Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

I'm going to love these. They remind me of dot commands, years ago! Carol P - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 1:17 AM Subject: Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description Here is the section from the

Facebook notifications issue.

Hello list, I am not getting Facebook notifications when someone posts to a group. I have push notifications enabled in the settings. Does anyone have these issues? For close friends everything seems to be working. Thanks for your help in advance. With kind regards Maria -- The following informat

Re: Workflow App: Tedious to Use, but Worth It

Hi Alex, Hall, In a podcast, the workflow app was brought to my attention as well. There is not much that I’d like to automate, but here’s one situation. Do you think the workflow app is suitable for the following? I have list recorder installed. This lets you record audio, organize it etc etc.

Re: Facebook notifications issue.

You must go to the group and and enable the type of notifications that you would like. You can enable on the notifications that are posted in the group or only notifications from friends that post in that group.on the iPhone, you have to go to the group that double tap on the name of the group

Re: Facebook notifications issue.

Hello feliciano and all, well, as I have said in the previous e-mail, I have all notifications enabled for each group. The problem is that I cannot see anymore whether notifications are checked or not as these settings are no longer as buttons or checkboxes. Thanks. With kind regards Maria On 2

Re: Workflow App: Tedious to Use, but Worth It

Your first problem is that Dropbox isn't automatically logging you in. That's a setting in Dropbox you can adjust, I believe. The larger question is whether you could automate that. I don't know List Recorder, but Workflow does let you save sharing workflows. So, you'd hit Share, then Run Workf

Help needed for setting notifications and alerts so that the whole thing will be read when the iPhone is in the lock screen or when I am notified of the notifications

Sent from my iPhonehi all, I can remember when my iPhone was locked and a notification or alert would come on that the whole thing would be read. Now all it says is notifications and gives the time. Could someone please tell me how to set this so that the whole notification will be read if tha

RE: Looktel Money Reader

Hi Richard. I’ll give that a shot. Thanks for your help and take care. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 10:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looktel Money Reader Hi Richard. I’ll give that a

RE: Workflow App: Tedious to Use, but Worth It

Paul, Have you written to the developer of List Recorder about making the sharing to DropBox part of the app? I did and she said she was working on it but that was over a year ago. I’m wondering if I’m the only one who has been asking the developer to continue to improve List Recorder. l...@s

Re: Uber app

There are more and more of these vague areas where people are using something private for a public purpose. The parties are different because those parties are not available to the general public on a regular basis. If they were using their home as a bed and breakfast it would fall under different

RE: Uber app

Those are a whole lot of maybe’s… Maybe the dog is unclean or not well behaved. Maybe the owner doesn’t know how to properly load the dog. If a driver is dispatched, it is recorded and there will be questions if he doesn’t pick up a fare Remember, though, these are private cars. Some ar

Re: Uber app

All of these issues are the same if you call for a taxi also. People with service dogs are, infrequently, refused service by a taxi driver. On 1/24/15, SSEric wrote: > Those are a whole lot of maybe’s… > > > > Maybe the dog is unclean or not well behaved. Maybe the owner doesn’t know > how to pr

Re: Looktel Money Reader

Did you give it permission to use the camera? Does the light on the camera come on when you turn on Money Reader? Mine turns on in the back camera and stays on. At 08:47 PM 1/23/2015, you wrote: Hi. I just purchased the Looktel Money Reader from the App Store and am having trouble using it. H

Sky sports for mobile

Hi Just wondering if anyone here subscribes to the sky Sports for mobile app and if so is it accessible? With thanks from Dave Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If yo

Re: Facebook notifications issue.

absolutely, i'm running in to the same thing. On 1/24/2015 8:37 AM, Mária Orovčíková wrote: Hello list, I am not getting Facebook notifications when someone posts to a group. I have push notifications enabled in the settings. Does anyone have these issues? For close friends everything seems to b

Re: Dropbox question

Hi, It is possible not to sync certain folders with specific devices. I did this last summer. However, I needed sighted help to configure Dropbox to do this from my Mac. I don't know whether the PC version is more accessible. Best, Anna > On Jan 23, 2015, at 3:46 PM, E V wrote: > > Hi List

Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

The Legend is very comfortable on your ear. Let me give you a real world example. I have decided to get another dog guide and when the field rep came out to shoot the video, I was suppose to cross this 4 lane highway. As I have stated already, the ear peace will slightly lesson your h

RE: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

It turns out I am getting the Plantronics M55 at work. For those who have or have used the M55, is it also comfortable to wear? This will be my first Bluetooth earpiece, so just want to have some idea what I’m getting into. It sounds like the Legend is really excellent. But, since I’m getting

List Recorder Full

List Recorder Full has not been updated since November 2013. Are users writing to the developer requesting improvements, like sharing directly with DropBox? Their Email is: l...@sixthmode.com Richard -- The following information is important for all members

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

For numbered lists, does one use the number of items in the list as the number in the markdown text? If the list changes # of items over time, does the number in the markdown need to change too? Thanks. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

The numbers don't matter. you could have them out of order, or all the same number, it makes no difference. The important thing is to have some number, a period, a space, then your list item. > On Jan 24, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: > > For numbered lists, does one us

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Hi all, Type pound (#), followed by period (.), followed by space, then the item. Keep doing this for every item. Don't worry; Writer will do the rest as far as numbering goes. > On 24 Jan 2015, at 18:54, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: > > For numbered lists, does one use the number of it

A discovery in the messages app

Hello all, I am wondering if this is just a fluke on my phone or a nifty feature. As many of you already know, you can turn raise to speak on in settings under messages in order to use raise to speak to record and send a recording as well as to listen to recordings sent via text. I noticed that

Re: Workflow App: Tedious to Use, but Worth It

Does anyone know where I can find this podcast? Was it a podcast from the perspective of a VO user or mainstream? Either way, I’d like to try to listen to it. Thanks, Christina > On Jan 24, 2015, at 6:47 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > > In a podcast, the workflow app was brought to my attention --

iPad app brings Braille keyboard to blind users’ fingertips

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Re: iPad app brings Braille keyboard to blind users’ fingertips

Gotta love bad journalism. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 24, 2015, at 1:16 PM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > > > iPad app brings Braille keyboard to blind users’ fingertips > by MacDailyNews > [cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"The proliferation of touchscreen technology may > have re

Re: iPad app brings Braille keyboard to blind users’ fingertips

A great headsup for the app, but an absolute swine to read with the constant repetition of that very verbose link. I agree something needed to be done for iPad and hitting the dots, it's not something I've managed to do with any real success. So, if anyone buys it, let us know how you fair wi

Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

Hi, Thanks for all the views in this subject. I ended up buying the Legend and am expecting it here around tuesday. The reason why i wondered this in the first place was that Applevis had a review of the M55 where it got very good rating, on the other hand so did the Legend. It looks like the Le

Re: A discovery in the messages app

when I raised to listen the message will play for me. If I raise to talk nothing happens. I do have that option raise tuition on in my messages app settings but I'm not sure how to make raise to speak to record my messages I'm not sure how to get that to work any ideas Rebecca and Zeb personal

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

in the writer is there a way to delete something you would've written? I mean to delete a whole document Rebecca and Zeb personal email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 twitter: zebs_mom Sent from my IPhone On Jan 24, 2015, at 2:07 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hi

Re: A discovery in the messages app

I tried raise to listen as well. I can listen to the recordings but cannot for the life of me record back as raising the phone does nothing. Any ideas? > On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:56, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: > > when I raised to listen the message will play for me. If I raise to talk > nothing happe

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Double tap select button three finger swipe up or down to select entire document then press delete on the keyboard it should then say selection deleted. > On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:57, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: > > in the writer is there a way to delete something you would've written? I mean > to dele

Re: Help needed for setting notifications and alerts so that the whole thing will be read when the iPhone is in the lock screen or when I am notified of the notifications

