RE: Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
People follow others and have done so for hundreds of years. And it's not exactly the leader considering all the "influencers" who are out there doing what they do best which is to "influence" others to do what they want them to do and for the most part that is to buy something because that is h

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Michael Irons
I have an old iPhone 7 sitting on my table here. I just experimented with it. It has been restore to factory default settings. I activated the iPhone 7 and press the home button three times and it turn voiceover on. And it hand the hello and then set up in different languages. So I’m just saying

RE: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Richard, I don't want to be contrary, but Julian is correct, I have had iPhones starting with the iPhone 4 in 2010 and a factory reset would always restore the out of the box experience where you can start Voiceover with a triple press of the home button, or in later models which don't have a h

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2023-08-03 Thread Dennis Long
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Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
Whose name? Richard, USA.“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John RuskinMy web site: https://www.turner42.comOn Aug 3, 2023, at 6:50 PM, Robert Doc Wright wrote: What did they change their name

Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Robert Doc Wright
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Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
Well, I suspect they will have to start asking everyone to subscribe at some point. Again, Winston was going to do that at some point because in order to have more than one individual who can support the app, you need to pay a staff, etc. Beside, if only one person knows the code and he/she gets

Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I wonder how much it cost them to give these voices for free. As somebody who has been a long time user of the app, and paid for some voices, I really hope they don’t use this as an excuse to start charging us. I don’t need any more voices. Also, I wish to goodness they would put what they

Re: Favourite apps and games for mac

2023-08-03 Thread Wendy Lin
I mainly play RS Games and The Great Toy Robbery on my Mac. There’s not many games for the Mac, although I have a friend who plays Change Reaction. > On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:55 PM, Jen . wrote: > > Hi just curious what your favourite apps and games are for the Mac. > Jen > > -- > The following

Re: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
Its very cool to have the voices for free. Maybe we'll have to pay for new voices in the future. There are some great microsoft voices I'd love to have access to. Some of the google voices are also very good. On 8/3/23, la...@comcast.net wrote: > how interesting. I can use that to decide which

RE: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread la...@comcast.net
how interesting. I can use that to decide which voices to download on to my other devices. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Thursday, August 03, 2023 02:54 PM To: ViPone list Subject: Voice dream reader, TTS update Below is the phrase used to describe the latest update.

Re: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Tali Sarnetzky
OK, the one I use is called Nespresso Essenza. It is small and very easy to work. There is also one called Lattissima, which comes with a milk frothing pitcher on the side. I am not sure every blind person would be comfortable using that, because the frother becomes very hot and the milk is scaldin

Re: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Tali Sarnetzky
I live In Israel, so I am not sure which models you would have over there. The ones we have here can take pods from a few brands. I use mugs with handles, because the small cups for espresso are too small for me to hold comfortably when hot. I will try to find out the name of the model I use. On 8

Re: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Jen .
Which machine do you have? So do you just put the pod and hit the button and that's all there is to it. Do you need different mugs depending on whether you want to make a long espresso or short. Sorry for all the dumb questions. Which pods are your favourites? Can you all the nespresso pods

RE: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
I did run across one that Amazon listed at $199 but it was out of stock. Here is a review from this year: It is the Prodigio Nespresso machine. https://coffeeaffection.com/nespresso-prodigio-review/ Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” --

Re: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Tali Sarnetzky
Hi Jen. >From my personal experience, their small machines which work with pods are very easy to work with. So far, I have worked with three different models of those machines and in every instance, there were only two buttons on top. The right one is always the long espresso and the left one is al

RE: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Cristóbal Muñoz
With that budget, your best bet would be to get something along the lines of a Wacaco Picopresso: https://www.wacaco.com/products/picopresso or maybe the Leverpresso: https://hughinc.com/collections/leverpresso Flair also makes some good manual espresso machines, but they tend to have a lot of

Re: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Donna Casteen
Bill, The problem is that the Dexcom app hasn't been fully made accessible to work with IOS 16.6 yet. It is my understanding that it is still being tested to work with IOS 16.6. I'm just repeating what I was told when I called Dexcom before installing IOS 16.6. I chose not to update & I'm able t

RE: Adding contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I double tapped on both, but messages came up before phone did. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lyne Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 3:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adding contact to Favorites. Okay great,

RE: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Yes, I did send her a text from there. That is very fine! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 1:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Adding Contact to Favorites. You s

RE: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
LOL, Sieghard! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 1:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri hack you've probably already worked out I absolutely don't experience th

RE: Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
So, maybe I shouldn't sell my Apple stock, you think? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 1:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Switching from Android to iPhone popula

