Hi Sieghard, I personally don’t use skype any more, since they started messing
it up.
Have you taken a look at viber?
not sure about the price of their plans, but it might be worth checking it out.
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 6:22 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sub
the Braille Sense U2 has a removable battery pack. It's lithium Ion and those
things have a pretty long shelf life, but after 5 years, they are starting to
wear thin. I could also probably take the battery module over to Batteries Plus
and have them rebuild it. That will cost about $80 or so.
hello Sieghard, i usis in skype on my iPhone 7, and i have no crashes it works
fine to me. Which iPhone do you use? it could be diferent for iPhone moddels
but i don't sure this defenatly.
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ב-5 בפבר׳ 2018, בשעה 8:22, Sieghard Weitzel כתב/ה:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone who uses
Hi,
Anyone who uses Skype? I don't use it often, but today when I wanted to use it
the app opened. Then it crashed and I was able to open it once afterwards, now
it crashes each time I try to open it back to the home screen.
I unloaded all apps, I rebooted the phone and I even deleted the app an
Hi Eden don't wory about it I just didn't know if you knew it was happening.
Janet
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Subject: Re: best braille display in general
Sorry for that. They're not blank I don't think. For some u
Sorry for that. They're not blank I don't think. For some unon reason, since
Ios 11, sometimes my messages don't start where they should. I'll make a note
to be more careful.
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Subject: Re: best braille display in general
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Well, I’m glad you’ve had better luck with it than I have.
Don't the refreshabraille 18s have the charger already in the port? at least
mine did.
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> On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:52 PM, E
Well, it could be a phone issue then. Anyone with an iPad on the beta?
Richard
“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”
- Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1
On Feb 4, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Sieghard Weitzel
mailto:siegh...@live.ca>>
Hi Richard,
I am also running iOS 11.3 public beta on my 6S Plus and the problem persists.
As soon as I enable the microphone and start screen recording Voiceover
switches to the earpiece and you can't hear it on the recording.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent:
I use my braille sense with a silk cover over the unit. I can read the braille
through the silk. This does 2 things:
1. keeps the cells clean
2. keeps my fingers off the dots (no chance of them getting dirty).
The silk cover can be cleaned with woolite or even dawn dish soap. I have had
my sens
I always wash my hands frequently ever since I started using my Optacon in 1975.
Sent from my Verizon iPhone 8+!!!
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 6:53 PM, Eden wrote:
>
> Yes, you must must wash your hands a lot. I probably wash my hands 10 to 20 a
> times a day because I constantly use my display. I
When Freedom Scientific was a stand-alone outfit, they had 20-cell braille
displays in the form of the Braille Lite Millennium 20 series, and the PAC Mate
20-cell display. Then they moved away from 20 cells, for some reason.
From: Paul Richard McGann
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 5:20 PM
To:
When the clock on my iPhone showed midnight the calendar item on the home page
still showed yesterday’s date. However, when I launched the calendar app it
correctly identified that the date had changed from 4Th to 5 Th February. It
took around 6 minutes fr the change to be reflected on the hom
Yes, you must must wash your hands a lot. I probably wash my hands 10 to 20 a
times a day because I constantly use my display. I also clean it now and put a
cover over it. For instance with my first braille sense, cells went bad in 6
months because I was not careful. This time, I had one last fo
Hello anouk,
You know, you just reminded me of something.
I suspect that one reason why I've had such good results with my Braille
display is because I always, always, always wash my hands thoroughly, paying
particular attention to the tips of my fingers, before touching the display. I
freq
I like my brailliant bi 40 very much. I’ve had good luck with Humanware
customer service.
I also own a Braille Sense Plus which is still chugging along after ten years
of use. the only issue with it is the charging port where you have to jiggle
the cord to get it to make contact enough to act
Richard! That was just great: so it isn't an acronym after all!
Jewel
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When I do it, I can’t find the iPhone connected to my computer. I am using
windows 10 pro, and home edition. On none of these computers my iPhone is
recognized by the file explorer. However iTunes recognized the phone.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Beh
Hi,
Many of the commands for bluetooth keyboard with iOS are the same as on the
Mac. Details of these commands can be found on Apple’s accessibility website.
Aleeha
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 2:47 PM, Mark Brett wrote:
>
> Hi all, does anybody have an idiots guide as to how to use a Bluetooth
> ke
I checked with our moderator first before posting this. He gave me permission
to do so.
I'm running the 11.3 beta on my iPod Touch 6th Generation and Screen Recording
works fine and VoiceOver volume remains at whatever you have it and it goes
over the speaker.
