Re: Favorite VO voices?

2017-11-19 Thread englishrider91
I can kind of see the snotty teenager thing for Sally, now that you mention it. sherin drives me nuts. Again, way, way, way too deep for my taste. Ava sort of has the same problem for me. I can't stand Nuance's Alison, either--she sounds so pissed off to me. You want to hear another

Re: Question about the new iPhone ringtone

2017-11-19 Thread Kathy Brandt
Thanks for answering my question. I just took a chance, didn't choose any of the options, and the purchase went through, and is just among my ringtones as a choice, like I wanted. I got the iTunes store version entitled reflections marimba; it appears among my choices after purchase as new

Re: Amazon Echo devices

2017-11-19 Thread Deb Lewis
I believe the deals are only on Amazon but the easiest way to figure that out is to check other sites. OK. So here's my run down on the Echo family. If you want to use A for smart home stuff I highly recommend one Echo Plus so you'll ahve the hub built in. It's a lot of crap otherwise. But it's

Re: Amazon Echo devices

2017-11-19 Thread michv
hi i would also like to know this info as well. i also would like to know if these deals on the ecco are only on amazon or they also on places like best buy and stuff as well? the reason i ask is because with best buy i can use paypal and i can’t with amazon the reason why this is importent is

Amazon Echo devices

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi, As Alexa is going to finally make it to Canada on December 5, Amazon.ca now has the Echo Dot, Echo and Echo Plus for sale at a special preorder price. Could some of you from the States or other countries where Alexa has been available explain a bit why I might want to own at least one Echo

RE: Tune In and sonos

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I don’t pay for Tune In Premium, but doing a Google search for “Tune In Premium on Sonos” results in a bunch of links to a discussion about this on the Sonos community and apparently others are

Re: Good evening all.Something got screwed up on my iPhone 6S.

2017-11-19 Thread Maria Reyes
Go to settings > general > accessibility > VoiceOver > Verbosity > punctuation and set it to some. Maria Reyes Owner of the following groups: Apple 411: apple411+subscr...@groups.io Open the following link to join my Google Allo group: Join our group chat on Allo :)

Good evening all.Something got screwed up on my iPhone 6S.

2017-11-19 Thread cmohney1961
I have no idea how this happened or where to go to rectify this annoying problem. I was reading e-mail on my phone. It is reading me every punctuation mark. It didn't happen until I updated it to the last ios update. Has anyone else experienced this? Hopefully, I can fix this issue. I'm

RE: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Marcia Yale
And another friend suggested I try using the Files app to get to my files, and that took me into Dropbox, so go figure! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Merv Keck Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 9:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones

2017-11-19 Thread Cristóbal
You can either download the Plantronics desktop application and manage all settings on the earpiece from there or use the iOS app. This is what I do. It’s called PLTHub. You’ll go in there and see all the settings you can enable/disable. Auto answer, auto play/pause, caller ID, Enable/disable

RE: Tune In and sonos

2017-11-19 Thread Merv Keck
I wish Tune In Premium came through my new sonos One. Maybe they will do that one day in the future. Right now I can only get it on my iPhone and iPad. And my iPhone keeps forgetting the Premium account and I have to uninstall and reinstall the app to fix it. Merv From:

RE: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Merv Keck
Oddly enough, I have been getting that issue for the last two or three versions of Voice Dream Reader. I am using a 6S+ iPhone so this may not apply depending on what device you are using. However, after trying many times to connect to Dropbox, and getting an error message, I discovered that if

Re: Question about the new iPhone ringtone

2017-11-19 Thread Jed Barton
is this new ringtone in just the new iphones, or is it in the IOS, is it in IOS 11? what's the name of it, any other tones in there? I am running an iphone 7 On 11/19/17, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Not sure, but why not just make it the default, then once it has downloaded >

Re: Tune In and sonos

2017-11-19 Thread Brent Harding
As far as I knew, Tunein Premium doesn't seem to have any other device support than the phones, computer, and tablets, which means one is stuck wasting battery to do it over airplay from the phone. I hope that changes some day. - Original Message - From: Marie To:

RE: AirPods.

