re: Having issues with stand scan

2013-04-02 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi Chuck, thanks for your message, I am from the UK so don't know what a US penny is like. I have been trying to keep the lens of the camera completely over the hole, your message suggests that maybe I am going wrong. When I try to put the phone parallel with the edge of the box it feels like t

re: Having issues with stand scan

2013-04-02 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi David, I definitely got the pro version as it plugs in, I also used the viPhone code when getting the product. I must admit when I put the camera on the hole it isn't square along the top of the box, this is because when I put it completely square along the box it doesn't feel like the camer

Having issues with stand scan

2013-04-02 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I am after a bit of help from stand scan users, I just got my stand scan today and got some sighted help to assemble it. I have the pro version, so far I haven't noticed any improvements with my results when using it. When I use prismo in combination with the stand scan I don't even g

never mind about previous message, hidden apps has been removed

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, unfortunately I have just noticed on the hidden apps authors twitter he said the app has been taken down by apple, wow that was fast they obviously really didn't like his app. Shame I missed the boat on that app but oh well, guess that's why I will continue to jailbreak to get around a

a favour to ask, borrow a german Apple ID?

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, like the subject says, I have a favour to ask from anyone who is german on the list, would it be possible to borrow your apple ID? i'm sure everyones first reaction is no way, but my reason for asking is so that I can get a free app from the german app store called hidden apps. This ap

re: information about keyboard for iPhone5

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi Sandy, thanks for your reply, is this a stand alone bluetooth keyboard your friend has? Or does it double as a case for the iPhone? I am after a case, because I have limited pocket space and to be honest I really can't be bothered to carry around a keyboard separate to the phone, as my geans

information about keyboard for iPhone5

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I have been keen for some time now to get a keyboard for the iPhone5, I tried the boxwave keyboard buddy case and found it really horrible to use. I contacted nuu last night the company who makes the nuu minikey for the iPhone4s and other models and received the following good news ab

re: question about copying text from a webpage in safari

2012-12-16 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi, I actually didn't use the pinch gesture, I will give that a go. thanks for the suggestion, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post

question about copying text from a webpage in safari

2012-12-15 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I am wondering does anyone know if it is possible to copy text from a webpage in safari in order to paste it somewhere else? For example into a note or e mail. I had a go with the rotor but couldn't see any edit options on the webpage. I am using an iPhone5, running ios 6.0.1. thanks f

audio issues on iPhone5

2012-10-29 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I guess I am rather late to the iPhone5 and IOS6 party, and I am sure this topic has already been covered, but I am experiencing strange audio playback problems on the iPhone5 and am wondering if they are present on other phones running IOS6. The problem is that in some apps, not all b

more evidence of vat exemption being allowed

2012-10-19 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, just thought any Irish people on list might find an e mail I have been forwarded interesting, It sounds like they are allowing people to obtain products including VoiceOver vat free in Ireland now, and this message indicates it covers people who are blind, deaf, and deaf blind. So i

re: question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, well, I have never got any useful results with prismo. The reason I go for text detective is because of course it repeatedly scans til it finds text. Prismo is just so fiddly to use, and its extremely frustrating to snap a photo with it, then find out its unusable, and then to have to t

question about OCR on iPhone 5

2012-10-18 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I am planning to get the iPhone 5, as I have had the chance of a very good deal on the phone. I am just wondering, has anyone tried any of the OCR apps on the 5? in particular I am interested in text detective, but observations on the performance of other apps would be interesting to

re: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.

2012-10-16 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi Neel and list, well I can see you have done thorough research, but my question is why have three separate apple stores told different people that they can by apple products vat free? I would suggest the fact apple includes VoiceOver means they have adapted the product to be useful to the vis

You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.

2012-10-16 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I just found out something interesting that I didn't know before. If your registered blind in the UK you can by apple products v a t free, so that means you get about 20 percent off. In the case of the iPhone 5 64 gb model this would save you about £140, I assume this applies to all app

Information for those wanting to use the original Apple youtube app on ios6

2012-09-23 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi Raul, I know a jailbreak in a tethered form exists, yes I agree two much trouble to get working at the moment, but thought I would post the youtube information for use in the event that an untethered jailbreak becomes available which installs cydia etc. -- You received this message because

Information for those wanting to use the original Apple youtube app on ios6

2012-09-22 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, I am not running ios6 yet, but just noticed the following entry in cydia that could be of interest to users running ios6 when a jailbreak becomes available. There is an entry on the insanelyi repository someone has grabbed a copy of apples own youtube app that was included in ios6 beta

question about receiving tweets on the iPhone

2012-09-21 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list got a question regarding receiving tweets on the iPhone. If I receive tweets on the iPhone, when I am out for example, if I then turn my pc on later and use the qube twitter client, will the same tweets that I received on my phone also be downloaded into the qube? Or once a device has do

re: keyboard cases for iPhone 5

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi, thanks for your replies. I don't really want to get a boxwave, I have been put off them by all the negative comments I read about version 1 of there keyboard. Though I heard they improved it with later versions, I guess I will wait and see if nuu release any form of keyboard. I am not in a h

keyboard cases for iPhone 5

2012-09-19 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, just wondering if anyone has heard or read anything about keyboard cases for the iPhone 5 that come with slide out keyboards? I am after one similar to the nuu minikey which works very well for me. Thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

keyboard cases for iPhone 5

2012-09-17 Thread Alex Wallis
Hi list, Just wondering has anyone read any information about keyboard cases for the iPhone 5? I haven't come across anything as of yet. Ideally I would like a keyboard similar to the nuu minikey case which is designed for iPhones up to the 4s. many thanks for any help, Alex. -- You received

