Re: Uses for Be My Eyes

2015-01-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
Absolutely. In any instance I would use the KNFB Reaer app for such confidential documents. KNFB Reader will even work in Airplane Mode as everything is done on the phone. On 20 Jan 2015, at 02:09, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening. I just want to add one cautionary note:

How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Jerry Mader
Hello there. I am wondering if there's a possibility to add things into the dock area? How would I do that? I wanted to add a Be My Eyes to the dock area so that I don't have to keep trying to search for it. Thank you so much. Jerry Mader Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is

About Looktel Money Reader

2015-01-20 Thread Arun Kumar
Using Iphone 4S unable to recognise the denominations of Indian Currency with Looktel money reader. Therefore seek your help to resolve the problem. With regards Arun -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread MamaPeach
Just double tap and hold with one finger on the app until you hear VoiceOver say moving and the name of the app, and simply drag the app down to the doc area and release. -Original Message- From: Jerry Mader Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 4:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Donna
There can be only 4 apps in the dock at once. So you will have to move an app from the dock first before you can add Be My Eyes. Donna On Jan 20, 2015, at 6:12 AM, Jerry Mader managem...@maderradio.net wrote: Thank you for your response. It isn't working though. I held onto the app

Contacts folder on IPhone 6 and IOS8.1.2

2015-01-20 Thread Don Risavy, jr.
Wondered if anyone can tell me how to show the contacts folder on the main screen on my IPhone 6 as it doesn't show up there like use to do prior to the IOS 8 upgrades; but, does show up on my IPad Minnie running the same IOS. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Jerry Mader
Thank you for your response. It isn't working though. I held onto the app until I heard it say moving be my eyes. I kept moving it until it said Doc phone editing and I let go and it doesn't appear in the dock it goes right back to where it was at before I moved it. So I'm kind of confused.

Re: Contacts folder on IPhone 6 and IOS8.1.2

2015-01-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure, since I moved it myself, but I think the Contacts app is in a folder like the Utilities folder. Just move it out of that folder, like you'd move any other app, and it'll show up on a home page. On 01/20/2015 06:22 AM, Don Risavy, jr. wrote: Wondered if anyone can tell me how to

RE: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Tom Rash
I don't remembewr the specifics, but I think there was a bug that prevented this from happening using voice over. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Mader Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:10 AM To:

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
There needs to be an empty spot in the dock first. If you haven't already, you need to move something out of the dock, using the same method you use to move any app, and then try moving your app back into the dock again. On 01/20/2015 05:12 AM, Jerry Mader wrote: Thank you for your

Re: accessible free ringtones?

2015-01-20 Thread Bill Gallik
Dan; Pardon me, but I'm quite confused by your post here. How would a ring tone be accessible other than to be able to open and listen to it? If you're talking about a ring tone production app; then Ringtone Maker Pro is your baby. I've been able to trim audio files that have been installed

Re: accessible free ringtones?

2015-01-20 Thread Dan Beaver
Hi, thanks for the question. I really didn't explain that very well. What I meant was an accessible package of ringtones. I am looking for a package of ringtones that is accessible. Several I have tried are not. they are either a royal pain to get the ringtones out of or do not work with

Re: Another Question - Re: Charger question.

2015-01-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, In my experience the size of chargers supplied with iDevices can vary drasticly - E.G. an iPhone charger may feel completely different to an iPad charger, but it may also feel identical. If it's something you worry about, you could purchase a generic charger with a USB port from somewhere

Re: Taxi Magic (now Curb)

2015-01-20 Thread Bill Gallik
Honestly, I don't see how an app could offer any better (or cause any worse) taxi service than calling in to dispatch on an old-fashioned telephone call! I'd presume that if a cab company offers poor service via telephone orders it won't likely be any better because of Taxi Magic; nor can I

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Bill Gallik
Deidre; I haven't experienced this phenomenon with neither my iPhone 5 nor my iPhone 6. - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Deidre Muccio

Re: Another Question - Re: Charger question.

