As a U.K. resident I use two free accessible apps: BBC Weather and Met Office.
Weather has never been part of the iPad as far as I know.
On 26 Oct 2014, at 01:30, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote:
I know that Apple has changed the weather app on iOS eight on the phone. But
they don't
I was going to ask this myself but I now have the answer thanks to this thread.
Disappointed but can live with it as I use Ivona Amy as my voice for Voice
Dream Reader. But I do have an observation. If it can use all of the built in
iOS voices then I can't see a reason why Alex cannot be used.
Settings/general/useage/manage storage I think it is;
You can check or delete the apps in there, double tapping the one you want
to get at the details about size and whatever, and there's a delete button.
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Okay, maybe I’m missing something, but can’t figure out how to download a title
with bard mobile. I’m using ios8.1 on an iphone 5s.
I can find the title I want to download, but sure can’t find the download
button. What is it that I’m missing?
Thanks,
Don
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i'm seeing this bug on my iphone 5 too, thank god it's not just me.
Hope apple can fix this eventually, it is super annoying.
On 10/25/14, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Not something I have seen or noticed on my 5S and this includes the entire
time since June. I have a developer
Can't say's I've seen this on any version of 8 so far. Granted could be I've
also got a 6, but I've kept a fairly stable connection to wifi at any rate.
At least, as stable as it gets if you're me.
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hi all,
any accessible third party keyboardthat work well with voice over?
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You have to add the book to your wish list first. The add to wish list is found
below the book's description.
Donna
On Oct 26, 2014, at 4:06 AM, Donald Bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote:
Okay, maybe I’m missing something, but can’t figure out how to download a
title with bard mobile. I’m
I have noticed that since I upgraded my iPad, most of my sent mail in the Gmail
account of mail has gone. This is true even on my iPhone 5S, which is still on
iOS 7. My sent mail goes back to 2010. But anything from 2011, 2012, up to this
year, is missing. Has anyone noticed this? And how can I
You could always try using the item chooser which is activated with a two
finger triple tap.
Good luck, Sandy
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On 25 Oct 2014, at 16:44, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
Not that I’m aware of.
Personally, I’d recommend the AmazonBasics Bluetooth keyboard. It
hi just curious to know is the 4s is working fine on ios 8 and how
much space you are getting on it after installing ios 8 please do let
me know as i am running a i phone 4s 8gb and wanted to know how much
space will i get after the installation of ios 8.1 on my device
and is it fine to
Hi all, does anyone know if there is more information on how to play this game?
I can get to the door in front of me but I can't figure out how to get the key.
Also every time I start the game it says you were about to start a new game
when I tried playing in infinity mode there was no speech
There are two ways to download a book on the BARD Mobile app. Either
search for the tile, then add title to the wish list which is different
than you do on a PC where you can directly download the book after the
search. Once the book is on your wish list, if you double tap the title,
you can
I am finding this issue on my 5S too on 8.1: mostly when I come out of an app
that has not been using wifi (like a podcast app), I suddenly discover that
wifi has dropped out and I'm on cellular data. I then have to go into settings,
wifi and search and tap on my wifi network. Harry
On 26
Hello All,
After installing IOS 8.1 on my iPad, I attempted to update apps in the app
store, but a dialog popped up asking me to agree to apple's terms and
conditions. I did not see an I accept button, so I clicked I agree on all 36
pages of this dialog.
However, there is no next or continue
I use the Anker Ultraslim keyboard, which has an aluminum frame. It doesn't
have a numpad, but it does have function and modifier keys. It supposedly works
with Windows, but I haven't tried that yet. It has dedicated media keys for the
function keys, an eject key, and a home key, which you use
There is a bug in iOS8 that makes it difficult to use the left and right swipe
VO gestures. Try three-finger-swiping to the last page and double-tapping the
actual agree button.
