RE: scheduling an apointment

No trouble. It might be easier to just edit the calendar settings for a default alert time for all new appointments. But, if you want to try editing an appointment, double tap on the appointment, double tap the edit button in the upper right corner. Then, touch the bottom of the screen and

Re: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Richard, Of course, I've reported all bugs that I've found so far to Apple.DonnaI assume you have already done the same?   Richard“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard My web site: https://www.turner42.com🦅 From: v

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Re: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Hi, Interesting find about the rotor thanks for that. I'm not Richard but yes I did pre-order one. 😀 Take good care, Robin On 9/19/2022 2:49 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Could you give a specific example which I could reproduce regarding the paste permission prompt? Here is one I just t

Re: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

The only workaround I see in regards to the phone, not having speech when rebooting, it is to actually plug it in to the charger and have the charger miraculously restart the phone and then possibly tell Siri to turn on voiceover if voiceover is off and if it’s on already and it’s not speaking,

Re: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

On the subject of oddities, with voiceover, why won't the voice I choose for my Apple watch switch from siri say to Fred for example or Alex? I have watchOS 9. I wonder if the subject of not getting any speech on the phone happens with Alex as well sorry for flip-flopping back and forth. Sent f

RE: scheduling an apointment

Hi Richard Yes i use siri to schedule an apointment but i don’t know how to go to the apointment details unfortunately. Sorry for the trouble i’m causing you. Thanks in advance once again Anthony From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: 19 September 2022

Re: scheduling an apointment

Hello, Go to settings, calandar and you will find a place to set ane alerte for all nex event Lyne > Le 19 sept. 2022 à 11:41, anthonyborg...@gmail.com a écrit : > >  > Hi > > Can somebody explain to me that when i schedule an apointment the iphone > doesn’t give me an alert reminder on t

Re: Accessible Ice Maker

Hi Rick, This sounds like something we need! Would you please tell me it's size / dimensions, if you have them? Or, could you tell me a model and brand and I can do a search for the dimensions? Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! - Original Message

Re: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Hi Sieghard, If there's a settings for icecube sizes it's usually a setting control on the icemaker unit inside the freezer itself. The last icemaker that we had that had this option used a knob that you could increase or decrease the amount of water that was delivered to the icecube tray by t

RE: Accessible Ice Maker

That’s what I found. The first one I had, I think some mechanism that hits a little switch in there so it knows the tray is back in position and that it can start another cycle probably broke, so the tray would move back up, stop, and then it would reset, go back down, up, etc, and never start p

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

The ones I had both had two buttons. One was to turn the ice maker on and off and the other was to adjust the size of the ice cubes. Chris Judge From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: September 1

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

Mine happened with Evan Enhanced. I would have switched back to Samantha, but someone on this or another list said it happened to their phone with Samantha. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CHELA Robles Sent: Monday, Septem

RE: Accessible Ice Maker

Hi. I’ve used 2 different ice makers. The first one was, I believe a Danby and the other was kitchen aid. Both of them had physical buttons. From experience they don’t last all that long and are apparently a real bugger to clean. Chris Judge

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

I have an iPhone 11. When I did Shut down after update, no problem. Later in the week, I did a shut down to see if it would correct my Voiceover problem when in phone conversation. There was no Voiceover when trying to bring the phone back up. It took Apple Accessibility and my sighted husband t

another thing I found when updateing to ios 16 is imogies keyboard you ahve to slide up to access it.

Hi all I was just wondering I found that the Emojis keyboard when you are in a edit field since updateing to ios 16 you have to slide your finger up to access it when you used to be able to dubble tap on the keyboard icon and it would switch to that keyboard. Has any one elts found this? This is ru

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

You can always call Amazons disability line and they will describe items to you and help you find one with buttons. Ward From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 4:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: OT: Accessible I

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

Yes, quite a few apps will get you to something like a context menu with a one finger double tap and hold or a three finger triple tap. Settings is another good example. I’d suggest just giving it a try to see what apps it works for and what options you get. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at

Re: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

You know what’s really weird is I have not experienced what you guys have experienced and I’m running iOS 16 it may be the voice I’m using I’m using Fred, which is not a new voice, but I figured perhaps maybe if this does happen again, maybe plug the phone in and it will automatically start and

