Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Maria, thank you. This might be what we need to do. It's really strange since we were able to do this before, but it might take deleting the voice and resetting. I'll let you know. - Original Message - From: Maria Reyes To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018

iphone and google voice

Hey guys, Do any of you on here use google voice? I've had a number for years and am looking to do more with it. I remember years ago, that if someone called you on yourr verizon cell phone, if i hit ignore, it would go to google voice voicemail instead of Verizon voicemail. Trying to figure

RE: apple watch buy or wait?

Good to know! Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 7:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: apple watch buy or wait? If

Re: ringtone question

I use GoldWave. I do a save as, select Media Foundation m4a and then rename the file to m4r since m4a and m4r are essentially the same format, but Apple recognizes m4r as a ringtone. I know there are other ways to do the same thing, but this works for me since I use GoldWave for other audio

Re: Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

Hi, yes, i haveing this issue i have iPhone 7 with Alison us voice. Sent from my iphone ‫ב-28 באפר׳ 2018, בשעה 1:57, ‏‏Maria Reyes ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > What’s the exact problem? > > Sent from my sprint iPhone X!!! > > On Apr 27, 2018, at 6:11 PM, Richard Turner

ringtone question

Hey guys, OK, i have 3 mp3s i wanna make as ringtones. What program can i use on windows to make it into an m4r i think it is? What would i need to do? Thanks, Jed -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

What’s the exact problem? Sent from my sprint iPhone X!!! On Apr 27, 2018, at 6:11 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: Yes, with an iPhone SE on Xfinity Mobile. Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Hi, try deleting and redownloading the Tom voice. Also, try doing a reset by pressing the power and home buttons simultaneously Sent from my sprint iPhone X!!! On Apr 27, 2018, at 4:20 PM, Mr. Ed > wrote: Hi Arlene, Maybe you have tried this

RE: flick type and putting what you wrote with it in to A text message

You can also check an option in Settings which will copy anything you wrote to the clipboard when you exit Flicktype. Then you can go into Messages or Mail or wherever you want the text, start a new message and when you are in the message body field turn the rotor to Edit and then flick down

Re: flick type and putting what you wrote with it in to A text message

Oops, I forgot about the export text feature. Forget my explanation because Richard's is so much simpler. Sent from my iPhone Liz Ulrich and leader Dog hope HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 > On Apr 27, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >

Re: flick type and putting what you wrote with it in to A text message

Type what you want to type. Then, flick up with two fingers and flick right until you hear copy and clear text and double tap. Leave Flicktye and open up the messaging app. Paste the text in the message field. Yes, this is very cumbersome, but this will be remedied when Flicktype becomes a

Re: flick type and putting what you wrote with it in to A text message

to get to the menu, flick up with two fingers. Then, flick right to export text and double tap. Then flick right to message, and double tap. HTH, 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,

Re: Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

Yes, with an iPhone SE on Xfinity Mobile. 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 Apr 27, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw >

flick type and putting what you wrote with it in to A text message

Hi okay now you type A message in flick type. Now what if you want to take what you have written and paste that in to A text message and send that message to one of your contacts instead of dectaiting the text how do you do that? -- Casey -- The following information is important for all

Re: Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

I am still having this pronunciation problem. I have the iPhone 7 with Sprint. Sharonda Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes > On Apr 27, 2018, at 2:18 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Hi list, > > I'm just curious if others are still getting the

Re: Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

Yes, I have an iphone it and, I am having the same prom. Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Apr 27, 2018, at 5:18 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Hi list, > > I'm just curious if others are still getting the unintelligible pronunciation > of emoji as I am after upgrading to

Pronunciation of Emoji with iOS 11.3.1 upgrade?

