qHas anyone experienced this issue?
When listening to music in the title app swiping to the left on the
screen will cause title to crash.
Looking at the now playing screen for exampel if you swipe left past the
next and play buttons and swite left to read the artist and song that is
playin
Thanks very much.
Donna I have an iPhone 8 so screen recognition is not an option.
James,
I did try that once and it didn't work but of course I probably didn't
tap the exact spot.
I will give it another shot.
Don
On 1/7/2022 6:34 AM, Don Breda wrote:
Hi listers,
I
Hi listers,
I wanted to add a speaker to a group I previously created in the Alexa
app a long time ago.
I found I was unable to do that.
When going to the devices tab I now get a screen that says introducing
favorites and I can't find a way to get rid of it or do anying with it
at all.
I am considering the purchase of an air TV 2 unit for streaming the over
the air local channels.
This requires the use of the sling tv app.
I haven't looked at that app in a few years.
Are there accessibility issues with it?
How usable is it really?
In addition to the guide, is the DVR
Due to the upcoming terms of service policy changes at watsapp I want to
ask for recommendations for accessible alternativesto watsapp for an
audio messaging platform.
Thanks in advance.
Don
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Subject says it all.
My friend can not seem to use hand off with her original HomePod even
though she keeps the firmware up to date.
Is this not possible with the original homepod?
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Someone reported this bug many months ago now and I am sure we both felt
that apple would have fixed it by now.
Well even after 13.7 its still a bug.
I would love to see this fixed before the remember release date for IOS 14.
The bug,
When in the for you tab on apple music,
Hi listers,
In a few recent updates to the text grabber scanning app they have
mentioned a feature which could be extremely valuable to blind users.
This is the ability to OCR the screen of any iPhone app who's buttons
are either not exposed to voiceover or if they are then are not properly
Hi Listers,
I am looking for an app that will report the number of sattlelites in
view at any particular time or location.
I had one called status tool which was great, giving number of
sattlelites, their signal strengths etc.
That app was never updated so it won't run on IOS 11.
I hav
Some of the older verizon routers limit wireless clients to 6 by default
such as the actiontec wgr314 if memory serves.
I may have the numbers in the model wrong.
You can change this to 10 if you log in to the router but it will not
take anymore then that.
Don
On 06-May-18 2:23 PM, 'R
Hi Listers.
I signed up yesterday for USPS informed delivery.
This is a service where in addition to tracking packages you also get a
list of the mail that will arrive in your mailbox every day.
I figured it would be a help to at least have an idea if I even care to
scan the mail in the box or
Wondering if anyone on the list is intimately familiarwith i f t t t ?
Trying to accomplish some complcated tasks that will bridge two
different iPhone accounts.
Is there a master document you can download documenting all the
functions, actions, etc.?
Anyone who is really good with i f t
How do you turn off voicemail transcription in IOS11?
I find it more annoying then annoying then anything else and prefer to
get rid of it.
Thanks.
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Hi Ester.
The beats phones you bought come with various different sized ear tips.
I strongly encourage you to try them out since you probably need a
smaller ear tip to fit the phones properly.
I went through this with a pair of boes sound sport headphones.
They sounded quite awful.
I c
a dedicated web page where you can copy data into a text
box for pasting between the two.
Good luck.
Alan Lemly
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Hi listers.
I used to use a windows program called easy push and its
Hi listers.
I used to use a windows program called easy push and its iphone ap
called UbiDisc.
The iPhone app is now to old.
this set of programs I could use to copy text from the clicpboard on my
windows pc to my iPhone.
Any suggestions for a current set of programs to easily do this?
Anyone with one of these vacuums have the following info please?
1. Where is the home button in the app to make the roomba go back to the
dock?
I just don't see that.
2. if you place the roomba in the dock manually is there a way to know
its making proper contact?
I have found sometimes th
has always been the case at times, but most of the
time the keypad is there and I actually have to hide it if I want
access to any of the other buttons.
Regards,
Sieghard
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I supposeits to soon to tell but I am wondering if the issue where the
keypad disappears on a phone call when it shouldn't has been resolved?
This is an issue appple is aware of but I suspect they haven't nailed it
down yet so not getting my hopes up.
Don
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do it, so far i'm the only one working on this new idea.
If you guys can share it i'm sure it will help me to get there faster
and help you after.
Cheers,
Erjon.
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I think in somewhat rural areas this is a
I think in somewhat rural areas this is a good idea especially where
there are no sidewalks or curb cuts.
I however live in New York city where it is perfectly obvious where the
traffic lights are.
I do think however there is a way to tell the state of the traffic light
and I would encoura
My friend has an iPhone 7 and for some reason even if I bring up the
phone app and select keypad and call a number once the number connects
the keypad goes away and you need to click on keypad to get it back.
Is there a setting that controls this?
I didn't see one.
