Email client

2017-09-13 Thread Michael Maslo
Hello list. I was wondering if anyone knew a email client which offered the ability to delete all messages at once. The native mail app does not offer it nor the outlook app. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Get Outlook -- The following information is

RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Cristóbal
Yes, but what if you’re one of the Joneses? Apple’s basically got eight different models with different storage sizes to choose from now. Something for everyone. I’m more inclined to stick with a finger print model for at least one more year and probably by next year the face ID thing will be

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Andy Baracco
The carriers may offer discounts as an incentive to switch. Andy - Original Message - From: Mary Otten To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:27 PM Subject: Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10? The price

iPhone 6+

2017-09-13 Thread Billy Maynard
Hi, I think this has been talked about before. I have an iPhone 6+. how many verssions of ios will be still supported by the 6+? Will 11? like Most have said about the X I don't see an advantage to a blind person for the X but, the 8+ might be a nice upgrade? I do wonder though will

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
The price isn't going to go down very much this year. Unlike what happens with android phones, where you see all kinds of discounts and deals and two for one at Cetera, don't look for any big deals on the iPhone ex. Besides, as a blind person, it makes zero sense to buy this phone. You get

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
that price will come down over time if the market is anything to go on. From: Jewel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 22:30 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10? >From what I hear, precious little to precious none!!

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
I couldn't agree more. If I were in the market this year, I would get an 8+. No question. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 13, 2017, at 7:43 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > > The iPhone X offers nothing for a visually impaired person that would warrant > the increased price.

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
would it not be better to have the phone on a flat surface so that the scanning device at least is steady? From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 20:33 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10? I think

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Andy Baracco
The iPhone X offers nothing for a visually impaired person that would warrant the increased price. The iPhone 8 should service the needs of a visually impaired person well. Andy - Original Message - From: Jewel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Re: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Jewel
>From what I hear, precious little to precious none!! and the price makes it >even more unattractive! Who wants to keep up with the well-heeled Jones' anyway? Jewel From: Cris Ali Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: What do you expect

RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Cris Ali
I love the short text channel on Seeing AI. I almost stopped using KNFB reader entirely because of that. I used to use KNFB reader mostly to identify the pieces of mail I get, but now I use seeing AI instead. Cheers, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

RE: How To Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes 12.7

2017-09-13 Thread James Homuth
I assume the usual copy/paste will work as well? Also: Would I be right in assuming the "automatically add to iTunes" folder is also retired? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: September-13-17 9:38 PM To:

Re: Can you scan a street sign?

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
The short text mode can work very well on street signs. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Sep 13, 2017, at 6:30 PM, Kellie > wrote: Which mode on Seeing AI were using to try and read the street sign with? When you said that I told you

How To Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes 12.7

2017-09-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As there are many, like me, who use both Mac and Windows, I'm posting the following article to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. The point of this support page, from Apple, is that one can continue to manage custom media content in iTunes 12.7: Mark Manually

Re: Can you scan a street sign?

2017-09-13 Thread Kellie
Which mode on Seeing AI were using to try and read the street sign with? When you said that I told you that it was a palm tree or something, that told me that perhaps you were using the scene beta? Maybe try using short text? I apologize for dictation errors I have a 9 1/2 month old and my

Re: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
What would be nice is if the thermostat made by Talking Thermostat would add internet access. I almost went with them because the thermostat is 100 percent talking and programmable, but is not controllable away from home or on a device. Richard G (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Sep 13, 2017,

RE: Dating sites

2017-09-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Terri, You ask an excellent question. To be honest, my answer depends upon whether or not you have any usable vision as I'm afraid accessibility has fallen by the wayside, in terms of dating resources, these days. If you have some usable vision, this is to say, you can see enough to

RE: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The thermostat from www.RadioThermostat.com works just as a normal thermostat if there is no internet, but it is a touch screen device so you would probably have to get some help initially to make it accessible to the point where you could at least turn the temperature up or down, maybe put

Re: Can you scan a street sign?