HtH,
Teresa
We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
the brain is often called
Hi all. Just wanted to thank those of you who answered my web browser questionw
This morning I discovered another bug fixed in 8.1. I got an email with an
attachment. Before I couldn't open attachments in an email. With 8.1 I can now
do so. I'm glad this is fixed in this version as it will make
Opening email attachments in iOS 8.0 or 8.0.2 worked fine, but you had to
make sure you used a 3-finger swipe up to scroll through all the pages of
the email to the last page where the attachments are always listed at the
bottom of the email. I believe somebody said it also worked to touch the
Fleksy will be a great keyboard, once they get the bugs out of IOS8. Here's a
link:Fleksy Keyboard - Custom Colors, Faster Typing by Fleksy, Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/ED7aF.i
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Hello; Listers, I have a couple of questions! Does anybody know if Fleksy works
in iOS 8.1? Also this has to do with my iPhone and my Mac. Okay I wrote a
document on my Mac with Pages, I saved it in to iCloud Drive but for some odd
reason the pages app on my iPhone doesn't see it! I am running
fleksy works as a third-party keyboard and iOS eight. However, there are a ton
of bugs with it at the moment, and makes it almost impossible to get smooth
typing with it. At least in my experience. I was actually trying to use fleksy
to type this post, and had to go to dictation. You may want
IOS 8 runs fine on an iPhone 4S. You'll run into the same issues found
in IOS 8 on all iPhones. I think some complicated web pages and email
messages load a bit slower than they did on IOS 7, but other than that
it actually seems snappier in most places.
I don't know what you mean by space.
Hi all,
I am using IOS 8.1 on an iPhone5s and am noticing that caller ID is
not announced if one receives a call waiting call even if the speak
notifications setting is turned on for VoiceOver. Before, I remember
it being announced. Has anyone noticed this and found a work around?
Thanks in
Hi Rebecca, how did you get the attachments to open? I tried what everybody
said with 8.1 and I can't get them to open. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you very much. God bless, Wren Langley
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On Oct 26, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@icloud.com
Hi, all,
I'm having a very weird problem that just cropped up in the last few days.
While in an edit field with Voiceover on and QuickNav off, the contents of my
clipboard are pasted over and over, and nothing seems to stop it. I tried
turning Voiceover off and entering the text on the
I was able to switch Alex and Samantha, Samantha is my default and Alex is in
the rotor. Now my incoming messages are not read out on the lock screen, it
only says incoming message as it did on iOS 7.1.2 and on my iPad. So I
guess switching Alex and Samantha had an effect, unless they are
Hi,
Wonder if this is something with older phones as I have not had this problem
on my 5s.
Matthew
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Just a note Home sharing and Family sharing are two different features.
Home sharing deals with the sharing of your music library and family sharing
has to do with the sharing of apps, music and book purchases.
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It did give me the name of the product eventually, but I seemed to have a
harder time locating the barcode than with Red Laser.
Pam
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Hi,
This has been a bug since ios 8 has been released. Speak notifications usually
gets around this for now, but apple needs to fix this.
Matthew
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Hi Chuck and others,
I don't know if you get the same warning when you install Fleksie, but on the
last Today in iOS episode, Rob mentioned that when you install some third party
keyboards a rather worrysome message is displayed. According to this message,
you give the developer of these
If ever I want to read with Samantha in Voice Dream Reader, which I'll admit
isn't often, I just do a two-finger flick down after putting my finger on one
of the lines in the text area, and she will happily go on reading. You could do
this with Alex, in the meantime, although I hope Apple does
Sieghard ,
This is the reason I almost always delete your messages without reading
them.
You are full of misguided opinions and misinformation.
The running joke in my household is when voice over announces Sieghard
everyone here says 'Delete.
This is from the developers of Fleksy:
What about
Did it automatically get put in archive?
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Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 11:24 AM
Subject: Missing a lot of sent mail since upgrading to iOS eight
I have noticed that since I upgraded my iPad, most of
I am definitely having issues with dictation. I can start dictation, dictate
and then end dictation. Then it is followed by all kinds of unintelligible
voiceover stuttering and a sound simillar to the sound when my iPhone switches
from portrait to landscape and vice versa over and over again
No, the sent mail did not get put into archive. But I just now found out that
for some weird reason, I have two sent folders both under my Gmail account. And
one of them has all of the sent mail going back to forever and includes
messages up till now. Theother one is the one that I had been
For what it's worth, I've gotten some good information from Sieghard, and seen
him provide tons of help to users newer to iOS than I. Saying that nearly
everything he sends is worthy only of being deleted is not only against the
rules of this list, it's simply inaccurate. Maybe you already know
Please reread my post. I never use the word worthless.