I never have that proble
s is also the
case for the Roomba.
Regards,
Sieghard
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*Subject:* Roomba 980 is the iRobot app accessible?
Well the subject says it all.
the app is accessible with some
issues, but it sounds from what Shaf said that this is also the case
for the Roomba.
Regards,
Sieghard
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Well the subject says it all.
A friend is considering getting one and I wanted to be sure the vacuum
and the app were a good combination.
Thanks in advance.
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a nice feature if it works correctly.
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*Subject:* Re: Speaker Phone Function on IPhone SE , IOS 9
Hi Seiga
Hi Seigart.
I looked at this setting in IOS10 and it looks like the choices are
automatic, speaker, or bluetooth headset.
I see no setting to force it to go and stay on the built in earpiece.
Don
On 10-Nov-16 8:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Richard,
The "Audio" option and the abilit
I wonder if you have an IPhone 7?
Rovin has reported a similar issue with Sonos at least the battery drain
part but I don't find that heare.
She is running an iPhone 7 I believe and I am running a 6S.
I wonder if it is an issue of the developers not fixing their code
properly to take adv
I wasn't able to do it via iTunes for reasons I don't need to go in tohere.
I did it over the air and it went perfectly.
Don
On 14-Sep-16 10:47 PM, Casey wrote:
Hi I would like to upgrade my phone to the latest IoS.
Is it safe to do over the air now or is it better to still connect up
to
I must say that for quite a few years I used grubhub and was extremely
pleased with it but now it is almost useless.
They used to care about accessibility but I have sent lenghty detailed
reports at least 4 times to them as to accessibility issues without even
an accknowlegement of the report
I can verify this as well. It used to work but now I had to accomplish
it from my pc.
Don
On 08-Aug-16 11:36 PM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
I just tried shipping to another address than my default address using
the latest version of the Amazon app, and I encountered not being able
to
Hi Alan.
If you want to play anything that is not a sonos service heere are your
options.
1. you can play any audio files stored on your computer or NAS with
sonos no problem.
2. If you want an external player such as a CD player, or vcr to play
through sonos this can be done by purch
Hi there.
Truthfully I used to be a big navigon fan but I would not recommend it
at all anymore.
I used it a couple of weeks ago and it never alerted me when I was at
my destination which it was always the best at doing.
It didn't display street names anymore in some cases as it used to
Hi Lois.
I have had both a roomba and a neato. The neato was a much more
powerful andeffective vacuum but was almost impossible to operate
reliably if you couldn't see the display.
I spoke with them about this and offered to beta test when they get
around to working on accessibility.
The
Hi Mark.
One question. Does the tv guide mobile app support push notifications on
a program by program basis?
Can I tell it to notify me in advance when the next show I am interested
in watching is on?
Don
On 23-May-16 1:29 PM, M. Taylor wrote:
Hello Amy,
My preferred app for televisio
The timewarner app has gone a few steps backwards in the latest version.
You now lose access to the dvr which worked in earlier versions and I
believe the guide is now less accessible.
You have to search for a show now instead of being able to just see
whats on.
They say they are working on
have created the list you can than add people to your list’s by going
into their profiles and find the option in each app to add to list, or manage
in list.
I hope that this helps.
Ed
On May 3, 2016, at 5:46 AM, Don Breda wrote:
I don't often use twitter especially on the iphone but wa
I don't often use twitter especially on the iphone but want to create a
few timelines.
I have twitter and tweetlist ios apps.
Does either support timelines?
Which app makes this feature the easiest to use?
I will install a new app if necessary.
Thanks in advance.
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Would it be possible to reupload that podcast.
For some reason send space says that the file is no longer available.
Crazy!
Don
On 19-Apr-16 5:31 AM, Dave wrote:
Hi, here is the podcast, for Walkthrough of iOS Inbox, with VoiceOver.
I have converted it, into Mp3 format, for those who can’t p
Hi there.
Well I have been struggling a bit to decide whether to write grubhub
about the new app for several reasons.
1. I like a lot of what they did with the new app and I can't say they
have broken accessibility although such things as having the menu
button called hamburger which I have
Works fine on my 6S with 9.2
Don
On 08-Jan-16 7:43 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Annie,
Talking Goggles, the paid version, is still working fine on my iPhone5 running
the latest iOS. I wonder if anyone is managing to use it with an iPhone5S or
later.
Cheers,
Anne
On 8 Jan 2016, at
To add to this thread there is yet another way to get voiceover to speak
through the sonos system although I don't recommend it.
If you are using airplay with an airport express and feeding its audio
to a play5 or connect you can use the roter and choose audio destination
and redirect voiceove
y well.
Best regards,
Tom
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On Dec 12, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Don Breda wrote:
A question.
Is there a way to make siri call a contact in my contacts that has nothing in
either the first or last name fields?
