My wife and I are changing from iPhone sevens to iPhone thirteens! How
big of a change is that? :)
We're both quite excited . . . Our carrier, Verizon, has a $650 credit
toward your new iPhone so if you're wishing to upgrade, when the overall
cost of the iPhone thirteen is about $150 to the
I can agree with that one.
It's the first thing I go for when needing to read something.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, 20 November 2021 7:35 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: tap tap c and seeing a i
I should
My system also has to swipe the phone near the sensor to get a scan.
> On Nov 19, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote:
>
> Not my one,
>
> Its NFC means you have to swipe the phone near the sensor to get the reading,
>
> Unless the one being spoken of here is a newer version with BT
Yes, you must put the top of the phone against the patch to get a reading.
Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President
National Federation of the Blind of California
President San Fernando Valley Chapter
818-381-9568
> On Nov 19, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote:
>
> Not my one,
>
> Its
Not my one,
Its NFC means you have to swipe the phone near the sensor to get the reading,
Unless the one being spoken of here is a newer version with BT which I know was
being worked on but hadn't heard anything more.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
What is sold for $99?
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Amy Ruell
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Wayaround question
Hello,
For those of you who use this, does the machine
I thought it was only a 20 foot limit.
- Original Message -
From: Bill Gallik
Date: Friday, November 19, 2021 04:29 AM
To: "viPhone "
Subject: Re: Free style libre two
Isn't the connection protocol between an iPhone and the Libre sensor Bluetooth?
The last I read anything concerning
Just wondering if there is a way to change the initial response from my Siri.
When I press the button to wake her up she says "h" or something like that.
There is no beep. It's a little more difficult for me to hear that with my
hearing aids.
Thanks in advance.
God bless!
Paula and the pups
Sometimes, my sensor does the same thing. It gives me a signal loss alarm at
times for no reason.
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From: Simon A Fogarty
Date: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:32 AM
To: "viphone@googlegroups.com"
Subject: RE: Free style libre two
Hi Linda,
What do you mean the sensor
Have you checked your storage? Sometimes low storage space effects things.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 7:27 AM CHELA Robles wrote:
> While I don't have the "Working on that," response I do still have the
> "having problems with the connection" in addition to
Hi Rick,
That’s what I thought. Nice to hear from you.
Amy’
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rick.alf...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 3:22 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Wayaround question
Hi Amy, I have to WayLink you are referring to and find I
Thanks, that’s what I thought as well.
Amy
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Andrew J
LaPointe
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Wayaround question
Hi Aimee, I have that little device and I just think it’s useless for me
Hi Amy, I have to WayLink you are referring to and find I don’t use it very
often at all as simply scanning the tag via NFC on my iPhone is just as quick
if not a little quicker. The WayLink device does not work without your phone.
It would have been great as a standalone device if it could
I have the iPhone 12 mini. This happens maybe 20% of the time both went on my
Wi-Fi as well as went out in the community
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 19, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Vicki W. wrote:
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> I'd be happy if it would just work on the locked screen! Crazy!
>
>
> - Original Message
I'd be happy if it would just work on the locked screen! Crazy!
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From: "Dan Yates"
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 8:13 PM
Subject: Weary of Siri
wow! What the heck is wrong with Siri lately. I thought that, after the
upgrade, it would no longer be in
my wife has the 14 day Freestyle libre, and the connection is NFC not
bluetooth.
Andy
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From: "Bill Gallik"
To: "viPhone "
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: Free style libre two
Isn’t the connection protocol between an iPhone and the Libre
I should have mentioned that because Seeing AI is free it's sort of a no
brainer and really every blind person should have it on their phone.
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From: 'Pat Marshall' via VIPhone
Sent: November 19, 2021 10:09 AM
To: si...@blinky-net.com; viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
You always have to line up your camera no matter which app you use.
Seeing AI has barcode recognition, but I don't think it's as good as Tap Tap
See with straight object recognition. Here is an example:
With Tap Tap See I can put a can of Coke or Ginger Ale on the counter and
simply take a
HI Pat,
The best thing to do is the same thing that the old joke says when a person
asks "how do I get to Carnegie Hall" and the response is , "practice, practice,
practice."
