Re: email accounts?

2014-11-10 Thread RobH.
Ok, it seems to be as long as it's broad; re-entering all the email details or re-doing the bit's I've done on the 5S already. I have my own hosting, so have to use Other and type in everything! Thanks, RobH. - Original Message - From: Grant Hardy grantha...@outlook.com To:

iPhone 6 Plus, woes and resolution

2014-11-10 Thread E V
Hi, I received my iPhone 6 Plus this past Friday November 7 in the mail from Verizon Wireless. After connecting my iPhone 6 Plus to iTunes, iTunes reported that my phone could not be restored from a backup because my iPhone 6 Plus software was older than my backup. So, I proceeded to update my

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
who have make clear record - Original Message - From: Jonathan Mosen To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 7:00 AM Subject: Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed Overall, I like good old Clear Record. There are few things I record on my phone

Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in iTunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yeah, that was Zenith, who was acquired by LG due to shrinking market share. Ford also used the slogan Quality if Job 1. I bet Ford still got their new cars out every model year though, and of course, Ford has had more than it's share of quality problems over the years. It's called marketing.

Getting kicked out of the BARD App and BART TALK

2014-11-10 Thread Tom Rash
The last couple of dayswhile looking at recently added books, I get kicked out of the BARD app. Also anyone know how to subscribe to the BARD talk e-mail list serve? I did go to the website and clicked on the subscrive. But I never got a confirmation e-mail. --- This email is free from viruses

Re: can't move apps around the home screen

2014-11-10 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
OK, I've had a number of occasions with the latest firmware and apps not moving, especially but not only on the Home page. So far I have found that the only solution is to make a space in your doc at the bottom of the screen (moving out to another page something that you later put back) and

RE: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread Edmonds, Lucy (LARA)
Hey there Terri! There is an app on your phone called Dice World, and it is free! They have just updated it so there are now six games you can play, and Farkle is one of them. It is pretty easy. There are six dice, and the highest score wins. You play up to 1. There are different ways you

Re: Getting kicked out of the BARD App and BART TALK

2014-11-10 Thread Joney
Everyone's getting kicked out since the latest updates. Bard has to update their app to fix the problem. Joney If God can bring you to it, He will lead you through it. Give the gift that's 2 gifts in one. https://www.jewelryincandles.com/store/jowen On Nov 10, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Tom Rash

RE: How to read this strange kind of table

2014-11-10 Thread Thom Spittle
If you are using JAWS, you can do the following: While you are in the table, you hold down the alt and control keys while you navigate with the 4 arrow keys. The table lists the items vertically, so go to the price and hold down alt and control, then down arrow. You will see the price, what

RE: accessible sudoku

2014-11-10 Thread Thom Spittle
There is one called blindfold Sudoku. It has just come out, and is from kid friendly software. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RobH. Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread MamaPeach
Dice world has not only the rules for Dice World, but a tutorial as well. -Original Message- From: Edmonds, Lucy (LARA) Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 7:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Farkle Hey there Terri! There is an app on your phone called Dice World, and it is

RE: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread Edmonds, Lucy (LARA)
Oops, I forgot to talk about the tutorials. There is a text tutorial for Farkle that is just read by VoiceOver, and there is also an audio tutorial that is spoken by someone and shows you how the game is played and what to expect from VoiceOver. Lucy -Original Message- From:

To Jonathan--itunes 12

2014-11-10 Thread Larry Lumpkin
Hi. I was wondering if Jonathan would consider doing a podcast on itunes 12? His earlier itunes podcasts were so good that I could sure use an update. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by

Re: AccessWorld App Problem

2014-11-10 Thread Russ Kiehne
I see you have an ipad. Can you get AccessWorld to install on it? -Original Message- From: Katey Glass Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: AccessWorld App Problem Like Anna, On my IPhone 5s running iOS 8.1 when I open the AFB AccessWorld

Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Russ Kiehne
I'm wondering if anyone will be creating a podcast on how to use Itunes 12 with windows? -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 10:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in

A FEW ITUNES 12 QUESTIONS

2014-11-10 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Hi all, First, I'm determined to do the best I can with Itunes 12, so no moaning from me! Smiles I have a few of questions though, please: The first is an Itunes/possible Jaws problem: I have ripped some CD's and wanted to export these to my safe, away from itunes) place for other use. I

