, it is taking me out of accessnote. But, thanks to iOS 8, it happens so fast

Re: getting ICloud to stop asking for login info?

2014-10-24 Thread christopher hallsworth
It is most likely an issue at iCloud's end and should settle down momentarily. On 24 Oct 2014, at 03:50, Dan Beaver dbeaver...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am not using ICloud and under 7.1.2 I had it so it would not keep asking me for account/login info. Now it is doing it again and I don't

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2014-10-24 Thread Christine Szostak
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Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Angie Nutt
Hi I have been able to add a note under iOS 8 using Accessnote. All the best Angie Sent from my iPad On 24 Oct 2014, at 07:51, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: Chris, My apologies. My apologies to everyone else. Apparently what I was seeing was a list of my apps in my

accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Fanus
Hello listers Is there an accessible app to determine horizontal levels? I do some woodwork as a hobby and now I need to make sure my project is 100% horizontal. Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are

RE: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Godwin Adoyi Agada
Hi, Same here. I will like to investigate if it's outlook or Jaws. I've experienced this same issue with a thread on KNF reader. I want to believe it has to do with a threads that are too long. For now the suggested work around from Sieghard is the way to go: Try replying to the mail, then you can

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Dan Beaver
Hi, The compass app in utilities will do this. Just tap the spirit level and it will do just that. I use it to make sure pictures and other things are level. It isn't absolutely 100% accurate but it is very close. Dan Beaver From: Fanus Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:29 AM To:

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Fanus
Hello Dan Thanks, This seems to be very handy but perhaps you can answer one question. How do I determine which value is which i.e. when I place the iPhone on a flat surface there is the level from left to right and the level to me and away from me if that makes sense. I suppose both these

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Dan Beaver
Hi, Actually, I believe it only gives a left and right level. I assume you could turn the Iphone so that it is edge on to you so it would represent the level to you and away from you. I have never thought about this til now. I just tried laying my phone flat on a table and then lifting each

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Fanus
Hello Dan I did the same and that is why I realized that there must be two readings. I shall try to figure it out but perhaps there is someone on the list who knows the answer. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dan Beaver To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday,

Re: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I would be shocked if this were a Windows or even an Outlookbug. It reminds me most of those strings that crash Eloquence, but if I remember right, someone said they were using JAWS with WLM, so it wouldn't be the same problem. Maybe it's the size of the buffer being used in the JAWS off

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
The iPhone 6 is meant to do this anyway. But variations on a plumb bob spring to mind, another DIY project.Set squares are wonderful things for this, and measureing is a delicate ticklish business at the best of times. I still like doing this, though hardly cost effective these days. R.

Re: adding music to i phone manually

2014-10-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I seem to get the same audible notifications when using iTunes that I've always gotten. Using NVDA and iTunes on Windows, I usually tab over to something that says something like LCD status text area and if I leave focus there, NVDA automatically reads out the status as it changes. If the

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
Ok, fiddled, it's pretty good. Use the edge, not the flat back. Then it told me a positive or negative number. I used the long edge, and it said horizontal; I stood it on end and it said vertical. with it facing me, the number quoted seemed to quote the number for the low end, I'm avoiding

Re: bible ap from life church version 5.4

2014-10-24 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
This app goes through phases. It used to be really accessible. Then it went through a phase where it wasn't. Now it's quite good again. You may want to give it another try. On 10/23/14, Rose Combs roseco...@q.com wrote: How the heck did you even get in to that app, I have downloaded it a couple

AccessNote and bad advice

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
After completely confusing people yesterday, I now followed my own advice and deleted and reinstalled AccessNote. I now know two things. 1. Never give advice about an app you don't use a lot and are not familiar enough with its idiocyncracies. 2. AccessNote only has access to its own folder on

RE: adding music to i phone manually

2014-10-24 Thread David Redman
Thanks, next time I will look for that. I get the same tones after a sinc but not with a file transfer. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 5:18 AM To:

Re: i tunes 12 and adding music manually

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Somewhere in iTunes there is a setting to sync all songs in a selected folder. This was how I ultimately solved the issue of transferring and syncing music. After that, I was able to delete songs and clean up the library over time. Sorry but I don't recall where that option is but if you look in

gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Michael Malver
Hi, It used to be that when I flicked up once on a message thread, the option given to me was 'archive' It would archive the thread. Now, since I updated to OS 8. Threads, and I believe individual messages as well, are going into the 'trash' of gmail even though the archive folder is set to all

Re: AccessNote and bad advice

2014-10-24 Thread Bill Gallik
Well THANK YOU so much Richard!!! Wish I had read this disclaimer (or is this an admission of guilt?) before spending the past 2 hours trying to understand why my version of AccessNote wasn't behaving as per your description! Hey Buddy; we all can have some like this happen to us, no harm no

Re: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Michael Malver mmal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, It used to be that when I flicked up once on a message thread, the option given to me was ‘archive’ It would archive the thread. Now, since I updated to OS 8. Threads, and I believe individual

RE: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Don't both long edges on the new phones have buttons on them? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RobH. Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 7:31 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessible app to determine horizontal

RE: adding music to i phone manually

2014-10-24 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
What do you mean by the Context menu? Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Redman Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:01 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: adding music to i phone manually Thanks,

RE: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Michael Malver
I don’t see any content in the below message. If you were trying to reply to my message regarding gmail, I don’t see the content of your reply. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Isaac Hebert Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:22 AM To:

Re: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
I don’t know why the message came up blank but what I was trying to say is that I am can’t reproduce you’re issue. In other words I am not experiencing the gmail problem here. Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Michael Malver mmal...@gmail.com wrote: I

RE: Work-around for Outlook crashing/freezing, was: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Thanks for this, Sieghard. I tried it once as you suggested, but my Outlook froze. I'll keep it in mind for another try if I want to open one of those iOS 8.1 messages againbut for now, I'm just deleting them. Keith From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

gmail and deleting messages

2014-10-24 Thread Michael Malver
If I select a message, then flick up, the option says 'delete' If I select a message, and I flick down, the option says archive. I think I just solved my own problem. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are

Re: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Are you in the Mail or Gmail apps when trying to do the flicking? Mail would make sense since I don't think you can flick up/down on messages in the Gmail app, but I'm not sure. Wayne On 10/24/14, Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know why the message came up blank but what I

RE: Associating my iPhone 6 with my apple ID using iTunes 12

2014-10-24 Thread Wendy Alling
Hi, I went to the app store on my phone and under purchases I downloaded a couple of apps and then went to the computer and checked my account in iTunes and the iPhone is still not there, only my computer and iPad are listed. Any other suggestions? Wendy From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Michael Malver
I was in the mail app. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gmail and ios 8.1 Are you in the Mail or Gmail apps when trying to do

Question about iOs8.1 and Amazon Basics bluetooth keyboard functioning properly?

2014-10-24 Thread Julie Dawson
I am still using ios7. Have the issues been fixed when using the Amazon Basics bluetooth keyboard with voiceover functions and keys for editing in iOs8.1? I am contemplating moving up to iOs8.1 from iOs7. Thank you very much. I do not type well on the screen and rely on my bluetooth keyboard

Re: over drive question?

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Yes there is a way to do this. From the apps book shelf it says to double tap and hold on the title. Then you should see you're return and delete options. Then on the overdrive website it says that in the legacy version of the app you can double tap the more icon to show the return and delete

Re: over drive question?