RE: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
It's all good now. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of joseph hudson Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 1:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adding Contact to Favorites. Yeah, if it shows the phone number, you do have

RE: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
What I ended up having to do was: Double tap on Add to Favorites; double tap on Messages; Double tap on Phone. Then she got there, and I called her this afternoon. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lyne Sent: Thursday, Augu

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread joseph hudson
Oh, you're welcome, but that's weird that it was randomly gone for you. Because I was able to set up my 4S like that, and later on, I got a 5S, and also my seven. Joseph Hudson EmailFaceTime/iMessage jhud7...@twc.com Connect with me on zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3437608339?pwd=akNsMHlLTWsy

RE: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
Thanks Joseph. I never had an iPhone 7. The ones I did have, when they were erased, the shortcut was gone as well. Of course, that was in earlier iOS versions and I had set the shortcut up myself when it was not there from Apple. Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of str

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread joseph hudson
Actually, Richard, you don't lose the shortcut. For voiceover. You only lose the shortcut if a carrier sets it up. Once the phone is reset, you can call the VoiceOver on by holding and pressing the home button for three times. > On Aug 3, 2023, at 2:50 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > If you u

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Julian
With an iPhone 7, all you have to do is press the home button three times when the phone is powered up after the reset and you should hear Voice over speaking. Have personally restored several iPhone 7's and been able to get voiceover speaking following this method.Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 3, 2023

RE: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread leobado1982
Finally, someone reliable mentioned this on this list. I had already started to think that this release had been made available only for non English speaking countries. Thanks Richard. Best, Leo Bado "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." Elbert Hubbard

Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
Below is the phrase used to describe the latest update. Version 4.20.3, 1d ago, We updated the voice management screen in Voice Dream Reader. Give it a try and let us know what you think! What they did was to now include all the voices. So, they are all included now so you do not have to buy a

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
If you use the Settings, General, Reset, erase all data, you will likely lose the accessibility shortcut and will either have to use a computer with the phone connected via the cable with iTunes to enable it, or get sighted help to go through the setup and enable the shortcut again.Richard, USA.“Wh

Re: Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf

2023-08-03 Thread lenron brown
It's so stupid. Like follow the leader, and do what everyone else does. On 8/3/23, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Apparently Gen Z is very heavily favouring the iPhone in America as well > although in my opinion it's all for the wrong reason, I mean, "being the > dreaded green bubble", give me a break

Re: wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread 'Candie Stiles' via VIPhone
Voiceover is part of the operating system so you’re not going to lose it. Most likely when the iPhone turns on you initially won’t have voiceover, however, you can press the home button three times and voiceover will turn on.Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 3, 2023, at 2:23 PM, Paula Jordan wrote:Hi all

wiping an older iphone

2023-08-03 Thread Paula Jordan
Hi all. I have an iphone 7 That I want to wipe, but I don't want to lose voice-over. How do I go about that? Thanks. God bless! Paula and the pups -- 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: Adding contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
You can do either. You can have one for Messages for that person and one for Calling, and if they have multiple numbers, you can have one for each phone number Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for I

Re: Adding contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Lyne
Okay great, but I don’t understand why they choose message instead of phone Lyne > Le 3 août 2023 à 14:58, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > I called Apple Accessibility. The guy had me go into it, > and: > > 1.Double tap on Add to Favorites > 2.2. Double tap on m

Adding contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I called Apple Accessibility. The guy had me go into it, and: 1. Double tap on Add to Favorites 2. 2. Double tap on messages. 3. 3. Double tap on number. That is all that I have in her contact. So, after that, I checked Favorites, and VOILA, she's there! -- The following informa

RE: Your favorite apps, and games for the Apple Watch

2023-08-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
For watch faces, I use the Modular face for my daily face. I also will flip to the activity face from time to time. When traveling and hiking, I like the Infograph face with a lot of complications loaded like weather, altitude, wind speed and so on. For apps, I like timers, reminders, mindfulne

Re: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Jen .
Hi, No more than $200. Jen > On Aug 3, 2023, at 2:08 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Maybe the most you want to spend would help more rather than saying "not > looking for anything super expensive" because that is always a relative term. > For some not super expensive may mean $100 and for so

Re: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Flor Lynch
But, having to say 'please'(or an equivalent phrase) beforehand is akin to attributing human intelligence to Artificial Intelligence, further contributing to the fog of misunderstanding, confusion and fear that already surround the use of AI. On 8/3/2023 6:46 PM, Richard Turner wrote: Well,

RE: Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Maybe the most you want to spend would help more rather than saying "not looking for anything super expensive" because that is always a relative term. For some not super expensive may mean $100 and for somebody else it may mean $300 and considering some of these espresso/coffee machines can run