2017-09-13 Thread Evan Reese
You might try Tap Tap See. I’ve used it to read the brand name and model of my neighbor’s boat, and someone’s car. Since the letters are bound to be large, make sure you stand back several feet to get a good view of them. I think it would work. Evan From: Mr. Ed Sent: Wednesday, September

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
How do you stream an Audible book, I have never seen this option yet in the Augible app. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 4:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

Re: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I had the same thought, but the person is talking about when they no longer have connection to the internet but they still have power. Apparently the Nest thermostats don't do so well when they can't reach their servers. On 09/13/2017 07:58 PM, Mary Otten wrote: So when your Internet was

Re: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
So when your Internet was out, wasn't your power also out? And if so, how was the thermostat working and what would it be controlling, since presumably the appliances it was controlling, your furnace or AC, need power. I agree the thermostat should be accessible, but if the power is out,

Can you scan a street sign?

2017-09-13 Thread Mr. Ed
Hi Everyone. I tried using the Seeing AI app to scan a street sign. I thought someone said they used it to scan street signs. When I tried it it told me it was a palm tree with a sign. LOL. Any suggestions on what app could be used to read a street sign? Mr. Ed -- The following information is

RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I think OCR results also depend on who is doing the scanning since there are people on this list who say they can’t for the life of them even get anything good with KNFB Reader. If the print is good I get near 100% accuracy both with KNFB Reader and the document scanning channel in Seeing AI.

Re: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Andy Baracco
This is a major issue going forward as more and more devices become dependent on Internet connectivity. No power, no Internet, no control of these devices. Andy - Original Message - From: "Chip Orange" To: Sent: Wednesday, September

RE: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread Mr. Ed
Hi Sieghard, Now you leave your grubby little hands off your wife when she is sleeping. LOL >From one Christian brother to another. Mr. Ed -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

RE: thermostat

2017-09-13 Thread Chip Orange
So do I, but when my internet was out for several days during the recent hurricane, the Nest app doesn't work to control the thermostat, and the thermostat isn't accessible (especially so when it's constantly displaying error messages about not being able to contact the main Nest servers).

Re: latest dropbox & IOS 11

2017-09-13 Thread Melissa Tucker
I don’t see any problems or changes. The layout is a little different’ but it works great. On Sep 13, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Vicki wrote: Has anyone using IOS 11 tried it with dropbox 64.2? There were some changes taking affect in DB with IOS 11 involving graphics with DB, so

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Chip Orange
This is where you download and use the Audible app after you have purchased the book. You will find a tab for your library, and in there are buttons to show you which books you own "in the cloud" and which you have downloaded to your device. Set it to the cloud, and you will find an option to

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Chip Orange
No Jed, if you want to use your phone you must purchase the books using the web site, and then you can listen using the Audible app (which will download them to your phone or stream them as you like). I download them so they will work even if I am out of cell range. Chip -Original

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Chip Orange
I believe Amazon audio books are the same as Audible audio books, as they own Audible. I love Audible, and have signed up using Amazon, for their "one credit per month" for $15 plan (1 credit gets you one book regardless of its price). You can listen to Audible books using an iPhone app or

Discover bluetooth

2017-09-13 Thread Diane
I have Creator and Jaws latest 18. I was checking in settings and I discovered my bluetooth is turned off. It says my devices are pared but turned off. I'm not sure how that happened. Could some tell me the steps to turn it back on? I have searched google for questions and answers but some

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread James Homuth
By now I'd imagine most of the people still on iOS 9 are on iOS 9 because it's a better option than forking over additional cash for a new phone when theirs works perfectly well, outside of the fact Apple has decided that no new iOS for you. Unless you're still running a machine from nearly 15

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread James Homuth
Entirely possible, at which point I'll start looking for alternatives. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: September-13-17 2:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread James Homuth
Eh. I've updated both ways, so I mean the apps thing won't annoy me too much. I may go considerably longer between updates than I ordinarily would, but I'm sure the world won't end. The only thing that will annoy me is Apple will essentially force you to redownload all your apps if you restore

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Jeff Bishop
You can purchase them either on the Audible site or Amazon (I would suggest Audible). Use the Audbile app to sign in and download the book to play it. -Original Message- From: jedbar...@gmail.com [mailto:jedbar...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
Sent from my iPhone -- 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 contact the owners or moderators directly rather than

Re: Apple's New Face ID Biometric System Works in the Dark and When Your Face is Obscured by Hats and Beards

2017-09-13 Thread the . big . apple . nerd
Amazing email. I am very interested in trying this Maria Reyes Owner of the following groups- Apple 411: apple411+subscribe@groups.ioiMessage/FaceTime:

Re: Wished the keynote event would have talked about iOS 11.

