Sirius xm on radium

2017-12-05 Thread terri elliott
Does anyone know how to search for the sirius xm stations using Radium? Thanks. Terri 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

Re: Portable iPhone Stand Recommendations

2017-12-05 Thread Richard Turner
Fopydo is about $15. Well worth it, and probably worth more. You want the one called Fopydo Scanning Stand for the blind. You can order it from www.fopydo.com The NFB Market Place, or through Amazon. HTH, Richard "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the

RE: Roomba 890

2017-12-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
980 has a longer battery. It also have carpet boost to get stuff down deep in carpets. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kay Malmquist Se

RE: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Pablo Morales
hold down the power button. You will hear the siri sound announcing that you can say a command. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Billy Maynard Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 8:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Billy Maynard
hi, quick question how does one on the X invoke seri? - Original Message - From: "Ed Worrell" To: "'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 5:28 PM Subject: Re: iPhone X and first impressions... Hello, Yes. You can infect use the side button, formally the sleep

RE: How to share your wi-fi password in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, iMore

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Interestingly enough when I tried this with my wife (I have an iPhone 6S Plus and she has a 6S) this did not work until we both turned on Hand Off as well. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Tuesday, December

Re: Roomba 890

2017-12-05 Thread Kay Malmquist
I think just the battery size. Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Andy Baracco To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Roomba 890 What is the difference between the 890 and the 980? - Original

RE: Portable iPhone Stand Recommendations

2017-12-05 Thread llumpkin
I have the fopydo and like it though I don't use it often. It's inexpensive and I think will meet your needs. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Orozco Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 7:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Portable iPhone Stand Recommendations

2017-12-05 Thread Joe Orozco
Hello, Could someone kindly recommend a portable iPhone stand for scanning documents? I’m looking for something I can throw into a briefcase for travel. Thank you kindly for any recommendations. Thanks, Joe -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, Yes. You can infect use the side button, formally the sleep/wake button to start VoiceOver the first time the X is turned on. I set up the X without any assistance from my sighted spouse. HTH Ed > On Dec 5, 2017, at 3:09 PM, Rafal wrote: > > Hi Ed i have a question about iphone x, le

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Rafal
Hi Ed i have a question about iphone x, let me know if the iphone is new, not configured, whether voiceover is starting during configuration wizard using 3times power like in iphone 7 home? Greetings and all the best. -Oryginalna wiadomość- From: Ed Worrell Sent: Monday, December 4, 20

Consumer Reports ranks iPhone 8/8 Plus over iPhone X after battery and durability differences

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Consumer Reports ranks iPhone 8/8 Plus over iPhone X after battery and durability differences 9to5Mac / Zac Hall Consumer Reports has published its 2017 iPhone comparison and in it the publication has somehow rated the iPhone X below the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, but there’s certainly no

Apple navigation using apple map app

2017-12-05 Thread Pablo Morales
Hi all, I have tried to use the apple map app, and for some reason it didn't want to speak the directions. Do I need to modify a setting to make it work like the google map app? -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or conce

RE: Roomba 890

2017-12-05 Thread Rizzino, Bonnie
The 890 is newer and they say that the 800 series works well if you have pets and/or in my case guide dogs. I suspect that they all can deal with pet hair, but they put special emphasis on pet hair with the 800 series. From: Andy Baracco [mailto:w...@socal.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 201

Re: Is Roomba Accessible?

2017-12-05 Thread Andy Baracco
Manufacturers are making a mint off of some people's addiction to technology. I've even seen a toothbrush that has bluetooth and an accompanying app. Andy - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 9:12 AM Subject: RE: Is Roomba Accessible?

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
IPhone 7 plus, and I have checked things like background refresh and brightness and all that stuff, and it's all the same. Bluetooth likewise. I might be missing something of course. Mary new line Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2017, at 11:27 AM, John R. Vaughn wrote: > > Mary, I may have mi

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Andy Baracco
Often when IOS is updated, certain options that you have turned off may be turned on. For example, bluetooth, background app refresh, etc. Also, sometimes screen brightness is turned up. You might want to make a quick run through of your settings just to see if they are still how you want them.