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If it's less than a year and there is no physical damage it should definitely be covered under warranty. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Macdonald Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 5:51 PM To:

RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
How do you disable the auto play/pause on the Edge? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 3:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones I’m not

RE: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Flicking the nute switch will eventually send a call to Voicemail, but if somebody calls and it goes to Voicemail before the other person even hears a ring that would indicate a different issue. I would do the following in this order: 1. make sure Do Not Disturb is not on as Richard said

RE: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Marcia Yale
Do I assume, then, that Sandro will pass on my issue? I have been very specific and have tried everything he asked me to do. It’s so odd that all of a sudden this should happen, and I wish I could figure out which update started the trouble! From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Tune In and sonos

2017-11-19 Thread Marie
Is there any way to get Tune in premium to play on my Sonos system? I have radio by Tune in on the browse menu but it does not appear to be the premium version. I would love to listen to the NFL games like I do the MLB games. Marie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

RE: Question about the new iPhone ringtone

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Not sure, but why not just make it the default, then once it has downloaded and it's the default you just go back in Settings > Sounds and change it to whatever you want, at that point your Marimba tone will be there and you can use it as you please. -Original Message- From:

Re: AirPods.

2017-11-19 Thread Kerry Macdonald
Hi. Thanks so much. That is what I thought too. I haven't even had it a year and it wasn't anything I did to break it it seems to be a design flaw. I will definitely look into this thanks so much. Kerry Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 18, 2017, at 8:27 PM, Sieghard Weitzel

Re: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
Yes. That is Winston's partner/employee. Richard emplothee. (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Nov 19, 2017, at 5:42 PM, Marcia Yale > wrote: I’ve been emailing with Sandro at the support address—does he work with Winston, do you know? From:

RE: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Marcia Yale
I’ve been emailing with Sandro at the support address—does he work with Winston, do you know? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 6:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader no

RE: ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Richard, There is definitely something wrong then because that rotor issue was fixed in the first release of iOS 11.1 and if it still persists fpor you something must have gone wrong and I’d make sure you have a good backup and then do a restore. You are the first person I heard say that in

RE: ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Just install whatever it is giving you, then after it reboots check for updates again and install 11.1. The iOS 11.2 public beta is already on versin 4 so I wouldn't be surprised if the public release of 11.2 will be available to everybody in 2 or 3 weeks. -Original Message- From:

Re: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
This is the kind of thing I would send to Winston through the supp...@voicedream.ccom address. It could be a DropBox update caused an issue. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Nov 19, 2017, at 11:42 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone

Re: Navigation unit settings in Voice Dream Reader

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
Not that I'm aware of. You might want to suggest that to Winston. Voices and reading speed is remembered for different files. Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) On Nov 19, 2017, at 3:44 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > wrote: Hi,

Navigation unit settings in Voice Dream Reader

2017-11-19 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Is there any way to set file specific Navigation Unit settings in VDR? For some files, I want to adjust by 15 seconds, and for others I want to adjust by Headings or Bookmarks. As far as I can determine, if I set a Navigation Unit in one file, that setting then applies to all files. It's

RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones

2017-11-19 Thread Cristóbal
I’m not inclined to go with the overall product quality issue quite yet. As I mentioned, this appears to occur with multiple devices and headsets. Not exclusive to Plantronics either. I don’t doubt that there could be a dud earpiece here and there, but something that’s present on so many

Re: A question about region tracking

2017-11-19 Thread James Gibson
Thank you for your help. I greatly appreciate that. > On Nov 19, 2017, at 12:26 AM, Mike B. wrote: > > Hi James, > > Take a look at the link below: > > https://www.tomsguide.com/us/turn-off-location-services-iphone,news-21276.html > > Take care. Mike. Dodgers, try

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2017-11-19 Thread Andy Baracco
A friend told me about this app. I downloaded and installed it and got stuck in the tutorial, and can't figure how to exit the tutorial. I exited and relaunched the app only to find that I was in the tutorial again. The screen appears to be blank, with no controls available. Is anyone using

Re: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
Has she flicked the sound switch to the off position, so all calls are going to Voicemail. I did it myself recently but realised what I'd done, so I know mine went to voicemail. Carol P On 11/19/2017 2:28 PM, Wendy Alling wrote: Never even thought about do not disturb. I’ll ask her today.