RE: can't move apps around the home screen

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Carol, If you ask a sighted person they will definitely tell you that apps are not almost on top of one another and that the alignment is just fine. Apple allows 4 apps in a row and 5 rows so you can try to move more apps onto a particular home page and if its full then its full and the

RE: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in iTunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Neil, No, there is no shortcut key for that from what I can tell. I just always go to the search field with Control+f and then tab the 4 or 5 times to get to the button for my device or, if you have more than one, devices. I guess how often you have to tab depends on how many things you put

Re: can't move apps around the home screen

2014-11-10 Thread Bill Gallik
My experience with this bug is that you cannot move apps off the bottom row of the home screen. What I did to resolve this problem for myself was to move apps that were in rows other than the bottom row to another page; once there were no apps in the bottom row (row 6 I think), I was able to

Clearing The Search Field - Was: Problems with Picker Items in iTunes and App Store.

2014-11-10 Thread Bill Gallik
You can clear the search field in the App Store; simply double tap the CLEAR button twice, then the ensuing DISMISS button. Holland's Boy, Bill - Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email is free from viruses and

solution for trust computer syndrome

2014-11-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
This morning I went to sync my iPhone 6+ with iTunes which I don’t do very often. I couldn’t find my iPhone on the computer but when I unlocked my phone while still connected I saw the “trust computer” dialog. I double-tapped “trust” and the dialog disappeared. But my iPhone still didn’t show

Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in iTunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Jessica Dail
Could you setup a shortcut in keyboard commanders? Would that work? Could you create an AppleScript? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Neil, No, there is no shortcut key for that from what I can tell. I just always go to the

RE: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in iTunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I am not a Mac user and can't that answer. If you are familiar with setting up such scripts then why not try it and share with the list if it works. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Dail Sent: Monday, November 10,

Re: Facebook and Finding a Specific Friend

2014-11-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks for the info will try that the next time I have to search for someone. who knew going to your friends page and hitting the search button there would pull up everyone with the same name you are not friends with. I really question the developers at Facebook and what the hell they are

How to set volume to same level when syncing songs

2014-11-10 Thread Fanus
Hello list I got an iPod Nano. I tried to sync songs and make the volume level the same for all songs. I activated preferences in iTunes and checked the sound check box. On the iPod I activated settings and equilizer and then checked a box which I thought would be necessary to make sure all

Automatic Brightness Setting: Bug Or An adjustment

2014-11-10 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I'm wondering if others have seen this with an iPhone 6 with 8.1. Yesterday I noticed the brightness was at 100%. I went into settings and turned it down to 0%: This morning I was charging my phone. When I took it off the charger, and answered a phone call it began to heat up.

RE: Automatic Brightness Setting: Bug Or An adjustment

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Did you make sure Auto Brightness is turned off? Go to Settings, Display and Brightness and make sure it is off, then turn the brightness down to 0% or 10%. You can always turn up brightness quickly in the control centre if you need somebody to look at your phone and in any case, even at 0%

Re: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you don't want to use Dice World or play with others, you can get a couple of farkle apps, one called iFarkle Free and the other called simply iFarkle, which is $0.99 in the US App Store. Both are equally accessible, though the fre version does include ads that show up after you complete a

Re: A FEW ITUNES 12 QUESTIONS

2014-11-10 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! OK If I get some of the key presses wrong someone [I hope ] will correct me! 1st when on a track you wish to find out about use your Applications key and go to the Get info option and select it! Then pick the details option and you should be able to go the different options like song title,

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
I have found ClearRecord unstable and it loses recordings. After a couple of years using ClearRecord because I could not find an alternative solution, I'm now using DropVox 100% of the time which is more intuitive and with great accessibility feels like it was developed for the blind as opposed

Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11

2014-11-10 Thread Charles Rivard
This is 100 percent speculation on my part, but, as Freedom Scientific has done podcasts on versions 10 and 11, they may also be doing one on 12? --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From:

Re: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread Charles Rivard
The app is not there until you get it from the app store. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Edmonds, Lucy (LARA) edmond...@michigan.gov To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: To Jonathan--itunes 12

2014-11-10 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Me too! I can't remember how to select more than one (but not all) items and Jaws isn't telling me what is and isn't selected. I can't add CD#s just ripped until I can do this successfully. Anyone help? Carol P - Original Message - From: Larry Lumpkin To:

Re: can't move apps around the home screen

2014-11-10 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Thanks for that feedback. They don't appear straight to me sometimes, but then my version of straight as a tototal is hardly to be commended! Smiles Anyway, thanks for the info. Carol P - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: new in latest BBC iPlayer update

