Just double tap the start proofreading button and it will read it out to you
using the voice set in audio settings. You are supposed to be able to use the
voices from Voice Dream Reader but a bug prevents this from working and will
only use the stock iOS voices, both default and enhanced quality
Hello Listers,
I took a picture of my self with my iPhone 5s. How would I go about emailing
to my self for uploading to the net?
Thanks
Michael
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JFK
"What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax
Americana
Hello All,
I looked at both apps for flight tracking and decided to purchased Flight view.
I listened to the podcast and thought it was simple to use and VO accessible.
This app was $1 less than Flight Track and had a better rating. I have inputted
the flights that I need to track for tomorrow.
Hi:
I have to use WebX. The app looks really accessible but the only mention of
accessibility in their documentation is with JAWS. Has anyone used the app on
either the iPhone or the iPad? Thanks so much for any thoughts
deb
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Hi Alan, go to settings, messages, send and receive, it'll say something like
two addresses that would be your phone number and an email address.Daniel going
to word says start new conversations from and just select your phone number and
then everything will be good.
Do you have a problem navig
Hi Listers,
I hope someone can direct me to the proper setting to correct this issue.
I'm being told that my text messages to a friend of mine are listed as being
from one of my email addresses instead of from my mobile number. Does anyone
have a clue how this could happen and what setting I ne
Thanks for that. I will see if it's available in our country, as it sounds to
be a great tool to use.
Regards
Jan Kleinhans
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Subject: Re: Writer and voices
Writer is a
Hello,
I think I'm done with Fleksy after the recent problems I had with its keyboard
but I'm curious whether any still using it can comment on the latest version
released yesterday. Is it possible that this release actually works better with
VoiceOver? I haven't gotten the impression that the
Yes, it uses VoiceOver voices for the reading. If you have vision, there is a
proof reading button that you could press and have it read from the cursor on
whether voiceover is on or not.
HTH,
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, from
So am I correct in assuming that the only way you can read the document is with
voice over? When I go to audio, I just get to audio settings, but, nothing
that lets the writer read to me. I still have so much to learn about this app.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 22, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Ron Pell
I don't think so. Some implementations of Markdown support making tables, and
you could use that to justify/center, but I have no idea if VDW supports that
or not.
> On Jan 22, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Gmail wrote:
>
> Alex, thank you so much for your quick reference for Markdown. It's really
> appre
Hi,
I read yesterday in the app store details when I downloaded the app that
this version does not support voices but the next one will
Ron & Danvers
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Alex, thank you so much for your quick reference for Markdown. It's really
appreciated.
I have a few more questions. Does markdown support adjusting font sizes? Also,
can you Color parts of your text with it? Can you center, left align, or right
align text?
Thanks,
Ari
> On Jan 22, 2015, at
Thanks Richard, I've just sent him an email. I'll post his response to the list.
Jenny
Jennifer dawson
Phone: 08 94961024
Email: jjdaw...@iinet.net.au
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If you touch the bottom center of the screen where it gives the percentage,
then flick down with one finger it will jump by about 5 percent.
I don't know of a faster way unless maybe putting a bookmark at the beginning,
then select bookmarks and double tap on the first one might be quicker.
Glad
Hi,
I have my doubts that in this first release he has anything other than American
spellings, but only he can really answer that.
His address is:
wins...@voicedream.com
He is very glad to answer questions and I'm sure will consider having regional
dictionaries if he doesn't already.
Please shar
Here is the section from the help file that is a brief introduction to what he
has included in the Writer app. I hope this helps.
Formatting
Voice Dream Writer supports a subset of Markdown, a quick way to format the
text in your document on a mobile device without any of the complications of a
Hi Richard
I'm interested in the Voice Dream Writer, but have a question about the
Dictionary and Thesaurus> I'd like to know if they would be Australian versions
if I purchase in Australia? If you can't answer this would you be able to put
me in touch with the developer?
thanks in anticipatio
Hi Richard. I didn’t suspect it would be a writer problem after what Winston
told me today. But, if it is an iOS problem, he may or may not be able to find
a work around. Thanks for the head’s up. We will see what he can do.
Neal
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegro
Yes, it's really easy. There are plenty of articles online, but here's the text
of a primer I wrote on the topic last year. It's not complete, but it covers
the basics.
Quick Reference for Markdown Syntax
Markdown is a quick, very easy way to write properly formatted HTMl without
actually usin
Hi.
