RE: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Amy Ruel
Helli Jim and all, Full disclosure, I work for Baum USA and support the VarioUltra. One of the main differences between this and the Beetle is that the VarioUltra is not just a braille display; It has a suite of applications and can work as a stand alone notetaker with 32 giggs of storage. The

Re: App has been submitted to Applevis

2015-08-14 Thread Dave
hi, first of all, not sure what you mean about selling your membership, do you mean terminate it? Next, all the downloadable books, are mp3. The 10percent that are DRM protected, can be streamed through your PC, or downloaded to, or streamed through your iDevice. Next, the club memberships,

Ibooks question

2015-08-14 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I recently bought an audio book from as an ibook. I downloaded it to my phone, but don’t see it on my ipad. usually when I buy digital book, they appear across all devices. is this not the case with an audio book that is now under Ibooks? -- The following information is important

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Some of these whacky inventions seem more aimed to make us look incredibly stupid. But occasionally, someone gets it right, all be it in a way they didn't anticipate, or even intend. BobH. - Original Message - From: Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: facebook messenger audio messages

2015-08-14 Thread Kevin Wassmer
Just so you all know. I do not like the limit of 1 minute on Face Book Messinger. I think that is very old fashond. Now, with the unlimited amount of memory, you should be able to record how much you want. Just like you can with I messenger voice messaging or voice memos that you can send as an

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Ain't this the truth, thanks for mentioning. I like to contemplate it, even work through solutions and invent stuff in my own mind; it takes them a while to catch up with my idea, or time for me to get to hear that someone got there already. They reckon a Russian also invented a steam engine

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
I thought 4 cells didn't sound enough, but folk used to love the opticon, and that was only one finger-tips worth of image, and folk read print with it. The device would need a rolling scroll, variable speed no doubt, to coordinate to the speed you'd run your finger over a line of braile.

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Jim Portillo
Excellent! Thanks to all of you for your answers. Sent from my iPhone 6! On Aug 14, 2015, at 3:59 AM, Amy Ruel aru...@comcast.net wrote: Helli Jim and all, Full disclosure, I work for Baum USA and support the VarioUltra. One of the main differences between this and the Beetle is that the

Apple Watch Questions

2015-08-14 Thread SSEric
I have not yet gotten to an Apple Store or Bestbuy for a hands-on with the watch. My questions here are because I am not sure they will have staff knowledgeable enough in the areas of concern to me, and maybe someone here will be kind enough to help. I have two apps I really use a lot on my

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi Amy, does this firm have a way to pay monthly for the 40 cell product? Andy -Original Message- From: Amy Ruel Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display Helli Jim and all, Full disclosure, I

Re: Voice ocr app

2015-08-14 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Hi, The app loaded fine for me with no problems. When I launched the app, it requested to access my camera and I allowed it and have not had problems after that. I am using the iPhone 5 with iOS 8.4.1 Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow

Re: Voice ocr app

2015-08-14 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello, I can confirm your observations Russ. I didn’t get Voice to work on my iPhone 6. I came as far as to hear the voice say that all four corners of my document were detected but when i took a picture and tried to read it, either there was silence or there came a message that no text was

RE: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Amy Ruel
Hello Andy, There is a 6-month option to pay through PayPal without interest for those who qualify. And, since you live close, we could provide you with some orientation and limited training. Let me know if I can provide additional information. -Original Message- From:

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread SSEric
I wonder how much of the information in the article can be trusted. Maybe the author is just ignorant but the blind has Seri read to them? Not a whole lot; VoiceOver does the reading. E _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater

Re: Apple Watch Questions

2015-08-14 Thread Brent Harding
As for NFB Newsline, probably not until they make a watch app. As for starting and stopping with the NLS app, I would have to check that out. Some phone apps allow you to use the play and stop controls, and some don't. I recall having Netflix or Hulu switch to a seemingly random song when I hit

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Anne Günther
Hi Jim Let me say that I own neither of the two, and have only read about both. So far, I can think of two major differences. 1.: The smart beetle has six dot buttons that can be used for writing. The vario ultra has eight. Soo if you want to regularly write computer braille, the vario might