Wren Tis is a tramendous apple bug! Therefore I'll never upgrade to ios8. Regards Davy with an almost bugfree iphone -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Wren Langley Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Help needed for setting notifications and aler

Re: Uber app

The only difference is that taxis are generally regulated by an entity such as a taxi commission, and there are procedures that you can undertake if there are issues such as discrimination because of your disability, or because you have a service animal. Andy -Original Message- From

Re: A discovery in the messages app

Hmmm, not sure. If I have any messages to listen to, it will play them first. Then I have to put my phone back in either vertical or tabletop position. Then I have to be intentional about moving it to my ear in one motion so that the phone knows I moved it to my ear in a position that it recogni

Re: A discovery in the messages app

by the way, I did more testing and for some reason, I can’t get the exact same results as earlier. Maybe I was just getting lucky when I sent my first email. :( Anyways, maybe someone here can help me understand why sometimes the message sends immediately and sometimes it does not. I do notice a

A Notetaker App for The IPad - Braille App - for Visualy Impared

> http://www.ibrailler.com/ -- 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 this list, or if you feel that a member'

Hearingaid lists

Hi all, did I see a message sometime ago on this list giving an email list address for vip users of hearing aids? If so could that person re-send that address? Thanks. Max -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are mode

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Hi, This doesn’t work for me. Typing pound followed by period followed by space is still a header, not a list item. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 1:07 PM To: Viphone Subject: Re

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Dot commands! That takes me back to WordStar and a Kaypro computer still in a closet here, my first real attempt at word processing. I believe it was 1984 or so, reading computer screen with Optacon, using help menus to learn the program! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@g

Re: Uber app

Because government in many places inserts itself in taxis too frequently, artificial scarcity is created and prices are jacked up way beyond what the marketplace wants to pay. Thanks to technology, rideshare companies can connect drivers in their own personal vehicles to riders without city Hall

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Hi all, I got the voice dream writer app. I ran voice stream, and then I closed it and went to voice dream writer. It said no available voices. Any suggestions please and thank you. Also, using my iPhone, which is a 5S running iOS eight is there a way to change a word document to a text documen

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

It's a bug and will be fixed in an update due to be released next week. I believe in the description that it states that voices in Voice Dream Reader are not supported in Writer except for the iOS voices. > On 24 Jan 2015, at 22:19, Wren Langley wrote: > > Hi all, I got the voice dream writer a

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

To make an ordered list, use a number followed by a period and a space, not a pound sign. As you say, the bound sign is for headings, not lists. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 24, 2015, at 16:57, Neal Ewers wrote: > > Hi, This doesn’t work for me. Typing pound followed by period followed by >

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Wait for the update to come out that fixes that particular bug. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wren Langley Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 2:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

Does this earpiece havef a loop which goes behind the ear to be sure it stays over/in the ear, or just a small loop that fits into the ear itself? Carol P - Original Message - From: Alan J Paganelli To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:39 PM Subject:

Re: iPad app brings Braille keyboard to blind users’ fingertips

The app is Free with in app purchases. I have downloaded it but had to charge my iPad before giving the app a try. Donna > On Jan 24, 2015, at 2:47 PM, RobH. wrote: > > A great headsup for the app, but an absolute swine to read with the > constant repetition of that very verbose link. I ag

Re: Uber app

And one place government can assist is ensuring blind passengers and dog guide users aren't discriminated against. On 01/24/2015 04:04 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote: Because government in many places inserts itself in taxis too frequently, artificial scarcity is created and prices are jacked up way b

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Ah. What is confusing here is this. You can create an ordered list by using 1 and a period and a space at the beginning of each list item. You don’t have to use 2, 3, 4, etc. This way when you want to insert a number, you go to where you want to insert the item and do another number 1 and a

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Hi, Using a blue tooth Braille keyboard, how do you make the pound sign? Thanks _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 5:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Writer Review an

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

I would assume the number sign. I hope that is correct. 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 Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S > On Jan 24, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Mary-Jo Lord wrote: > > Hi, >

Re: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

It is indeed. In UEB and, I believe, contracted braille, the number sign for numbers is 3-4-5-6. However, as you don't want numbers, use 4-5-6, 1-5-6-7 instead. One way to confirm this would be to just write the symbol with the on-screen keyboard, then see what it translates to on the display. >

RE: Voice Dream Writer Review and Description

Thanks for your suggestions. Since I'm attempting to make the pound sign, and with the new unified code, I'm confused, I think I'll try that. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:29 PM To: viphone@go

Can VDW do in-place editing in Dropbox files?