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Neil, I think his is a bug, but there's a way around it. It was driving me nuts until I stumbled upon it. The way around it is that at the bottom of the Audio Described category, there's a button that lets you view all audio described content in A to Z order. If you go into that list, then

Re: new in latest BBC iPlayer update

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Tim and all. Yes, there are two aspects to this. One is to understand how to create an account in the UK App Store, the other is various services that can help you access content that is geo-blocked. I find that a VPN is not the best way of getting good speed from BBC iPlayer. To help with

RE: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Neal Ewers
I have not experienced any problems with ClearRecord. Also remember that DropVox is MP3. If this is what you want, then you have it. If you want uncompressed files, DropVox will not do it. Plus, I have not found a way to have DropVox save recordings to your device if you are not on WI-FI. That

Re: To Jonathan--itunes 12

2014-11-10 Thread Charles Rivard
Actually, is there enough of a difference between 11 and 12 that would warrant a podcast? It's actually not all that different other than the fact that the side bar is no longer there. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!

Re: Will Fleksy VO Return?

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings all. Jessica, allow full access does not mean that you will be able to type in your password in Fleksy, in fact this is one of the big areas where Fleksy will not work. If you have to type your password in, you will have to use the standard virtual keyboard. Allow full access simply

Re: Fleksy

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
To access settings in the main Fleksy app, go to the top of the screen. There you will find tabs across the screen, one of which is settings. Double tap and the settings will appear below. Wayne On 11/8/14, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: Sandy, I'll keep my fingers crossed with you since I

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
ClearRecord seems to become very unstable with files up to 20 minutes and beyond--since these are uncompressed files, there might be problems with how ClearRecord allocates memory. Actually, the problem might be with the synching with iTunes--something happens during conversion/transfer of

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Eileen. I agree. Microsoft has done an outstanding job in terms of the accessibility of these apps, but now we're up against the limitations of VoiceOver for iOS, in that there's o way to query the formatting, attributes etc, of text you're working with. Given that the iWork suite is also a

Re: Facebook and Finding a Specific Friend

2014-11-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
Instead of doing a global search in the app, I do the following. I go to the more tab and find my name near the top of the screen and double-tap it. The resulting area shows my posts. Just above my list of posts is a buttn that says friends. When I double-tap that, the promps says search your

Re: Microsoft Word on the iPhone with VoiceOver

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hello Joseph, Richard's correct here. A Microsoft account can be created with your existing email address if that's what the user desires. It's not necessary to create an outlook.com http://outlook.com/ or live.com http://live.com/ address if you're happy with the email service you have.

Re: Facebook and Finding a Specific Friend

2014-11-10 Thread Feliciano G
I know what you mean. When you search for someone, your friends will come up first and then others will come afterwards on that list. Regards, Feliciano Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the

Re: To Jonathan--itunes 12

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Larry, thanks a lot for the kind words, really appreciate that. I'm going to make brief reference to iTunes 12 in the next FSCast and outline some of the shortcut keys that have already been well covered on this list. If there's demand for even more than this, we may come back to it and do a

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
Not true. This issue doesn't appear to be entirely a VoiceOver limitation but one most likely having to do with software developer. As I've written before, the Google Sheets app can convey various text attributes such as bold, italics, underlined, font, font size, etc--I'm listening to these

RE: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Neal Ewers
As for number one, I have never had this problem. As for number two, the saving of DropVox files in memory, I was going by what someone on this list had told me. I am glad it works for you. I'll have to try it and see if I can replicate your findings. If so, I will correct the misinformation I

Re: Microsoft Word on the iPhone with VoiceOver

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
That was not my point. You're responding to Richard's post and not my original post--richard also didn't read my post carefully. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 10:08 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Joseph, then perhaps you could please tell us the Bluetooth keyboard commands and gestures to query the font attributes of the focussed item in iOS? We'd all be grateful. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 11/11/2014, at

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Neal, agreed, I've been using ClearRecord for four years now and it's been rock solid. I've recorded my kids' concerts, interviews, and all kinds of material and it's worked flawlessly for me in uncompressed .wav format. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
I completely understand issue #2, as the FreeTech guy you would be surprised at the amount of time I have to spend correcting blind computer users understanding of how computer and software works. I hate to say it, but along with the great info, many of these lists disseminate lots of incorrect