2015-01-20 Thread Karen Poulakos
Interesting. I'm pretty sure that my iPad mini came with the same size little square plug in charger, that my phone came with. Could it be that the newer ones are coming with the larger, more powerful charger? Karen P - Original Message - From: Feliciano Godoy To:

RE: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Yes, I know that but I want verification of the one I am in to close it immediately not have to swipe left then back again. Am I off the wall here? to From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:52 AM To:

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread MamaPeach
Just until you know you are in the dock area. Not sure why it isn't working, that is how I move my apps to the Dock. Unless you have the amount that is allowed in there already. How many do you have showing in the dock now? Maybe you need to move one out in order to make room for the one you

app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Is there a reason why the appswitcher does not read the program I am most recently in or still using? Does it only speak if you go back to the home page first then swipe back. The 4S always speaks all apps open including the one I am in and I liked that. Deidre -- The following

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
Often, the currently open app is there, but one to the left. That is, focus lands on the app next to the open one, so a one finger swipe left will put you on the app you were in when you opened the App Switcher. On Jan 20, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: Deidre;

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Are the contacts annoying you on the app switcher on IOS? You can disable them under mail contacts etc in settings. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
I'm a bit confused. If you swipe left and then right, you're back on the app you started with, so why not close that app straight away? On Jan 20, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Deidre Muccio deim...@verizon.net wrote: Yes, I know that but I want verification of the one I am in to close it immediately

Create a Ringtone Directly on iPhone with Garageband

2015-01-20 Thread Traci
Cool! I will have to try this later. :-) Home Mac OS X iPhone iPad Tips Tricks Jailbreak News iOS Create a Ringtone Directly on iPhone with Garageband Jan 12, 2015 - 2 Comments While you can turn a song into a ringtone using iTunes, another option to make custom ringtones is to

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Jerry Mader
Okay. I don't ever use Safari so I think I'm going to move Safari out and put it somewhere else. Thank you all for the help Jerry Mader Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2015, at 9:24 AM, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net wrote: Just until you know you are in the dock area. Not sure why it isn't

NPR News Now app is not working right

2015-01-20 Thread Jeff Samco
Lately the NPR app called News Now is acting strange. The app normally has the hourly news summary and then about a dozen other feature stories. Now, only the hourly summary and one feature story appear, and the feature story does not play. Anyone else finding this? I've rebooted the phone

RE: Strange behavior from my new iPhone 6 Plus

2015-01-20 Thread Rick Alfaro
Hi. My wife and I both have 6 pluses. Both of our phones had weird issues like you are describing but in our case the phone would get really warm when doing absolutely nothing AND THE BATTERY WOULD DROP A LOT MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE. This was right after getting the new phones and setting

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
Wow, thanks for that, I never knew it either! It looks like a three-finger swipe left is next message, and right is previous. That seems backward to me, but hey, it beats always going back a screen and finding, then double tapping, the next message in line. This will be especially helpful for

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
The Home Button has always done that. You really never need to close apps, especially with iOS7 or 8 and the newer iPhones or iPads. The system manages things well, and makes apps sleep or work in the most efficient way it can. The only time you'd need to close an app is if it is misbehaving

iOS Access for All (iOS 8 Edition) Released

2015-01-20 Thread Shelly
Hello, I'm thrilled to announce that my book, iOS Access for All: Your Guide to Accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch (iOS 8 Edition) is now available. You can purchase the book from my Web site for $20. It is available in ePub format, so it's compatible with iBooks, or any other ePub

RE: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
As far as I am aware, this bug was actually for not being able to move apps from the line of apps just above the dock, not from within the dock itself. I have always been able to move an app into the dock as long as there is an empty slot for it. Pam

Re: Uses for Be My Eyes

2015-01-20 Thread Sarah Clark
Of course. You would never want to show any personal information (credit cards, bank account numbers, social security numbers, etc) or anything else on this app that you wouldn't want to share with a stranger. I figured that went without saying, but I forgot to realize that there may be

Re: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
I think I see what you're saying. It isn't that the focus is on the wrong app, it's that VoiceOver is silent, not speaking the app at all. Simply touch the screen to focus; you'll have to do that anyway, to close it, or to start swiping to other apps, so it's really nothing extra. On Jan 20,

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
There is that bug, though I don't know if everyone suffers from it, so it may be that Gerry can do. Perhaps someone else will have the answer here, Gerry. Carol P - Original Message - From: Tom Rash dadnthed...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread MamaPeach
I have four things in my dock. -Original Message- From: carol.pearso...@googlemail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located? You can only get three