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I haven’t seen Vario ultra but reading about it I think I remember that Vario Ultra has 20 cells and not 14 so admittedly allows you more text and less panning but it is very expensive - over £2000 in Britain. On 14 Aug 2015, at 06:26, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Just want to write a correction: Smart Beetle does have 8 keys so that you can write computer braille. The bluetooth keyboard emulation I think has more to do with using it with a mac computer where you can simulate control keys but I don’t understand this well yet. On 14 Aug 2015, at 09:16,

Re: App has been submitted to Applevis

2015-08-14 Thread Dave
somewhere between 10 and 30 dollars give or take. But that is before your discount, if you take out 1 of their plans, and they have sales and special offers. Dave and Maria. From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 4:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: App has been

Re: Upgrading iOS

2015-08-14 Thread Harry Bell
Will the crucial iOS 8.4.1 fixes for iCloud Music Library be included in the final iOS 9? The current iOS 9 beta certainly does not include these fixes. Harry On 14 Aug 2015, at 04:16, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: One last thing I forgot. You got along without iOS 8, why not

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi Amy, okay, let me look into this. I have never used or felt a notetaker or braille display but, could very well have good use of it. Where would I be able to get this orientation with the product? -Original Message- From: Amy Ruel Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 10:14 AM To:

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I was definitely put off by how the article characterizes blind people's use of touch screen devices. It suggests that the author doesn't know much about how effectively blind people actually use them. Whether the people who built the watch share this ignorance is impossible to tell from

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Andrew, How did you manage to pair it and which of the keyboard settings are you using? I saw one, as demo, but we couldn't pair it at the time and it seemed to be because you had to pair it as Braille Sense, or something. Please tell me what you did etc? I did like the look and feel of

RE: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Amy Ruel
Hi Andy, At your home or other local location. Thanks. Amy -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew J. LaPointe Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 10:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells

Workflow

2015-08-14 Thread Ron Pelletier
Hi all, How does one delete a workflow they don't want anymore? Ron Danvers A blind person asked St. Anthony, Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight? He replied, Yes, losing your vision! -- The following information is important for all members of the

RE: Upgrading iOS

2015-08-14 Thread Rose Combs
This time iTunes did not offer the update info as much as it did in the past. I did my phone on iTunes since it was already connected, I did the iPad mini, original over the air and it actually went faster, a first. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Rose Combs
I was thinking that there would need to be a quick way to scroll also, I used the Optacon for years, it took both hands unless you had it hooked to an automatic scanner which I only saw during training. You would not likely wish to keep pressing a button every four cells, could lead to

Re: Apple Watch Questions

2015-08-14 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, The Now Playing screen on the watch will let you start and stop playback of BARD Mobile once you've started playback in the app on your phone. The Rewind and Fast Forward buttons take you to the previous and next section. There's no way to hold down those buttons to rewind or fast forward

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Perfect, that's just what we need. Even I might be tempted if the price was right. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:07 PM Subject: Re: A Braille Smart Watch? If you read up on this watch at

Re: Workflow

2015-08-14 Thread Chuck Dean
First double tap the edit button. Now select the workflow you want to delete, and go to the upper right hand corner and hit delete. -- 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

Contact Info for Moderators

2015-08-14 Thread dulce muccio weisenborn
Could the moderators please post their contact information to the list? -- 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

RSS Suggestion

2015-08-14 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, As the subject line suggests, I am in need of a new RSS Reader. I have previously been using News Rack because of its simplicity, but recently the app does not let me add a new RSS feed. Upon my attempt to do so, the app crashes. Thus, from what I have seen so far, it seems as

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I would say that 20 cells is better than 14, but maybe I am wrong, maybe 14 cells are enough? I am in doubt. I have used 8 dots braille for many years now, but you can write the same in 6 dots braille maybe sometimes with 2 commands. As I see it the difference on 6 dots and 8 dots