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
You're redirecting my point to whatever goal you have in mind, which is not relevant to the current discussion since I said nothing about Bluetooth keyboards or gestures as a means of accessing this information. I simply stated the attribute information can be read by VoiceOver and that it

Re: Microsoft Word on the iPhone with VoiceOver

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Joseph, I have your original message here, and I'm going to quote from it directly. It says: You will need a Microsoft related account such as an email address which ends with @live.com http://live.com/ or @outlook.com http://outlook.com/. Both Richard and I have pointed out, for those who

Re: Microsoft Word on the iPhone with VoiceOver

2014-11-10 Thread Joseph FreeTech
You did not quote the rest of the email message where it all comes together. Regardless, you guys win, I just want to move on. Sorry, but I won't be replying anymore. Joseph - Original Message - From: Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November

How to use the select command with in the rotor in iOS 8

2014-11-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, I realize it has been a long time since I posted to this list. But I have a question. I am trying to use the select command, available under the edit option in the rotor in iOS eight. Here is my problem. I seem to only be able to select one word when I choose select under edit. I

RE: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Joseph, I think you are splitting hairs here. You say the attribute information can be read by Voiceover, but you can't provide exactly which gestures or keyboard commands produce this information. I think what you are saying is that Voiceover could read this information if the developers

Re: How to use the select command with in the rotor in iOS 8

2014-11-10 Thread Isaac Hebert
If you are trying to select a line then switch the rotor to lines. Now this is wheir it gets a little tricky. First swipe down to the line you want to select from. Then to select text pinch your fingers apart. To deselect text pinch you're fingers together. Here is a link to a podcast that

Re: How to use the select command with in the rotor in iOS 8

2014-11-10 Thread Isaac Hebert
THe link I sent you was the link to the forum discussion here is the link to the podcast. http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/exploring-and-demonstrating-advanced-text-editing-capabilities-ios-voiceover-users -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list.

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Sieghard, for me the fundamental point here, and I'm pretty confident you and most competent screen reader users will agree, is that there are real dangers in expecting every individual app developer to have to compensate for the deficiencies of a screen reader by having to make their own

Re: A FEW ITUNES 12 QUESTIONS

2014-11-10 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
I appreciate your input, even though I cannot get the first to work. Jaws reads everything fine but I can't get anything spelt out. (Perhaps someone knows the keystroke to do this). Jaws cursor appears no help to read anything so at present I need to read the item via the PC cursor. Thanks

RE: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Neal Ewers
Hi, you say the attribute information can be read, but of course, you don't say how. How does this make anything clear? Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph FreeTech Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 12:32 PM To:

Baard question for a friend

2014-11-10 Thread Kellie
Hey all, I had a question but I hope some of you could help me answer. A friend of mine has the Bard app but suddenly every time she tries to put in her username and password it will kick her out of the app.it is the correct email and password as when she uses it on her husband's iPad it works

RE: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Jonathan, I totally agree. Apple obviously wants people to use iOS devices for word processing and maybe even for spreadsheet and presentations otherwise they wouldn’t offer Pages, Numbers and Keynote free of charge. Microsoft obviously feels the same way and therefore accessibility for

Re: Automatic Brightness Setting: Bug Or An adjustment

2014-11-10 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Thanks for the location of turning off auto brightness. It did the trick. Eileen On Nov 10, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Did you make sure Auto Brightness is turned off? Go to Settings, Display and Brightness and make sure it is off, then turn the

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Mary Otten
Joseph, if you are saying that the attributes are read by default in google sheets, and there is no way to not have them be read, then that hardly seems like a decent solution. If, on the other hand, you are saying that it is possible to have such attributes read on demand, so to speak, that

Re: Baard question for a friend

2014-11-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
One thing that may resolve the problem is to delete everything from the app switcher, then shut down and restart the device. HtH, 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 Nov 10, 2014, at

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Jonathan, Firstly, I completely agree that announcing text attributes (e.g. at your cursor location) is really a screen reader feature rather than something developers should be implementing on an application basis. Therefore, I don’t fault Microsoft Word at all for having this limitation,

Family sharing and calendar events

2014-11-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all The below scenario is under iOS 8.1 on both iPhone 4s and iPad Mini 2. The family member in question is also running iOS 8 and they have just the 4s. They are all signed into their respective iCloud account where Family Sharing is enabled. I have a calendar event shared with members of

