Re: Question on Comcast app

Regarding the newer TV app, the grid, once you get used to it, should be easy to use. To get to the grid, press the "main menu" button and choose either Live TV or All Listings. Once the grid appears, the names of each channel are presented vertically, down the far left of the app. To the right

Re: Question on Comcast app

Hi, Karen. Regarding watching TV on your phone, I recommend switching from the TVGO app to the newer Xfinity TV app, which VoiceOver will identify as TV once it's installed. The TVGo app is being discontinued and it's recommended that people use the newer TV app. Its accessibility is

Re: Amber Alerts???

Hello, on my iPhone success it can be turned off. If you go to settings, notifications, all the way down at the very bottom, there is a Government alerts heading, this has emergency alerts, and Amber alerts Joseph Hudson Group administrator for the following groups chat

Re: Mega Storage with iPhones?

Hi Shane, Perhaps it depends on the format of the video. I know Apple is really picky about the formats it will play. Android isn't, so perhaps that's the issue? I was thinking alternate services such as google drive or drop box, but again, I think it would depend on the format. I'm pretty

Re: Mega Storage with iPhones?

Hi Shane, Perhaps it depends on the format of the video. I know Apple is really picky about the formats it will play. Android isn't, so perhaps that's the issue? I was thinking alternate services such as google drive or drop box, but again, I think it would depend on the format. I'm pretty

Re: Moving apps around and placing them into respective folders?

Here is my summary of how it works. Touch the app you want to move. Flick up once and you should hear, Arrange apps. double tap. Then, do a two finger double tap and it should say something like choose a destination for the app. Now, use your normal method to get to where you want the app.

RE: Amber Alerts???

Please stop saying you cant. I am in the United states and you indeed can turn it off. I have mine turned off. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 11:35 PM To:

RE: Amber Alerts???

Found it. Go to settings, go to notifications. Then flick right until you see government alerts. The first one past that is amber alerts. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Gilley Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 11:33

Re: Amber Alerts???

Hi, I believe you can turn off the amber alerts at the bottom of the notifications settings area under settings but you can't disable government or presidential alerts if you're in the US which I'm assuming you are. So for instance if there was a major weather warning or some other

RE: Amber Alerts???

I turned mine off ages ago, yes, it indeed can be turned off. It's in settings some place. I will try to look for it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shaf Patel Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 10:43 PM To:

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

To their credit they've done a pretty good job with using keyboard access to navigate around the desktop. Haven't tested VoiceOver on OS X but on Windows using IE or Firefox works great. Not being able to read links on ones Timeline is a huge step backwards though. What's the bet they

Question on Comcast app

I recently made a change from Direct TV to Comcast. I really liked the Direct TV app, but we moved, and Comcast gave us a better price. Now I'm trying to figure out the Comcast Apps. I have the TV Remote and TV Go apps on my phone. I can't seem to find a TV listing by date and time. I'd

Re: Mega Storage with iPhones?

Hi Lynette, I'm actually an Android guy, and a good bit of my friends have iPhones. I tried sending my brother a video through Mega, and he tried opening it up through his Safari browser, and it wouldn't let him. I think it asked him to download the app in order to watch it, but I don't think he

Re: Amber Alerts???

According to Apple, it can be turned off in Settings>Notifications right at the bottom, but I don't see it on my device. On 10/9/2016 3:38 AM, Shaf Patel wrote: > It cannot. > > On 10/9/2016 3:34 AM, Nancy wrote: >> I was working on my computer when all of a sudden my SE started sounding >> a

Re: Amber Alerts???

It cannot. On 10/9/2016 3:34 AM, Nancy wrote: > I was working on my computer when all of a sudden my SE started sounding > a loud beep-beep-beep. I think it was an Amber alert. How can that > function be shut off? I just about jumped right out of my chair. > > > Please help. > > > Many

Amber Alerts???