RE: Capture code

Hi I tink if you have a I Phone 14 or the larger moddles this is going to be a feture that you can use as far as it will be bilt in. from Mich. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of chaim biberfeld Sent: September 19, 2022 6:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Capture code

Capture code

How do I get past the captcha code on all of those sites that ask for one? Chaim Biberfeld, LCSW-R Private Practice 917-902-3349 thegototherapist.com -- 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

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Yes, I have now educated myself and now I am curious and I will have to ask ,my wife to check our GE Café French door fridge to see if apart from the on/off switch there is an option to make them different sizes. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of rick.alf...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, S

RE: Accessible Ice Maker

It seems that 26 pounds per day and "ice as in 6 minutes or less" seems to be a very common standard on all the models I briefly looked at on Amazon. If you have a Best Buy nearby that might be the way to go because then you can check it out before you buy it and before you end up having to send

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Sighard, the cojntertop ice makers usually have at least a control for power on/off and size of ice cubes, small or large. They are stand alone machines with their own water reservoir. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 4:45 P

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Unfortunately this link shows a model which is "currently unavailable, we are not sure when we will have this item back in stock" and that is the case for all listed colours or the ice maker by itself as well as the option of "ice maker with ice bags". Here is another link to a model from Frigi

Re: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

A friend of mine using iPhone 8 had the same problem after updating to iOS 16. We solved the problem by deleting the voices and reinstalling them again. That took care of the voice over problem not talking. Cheers Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2022, at 3:49 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > >

RE: Accessible Ice Maker

Hello. We recently purchased a countertop ice maker from Best buy made by Insignia. It was on sale at the time for $99. I believe it usually sells for $120. It has real buttons and perfectly accessible. It can make up to 26lbs of ice per day which was more than enough for our needs. Fr

Re: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Hi, I got my friend this one. this one is great with two buttons. Silonn Ice Makers Countertop, 9... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZYJ8CRX?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share Feliciano For tech tips and updates: LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Follow www.instagr

RE: OT: Accessible Ice Maker

First of all I don't think there is any need to label your message as off topic if you are asking about an accessible device. I am just amazed that such icemakers have settings which require controls whether digital or analogue, what sort of stuff can you adjust? . We have an icemaker in our frid

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

You can also do a double tap and hold, same thing as far as I know. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of cory...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 1:01 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store Richard, Do other apps have this 1 finger triple ta

OT: Accessible Ice Maker

Hello, My wife and I are looking to buy a counter top ice maker and we are wondering if anyone makes a machine that is accessible to someone who can't see. I have been researching this on Amazon and the Internet, but I can't seem to locate one that has real buttons instead of a flat panel which

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

Richard, Do other apps have this 1 finger triple tap option? From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 10:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store First, if it looks the same, it didn’t update. T

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

I don't really think it's that many compared to how many people (sighted or blind) are using the iPhone. I don't recall exactly how many say they had this issue, but I bet it wasn't more than 4 or 5. I have an iPhone 11 and had no issues whatsoever with Voiceover not speaking when I reboot the p

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

Has anyone tried using an external braille display, like the Orbit Reader 20 Plus, to get the phone up and running without Voiceover? I haven't turned my phone off since updating, but am almost afraid to after hearing from so many who have had this problem. My phone is an SE 2022. I tried

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

I tried the pasteing thing and on my I phone 8 running ios 16 I got no sort of notification. It just copied and pasted as always. From Mich. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: September 19, 2022 3:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Pasting Permiss

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Then obviously this might be something Apple Accessibility should hear about. I don't have a shortcut defined to paste which I guess is why I didn't have the problem. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Thanks much, Richard. Next time, I would try the scrub gesture. Thanks again! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16? HI Sieghard, You stumbled onto so

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

If you use the rotor method, the permission doesn’t come up. Or, just do a two finger scrub and clear the permission request and the paste happens anyway. Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

HI Sieghard, You stumbled onto something here. If I Select text, and use the rotor to go to Edit, then paste, and double tap, no permission is asked for. If I use the gesture I defined for pasting, permission is asked for every time. I selected text from Safari, I also use MBraille a lot to