Apple introduces online tool for deregistering iMessage

2014-11-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
Apple introduces online tool for deregistering iMessage by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]Apple has added a page to its website for deregistering and turning off iMessage for users that have switched from an iPhone to an Android device or other non-Apple smartphone, Joe

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Grant, I've used Excel and Word so far, but have yet to use PowerPoint. The way I've been working with Word is to create documents with it, then bring them back to the computer to format with JAWS where I can use Text Analyser, get verification of formatting etc. I've not used tables as I

Re: Family sharing and calendar events

2014-11-10 Thread Isaac Hebert
Have they tryed opening calendar. Then choose the event in question. Then go to edit. Then select the calendar button and then select family and then choose done? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by

iPad and Dropbox

2014-11-10 Thread Beverly
I have an iPad mini, apple TV along with dropbox. I want to watch the movies that I have put into the dropbox on my apple TV. Will someone give me instructions on how to do this? Thanks for your help. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jim Fettgather
This is kind of interesting. If using a bluetooth keyboard, when turning on keyboard help with control option K, when you press Control option T, voiceover says, “Output Text Style.” This seems like that some kind of formatting font or style should be indicated when you press that key, which by

Re: How to set volume to same level when syncing songs

2014-11-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, You don't need the equalizer on your Nano on, but do turn on the sound Check option. If it's on on your computer and Nano, you should get reasonably equal volume on all your tracks. Best, Anna On Nov 10, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list I got an iPod

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Gmail
Is there a way that you can tell if specific formatting options have actually been applied? Like the Insert-F command with most screen readers? Thanks, Ari On Nov 7, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: The options for bold and all that seem to show up in the free

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Jim, what a great catch. I've tried that command before and never had it work, but it's interesting that it is actually in Keyboard Help. So I wonder whether it's an error that it's listed there, or a bug that it doesn't work? Oh, while I'm writing, I finished Exploding the Phone a couple of

Re: Baard question for a friend

2014-11-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, If Teresa's great suggestion doesn't help, go to Settings, choose BARD Mobile, and set the initialization setting to On. That might help. Best, Anna On Nov 10, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: One thing that may resolve the problem is to delete everything

Re: Microsoft Office Apps Now Individually Available

2014-11-10 Thread Gmail
Oh, darn. I will definitely be contacting Apple about this for a future VoiceOver update. Thanks, Ari On Nov 10, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Eileen. I agree. Microsoft has done an outstanding job in terms of the accessibility of these apps, but now we're

Re: SIRI asking to confirm call commands

2014-11-10 Thread Den_Realtor
I read a post that said to add people to your favorites.. I did and siri stopped asking to confirm EVERY call... it is a step in the right direction... On Friday, October 31, 2014 12:19:46 PM UTC-7, Cher wrote: Just updated to 8.1 and Siri is demanding confirmation of every request to

Re: Audio recorder recommendations needed

2014-11-10 Thread taylorarndt99
doesvoiceover get in your recordings Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2014, at 1:00 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Overall, I like good old Clear Record. There are few things I record on my phone that I don't want to put into a sound editor in the studio and edit later, so

iPhone file system

2014-11-10 Thread Thakshila Gamage
Hi, I can see considerable number of system files in my iPhone internal storage like this (ref attached file). Kindly let me know what these files are the effect of having them in my phone. Further please let me know the steps that I can take to remove these files too. Thank you.

Re: Blind Square Questions

2014-11-10 Thread taylorarndt99
now how good is it with mall navagaton Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Jessica Dail jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know how to make the tracking feature work in Apple maps? Every time I try to use it, it won't work. When I enable the tracking with headings

Re: SIRI asking to confirm call commands

2014-11-10 Thread Den_Realtor
It may be there to teach us patience... no other reason... it is slowly working with me... other than that I recently read that adding ph#'s to your favorites in your contact list will stop this function... so far it is working w/ me... good luck... On Friday, October 31, 2014 12:29:50 PM

introduction and questions

2014-11-10 Thread Eden Kizer
Ok, now that I have learned from our esteemed moderator and my friend, Raul that I have to be moderated at first, I now am writing a message to say hello. My name is Eden Kizer, and I am a new IPhone 5 user, and I exclusively use it with a Braille Sense on hand although I have not yet figured

introducing my self to the list

2014-11-10 Thread wui chin Leong
i have been using ios devices s ```Sent from my iPadi have been using ios devices since 2 0005 The first ios device i started out with was a i pod touch 4th generation.Then last year i got a i pad minni.I am wanting to get more info on how to use my i pad minni more afectively with voice

Re: Microsoft Word on the iPhone with VoiceOver

2014-11-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Grant and all, There is a command in iOS 8 for hearing text formatting on a braille display - Space with dots 2-3-4-5-6. This works in Notepad. I haven't tried it in other apps though. But at least they're working on a way to speak format info. Best, Anna On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:01 PM,

iPhone 6 or 6 plus?