2017-09-13 Thread dacia . luck
Yes, all of that makes sense. I was able to find out the information I was looking for on a podcast that talked about the developers conference. Thank you, Dacia Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 13, 2017, at 2:34 PM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > And, iOS

Re: 5.8" iPhone X designed for two-handed use as Apple apparently drops support for Reachability

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
Well, there was a line in that article that talked about someone using the gold master not being able to do the swipe down on the top of their plus phone. I assume them and a 7+. So it sounds like this has ramifications for all of us. I guess we'll just have to see. Mary Sent from my iPhone

Re: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
You cannot purchase audible books on Apple devices with the Audible or Amazon app. You have to use the website. It's not hard, my audible library as proof of that. Smile. It's not as convenient as doing it in the app. Once you have purchased a book on the website, you open the Audible app and

Re: 5.8" iPhone X designed for two-handed use as Apple apparently drops support for Reachability

2017-09-13 Thread Wayne Merritt
I wonder if this will change how we access the Control and Notification Centers in iOS on all phones, or just on the iPhone X. Wayne On 9/13/17, Mary Otten wrote: > Interesting that this change for the iPhone X is apparently going to have > ramifications for other phones,

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Alan Lemly
To purchase Audible books and then download them to your iDevice, you'll need either an Audible or Amazon account. I found it advantageous to link my Audible and Amazon accounts a good while back so I only have to worry with remembering my Amazon account details. You have to purchase your

Apple's New Face ID Biometric System Works in the Dark and When Your Face is Obscured by Hats and Beards

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
Apple's New Face ID Biometric System Works in the Dark and When Your Face is Obscured by Hats and Beards MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors / Juli Clover In the new iPhone X, Face ID, a facial recognition system, replaces the Touch ID fingerprint sensor we've grown accustomed to since it was

5.8" iPhone X designed for two-handed use as Apple apparently drops support for Reachability

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting that this change for the iPhone X is apparently going to have ramifications for other phones, not being able to swipe down from the top to access notification center. That's kind of a drag. I suppose there will be another way to do it. Mary 5.8" iPhone X designed for two-handed use

Re: Plus or standard.

2017-09-13 Thread Wayne Merritt
Sieghard, Several reasons. The biggest is space. I currently have a 128 gig iPhone 7, and have used just under half the space. I don't want to pay a premium price for the 256 gig phone when I know I won't use all that space. If Apple had kept the 128 gig size, I'm still not sure I would upgrade. I

Re: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, OK so i found a book i wanted using audible. So the big question is how do i download it? I see a thing where you can hear a sample, then you have the tabs, but i see no download button. Any ideas? On 9/13/17, Jed Barton wrote: > Have you found the audio books to

Re: Face Id accessibility explained by Jonathan Mosen

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
Somewhere I saw that the 8+ is actually going to have one hour more real world battery life than even the 10th. But the best thing is to just wait until all these phones are out of people are using them in the real world and start conducting systematic battery test. Mary Sent from my iPhone

trying this again: several questions about podcasts and YouTube

2017-09-13 Thread Wayne Scott
Hopefully this will go through this time. I am just researching at this point. Which is easier, podcasting or doing a YouTube channel? I want to do an audio only channel. How does one record, edit, and submit a podcast? What apps would I need for this? How does one recored, edit and submit

Re: Face Id accessibility explained by Jonathan Mosen

2017-09-13 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
I thought they ment the iPhone X uses more energy than the 7 and 8, so they made a better battery to have equal batterytime. Ronald > Op 13 sep. 2017, om 18:07 heeft Sieghard Weitzel het > volgende geschreven: > > They did also say the iPhone X had 2 hours more battery

Re: Speakers of iPhone X

2017-09-13 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
I would think so too, but there may be less room. Youre right though, we will see it soon enough. Ronald > Op 13 sep. 2017, om 18:16 heeft Sieghard Weitzel het > volgende geschreven: > > They would be the same, there is no way Apple would put lower quality > speakers into

Re: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Jed Barton
Have you found the audio books to be accessible through amazon? So how does it work, you download them and they just come to your phone? I take it you do it through the amazon app? On 9/13/17, Jeff Bishop wrote: > Audible was purchased by Amazon so buying audio books

RE: some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Jeff Bishop
Audible was purchased by Amazon so buying audio books through them is really buying from Amazon/Audible. You will need the iOS Audible app or the Android version of that. The Audible Desktop player still works as well on Windows. Another site for MP3 audio books is: https://www.downpour.com/

some audio book questions

2017-09-13 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, OK, so i'm looking to get some audio books. My question is where is the best place to get them? Are things like amazon audio books accessible? If so what's the best app to play them on? If i were to buy an audio book, is amazon a good place, and what would you recommend for apps?