It doesn't seem to search the company field which is a tremendous
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Subject: Siri and contacts with company names only:
A question.
Is there a way to make siri call a contact in my cont
I have not experienced that at all but I find that it no longer really
seems to track packages.
I am tracking several right now with ship-rack and getting no
information as to there progress.
I am also using parcel which is updating me as to the progress of packages.
Probably not worth messi
A question.
Is there a way to make siri call a contact in my contacts that has
nothing in either the first or last name fields?
It doesn't seem to search the company field which is a tremendous
oversite on Apples part as far as I can see.
Is there a setting I can change to make that happen.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/12/03/dragon-anywhere-ios/
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Rich I haven't tried the latest version of knfb yet but I did thry the
one with the speed problem and couldn't get it to work in stand mode
with the fopydo.
Any suggestions?
Don
On 11-Nov-15 4:11 AM, Richard Turner wrote:
I recommend either the Fopydo scanning stand for $12.00 plus $3.00 s
Has anyone successfully scanned there credit cards in to the iPhone?
IF so please explain in detail how its done.
Treat me as if I know nothing about a credit card (ie. where the strip
is etc.
I am asking because no matter what iPhone I have had or what version of
the OS I just cant' seem to
Yes and it is really! really! hard to explain how that particular bug
wasn't caught.
All you have to do is open the app once, set the reading speed, close
the app and reopen to see the bug.
How much testing do they perform over there?
This suggests they don't even test there app at all.
Tot
Truthfylly I tried my best to short circuit it immediately.
I wrote one message on the list and only one so he would see it then I
replied privately to him.
Never dreamed that there would be so many posts about this.
Listers when you see something like this please! don't post about it, it
ma
Sorry I did not get your email.
Can you try resending?
My apologies to the moderator and all on the list.
Don
On 16-Oct-15 2:40 PM, Paul Richard McGann wrote:
don,
forgive me this time.
I did send you email along with ron miller. I haven’t heard from you
since. I guess my email got lost or
he idea of what it
means.
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Ok and if it is not spoken in english
d and spoken in a different
language every few seconds.
On 16 Oct 2015, at 19:29, Don Breda wrote:
A friend called me and asked me to help her updae her phone to IOS9.
She was concerned about the hello screen with all the differnet languages that
comes up once the os OS is installed and the
A friend called me and asked me to help her updae her phone to IOS9.
She was concerned about the hello screen with all the differnet
languages that comes up once the os OS is installed and the phone reboots.
In the past this screen has proven problematic with voiceover.
I dont' remember what
I think there is some truth to what apple says.
I also have gmail problems using thunderbird on my pc.
Sometimes mail is very very slow to retrieve.
I have 300mpbs down so the bandwith isn't the question.
Don
On 09-Oct-15 10:18 AM, eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This very annoying ma
I am posting for a friend who is not subscribed to the list.
He signed up for a 7 day free trial of sling tv.
slingtv.com which allows you to listen to some tv stations without a
sling box.
You can listen on your computer or iPhone or android device for a
monthly fee.
He seems to find that
What am I missing?
I tried with an iPhone 5 and and iPhone 5c and a scanjig.
I turned on stand mode and put the phone on the stand. I got the dialog
to confirm and clicked ok.
I was put in a loop and just kept getting the message place phone on the
stand and click ok.
No matter how many t
The play5 is also stereo so you can get by with one speaker but having
two you can create a stereo pair with much better separation of course.
Don
On 8/19/2015 2:44 PM, Jim Ruby wrote:
The play 3 speaker can be put on its side and then you can get stereo sound. I
saw that sonos was in best
Hi Linda.
Seeing Eye GPs sort of does this however its a somewhat unintentional
feature I believe grin!
I notice when walking around the streets of New York city that it will
tell me the direction of the traffic flow when we reach an intersection.
For example IF I am walking south on 9th Ave
Jonathan, just curious what mail server softwaare are you using an do
you have any accessibility issues with it?
Won't cludder up the list with this since its off topic.
IF you feel like it write privately to don.br...@gmail.com
Thanks.
Don
On 7/22/2015 12:02 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
The
Shopping at this point is limited to items you ordered in the past that
were prime eligible.
You can look for other things to buy but you will end up having to use
the echo app to do so on the iPhone.
If you do have orders you placed in the past that were prime eligible
though it is a true
Its interesting Dave. It does go to the headphone but then reverts back
once its really recording.
The big problem I have found is using the app in non filtered mode works
but once I am redording I end up loosing speech and only a reboot of the
phone gets my speech back.
Must play more but
py messages
from one account into another, but you could do this with a desktop
client, such as Thunderbird.
Sorry I wasn't more help.
On 4/12/2015 7:37 AM, Don Breda wrote:
Hi listers.
I have an email account on my iPhone I set up a long time ago as a
pop account.
