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From: "Victor Gouveia"
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 1:25 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Word Ladder
Jewel,
You do realize that there are three or so number of pages within the game
packs, right?
Unfortunately, the developer, whom I've been in contact wi
Hello Jewel,
This is Mark, the moderator of this group.
Alan is absolutely correct. Thread hijacking is extremely inconvenient to
those of us using threaded conversation views in our email clients.
I believe it depends on the mailing list domain server-side settings but, in
the case of Goog
I apologise. I thought that I had removed all traces of the KNFB post.
As I often do this, to save myself the bother of typing the address for a new
message, I do the
reply to on an existing message to the list, and then remove all traces of it.
Apparently, on this occasion, I must have neglecte
Richard,
When this happened to me it was on my iPhone 6S Plus, I had only Audible and
one other app in the app switcher and I’m currently using only maybe 20 Gb of
my 64 Gb iPhone 6S Plus. The funny thing was that I don’t think I even
rebooted, it just seemed to work again later on.
From: viph
Hi,
Interestingly enough I tried to take several pictures yesterday using Tap Tap
See and this happened to me as well. I took the first picture and after that
tapping on the Camera button nothing happened and I had to remove the app from
the app switcher and start over each time. Later on I use
Hi Krister,
Do you know where the camera lens is on your iPhone. The camera lens is at the
top right of your iPhone. You need to have the lens in the middle of the paper
before lifting it off the paper.
Ed
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.c
Jewel,
I realize I'm not the moderator and I beg Mark's and Cara's forgiveness, but
when you reply to another post and change the subject, you hijack the thread as
you just did with this thread on the Knfb reader. Those of us who read email by
threads as I do on my iPhone get messed up if we'r
Krister and others,
I'll add to Sieghard's already helpful instructions. Try getting a piece of
paper you know is white with black text for scanning with Knfb reader. Place it
on a table you know is dark in a room with good lighting. After you place the
iPhone on top of the paper with the rear
I have seen it and been able to open page 3, but still no go with selecting
brand new games.
However, I will try for the umpteenth time, and, perhaps, the umpteenth and
first may yielde better
results than have my efforts heretofore!
Jewel
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Arnold,
I will try this. It is a good idea.
On Jul 2, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
To me, this sounds like it may be some kind of hardware issue with the camera.
Before reinstalling the IOS, try taking a video with your phone that lasts
longer than the camera usually runs. You wil
Jewel,
You do realize that there are three or so number of pages within the game
packs, right?
Unfortunately, the developer, whom I've been in contact with, has been
notified that Voiceover does not change the pages, so I'm afraid the only
remedy for this is to turn Voiceover off, then swipe
To me, this sounds like it may be some kind of hardware issue with the
camera. Before reinstalling the IOS, try taking a video with your phone
that lasts longer than the camera usually runs. You will need sighted
assistance to watch the video to see if the camera goes weird in it, too.
But if
I have asked this question before, and if there was an answer, I did not see it.
Finding the daily game is simple and straightforward, but finding others that I
have not, already,
played is very time-consuming and is a real pain in the neck.
It would be lovely if, once a game has been completed,
Hello,
I belong to several Facebook Groups.
What I have discovered is that even though I can read and interact with
posts in the group area, I cannot, it seems, go directly to a poster's
Facebook profile, when VoiceOver is enabled.
In order for me to jump to a poster's Facebook profile, I must
I used the app for the first time last week. I got my food and it was very
good. Two days later I went to use the same restaurant and the phone said
everything was “dim”. I’m not sure why this happened. Does anyone have
experience with this app and can you shed some light?
Marie Lyons
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The
Andy,
The stand doesn't do anything when you're on the go or especially not when you
try to read something posted on the wall. I'm sure Jim doesn't use a stand when
he's on the go.
Ron & Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] O
I've never seen that with either app. That sounds like a resource issue.
I assume no other apps are running?
Have you tried clearing out the memory by holding down the power button until
it says power off, then release the power button and hold down the home button
until it speaks again.
Which p
Lol, Wayne, it's a great solution and one I should have thought of. But,
yeh, it might be six of one and half a dozen of the other except that I
don't have to keep changing who I can get calls from with Do Not Disturb.
Thank you.
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From: Wayne Merritt
Sent: Tuesday,
Yes, I agree. It was the first app I have ever been able to scan and read
with. I paid the full price for it because I figured it beat the high price
to buy it for the PC. By comparison, it's cheap, or, I should say a great
deal.
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From: Kimber Gardner
Sent: Friday,
I would personally opt for Dropbox. Mind you, this is coming from a PC guy who
actively uses Dropbox to manipulate files on that machine. iCloud does not seem
as cross-platform friendly for editing files, but again, this is coming from a
PC person. I know the experience is probably better on a M
That was jim Gashel's technique, but I notice that he now says that he uses
a stand.
Andy
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From: Ann Byrne
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 5:30 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: KNFB reader
Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and
your hands up straigh
I have tried most obvious solutions, including reinstallation, rebooting,
power-off, etc. What I'm looking for is whether anyone else has experienced
anything similar and if not I may need to entertain a reset with fresh install
of the iOS.