Hi list, I'm just curious if others are still getting the unintelligible pronunciation of emoji as I am after upgrading to iOS 11.3.1. I'm using an iPhone 7 with Samantha enhanced as my Voiceover voice. I realize this isn't a biggie but I know I and others reported it to Apple Accessibility so

RE: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Hi Arlene, Maybe you have tried this but have you turn off your iPhone and then turned it back on. Just a thought if you haven’t as there may be a glitch in the software. By rebooting it cleans it up. Just trying to cover all bases. Mr. Ed From: viphone@googlegroups.com

Two Apple TV Related Questions

When I go to settings and to Voiceover to change the voice, I get the current voice (Samantha) and it says one of four.  I can't figure out how to activate to change the voice.  Any help is appreciated. The other has to do with Directvnow.  This thing is just outrageous to deal with.  I was

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

We tried that as well and somehow it still doesn't change. About a month ago, we were able to do it fine, it worked fine with the downloading of the voice and changing the voice. In fact, my boyfriend couldn't get it to even change to one of the other voices. So there could be something else

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

I think you are missing one last step. Make sure in the list of voices, it doesn’t say “download” which would mean the voice is not downloaded. Once confirmed that the voice is downloaded double tap on the name and double tap again on the name. You will have to double tap on the name which

Re: Dish network questions

Yes, to all of that, Gordon, and the Joeys do have the accessibility. The joey's work just like the hopper except that the hopper has the harddrive in it. When you have the hopper of which there's an app for that called sling. Remember if you get dish you want the most recent hopper which is

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Sieghart, The tom voice was completely downloaded. We also downloaded, completely some of the other voices and we couldn't change the voice. While I appreciate your helpfulness to me and many other people on the list, you weren't here for the experience I had with the apple accessibility, of

RE: Dish network questions

Hopper 3 From: Arlene Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 11:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Dish network questions Peter, just one more question, which receiver do you have? Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Peter Logan" To:

Re: Flicktype not speaking

To accomplish a total delete I shake the phone. It prompts me whether I want to delete and I simply confirm and voila! 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 Apr 27, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Gordon

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

Yes you can, at least with a stationary bike. It’s in the workout app. hth Marie Lyons > On Apr 27, 2018, at 2:44 AM, Arlene wrote: > > All this information about the iwatch is very interesting. I was wondering if > you could use the watch if you were exercising on

Re: Dish network questions

That's true, though cox cable and comcast have done a great job with the accessibility. Cox with the contour. We got eh 2 cox apps and they are great too. - Original Message - From: "Peter Logan" To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 9:13 AM

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Jim, that sounds helpful, and we tried that, and we even turned the phone off. It's strange it won't change to any of the voices. Thank you. - Original Message - From: Jim Fettgather To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:59 AM Subject: RE: need some more

Re: about iOS 11.3.1 and braille displays

Hi, In addition, if problems persist, it would probably be a good idea to reset network settings. Sometimes this fixes Bluetooth problems. Last year, my watch and phone weren't connecting reliably, and resetting network settings did the trick. Best, Anna > On Apr 27, 2018, at 9:10 AM,

Re: Flicktype not speaking

FlickType is currently not a full system keyboard, but in the near future it will be a full system keyboard. For now, it is a little cumbersome to paste and such, but this is temporary. If you want to delete text, flick to the left until you hear no text to delete. Sent from my iPhone Liz

Re: Dish network questions

Peter, just one more question, which receiver do you have? Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Peter Logan" To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 9:14 AM Subject: Re: Dish network questions it does .. but I don’t usually listen to it ..

RE: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Hello Arlene, One last comment on this since you seem not very interested in following what others recommend, just because you had one unfavourable experience with Apple Accessibility doesn’t mean it will be the same next time. Any support line is like this, sometimes you get somebody who is

Re: Dish network questions

Is there anyone at Dish I can talk to that you know of who's familiar with accessibility to make sure that I'm getting what I need? A lot of the different providers I've worked with in the past don't have a clue about what their stuff does as far as speech. So I would like to get a

Re: Flicktype not speaking

HI Gordon. There are plans to make flick type a system wide keyboard. As for deleting everything, try swiping left and holding with 1 finger. Hope this helps Maria > On 28 Apr 2018, at 1:10 am, Gordon wrote: > > Is there a way to use flick type as your main

Re: Flicktype not speaking

Is there a way to use flick type as your main keyboard or will you always have to type out what you want and copy and paste? And I wish there was a delete everything option? Sometimes I'll be in the middle of a text and have to stop to go do something or answer a call. And I want to come back