I thought this was a private message from Seegert it was addressed to me.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Oct 26, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
For what it's worth, I've gotten
Hi,
Based on one’s financial situation, what is your opinion about getting an
iPhone 5S as opposed to iphone 6? Please give me your honest opinion. Yes,
I’m looking at the matter from the point of view of someone who will have to
take a small loan to get a new iPhone. So I’d like to know
C'mon, folk, it's possible to state another opinion or correction without
personal attacks, right? :)
Teresa
We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
the brain is often called imagination.--Oliver Sacks
On Oct 26, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Alex Hall
Hi,
I installed a skype that said it was skype for iphones. It was fairly
accessible but the keyboard for creating an account was aweful. It was very
sluggish and at times VO actually went away completely for up to 20 seconds at
a time.
What is the most accessible and usable skype? I am
Hi,
I know I have seen discussion on this but haven't until now needed a BT
keyboard so have not paid much attention.
I need a good keyboard. My wife has one but the keys are so flat and close
together that I can't even really use it.
Is there one that has good pressure feedback and where
Well, Chuck, that was rather rude. Even if you didn't explicitly state that
whatever he had to say is worthless, you pretty much implied it by admitting
that you delete most of his messages and that you don't even take the time to
look at what he has to say most of the time. I'm with Alex on
It’s really too bad that your interpretation of the list rules somehow affords
you special permission to post such unkind remarks about Sieghard on this or
any list. There are polite ways to disagree with another list members opinion
without being snarky. I’m really not interested in your
I like the bt keyboard from Apple.
Stacy
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 26, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Dan Beaver dbeaver...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I know I have seen discussion on this but haven't until now needed a BT
keyboard so have not paid much attention.
I need a good keyboard. My wife
Dear Andrew,
My suggestion is to obtain the iPhone 6. I recommend this because the
high quality design and manufacture of these devices means that if the
phone is protected in a hard case, it will last far longer than the
operating systems and apps on the phone. At a certain point, the
phone
Hi Everyone,
I just purchased the Logitech Ultra Thin Bluetooth keyboard for my Ipad mini
with retina display.
When the keyboard is on, the virtual keyboard disappears on the Ipad. Is
that supposed to happen?
I really need some help learning to use this keyboard. Is there a list of
current
Linda,
The virtual keyboard always disappears on any iDevice if a bluetooth
keyboard is connected. However, most bluetooth keyboards have a button which
you can press to show the virtual keyboard or, press it again, to hide it
again. On the Apple Wireless keyboard that button is the very top
Dan,
There is only one Skype for the iPhone and it is indeed extremely
accessible. I would probably go so far as to say that Skype right now is at
its peak accessibility. I am not sure why you had the problems you describe.
I just installed Skype on my wife's iPod Touch and when I opened it
Hi Wren. At the bottom of the email is the attachment name. I just did a
double tap and hold with one finger and the phone says open file in (name of
app). I couldn't perform this in 8.0.2 no matter what I did.
Rebecca and Zeb
rilni...@gmail.com
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On Oct 26, 2014, at
Chuck,
I posted about a warning regarding third-party keyboards I heard about on the
Today in iOS Podcast. If you feel that what I said was misguided and that I was
attempting to misinform people than that is of course your right and the same
applies to how you feel about my messages in
I am wanting my iPad mini in portrait mode. How do I find that? I looked in the
control panel but I didn't find it.
Beverly Hunter
Recruting Specialist
Soltele
www.soltele.com
Phone: 888-348-9182 Ext. 9275
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Hi Andrew,
I would normally agree with Kelly and recommend the iPhone 6. However, given
what you said about your financial situation may not make it worthwhile. If you
could find a really good deal on a 5S (I would probably wait and see what
promotions come around for Black Friday and Cyber
Is this possible?
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Not any more, you would have had to do that withing about a week or so after
iOS 8 was released.
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Hi Andrew. I agree with Sieghard about getting a 5S. I know with myself when I
got my 5S, I was only getting $60 for my 4S. I wanted a 32 GB 5S but I settled
for 16 because it was only $100 so I only had to pay about $40 for it plus $15
for the sim card from Telus.
As for processors, I'm not a
Yes, it's normal for your on screen keyboard to disappear when using a
bluetooth keyboard.
For a list of bleutooth keyboard commands I'd refer you to
http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph6c494dc6.html
I don't have this web page bookmarked, but I just find it with Google
whenever I
Andrew,
Besides buying a used 5S, another way to save money on iPhone
ownership is in the choice of wireless service. I wrote the article
iPhone on the Cheap on AppleVis. by using a carrier other than AtT
or Verizon, one could pay one-third the cost of wireless service.