Sometimes the best way to figure something out is to do it yourself, which
is what I decided to do. I have my Bible Study lesson in Voice Dream
Reader, and it works pretty well. The only thing I don't like is it's hard
to get the file to go back to the beginning. I finally got it there,
Where is a good place to learn this markdown stuff? I've heard of it before,
but I've never used it. It sounds kind of complicated, and I'm a little nervous
about getting confused by all of it. Is it easier then I'm probably thinking it
will be?
Thanks,
Ari
> On Jan 22, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Ter
Hi.
I have just started a Bible study. I am working on questions which the
group and I answer during the study. I am required to read some of these in
the group. I am wondering two things. First, which app would be better to
read my answers? I'm leaning towards Voice Dream Reader, but if W
Neal,
Well, this may not be a Writer issue after all. Are you talking about the
phrase:
Swipe up or down to select a custom action, then double tap to activate?
If so, Mail and Messages do the same thing even with hints disabled.
I wonder if this is an iOS 8.1.2 issue.
Richard
Reality is the l
Great use for the app and a great catch.
Winston is one of the most responsive developers I've come across. No, it won't
always be that fast that he responds, but he seldom takes more than a day or
two. Though, he is rather busy, I know he tries to reply to all Emails.
Richard
Reality is the l
Hi, I also asked Winston if he would look at another issue. I will be using
this app for my class outlines. So, I will listen to outline segments with an
ear plug and then expand on what I want to talk about. The problem for me is
that voiceover hints are always spoken after the portion of text
No.
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I really can't wait to have enough money to buy the app! Anyone wanna kindly
gi
I really can't wait to have enough money to buy the app! Anyone wanna kindly
gift it to me?
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> On Jan 22, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Richard Turner wrote:
>
> I’m not finding other voices when proof reading.
> Do you have certain steps you followed?
>
> Richard
>
>
> From: viph
The short answer is no, and no.
The long answer is that when you're in the UK, you could use the address you're
staying at as your address when signing up for an account in the UK App Store.
You will also need an email address not currently associated with any Apple ID.
You'll then be able to do
I will be in London for a while. Will my iphone let me download
IPlayer app when I am there? And will I be able to use it when I am
back to the US?
On 1/22/15, Brent Harding wrote:
> I don't think one will be able to watch their stuff through their site
> anyways because they restrict it to thei
Yes, but you have to modify it yourself.you must go into the message body and
delete from the point where it ends to the beginning and then there is also
FWD: text on the subject line that you may want to remove.
Regards, Feliciano
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Hi everyone.
I have just started to use direct touch typing and am wondering about the best
way to use auto-correct.
As I type, I can hear the first prediction or auto-correct suggestion but,
sometimes it's not the right one and I'd like to see the other options it
suggests. I have not found
If she is getting the typing mode options she isn't on edit but still on typing
mode.
She just needs to be careful when moving on the rotor to not go passed edit to
typing mode.
But, if she is using a keyboard, Command+v will paste the text.
Richard
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Hi. I've got a friend who is trying to [paste a message after it has
been selected and copied. She can go to the edit option using the
roter settings but she can't find the copy or paste option. What keeps
coming up are the typing mode options. Like touch typing, standard
typing but not the
Writer is a standalone app. I only have Writer on my iPhone 4s but have both
Reader and Writer on my iPad Mini 2.
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 08:55, Jan Kleinhans wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Does one have to have voice dream reader installed to use voice dream writer,
> or is it stand alone software? I don't
Hi, Well, I think it was a fluke. When I first loaded writer, it appeared that
it took whatever the selected voice was in voice dream reader. When I hit
proofread, I got Ivona Amy. I have now gone back to voice reader and played
with voices and now I can no longer get the Ivona voice to read in
Double tap add document you can then create a new document or open an existing
one from an external location.
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 16:34, carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
> wrote:
>
> I just have the pages of help up at the beginning and can't see how I start a
> new document! Stuck at the firs
That box is for both searching and typing in an address. That's why it says,
"enter search or website name"
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 18:20, Terri Elliott wrote:
>
> What key command do you use on the Apple keyboard to type a website address?
> Right now when I type in a website address it takes me
I’m not finding other voices when proof reading.
Do you have certain steps you followed?
Richard
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Hello,
If you type the whole address, a search engine shouldn't be used. It's only
used if you type a word or phrase.