Re: Roomba 890

2017-12-05 Thread Andy Baracco
What is the difference between the 890 and the 980? - Original Message - From: Rizzino, Bonnie To: VIPhone Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 5:21 AM Subject: Roomba 890 Just got the 890 and the app is accessible. Bonnie Rizzino Case Manager Blind

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Andy Baracco
Jonathan Mosen devoted an episode of his Blind Side podcast to the iPhone X, and he devoted several minutes to the process of setting up face ID and developed some tetechniques to make the process easier. This is also extensively covered in his book, "IOS 11 Without the Eye". Andy - Orig

swimming workout with Apple watch

2017-12-05 Thread Marie Lyons
I got in by the pool and asked Siri to set up a swimming workout. She tells me to wait and she will tap me when ready. Next I hear neither the iPhone or the Apple watch has access to Siri. I took the watch off as it wasn’t water locked. It may have been the walls interfering. I need to do it man

Resending FW: Adjusting Siri volume on AppleWatch

2017-12-05 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, Checking again on this. No responses to first time around. Apple Accessibility had no insights. Thanks, Keith Hi, Is there a way to adjust the Siri voice volume on AppleWatch. I can adjust Voiceover volume without a problem, but my Siri voice is quite loud, and I'd like to quiet it down

RE: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread John R. Vaughn
Mary, I may have missed this, but which IPhone are you using? John -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Greater battery drain since upg

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Set for 1 hour to fetch. I have three accounts configured, which is how it's been for some time now. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2017, at 10:32 AM, Cristóbal wrote: > > I have six email accounts configured and outside of a couple which are either > exchange or time sensative, the other fo

RE: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Cristóbal
I have six email accounts configured and outside of a couple which are either exchange or time sensative, the other four are set to manual. Do you have your email set to push, fetch, every 15 minutes? an hour? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroup

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, background refresh is disabled, and while I book downloads or not, I haven't been exactly buying lots of those or music. So basically nothing has changed, except the battery drain is greater. When I look in details, it's showing Siri and mail as the big users, which isn't surprising, since

iPhone X Review, Test Results - Consumer Reports

2017-12-05 Thread M. Taylor
CR's Final iPhone X Test Results: Top-Scoring Camera and Display But Also Some Flaws Apple shoppers face a tough choice between this phone and the iPhone 8 The iPhone X is an innovative device with a fantastic camera and beautiful display, but other phones are tougher and can operate longer on a ch

How to share your wi-fi password in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, iMore

2017-12-05 Thread M. Taylor
How to share your wi-fi password in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra By Mike Matthews5 Dec 2017 We recently had a bunch of kids come over to the house for my daughter's birthday party. And being teenagers, they didn't come alone. They brought two things: 1. Something in their pocket: An iPhone.

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Davy Cuppens
Hi Mary I can confirm this behaviour in Belgium here too. Regards Davy -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 5:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2 Since upgrading on Sunday, I have noticed t

RE: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Cristóbal
Is background refresh disabled or at least for the apps you don't want using that service? Automatic iTunes downloads for apps, music, books, etc? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Re: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, auto brightness is turned off. And brightness is set to zero. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Debby wrote: > > Is the Auto brightness turned off under general, Accessibility, Display > Accommodations? I found that when I turned that off my battery life greatly > i

RE: Is Roomba Accessible?

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I agree, for that much money and the fact that most people still have and say they use a regular vacuum from time to time to do a better job than the Roomba this would not be worth it for me. This is basically the price of a new iPhone 8 and I'd spend the money on that before I spent it on somet

RE: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Debby
Is the Auto brightness turned off under general, Accessibility, Display Accommodations? I found that when I turned that off my battery life greatly increased. Debby -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: T

RE: How to get rid of the emoji keyboard

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Go into Settings > General > Keyboard, find the first button which most likely will say "Keyboard 2" unless you have other keyboard languages/languages installed) and double tap on it. Now find the Emoji keyboard, rotor actions will be available, swipe down to Delete and double tap. -Origi

RE: Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Do a Reset Network Settings, maybe some process got stuck and is causing this. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 8:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Greater battery drain s

RE: How to get rid of the emoji keyboard

2017-12-05 Thread Cristóbal
Deselect it from your list of keyboards in the keyboards section of settings. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 8:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How to get rid of the em

RE: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would consider myself to be a pretty advanced and experience iPhone user after 8 years of using the things, but when I played with an iPhone X in early November at the Apple Store in Calgary I found the same thing, I could not get the gesture to exit an app and return to the home screen to wor