RE: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Alan Lemly
Ed, The new Voice update version 3.3 which I downloaded yesterday is working fine on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3. I just used it to scan a bank privacy notification document and it did a very good job. It notifies you when it sees all four corners of the document but I'll caution that it

Re: RSS Suggestion

2015-08-14 Thread gs
For me, it became important a long time ago to find a combination of products that would work on iOS and either the Mac or Windows (preferably both) to make my RSS reading seamless and efficient. Unfortunately, I have not found that/those products quite yet. However, I am currently using Lire

Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Pinky
Hi Can anyone get the Voice OCR app to open when you download it. I tried numerous times on my iPad running IOS 8.03. Ed -- 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

Some good news for Amazon echo owners who use the iPhone app

2015-08-14 Thread Mary Otten
For those of you who have the Amazon echo and use the iPhone app, or try to, you will perhaps be glad to know that Amazon has just started making available what it calls skills. These are like apps for your echo, which are developed by third parties, and presumably also by Amazon developers,

RE: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Amy Ruel
20 cell unit is $2395, 40 cell unit is $3995. PayPal with 6 months interest free financing for qualified buyers is also available. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:29 PM To:

Re: Workflow

2015-08-14 Thread Jennie Facer
I think you have to press the edit button. I think it's in there. Jenn and Kumi On Aug 14, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Ron Pelletier ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi all, How does one delete a workflow they don’t want anymore? Ron Danvers A blind person asked St. Anthony, Can

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hi Jim and all, I have used both devices. The Smart beetle (SB) I returned, the VarioUltra (VU) I am currently trying. I have split this message into two parts. First, to respond to your request, Jim, about the differences, and the second to say why I gave up on the SB. 1. The obvious

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Carol, Yes, at present you have to pair Smart Beetle as BrailleSense because Apple has not as yet incorporated the Smart Beetle driver into its operating systems. However, HIMS provide instructions on how to make Smart Beetle appear as BrailleSense. Once i took the initial steps to

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Devin Prater
Wow, that's Pretty cool, but likely expensive so only rehab agencies can really afford it lol. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 5:59 AM, Amy Ruel aru...@comcast.net wrote: Helli Jim and all, Full disclosure, I work for Baum USA and support the VarioUltra. One of the main

Re: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
I just installed it, and it opened first time on my iphone 6+. Cheers Alex On 14/08/2015 19:38, Pinky wrote: Hi Can anyone get the Voice OCR app to open when you download it. I tried numerous times on my iPad running IOS 8.03. Ed -- The following information is important for all members

RE: Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread Larry Lumpkin
You can remove categories such as contacts, phone numbers, etc. from the people pane so you won't accidentally hit one by mistake but the people pane stays as far as I know. I've not been able to get rid of it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Hi Andrew, Hmm! Wish SS had their act together before my demo. I'd thought, maybe, the use of the Braille Sense, in the manual was perhaps an oversight in not correcting stuff ... as this happens ... but it wasn't, I gather. The other reason that would make me really want this unit is if

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
here in the UK from my Cell provider for about two months, as far as I know, I haven't used it yet, but it seems to me, it can't be anything but a good thing. Cheers Alex On 14/08/2015 23:47, Brent Harding wrote: The Sprint version works pretty good most of the time. I'm in one of those

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
It's available on my 6+ here in the UK, so I suspect it's probably already available on 6's and 6+'s already. Although having said that it probably depends whether your cell provider makes it available. Cheers Alex Cheers Alex On 14/08/2015 23:45, Brett C. wrote: It isn't available until the

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Devin Prater
wow, that's pretty good, especially the monthly payments options. I'll have to check this out. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Amy Ruel aru...@comcast.net wrote: 20 cell unit is $2395, 40 cell unit is $3995. PayPal with 6 months interest free financing for qualified buyers

Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread Joe
Hi, I wound up upgrading my iPhone from iOS 7 to iOS 8. I took Jen's suggestion and performed it over-the-air. Everything went well, apps and things preserved. In the app switcher, however, there are now several people, or contacts, listed. How do I get rid of these? It's random contacts too, not