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Thanks much, Sieghard: You always come with one solution or the other to any problem; very nice of you. I have created a gesture sometimes ago, copying the last spoken utterance with swiping left with two fingers and swiping right with two fingers for pasting it. Now whenever I paste something

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Could you give a specific example which I could reproduce regarding the paste permission prompt? Here is one I just tried: 1. I was on my home screen with focus on the Facebook app and Voiceover said: Facebook, 1 new item I did a 3-finger quadruple tap and Voiceover said "Facebook, 1 new item co

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

I wonder if you have a setting that is allowing you to avoid those messages. I don’t get enough text messages to be bothered by the extra step, but the pasting one is a real PITA. That, or since Apple isn’t seeing it internally, you are just one of the lucky ones. Richard “People dem

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

I could not use Rotor or keypad without Voiceover. So, if Voiceover does not work, my phone is as good as a piece of garbage to me. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 1:58 PM

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Recently, I have sent two emails to Apple regarding Voiceover not having volume, when I am on a phone call and Voiceover not coming on when I turn my phone back on. Apple has responded to each email. They had no suggestion for volume, so I told them that someone on a list suggested I turn Voic

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Interestingly enough I deleted several text messages which had just phone numbers, i.e. they were not in my contacts, and I never received the prompt to report them as junk and so far I have not seen the paste permission message even though I pasted bits of text into a Facebook post and text mes

RE: VoiceOver Doesn't Read Back the Dictated Text?

I noticed this as well on my iPhone 11, you should write to accessibil...@apple.com and report it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Fazil M. Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 4:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: VoiceOver Doesn't Read Back the

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

And one m ore suggestion since you seem to have a second phone available, why not call Aira or Be My Eyes, using OCR on the screen is good and it may tell you what is there, but another person could have probably helped you tap the correct numbers. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of V

RE: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

Just FYI, if you have a Bluetooth keyboard connected to your phone you can enter your PIN on it and using the numbers row on a keyboard or a NumPad if you have something like a Logitech K780 should be a lot easier and successful than trying to tap the right numbers on the touchscreen without fe

Re: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

Thank you 😀 Lyne > Le 19 sept. 2022 à 08:15, Gerardo Corripio a écrit : > > BARD stands for "Braille Audio Reading Downloads" which is part of the > United States's Talking Book library program, part of the Library of > Congress. The app used to browse and download onto the iPhone has been

Re: Door dash accessibility with iOS16?

BTW, if anyone needs the number for Door Dash Support in the future: It’s: (855)973-1040 option 2 - Original Message - From: Adam Morris To: viPhone Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 4:14 AM Subject: Door dash accessibility with iOS16? Hi all, enquiring on behalf

RE: scheduling an apointment

When you set your appointment, if you are using Siri, you could try set an alert for x minutes or hours before. Or, what I usually do, is Use Siri to set the appointment, then go into the appointment details and double tap on Edit, then on Alert then flick through the choices and remember to hi

scheduling an apointment

Hi Can somebody explain to me that when i schedule an apointment the iphone doesn't give me an alert reminder on the date of apointment and what should i do to make it work please? Thanks in advance Anthony -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone lis

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

I assume you have already done the same? Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard My web site: https://www.turner42.com 🦅 From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Beh

Re: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

I updated all of my apps, and I am still on the old version.Sent from my iPhoneOn Sep 19, 2022, at 10:45 AM, Richard Turner wrote:First, if it looks the same, it didn’t update. The shortcut to get to the updates page is to do a one finger triple tap on the App store icon.This brings up a menu of

Re: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

And why you are writing Apple about the annoying copy & paste message, Please include the annoying Report as Junk iMessage prompt that pops up when a contact is not in a person's contact list. There are just some phone numbers that I choose not to save or that come from multiple different numbers b

RE: Pasting Permission in iOS16?

I have not found one yet and I’m finding this quite irritating as I do a fair amount of pasting… I will write Apple Accessibility, and I suggest anyone else do the same that find this feature annoying. accessibil...@apple.com Richard “People demand

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

First, if it looks the same, it didn’t update. The shortcut to get to the updates page is to do a one finger triple tap on the App store icon. This brings up a menu of choices. Updates is one of them. Once on that screen, the available updates will be near the bottom of the screen, but th

Re: Door dash accessibility with iOS16?

