Re: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
What is - OLED - as a screen type? Ta, R. - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 7:09 AM Subject: RE: iPhone x is excellent! The main differences are these: 1. OLED screen 2. Face Id (no more Touch Id which requires the home button with se

Auto-setup new iPhone or restore from backup?

2017-11-06 Thread Harry Bell
My wife’s new iPhone X is about to arrive: as everything possible is synced to iCloud, will using the auto-setup feature by placing old phone next to new phone transfer the same data and passwords as doing a restore from iCloud backup? It certainly seems easier, especially if new iPhone X arrive

RE: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The main differences are these: 1. OLED screen 2. Face Id (no more Touch Id which requires the home button with sensor which is not there any more) 3. Both back cameras on the iPhone X have optical image stabilization and the front camera is also better. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message

RE: Suddenly Gmail messages are not being deleted from the server

2017-11-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Kimberly, There are a great number of reasons why your messages are no longer being synchronized. In short, you will have to begin a troubleshooting tour that, step-by-step, eliminates possibilities, one-by-one. The first step is to remove and restore your Google account on each clie

RE: Bug in iOS 11.1: unable to drag apps into a folder that is located in the iPhone dock; Follow-up: 677131812

2017-11-06 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you for posting this, Mary. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, November 06, 2017 4:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; mac4thebl...@freelists.org Subject: Fwd: Bug in iOS 11.1: unable

Join Me in Reporting Twitter for iOS v7.11 VoiceOver Bug: Search and Explore Area Now Completely Inaccessible

2017-11-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. As of the latest Twitter for iOS app, v7.11, released today, the Search and Explore area is now completely inaccessible via VoiceOver. Please join me in reporting this issue. The following is the revi

Re: Need some help with the M braille app

2017-11-06 Thread Richard Turner
Kimberly, You are in tutorial mode. When you open the app, are you in a blank document or do you have buttons on the screen like Braille keyboard, mail, etc. If you have the buttons, find the settings button and go through them because you probably need to make other choices. If you've been in

RE: Need some help with the M braille app

2017-11-06 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I use MBraille all the time. It takes some getting used to, but is worth the work. I hold the phone with the home button to the right. My thumbs are at the top of the phone where the volume buttons are. My left hand index, middle and ring fingers are dots 1 2 and 3, my right hand index midd

RE: how to make screen visible again

2017-11-06 Thread Connie Mohney
Nancy, I didn't see any responses to your enquiry. So I thought I would respond. I just found out from my sun that if your phone is locked, the screen will be blank so, if you have an access code in or a finger print in to unlock your phone once it is unlocked the screen should be visible again

Fwd: Bug in iOS 11.1: unable to drag apps into a folder that is located in the iPhone dock; Follow-up: 677131812

2017-11-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I got this from Apple accessibility today. I thought it could be of interest to folks. Mary Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Apple Accessibility > Date: November 6, 2017 at 2:13:24 PM PST > To: motte...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Bug in iOS 11.1: unable to drag apps

Re: Need some help with the M braille app

2017-11-06 Thread Kimberly
Well, all I can say is Mbraille makes me feel really dumb. The app seems to have a lot of potentially useful features except I can't get even the simplest gestures to work as advertized. As for the layout options, I cam't get any text to enter with any layout other than smart. In away mode I hea

Re: Need some help with the M braille app

2017-11-06 Thread regina alvarado
Hi, I am using an 8 Plus and have the newest 10.1. I use the away mode with home to the right. I also have the update for mBraille. I also began noticing some swipes were not working. However, when I adjusted my finger movements so that both hands were almost touching and spread my fingers a bi

Re: how to make screen visible again

2017-11-06 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, If it's blank because Screen Curtain is on, do a three-finger triple-tap. Best, Anna > On Nov 6, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Nancy wrote: > > Hi All, > > > I have an SE whose screen is totally blank (according to my sighted husband). > > > Unfortunately, I don't remember how to get the screen

how to make screen visible again

2017-11-06 Thread Nancy
Hi All, I have an SE whose screen is totally blank (according to my sighted husband). Unfortunately, I don't remember how to get the screen to show again. Will some kind person please refresh my memory by giving me the instructions for: 1 turning the screen back on... 2 Turning the sc

