Emails from this List Going into Junk Folder

2014-12-04 Thread Esther Levegnale
Hi, All, The subject says it all. For the past few months, only a few emails from this list have been going into my Junk Folder. I would select them and move them into my Inbox, but as of today, it seems that mostly all emails from this list are landing in my Junk Folder and I have no clue wh

Junk Mail

2014-12-04 Thread Esther Levegnale
Hi, All, This is very strange, but as of today, just about all emails from this list are going into my Junk folder on my iPhone 6+. For the last few months, a few of them, only from certain people, were going into my Junk Mail folder, but now, as I mentioned, almost all of them are landing in

Re: Disappearing ring tones...

2014-12-04 Thread SoonerAnnie
Thanks, all, for your suggestions. I ended up doing what you did Jenny...actually deleting ring tones, then adding them back. Because my iPhone wouldn't sync with my iTunes on my computer, I copied stuff from my iPhone onto my computer, then was able to sync it. Ann - Original Message

Re: Brailliant BI and iOS 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Keith B.
I have talked with a distributor about this issue, and it is definitely a Humanware issue. They really need to address this soon. I notice that it happens more when writing in Braille than when reading in Braille, but it does happen in both situations. On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 6:18:42 PM

Re: bluetooth speakers for O-and-M training

2014-12-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I haven't been following this thread, or even the other thread I'm referring to, but there's a bluetooth speaker you wear on your wrist from Ben Wireless called the Speaker Band, which may be exactly what you're looking for. It was discussed on this list earlier. If memory serves, it sounds lik

Re: Accessible piano learning apps?

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
Have you checked out the Bill Brown lesson recordings you can get from NLS? I think most of them are available through BARD these days. You have to search under the music category to find them. I do not know of an app, and these might be too basic. I'm not a piano player, but his guitar lessons

Accessible piano learning apps?

2014-12-04 Thread Tom Frank
I’m looking for an accessible piano tutor app for my I Phone. There are numerous apps in the apps store and I’ve tried quite a few with little luck on finding an accessible one. I play by ear but would like to learn a few more techniques such as new chord progressions, base lines, etc. Tom Fran

Re: Really Low Voice Over Volume On Phone Calls

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Hall
It's where system audio (an audio book, music, podcast, etc) is lowered when VoiceOver is speaking. It's normally a really nice feature, letting you hear VO when you need to. However, there are times I want it off, such as when I'm reading a book and don't care to have the book turned down for n

Re: Really Low Voice Over Volume On Phone Calls

2014-12-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Audio ducking is when you lower the volume of one audio stream to better hear another audio stream. Of course, you can read more on line, such as this wikipedia article which I found with Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking On 12/04/2014 08:25 PM, Tom Frank wrote: So what is the defi

Re: Really Low Voice Over Volume On Phone Calls

2014-12-04 Thread Tom Frank
So what is the definition of “audio ducking?” What does it actually do? Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com > On Nov 27, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > > Thanks, turning audio ducking back on fixed it. I think, in my case, I will > leave it on, and turn it off when I want to, rather

Re: is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

2014-12-04 Thread Ron Pelletier
Dean, Forgot to mention that the fact that the Jambox mini is metal avoids the vibrations that you often get in plastic speakers. Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: SSEric Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 12:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: is JamBox still a fav

Re: is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

2014-12-04 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi Dean, I have a Jambox mini and I love it. It's not the cheapest but the quality is there. Ron & Danvers -Original Message- From: Dean Martineau Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 11:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or mor

Re: Selecting and copying a section of the webpage?

2014-12-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I know this isn't your question, but if you set your roter to lines, you'll be selecting larger chunks of data when using the pinch gesture. On 12/04/2014 08:40 AM, Sandratomkins wrote: Hi, Using the four S with the latest update and a Bluetooth keyboard, can anyone tell me how to select and

Re: Selecting and copying a section of the webpage?

2014-12-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Sandy, What kind of BT keyboard do you have? Is it a Mac base or Win base device? The reason I ask is in order to select text on an iDevice, you need to use VO commands. I'm not the best with highlighting text to copy either, but I'll give you a couple of commands. shift command down arrow

Re: ITUNES 12, STILL NOT SUCCEEDING - MORE HELP, PLEASE!