Best,
Anna
> On Jan 22, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Terri Elliott wrote:
>
> What key command do you use on the Apple keyboard to type a website address?
> Right now when I type in
You can use all the voices if you are proof-reading the document. Otherwise, I
don’t think so, or at least I cannot.
Neal
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:11 PM
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I don't think one will be able to watch their stuff through their site anyways
because they restrict it to their country, so one is out of luck without going
through hoops to do it. That's probably why it isn't in the US app store.
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Thanks for the replies.
I figured I should check if I had the book on my computer which I did since
I think I purchased it using iTunes on my PC. the book was located in my
iTunes\iTunes Media\Books\Shelly Brisbin folder and as Shelly stated, it is
an unprotected ePub book with an epub file ext
I'm trying to make playlists from ITunes on my computer that I want to sync
to my iPhone. A tech was remotely controlling my computer this morning
through Jaws and it appeared what we wanted to copy was indeed on the phone.
In fact, it looked like we unchecked something we had already checked and i
Rose,
This was an iTunes Store purchase. I'm not sure how you're using the term
PayPal purchase. I expect PayPal can be used to fund your Apple ID account
for purchases at the iTunes Store but I don't know if that's what you mean.
The iBook did cost and I was only charged $.99 for it when I clicke
dictation works just fine in the app. Just like any other edit field.
Enjoy,
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
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> On Jan 22, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Colin Matthew
If not DropBox, then a third party file transfer app would do the trick too. My
favorite is FileBrowser. Completely accessible. They have accessibility
settings and have always been responsive to feedback. Even fixed a bug
introduced in an update that I wrote them about.
I’ve got my Dropbox, a
I notice that there is a player from the BBC available on some other platforms,
but haven't found one for iOS. The mobile site seems useable with iOS. Is that
pretty much the only option?
Thanks,
Teresa
"We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with
the brain is
At the top of the screen is an add document button.
Double tap on that and you will find an option to create a document or open one
from somewhere else.
HTH,
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the
Hi Alan,
Do you have a dropbox account?
That would be the easiest way to get it into Voice Dream Reader.
If not, try sending it to yourself as an attachment and getting that message on
your device. Then, double-tap and hold on the attachment and either "open in"
or open in Voice Dream will be an
Shelly,
Thanks so much for your reply and for your outstanding book.
I'm feeling a bit thick because I can't figure out how to get the book into
Voice Dream Reader. The underlying file is obviously available to iBooks
since I bought it in the iTunes Apps Store but iBooks is not one of the
o
All I ever wanted to do with my Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard was to use
it to reply to email. I read messages on my iPhone by the usual way as if I
had no keyboard connected. When I hit reply and the text box opened, I made
sure the focus was on the text entry box with my finger. Then I c
What key command do you use on the Apple keyboard to type a website
address? Right now when I type in a website address it takes me to
Google to search for it but is there a way for you to go directly to a
website without having to use a search engine? Thanks.
Terri
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Hi Alan, this trick only works with audio or self-voicing apps, since VO is
disabled when the screen is locked. So sadly it's not possible to read an iBook
with the screen locked. If Apple ever implements a "read out loud" feature
outside of VoiceOver, this would then allow you to do what you wa
Hello Listers,
I've gotten spoiled to reading with a locked screen in the BARD Mobile,
Audible, and Voice Dream Reader apps. I Tried locking my screen when reading
the iOS Access for All iBook with the iBooks app but VoiceOver immediately
stopped playing when I did this. I can't find a setting
I like UK Train Times which is fairly VO friendly
UK Train Times by Agant Ltd.
https://appsto.re/gb/n86rs.I
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 16:51, RobH. wrote:
>
> Is anyone using a good UK rail app, like the bus service one, but trains of
> course.
> Would need to look up train times, check curre
Is anyone using a good UK rail app, like the bus service one, but trains of
course.
Would need to look up train times, check current train status, find out
platform information for a given station, or the immediately imminant
station at least. This latter is getting to be so digitised now,
I just have the pages of help up at the beginning and can't see how I start a
new document! Stuck at the first hurdle but perhaps I haven't found all the
Help as yet!
Carol P
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The only way I see rewinding and fast forwarding is using the track position
slider.
Other then that I don’t see another way to fast forward or rewind.
I don’t think the track position slider works.