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

You have helped, Peggy, thank you. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:49 AM Subject: Re: apple watch buy or wait? Yes you can set the time I believe you would I would probably use Siri to set the time for

Re: Dish network questions

So if I had the hopper in my room and the Joeies in the other rooms, would that work? Would those other boxes be able to record to the dvr and access those recordings on the other tvs? And does the app for managing the dvr work well with the iPhone? On 4/27/2018 10:00 AM, Cristóbal wrote:

Re: Dish network questions

Gordon, the speech would be on all 4 tvs. You'll have the one hopper, and the other 3 receivers they call joliettes, which I might be spelling wrong. If you go with dish we recomend the hopper 3 because it's their most recent receiver. It's been reported that the audio description does work,

Re: Flicktype not speaking

This is just the beginning. FlickType is going to be a full system keyboard in the near future, and the developers are always happy to have more beta testers. They really want this keyboard to be an excellent option for visually impaired people. Patience and practice are the keys to using

RE: Flicktype not speaking

Hi Martin, Flicktype is designed so you quickly tap on where you think where the letters are and then when you have finished typing out a word you flick/swipe right which inserts a space and only then it reads back the word that you typed. If it’s the correct word you just tontinue typing, if

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

I will never call apple accessibility again, once was enough for me. Before I could even have them assist me that time with my apple id I kept on getting timed out with doing the acceptance thing in agreeing tp their policies. That really stressed me out. I'm not knocking the accessibility,

RE: Dish network questions

Only the Hoppers have accessibility. The Joeys don't. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Logan Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 7:13 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Dish network questions I don’t know the

Re: Flicktype not speaking

So here's how to use this app. Lets say you want to type the word  cat. Tap where you think the letters are and then flick once to the right to type the word which also inserts the space so you can begin typing the next word. On 4/27/2018 9:39 AM, 'Martin Maidment' via VIPhone wrote: Hi

Re: Flicktype not speaking

Hello! Flicktype will not speak as you type. Single tap where you think a letter is. Imagine typing on a computer keyboard as you tap. Once you are done tapping, flick to the right, and you will hear a possible word choice. Flick down with one finger for word suggestions. Once you have the

RE: Flicktype not speaking

Hi All I’ve just downloaded flicktype. When I’m typing on the keyboard it isn’t speaking the letters. Is this right? Martin From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Dean Sent: 26 April 2018 19:54 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Dish network questions

it does .. but I don’t usually listen to it .. when I have though I haven’t had any issues Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Arlene wrote: > > Peter, you're right the tv is good. We were wondering does your dish package > include xm radio?

Re: Dish network questions

I don’t know the answer to that as I only have 1 TV .. I did connect that to a stereo in another room via bluetooth .. At the time the Joey’s didn’t have speech ... not sure if that has changed ... Sad thing is that all of these companies only do the bare necessity to meet the laws. It

about iOS 11.3.1 and braille displays

I updated to iOS 11.3.1 and my Braille Edge 40 connected via bluetooth automatically just as always. For the person having the issue, reboot both devices, then be sure the phone is locked before turning on the braille display and putting it in terminal mode. And, as Anna said, lock the phone

RE: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but I find that if I add a new voice, I sometimes have to turn Voiceover completely off, then back on again, for the new voice to become available. Thanks From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Arlene Sent: Friday,

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

I’m sorry I forgot to answer some of your questions yes you can check your heart rate if you can understand it sometimes I can figure it out sometimes I can’t you can check it either on your watch or you can check it in the Health app on the phone you can also check it on the Activity which is

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

Yes you can set the time I believe you would I would probably use Siri to set the time for the amount of times that I want I’ve been just doing it knowing the time I start and just looking at the Watch and having it tell me how much time has elapsed but I think you can probably set a timer I

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

Peggy, thank you, that sounds really great. What kind of information do you find out? Such as your heart rate, calories burned and can you set the time for a period of time such as 30 minutes ot an hour? Thanks again. arlene - Original Message - From: To:

Re: Dish network questions

Peter, you're right the tv is good. We were wondering does your dish package include xm radio? The glitches I mentioned happen even more so every morning between 10 and 11 central time, especially on the 80's channel and the y2k country station. - Original Message - From: "Peter Logan"

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

By the way a while back changing the voice did work for us, so we know the instructions well, and thanks to Michelle, Barb and some others that sent those instructions. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 7:51

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Thanks again, I'll go through it for you. Going in settings going into voice over then going into speech and then going into voices then going into english selecting tom, and it says selecting tom default, click on that button and it says selected tom enhanced. It looks as if youre done so you

Re: Dish network questions

Ok so I have four tvs that I would want service on. So would I need the hopper connected to my tv in my room or will the speech be available on all boxes in the house? On 4/27/2018 7:38 AM, Peter Logan wrote: Both the Hopper 2 and 3 have there Text to Speech interface and most of the normal

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

Arlene, When you dealt with Apple, did they share your screen so they could see what what happening? If not, I'd call Apple Accessibility and ask them to do a screen share so they can see exactly what is happening. It seems like you have done all the steps, but it is impossible to get to the

RE: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

I just asked because this thread has gone on for so long that I don’t even recall your description at the beginning which is why I asked if you could post a message again describing your steps in detail. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of

RE: help with no service

Before removing the SIM I would simply try another reboot. Hold the power button until the “Double tap to power off” message appears, then double tap, wait 30 seconds and then push and hold the power button again for 2 seconds or so to turn the phone back on. From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: apple watch buy or wait?

If you do end up buying an Apple Watch (iWatch is not a word) then don't make the mistake to buy a second generation watch just to save a few bucks. I have one because that was what was new when I bought it and I often find it a bit annoying because it's a bit slow when it comes to navigating

Re: Dish network questions

Both the Hopper 2 and 3 have there Text to Speech interface and most of the normal day to day things are accessible ... it’s when you try to do some of the setup and more advanced things that it’s not accessible. But, watching TV ... looking at the guide ... working with recordings .. they all

Re: need some more help with switching voices doing all the steps voice doesn't change,

I can't explain it any more clearly than I did. We did all the right steps including selecting Tom, and the voice does not change. Thank you for replying. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 9:14 AM Subject:

Re: Dish network questions

If anyone goes with dish network, here's what you need to know. The following receivers have software problems. The wally is the worst. It does have accessibility. This receiver doesn't work with audio description. It is in the receiver, but dish has not been able to fix it so it will work. If

Re: help with no service

try partially removing the SIM card and pushing it back in. I had that happen a couple times about a year ago. It has nothing to do with the update. This was with an iPhone 6s as well. If you do not know how to eject the SIM card, you may need to call Apple or get sighted assistance. HTH,

help with no service

Hello, When I updated my 6S, the phone said no service. I called Apple tech support, but they couldn't figure out what was the problem. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to restore the connection? Airport is off. Thank you for any help. Rena -- The following information is important for

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

Hi, I have just received an Apple series 3 watch for my birthday. I like it very much. Yes you can do a workout on the stationary bike, you just have to go into the workout part of the watch and set the workout you can even use Siri to set it tell her what kind of workout you want and start and

Re: Amazon prime and audio description

Is there a site that lists what is on amazon prime and what you could get on it? Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Liz Ulrich and LD Hope" To: Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 10:37 PM Subject: Re: Amazon prime and audio

Re: Copy Screen Text into a Text File

Thanks, I'll have to keep this somewhere. - Original Message - From: "Richard Turner" To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 3:49 AM Subject: Re: Copy Screen Text into a Text File If VoiceOver reads it all in one string, you can do the

Re: Copy Screen Text into a Text File

KNFB reader or similar; might have to do the snapshot of it, then point app towards the pic'. RobH, hasn't got that far with it yet. - Original Message - From: "Richard Petty" To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 3:02 AM Subject: Copy

Re: apple watch buy or wait?

All this information about the iwatch is very interesting. I was wondering if you could use the watch if you were exercising on a stationary bike or even a regular kind of bike. Just like the swimming with exercising on a bike would it know the distance you've went and tell about your heart