Your favourite apps, and games for the Apple Watch

2023-08-03 Thread Jen .
Hi just curious what your favourite apps and games are as well as watch faces for the Apple Watch if you are using voiceover exclusively. Jen -- 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 list, or

Favourite apps and games for mac

2023-08-03 Thread Jen .
Hi just curious what your favourite apps and games are for the Mac. Jen -- 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 list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the

Accessible Nespresso machines

2023-08-03 Thread Jen .
Hi, I am looking to purchase an espresso machine for a friend who is totally blind and I am wondering if there are certain models that are accessible with the iPhone or some app because I was reading online that they have software updates. I know nothing about these machines being visually impa

RE: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
Well, if you say please first, it is not that much different than waiting a moment to ask your question or give a command. I just pause too. It works every time I do. Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search f

RE: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You still have to select that number under Call because you can also add a favourite for texting, e.g. if you were to tap on a favourite added this way it would immediately open a text message to that person. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnol

RE: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You might want to call Apple Accessibility to see if they can help you trouble shoot because things like "Hey Siri what is the time" certainly seem to work. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 5:39 AM To: viPhone 📩 S

RE: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I absolutely don't experience this, a short pause after the Siri tone works perfectly for me and while I consider myself to be perfectly polite, I don't think I'll start telling Siri "please" and "thank you", next thing you start doing so when you press the elevator button. . -Original Mes

RE: Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf

2023-08-03 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Apparently Gen Z is very heavily favouring the iPhone in America as well although in my opinion it's all for the wrong reason, I mean, "being the dreaded green bubble", give me a break and talk about peer pressure. This is from a website called MacDaily News, but you can find tons of articles ab

Re: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread joseph hudson
Yeah, if it shows the phone number, you do have to tap on it to add it to either call or text or whatever. Sorry for not including this. > On Aug 3, 2023, at 12:27 PM, Lyne wrote: > > Did it show you the phone number? Maybe you have to double tap on it > If you have only one phone number you sh

Re: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Lyne
Did it show you the phone number? Maybe you have to double tap on it If you have only one phone number you should have many option too: Text message, phone number, video… If you want to choose phone number, you have to double tap on Lyne > Le 3 août 2023 à 11:49, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@g

Re: Trying to read a text file with a braille display

2023-08-03 Thread Anna Dresner
The last time I tried it, Voice Dream Writer worked great for reading text files. It's been a while though, so it's possible something has broken since. Best, Anna Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2023, at 9:24 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > The best way is on the braille display itself if

RE: Adding Contact to Favorites.

2023-08-03 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I did double tap on phone; I have only one number for her. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lyne Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 8:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adding Contact to Favorites. Sometime you ha

Apple tech accepted as social care expenses for disabled man after 9to5Mac video

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
The story is about a man in the UK. https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/02/iphone-and-apple-disability-expenses/ -- Richard, USA. "No part of the foot is a foot." -- THOMAS AQUINAS My web site: https://www.turner42.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V

RE: Trying to read a text file with a braille display

2023-08-03 Thread Richard Turner
The best way is on the braille display itself if it has an SD card and a text editor/reader. If using it on an iPhone with VDR, the latest iOS supposedly fixed a bug that if you have scroll page when panning turned on in the VoiceOver, Braille settings, it would not allow you to pan. If you are

Trying to read a text file with a braille display

2023-08-03 Thread 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone
Hi, Can anyone suggest a good app for reading a largish txt file with a braille display? I have tried it with VDR but this is no good. i have to keep scrolling the page and it often looses the first line. i used to use iLike2Read Pro, but that doesn't seem to be updated for the latest IOS.

Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf

2023-08-03 Thread Dennis Long
If this keeps happening Android will clearly be second in a few years. Switching from Android to iPhone popular on Samsung's home turf South Koreans under 30 years of age are switching from Android to iPhone in substantial numbers, according to a new... By Ben Lovejoy 2 min. read View original

Re: Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread Bill Gallik
Hey all, I’m experiencing a similar problem with Siri since iOS 16.6; prior to the latest iOS installation I could ask, “Hey Siri, what’s my glucose?” I would then get the reading from my Dexcom G6 app. It isn’t working anymore though and the “Hey Siri” command isn’t responding at all - not ev

Siri hack you've probably already worked out

2023-08-03 Thread 'ChalmersAS' via VIPhone
Hi Since IOS 16 I’ve been having a terrible time with Siri not catching the beginning of what I say to it, no matter how long a pause I think I have left before I start speaking. However, I have discovered that if you say please before you tell Siri your request, it works every time. Politenes