Re: Wished the keynote event would have talked about iOS 11.

2017-09-13 Thread christopher hallsworth
And, iOS presentations are featured at WWDC, iOS 11 being no exception. So no point discussing it again at their special event. > On 13 Sep 2017, at 01:55, Kelly Pierce wrote: > > Apple intentionally kept the presentation under two hours. This > presentation not only

Re: latest dropbox & IOS 11

2017-09-13 Thread Vicki
Thank you. I'm not using IOS 11, but I will, so I was just wondering if Dropbox still works correctly once you are in there. Is getting to DB different when using IOS 11? Vicki - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday,

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Liz and LD Hope
I just updated to the latest version of iTunes. Yeah, there are changes, but for what I use iTunes for, it does not affect me. I figure updating is going to be necessary sooner rather than later, so I did it. Liz Ulrich and LD Hope -- The following information is important for all

RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Cris Ali
I say this because I have been using OCR apps, including text detective, text grabber prizmo, KNFB reader and others since iPhone 4S and have not seen a huge OCR improvements. In other words the OCR improvements do not match the huge changes in the photo quality across the various releases of

RE: Braille Display command trouble

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
I suspect it is since it just says iOS 11. It doesn't say beta. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:01 PM To: Viphone Subject:

Re: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread Sue Bee
If you watch the presentation from Apple, they were not describing a system that reacts to someone's gaze. They were describing a system that maps the appearance of your face. When you hold the device in front of your face in the training process it understands what you look like taking all of

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Certainly not in a hurry as in not in the first few days is smart, but once the bugs are worked out where I have a well-functioning device I would certainly want to upgrade. After all, we all know that sooner or later upgrading is not an option and I highly doubt Apple is bringing this stuff

RE: Alexa app on the iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks, if you could find out for sure, that would be great! Thanks, Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nimer Jaber Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:54 AM To: viPhone Subject: Re: Alexa app on the iPhone You

RE: Alexa app on the iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
Good to know. Thank you. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:44 AM To: viPhone Subject: Re: Alexa app on the iPhone Hi, You cannot talk

RE: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Apple does Face Id not retina or cornia scanning. I think without Voiceover where as they say "attention is required" means simply the phone will know if your eyes are open and looking at the phone, after that it's strictly Face recognition. As they said in the keynote, an array of 30,000

RE: latest dropbox & IOS 11

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Try using the Files app if you are running the iOS 11 Beta, the latest Dropbox update said this in the Whats New section: What’s new: • Easier access to Dropbox: Once you upgrade to iOS 11, you can access your Dropbox files from the new Files app and supported third-party apps. No need to

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Alan Lemly
Just an added reason to not be in a hurry to upgrade to iOS 11. Alan Lemly From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 1:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the

Re: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
what if your eyes are prosthetic as mine are? -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 13:49 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: About unlocking iPhone 10 It will be interesting to see how this works in the real world once these phones are

Re: Braille Display command trouble

2017-09-13 Thread christopher hallsworth
You say "final update beta". Does this mean the GM? Just curious as that's what I'm running now on all my devices. > On 13 Sep 2017, at 12:12, Diane wrote: > > I am on the final bata update right now. Expecting to download from Apple > IOS 11 next week. >>

Re: Alexa app on the iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Nimer Jaber
You can, however, do this with the reverve app I believe it is... haven't used it in a while, and if someone would like more info I will dig it up. Thanks. On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 1:44 PM Aleeha Dudley wrote: > Hi, > You cannot talk to the Alexa app, it is only a