2014-12-04 Thread carol . pearson29
Sorry, Anna, your messages were hitting the spam folder and, along with others, they've only just been discovered!:) Thanks for your good explanation below. I can fully understand this aspect now and feel much more confident to change some items to get them just where I want/need them! Carol P

Help needed to add an address in my contacts on the iPhone also what is the insert add address field what does that mean?

2014-12-04 Thread Wren Langley
Hi all, thank you for the help. When I go into the ad address field and I double tap on the street and add that in then I want to go to the next field. I can always find the next field so that I can double tap and edit it. Could someone please help me with the technique? Thank you very much. God

RE: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread SSEric
Wayne, out of curiosity the other night, I tried that. I scheduled an appointment at 9:00. Based on the location of the appointment and my current location, it said it would take 15 minutes to get there. So, I expected an alert at 8:45. I don't know if I was too close to that time, as it was about

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hmm, not sure. I just saw that entry today. Not totally sure how it works. Wayne On 12/4/14, Richard Turner wrote: > Interesting. > I was curious about this after your note. > I went in and added travel time to an appointment. > Nothing changed in the main listing for that appointment. The trave

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
Interesting. I was curious about this after your note. I went in and added travel time to an appointment. Nothing changed in the main listing for that appointment. The travel time only showed if I opened the appointment and double tapped on edit. I could have more easily just entered the travel ti

Transferring Photo Images in Messages to a PC

2014-12-04 Thread Craig Werner
Hello, everyone. A family member has sent me about thirty messages, each with a photo image embedded in it. I would like to transfer these photos to my Windows 7 machine. If I open my iPhone's "messages" area and press "share" on each image, I can email the photos, save the resulting attachments

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Wayne Merritt
Regarding the native calendar, one difference and perhaps advantage it has over Fantastical 2 is when scheduling appointments. I scheduled an annual event from the native calendar and noticed a new "travel time" option on the new appointment screen. I haven't used the native calendar in a long time

Re: Battery oddness with iphone 5 and 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Hall
As you use a battery, it slowly loses its capacity, lasting a little less time. Eventually, it can report the wrong level to your device. Calibrating brings the battery back in line, so the gauge is accurate. In theory, you don't need to calibrate an Apple device's battery, but it can't hurt. S

Re: Creating ringtones from songs using iTunes 12 - the complete guide

2014-12-04 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
Scratch my question. In reading through Sieghard's detailed instructions, I found the answer. Thanks, list, for being invaluable!!! Sharonda On 12/4/14, Sharonda Greenlaw wrote: > Earlier today, I put a question to the list about making ringtones > with iTunes 12. Then, I saw this conversation,

Re: Creating ringtones from songs using iTunes 12 - the complete guide

2014-12-04 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
Earlier today, I put a question to the list about making ringtones with iTunes 12. Then, I saw this conversation, which doesn't change anything from the way it was done in iTunes 11. I guess I should clarify my question... When I do the ctrl+I to go to Get info; then I press the spacebar on the Op

Re: accessable to do list app?

2014-12-04 Thread Nancy Badger
reminders works good for me now. Nancy On Dec 3, 2014, at 7:30 PM, trahern culver wrote: > hey all please can any one recommend an accessable to do list app? > your help with this question would be most welcome kind regards trahern. > > -- > The following information is important for all member

Re: iPad split screen with VoiceOver

2014-12-04 Thread Nancy Badger
I’ll try and explain how I do it. If I am flicking through a list of messages, and I land on the one I want to read, I double tap on it. then I move my hand to the right side of the screen and tap with one finger. At this point, vo will say something like “close pop up” if you tap again, the lis

best app for password document

2014-12-04 Thread Nancy Badger
Hi everyone, Here is a question that I have not seen addressed on this list. I want to create a document which has a password. The document will contain a journal with info that needs to be kept very secure. It will be related to my work. I want to be able to access it and work on it from my iPh

Creating Ringtones with iTunes 12

2014-12-04 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
Hello, Has anyone tried to use iTunes 12 for creating ringtones? Once I press the Get INfo option, I can't activate the Options button that is necessary to change the times for the ringtone. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do? Thanks! Sharonda Greenlaw President (Phoenix Chapter) Nat

Re: Battery oddness with iphone 5 and 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Daniel
What is calibrating the battery mean? > On 4 Dec 2014, at 16:07, Alex Hall wrote: > > Let it shut down, then plug it in until it fully charges (such as overnight). > You might need to do that a couple times, but that should help to calibrate > the gauge. Also, you might qualify for a free bat

Re: Battery oddness with iphone 5 and 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Daniel
Thank you Alex, I'll certainly take a look at the programme and will try out your recommended suggestion. Thanks Daniel. > On 4 Dec 2014, at 16:07, Alex Hall wrote: > > Let it shut down, then plug it in until it fully charges (such as overnight). > You might need to do that a couple times,

Re: Selecting and copying a section of the webpage?