Hi all, I'm pondering VDW's usefulness in my day to day workflow, and here's a very important question. I know it can handle importing to, and exporting from, Dropbox, but can it edit in place? That is, can it open a file in Dropbox (a text file - I know it can't directly open other formats), th

RE: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

It has a piece that fits in the ear as well as a loop that fits behind the ear. I have found the ear piece is secure. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of carol.pearso...@googlemail.com Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 5:14 PM To: viphone@googlegroup

Re: Can VDW do in-place editing in Dropbox files?

According to the help file, I think the answer is no. It says that when you import a text file from an external location, a copy is stored in the local folder on your phone and that is where all edits are saved, not on the external location. So, you would have to export it back over the original

making voicedream reader recognize itunes

I've been trying to figure this out but I'm not getting it from the documentation. Can someone, if not giving me the steps, at least point me in the right direction? Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are mode

Re: Can VDW do in-place editing in Dropbox files?

I was afraid of that. Thanks for the confirmation, though. > On Jan 24, 2015, at 8:02 PM, Richard Turner wrote: > > According to the help file, I think the answer is no. It says that when you > import a text file from an external location, a copy is stored in the local > folder on your phone an

Accessibility resource

I subscribe to and application-website for local Pittsburgh sports. The developers do not seem to understand proper coding for blind and visually impaired. Each new "improvement "means less excess ability in the app and original website. Is there a resource where I can refer the developer to to

Re: Accessibility resource

You might suggest they check out: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-EM/ You could also suggest they check with the major screen reader manufacturers. I use HTML Validator for my own web site work and it has a good accessibility checker included. HTH, Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for

what is the best app to get for facebook

Hi I have recently gotten A Facebook account. Now what I would like to know is. What is the best app to get so I can use my Facebook account on my phone? Also once i have whatever app installed. Then do I just enter my Facebook account user name and password and then I will be good to go? Or the

Re: Accessibility resource

For iOS, have them take a look at this page: https://developer.apple.com/library/iOs/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/iPhoneAccessibility/Making_Application_Accessible/Making_Application_Accessible.html > On Jan 24, 2015, at 10:20 PM, Richard Turner wrote: > > You might suggest they check

voice dream reader and voice dream writer

Hi all, I was just wondering is voice dream reader and voice dream writer the same app or are they different? I have voice dream reader. Thanks. Lori and the Gipper -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated b

Re: Uber app

All too often the taxi lobby has the ear of governmental entities, and little by little these governmental entities are trying to force those expensive and burdensome regulations on the ride share companies. Even though Uber provides insurance for drivers and riders when a trip is taking place.

Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

The whole headset except for the part that goes into your ear and the boom mic, goes behind the ear like the earpiece on a pair of glasses. Andy From: carol.pearso...@googlemail.com Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Le

Re: voice dream reader and voice dream writer

No, they're very different. Reader is for reading ;ooks, pdfs, and other files; Writer is for making text files. Both use innovative ideas like adjustable items to move the cursor or select text, but they serve different purposes. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 24, 2015, at 23:17, Lori Dent wro

Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend?

What is a good price to pay for one of these units? I have the legend and would like to have another one. Thanks much. - Original Message - From: Andy Baracco To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Plantronics M55 vs Voyager Legend

Re: voice dream reader and voice dream writer

Voice Dream Writer is a standalone app. So yes, Voice Dream Reader and Voice Dream Writer are related but separate apps. > On 25 Jan 2015, at 04:17, Lori Dent wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was just wondering is voice dream reader and voice dream writer the same > app or are they different? I have