Re: Amazon app now inaccessible?

2014-06-16 Thread Harmony Neil
The scrub gesture was so much easier to use, but you have to look for the back button now. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this l

Re: Amazon app now inaccessible?

2014-06-16 Thread Harmony Neil
Know what you mean. I liked the older layout better when they had the tabs along the bottom and the searchbox was easier to find, but now you have to go looking for the searchbox, and as you say, the buttons for menu etc are all over the place. You can only find stuff like basket and wishlist o

Re: voiceover voice

2013-09-19 Thread Harmony Neil
I was using the Australian voice before, but when I upgraded, I had to change to the British voice, since the American high-quality one and south african one were both sounding muffled. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message t

Re: Lords and Knights

2013-08-25 Thread Harmony Neil
Because the lumberjack is the one who gathers the wood etc. The thing I'm wondering about that game is can I sell some of my stone say for gold coins, or how can I make more gold? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VI

Re: Lords and Knights

2013-08-22 Thread Harmony Neil
Hey, I only started playing last night too. Try upgrading the buildings and things and doing the missions in the taverns. You will have to collect quite a lot of resources though before you can research skills and stuff by the sound of it. -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: The future of my iPhone 4

2013-08-09 Thread Harmony Neil
Has no one heard of going to their local mobile phone store? Or go one better and look online? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by vi

Re: The future of my iPhone 4

2013-08-09 Thread Harmony Neil
Who cares what plan you have, as long as the hone works? I mean, does the whole world really care or need/want to know, or is this just a thread for the sake of posting something? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIP

Re: The one thing I was hoping for in IOS7

2013-06-12 Thread Harmony Neil
I haven't looked at all of this thread, but does anyone know when IOS 7 is being released for developers? I need to sort my stupid code signing issue out still, but oh well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public arch

Re: How often do you charge your Iphone?

2013-05-30 Thread Harmony Neil
I have bluetooth on all the time so I can just use the keyboard when I like. With or without bluetooth on though, I normally have to charge mine every day. Having said that though, I do use it a lot for listening to online radio stations etc. On 29 May 2013, at 16:19, Lelia Struve wrote: > He

Re: ios 6.1

2013-05-28 Thread Harmony Neil
Someone told me you can downgrade using itunes, but I'm not sure how, since I've never done it. A bit annoying really, because I know iPhone users who want to jailbreak their phones but have no idea how to downgrade, since there isn't a jailbreak for the current IOS. Sorry I couldn't be of more

Unzipping Files

2013-05-16 Thread Harmony Neil
ing things? Thanks, Harmony. -- 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 this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubsc

Syncing iBooks To The Computer

2013-05-10 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow, I bought a book from the iBooks store last night on my phone and wanted to put it on my computer. I've checked all the boxes that say sync books, but I still can't see it. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? The book is a text one rather than an audio one. Thanks, Ha

Re: Accessibility Issue With The Dominos Pizza App

2013-04-28 Thread Harmony Neil
are not labelled properly, and by the look of it they've made the buttons >>> etc way too big, so some of them are overlapping one another, so when you >>> do the swipe left or right, you get the buttons and things repeated over >>> and over again. >>>

Accessibility Issue With The Dominos Pizza App

2013-04-28 Thread Harmony Neil
hings repeated over and over again. Just thought I'd share my disappointment that this app is not as accessible as I had hoped. Harmony. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail

Re: Iphone 5 Cases, which is the best:

2013-04-23 Thread Harmony Neil
I've never had a problem with the oterbox case. I like it better than the thinner more flimsy ones anyway. It's more protective, but can be harder to get onto the phone in the first place. On 23 Apr 2013, at 12:08, Srikanth Kanuri wrote: > dear all, looking for a best IPhone 5 back case. i us

Re: Logitech Blue Tooth Tablet Keyboard

2013-04-03 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow, If I'm in an app I normally just hit the escape key in the top left of the keyboard. In terms of moving between the icons etc I do voiceover left or right arrow, then voiceover space. (voiceover being control options) Hope that helps, Harmony. On 3 Apr 2013, at 04:37, KK2006

Re: where is the tones after syncing

2013-04-03 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow Steve, Didn't realize you were on here. Anyway, I've been having the same problem and haven't yet found a way to see the ringtones on my phone either. Annoying! Gurr'rr'rrr''rrr'rrr? Damn playing with voiceover and synthesizer sounds is boring since it doesn't work. Blah. Oh well. On