It really needs improvement: you have to scroll back and forth and even go to the middle of a page to see what you’ve missed because of how as you go deeper into a menu it will repeat what you’ve already seen. Someone said that if in the middle of a menu you do it two finger triple tap but you w

Re: Kindle books

Open the Kindle app on your phone. There are five tabs at the bottom of the screen. One on the far right is "more." swipe right a few times until you get to the "sync" button and double-tap. See from that causes your missing title to appear. I hope this helps. Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr

Re: Kindle books

Hi, Do you also have Kindle on your computer? If you have Kindle on your computer, one thing you could do is see if the missing book is in your Library there, or, if you find it in the Kindle program itself (on your computer), sync the Kindle versions on your computer and iPhone. On 19/0

Re: Door dash accessibility with iOS16?

I've been able to use it pretty well. It seems a bit sluggish, but maybe once there's a Doordash update that may be fixed. It's still annoying that it gives the time the order will be arriving, like 5:55 PM, instead of like on Android, where it says "ariving in 10 minutes" or so. Devin Prater r.d.

Kindle books

Good morning, list. I have had the Kindle app on my phone for quite a while but finally got the courage to buy some books for it on my iPhone. I went to the Amazon site and purchased three books and have three email receipts for the purchases. I am only seeing two of them in my library. When I

Kindle books

Good morning, list. I have had the Kindle app on my phone for quite a while but finally got the courage to buy some books for it on my iPhone. I went to the Amazon site and purchased three books and have three email receipts for the purchases. I am only seeing two of them in my library. When I

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

If you tap on the Settings tab at the bottom of the screen, the first line will give you the version number. I have the beta on my iPhone, so I can’t tell you what to look for, but I’d assume it would say 2.00. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behal

RE: BARD 2.0 is coming soon!

My 5-year old would -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 7:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: BARD 2.0 is coming soon! Who would want to buy an 8? This is its last year to live, as fa

Re: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

BARD stands for "Braille Audio Reading Downloads" which is part of the United States's Talking Book library program, part of the Library of Congress. The app used to browse and download onto the iPhone has been updated, thus the concept of BARD 2.0. Hope this helps some.GeraEnviado desde mi iPhone

Re: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

Hello, Is someone can explain what is BARD 2.0 please Lyne > Le 19 sept. 2022 à 00:23, Gerardo Corripio a écrit : > > And amazingly it's only 12MB in stize! Just updated it. Thanks for letting > us know. I'll definitely go and take a look at the new features and layout. > > Gera > Enviado d

Re: Another Phone That Won't Talk After Reboot

VickyWhat an ordeal. Clever you, but not the sort of thing you have the desire to be spending that much time doing right? This thing about voice over not working until you’ve unlocked. Your phone is totally unacceptable. I just turned mine off altogether. I can’t be in years past I never seem to ge

RE: BARD 2.0 is in the app store

How do I tell if my BARD updated, it looks the same to me and when I go to the app store, I don’t see an update button. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:24 AM To: viphone@googleg

Door dash accessibility with iOS16?

Hi all, enquiring on behalf of a friend since I can't use Door dash in my area. They are on iOS 15 and wish to know if accessibility is any worse using door dash if they upgrade to iOS16? Also, does anyone know how to contact door dash regarding accessibility issues? TIA. -- Adam Morris Emai

Pasting Permission in iOS16?

Hi, Group. Since I have upgraded to iOS16, Voiceover asks for my permission for pasting text in an edit field whenever I paste text. Is there a settings anywhere that I can check/uncheck in order to prevent this? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

Re: Screen locks too quickly after upgrade

This is a behavior I’ve seen before with voiceover. An alternative would be to go to Settings>Accessibility>Speak screen, and turn on, then in a book or wherever, swipe down with two fingers, then you can even lock the screen your self and it’ll keep reading. You can find the speak screen dialog

RE: Screen locks too quickly after upgrade

Changing auto lock time does not resolve my issue. In the previous versions, my iPhone would not get locked when reading something, regardless the auto lock time set, whereas now it will keep reading only as long as that setting, then it gets locked, which means that I have to unlock it and rest