I Want to chang
Hi listers.
I have an email account on my iPhone I set up a long time ago as a pop
account.
I Want to change it to impa without losing any email messages already on
the phone.
I don't see a setting in the mail settings to change from pop to imap.
I don't think just changing the port number
Hi Neal.
Very interesting and also scary.
What I don't understand is why it didn't work in the first place.
Was it because you didn't have the correct password?
What you did in the beginning seems to me to be common sense and should
have worked so the only conclusion I can come to is that you
Hi Craig.
Access note really had the right idea because the search function allows
you to search across files for a text string.
This is lacking in most text editors unfortunately and I can't figure
out why.
Why spend time writing notes and various other documents if you have to
commit to
One more reason you should try and stay fairly current with your smart
phone is because they yusually make improvements to the hardware such as
improving the radios in the phone with respect to cellular performance
and features, wifi performance and features, and yes even bluetooth
performance.
I had the h19 txt and think it is a great earpiece when it works but I
gave up on it after having trouble with three of them.
After a while the volume up button seems not to work anymore.
Believe me I am very gentle with my equipment and this happened to two
of them and the third one had a tro
with it via my Apple TV which is connected wirelessly to my home network.
Regards,
Sieghard
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pay a bit more for Tidal and get
better features and the much higher quality. Once Tidal is available via my
Sonos system I'll do a separate post/review.
Regards,
Sieghard
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w.
Regards,
Sieghard
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Subject: Re: Sonos speakers
Hi Dave.
I will insert my answers between your quoted questi
Hi Dave.
I will insert my answers between your quoted questions.
On 12/18/2014 12:40 PM, Dave Sheridan wrote:
Hi List
I'm looking for hifi equipment as most of what I have I've been using for close
on 30 years. There were some useful posts a few weeks ago regarding Sonos
speakers from whic
a battery that supports the
lightnihng connector from the get go.
Don
On 12/14/2014 9:22 PM, Ron Pelletier wrote:
Hi,
How about if you plug the adaptor in the phone first?
Ron & Danvers
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I have the same Battery and its great! but one piece of advice.
Don't use a 30 pin to lightning adapter on that battery.
It will think your charging a device as soons as you plug the adapter in.
I tried that and it told me it was charging as soon as I plugged the
adapter in.
To bad but it ma
Hi Mark.
There is also another bug that you would have never noticed in the app.
I tried to create a tv guide account in the app and even though
everything was totally accessible and quite well done, double tapping
the register button has no effect. Therefore I was unable to create the
accou
Thanks so much!
I have had it on my phone for a long long time but never decided to take
the plunhe.
Can't wait for accessibility improvements.
Thanks for letting me know.
Don
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> Does this exist?
>
> I asked in another message about email apps for handling gmail accounts
> but i also wonder gmail or otherwise is there any email app that
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> rule
address or with a specific subject?
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Wondering if anybody has used EMailGanizor for their gmail accounts on
the iPhone?
Wondering if its better then using the built in mail app or the real
google gmail app which is quite accessible but doesn't seem to respect
googles labels.
Thanks in advance.
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Is it the same version as before it was pulled?
I still have it on my phone and haven't seen any updates for it.
Thanks.
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if thtey are accessible at all.
Call me if you want to chat about it.
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No but I will probably take that approach even if I don't know what
device I am ermoving grin!
Will post.
Thanks.
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I can't understand that. I do it the old way double tap on confirm section and
then double tap again. It sounds like it doesn't work but it does. You will see
the next notification come in to focus and you won't see the one you deleted
anymore. Don
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I also have sonos and IOS8 and don't have that problem at all.
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They have done a great job to make it accessible compared to what it was a year
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Thanks Mark.
I am going to save this message.
Currently I am awaiting a pantronics legend and will see how that works
out but given some of the newer plantronics hearpieces I have seen I
don't have a lot of hope for it.
Got it at a rerific price so we shall see.
Thanks.
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a new one this week as I said and
right out of the box it has the same problem.
Very sad because this is a great earpiece.
Looking for other recommendations now.
Needs to work with siri no buds no headsets needs to be loud because I
live in Manhattan.
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Yes I too use all access and like it. It has come a very long way since
it first came out.
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The Latest version of grubhub in the app store has broken accessibility
to some extend.
Now when you click find restaurants, the restaurant names are no longer
spoken when you swipe through them.
It just says "search result" for each restaurant in the list.
You have no clue which restaurant your
Actually I purchased mine for about $75 from amazon.
Do not buy the OEM packaged ones because there have been reports of
trouble with those and missing parts.
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Unless your hearing voiceover through it which I seriously doubt you
must return it.
The h17 does not have a2dp so you won't be able to hear voiceover
through it.
Get the h19txt.
Don
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Yes I had the same experience with iFit apps. Don't waste your money. Very
disappointing. Don
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