2014-11-10 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello All, I’ve just rejoined this list as I am looking at a new iPhone. I’ve tried looking through the archives trying to establish what subscribers felt about the 2 new phones? I see there are concerns about 128 Gig version of the Plus. The IOS-Today podcast suggests, as a generalisation.

Re: Could somebody who has an Airplay device test Airplay

2014-11-10 Thread Eric Siu
Possible solution to resolve the issue: Dear all, my wife, visually impaired, relies on voiceover a lot and she also notices this iOS8.1 bug which will stream both voiceover and music to airplay. The intended feature prior to iOS8.1 works well where voiceover should remain on iPhone speaker

Re: Baard question for a friend

2014-11-10 Thread Gmail
What is that setting for? Thanks, Ari On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, If Teresa's great suggestion doesn't help, go to Settings, choose BARD Mobile, and set the initialization setting to On. That might help. Best, Anna On Nov

RE: iPad and Dropbox

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Beverly, If the movies are in your Dropbox as opposed to in your iTunes library, your only option is to play the movie on your iPad Mini and to then use Airplay to send it to your Apple TV. In order to do that you would go into your Dropbox app and start the movie playing there. Then bring

Re: introducing my self to the list

2014-11-10 Thread Isaac Hebert
Welcome to the group. Isaac Hebert hebertisaa...@gmail.com On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Joseph Hudson jhud7...@gmail.com wrote: Hi welcome to the group, just let us know what questions you have and we will be glad to help you. On Nov 8, 2014, at 8:34 PM, wui chin Leong

Re: A FEW ITUNES 12 QUESTIONS

2014-11-10 Thread Gmail
If you're looking at things in the Get Info screen, you should just be able to use regular commands that moved by character/word, etc. to read things like track name, artist name, etc. Thanks, Ari On Nov 10, 2014, at 10:59 AM, carol.pearso...@googlemail.com carol.pearso...@googlemail.com

RE: Could somebody who has an Airplay device test Airplay

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Eric, That is another excellent discovery. I just tried this on my 5S and was able to reproduce this. I usually want my media to lower in volume to hear Voiceover so I have audio ducking on and I don’t even have it in my rotor. But I just put it in and turned it off and as soon as I sent

Re: iPhone 6 or 6 plus?

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
The 128 GB 6 Pluses have had issues if the user has a ginormous number of apps on them, like 700 or more. People that have 128 gig models of this phone on this list have reported no issues. I am quite happy with my iPhone 6. I have large hands, but the 6 doesn't seem overly big to me, where the 6

RE: Could somebody who has an Airplay device test Airplay

2014-11-10 Thread Merv Keck
Hi, I know someone who was complaining about this very issue over the weekend. She is on this group, however, I will forward this message to her just to make sure she does not miss this tip. I had not noticed the bug since I usually airplay from my PC and not from my phone. Merv -- The

Apple removes Fitbit devices from online store

2014-11-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
Apple removes Fitbit devices from online store by MacDailyNews [cfsp key=adsense_336x280]If you’re in the market for a Fitbit device and you’re shopping at the Apple Store, you’ll probably have to shop elsewhere to purchase the fitness tracker, Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac. Apple has today

RE: A FEW ITUNES 12 QUESTIONS

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
No, you can’t read anything in the read only fields either with the PC or Jaws cursor. There are only 2 work-around I can think of: You can select the “Show in Windows Explorer” option from the context menu of a song which would take you to the folder where the album is stored where you can

Re: Unable To Purchase Using Amazon App

2014-11-10 Thread Gmail
This works well for me. Also, you might want to be aware that during the checkout process, you will be asked to select between a few different options for shipping, cards, etc. if you have more than one option in your account. If you do, and you select one, VoiceOver won't tell you that it's

RE: Apple removes Fitbit devices from online store

2014-11-10 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If Fitbit doesn't intjegrate with the Health app then that is a poor business decision on their part. Yes, it's too bad that Apple doesn't sell them on their store, but it is their store and they can decide what to sell and what to sell. But if other alternatives are available which will

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