So, my best guess is that the bug
It’s “Braille me” and there is a “buy” link on their site. Though you’ll pay
over $100 for shipping from there and not get technical support though I’d
expect the company to stand behind their warrantee. They’re hoping for American
distributorship soon. I suspect National Braille Press might be
Where do you buy the brailleme display? Apparently, it is made in India? I can
go to the link and I see everything there except brailleme.
Reggie and Lex
On Feb 4, 2018, at 12:05 PM,
wrote:
>From the demos I’ve heard, its refresh rate was very slow and made a
>left-to-right thrashing sound
First, ensure app sharing is enabled on your device.
Afterwards, on his device, go to the App Store, go to my account and then go
to purchased and then you could look for the app for apps under your tab/ name.
Regards,
Feliciano
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Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: best braille display in general
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On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Well, I’m glad you’ve had bet
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
>
> Well, I’m glad you’ve had better luck with it than I have.
> Devin Prater
> Assistive Technology Instructor
>
> , Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint instructor certified by
> World Services for the Blind
>
I think every display gets problems with its cells after a few years. They
either need to be cleaned or in worst case replaced. I have had my brailliant
for nearly 6 years now and it has been cleaned twice, no cells replaced and
the cells are still good. But because your fingers go over the dis
I myself am a big fan of baum braille displays unfortunately recently Baum
Germany filed for bankrupcy. Not sure how that affects us distribution of
course…
Greetings, Anouk,
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 17:47, alia robinson wrote:
>
> and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It is by far the best displ
Ok, but then you use up an extra cell for a capital letter? I have used six dot
braille with an old fashioned braille machine way back in the ninetees and then
i think we used dot 4 and 6 BEFORE the letter we wanted to capitalize. No idee
how we wrote a word in all caps.
Greetings, Anouk,
> On
Thanks Mark, I use the Photos App now but was hoping there was a quicker way.
Max.
> On 5 Feb 2018, at 7:59 am, M. Taylor wrote:
>
> Hello Max,
>
> The process of copying photos from iOS to Mac OS is somewhat more
> sophisticated, (complicated) (smile), than it is on Windows. The only reason
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Hello Max,
The process of copying photos from iOS to Mac OS is somewhat more
sophisticated, (complicated) (smile), than it is on Windows. The only reason
it's so simple on the PC is because Windows users, demanded that it be so. But
that story is for another day.
ON the Mac, you can use the
You would have to make sure that in-app purchases are part of family sharing,
often they are not.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kellie
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 12:48 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Question about family sharing
Thanks
It should be easier on a Mac given both are Apple products. Isn’t Finder the
equivalent of Windows Explorer?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Agent086b
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 12:42 PM
To: viphone
Subject: Re: How to download pictures off the iphone to pc?
hi,
am I correct in
Thanks for responding. We do have family sharing enabled and I have my husband
on it. He blind alive app says family sharing but I can’t seem to figure out
how to share the exercise that I purchased on it.
Kellie and my lovable Lady J
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 2, 2018, at 10:48 AM, Sieghar
Hi all, does anybody have an idiots guide as to how to use a Bluetooth keyboard
with voice-over and where the keys are and what they do a podcast would be
great if not some manuals
Mark Brett
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hi,
am I correct in thinking you can’t do this on a Mac? Well I can’t find how to
do this anyway.
Max.
> On 5 Feb 2018, at 7:18 am, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Connect your iPhone to the PC, go to Windows Explorer and find the phone, you
> can copy pictures to the PC just like you would from a
Hi Sieghard,
I finally figured it out. I was not clicking all the files I needed to get to
the pictures. Thanks for the info.
Mr. Ed
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 2:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroup
I like the app called Things. It is very easy to customize it for what you
need. It is totally voiceover accessible.
Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Executive Director of Counseling
Old Dominion University
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> On Jan 25, 2018, at 9:43
Hello Ed,
All things being equal, when you attach your iPHone to your PC, running Windows
7, 8, or 10, a dialogue box will appear giving you options as to what to do
with the newly attached device.
I suggest that you select to simply open the attached drive. I recommend
against selecting th
Connect your iPhone to the PC, go to Windows Explorer and find the phone, you
can copy pictures to the PC just like you would from any USB drive, but you may
not be able to delete them.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mr. Ed
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 12:12 PM
To: viphone@googl
Hi Everyone,
How do you download pictures off the iPhone to the pc? Any help on this
would be appreciated.