I was working on my computer when all of a sudden my SE started sounding a loud beep-beep-beep. I think it was an Amber alert. How can that function be shut off? I just about jumped right out of my chair. Please help. Many thanks, Nancy -- The following information is important for

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

I will definitely write them, and I urge everybody else who uses this app to do the same. They haven't said what is new in their app for ages. Every time I get an update and I look at the little blurb about what's new, nothing useful is there. Same with messenger. And lots of other apps do the

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

Thank you for the link. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Shaf Patel wrote: > > Here's the link to report accessibility concerns: > https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/accessibility?sf38198997=1 > >> On 10/9/2016 1:20 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> It seems

RE: App to access Windows computer with iPhone was Re: looking for an app

Carol, To be quite honest, FileBrowser is what I last downloaded to my iPhone. I really don't use either it or Tonido much at all after getting Dropbox Pro service and its very long arms and compatibility with the apps that I use. Believe me, I'm not capable to do any sort of meaningful

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

Hi Mary, Do let us know how you get on. The latest update to the iOS app certainly introduces some major accessibility issues as it relates to VO. Going to write to them as well. Wish I could role back to a previous version of the app, but I believe the process of doing so has become

Re: Mega Storage with iPhones?

Hi, Shane, I have the Mega app, and it works really well for me, although I've had trouble trying to share folders with people. But I can listen to audio and video just fine. If you don't want to sign up for a Mega account, you should be able to click on the link someone shares with you and

Re: ANYONE TRIED iMAZING 2

I've had iMazing for over a year now. I like it and find it very accessible. I don't use it a lot because I tend to back up over the air, but I'll try to answer any questions you have. Lynette On Saturday, 8 October 2016 20:11:00 UTC-3, Carol Pearson wrote: > Hi there, > > > I saw that

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

Please report any Facebook accessibility issues on the link below. https://m.facebook.com/help/contact/169372943117927 Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow

Re: Facebook accessibility address?

Here's the link to report accessibility concerns: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/accessibility?sf38198997=1 On 10/9/2016 1:20 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > It seems to me that I recall seeing some kind of an address for the people > who are supposedly working on accessibility at Facebook. And

Facebook accessibility address?

It seems to me that I recall seeing some kind of an address for the people who are supposedly working on accessibility at Facebook. And they certainly got a lot of credit for that very much hyped feature where descriptions are provided for some photos. Now, there is some really serious breakage

ANYONE TRIED iMAZING 2

Hi there, I saw that iPhone Life was advertising the above and havfe the trial version. Due to the limitations, I probably can't really decide how good I think it is. I'm also a little stumped with a few things and haven't really the time to dig into the hows and whys in order to get it

Re: Annoying Buffering Behavior Gone in IOS 10

Hi there, Well, if ever you have the time and inclination and are brave enough, I'd re-install if I were you! If I am me, and I am, then perhaps I wouldn't be bothered ... I do admit that such a bug is rather annoying though. Carol P On 08/10/2016 19:28, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND

Rich Links in iMessages

Hi, I have googled this and I can’t seem to find any helpful info. I absolutely do not like the way imessages is handling links. iMessages is changing links into fancy Rich Links. I am having a lot of trouble with these things. If I send a link to someone sometimes the link does not even take

Re: An iOS iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug, Detected, Please Confirm

I attempted to read the iPhone webpage on the Apple site and iphone user guide on IBooks and my iPhone dims then locks using the 30 sec auto lock setting on iOS 10.0.2 on my iPhone 6s. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE

Re: iPhone 7 plus, muffled outgoing audio?

Hi Rick, Are you per chance on Verizon? I have read where some Verizon iPhone 7 owners have been experiencing this outgoing audio problem. Not sure what the current state of affairs is. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: > > Are

Moving apps around and placing them into respective folders?

Howdy, SO, a week into the new iPhone and new IOS 10 and I'm running into an interesting issue. I downloaded some new apps that need to go into folders I'd created a while back on my older iPhone and IOS. When I double-tap on the app and hold, a message comes up saying something about

iPhone 7 plus, muffled outgoing audio?

Are any iPhone 7 plus owners experiencing muvvled outgoing call audio? Both my wife and I have iPhone 7 pluses and we keep getting complaints that we sound either muffled or distant. This is either with or without a case on the phone. We are on TMobile. Anyone else getting these complaints?