Re: Zolo liberty+ Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds, maybe they give Apple Airpods a run for their money

2017-12-05 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
With the link that Sieghard gave, I found these earbuds on sale for $79.99 from Amazon. They will be available on December 7. I believe I'm going to buy them!! Thanks for the descriptive info. On 11/27/17, SSEric wrote: > I did order those last Monday and received them Wednesday. They are pretty

Greater battery drain since upgrading to iOS 11.2

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Since upgrading on Sunday, I have noticed that my battery drain seems to be greater. Yes, I have rebooted the phone more than once. Brightness is zero. Nothing has changed as far as I know, yet the battery is definitely dropping faster. I just wonder if anyone else has noticed this. Mary Sent

RE: WhatsApp Call-Record?

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would tell the cops that I don’t know how to do this and they are welcome to figure it out. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fazil M. Sent: Monday, December 4, 2017 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: WhatsApp Call-Record? Hi, list. Is th

RE: Voiceover Volume on Lock Screen

2017-12-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Anna, I agree that is the way it should be, but if you unlock your phone and don't do anything to make Voiceover speak and then repeatedly press the volume down button both system sounds and Voiceover decrease in volume, you can turn it all the way down where you don't hear anything and also

How to get rid of the emoji keyboard

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Is it possible to get rid of the emoji keyboard on an iPhone? I don’t want it ever. Mary 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 po

Backing up a voice dream library on a Windows PC with the latest iTunes

2017-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, As some of you might remember, I have had issues in the past with my Voice Dream library getting totally screwed up or even entirely lost. That isn’t something I want to go through again. Smile. So I wonder if it is possible these days, with the new iTunes 12.7.1 I think it is, to fully

Re: daisy books and voice dream reader

2017-12-05 Thread Russ Kiehne
I saved the following from another list: You can transfer a daisy zipped book from your computer to the Voice Dream app using iTunes 12.7 and I think it's a bit easier than under earlier versions of iTunes. Launch iTunes and connect your Ios device to your computer and place focus on your iPho

Re: Bible trivia.

2017-12-05 Thread Kliphton Miller
There use to be one called scripaneare, but they stopped updating it. > On Dec 5, 2017, at 8:48 AM, terri elliott wrote: > > Hi. I am trying to find an accessable Bible Trivia game from the app store. > There are many to choose from. I’m not sure which one to get that would be > user friend

Bible trivia.

2017-12-05 Thread terri elliott
Hi. I am trying to find an accessable Bible Trivia game from the app store. There are many to choose from. I’m not sure which one to get that would be user friendly with voice over for the Iphone. Thanks. Terri Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members

Roomba 890

2017-12-05 Thread Rizzino, Bonnie
Just got the 890 and the app is accessible. Bonnie Rizzino Case Manager Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh 1816 Locust St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 www.bvrspittsburgh.org 412-368-4400 X2246 Direct dial 412-368-4079 PLEASE NOTE: BVRS has moved its offices to 1816 Locust Street, Pit

RE: Is Roomba Accessible?

2017-12-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
As of this version of the app, yes. I've only had it since Thanksgiving. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn Furness Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 5:58 AM To:

Re: Is Roomba Accessible?

2017-12-05 Thread Caitlyn Furness
so the app is totally accessable? Can you set up the robot to clean on a timer, independently, without sighted help? Thanks, Caitlyn > On Dec 4, 2017, at 8:41 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > Hi: > Just bought the 980. Yes, it works with Alexa. Yes the app is accessible. I > have a house

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread phillip tracy
Hey folks, this may work even better for you, that's one hell of an awkward angle. Try face ID with right hand only, left hand completely out of play unless you actually are left handed, and if you are, they have an attachment you can buy for maybe $15 or $20 that attaches to the bottom so you h

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread phillip tracy
Hi Scott and all. I had an interesting and frustrating experience with FEDEX that made me miss launch day with iPhone X, even though it was only a mile away from me in a storage bin by 7 PM, I ended up having to go down and fight for it because they weren't going to deliver it until Monday and i

Re: iPhone X and first impressions...

2017-12-05 Thread Kliphton Miller
I haven’t used this method of getting to control center or notifications. I use the old way, it still works. Touch the status bar, swipe up with 3 fingers for controlcenter, swipe down with 3 fingers for notifications. Don’t know if this was by design, or accident, but either way it still wor