RE: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

Hi Keith. So far, what you’d hear from Game Pass is the audio from the video feeds. This is why I specify the radio broadcasts in my notes. What I hope for is the NFL will allow streaming of the radio broadcasts over the Apple TV. However, my suspicion is they won’t. We’ll see what

How can I set up Dark Sky to speak the alerts?

Hi all, and thank you for the help I just installed Dark Sky on my iPhone 5 S because it's a new phone. I can't find anywhere to include dark sky in the notifications so that I can have the alerts speak can someone please help. Thank you very much and God bless and have a nice day, Wren Langley

Re: Accessible Recipe APPS

The food.com app is free, easy to use and has a lot of recipes. You can search in different ways, and save recipes to a recipe box without joining. :-) Lisa On 9/7/15, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Terri, > > I haven't used any free ones, but my recipe app of choice is Paprika.

Apple Watch question - adding complications

Hello all, I am trying to change items in the clock face, specifically changing complications. When I am on the color for example, and try turning the crown, it only takes me to the next item. It does not change the color. what step did I miss? Thanks. -- The following information is

Battery Charging:

A friend bought an iPhone 6 yesterday. They plugged it in overnight. The battery started out at 24 percent and by morning, it only said 62 percent and didn't say anything about charging or being on AC. Is there something that needs to be adjusted on the phone or anything? Thanks in advance.

RE: Accessible Recipe APPS

I use a free app called Cookbook. I think it is by Betty Crocker. You can do a search or browse under different food categories. You can also save to favorites. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Sunday,

Re: Question regarding Tune-In Radio

Hi, TuneIn Radio Pro gives you access to tons of radio stations and podcasts and has no advertizing and allows you to record shows. At this poin, you still can't save those recordings off to another device, but that doesn't sound like it would affect your choice. Premium adds to the features by

Re: Apple Watch question - adding complications

Hi, Try a 2 finger triple tap. You may have turned crown navigation on by mistake. > On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi, > > Turn the crown a bit, and then wait a couple of seconds. The watch will then > speak the currently selected color. When

backing up iCloud

Hello friends, as we have a broad idea of, wifi connection, locked screen and connected to charging are required for manually backing up data to iCloud on iPhone running 8.4.1 device. Confusion here is, all the three things are required simultaneously or just wifi will make the job done?

Re: backing up iCloud

Hi, You need to have the phone plugged in, locked, and connected to wifi, otherwise the automatic backups won’t occur. > On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:15 AM, Dr. Harshit Jaithwar > wrote: > > Hello friends, as we have a broad idea of, wifi connection, locked screen and >

RE: backing up iCloud

As Daniel said, automatic backups only happen when all 3 criteria are satisfied, but you did mention manual backups. Those you can of course do any time and all that is needed is a WiFi connection, the phone does not have to be plugged in and obviously it can’t be locked since you have to go to

Re: backing up iCloud

Hi, You can use battery and have the screen unlocked if you're backing up manually. But an automatic backup will only start if it's been at least 24 hours since the last backup, the screen is locked, you have a Wi-Fi connection, and your phone is plugged in. Once any backup starts, whether

Re: backing up iCloud

Thanks Daniel, Anna and Siegard for quick replies and clearing out the confusion. On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > As Daniel said, automatic backups only happen when all 3 criteria are > satisfied, but you did mention manual backups. Those you can of

Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream

If you have book share books downloaded onto your computer, is there a way to load them onto the iPhone so that you can play them with voice dream? If so, this would be very helpful for a friend who has multiple physical disabilities. Thanks.Kristeen -- The following information is important

Visual box around spoken elements on Mac, Apple Watch and, I'm guessing, iPhone too

Dear listers I know that when VoiceOver is running on Mac OS X you get a border around whatever has focus, and the other day someone told me that this is the case on the Apple Watch too. I’m guessing it might be the case onthe iPhone as well. I can’t see a way of turning this off and was

Re: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

I thought it was stated earlier that you could indeed listen to the radio broadcasts of the games on Apple TV. Am I mistaken? This could be a deal breaker for me at $99. Marie From: Kevin Minor Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 2:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: My experience

Re: Apple Watch question - adding complications

Hi, Turn the crown a bit, and then wait a couple of seconds. The watch will then speak the currently selected color. When you have selected the one you want, press the crown to confirm your selection. Best, Anna > On Sep 7, 2015, at 7:18 AM, denise avant wrote: > >

RE: Battery Charging:

I would take the charger back. Either it didn't get plugged in right or the charger is bad. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donald Moore Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 4:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: How can I set up Dark Sky to speak the alerts?