Question about the new iPhone ringtone

2017-11-19 Thread Kathy Brandt
Besides the lake mentioned earlier, there are variations of this tone in the iTunes store. I was interested in the marimba variant, but it asked if I wanted to set as default, or a sign to contact, or text tone. I just want as an option, not to set as any default. Can i download without making

Re: Football manager

2017-11-19 Thread Andy Baracco
One must remember that in most countries football means socker. Andy - Original Message - From: Jeremy Gilley To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 5:43 AM Subject: Football manager Hello, I have tried to find this game, but all I see is

Re: Question Football manager on iphone

2017-11-19 Thread Andy Baracco
When I searched on Football Chairman, it turns out that it is a socker game. Is there a similar game for American football? Andy - Original Message - From: Gianni To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 5:30 AM Subject: Re: Question Football manager on

Re: Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
I think some have had problems with DropBox, certainly those using Braille Sense have just been told it's working again. This may be of help to you. Carol P On 11/19/2017 7:40 PM, Marcia Yale wrote: Within the past week, I can no longer add files to Voice Dream from my Dropbox. I have tried

Voice Dream Reader no longer linking with my Dropbox

2017-11-19 Thread Marcia Yale
Within the past week, I can no longer add files to Voice Dream from my Dropbox. I have tried several times to unlink and re-link Voice Dream with Dropbox but still get the error: "failed to link to Dropbox, or something to that effect. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Voice Dream Reader and

RE: ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Jeremy Gilley
Hello, I had to download the oldist update, then it showed me the newist updates. I thought you could skip updates, but i couldn't. Once I downloaded 11.03, then I could go to 11.1, then the newist one that came out yesterday. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Billy Maynard
hi richard, as I said in my email I think I'm running 10.3.3 and I thought on my phone I've seen updates since from like 11.0.2 but, now it's saying only ios 11 is avalable to download and install. I'm wondering why it's going backwards and not showing me the latest 11.1.2. How can I get it

Struggle to get imogis

2017-11-19 Thread turab chimthanawala
Hi all Hope this mail finds you well. Have been struggling to scroll through the different categories of imoticons viz. animal and nature, smileys, objects etc. I use the three finger slide but the screen does not move. For instance, in the smileys there are about three windows but am stuck only

Issues with KNFB Reader

2017-11-19 Thread turab chimthanawala
Hi all Hope this mail finds you well. Since the past few months, my KNFB reader app seems to abruptly shut down while performing certain operations. For instance few days back when I tried to save a scanned file into a different format by clicking on share, the app would abruptly shut down. Also

RE: Good evening all,Text messages

2017-11-19 Thread Connie Mohney
Thank you all for your responses. I finally selected the entire text using control, option, and the letter a. Then I pressed control option plus the shift key and c to copy the text to my clip board. Then I composed an e-mail to myself and pasted it into the body of the message. Thanks again

Re: ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
I do not know that everything is fixed, but the current version is iOS 11.1.2. Check under Settings, General, About, to see which version you are running now. I'd update as are still dealing with the problem deleting emails where the rotor stays on delete. Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to

RE: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
Only if her sounds have no volume, and she doesn’t have vibrate on ring enabled. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Alling Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 6:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and

RE: How To Download iPhone X Exclusive Reflection Ringtone And Then Set As Default On Any iPhone

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
The web site Mark gave is not very user friendly. I put the ringtone up on my web site. There are two versions, mp3 for easy listening, then the M4R for downloading. Or, if you are an Android user, and you want to mimic the superior smart phone, you can use the MP3 file. As I say on the site,

Re: How to Force Restart iPhone X

2017-11-19 Thread rajmund .
hi, some of us have light vision. as soon as the screen lights up, while rebooting, the apple logo is displayed throughout. it's the same screen that's out during updates, or so I'm told, and that just shows the apple logo. again, I can't swear by it, but that's what I was told. On 18/11/17

Re: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread alia robinson
I had an issue where my phone wouldn’t call. I tried everything and had to do a restore from a backup, fixed so far. On Nov 19, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Richard Turner wrote:Has she checked that Do Not Disturb didn't get turned on? If that isn't the issue, rebooting and

Re: How To Download iPhone X Exclusive Reflection Ringtone And Then Set As Default On Any iPhone