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Brett C.
It isn't available until the release of iOS 9 for ATT. It is showing up for some, not all, in the current beta of iOs 9. Brett C. On Aug 14, 2015, at 4:33 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello All, Earlier today, I enabled the WiFi calling option for two of my Sprint Wireless

Re: Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread curmudgeon
hello go to setting flick down to email calendar and open it, then flick down to contacts,the next item down is a check box to contacts in apps uncheck it and u b done close good luck the curmudgeon On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I wound up upgrading my

RE: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Neal Ewers
Hi, Check the following site. I don't know when this was written. http://www.techlicious.com/blog/iphone-6-wifi-calling-carrier-plans-actiontec-underwritten-story/ Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent:

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Brent Harding
It does. It will probably come down in one of those carrier updates you get when you hit settings and about. - Original Message - From: Alex Stone alex.st...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:12 PM Subject: Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling

Re: Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread curmudgeon
hello iiff On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I wound up upgrading my iPhone from iOS 7 to iOS 8. I took Jen's suggestion and performed it over-the-air. Everything went well, apps and things preserved. In the app switcher, however, there are now several people, or

RE: RSS Suggestion

2015-08-14 Thread Cristóbal
I use Feeddler Pro in conjunction with The Old Reader. Meets all my RSS needs. I have The Old Reader's All page as my home page. Cant' speak as to accessibility with Macs, but It works well with Jaws on a Windows based OS and syncs nicely through Feeddler and iOS. -Original Message-

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Jim Portillo
I went on the BAUM website but see nothing about the Paypal thing. I'm very interested. Sent from my iPhone 6! On Aug 14, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Amy Ruel aru...@comcast.net wrote: 20 cell unit is $2395, 40 cell unit is $3995. PayPal with 6 months interest free financing for qualified buyers

RE: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Neal Ewers
Mark, I don't know the answer but I do know that not all companies are supporting this yet. I would assume that if it doesn't show up, it is likely not there, but calling the provider would be a way to find out. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Brent Harding
The Sprint version works pretty good most of the time. I'm in one of those buildings where the regular cell signal just isn't so good everywhere, but the wifi is much better. I'm glad Sprint and TMobile have enabled this. I think Verizon and ATT are working on it yet. I think the minutes are

Re: Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
Say what? Alex On 15/08/2015 00:14, curmudgeon wrote: hello iiff On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Joe jsoro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I wound up upgrading my iPhone from iOS 7 to iOS 8. I took Jen's suggestion and performed it over-the-air. Everything went well, apps and things preserved. In the

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
Unfortunately, I don't notice any difference in the quality of a call indoors yet via Sprint . Terry - Original Message - From: Alex Stone alex.st...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:04 PM Subject: Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling

Re: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
Tom, don't ask me, it seems we're both in the same boat. Having said that, I believe there's an applevis podcast about the app, but I haven't got round to listening to it yet. Cheers Alex On 15/08/2015 00:43, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, It launches just fine on my iPhone 6, and I can get it to snap

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
Hi Andrew, Hmm! Wish SS had their act together before my demo. I'd thought, maybe, the use of the Braille Sense, in the manual was perhaps an oversight in not correcting stuff ... as this happens ... but it wasn't, I gather. The other reason that would make me really want this unit is if

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
It is already available with Sprint here in the US. Terry - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:13 PM Subject: Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature It does. It will probably come down in

RE: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Cris Ali
It seems this app only works on newer iPhones. It never worked on my 4S. I imagine it needs more memory and processing power than the 4S can offer. Regards, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stone Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015

Re: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, It launches just fine on my iPhone 6, and I can get it to snap pictures of pages, but I can't get it to read page contents. How do you do that? Tom - Original Message - From: Alex Stone To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Can

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2015-08-14 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Passing this along as there was some discussion about a game like this on this list a while back. It's VO accessible and based on the My Simon memory game. It's a free app with in app purchases if one wants to upgrade for more playing levels, 2 person playability (sharing the same Phone),