Mr. Ed
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I once owned a Refreshabraille 18 and sold it because I just had such a hard
time plugging the USB cable into the unit to charge. Even my wife, who is
sighted couldn't figure it out. When I asked APH about the design of that port,
I was told that they wanted to make it extra sturdy because don't
Hi:
I tried to get a Verio and I was told that the company was in chapter 11.
Then I got the Polaris.
n
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Andrew J. LaPointe
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 11:54 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re
I see it on my 6+. The other thing that is very annoying is that I will be
typing on the keyboard, VOL will announce a key, I will tap on it, and the last
key I typed will come up again. I’m not sure I’m explaining this so it makes
sense. Say for example I type a B as in boy. Then I go on to typ
to all,
it is annoying. i did show up at apple store and the guy checked and
he tried to turn it off. he ran to show technican and technician tried
to turn off. they saw that it keeps coming bakc.
the guy at apple store suggests for all of you to let accessibility
team andengineering know
I’m sorry it’s got you too - though it is reassuring that I’m not alone. I’ve
got a 7 Plus with latest iOS, so perhaps it is specific to some models with
specific settings enabled?
Cheers
Harry
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 14:42, Kimberly wrote:
>
> Yes, I see this lag constantly on my iPhone 7 running
I does have 8 Dots which will let you know your place for corrections and
does have commands to change from contracted to ueb and get to other areas of
Web Mail ect. I wish I could give you more true info but, I am still learning
this thing. Andy and Shubert
From: Paul Richard McGann
Sen
I actually have the Brailliant BI by Humanware. It has 32 cells and I think you
can use 8 dot braille.
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> On Feb 4, 2018
to all,
i am fan of focus 40 blue original. i know about focus 14, but i wish
to have 20. you can voice out to vfo groups and encourage them to try to
produce 20 as to make reading faster. wink!
i did share feedback with vfo groups colleagues, and they want to hear
for you if yo want 20 i
to all,
i enjoy using refreshabrialle 18 and vario ultra 20 which are produced
by baum. refreshabrailel 18 is great with battery longivity. vari ultra
20 is great with keyboard sa to have chords instead of using space bar.
gtreat. but battery, yes. since it is also notetaker, too. both are g
Oh I’d be fine with the 20 cells. I don’t like large braille displays. I’d love
the Focus 14 the most.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor
, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint instructor certified by World
Services for the Blind
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 11:12 AM, Andrew J. LaPo
The only thing at this point I wish the Orbit 20 had is 40 cells... After
awhile, hitting the panning switch gets tiring.
From: llump...@austin.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 12:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: best braille display in general
>From the demos
It does make some sound refreshing but, not unbearable...again, I don’t
have much to compare it. When I had the demo of the vario Ultra, if I remember
correctly, I don’t seem to recall any noise at allAndy and Shubert
From: llump...@austin.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 12:05 P
I don’t know how durable it is but, I will let you know how I make out
here. There is a lot of plastic and I treat it with kid gloves and go way out
of my way not to drop it. Andy and Shubert
From: Devin Prater
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 12:02 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject
>From the demos I’ve heard, its refresh rate was very slow and made a
>left-to-right thrashing sound when it refreshed. From the techtalk podcast of
>the Braille Me, I think its refresh rate is much faster and much quieter.
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I wish I could get my hands on an orbit for a while, to see if it’s durable
enough to use for years. I know, at $400, even if it isn’t durable, it’s cheap
enough to replace every few years.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor
, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint instructor c
Hi, thank you for this reply... I for many years, have not spent money on
products such as Braille Displays or Printers and other high priced devices.
Before I pull thetrigger on a nice Braille Display, I need to know that
what I choose, I will find that the money is well spent.
I am us
Wow, That makes me wonder how truly durable any of them are. I've had
two Hims displays that afte only a couple years end up with problems,
my u2 now has dots that are not coming up well, makes reading
sometimes difficoult.
I am not paying to have it ifxed.
I can honestly think that my Braille Lit
to all,
i hhad been braillist ats chool for blind for the rest of 13 years. i
got along with six-dot and eight-d
ot. when i do duxbury, it is always six-dot after converting print
documents into braille. i get them embossed into braille materials and
pass the books and others to kids.
o
Well, I’m glad you’ve had better luck with it than I have.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor
, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint instructor certified by World
Services for the Blind
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 10:47 AM, alia robinson wrote:
>
> and I can’t recommend it highly
and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It is by far the best display I have
*ever* used with the best customer service.