2017-11-19 Thread Cathy Inglis
I downloaded the mega app and signed up. I have tried to get this ringtone but can’t seem to preview or download it either. I typed the link on my windows 10 computer too. I just can’t figure out how to get this ringtone. Can someone put it on sendspace and provide the link? If Someone would do

Re: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread Wendy Alling
Never even thought about do not disturb. I’ll ask her today. Would there be something in sounds that might need to be changed? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Has she checked that Do Not Disturb didn't get turned on?

ios updates

2017-11-19 Thread Billy Maynard
hi everyone, I have a strange issue. Atleast strange for me. I am running the latest ios 10.x update I was waiting for the ios11.1 update that you all said fixed all of the issues in 11.x. I got Ithink upto ios 11.01 or so update notices I keep refusing to install those. now my iphone 6+

Re: Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Turner
Has she checked that Do Not Disturb didn't get turned on? If that isn't the issue, rebooting and then reseting are likely her other choices. Or, checking with her Carrier and/or Apple. Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it

Football manager

2017-11-19 Thread Jeremy Gilley
Hello, I have tried to find this game, but all I see is soccer manager games. Is there an actual football manager game? Or should I say a football manager according to the American meaning of football? -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

Re: Question Football manager on iphone

2017-11-19 Thread Gianni
Hi man, thanks. It is a fantastic game. I only have some questions: When my managers choses the starting eleven, can I push him which players to take? How can I make my players more happy before a game? My team has 33 as strength, how can I make my team stronger? I know I can buy players, but is

Problem with iPhone 6 Plus and phone calls

2017-11-19 Thread Wendy Alling
Hi, my sister has an iPhone 6 Plus. She is fully cited and does not use voiceover. Her phone goes to voicemail whenever you call her number. She had a voicemail that did not disconnect and I fix that for her. Thought that was the problem. Not so. Any suggestions on what to do? Should she reset

Re: An issue with the BARD mobile App.

2017-11-19 Thread Chris Chaffin
>From my understanding, when you play a book, especially for the first time, >the app reaches out to BARD for authorization. Without that authorization the >book will not play. Like Richard said, it looks like the BARD site might be >having some technical problems. Hopefully the problem will

RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones

2017-11-19 Thread Richard Petty
Have you tried disabling the smart sensors? If not a solution, it might be diagnostic. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 5:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Bluetooth earpieces

RE: How To Download iPhone X Exclusive Reflection Ringtone And Then Set As Default On Any iPhone

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I agree with Kelly, it's mediocre at best. I like ringtones created from songs to a point, but there is something to be said for other ringtones (not sure what to call them, but just not song-based ringtones). I usually use iTunes to create my song-based ringtones, it's already on my computer

RE: Good evening all,Text messages

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I've never been able to do this so yes, maybe it does depend on the carrier. But it shouldn't be that hard to copy that text and paste it into an email. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of pegkan...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday,

RE: Bluetooth earpieces continuing to disconnect from iPhones

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I get this very rarely with my Edge, but it was never enough to cause me any worry. What does cause me a lot more concern is the fact that my Voyager Edge might be defective. When I turn it on the phone connects fine, Voiceover comes through the earpiece but when I try to play a book from

RE: The Mail App and rather I should update to the latest update

2017-11-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Before you check the app store just make sure it didn’t simply get moved accidently. Touch any app on the home screen and then swipe down on the screen with 3 fingers to open spotlight search (same gesture as for opening notification centre except for this one you touch an item in the dock, not

Re: The Mail App and rather I should update to the latest update

2017-11-19 Thread Lielle Ben Simon‫ליאל בן סימון‬‎
Hello Terri and everyone, Terri, it could be that the mail app was deleted from your Phone. You can back to your Phone by serch in App Store:"mail". I hope that i helped. Sent from my iphone ‫ב-19 בנוב׳ 2017, בשעה 11:00, ‏‏Terri Stimmel ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > Hello

The Mail App and rather I should update to the latest update

2017-11-19 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I want a couple of questions answered, if possible, please. I didn't want to make this in to 2 different messages. I don't see the Mail App on my phone anymore? What happened to it? And how do I now get to it? Also, I was wondering, is it wise to update to 11.1? Any help