Re: Alexa app on the iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Aleeha Dudley
Hi, You cannot talk to the Alexa app, it is only a method for accessing settings and features of the Echo device. You can access your messages and notifications, as well as enable and sign into new skills, but you can’t actually interact with Alexa through the app. HTH, Aleeha > On Sep 13,

latest dropbox & IOS 11

2017-09-13 Thread Vicki
Has anyone using IOS 11 tried it with dropbox 64.2? There were some changes taking affect in DB with IOS 11 involving graphics with DB, so I am wondering how well it is working? Thanks. Vicki -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any

Alexa app on the iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
I have a client who just got an Echo Dot. It is now setup on his iPhone. I do not have one, so wondered what the app provides you when you are not in the same room as the Echo Dot? Can you verbally talk to the app and get responses? I won't see him for a couple of weeks, so any tips on what the

RE: Plus or standard.

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Really, you are changing from a 7 to a 7 Plus? Why not at least get the 8 Plus if you really do want to upgrade for battery life, at least then you have wireless charging and you can charge your phone while using a headset without having to use a splitter and all that. -Original

RE: What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Why do you say developers of OCR apps have not taken full advantage of the camera capabilities of the 6S and 7? Just curious how you know this? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cris Ali Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:44 AM To:

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Note to James: I assume it will not only be not practical but impossible to hold on to current iTunes version once iOS 11 comes out. I wouldn’t be surprised if iOS 11 would require the latest version of iTunes to work. Of course I could be wrong, it does happen once or twice a year *smile*.

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The article says you can still manage ringtones you have with iTunes so that part won’t be changed would be my interpretation. I think there would be a pretty big outcry if Apple did not at all allow users to add their own ringtones. As for the app store in iTunes, well, I haven’t used that to

RE: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
It will be interesting to see how this works in the real world once these phones are in the hands of blind users. It's nice Apple is thinking of this, but I thought it was neat how Face Id wouldn't unlock a phone if the person had their eyes closed. This makes total sense because if it could be

RE: Dating sites

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Keep in mind that typically dating sites are like products in that you get what you pay for. Anything that is free is likely to have a lot of fake stuff on it, if people have to pay a membership there is a much greater likelyhood they are actually serious about finding somebody for real. I met

iPhone X dimensions and weight, was: iPhone X Question

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi, It is exactly the shape of the current iPhones, but all 3 new iPhones now have also a glass back (again) since the iPhone 4 and 4S also had a glass back. I just Googled iPhone X dimensions and did find the following information on GSMMarina.com, here they did by the way also say the iPhone

RE: Speakers of iPhone X

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
They would be the same, there is no way Apple would put lower quality speakers into their flagship phone. Once I Fix It gets their hand on an iPhone X we'll know all, but it does sound very much like the iPhone X mostly is different from the iPhone 8 because of the OLED screen and the Face Id

RE: Face Id accessibility explained by Jonathan Mosen

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Mary, you have a 7 Plus, right? Unless you have more money than you can count I totally agree that buying an 8, 8 Plus or iPhone X would be a waste of money. If somebody has a ton of money and likes new toys I guess that’s fair enough, but I think even those of us who have a 6S or 6S Plus can

RE: Face Id accessibility explained by Jonathan Mosen

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
They did also say the iPhone X had 2 hours more battery life, but I don't think they said if that was 2 hours more over the previous 7 or now the 8 or if it is 2 hours more than the 7 Plus and 8 Plus. I'm sure all these details will be revealed in the weeks to come or maybe I should say the

Re: Plus or standard.

2017-09-13 Thread Wayne Merritt
Mary, I'm with you. I have a 128 gig 7 from last year, and feel like I'm being strong armed to get the 256 gig phone if I want to upgrade. I am switching carriers though from T-Mobile back to AT, so I will be upgrading, but to a 7 Plus for the longer battery. More than that though, I will be on

RE: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

2017-09-13 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Sounds like somebody who wants to be heard, from all I have seen so far Apple has really nailed this and I assume it will be much more intuitive and easy to use as this person makes it out to be. As he said, he hasn’t tried it yet and therefore it’s all just speculation. Apparently what Samsung

What do you expect the advantages to be for a blind user in iPhone 10?