Hello Wren, The first time you run the app, it should ask whether you want to allow notifications. Choose Yes, and you should be all set. There are various alerts you can configure on the main screen so you get notified of the weather events you want. Best, Anna > On Sep 7, 2015, at 5:18

Re: Battery Charging:

No, it should just work. I'd check the cable and the outlet to make sure those are both good. On 09/07/2015 06:22 AM, Donald Moore wrote: A friend bought an iPhone 6 yesterday. They plugged it in overnight. The battery started out at 24 percent and by morning, it only said 62 percent and

What is the best external battery for iPhone 6 and 6+?

Hello folks, Do you recommend a good powerful, yet not extremely pricy external battery for the six and six plus? Regards, Cris -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel

Re: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

Marie, We’re not sure if that will be the case, since the radio feeds weren’t even available during the preseason. Those start on Thursday with the Steelers-Patriots game. You can listen to them on your iOS device though, which is better than nothing. > On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Marie

Re: How can I set up Dark Sky to speak the alerts?

Hi Anna, thank you for writing back. That's the problem though, I never did get asked if I wanted to run notifications. I even went into the settings on the up and I also deleted and then reinstall the app. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Woody Anna Dresner

Re: How can I set up Dark Sky to speak the alerts?

Hi all, I finally got it. I had to keep doing the three finger swipe to switch pages and I finally found it. It's not in settings like it used to be. Thank you for all the help. God bless, Wren Langley h Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Woody Anna Dresner

Re: Plantronicks Legend

I can't recall anybody I've been talking to in the car with all the road noise say what did you say? Same thing with being outside unless the wind is really blowing hard and then I can't here them! They can hear me because the built in mike is very good. Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On

Re: Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream

Hi, If your friend has a recent Mac, they can use Airdrop to send the books, if they're zipped, to Voice Dream Reader. Otherwise, be sure they're zipped, put them in Dropbox, and use Voice Dream to open them from Dropbox. Best, Anna > On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Kristeen Hughes

RE: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

I believe I read that the limit was four per account. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 7:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75 It is also possible to buy

RE: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

No. Redeemable only in US iTunes store. Copied from the gift card code email I received.: iTunes Terms and Conditions Valid only on purchases made in the U.S. from the U.S. iTunes Store. Use requires an active iTunes account & prior acceptance of license & usage terms. Not redeemable for cash,

RE: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

Hi Marie. What I was told by NFL tech support was you could get the radio broadcasts by PC, and they were working on accessibility regarding this issue. They didn’t say it was available for the Apple TV. I hope it is, but I won’t be surprised if it’s not. Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY

RE: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

Thanks for this. In case some wish to consider purchasing more than one card, I went back after successfully loading to iTunes my first $100 card, by clicking again on the linke Alan provided, and it gave me the option to “Buy Another”, which I did. The 2nd card code came in and successfully

Re: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

It is also possible to buy more than one card at a time. You just change the quantity from one to however many you want, then click the buy now button, and there you go. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: > >

RE: Scanning App for Collecting Product Info History - REcommendations and My Experience

Sieghard, Thanks for the helpful info. I was unaware you could submit product name and other info to Digit-Eyes and I'll explore that further and start doing it. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard

Controlling offline music in Apple's music service?

Hello, occasionally I'll see a notation that a song is available on my iPhone for offline listening when I didn't specifically choose this option. I also sometimes need to go into the storage settings and delete songs from the music portion. This doesn't remove them from my music library, but

Questions regarding downloading books, movies, music, and TV shows for freee

Hello everyone, I want to say thank you to all of you, who have answered all of my questions, so far. The help is so, very much appreciated! Now, I would like to know, is there a pretty easy way to watch, listen to, read, or download books, movies, music, and TV shows using my IPhone? I am

Re: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

Yes, that’s one thing they’ve done a really good job with. Mind you, there are some quirks, but it’s must more useable than it was before. > On Sep 7, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Marie wrote: > > Is the NFL Mobile app more accessible than last year? I had a free year for > using

RE: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

For those interested, here's a link to the site where you can purchase the eBay PayPal digital gifts iTunes $100 card for $75: http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-iTunes-Code-for-only-75-Email-Delivery-/28179071 9975 Thanks Cristóbal for alerting us to this deal. Alan Lemly -Original

Re: Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream

I think you can do that with Dropbox. Andy -Original Message- From: Kristeen Hughes Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 9:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream If you have book share books downloaded onto your

Re: What is the best external battery for iPhone 6 and 6+?

What is the best external battery for iPhone 6 and 6+?I think that’s kind of like asking if a Ford is better than a Chevy, or a truck is better than a sports car. i think that like a lot of things, it comes down to how you use your device. If you spend a lot of time away from AC power, take

Re: Question about getting books on your iPhone to use with voice dream

Hi, Besides dropbox, books can also be imported to VoiceDream from the computer through Itunes. You can also email files to yourself and open them from the message. All this, like dropbox, applies to the zip files from bookshare. You need not unzip the files before sending them. Finally,

RE: iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

Thanks for the tip, Cristóbal. Does anyone know if this deal extends outside of the USA? I'm in Texas, but I'm wondering if I should let a few people know outside of the US. Gary -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cristóbal

Scanning App for Collecting Product Info History - REcommendations and My Experience

Hello List, Before asking my question, I want to share my experience with scanning apps in order to grab product info for purposes of saving for future reference. I've had great success with Red Laser and also use Digit-Eyes. Once I've found a product that I believe I'll be purchasing in the

Re: My experience with the NFL app on the Apple TV

Is the NFL Mobile app more accessible than last year? I had a free year for using Verizon’s More Everything plan, but the app was very frustrating so that too many times, I used Pro radio or all football to listen to the games. Marie From: Daniel Miller Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 9:57 AM

RE: What is the best external battery for iPhone 6 and 6+?

Hi Chris, “Powerful” and “not pricy” are very subjective terms. Do you want to be able to charge your device back to 100% from 10% once or do you want to plug it in when it’s a 30 or 40% sand charge it back up to 80 to 90% 5 times? You can Google the “MAH” value of the battery of the device

RE: Scanning App for Collecting Product Info History - REcommendations and My Experience

Hi Alan, Both Red Laser and Digit-Eyes do access databases for this type of information. However, not all products are in these databases, for example, here in Canada certain grocery chains may have products with bilingual packaging (English and French) and said product may have a barcode

RE: Accessible Recipe APPS

Here's another vote for Paprika. People in my family are swapping recipies on it all the time. At 01:39 AM 9/7/2015, you wrote: Hi Terri, I haven't used any free ones, but my recipe app of choice is Paprika. It is $4.99 in the US, $5.79 in the Canadian app store and it and does support family

Re: Battery Charging:

If you're plugged into a computer's USB port, use the iPhone charger instead. Also, fully power down the phone or at least put it on Airplane mode to speed up charging. It really should only take a couple of hours though! At 07:22 AM 9/7/2015, you wrote: A friend bought an iPhone 6 yesterday. 

Re: backing up iCloud

That's correct. Automatic won't, true. sorry, when I replied and said I back up over Wi-Fi all the time, I meant that I initiate the backup myself. sorry for any confusion. At 11:20 AM 9/7/2015, you wrote: Hi, You need to have the phone plugged in, locked, and connected to wifi, otherwise the

Re: backing up iCloud

yep sorry about that. my mistake. At 03:22 PM 9/7/2015, you wrote: You can, yes, but she’s talking about the automatic backups, that don’t require any intervention on the users part. On Sep 7, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Chris Smart wrote: you can back up to iCloud just over WI-FI,

iTunes gift card $100 value for $75

Hello list, I didn’t see this posted yet, so thought I’d let folks know in case they were interested. PayPal Digital Gifts via eBay is selling iTunes gift card codes with a $100.00 value for $75.00 today. I was waiting on grabbing KNFBReader once a new discount iTunes sales came about, but was

Re: backing up iCloud

you can back up to iCloud just over WI-FI, without being plugged into AC power. I do it often. At 11:15 AM 9/7/2015, you wrote: Hello friends, as we have a broad idea of, wifi connection, locked screen and connected to charging are required for manually backing up data to iCloud on iPhone

Re: backing up iCloud

You can, yes, but she’s talking about the automatic backups, that don’t require any intervention on the users part. > On Sep 7, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Chris Smart wrote: > > you can back up to iCloud just over WI-FI, without being plugged into AC > power. I do it often. > > At