A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, Earlier today, I enabled the WiFi calling option for two of my Sprint Wireless friends who were experiencing poor cell signal quality in certain locations from within their homes, such as the garage. Now, they have excellent call quality from anywhere on their property. I can't

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Amy Ruell
The information is at http://shop.baumusa.com/ Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: I went on the BAUM website but see nothing about the Paypal thing. I'm very interested. Sent from my iPhone 6! On Aug 14, 2015, at 11:29 AM,

Re: Removing People From App Switcher

2015-08-14 Thread Alex Stone
Thanks for that, I'm not saying I'll do it, but it's interesting to know about. Cheers Alex On 15/08/2015 00:17, curmudgeon wrote: hello go to setting flick down to email calendar and open it, then flick down to contacts,the next item down is a check box to contacts in apps uncheck it and u b

Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Brent Harding
It's probably about the same as it would be with good signal. Phone calls pretty much are what they are unless you had another Sprint person using it, and then it might go HD. I discovered they made the error messages sound really good if you dial the wrong thing, but that's about the only

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RE: Contact Info for Moderators

2015-08-14 Thread Richard Turner
Hi Dulce, As far as I know, at this point, Cara Quinn is the only moderator. Raul has excused himself from doing anything due to his not having time. Cara Quinn ' Emails: caraqu...@caraquinn.com Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]

Re: Some good news for Amazon echo owners who use the iPhone app

2015-08-14 Thread Kevin Shaw
Glad to hear. I’ve been pushing an engineer friend at Amazon to get word to the Echo team on accessibility. Looks like the message is getting through. On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: For those of you who have the Amazon echo and use the iPhone app, or try to,

RE: Apple Tv

2015-08-14 Thread Larry Lumpkin
The apple tv is wonderfully accessible and I love it. I’ve ripped my entire thousand plus cd collection to itunes and share with the apple tv very successfully. Everything on it is accessible. I’m sure applevis has some podcasts on it and there have been several podcasts done on accessible

Re: Apple Tv

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This list is about all iDevices and not just the iPhone. Raul and/or Cara have stated in the past that the Apple TV is on topic for this list. On 08/14/2015 07:49 PM, Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA) wrote: I know this list is all about the iPhone but I was wondering if anyone can tell me where

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Re: What is GPRS

2015-08-14 Thread Agent086b
Thanks for this. I didn’t think to google it!. This must be whilst they are doing the 4G upgrade. Thanks again. Max. On 15 Aug 2015, at 12:10 pm, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, GPRS is a slower, I think it would only qualify as 2G, data service. It stands for general packet

Re: Can anyone get the New voice OCR app to work?

2015-08-14 Thread Alan Lemly
The app is a bit spotty. After you execute the photo capture button to snap the picture, you must execute the done button in the bottom right hand corner. This should take you to the screen where the reading is done but when I tried it a few minutes ago, this screen had the label speaking in

Re: RSS Suggestion

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I use an ap called Newsify. *It updates articles often and the interface is easy to use* On Friday, August 14, 2015 at 4:19:47 PM UTC-4, Geoff wrote: For me, it became important a long time ago to find a combination of products that would work on iOS and either the Mac or Windows (preferably

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2015-08-14 Thread Larry Lumpkin
The apple tv doesn’t require a monthly subscription unless you subscribe through it to a service like net flics which I understand works very well. The Tv was a hundred dollars but I think has dropped in price since I bought one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Trivia crack

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Re: A Question Regarding The WiFi Calling Feature

2015-08-14 Thread Conrad Bennett
iOS nine beta has ATT Wi-Fi calling you can enable Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 6:34 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello All, Earlier today, I enabled the WiFi calling option for two of my Sprint Wireless friends who were experiencing poor cell signal quality in certain

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
It may have been a good idea, but was pretty confusing for a few of us when first we got hands on and, in fact, I may have purchased, had I been given clearer instruction to pair. As it was, my demo never got going and I'm really very disappointed. I just have to speak as I found things. Now,

What is GPRS

2015-08-14 Thread Agent086b
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RE: Contact Info for Moderators

2015-08-14 Thread Dulce Muccio Weisenborn
Thanks, Richard. I'll pass it on to my sister, Deidre, who still can't post to the list. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Contact