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread MamaPeach
I create a folder called Never Use and put stuff like that into it and then I move it to a page all by itself so I never have to even see it unless I want to. I have stuff like Camera, Facetime, Game Center, Health, iTunes Store, Maps, Music, Newstand, Notes, Passbook, Photos, Reminders,

RE: app switcher, and other fluky things

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Feliciano I did that cause I didn't like it when It did it on the old phone. Now though I really wish it would tell me what app I'm in when I hit the app switcher even though I'm not brain fogged enough not to know! I like the verbal verification. Now I see the scrub gesture does not work in

RE: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
I know I know, I just like the verbal verification of where I am. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: app switcher I'm a bit confused. If you swipe left

Re: How do I add things into the dock area where the phone mail music And Safari are located?

2015-01-20 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
You can only get three items into the dock without creating a folder (though it could be a different number on the 6 and 6+). If you double tap and hold, then you move that item to the dock, so don't loose it till you hear it's in the dock, but you will havfe either to move something from the

RE: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Ok, I do this now but I still wish it would tell me where I am when I hit that app switcher! I guess I like more rather than less verbosity. What is nice is that if I simply hit the home button once, it will bring me back to the home page where I might want to open something else without closing

Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I just found out something interesting about navigating mail messages on the iPhone. I never new that it's possible to go to a previous message or to the next one while in an open message by using the 3 finger swipe left or right. It's the same gesture used to change home screen

RE: app switcher

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Alex Thanks for this. I won't fret so much about closing things. I did call Apple Accessibility and indeed the verbal feedback is no longer there in the app switcher for the app you are in, not until you swipe and get into the action menu. I suppose Tune In also no longer supports the scrub

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Teresa Cochran
That came in with a recent update. I don't recall which one. 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 Jan 20, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread RobH.
Must try that, just too useful not to know. Pity we didn't know sooner, glad we know now. Thanks muchly, RobH. - Original Message - From: Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 6:18 PM Subject: Cool descovery I made in

Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Eleanor Roberts
Hi all Just wondered if anyone can tell me how I delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please? With all respect to the group concerned, I'm not a huge fan of You Two, and would certainly never have purchased a whole album of their stuff, but somehow it's found its way on

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Tom Lange
OOPS! Slight correction here: in my previous post I mentioned pressing dots 4, 5 and 6, then either a 1-3-5 chord or a 2-4-6 chord. When you press dots 4, 5 and 6, press the enter key as well. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Tom Lange lang...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, great

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Jenifer Barr
Oh, wow! Thanks for this tip! I didn't know you could do this either! Much much easier! Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2015, at 7:48 PM, Tom Lange lang...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, great tip. Thanks for sharing. I'm reading and replying to this thread using my BrailleNote Apex

Re: accessible free ringtones?

2015-01-20 Thread Todd Bernhard
Todd here, maker of the AllAccess.US app featuring talking menus. Please consider my AutoRingtone Ringtone Director app. There are several different free versions, with a subset of the voices. just search for ringtone director or autoringtone. It is voiceover friendly, and whatever you type

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, great tip. Thanks for sharing. I'm reading and replying to this thread using my BrailleNote Apex which is paired to my iPhone 6, so I thought I'd add that on the Apex, you can accomplish this same type of thing by pressing dots 4, 5 and 6, then doing an o-chord, and, to move in the opposite

RE: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
Hello yes I would like to know how to delete this album too. I can double tap delete but the album goes nowhere. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eleanor Roberts Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 5:39 PM To:

Re: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Eleanor Roberts
Glad I'm not the oonly one who can't get rid of it. I can doublee tap on delete till I'm blue iin the face and it does nothing. I've even tried deleting it song by song but that doesn't work either. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 20 Jan 2015, at 22:47, Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Debby
Hi All, I tried this on my iPad Air 2, and it works like a charm! It makes reading threaded email much faster. Debby Sent from Debby's iPad On Jan 20, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, I never new that either. Much easier than trying to find the little Previous

NPR News Now app is not working right

2015-01-20 Thread Michelle Bernstein
I am not having the difficulties you describe with this app. Mine is working fine. Michelle -- 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

Re: key functions on bluetooth keyboard that emulate VO

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
To type, be sure Quick Nav is off by pressing the left and right arrows together. To double tap, press control, option (sometimes called alt) and space. While Quick Nav is on, you can just press the up and down arrows together instead. I think www.applevis.com has more resources on this topic,