On Jul 2, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi,
How about turning your phone off, waiting a few minutes, and turn it on again?
Sometimes this fixes strange things for me.
Best, Keith
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gs
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 2:38 PM
To: 'Carol
Wondering if someone else can duplicate my issue as it is quite limiting.
I am using iOS 9.3.2 and experiencing an issue of the camera only working for a
few seconds after starting Looktel money reader. The best I can tell is it
works for about 20 seconds. I am one who saves my unidentified mone
Thank you for this, I really can picture the remote now. Thank you again.
> On 2 Jul 2016, at 12:44, Tom Rash wrote:
>
> The remote has 5 keys. If you are a Braille reader, think of the
> positioning of the keys on the remote like a six dot Braille cell. Upper
> left being position one is the m
Hi Ann,
At some point, someone highjacked this thread and I am one of the guilty ones
following it.
Very sorry about that
Ron & Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ann Byrne
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 8:10 AM
To:
Just noticed a mistake in this post. It should have been: Put your elbows
against the back of the chair and your fists against the edge of the table.
Ron & Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ron
Sent: Saturday, July
Hello,
Honestly, I want the app, and I could take good use of it. If
nothing else, get fun out of it. But even while on price, I just
get upset, when I think about spending £50 for an app, when that
could be the half of a refurbished iPad's price. I just wish it
was cheaper. Is there a dem
Just noticed a mistake in this post. It should have been: Put your elbows
against the back of the chair and your fists against the edge of the table.
Ron & Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ron
Sent: Saturday, July
Hi,
I'm curious if one would most likely use Dropbox or iCloudDrive, or if one
would use both?
Especially if both are suggested, which would be used for which purposes?
I'm at a point where I may need to add storage space, and I don't want to pay
for 2 different cloud storage options, unless t
Krister,
Please don’t say you asked and didn’t get help on this list. I have seen many
posts trying to help you including mine. I do agree that freehand OCR is more
difficult for some than it is for others but it only takes a bit of patience.
We are all trying to help you and, we will con
Gordon,
I’m afraid I dan’t disagree with you more. If a hundred dollars for an app is
too rich for your blood, that is fine. Not all people living on a fixed income
can afford it. I have been totally blind for about 40 years and I get very
good results with the KNFB app. I do understand
Krister,
Please do not feel this way. You are not dumb and you won't get any flaming.
Go ahead and persist. Keep asking questions and you will keep getting answers.
This what this list is all about. Don't be so hard on yourself. A little
patience will get you there.
Don't know if you read
Hi Krister,
I certainly hope you didn't feel I was "flaming" you; if it came across this
way I want to apologize since it certainly wasn't my intention. I was simply
responding to your statement you didn't get any help on the list regarding this
with examples of helpful posts where people tried
Jeremy,
I always suggest to the people I work with to practice with a letter size
document and to make sure it is squared off with the edge of the desk or table
and make sure they are sitting straight. Many of us who are totally blind tend
not to sit squared with the table. Putting elbows ag
Hi,
I also keep my phone 25 to 30 centimetres or 10 to 12 inches above my target
and get very good results. I agree that holding it lower than that does not
work as well. Also, many people try to get too close to the 0º mark and get
discouraged as to how long it takes to get there. If I g
Hello Arnold,
To delete an item from iBook, in iOS, assuming that you have the latest version
of iOS, of course:
1.
>From within iBook, select Library.
2.
Tap the Select button, located in the upper right corner of the display.
3.
Locate the item you wish to delete and Single-finger, double-ta
Hi Gordan,
I totally understand how KNFB Reader is not valuable to you if it doesn’t
support your language. However, I am completely blind with not even any light
perception and I can guaranty that if I have a page of printed material that
isn’t too difficult in terms of maybe crazy colours wit
Hello Jeremy and Krister
It is strange how our experiences differ. I get perfect scans all the time.
Just as an example: I got a prepaid cell phone sim card yesterday. I took the
small card which gives the pin, puc and card number and took a picture with
KNFB and got 100% correct info. The card
You're not alone. I consider myself a bit of a techi, and I too struggle with
the KNFB reader. There is only so much time and effort one can devote to these
things. I mostly use it on packages to determine who they are addressed to.
JR
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com
Hi. Maybe i'm being sarcastic about it because i'm so stupid i don't understand
the instructions given and if so this entire thing is simply my fault and i
will then try my very best to shut up in this matter and not say another word.
And please believe me when i say that this isn't in the least
But how will this affect the placement of the paper?
/Krister
Skickat från min iPhone
> 2 juli 2016 kl. 14:30 skrev Ann Byrne :
>
> Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and your hands up straight, hold
> the phone in your hand and take the picture.
> At 07:19 AM 7/2/2016, you wrote:
>>
If anyone on this list is a member of NFB or ACB or other blind organizations,
perhaps if those organizations legal representatives looked into things from a
legal perspective we could get more prompt repairs instead of having a year or
two of terrible experiences every time there is an update b
Hi!
I'll reply on this one but this is a joint reply to Sieghard, Anne
and Sandra.