Re: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread Robin
Just Curious Does the AnniversaryEdition, the iPhoneX possess a Different Glass Material Than either the iPhone8 or iPhone8+ I Presume the ONLY difference is the Edge TO Edge Screen Curved Edges, Am I Right? At 01:59 PM 11/6/2017, you wrote: sorry, the 8 sounds good, and is a nicerunner up

Re: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread lenron brown
The 8 sounds just fine. On 11/6/17, Kliphton Miller wrote: > sorry, the 8 sounds good, and is a nicerunner up, but if your going for > quality, the x is where it’s at! >> On Nov 6, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Kliphton Miller wrote: >> >> the x to the 8 is no comparison. the 8 sounds like monalog com

Re: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread Kliphton Miller
sorry, the 8 sounds good, and is a nicerunner up, but if your going for quality, the x is where it’s at! > On Nov 6, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Kliphton Miller wrote: > > the x to the 8 is no comparison. the 8 sounds like monalog compaired to the > x, the x sounds like high quality digital. Best

Re: iPhone x is excellent!

2017-11-06 Thread Kliphton Miller
the x to the 8 is no comparison. the 8 sounds like monalog compaired to the x, the x sounds like high quality digital. Best soudn quality yet! > On Nov 5, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Davy Cuppens wrote: > > How is the sound quality of the eight against the x? > > Regards > Davy > > -Oorspronkel

Re: accessibility of Libratone Zip speaker

2017-11-06 Thread Brent Harding
From what I read on Libratone's site, their is an app, but not sure how much it is required to use it. It sounds like you can choose the speaker in a section of wifi settings that would come up saying set up new airplay speaker, or by switching the laptop wifi to its temporary one and going that

Looking for AppleWatch app with complication telling Real Feel temp, or Wind chill temp

2017-11-06 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, I'm looking for an AppleWatch app that has a complication for stating the Real Feel, or Wind chill, temperatures. I have used Dark Sky in the past, but recently this doesn't seem to be working. The temp on the complication doesn't change over many days and many weather conditions. Can any

Re: accessibility of Libratone Zip speaker

2017-11-06 Thread Matthew Bullis
Hmm, maybe there is something I've not understood about Airplay, but I only got Airplay to work with my Apple TV 3rd generation, which wasn't really ideal. I have a JBL OnBeat Rumble speaker, which says it's Airplay enabled. I do see that the iPhone indicates Airplay as the JBL speaker, but I've ne

RE: iPhone X tips: Maximize battery life with 'dark mode' inverted colors and grayscale

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
According to this screen curtain on an iPhone X really may save battery, sounds like you would get the best results if they made the screen curtain a solid green instead of black. No reason why a curtain can’t be a colour, right? Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@

RE: accessibility of Libratone Zip speaker

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
A speaker doesn’t really have Voiceover accessibility, if it’s bluetooth then Voiceover will come through the speaker just as any other sounds, if it also has Airplay you can turn bluetooth off and stream music or an audio book to the speaker via Airplay and Voiceover would stay on the device. I

RE: Good message app for U.S. to Costa Rica

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would check with AT&T if they have a roaming plan, otherwise if your wife uses WiFi you can use iMessage, Skype, Whats App, Facebook Messenger or whatever other app you want. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 8

RE: Good message app for U.S. to Costa Rica

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would check with AT&T if they have a roaming plan, otherwise if your wife uses WiFi you can use iMessage, Skype, Whats App, Facebook Messenger or whatever other app you want. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 8

Re: downloading material from sendspace with iPhone 7

2017-11-06 Thread Candy Lowe
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Larry McCreary wrote: > > Hello, > If I am downloading a file from sendspace and the screen locks will the > download continue?the screen dim concerns me. Thanks very much. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of

iPhone X tips: Maximize battery life with 'dark mode' inverted colors and grayscale