Re: Upgrading iOS

2015-08-14 Thread Robert Doc Wright
On 8/14/2015 9:09 AM, Rose Combs wrote: This time iTunes did not offer the update info as much as it did in the past. I did my phone on iTunes since it was already connected, I did the iPad mini, original over the air and it actually went faster, a first. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
HIMS still has to wait until Apple releases support for the Smart Beetle, so except for just postponing the availability of the Smart Beetle, I'm not sure what HIMS could have done to get their act together. In fact, I think making the Smart Beetle use the Braille Sense protocol is a pretty

Apple Tv

2015-08-14 Thread Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
I know this list is all about the iPhone but I was wondering if anyone can tell me where to go to find out more about apple tv? I have been looking into it and roku and trying to find something accessible Thanks Shawnese Laury-Johnson, MA, CRC, LLPC Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor BSBP

RE: Apple Tv

2015-08-14 Thread Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA)
Thanks do you have any idea when he will be releasing the book? I have Comcast now but I’m trying to find something that is accessible and less expensive. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 10:07 PM To:

Amazon Echo

2015-08-14 Thread Blind Treasures
I've read a little about the Amazon Echo on this list and it got me a little interested. However, I was hoping that some of you who are currently using the device can talk a little about how you use it and how accessible it it. Thanks in advance. I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest

Re: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display

2015-08-14 Thread Jim Portillo
Absolutely! If I can do monthly payments, I am in! Sent from my iPhone 6! On Aug 14, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: wow, that's pretty good, especially the monthly payments options. I'll have to check this out. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at

Re: Some good news for Amazon echo owners who use the iPhone app

2015-08-14 Thread Mary Otten
Well, Kevin, if this is attributable to your good work, more power to you and please keep it up! If they could get the to do and shopping list to be usable, that is, if you could actually delete something, it would be great. Here's hoping for more advances. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Aug

Re: What is GPRS

2015-08-14 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, GPRS is a slower, I think it would only qualify as 2G, data service. It stands for general packet radio service and the Wikipedia page gives a good overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Packet_Radio_Service I believe, though this is relying on very old memories, that the maximum speed

Re: Contact Info for Moderators

2015-08-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
All I can say is good luck with that. Cara's also the moderator of the Mac Visionaries list and no one knows where she's been. Without her moderation, for the past few months it's been chaotic on that list. So basically what I'm saying is you might be wasting your time trying to contact her

Re: Amazon Echo

2015-08-14 Thread Mike M
Hey there, I have had my echo for a month or two now and I really like it. The app leaves a lot to be desired but it’s still something you can set up and use pretty easily. Once the initial set up is finished you don’t really need to use the app much at all. You can control it simply by

dual source headset or earbuds that would work with an iPhone

2015-08-14 Thread Brent Harding
I am wondering how you go about getting a dual source headset to be able to hear a computer screen reader on one side and have a phone call on the other side. Even better, it would be nice if the microphone sent its output back to the phone. I tried getting quotes on a sight called Thumbtack,

RE: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Rose Combs
It would need to be given to me, I only use Braille watches but I don't feel I need a smart one. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: facebook messenger audio messages

2015-08-14 Thread Corey Cook
I think it has a lot to do with the way the phone is held Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Kevin Wassmer kevinwass...@gmail.com wrote: Just so you all know. I do not like the limit of 1 minute on Face Book Messinger. I think that is very old fashond. Now, with the unlimited

Re: Looking for a txting app I can use on my iPad mini

2015-08-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Sorry about that. I thought it was a North American thing. I did find this article which talks about how you can use Google Voice in Canada. Might not be worth it though. http://www.komodocontacts.com/page/how-to-use-google-voice-in-canada On 08/13/2015 10:08 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:

Re: A Braille Smart Watch?

2015-08-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'd suggest you do a bit more research before jumping to such conclusions. I doubt you have any idea whether this company worked with blind people in the research and development of this product or not. Your comments seem to indicate that you haven't done much reading on this device, and

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