2014-12-04 Thread RobH.
I'm going to hazzard a guess, but if use of a BT keyboard reflects the Mac standard much, then adding shift to navigation key combinations, should induce slection of that you navigate over. Mac started this, and it spread to Windows, so it ought, and hopefully does, work here. Correct us and d

RE: is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

2014-12-04 Thread SSEric
If you want to replace your Jambox, check Amazon to see if they still offer it new for $85. That is a darned good price. I just got one a couple of weeks ago. Eric -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean Martineau Sent: Thurs

Re: is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

2014-12-04 Thread RobH.
I've just been spoiled by the big jambox as it does those things well enough to overcome my otherwise poor hearing. Even the Mini has a good thump to it for its size and much more portable of course. Not tried any other bigger names, though ue Boom is getting a lot of applause just now.

Re: iPad split screen with VoiceOver

2014-12-04 Thread RobH.
That's about how I do it. And finding delete on a thred clears a lotof messages at once if you're eager to clear the decks. - Original Message - From: "Alan J Paganelli" To: Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 4:31 PM Subject: Re: iPad split screen with VoiceOver On my iPad Air, as an

Re: iPad split screen with VoiceOver

2014-12-04 Thread RobH.
Actually, I like that, one of the benefits of the bigger screen, used in landscape of course. I think even the iPad Mini will support single column mode when in portrait. But I use left thumb to go down the message list and another thumb to split tap it to select it, then do a 2finger slide up

is JamBox still a favorite, or is there better or more affordable

2014-12-04 Thread Dean Martineau
I had, and lost, a small Jambox, and have a Bose Mini Soundlink mostly for my wife. I want to be able to play spoken word and music out loud for myself, and also sometimes play music to a group of perhaps as many as twenty people. I am no audiophile, but the Bose for this latter purpose does not

Re: accessable to do list app?

2014-12-04 Thread Alan J Paganelli
Also, Any List is totally accessible. Regards, Alan Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements

Re: iPad split screen with VoiceOver

2014-12-04 Thread Alan J Paganelli
On my iPad Air, as an example, my iPad is in a holder so that it looks like a laptop screen meaning it's in landscape mode. There are 2 windows. The left pain shows a list of email messages. Conversations are nested together and voice over tells you how many messages are in the thread. To op

Re: Battery oddness with iphone 5 and 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Hall
Let it shut down, then plug it in until it fully charges (such as overnight). You might need to do that a couple times, but that should help to calibrate the gauge. Also, you might qualify for a free battery replacement, if your phone is from late 2012. I don't have the link right now, but googl

Question for anyone who has the Istick usb flashdrive

2014-12-04 Thread Russ Kiehne
I have a question about managing files on the Istick? Is therre a restriction on the type of files you can browse for? For example, Can I browse for such files as zip? Example: use the app to browse for a file called The Case of the Counterfeit Eye.zip. Doubletap and hold on the file and get a

Battery oddness with iphone 5 and 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Daniel McGee
Dear all, So I have updated to 8.1.1 on an iPhone 5 and so far, I am enjoying the experience until now which is a concern. Basically, this Sunday gone, I woke up and check my battery percentage and it was at 28% unlocked the phone and started using it and just like that Voiceover said "iphone

Re: Iblink radio and SamNet

2014-12-04 Thread Eden Kizer
Yes, it could, but I was just wondering if anyone is having tis problem. The website is fine but the mobile app was acting very weird thrwoing me out and such not out of IBlink radio just out of the SAMNet part. Eden On 12/4/2014 6:16 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I wonder if the recent announceme

Re: bluetooth speakers for O-and-M training

2014-12-04 Thread RobH.
A pricy option, but most the JB Jamboxes have leathery cases available, with shoulder straps I understand; the mini would be small, light and loud enough for this. - Original Message - From: "Richard Turner" To: Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 1:30 PM Subject: Re: bluetooth speaker