2017-11-06 Thread Mary Otten
For those of you with iPhone X. I’m guessing that screen curtain might do everything they talk about here, but I don’t know. Mary iPhone X tips: Maximize battery life with 'dark mode' inverted colors and grayscale AppleInsider Apple's switch to an OLED display on the iPhone X means users who d

accessibility of Libratone Zip speaker

2017-11-06 Thread Brent Harding
I am thinking about replacing my speaker dock I have because I think it is starting to go bad in that it is starting to get that crackly sound with voices and the bass part of songs, not only that, using this little airplay to 30 pin adapter to give it airplay has its own issues with the airplay

Suddenly Gmail messages are not being deleted from the server

2017-11-06 Thread Kimberly
Hi All, I routinely access my Gmail messages on my iPhone and on my laptop using outlook. Until recently once I had access the message on one device and deleted it it would be permanently deleted and not appear on the other device. However now my messages do not seem to be getting deleted from

Re: Good message app for U.S. to Costa Rica

2017-11-06 Thread Gordon
I would think that iMessage should be just fine as long as you'll have data access. Not sure how to handle that if you're going to need a cell network? I know that providers in other countries sell sim cards for this purpose of people visiting from the US. But your phone would obviously have to

Good message app for U.S. to Costa Rica

2017-11-06 Thread jkt4960
Hi, My wife is going to Costa Rica for 12 days. What is a good way for us to text? Would iMessage work or should we use Whats App or maybe something else? Anything else we should be aware of? We both have iphone 8 and use AT&T. Thanks for any help, Joe -- The following information is impo

downloading material from sendspace with iPhone 7

2017-11-06 Thread Larry McCreary
Hello, If I am downloading a file from sendspace and the screen locks will the download continue?the screen dim concerns me. Thanks very much. -- 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, o

RE: Mark on iPHone X: Left-Handed Low Vision, Display Accommodation Users, Beware

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I’m sure it’s called iPhone X because it’s the 10th anniversary phone, but I am also 99% certain Apple won’t release another iPhone 10 in two years since this just wouldn’t make sense. But of course nobody knows so let’s just wait and see. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegro

RE: A WhatsApp question about voice messaging

2017-11-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
That's how you sent voice messages in What's App. I guess the only alternative would be to record with another app which saves the file as an MP3, then you would attach this file and send it via What's App as an attachment, but That of course may defeat the purpose. There is no way to change any

Re: Question about deleting messages in the iOS mail app with the latest 11 update?

2017-11-06 Thread Richard Turner
You are correct if you are closing the message and then trying to delete it with a 1 finger swipe up. If you double tap the delete button while the message is open it deletes it. That is the delete button at the bottom of the screen. Interesting find. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On N

Question about deleting messages in the iOS mail app with the latest 11 update?

2017-11-06 Thread dacia . luck
Hi everyone, I have a question. It lets me delete emails from the app when I am looking at my inbox. However, when I put in the search term to find a specific email and then when I’m done with it I tell it delete it, it doesn’t delete it. Anyone else experiencing this? Is this a bug? Thanks Daci

Re: Need some help with the M braille app

2017-11-06 Thread Richard Turner
It all depends on the settings in MBraille and which mode you are using. I use away mode with the home button to my right. In that position, the swipes do exactly what they are supposed to do. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Nov 5, 2017, at 11:08 PM, Kimberly mailto:kimbersinbox1...@

Re: Mark on iPHone X: Left-Handed Low Vision, Display Accommodation Users, Beware

2017-11-06 Thread Richard Turner
The story I heard was that the Iphone was named using the Roman numeral because the first iPhone was released in 2007, so this is their 10th anniversary. But, who really knows. Later, Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Nov 5, 2017, at 11:40 PM, Robin mailto:robin-mel...@comcast.net>>

A WhatsApp question about voice messaging

2017-11-06 Thread 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
hi, I have a WhatsApp group, and we are wanting to send Voice Messages. however, the only way I can find to do this is to press and hold the home button while talking. Upon releasing it, the message you sent. this doesn’t work for us, this is a language group and so people want more control ov

Re: dictionary

2017-11-06 Thread 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
good morning, Related to the pronunciation dictionary: I would love to be able to stop vo from interpreting, what it sees as, acronyms. S.T., for example, always being read as “street“. I don’t have either time or inclination to do each one individually, is there a setting I can change somewhere