2017-09-13 Thread Cris Ali
May be it is too early to tell because none of us has seen iPhone ten yet. But I listened to the Apple description of the hardware carefully and I could not find in it anything for me as a blind user which does not already exist in iPhone seven or the forth coming iPhone eight. How many

several questions on podcasts and YouTube

2017-09-13 Thread Wayne Scott
chand want to leave some comments. How do I change my name on YouTube without having to create a new account?IO am using an iPhone with latest version of IOS and VoiceOver and a braille display. Wayne -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have

Re: Removing apps from IPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Richard Turner
When VoiceOver says editing, just double tap on the app and you should be asked if you want to delete it. Richard On Sep 13, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Ralph Supernaw > wrote: Hi, I used to know how to do this, but how do you remove and app from an IPhone 6? I can

RE: iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread James Homuth
Note to self: hold on to current version of iTunes until it becomes impractical. Also: what does this mean for those of us who prefer to make our own ringtones? Are we boned as of latest version? _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten

iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes

2017-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
iTunes 12.7: How to cope with the abrupt changes Macworld / Glenn Fleishman iTunes 12.7 appeared Tuesday following Apple’s slate of product announcements, and its version number hides how much that’s disappeared and changed in this release. The iOS App Store is wiped out, as are ringtones.

Removing apps from IPhone

2017-09-13 Thread Ralph Supernaw
Hi, I used to know how to do this, but how do you remove and app from an IPhone 6? I can figure out how to move them but can’t find any options for getting rid of them. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

Re: New iTunes 12.7 removes the App Store

2017-09-13 Thread Russ Kiehne
How will this effect itunes file sharing? From: Grant Hardy Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 7:10 PM To: Viphone List Subject: New iTunes 12.7 removes the App Store Hi all, It appears that iTunes 12.7, released today for PC and Mac, has removed the ability to download, update and sync iOS

RE: Duolingo

2017-09-13 Thread Mike Ulrich
The app is crap! Just my two cents worth. Michael D. Ulrich Just an ordinary average blind guy! Florida Council of the Blind Fundraising Committee Member !**! FCB 7th Annual Blind Fishing Tournament! Saturday March 19, 2018! Cape Coral Yacht Club; 5819 Driftwood Pkwy. Cape Coral, Fl.

Duolingo

2017-09-13 Thread Kelby Carlson
Does anyone know of a good blind-friendly introduction to this app? Tried to use it but the very first level had me answering questions with pictures. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

RE: A neat radio station app that you can use in place of iTunes.

2017-09-13 Thread Mike Ulrich
Here’s another idea; when you become an Amazon Prime Member, you get a basic version of Amazon Music for free. You could pay the whole one year Amazon Prime membership subscription up front for $99.00. Or you can pay by the month for I think $10.00. Then again I think they still have some

Re: A neat radio station app that you can use in place of iTunes.

2017-09-13 Thread Fanus
Hello list What is the monthly subscription for IHeart Radio? Regards Fanus From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 1:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A neat radio station app that you can use in place of iTunes. Did it get updated to 64 bit? If not it will

Re: games to play on iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread 'John' via VIPhone
Hi I am probably not the best person to ask about games as i do not get a lot of time to play them. When I do want to go looking for new games Apple Vis and Audiogame.net are both excellent. Hope this helps John from Woodside Apps. - Accessible Apps and games for mobile devices. Twitter

Re: Braille Display command trouble

2017-09-13 Thread Diane
I am on the final bata update right now. Expecting to download from Apple IOS 11 next week. - Original Message - From: Melissa Tucker To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 6:10 PM Subject: Re: Braille Display command trouble I think i have an

Re: About unlocking iPhone 10

2017-09-13 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, You will be able to turn off the attention option in the accessibility options. This means you will not have to have your eyes open I believe. This was mentioned in an applevis post. Regards, Greg Wocher > On Sep 12, 2017, at 7:04 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Maybe

Re: games to play on iPhone

2017-09-13 Thread 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
hi John, I don't really play games on my iPhone, but do remember, when using a PC and a little bit of site, gone now, playing a game called monkey Island and one called Discworld. I loved playing those games! do you know, is there anything like them now available and accessible for the iPhone?

Re: Dating sites

2017-09-13 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
Facebook, they're everywhere. Ek!... one search turned up a gay-blind list/group. So, a good search term is as much as it needs. Before anybody jumps on it, i'm not being judgemental, just saying. R. - Original Message - From: "Terri Stimmel" To:

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