Often this means simply
Hello Andrew and Shawn,
Shawn, you made a good point which I forgot. The support for Apple Pay would be
a very compelling reason for me to get a 6 if I was living in the States. But
as you mentioned, Canada won't see Apple Pay for a while although it would be
my guess that Apple Pay will be in
I generally agree with the advice to purchase a five s rather than a six. As
for those carriers other than the big three, it's great, as long as there is
good service in your area. You have to really check into that, or you can be
sorry. I don't see any reason to buy a six at this time. I
Although if money wasn't a factor I would choose the 6 over the 5s for
the reasons already stated, one factor which I feel is even more
important is the amount of memory on the phone. I would suggest that
it is more important over the long run to have at least a 32gb phone
than it is to have a 6.
Hi Sieghard,
How does skipe work on my iPhone 5? When I use skipe on my iPhone, will I get
charged for using skipe or what? What kinds of things can you do when using
skipe? I just downloaded skipe on my iPhone 5 since it is free. Take care.
Lori and the Gipper
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More on that question, how do I conduct conferences via Skype on the iPad? I
know this is a strange question but I just can’t remember how to do it, think
I’m going a bit senile.
On Oct 26, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Lori Dent loriand...@ohiohills.com wrote:
Hi Sieghard,
How does skipe work on my
Hi Kerri,
I don’t have an iPad, but if you are referring to a group call then I believe
this might not be possible unless you somehow use the iPhone version of the
Skype app on your iPad. The ability to do group calls has just recently been
added to the Skype for iPhone app, but I have not
Hi Lori,
Have you used Skype on the computer? Basically you can do the same things, for
example, you can talk to other Skype users either via audio or you can do video
calls and that is always free except of course if you do it via 3G or LTE in
which case it will use up data from your data
I am wondering if the problems being encountered with the new IOS is as
pronounced on the new IPhone as opposed to the older models? I have a 5S and
have not yet upgraded to the new IOS. Until some of the worse bugs are fixed I
am sticking to 7. Normally I upgrade within the first week of a new
Hey all,
I am having some problems with ICloud and my apple ID.
When I go to iforgot.apple.com, and enter my info, I get a message that says
that they can’t recognize my identity.
My birthday won’t work when I try to enter that.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
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I too experienced Outlook crashing when opening the original message
containing iOS 8.1 in the subject field. And not only did Outlook Crash to
the point I had to turn off my computer by tapping the power button, but
when restarting my computer, my JAWS was no longer authorized and I had to
go
Hello,
I just received Apple TV as an early Christmas gift. I have verything
set up but wondered if I can watch Amazon Prime content on it. After a
google search I found that Amazon should play with Apple TV if Airply
is enabled. Has anyone tried this, and how can I find the Airplay
button on
HI, Chris:
Having just gone through this issue 2 weeks ago, I had to call Apple customer
care. However, it turned out that I as typing in my primary email address wrong
and that was the reason my birthday as not recognized.
On Oct 25, 2014, at 2:14 AM, Chris Judd chrischas0...@charter.net
Hi, then I wonder if it is possible to get Skype for the iPhone installed onto
an iPad.
On Oct 26, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Hi Kerri,
I don’t have an iPad, but if you are referring to a group call then I believe
this might not be possible unless you
Hi Sieghard,
No, I never have used skipe before or on the computer. And I do have wy-fi
hear at home. Do I need to create an account to use skipe? Thanks.
Lori and the Gipper
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Hi Marie,
iOS 8 runs just as well on a 5S as it does on a 6 or 6 Plus. The new A8
processor in those phones is faster than the A7, but not actually by a lot
especially not when it comes to normal day-to-day stuff and the difference
is not nearly as pronounced as it was last year when the A7
Yes, you do have to have a Skype Id or, if you have a Microsoft Id you could
use it to sign in and you can even sign in with your Facebook credentials. I
personally prefer to use my Skype Id because I don’t always think it’s a good
idea to share/mix up these things. I am especially careful what
Hi Sieghard,,
Okay. Thank you for explaining this for me. Take care.
Lori and the Gipper
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Sure! Search for Skype in the App Store as normal, and double tap iPad apps
button then iPhone apps button. Basically you are telling the App Store to
search for iPhone apps only this way.
On 27 Oct 2014, at 04:43, Kerri G kerri.g1...@icloud.com wrote:
Hi, then I wonder if it is possible
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