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Here is a link to more information http://help.overdrive.com/customer/portal/articles/1481551 Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote: Yes there is a way to do this. From the apps book shelf it says to double tap and

HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Donald L. Roberts
My 4S is still running IOS 7.1.2 although I may upgrade at some point. Is there an HQ voice which is either already on the 4S or one which can be downloaded? In most situations, the compact voice is fine. But when reading a Kindle book, I would prefer a better voice if available. What are

RE: can't turn voice over off, help

2014-10-24 Thread lsterling0
Hi, I was trying to turn it off in settings and it wouldn't work. I used siri to turn it off and now I can use the button in settings to turn it off and on when needed. My daughter has to use some apps on my phone and hates vo. Lol Thanks to all for the help. Louana -Original Message-

RE: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Donald, Your options are what they have always been, the regular female voice either as compact or as high quality voice. You do, of course, also have the other English voices such as the English Australian voice, British English voice and so on. What you can't run with the 4S is the new Alex

RE: adding music to i phone manually

2014-10-24 Thread David Redman
On a full size keyboard for a pc the key just to the left of the right hand control key is called the menu key or the right click key. Sometimes called the context menu key. It performs the same action as right clicking on an item. Dave. -Original Message- From:

Re: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Donald L. Roberts
On 10/24 Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Donald, Your options are what they have always been, the regular female voice either as compact or as high quality voice. Okay, thanks for that. But I am embarrassed to admit that I looked through settings last night and saw no way to either change to or

Large text in calendar events is no more in 8.1.

2014-10-24 Thread Pete Nalda
To all make use of the large text. I've noticed that in calendar events don't come up using large text anymore. Mail, contacts, and notes, all features a large text but not calendar events. I'm pretty sure that in previous OS's, that it used to be the case. I sent an email to

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2014-10-24 Thread Billy Maynard
hi, Since I've seen posts before about bluetooth divices I hope this isn't too off topic but, I have seen some say they have this bluetooth divice. I have figured out how to work it pretty good but, could anyone who has one and is more experienced than me isthre a way to activate seri from

Re: Associating my iPhone 6 with my apple ID using iTunes 12

2014-10-24 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Wendy, but what are you actually trying to achieve that you're now not able to? Other than not seeing the device listed, is there something not working the way you want? Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 25/10/2014, at

Re: Question about iOs8.1 and Amazon Basics bluetooth keyboard functioning properly?

2014-10-24 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Julie, I don't use this specific keyboard, but I've found Bluetooth keyboard support to be much more stable in iOS 8.1. One new requirement is that, just like on a Mac, you need to have Quicknav turned off in order to type text into edit fields. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness

Bluetooth and handwriting issues in 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Denny Schwab
Hello, I took the plunge and upgraded to 8.1. Now I have two issues I have found. 1. When using my bluetooth keyboard, even if quick nav is off, the keyboard will not work in an edit field. I need to cycle quick nav back on, then off, and hit a space bar to start the keyboard working. Then I

Re: Bluetooth and handwriting issues in 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Jennie Facer
I am having the keyboard problem. Jen TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMENE YOU ARE THE WORLD! On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Denny Schwab denny.sch...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I took the plunge and upgraded to 8.1. Now I have two issues I have found.

Re: Bluetooth and handwriting issues in 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
I am having the handwriting issue on an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1. It is very annoying to say the least, but I didn't think of writing something in lower case and then erasing and switching to upper. I usually prefer uppercase anyway since I'm more confident when I need to draw the larger letters.

RE: Associating my iPhone 6 with my apple ID using iTunes 12

2014-10-24 Thread Wendy Alling
Hi, it now works. I actually had to purchase a song from the iTunes store and then it was listed in my account on the computer. Thanks for the help. Wendy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:29 PM To:

Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Not sure if this is an IOS 8.1 issue or device specific issue. I am noticing a lot of times every day when I press the home button to launch Siri nothing happens. I can touch the screen and Siri is running but no matter how many times I tap the listen now button on the screen nothing.