On Feb 4, 2018, at 11:45 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
The Vario Ultra is the braille display I have. After a few months, the Micro
USB port broke. After being repaired well enoug
The Vario Ultra is the braille display I have. After a few months, the Micro
USB port broke. After being repaired well enough, two dots have now stopped
working. No, I cannot recommend this display.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor
, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint ins
Hi, I know that the braille display from Germany is still not available
so.If I want to take notes, read books in BRF, have 8 Dots, and be able to
save on a SD card what would I want? I noticed that the Focus 40 5th
generation has been well rated but, what are the cons? Is the German Displ
Hello, I am interested in your Ringtones. Could you zip them for me, and put
them on since space. I would love to have them. Thank you so much, I know you
were offering them to someone else, but if you would give them to me, I would
appreciate that as well.
Cathy and Tiny.
> On Feb 4, 2018, at
APH delayed and put off the release so long that we're suspicious of buying one
of them.
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Russ Kiehne
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 9:01 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: best bra
Did anyone happen to see the following on Blind Bargains?
Breaking: APH Announces Orders For the Orbit Reader 20 Will Start February 2
Scott Davert Feb 01, 2018 11:04 PM ET
APH has announced via it's mailing list for the Orbit Reader 20 that they
will start taking orders tomorrow for the much
Yes, I see this lag constantly on my iPhone 7 running the latest version of
iOS. Very annoying.
Sent from Kimber's iPhone
The happy ending still beckons, and it is in the hope of grasping it that we go
on.—Annie Proulx
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 4:17 AM, Harry Bell wrote:
>
> Does anybody else find
for capital letters on a six dot machine you use dot six first.
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From: Anouk Radix
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:15 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth
Hi, I personally like 8-dot braille for showing where the cu
No message here.
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Eden
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 8:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 4, 2018, at
The Braille Me has two methods of showing the cursor. I would have preferred 8
dots myself but I get their reasoning for doing 6. If you just want to read
braille like books, 6 dots is fine and $450 is a heck of a lot better than
three thousand or so. My wife just wants a simple note taker to ta
I dont get a lag on my 5s. Everything is fine here.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 5:40 AM, christopher hallsworth
> wrote:
>
> Hi not on my iPhone 6s, which in my opinion always ran iOS 11 very well. This
> may happen on the older devices though, like the iPhone 5s and iPad Mini 2.
I have recently updated to the public beta of iOS 11.3, but definitely had this
issue I think it was January 11 because when I found the screen recording from
late September I also found one I made on January 11 and that is where I
noticed it for the first time.
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Hi, I personally like 8-dot braille for showing where the cursor is and for
showing capital letters.
Greetings, Anouk,
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 06:01, Janet Bell wrote:
>
> Hi Richard I grew up with six-dot braille so prefer it I have never really
> understoodd why we need two more dots as we can u
I would love your folder of ringtones. I pretty much used the same
process of getting ring tones in to ITunes. I copied a folder of a few
tones where I wanted them. Went in iTtunes chose the import folder
option. After that clicked the Iphone button. Then tabbed over to
summary. went down to tones.
I have not noticed this coming back yet.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Merv Keck
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 10:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: turning off do not disturb while driving
I have had the same experience. Last week I missed an important message bec
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 5:53 AM, Anthony Vece wrote:
>
> I agree.
>
>
>
>> On Feb 4, 2018, at 12:01 AM, Janet Bell wrote:
>>
>> Hi Richard I grew up with six-dot braille so prefer it I have never really
>> understoodd why we need two more dots as we can use signs Janet
I agree.
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 12:01 AM, Janet Bell wrote:
>
> Hi Richard I grew up with six-dot braille so prefer it I have never really
> understoodd why we need two more dots as we can use signs Janet
>
> -Original Message- From: Andy Baracco
> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 7:
I have a number of tones that I have gathered or created myself. what type
do you like? Or I could zip a folder of what I have.
Yes, you would need itunes to install them. after unzipping the folder you
can copy the folder and paste it into the itunes window.then connect your
phone, press f6 un
Hi not on my iPhone 6s, which in my opinion always ran iOS 11 very well. This
may happen on the older devices though, like the iPhone 5s and iPad Mini 2.
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 09:17, Harry Bell wrote:
>
> Does anybody else find that in iOS 11 voice-over is lagging way behind what
> is actually v
Does anybody else find that in iOS 11 voice-over is lagging way behind what is
actually visible on the screen? Example: when i wake my phone and, after a
couple of goes at fingerprint ID, i succeed and the screen has already passed
the lock screen and the visible focus is on the first folder on
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