Re: An iOS iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug, Detected, Please Confirm

Hello again, I also did a test with speak screen. It didn't do it there either. Hope this helps. Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On Oct 8, 2016, at 11:41 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > My preferred method for reading iOS iBook titles is to use the two-finger, >

Re: An iOS iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug, Detected, Please Confirm

Hi Mark, I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 10.1 beta, and I cannot reproduce this bug. I changed by auto lock to 30 seconds, then wt into the basics part of the iPhone user's guide. There I went and did the continuous reading and didn't notice this bug. I was using VO the whole time. I didn't try

RE: Annoying Buffering Behavior Gone in IOS 10

Thanks, Carol. It is definitely a relief. I still have the old behavior on my iPhone 4S and a first generation iPad mini which I can't upgrade to IOS 10, but at least it's gone on what I can upgrade. Since this happened on a relatively new iPad which I hadn't done much set up on, I had

An iOS iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug, Detected, Please Confirm

Hello Everyone, My preferred method for reading iOS iBook titles is to use the two-finger, swipe-down VoiceOver gesture, in order to initiate continuous reading of the text. Please note that I am not referring to the Speak Screen accessibility feature. For whatever reason, using the method

Mega Storage with iPhones?

Hi guys, Quick question, does anyone know if the app Mega works with watching a video on the iPhone? Some people say all you have to do is open the link that someone sends you and the browser, and it works. Others have told me that you have to download the app, but it doesn't work for some

Re: App to access Windows computer with iPhone was Re: looking for an app

Alan, I too used to use Tonido but haven't for a while, basically because it wasn't working for me and I forgot what I was doing with it ... Why do you prefer File Browser? I'd love a comparison of the two from you, if you can spare the time and energy. Thanks. On 05/10/2016

Re: Annoying Buffering Behavior Gone in IOS 10

Oh, Pam, I'm glad to hear I'm not alone. I think, honestly, I'd have cured it if I'd wiped my phone and reinstalled, but I couldn't be bothered to do that, knowing that an upgrade was just a few weeks away, so I left it and my decision was the right one. Anyway, I am glad you are also sorted

Re: Off-topic, please, I need your urgent help

E.U phones can work in the U.S, but at a huge premium. Don't do it. By a p.a.y.g simm on arrival and put that in your phone. Sieghart knows some that cover Ca, and Us; I remember a guy from his area - Las Mesa - keep offering them and they did look a good deal. For sure it is the only way to

RE: Off-topic, please, I need your urgent help

One thing he definitely does not want to do is use whatever plan he has from your country in the US, the roaming charges will be brutal. I am quite sure T-Mobil has prepaid cards and his phone should work fine with T-Mobil or even AT, not sure if it wold work with Verizon and it's very unlikely

Re: Facebook blank

Hi Don’t worry about that, these are false silences they mean nothing, just go on and skip over them. But please please do not update higher then v64.0 because otherwise you will miss whole bunches of information. Regards Davy From: Gordan Radić Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 3:42 PM

Re: Off-topic, please, I need your urgent help

Hi Richard, thank you very much for information. He wil be staying in the U.S. for two months, until Christmas, he does not know if he will get back there after Christmas, so he is trying to find the best option regarding carrier. Thanks again. Best regards, Maria On 8. 10. 2016 16:31,

Re: Off-topic, please, I need your urgent help

I live in the US. The people I know who travel to Europe say it is much more cost effective to buy a simm card in Europe, so I suspect that will be the case for him coming here. tMobile, and Consumer Cellular have good plans that do not require a contract. I do not know about prepaid cards

Off-topic, please, I need your urgent help

Hello list, please, I need some urgent info from people either living in the U.S. or those who went there for a trip. My brother got job in the US and leaves in a few weeks. He takes his cellphone, but he needs to find out a few things: 1. Do cellphones purchased in Europe work with U.S.

Re: Facebook blank

Hi! I'm experiencing similar problem with FB since iOS 10 upgrade. I flick through statuses and it goes like: John Smith liked the page, Jane Doe posted 4 new photos, etc etc. Suddenly the next flick is silent and it remains silent no matter what I try and the

RE: fit bit

I certainly agree that an Apple Watch might be a better option, but I am sure for some on the list the fact that it costs 3 times as much is a factor. I believe the least expensive Apple Watch you can buy is the first generation Apple Watch which has been updated with the new processor but

A Blind legend question

Hello There are any totureals for A blind legend game? Someone had win this game -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please

stil tramendous accessibility bugs in the fb app

Hi folks Please do not update the fb app till version 64.0. That version is quite good but 65 and 66 have a lot of accessibility issues of which the most important is that most content that is shared is nolonger spoken. As many of us reported this fatal bug and fb did not even solve it in the