Re: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
Thank you but until now I have never known of the correct way to remove the album. I also just found out that others are having the same problem when Eleanor send her post. I actually thought that my husband or my daughter had accidentally bought the album. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20,

Re: key functions on bluetooth keyboard that emulate VO

2015-01-20 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi Dan. I press the up and down arrow keys together to double tap. Press control option k together which will place you in key learn mode and you can press the various keys to see what they do.. Press escape to exit the learn mode. Barry On Jan 20, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Dan Beaver

key functions on bluetooth keyboard that emulate VO

2015-01-20 Thread Dan Beaver
Hi, I have been given a bluetooth keyboard. Where do I find documentation on how to use the keyboard while VO is on? For specific info how do you get the bluetooth keyboard recognized in edit fields? It is working for moving around the screens but not in edit fields. When I type in those

Re: key functions on bluetooth keyboard that emulate VO

2015-01-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Google is always a good place to start. For example, this page from Apple is always the first page that comes up when I look for bluetooth keyboard commands that can be used with VoiceOver: http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph6c494dc6.html On 01/20/2015 07:19 PM, Dan Beaver wrote:

Re: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread MamaPeach
There is a link that if you use it, and follow the prompts, you can get rid of the album, I did this and it is gone. I can't understand why people are still having issues removing this album, the link given below will allow you to delete it. That link is: http://itunes.com/soi-remove

Re: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Eleanor Roberts
Thanks for the link you posted. It works!! But wouldn't have had a clue how to remove it otherwise. So thank you! Sent from my iPad On 20 Jan 2015, at 23:47, MamaPeach mamape...@charter.net wrote: There is a link that if you use it, and follow the prompts, you can get rid of the album,

Re: accessible free ringtones?

2015-01-20 Thread RobH.
I'll take a look at that, but price, and a link to it on the appstore? What is that other thing meant to do, we never know if it's useful if we never hear what it does, or is meant to do; that will decide if it grabs us as of use or not. Thanks, RobH. - Original Message - From:

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Hall
Minor clarification: unless something has changed, the command is enter-4-5-6. This tells Keysoft to ignore the next keypress, thus space-o will scroll a page in iOS rather than opening the Keysoft options menu. Since space-2-4-6 is not a Keysoft command, you don't need to press enter-4-5-6

Re: Cool discovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Gmail
I've managed to get myself to remember which direction I need to swipe by thinking about things like home screen pages or messages in mail like reading a book. To get to the next page, you have to flip the page you're reading over to the left. On Jan 20, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Charles Rivard

Re: Can anyone tell me how to delete an unwelcome/unwanted You Two album from my Iphone please?

2015-01-20 Thread Eleanor Roberts
I wouldn't have had a clue how to remove it either, and there are loads and loads of people (sighted or otherwise) who are having exactly the same problem and don't know how to get rid of it! Sent from my iPad On 21 Jan 2015, at 05:02, Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)

RE: app switcher, and other fluky things

2015-01-20 Thread Deidre Muccio
Nope, and the tech at Apple’s 6 didn’t either. It only is silent in the app you are in when you double tap. No big deal, if it is no longer there it is no longer there. I’ll just swipe up to close or not bother to close it, as Alex suggests, or swipe back to the left to see what else is open

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Brett
Cool, I never new that either. Much easier than trying to find the little Previous and Next buttons. Good find. Cheers, Brett. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 21 Jan 2015, at 7:06 am, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: That came in with a recent update. I don't recall which

Re: Cool descovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Les Kriegler
Iona, thanks for sharing this. I have my messages sorted with the most recent at the top. So when I swipe to the left, I get to the previous message which is what I want. Thanks again for sharing this. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:

Re: Cool discovery I made in navigating mail

2015-01-20 Thread Charles Rivard
Left to the next and right to the previous seems backwards to me. You can also do this by touching the screen near the top right. In this case, previous message is to the left of next message. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are!

Re: Uses for Be My Eyes

2015-01-20 Thread Charles Rivard
My suggestion on what to use the app for and what not to use it for is to use common sense. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Jane To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: app switcher, and other fluky things

2015-01-20 Thread Feliciano Godoy
On my iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update, when I double-click home to access that's what shirt, it reads out ma running since I am on the mail application when i accessed the app switcher. Yours doesn't Announce the name of the app? Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates