Hi
I saw it first in iOS 8. I suppose it's in Accessibility as it is more
beneficial to people with say hearing impairments who prefer hearing
calls through anything other than the earpiece. This is the case with me
actually. If you're not happy about this, please suggest this to
accessibil..
Hi Alan,
I would think that you could put in the number signs before saving the file as
text and bringing it into Voice Dream Reader, since they're simply characters
in the file. You can also do this in Voice Dream Reader with a Bluetooth
keyboard or braille display. You could do it with the on
Can you tell me more about this, because on occasion the audio from my
Aftershokz Bluez goes to the phone speaker rather than the headset.
Andy
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Subject: Call Audio Ruting
Hi folks. My gir
Hi folks. My girlfriend/fiancee, who also uses an iPhone 6 with VoiceOver,
complained that when she uses her phone with a pair of Beats Studio Wireless
bluetooth headphones, call audio is always routed to the iPhone speaker. At
the time I didn't know about Call Audio Routing, which is found
Richard,
I've copied the text of five separate emails into a Word document and I want to
mark the first line of each email so that when I open the file in Writer or
wherever, putting the rotor on headings and doing a single finger swipe up and
down will jump to the first line of each message.
Hi folks. I was glancing at Facebook tonight and saw a post from someone who
claimed that you can put a folder of apps within another folder of apps,
creating a nested folder. I have a folder containing various games and another
containing BlindFold Poker, Blindfold Blackjack and some other Bl
Big Ben update
,• Now works with iOS 9, while still supporting versions 7 and 8.
• Supports all four iPhone screen sizes: 4, 5, 6 and 6 plus.
• Supports 3D Touch home screen shortcuts on iPhone 6s and 6s plus to quickly
toggle digital clock and chimes on/off.
• Improved support for VoiceOver acces
hi Alan,
No worries about the questions, we all started at the same place.
Writer only opens txt files.
But, you can export to several different formats.
Now, most of the time I have done the markup in Writer, so entering the number
signs before the headings, etc.
I find using a bluetooth keyboar
The score Mobile This is the app I have used for years to follow the NFL and
college football teams. The buttons are labeled well and I have found all of
the text to be accessible. Layout is very clean and doesn't change a lot.
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Shawn Krasni
Ok how do I do that then?
Shawn
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Daniel Miller wrote:
>
> No. The hockey horn sound has been in the app for a
Hey all,
Just downloaded the sports alerts app that you guys recommended. I can see if
I get notifications for the entire league, but how can I get individual
notifications for different teams, and how do I set them up?
Thanks for any help,
Chris
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Hi Anna and Richard,
I told you I was a neophyte with Voice Dream Writer so go easy on me with
these newbie questions.
I think I already knew that Writer is only able to open plain text files but
can you confirm this? Also, I assume I have to place those pound signs which
mark a line as a h
Cool, In that case, I will drop them a note as well.
Cheers,
Brett.
Sent from Brett's iPhone
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
> They are open to feedback. I'm going to suggest that as well as a way to
> pause the game.
>
> Richard
>
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Oops! Ladywolf
No numbers after it. Sorry lol. Must have been tired
Beth
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Steve & Shannon Cook wrote:
>
> What is your user name?
>
> Steve and Shannon Cook
> Steve on Dice World: Steve6009
> Steve on Twitter: @SteveCook67
> Today I married my
No. The hockey horn sound has been in the app for a lng time. You can
pick it for the alert sound in general, not just for hockey.
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
>
> I have a question about that though. In a recent update, about maybe 4 or 5
> months ago, one of t
Thank you very much everyone. Fantastic app.
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I have a question about that though. In a recent update, about maybe 4 or 5
months ago, one of their release notes said that there was a sound that it was
supposed to make, I think it was a horn sound or something, when your favorite
hockey team scores a goal. Is that feature only on the Apple W
And, if you have an apple watch, they have an app for that, too.
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Alan Lemly wrote:
>
> I second Daniel's recommendation about Sports Scores and alerts. It's great
> and very accessible. I especially like how I can pick my favorite teams
> across a variety of spor
I second Daniel's recommendation about Sports Scores and alerts. It's great
and very accessible. I especially like how I can pick my favorite teams
across a variety of sports and get iPhone notifications about the final
scores of their games.
Alan Lemly
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Hi;
Call Apple Accessibility (877) 204-3930
They will be more than happy to help you.
Best of luck
Anthony
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Destene Noller wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have iTunes Match, but at least for the time being, I don't intend to join
Hi,
Daniel beat me to it that was exactly what I was going to say. it’s by Luno
soft and here’s its url.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sports-scores-alerts/id432450349?mt=8
You can select teams from various leagues and specify alerts therein. I.E. just
game ending scores period or quarter or
Hi Everyone,
I have iTunes Match, but at least for the time being, I don't intend to join
Apple Music. Ever since Apple Music was launched, I haven't been able to find
where to go to make sure iTunes Match is properly turned on, nor, can I tell in
"My Music" can I tell which songs are in the c
Get sports scores and alerts. It’s absolutely amazing.
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Chris Judd wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am looking for an accessible app to use for keeping track of sports scores
> in different leagues, or teams?
> Also, if the app has news, that would be great. I have the
Hey all,
I am looking for an accessible app to use for keeping track of sports scores in
different leagues, or teams?
Also, if the app has news, that would be great. I have the at bat app for
baseball, and I love that one.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
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Hi,
I’m unable to find that user name either. I’ve tried capitalizing the first
letter of both words, with and without spaces, and even a space between the
words and the number.
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:25 PM, MamaPeach wrote:
>
> I got the same results, no player found with Ladywolf105.
>
>
I got the same results, no player found with Ladywolf105.
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From: Steve & Shannon Cook
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:17 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: fun topic for the weekend: best iPhone games
Hi Beth,
I have searched for your user name Ladywolf10
Hi Beth,
I have searched for your user name Ladywolf105 on Dice World and it comes back
no user found.
Steve and Shannon Cook
Steve on Dice World: Steve6009
Steve on Twitter: @SteveCook67
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Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:50 pm
Subject:
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Hello,
LOL, I agree with Alex. Above 70%, he just goes... HE even crashed during my
torture test of a speech synthesizer the other day. I managed to turn VO off
and then back on. Unfortunately, since there is not a pronunciation
dictionary, you can't protect yourself, either. I think eloque
I had this same issue when I got my iPhone 6 and restored my encrypted iTunes
backup of my previous iPhone 5. For some reason, after the restore, the compact
samantha voice was selected on my new phone even though the high quality voice
was selected on my backed up phone.
As I recall, someone
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It is subjective. I like Alex at a slower speed. But, since I use voice over at
a faster speed I won't use Alex because it just sounds too garbled. I am rather
surprised at how good the mail Siri voice sounds for voice over but I still
always seem to defaults to the contact Samantha voice.
I di
Hello,
If, the enhanced Samantha will be improved, I'll give up the UK Siri voice for
it, some of the words, the way she says them, is awful.
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From: Regina Alvarado
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:45 pm
Subject: Re: Quality of the VO v
Also, you can then export the document as html or Word and the heading
attributes will be there so you can navigate through the document with a web
browser or in Word, particularly on a PC.
It works great.
Richard
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Alan Lemly wrote:
>
> Anna,
>
> You're a prin
Hello,
I agree, eloquence is good to script, and to get it to sing, but I wouldn't
use it, if IOS had it. An enhanced voice is always better in my opinion, Its
more clear, and in most cases, better, with an exception of Samantha in 9.02,
and perhaps before. Strangely, I do not like Alex, either
This happens on my 5C without the update. I'm thinking the phone is super
picky about finger positioning and light or heavy tapping, and the same
amount of pressure from both fingers, etc. etc.
Rhonda
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To: v
Thanks Sieghard and Anna- especially for all the effort you put into great
answers. I am so used to using the shortcuts I mentioned that when I didn't get
the expected results yesterday, it never even occurred to me to go the long way
around and tab. Apparently a bad hair day infected my brain ;
Hi
Correct, any balances on a family member's account will be used first,
then the credit card shared by you the organizer.
On 13/10/2015 15:30, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Kevin,
It is family after all and I assume you wouldn’t add family members to family
sharing if you weren’t getting a
This works on Windows as well. Nice one! Works like a charm.
On 13/10/2015 16:53, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Anna,
Yes, works exactly as you say in Windows and definitely a quick and easy way to
do this. It’s two keystrokes whereas my method of using F6 to get to the search
box involves a b
I am writing this on mBraille as a third-party keyboard. In 9.02 it works as a
third-party keyboard much better than before. The app itself is great.
reggie & Lex
On Oct 12, 2015, at 8:33 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan
wrote:
Hi, all. I have a question for those of you who use MBraille I’m cons
Kim, yes, VO seems to have lost being able to speak words, or more words,
correctly. Like you, I tried other voices, but really nothing works for me but
Samantha the default. Enhanced used to be the best, but now it is distorted, at
least to my ears. Alex I tried, but even worse mispronunciatio
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I think pretty much everybody agrees that how one perceives the quality of TTS
voices is one of the most subjective aspects of speech output there is. I
definitely think the high quality female voice sounds better than the compact
voice, I also think for every-day use it's better than Alex. I lo
I actually agree with this. Personally, I find the compact voice sounds better
to my ears. The high-quality voice just seems to have a hissy quality to it. I
don't know how else to describe it.
Kellie and my lovable Lady J
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:24 AM, Suzanne Wilson
>
I found that to be true also.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:24 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Quality of the VO voice
I actually find that the enhanced voice
Anna,
You're a princess and thanks so very much for this suggestion.
I've been meaning to get more familiar with voice dream writer and wondered
yesterday if I could use it for this issue but wasn't sure where to start.
I'll play around with it and enjoy the learning process too.
Thanks ag
Hi Anna,
Yes, works exactly as you say in Windows and definitely a quick and easy way to
do this. It’s two keystrokes whereas my method of using F6 to get to the search
box involves a bunch of tabs before you get to the My Music radio button.
Regards,
Sieghard
From: viphone@google
I am not a Mac user, but on the iPhone when you set up a mail account you are
asked what you want to sync, e.g. Mail, Contacts, Calendars etc. Maybe this is
also the case on the Mac and you didn't check Contacts?
Regards,
Sieghard
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Mary, I tried it several times last night and I was always able to get to the
explore heading by flicking down. That doesn't mean that won't change, though.
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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:28 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
>
> Hi Les,
> I would be curious to know if you can always find tha
Hi Les,
I would be curious to know if you can always find that explore heading when you
change your rotor to headings and flick down. For me, it is hit and miss. I
find the same thing in the iBooks app on my phone. When you go to the featured
books section and flick down, sometimes even though y
Hi,
Since I've performed clean install of El Capitan, my contacts have stopped
syncing properly between my iPhone and my mac. I've made some changes to a
couple of contacts on my mac but they do not show in contacts on my iPhone.
Has anyone else experienced this? I've signed out and in to m
Hi,
I use a Mac. A quick way I use to get from the store back to my music is to
press Command-9, which goes to Internet radio, a tab that doesn't exist in the
iTunes store. Then I press command-1 to go to Music. because I chose something
that wasn't in the store, it takes me to my own music, ra
Hi alan,
One option would be to use Voice Dream Writer on your phone. Then you would
save the document as text and put a single number sign/hash symbol, whatever
you want to call it, before any line that you wanted to be level 1, two at the
beginning of any line you want to be level 2, etc. Voi
That is correct and of course makes sense since the 6S Plus is much bigger and
just as the iPad has a better and louder speaker the 6 Plus has room for a
bigger and louder speaker.
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Pinky
Sent: Tuesday, October 1
Hi Kevin,
It is family after all and I assume you wouldn’t add family members to family
sharing if you weren’t getting along with them. Therefore, just make sure they
understand that any purchases they make come off your card and arrange for them
to pay you back. I believe there is an altern
In trying out the two phones I found the speaker to be better and louder on the
6 plus. Can anyone confirm this?
Ed
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Alex Hall
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 11:19 PM
To: 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone
Subject: Re: D
For me the mispronounciation of the letter B only occurs when the B is
capitalized. I find the mispronounction helpful being that B and V sound so
similar.
Donna
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Bill Gallik wrote:
>
> The problem has "gone away" after I deployed the Alex voice on my iPhone 6.
Hi
It's good news for us as my friend doesn't have a credit or debit card
on file with Apple. Thanks to family sharing she can purchase items,
even if she doesn't have sufficient or no credit at all, as they will be
charged to my card. It also means she can share my Apple Music
subscription a
The problem has "gone away" after I deployed the Alex voice on my iPhone 6.
But, I think I'll try switching back to the Samantha voice to find out if
switching the voices helps the matter.
Thanks for the idea!
- Bill & Leader Dog Holland
- "With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from
I'd rather get the 6S over the 6S+ and just carry an external battery and
lightning cable in my purse. I carry my 4S on my belt, and it seems like doing
that with the 6S+ would be awkward.
Thamks,
Ari
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>
> It's really down to what's important. I
I finally upgraded to 9.0.2 from 8.1.4 this past Saturday after serious
consideration and after reading a number of posts from this list. My personal
experience has been that 9.0.2 is not even close to the disaster 8. was
last year! True, there are some "inconvenient bugs" in this release,
Unfortunately, there isn’t. Once you’ve set up family sharing for apple music,
all purchases are agreed to be paid from the organizers card.
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 2:55 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone
> wrote:
>
> This is the downre of having family accounts.
> Make them have their own account, pay for
Hi Mary,
Thanks. Changing the rotor to headings did the trick. I found the Explore
Heading. I don’t think it can be found other than doing what you described.
Les
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
>
> Seven day trial for sure. At least that's what it said when I got it, and
Hello,
It actually depends on voices, I have to say. The quality thingy, that is.
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From: Suzanne Wilson
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:24 am
Subject: RE: Quality of the VO voice
>
>
> I actually find that the enhanced voice is not as
I actually find that the enhanced voice is not as good as the regular one. Once
I switched, the quality improved--at least in my ears.
Suzanne
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Kim Samco
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 10:
Hello,
Try:
Settings. Accessibility. Voice over. Speech. Click on whatever was the default,
and look around.
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From: Kim Samco
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:56 am
Subject: Quality of the VO voice
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Since upgrading to
PS. I never used it in 8.3, so it may be worse.
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From: Paul and Paula Jordan
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:33 am
Subject: ios 9.0.2 and MBraille
>
>
> Hi, all. I have a question for those of you who use MBraille I'm considering
> up
Hello,
If you mean braille screen input, that's the only way I can type,, and if it
refuses to react, closing and reopening the particular app fixes it. All in
all, it works, its better than I thought.
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From: Paul and Paula Jordan
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date:
This is the downre of having family accounts.
Make them have their own account, pay for their own account.
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From: "Kevin Minor"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:37 AM
Subject: Is there a way for a user of a family account to have purchases go to
their own accoun
Hi.
I was going through email today, when I got an interesting surprise. I saw
that my Brother purchased an iTunes song through my family sharing. I set
this up so that he, my Mom and my Dad could use iTunes music, so I don't
want their purchases in iTunes to come off my card. Is there a way
Hello Everyone,
I just tried syncing some recently purchased audio books, purchased from
iTunes, to my iPhone 5 S running iOS 9.02. Needless to say, I was
unsuccessful.
Not only that, I seem to be unable to add or remove songs, also.
In my most recent attempt, I unchecked the box for syncin
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