回覆﹕ iOS 11.3 Beta Music Accessibility Alert! Attention All Beta Testers!

2018-02-07 Thread 'Ming' via VIPhone
how c an I join the beta testing e-mail group? Ming msn/window live messenger chung_chiming_2...@hotmail.com skype: chungchiming9950 face book: http://www.facebook.com/mingcm1 2018年2月8日 週四,M. Taylor 寫道﹕ 主旨: iOS 11.3 Beta

iOS 11.3 Beta Music Accessibility Alert! Attention All Beta Testers!

2018-02-07 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As a follow-up to Malcolm's beta software notice, Sieghard sent me a very compelling email, off-list explaining the details of the iOS 11.3 beta software Music app VoiceOver accessibility bug. After reading Sieghard's email, I believe this current bug is significant enough to be

Voice wars: Siri vs. Alexa vs. Google Assistant, CNET

2018-02-07 Thread M. Taylor
Voice wars: Siri vs. Alexa vs. Google Assistant Three voice assistants are fighting for space in your smart home -- is there a clear winner? By Megan Wollerton, February 7, 2018 5:00 AM PST Now that Siri has a dedicated smart speaker to call home, it's time to assess how Apple's voice assistant

Why Apple won't need to throttle iPhone 8 or iPhone X so severely, Cult of Mac

2018-02-07 Thread M. Taylor
Why Apple won't need to throttle iPhone 8 or iPhone X so severely By Killian Bell, 10:00 am, February 7, 2018 iPhone X won't be hit with severe throttling. Apple won't need to throttle the performance of iPhone 8 or iPhone X so severely as they age. Its latest devices use more advanced hardware

A List Member Needs Help Copying Contacts from iPhone to Outlook

2018-02-07 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Todd Patkus, tpte...@gmail.com, a list member who does not have posting privileges requested that I post the following question to the list on his behalf. If you have an answer, please reply to him, directly, as well as posting to the list, if you like. Thank you. Mark

Re: Getting ringtones

2018-02-07 Thread englishrider91
Hey, awesome little hack! I had no idea this was possible! I'm so going to share this with all my friends! Thanks, Ari > On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Just a quick Dropbox tip: > Look at the link you pasted for downloading your zip file, you will

RE: Serious bug in music app in latest beta of iOS 11.3

2018-02-07 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Malcolm, Unless permission is given by a moderator, we do not discuss/post beta software information to the list. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 12:14 PM To:

Re: BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD WITH NUMPAD!!!

2018-02-07 Thread Anthony Vece
Thank you > On Feb 7, 2018, at 4:48 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > It is for both, if you use it with an iDevice the keyboard knows and if you > use it with a PC it has the regular Windows keys > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: writing links in contracted Braille

2018-02-07 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Lynn, How you write links depends on which braille code you are using. If you use UEB, dots 256 will be interpreted as a period. If you are using the older Grade 2, it will be interpretted as dd. In that code, type a dot 4 and then the computer braille symbol. So period would be dot 4

Re: A Huboodle word search question.

2018-02-07 Thread Maria Reyes
Hi, Go to settings, General, Accessibility, VoiceOver then find rotor. Select it and you should see the different options that you can add to your rotor. You want the one that says vertical navigation. Maria Reyes Owner of the Apple 411 list: apple411+subscr...@groups.io Click this link

RE: BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD WITH NUMPAD!!!

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
It is for both, if you use it with an iDevice the keyboard knows and if you use it with a PC it has the regular Windows keys -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Vece Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 1:47 PM To:

Re: BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD WITH NUMPAD!!!

2018-02-07 Thread Anthony Vece
Is this for (I) devices? Sent from my Verizon iPhone 8+!!! > On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:53 AM, Kimber Gardner > wrote: > > I have the Logitech K780. It pairs with three devices and has a > numpad. It's very comfortable to type on but I wouldn't call it > portable. >

RE: Changing apple id email address

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
If you change your Aple Id email then whatever new address you change it to will be your primary Apple Id email. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel McGee Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 12:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

A Huboodle word search question.

2018-02-07 Thread Liz Ulrich and LD Hope
Hello! I installed Huboodle this morning, and it is my new addiction. I have Trivia Trail and Word Builder mastered, and now I am trying to figure out how to do the word war game. Where in settings on my iPhone 7-plus do I find the rotar settings so that i can flick vertically through the game

RE: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Carla
My volume did that at first too but then it got better while we were testing it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Yolanda Thompson Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 1:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Question

Re: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Yolanda Thompson
I have an 8 plus, and my biggest problem is that the volume when I answer the ring and enter the app goes waaay down. Anyone else seeing this? On 2/7/18, Carla wrote: > OK thanks. I may check it out again. It's my alarm center that installed > it as we just upgraded

Re: Changing apple id email address

2018-02-07 Thread Daniel McGee
Hello Sieghard that is good news to hear. One more further question if I may. By changing to the new email address, am I then making that new email be the default address for my apple ID account? Or will my previous address still be considered the apple id. I hope what I am saying is

Serious bug in music app in latest beta of iOS 11.3

2018-02-07 Thread Malcolm Parfitt
Hello. Not sure whether it is permitted to discuss such things here but as this is a serious bug I thought I would warn other list members. The latest version of the Music App is on my iPhone7 at least almost unusable. No matter what tab you are in: Library, For You, Brows or search Voiceover

RE: Changing apple id email address

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Not difficult at all. Log into the Apple Id website, sign in with your current Apple Id and password and then look for where you can change your Apple Id. I haven’t logged in recently, but it is pretty straight forward. -Original Message- From:

Changing apple id email address

2018-02-07 Thread Daniel McGee
Hello everyone. I was just wondering, is it complicated to change an apple id email address to another address that you want to use instead? Also, would it complicate matters further, if the new address that I am considering moving too is the recovery email for my apple id. In my case,

RE: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Carla
OK thanks. I may check it out again. It's my alarm center that installed it as we just upgraded our system and since we couldn't get it to work he didn't charge me but I can have him come back and give it another try. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

Re: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Robin Frost
Hi, And I’ve found that when in the app while swiping through some elements don’t verbalize properly and I did tweet at them politely about this but I found if you swipe right and then left VoiceOver will compensate by saying “possible text” and telling you what it might be. It isn’t perfect

RE: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Make sure you go into Notification Centre and set it to Alerts and not Banners as they go away. I do agree that answering it quickly can be a bit of a challenge, but with a bit of practice you’ll get it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carla Sent:

RE: Sim card removal

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Not much to it, if you have the SIM removal tool (a little wire gadget) use it otherwise bend open a paperclip. Slide it along the edge until you find the hole, stick it in and push down (it does take some force), the tray pops out just a bit, pull it out all the way, put the SIM somewhere safe

RE: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Carla
When it gave the notification it took me forever to find the right place to double tap. I know it is on the top of the screen and the installer told me it was a green button which didn't do me any good lol! I mean it wasn't an easy access at all to get in to and to get out of. He took it

Sim card removal

2018-02-07 Thread Donald L. Roberts
I am sending in my iPhone 6 for battery replacement. One instruction was to remove the sim. I know the sim tray is on the right side of the phone. Beyond that, I need step by step instructions to proceed with the sim removal. Thanks in advance for feedback. Don Roberts -- The following

RE: Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I do use it and it works OK, it has a few quirks, but all in all it works OK. What exactly is the issue you have? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carla Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 9:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Question Regarding The

Question Regarding The Ring Doorbell App

2018-02-07 Thread Carla
Is anyone using the Ring Doorbell App? I got one but find it not easy to work. Any help with voiceover with this app would be greatly appreciated. If it isn't going to work I need to know soon. Thanks! Carla -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

RE: Newer models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I would definitely look at the Apple Store option and advise against buying an SE now. The SE has the same processor as the 6S/6S Plus even though it came out in the spring of 2016 and the 6S/6S Plus came out in the Fall of 2015. Don't get me wrong, I have a 6S Plus and really like the phone

RE: Getting ringtones

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Just a quick Dropbox tip: Look at the link you pasted for downloading your zip file, you will see it has a 0 at the end. When I clicked on the link it goes to a website and you have to then select "Direct Download". If you want to avoid this, just delete the 0 next time you paste a Dropbox link

RE: help needed, with renaming folders on the iPhone please

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I just tried to reproduce this and it does seem at times the editing mode closes, but if you typed only part of the folder name you want, just go to the first app in the folder, swipe down and double tap to start editing mode again, swipe left back to the folder name, double tap and you are

Re: Newer models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Deidre Muccio
Thank you all for responding to my post. I was afraid you'd say what why help her she's back in the dark ages! Yeah I've been leaning towards an SE but I wasn't quite sure what the specs were yet. I will at some point go down to the Apple store but it's a bit of an ordeal. I suppose it's an

RE: BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD WITH NUMPAD!!!

2018-02-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I also have the Logitech K780 which I snatched up when it was on sale at Best Buy here in Canada for $59.99 Canadian, it's normally $99.99 Canadian so should be definitely less in US Dollars. I still call it portable as it's a bit more compact than a full-size Logitech keyboard with USB dongle

Re: BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD WITH NUMPAD!!!

2018-02-07 Thread Kimber Gardner
I have the Logitech K780. It pairs with three devices and has a numpad. It's very comfortable to type on but I wouldn't call it portable. On 2/6/18, Anthony Vece wrote: > Hi Everone; > > Is there a good bluetooth keypad ar will work on my iPhone, iPad and, my > MACBOOK AIR? > >

writing links in contracted Braille

2018-02-07 Thread Lynn White
Sent from my iPhoneThe other day, I tried writing a link while using contracted braille and it looked like jibberish. The period came out looking like I was writing a double d rather than a period. I used dots 2-5-6 for the period. Any suggestions? Sorry for all these braille input questions.

Re: Newer models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Shai
Hello Deidre, I think that I would inquire about the battery replacement I have had my iPhone6s for about three years and I recently replaced the battery a year ago and the phone is really quick just as if it were purchased recently. Since it was indicated that you have had the phone for about a

varifying my Uber acount for cash payment

2018-02-07 Thread Michael Amaro
Hello Listers, I am running The Latest iOS on an iPhone sE. How do I go about varifying myUber acount for a cash payment? How do I find out if my particular city Uber takes cash? thanks Michael Email: mikeam...@earthlink.net iPhone: mikeam...@icloud.com JFK" What kind of peace do I

RE: Newere models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Richard Turner
First, I believe that the 6 is covered under Apple's battery replacement deal for $29.99. But, if you have an Apple store near you, I'd go in and have them diagnose the issue. If it is the battery, $30 isn't too bad of an investment if that will solve the issue. The next best phone in my

Newer models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Deidre Muccio
> Hello all, > I have a replacement iPhone 6 that I got a year ago. It's getting slower and > slower. I haven't inquired yet about a battery change. Seems to me after a > year with a presumably new or refurbished phone that should've been in good > working orde– a year isn't long to be having

Newere models of phones

2018-02-07 Thread Deidre Muccio
Hello all, I have a replacement iPhone 6 that I got a year ago. It's getting slower and slower. I haven't inquired yet about a battery change. Seems to me after a year with a presumably new or refurbished phone that should've been in good working orde– a year isn't long to be having the kinds