Re: Problem sharing a contact

2014-12-04 Thread Feliciano G
I have no problem sharing a contact on ios 8.1.1 on a iphone5. Have you tried doing a hard reset by holding the sleep and home buttons in the same time for about 7 seconds? Id try that then attempt to share. Regards, Feliciano Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v

Re: bluetooth speakers for O-and-M training

2014-12-04 Thread Feliciano G
Maybe you can look into headphones that have external speakers or purchase a small bluetooth speaker that is about 2" by 2 that you can hang over your neck with a lanyard or small pouch. Like my Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690649294341327 Follow me on Twitter: Www.twit

Here's a good source for using the iPhone.

2014-12-04 Thread Kevin Minor
Hi. I was able to find some good documents on setting up and using an iPhone. One of them is concerned with setting the iPhone up for iOs 7, but the information in it is still useful. The other text I got is Jonathan Mosen's book on iOs 8 Without The Eye. They're not free, but for me they're

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Hall
I never even have to flick up or down to find details, I just double tap the event and it opens. I'm not sure why you have to, but at least it works. :) As to repeating events, the update to the calendar in iOS8 lets you specify far more detailed repeat intervals than ever before, such as every

Selecting and copying a section of the webpage?

2014-12-04 Thread Sandratomkins
Hi, Using the four S with the latest update and a Bluetooth keyboard, can anyone tell me how to select and copy a section of the webpage?I can use the pinch out gesture to select a tiny bit of text, this really doesn't work for me for more than a few words. I want to be able to use in a control

RE: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
I have to admit, I have not used the native calendar app in a long time, I just went into it. First, double tap on the day of the event you want to check. You will get a list of your appointments from that day forward. Touch the event you want more details on or want to edit. Flick up or down

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Alex Hall
For the record, I've never had trouble with the native app. I got Fantastical while it was on sale a couple months back, but I never use it. I don't see what it offers me, besides far easier appointment adding, that the native app does not. As to listing events, don't flick to them - you'll sta

RE: Iblink radio and SamNet

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
I wonder if the recent announcement about Sertotek losing 5 key people has something to do with this. Here is the announcement from their web site from November 22nd: Revving Up for the Road Ahead Serotek Team - November 22, 2014 - 9:00am Serotek is undergoing some changes to better meet your

Re: Help with native Calendar app please

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
My advice is to buy FantastiCal 2 for the iPhone. It pulls the information in your native Calendar app, but is much easier to use. If you are interested in more details about it, let me know and I will give you some more detailed examples. You may want to first read the app description in the app

Re: bluetooth speakers for O-and-M training

2014-12-04 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks for the speaker suggestions. I will check them out. The volume needs to be loud enough that both the client and instructor will be able to hear the information. Later, Richard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list

Problem sharing a contact

2014-12-04 Thread Jan Kleinhans
Hi I don't know if it is a device specific thing again, hopint though that someone can help. I thin I have read in the past that there was some problems with sharing details. I have an iPhone 4S with Ios 8.1.1 on it. If I go to a contact, wanting to share it with someone, I double tap on the

Iblink radio and SamNet

2014-12-04 Thread Eden Kizer
I have a SAMNet membership and have been using the described content, but then it just started throwing me out every time I get into the entertainment folder, VO would just stop speaking nothing, I have to lock my screen and unlock it, and then I am back in the home screen and when I go back in

RE: Apple TV

2014-12-04 Thread SSEric
Ben, what I do is, as I try to locate the proper HDMI using my TV remote in one hand, I have the Apple TV remote in the other and I just press up and down, up and down so that it is speaking. In a great world, remote control manufacturers would have an audible or tactile click with each button pre

RE: bluetooth speakers for O-and-M training

2014-12-04 Thread SSEric
Richard, this may not be the most elegant solution. It is a speaker meant for bicycle use. It is about the size of those salt/pepper shakers you might see in fast-casual restaurants, usually plastic; cylinders about 2 inches across and 3-4 inches tall. It comes with rubber skins of different colors

Re: New iPad Mini 2

2014-12-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
How exciting! I'm hoping to get one of those at some point. Hopefully sooner rather than later. :) 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 Dec 3, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Christopher Hallsworth