Even though it says the position you are in it seems like nothing happens.
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Hi,
Don’t turn off Voiceover. The app works quite differently with it off,
providing features designed to help people with dyslexia and similar learning
disabilities. There’s a section toward the end of Help specifically for using
the app with VoiceOver running.
Best,
Anna
> On Jan 21, 2015,
Hi Alan, and all,
iOS Access for All is a standard ePub book, and can be read with any app
(including Voice Dream or iBooks) that supports that format.
Hope this helps, and thanks for getting the book.
-shelly Brisbin
http://iosaccessbook.com
Shelly Brisbin, podcast juggernaut
Shelly's Podcast
The developer of Writer is bringing out an update next week to fix the bug
preventing Writer using voices purchased in Voice Dream Reader. Exciting app!
Harry
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 15:02, Teresa Cochran wrote:
>
> I'm actually confused. It was mentioned yesterday that you can use the voices
I use FlightView elite and like it a lot. The version I'm using is totally
accessible but it is not the latest version.
Alan Lemly
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> On Jan 22, 2015, at 9:01 AM, hebertisaa...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi I have heard of a flight tracker called flight view elite.
> Here is a
hi all. just got a blue tooth key bord for my phone. and its paird with
my phone. but when i use it to tyep voice over is nnot talking to me.
i'm wondering if i can only get sertin brands of blue tooth key bords
that work with voice over and that i just can't get any old key bord. or
i'm wonder
I use Flight Track and it is nicely accessible.
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: any Accessible Flighs Tracking Apps?
Hello Alll,
Oh, it uses markdown language similar to what's used in blogs? Then you can
designate various formatting. That is cool. Very intuitive for text-based
editing.
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 Sa
I'm actually confused. It was mentioned yesterday that you can use the voices
from the reader if you have the latest version installed. On the app store
page, it says support of reader voices won't be available until the next
version. Currently, I have access to iOS voices, and no options availa
Hi I have heard of a flight tracker called flight view elite.
Here is a link to more info about the app.
FlightView Elite - Real-Time Flight Tracker by FlightView Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/y2Lhy.i
Here is also a podcast on the app.
http://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPo
Hello Alll,
I have been using Flight Plus in the past. However, there are many buttons that
are not labeled and it's impossible to input the data necessary to track a
flight. I was wondering if anyone on the list is using an accessible flight
tracking travel app that is accessible with VO. Any
Google maps is great for transit info and turn by turn driving and walking
directions.
Regards, Feliciano
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> On Jan 22,
Hi!
I was asked by someone if dictation was useful in this app!
I think they are hoping that they could say everything and have writer do the
work like comma’s and stuff!
Like full dictation on the Mac!
Colin
On 22 Jan 2015, at 13:56, Richard Turner wrote:
> Writer is a stand-alone app, unless
I haven't used maps for other than driving directions for a while. I need
bus info. Don't see it on there. Just driving and walking. Does it still
provide travel by bus?
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Writer is a stand-alone app, unless you want to use voices other than the iOS
voices.
Writer is only available right now in English speaking countries.
Since I don't know where everyone lives, I thought I should mention that on
this thread.
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for tho
You do not have to worry about closing a document before doing something else.
In fact, you can't close a document. You simply open another one or create a
new one.
Your edits are automatically saved.
HTH,
Richard
Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.
Jane
Hi,
Tidal (a lossless streaming music service) was launched in nl here today,
apparently it has been available for a few months in the usa and the uk. I
tried it on the mac, no luck. On ios though it seems fairly accessible although
i have not yet found out how you can add music to your
I don’t unfortunately, if you find any, let me know.
On Jan 22, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Fred Olver wrote:
> Mike, do you know of a good app for use with the transit system here in St.
> Louis which is accessible with SIRI?
>
> Fred Olver
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Well my experience stands, too many and everything bogs down, it only takes a
second to open something no matter where you do it from.
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I suppose this is a PayPal purchase?
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Subject: RE: Reading iOs Access for All on iBooks
If you have Voi
I can't get started out of the Help!
Maybe it was too late at night when I started playing but ... any hints would
be welcome! Is it best to turn off VO completely?
Carol P
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Hi
Does one have to have voice dream reader installed to use voice dream writer,
or is it stand alone software? I don't currently use the reader, but the
writing tool sounds great, that's the reason for the question.
Thanks for any help
Jan Kleinhans
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