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
I am also having this bug running iOS 8.1 using an iPhone 5. Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Hey all, Not sure if this is an IOS 8.1 issue or device specific issue. I am noticing a lot of times every day

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Chris Chaffin
Hello Richard, Do not worry about it. You were just honestly trying to help out. We all make mistakes. It is true, Access Note is now free in the app store, but ever since ios 8, all of the reports are that it is no longer accessible. I do not know if this is a ios bug, or a bug with Access

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Christina C.
I am on an iPhone 5S and I am having Siri launching issues as well but they are different than yours. In short, when I go to launch Siri via the home button I get the Familiar Siri is listening sound followed by an abrupt bong, then nothing...Siri is not listening or working. The only fix I

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Bill Gallik
I'm using AccessNote on an iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1 and am able to manipulate files. I just can't get to the DropBox folders. Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From:

Re: phone audio sounds horrible, please help

2014-10-24 Thread Bill Gallik
Try launching Siri and simply saying Good Bye to immediately shut it down. I'm not sure if this will help, but seems to me that's what I've done in the past with this problem. Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain

Re: some more bugs with 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Bill Gallik
There a number of apps that will not immediately clear the SEARCH field. However, I've found that if you deploy the CLEAR button a second time you should encounter a DISMISS button; subsequently tapping this button will clear the SEARCH field -- at least this seems to be a consistent

Re: accessible app to determine horizontal level

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
Erhrhrhmnmnmnm,... volume and mute are, and still are the same side; but power, I'd need to look at one, I do remember power is on a side now. So Ok, no idea how you can use this if they made a booboo like that. Rh, heaving a great sigh of... - Original Message - From:

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread RobH.
Glad to hear it's free, I paid quite a wad for it, and abandoned it within a couple of weeks. - Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with

RE: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Don, Where exactly did you check? The option is in Settings, General, Accessibility, Voiceover. Once you are there go to Speech, then double tap on the default dialect and you can select the high quality voice there. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
I don't think you can get to any other Dropbox folders other than the one that AccessNote creates. According to AFB when AccessNote went free, they promised to keep updating the app. Promises are promises and many companies have not done so after their apps went free, so who knows. To contact

Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I am curious are iPhones pretty much useless unless you are on wifi? I had heard from some people that 4G and LED are almost as good as wifi, but I have always noticed a lot of apps take forever to load if I am not on wifi or crap out. I was just coming home from the store and the bag

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey, Sounds like it is not device specific. Sorry to hear others are having this issue, and yes, I had enabled dictate in the settings, but the issues are still constant and enough where it is quite frustrating. I tried running Siri with VO off when this happened and Siri still would not work

Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, If you have a good connection, LTE or 4G should work fine. I've downloaded music, used my phone as a hot spot, used GPS apps that needed data, and watched a Space Shuttle lift-off. Of course, if you have a weak signal, all bets are off with any device. Even if it's an LTE signal, if it's

The iOS 8.1 thread - maybe we should stop replying to it

2014-10-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hello Rose and others, Just a suggestion, but since so many of us are having issues with that iOS 8.1 thread causing Outlook and at least in one message I read Thunderbird not to respond, maybe everybody should just stop replying to it as this perpetuates the issue. In any case, replying to

RE: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Brian and Isaac, Could it be that SIRI volume is turned down all the way so that SIRI launches but you don't hear the tones? I would try and ask SIRI something like What is the time and then when you think SIRI is giving the answer press the volume up button repeatedly. Regards, Sieghard

Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
When I used the iPhone 5 on ATT, there were times when LTE crawled and was very slow. At those times, when I noticed it, I went into settings and turned LTE off. It seemed like I got faster speed when I was on 4G. I haven't noticed any slow LTE signals on my iPhone 6, but I also haven't been on

RE: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Brian, I live in a small town in northern British Columbia, Canada, and we don't have LTE yet, only 3G. I can, however, easily make Facetime and Skype calls over 3G and sometimes it's actually way faster to download Audible books via 3G than it is via my WiFi although I think there is

Re: Question about iOs8.1 and Amazon Basics bluetooth keyboard functioning properly?

2014-10-24 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Yeah, most of the bluetooth keyboard bugs are fixed in 8.1. Proof is I briefly tested it in the beta using a Mac app to simulate a bluetooth keyboard but as far as iOS is concerned it's a bluetooth keyboard. On 24/10/2014 18:59, Julie Dawson wrote: I am still using ios7. Have the issues been

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Isaac Hebert
Have you tryed enabling dictation to fix the dictation issue? To enable dictation double tap and hold on the dictation button and then swipe right to enable and then double tap it. Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:

Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Brian Fischler
I am betting the signal in Queens NY must be awful as the few times I have tried to do anything when I am not on Wifi the experience has been miserable. I did not notice how many bars I had at the time of this comedy of errors. At least I was able to laugh it off, yes but it was quite

Re: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Actually Sieghard I think Donald said he was still running iOS 7.1.2 so The speech option wasn't there yet. I can't remember how to exactly do it, but wasn't the Way of getting the high-quality voices going into settings general accessibility voiceover and then languages and dialects? Sent

Re: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Gmail
In iOS seven, the place to go to change the quality of your voice is settings/general/accessibility/VoiceOver/languages and dialects. The new speech option only appears in iOS 8. Thanks, Ari On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Don, Where exactly did

Re: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
The HQ voices are the same under iOS 8. Alex however cannot be used on the 4s as posted already. On 24/10/2014 16:05, Donald L. Roberts wrote: My 4S is still running IOS 7.1.2 although I may upgrade at some point. Is there an HQ voice which is either already on the 4S or one which can be

RE: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Debbie Downey
That is exactly what I've experienced; it's only messages with that subject line. Perhaps someone needs to start a new message thread? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:01 PM To:

RE: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi all. Just for your information, I'm not at all sure that the SIRI issues are related to IOS 8 or 8.1. I'm using an IPhone 4s running 7.1.2 and having issues with SIRI cutting off halfway through a request or not responding at all. I also have a friend who has an IPhone 5 running 7.1.2 with

any good web browsers out there

2014-10-24 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
Hi all. Does anyone know of a good web browser to use? If I use safari the picker items don't work so I can't navigate easily using 8.1. Also when I go to chrome I can't get past the Search with your voice page one of 4. If I swipe with three fingers to go to the next page it won't advance. No

alix

2014-10-24 Thread Billy Maynard
hi, I downloaded alix on my 6+ ios 8.1. I can't tell a real difference between high quality and alix when I switch now. Am I doing something wrong? I'd like to compair the two to determin if it's worth the extra megs using alix. I want to appolojise forthis thread. I know it was discussed

Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Gail the U. S. Male
that's very strange! I'm on ATT and get good fast downloads when not on WIFI. I get LTE though, which you might get where you live. also, yes, you can make face time calls and not be on Wifi. - Original Message - From: Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
Bill, It can only see its own folder on dropbox. Are you able to see those files? Richard The only limits are those of vision.  Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 24, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I'm using AccessNote on an iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1 and am able

Re: alix

2014-10-24 Thread Daniel Miller
There's a bug. You need to turn off voice over and turn it back on for Alex to take effect. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Billy Maynard biljm...@comcast.net wrote: hi, I downloaded alix on my 6+ ios 8.1. I can't tell a real difference between high quality and alix

Re: HQ voice for the 4S?

2014-10-24 Thread Donald L. Roberts
Thanks for that info. Voice over is the one place I did not go because I was concerned about disabling it and not being able to bring it back. Although now that I think of it, I guess I could have turned it back on using Siri if necessary. Don Roberts On 10/24/2014 12:09 PM, Sieghard

Re: AccessNote and bad advice

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
That is the perfect tag line for this situation. Glad you were able to laugh about it. Richard The only limits are those of vision.  Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 24, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: Well THANK YOU so much Richard!!! Wish I had read

Re: Reading .rtf files on the iPhone

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi. I'm having a weird issues with Word files in Dropbox where the first letter of each line of the document is cut off and doesn't show. I can read text files without any difficulty but for some reason this happens with Word documents. I would love to keep using Word documents since Dropbox can

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Gary Petraccaro
If it were a server item, it would change from one day or time to another. Mine doesn't. - Original Message - From: Paul and Paula Jordan pau...@roadrunner.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Siri Launching Issues Hi all. Just for

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread Gary Petraccaro
I sure hope either of you have contacted Apple Accessibility. - Original Message - From: Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Siri Launching Issues I am also having this bug running iOS 8.1 using an

Re: Siri Launching Issues

2014-10-24 Thread rhondaprincess
Sent from my iPad On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tryed enabling dictation to fix the dictation issue? To enable dictation double tap and hold on the dictation button and then swipe right to enable and then double tap it. Isaac Hebert

Re: adding music to i phone manually

2014-10-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can bring up the context menu by hitting the applications key on most Windows keyboards or the Shift+F10 combination. The context menu brings up actions you can take specific to the current object that has focus. I often forget it, but it's a good habit to look at the context menus when

reeding conversations in kik messinger please help.

2014-10-24 Thread trahern culver
hi all, i'm running the latest version of kick messenger on iPhone 4, conversations in the app are not being red by voice over when i double tap a conversation in the conversations list then slide my finger down woods to reed the messages voice over sais conversations but does not reed any

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Bill Gallik
Yes! Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:18 PM Subject: Re: AccessNote was

How do you on a Bluetooth keyboard get to the back buttoncan someone please send me instructions on how to get to the back button and if you use the PO but button is there

2014-10-24 Thread Johnna Simmons
Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please

Re: How do you on a Bluetooth keyboard get to the back buttoncan someone please send me instructions on how to get to the back button and if you use the PO but button is there

2014-10-24 Thread Richard Turner
The most direct way is to hit the escape key. That should activate the back button. HTH, richard The only limits are those of vision.  Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 24, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Johnna Simmons johnnas...@gmail.com wrote: Sent from my iPhone -- The following

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Chris Chaffin
Hello Bill, Access Note automatically list the files that are in the access note dropbox folder. Of coarse, in order for Access Note to access your dropbox, be sure to go into the settings of Access Note and sign in. Now, Access Note does not automatically update the files in dropbox, in order

RE: My Outlook only freezes when I try to open a message with the Subject iOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, This is a curious problem. I am posting to let you all know that, while I'm not exactly proud of it as I have not yet updated to the latest version, I am using, along with my beloved Apple Mail, Outlook 2007 and have experienced no hang-ups or freeze-ups so the problem must

Re: Bluetooth Headset Profiles?

2014-10-24 Thread Katey Glass
I had the 700's and 750's and both are just as responsive. I tried the 730's and they were just awful! I wound up giving them to my fiance who's a non-voice over user. These headphones LG HBS 750 can be purchased on Amazon. We got them from Verizon locally so I'd guess you can pick them

Add *any* folder to main folders list in Mail in iOS8

2014-10-24 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, In iOS7, you could go to the list of folders and accounts in iOS Mail, hit Edit, and choose unread, flagged, or a few other mailboxes you wanted to appear in that main list. As far as I know, though, you couldn't choose a folder from inside any account, only the folders iOS offered. In

joining Skype calls via the iPad/phone

2014-10-24 Thread Kerri G
Hi, all. How does one host a Skype conference via the iPhone or iPad, please. thanks and have a great day. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: can't turn voice over off, help

2014-10-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Don't forget you can turn on voice over with Siri as well. You don't need to necessarily go into settings to turn it on. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:11 AM, lsterling0 l.sterli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was trying to turn it off in settings and it wouldn't work. I used siri

was Re: Is it time to upgrade? now is bug with email attachments IOS 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Shai
Hello Alex, Could you please explain what you mean by a three finger scroll gesture? I tried a three finger flick up and a three finger flick down;however, this merely announces what page I am on of that specific email and I am still unable to double tap on attachments. On 10/23/14, Alex Hall

Re: seeing purchases, family sharing

2014-10-24 Thread Traci Duncan
Thanks, I have my eye on a inexpensive app, so we’ll give that a try. I thought it was the credit card that mattered. All pass future purchases must be made with the same credit card. If it only has to do with the apple ID, than the app should definitely show up. I understand moving

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