I have some sight left, something between 2 and 5 percent, that's
what doctors are saying. I can see the picture on the screen,
distinguish icons, even recognize some apps by its icon.
Hi,
I rarely use the Facebook app on my iPhone but I do on my Windows 7 laptop.
I am constantly getting emails from Facebook that I have new notifications.
I will log-on to the web site and, lo and behold, there are no new
notifications. Unsubscribing from getting the emails is the only perma
Hi Jeremy and Apple,
What sort of files do you want to transfer? I am just asking because unless
they are app-specific files there may be work-arounds using Dropbox or similar
cloud storage services. Unfortunately iTunes File Transfer to my knowledge
hasn't been accessible at all in the iTunes
I am not having this problem on my iPhone 6. I have seen this problem though.
The problem is the notifications aren't being loaded. In my previous experience
with this I reset my network settings & this solved my problem. If you don't
want to go to that extreme try turning off wifi then turning
Please, please, call Apple Accessibility and let them know, plus go to
apple.com/feedback and send them feedback there.
There is no way I know of to get around all that tabbing in iTunes 12. The
previous versions had a simple checkbox for each app without the extra 3 or 4
items you have to go t
i'm not experiencing what you described on my 5S
Alan
Sent from my iPhone 5s
> On Jul 1, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Terri Stimmel wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have had a weird problem with Facebook, all day! I don't know what to do
> about it. I uninstalled the app, then reinstalled it. I was
Hi all,
Does anyone have any tips or tricks for using Windows version of iTunes
12.latest to transfer files into an iPhone? When I select the Apps item I
tab through the screen but must literally tab hundreds of times through all
my apps. I have about 160 apps, but sizes and date installed and su
I wrote them and have not received a reply as yet.
But, fat lot of good it will do waiting until after the championships to fix it.
Good thing TuneIn works fine. You just can’t easily get the schedule within an
app…
Richard
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.
I opened a pdf of my latest power bill in IBooks, and now, I can't figure out
how to delete it. Is there a way, other than uninstalling IBooks, then
reinstalling from the cloud the things I had in there? There has to be a
better way. A definite better way is for me to have used Voice Dream.
Hi Krister,
I must agree with Sandy in that you have gotten plenty of help. I have been
reading this thread and several people have explained exactly what they do to
make it work. I think Ron explained how he is holding the phone with both
elbows on the side of the page they want to scan which
I received the following after using the contact form. Would be good if other
interested people would write also:
Hi, thanks for your Wimbledon feedback. We will review the app for
accessibility after the Championships and work out how is can be improved
further.
In the meantime www.wimbledo
Somebody said to put your elbows on the desk and
your hands up straight, hold the phone in your hand and take the picture.
At 07:19 AM 7/2/2016, you wrote:
I have a standscan or what they are called but
i'd rather try doing it free hand since there's
no room for a stand at the desk where i sit.
I have a standscan or what they are called but i'd rather try doing it free
hand since there's no room for a stand at the desk where i sit.
Thanks for the info
/Krister
Skickat från min iPhone
> 2 juli 2016 kl. 14:13 skrev 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
> :
>
> Krista,
> Did you ever get a st
Krista,
Did you ever get a stand to use with the OCR apps? I know this isn't the same
as taking a picture on the fly, and I would be very happy to try again
explaining how I do that. but a stand is a surefire way of getting good results.
Krista, when you say you never got any help from the list,
Per the subject of this post, has anyone tried Amedia Live Reader???
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The remote has 5 keys. If you are a Braille reader, think of the
positioning of the keys on the remote like a six dot Braille cell. Upper
left being position one is the menu key. Position 2, middle left is the
Siri button used for communicating with Siri. Position 3, lower left is
play/pause bu
I managed to sign up, and take my first picture.
I closed the app, after it uploaded, like you are supposed to do.
within a few seconds i got a notification, saying that someone had replied
to my question.
when i activated the notification to the app, it kept crashing.
I closed it in my app s
How nice that people are getting such splended results with the knfv reader. I
have to aggree with Gordan though. I don't know what the hell i do wrong vut
for me the knfv reader just don't work period. I have asked on this list and on
Applevis for help but haven't gotten any so now i rely entir
Hallo to any Neato BotVac Connected users, there is an update to the app which
I have installed and find it is fine. VO seems to be perfectly OK with it. In
case, anyone was concerned. I must admit, I installed it on my spare phone,
just to be sure. As far as I can see, there are not significant
Hi,
I don't have an answer for you, but for me when using built-in iOS
braille, the home button is on the right.
Cheers,
Brett.
On 7/2/2016 4:16 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote:
It’s by design. Always have done this since it was introduced in iOS 8. Use it every
day so should know . T
Hi Gordon,
I would like to add my voice to Anne's here! I think it was both she and I
who first championed the use of Prizmo, some years back, using the old 4
phone!! Certainly, at first it was a challenge, but we did get some results
which would, at the very least, give one a good over-vi
Gordon, I have to disagree with you. For several years now, I have had very
good results freehand first with Prizmo and now with KNFBReader and I’m totally
blind. I think what makes the difference is whether we have good spacial
awareness or not. I was able to see perfectly as a young child, and
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