Seeing AI can give you more information to help with text recognition.
However, for objects, learning how to get the
thanks Richard. Yes tap tap see is pretty good but seeing AI is complicated
but it wasn't when I first installed it.
Pat
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I don’t have this device, but according to the description on their web site,
it does work in conjunction with your smart phone, and it would be good if
you’re using it with a device that doesn’t have an NFC chip available to the
WayAround app or you want to scan items without constantly
Yes Tap Tap see is useful for simple things but the problem is lining your
camera up to the required article or say a tin of something or bottle of
something? Perhaps Seeing AI would be better ?
Pat M
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Hi Aimee, I have that little device and I just think it’s useless for me
because it’s just as easy to use my iPhone with the app I don’t feel that it
would save too much time.
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> On Nov 19, 2021, at 12:27 PM, Amy Ruell wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
> For those of you who use this,
Hello,
For those of you who use this, does the machine sold for $99 allow someone
to use the system without an Apple or Android device? I wouldn't think so,
but then I don't see the use for it.
Thanks.
Amy
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Right, OK with my 11 too for Siri.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Weary of Siri
Which phone do you have?
I have an
Hi.
You can't actually increase the storage on your phone. You can buy additional
iCloud storage. I have an extra 50 gig for around a buck a month.
Chris Judge
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lynda
Ingraham
Sent: November 18, 2021 8:50 PM
To:
Hi:
I have had many of the same issues with Siri that all of you have had.
but I haven't had them in quite awhile now. I had timeswhen Siri
would say working on it and then tell me there was an error and that was
that. Thank goodness that has ended for me for now anyway. I just
Good morning everyone,
First, thank you to everyone that answered my questions yesterday about the
Libre 2.
We’re back online everything is working in terms of getting readings. Here’s my
problem, instead of the alert tone being played out loud from my phone my watch
is vibrating. I would
I actually haven't had her say working on that for quite some time now. Over
all I would have to say she is behaving better than she was.
Chris Judge
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of CJ & AA
MAY
Sent: November 19, 2021 7:50 AM
To:
While I don't have the "Working on that," response I do still have the "having
problems with the connection" in addition to making sure that this device is on
the same network as this home pod which I don't own one. I told y'all about the
run-around with Apple Accessibility yesterday night and
I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble with Siri. Sometimes he speaks,
while at other times he does not.
Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+!
> On Nov 19, 2021, at 8:13 AM, chrisjudge1...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> She's old and wrinkled and needs to be traded in.
>
>
She's old and wrinkled and needs to be traded in.
Chris Judge
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Yates
Sent: November 18, 2021 11:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Weary of Siri
wow! What the heck is wrong with Siri lately. I thought that,
Isn’t the connection protocol between an iPhone and the Libre sensor Bluetooth?
The last I read anything concerning such connectivity, there is a 30 foot
limitation to retain connection. I know that if I’m using my Bluetooth
headphones and walk from one end of my home to the other I lose that
I wonder why some people are having so many problems with Siri and others not?
Yes, very occasionally she will tell me "working on it" and then fail but this
is mostly when I am asking her to do something and she can't reach a wi-fi
connection. It is really rare for her to let me down though.
I'm not saying I haven't had Siri tell me something like working on
it. However, it seems to be a lot less since the update. I've got an
iPhone 8.
On 11/18/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Which phone do you have?
> I have an iPhone 11 and since upgrading to iOS 15 back in September I don't
>
Hi Linda,
What do you mean the sensor unpaired from your phone?
I walk away from my phone all the time and it doesn't affect the sensor
And alerts don't seem to be affected either
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lynda
Ingraham
Sent: Friday, 19
Yeah that’s why I got the 256gb
It’s still cheaper than I paid for the ipHone x,
I’m pretty sure they have increased the weight of the devices as well.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Friday, 19 November 2021 6:33 pm
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE:
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