Re: bubble island audio demo

2013-03-01 Thread Harmony Neil
You passed me on that game apparently. Cool! On 1 Mar 2013, at 17:04, Maria & Joe Chapman wrote: > HI. great job. > > I am about to play for the first time. > > > Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. > Email/ I Message: &fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com > twitter: bubbygirl > skype: bubby

Re: Accessible games for iPhone

2013-03-01 Thread Harmony Neil
lia > Newbie mac user. > bubbygirl1...@gmail.com > will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. > skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl > > > > > > > > > > On 01/03/2013, at 7:10 AM, Harmony Neil wrote: > >>

Re: Accessible games for iPhone

2013-02-28 Thread Harmony Neil
It depends what kind of games you're looking for. I've mainly got word games on my iPhone, but do also have Lost Cities which is a card game and bubble island which I think is a facebook game. I do also have Slap Game or whatever that bopit thing is called, but the score isn't read by voiceove

Re: iMessaging question

2013-02-07 Thread Harmony Neil
Yes. IMessaging is free for all iPhone users and mac users etc. It doesn't matter what country the person is in, because its based on the Apple id and having wifi or 3g enabled. On 07/02/2013, at 1:12, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Hi, > I know that sending iMessages is free, but does that mean tha

Re: Case Recommendation for iPhone 5

2013-02-06 Thread Harmony Neil
The otterbox case I have protects the phone very well, but does make it feel bulky. On 06/02/2013, at 16:33, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Paul, > > Yes, all three as I outlined. > > I also have their iPad Mini case, this time though with the leather flap over > the front of it as well

A useful little app I Just Found

2013-02-04 Thread Harmony Neil
Disc Space - Show available memory by Dominic Rodemer https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/disc-space-show-available/id320605076?mt=8 -- 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/vipho

Re: Apple and Duxbury

2013-02-04 Thread Harmony Neil
In other words duxbury doesn't work on OSX, only windows. Blah. On 04/02/2013, at 10:47, Don Breda wrote: > Yes it is but you will need to install windows in a bootcamp partision > or use VMWare Fusion to create a virtual machine with windows. > > > Until we come out with our Mac version whi

Re: A question about subscribing.

2013-02-02 Thread Harmony Neil
Course it is. Just subscribe from whatever account you want. On 03/02/2013, at 1:02, Dan wrote: > Hello List, > Is it possible for someone who does not have a gmail account to subscribe to > this list? > TIA. > > Dan Keys > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "

Re: bluetooth keyboards for I phone

2013-02-02 Thread Harmony Neil
I have a logitech keyboard which works just fine. On 02/02/2013, at 20:02, "Joe" wrote: > Apple’s Bluetooth keyboard is the best, second to none.--Joe > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Ann Chiappetta > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 2:39 PM

Re: Text Detective App

2013-01-26 Thread Harmony Neil
I tried using this app a couple of days ago and got it to scan, but could never make any sense out of the results. Prismo is no better to be honest. On 27/01/2013, at 2:04, "CD" wrote: > We are talking about the same thing. Thanks so much! Will try that now. > > > -Original Message-

Re: Braille displays & emoticons

2013-01-25 Thread Harmony Neil
Probably because the things are made up of stuff like brackets and other such punctuation. The screen readers only read them correctly because people put them in the dictionaries. On 25/01/2013, at 18:33, Traci wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering, why don't the braille displays show emoticon

Re: Adding a phone number to contacts that was in your email.

2013-01-14 Thread Harmony Neil
iming etc. You can add the number to an existing contact from here or create a new contact as well. Hope that helps, Harmony. On 12/01/2013, at 18:52, Jenifer Barr wrote: > Hi all. I have the phone number that I received via email. Isn't there a way > to add it to an existing conta

Re: Getting To The Dock With luetooth Keyboard

2013-01-12 Thread Harmony Neil
Cool. That works. thanks for that. On 12/01/2013, at 22:09, "Thom" wrote: > Use the second key from the left and the down arrow. > > This should do it for you. > > Thom > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@google

Getting To The Dock With luetooth Keyboard

2013-01-12 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow, I've had a bluetooth keyboard for about a month now and getting on with it just fine. A quick question though: Is there a way of getting to the dock with my keyboard? I know I can just do the vo right and left arrows etc, but that takes longer. I tied control cmd d, but that failled e

Re: voice over on a call

2013-01-10 Thread Harmony Neil
Just tap some other part of the screen that doesn't keep changing. On 10/01/2013, at 9:56 PM, "Shawn Keen" wrote: > > Hello, > > when on a call and using speaker phone. Voice over periodically reads the > phone number or date, is there any way to turn this off or silence it? > > Thanks, >