re: if people want to get around legally bought iBooks drm, write to me off list

2012-05-14 Thread alex wallis
Hi Tara, when I sent my original question into the list asking about how to remove drm, Raul who I believe is a mod, particularly said the topic of drm removal was not allowed to be discussed on list. Personally, I don't see the harm in discussing it, as if it is adapting content we have legall

if people want to get around legally bought iBooks drm, write to me off list

2012-05-14 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I am aware the topic of exactly how to get around drm on purchased iBooks is not allowed to be discussed on list. However, I finally managed to do it today, for a book I legally purchased from apple, and it will be the last considering the restrictions they have in place, and the effor

question about removing drm from purchased itunes store books

2012-05-13 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I have a question about removing drm from a book that I purchased in the itunes store. My reason for wanting to do this, is because I would like to read it on my pc rather than with iBooks, and because of the drm, firefox can't open the ebook. I have looked into this, and the closest I

re: a warning for anyone going to downgrade a5 devices

2012-05-13 Thread alex wallis
Hi Ben, unfortunately your idea won't work, itunes at least for me seems to have stored several backups, though I am not exactly sure why. Anyway, the upshot is that when running 5.0.1, itunes won't give the option to restore later backups, even though they are still present. I know this, becaus

Re: a warning for anyone going to downgrade a5 devices

2012-05-12 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, that's a very interesting point about i cloud backups, I have no idea if the limitation of not being able to restore newer backups to old firmware also applies to i cloud, I may have to look into that one, I am curious. I have never used i cloud, I prefer to have my backups on the comp

a warning for anyone going to downgrade a5 devices

2012-05-12 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I just found the following out after downgrading my iPhone firmware. When you restore the phone from backup, it can't restore from the latest backup. I presume this is because it doesn't like backups created with newer firmware versions being used on older firmware. Anyway, what this me

good news, iPhone 4s downgrade successful

2012-05-12 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, just to follow up yesterdays post, I was able to successfully downgrade my iPhone 4s to iOS 5.0.1, the hole process was very painless and took about 20 minutes or so. I would suggest anyone doing this should have there screen echo set to all, just so you can tell the program is still w

it is now possible to downgrade your a5 i devices

2012-05-11 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, in case nobody else has got around to posting this yet, I thought I would pass on the information, that a new version of the tool called redsn0w has just been released. this version offers support for downgrading a5 devices, those being the ipad 2,3 and iPhone 4s. I think the tool can

re: More feedback on speed dots?

2012-05-10 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, just to weigh in hear, I have had mine on since getting the 4s in I think november or end of october last year, it has shown no sign of coming off at all, and the dots seem to be standing up quite well to being taken in and out of pockets etc. I have the version with all the dots labe

using a bluetooth keyboard to play stem stumper

2012-05-06 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I just bought stem stumper for a bit of light entertainment, and just found something interesting I thought I would share. I found that you can play it with a bluetooth keyboard, using the right and left arrow keys, and a combination of up and down arrows pressed together to select obj

re: question about giving feedback on ILike2Read

2012-05-05 Thread alex wallis
Hi Raul, which address did you write to? just curious, what did you write to the developer about? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to

re: question about giving feedback on ILike2Read

2012-05-05 Thread alex wallis
Hi Eric, I know that, as I have contacted several authors in the past. However, when you try to use the support link in the app description you are taken to this itallian page where all the contact details are also in itallian, and several different people are listed. Also, the author isn't list

question about giving feedback on ILike2Read

2012-05-05 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, does anyone know the correct contact details for getting in touch with the author of the ILike2Read app? as I just bought it, and have found a limitation which I think really needs addressing if you plan to use it as a serious book reading app. It looks like that when you copy books ove

is light detector app broken?

2012-05-05 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, just wondering, is the light detector app broken? I can't remember the last time I used it, but when I tried to use it just now, I found that when I tapped on it the app didn't open, and I was just left on the home screen, I got the kind of cherp as if the app had opened, but the actua

question about removing books from itunes quickly

2012-05-05 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I am wondering if anyone might know of a way to remove a hole collection of books from itunes quickly. The problem I have, is that I use iBooks for reading books on the iPhone, where I have all of my books nicely sorted into collections. But, in itunes when I go to where my books are li

re: great iphone article

2012-05-03 Thread alex wallis
Hi Raul, your message was quite interesting that you sent to the list, having said that, I must disagree with you about speech and audio meaning that people don't often capitalize sentences, or at least, I think maybe its a factor that makes people less likely to do it, but I think its also down

question about activation for a new iPhone user

2012-05-03 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, wondering if someone might be able to answer a question for me. I have a friend, she has never used an iPhone before, but she is considering getting one and has arranged to get one on trial for a week, which she can return if she doesn't like it. So my question on her behalf is, does

re: elusive OCR App

2012-05-02 Thread alex wallis
Hi, remember another thing with iPhone OCR apps is they are limited by the camera that apple decides to put in the iPhone, hence the mixed results with colour recogniser apps. Remember, also with KNFB reader the phone had to be sent away to be specially modified, I think it needed some sort of

question about syncing gmail with iPhone

2012-04-22 Thread alex wallis
Hi list, I suspect this is probably a question that has come up lots on list, but can't seem to find anything in the archives. I use imap with my gmail account, I have this account checked for mmail by both thunderbird and my iPhone. My question is, how do I make the mail client on the iPhone do