Re: Take a picture of Yourself

2013-01-08 Thread Harmony Neil
I just use the camera thing that's built in and listen to it telling when my face is in cdntre. Make sure you'rd using the front facing camdra though. This only works on iPhond 5 as far as i know. On 8 Jan 2013, at 02:17, "Andy Baracco" wrote: > I recall a while back someone talking about an a

Re: Moving a Contact's Information

2013-01-06 Thread Harmony Neil
In settings you can change way contacts are ordered. On 7 Jan 2013, at 04:55, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > Sorry if this has already been answered, but the contacts are just sorted > alphabetically and the headings are just to denote the next letter in the > alphabet. You should be able to ju

Re: 3-way calling

2013-01-06 Thread Harmony Neil
You have to have a contract to do three way calling, as it won't work on pay as you go. On 6 Jan 2013, at 21:26, Jennie Facer wrote: > You first need to hide the keypad button. Here is where you can make another > call, then join the two. > > Jenn > > -Original Message- > From: viphon

Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.

2012-12-31 Thread harmony . neil
Don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but I've heard that all the apple products blind people in the UK can be exempt from VAT or whatever it is if they buy fom the Apple stores. All their products except the iPhone itelf apparently. I don't know why or if it's true, but that's just what I wa

Re: Deleting emails from IPhone

2012-12-29 Thread harmony . neil
You can either double tap edit in the top right of the screen then select the e-mails you want to get rid of, then double tap delete n the bottom left of the screen. If you don't want to do that, you can swipe up or down on each e-mail which changes between delete or default. On the delete acti

Re: Best Twitter App

2012-12-29 Thread harmony . neil
I prefer to use either tweetings or echofon. On 29 Dec 2012, at 9:41 PM, "Tina Murphy" wrote: > Hi All, > What's the best Twitter app to use with an IPhone or IPad Mini? It > seems that when I log into Twitter, all these weird people are listed > as either me following them or them following m

Deleting podcasts and Music from the iPhone

2012-11-23 Thread Harmony Neil
't deleted anything for a long time. Thanks, Harmony. -- 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 this group, send email to vip

Re: Setting your phone up as a hotspot

2012-11-20 Thread harmony . neil
True, but in the UK the £25 extra is capped pretty low, so I barely had it 2 days before it wouldn't work again. On 21 Nov 2012, at 1:08 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > Whether $20 a month for tethering, on top of an existing data plan, is a > lot or not is a pretty relative and personal judg

Re: Setting your phone up as a hotspot

2012-11-20 Thread harmony . neil
No. I used yesterday and the day before, and it said bluetooth. On 20 Nov 2012, at 6:49 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" wrote: > Hi, I think you mean, you need wireless on. The hot spot feature uses > wireless, I.E. Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Contractions are sometimes used we're

Re: Setting your phone up as a hotspot

2012-11-20 Thread harmony . neil
You can do it pretty easily in settings but you need bluetooth on as well. I tend to avoid using it too much though, as networks do charge a lot for it. On 18 Nov 2012, at 11:15 PM, anthony cavigliano wrote: > I would like to know how do you use your phone as a hotspot with your > computer is

Re: Want to hear Voice Over while on call

2012-11-20 Thread harmony . neil
The only way I can hear voiceover while on a call is to put the phone on loudspeaker, which is not always ideal, On 20 Nov 2012, at 2:40 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. > Yes this issue is both on the 4S and the iPhone 5. Really annoying, so I'll > write to Apple accessibility to report this as

RE: Focus 40 and the 3-GS

2012-10-16 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow, Once in accessibility, go into voiceover and braille is in there. I can't remember if it's in the same place on the earlier ios versions, but I've just found it in there on IOS 6. Hope that helps, Harmony. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

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

2012-10-16 Thread Harmony Neil
Oh true. I forgot about that rule. Apple products and most of the Apple apps are not specifically for the blind, so ... -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:38 PM To: vip

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

2012-10-16 Thread Harmony Neil
I've never heard of that anyway. As far as I'm concerned the price of an app is the price of an app which everyone pays, blind or otherwise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Wallis Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:04 PM

RE: Word processing app

2012-09-27 Thread Harmony Neil
Pages works well. It does cost or 7$, but still. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cnmyh...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Word processing app Are there any that wor

RE: iPhone 5 and power up vibration

2012-09-21 Thread Harmony Neil
Oh cool! My iPhone 4, but didn't do that with IOS6. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of anne fraser Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone 5 and power up vibration I have an iphone 4s with ios 6 and

RE: iOS 6

2012-09-13 Thread Harmony Neil
Apparently IOS 6 will be released next Wednesday. I thought it was supposed to be yesterday, but no. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandra Heaton Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 9:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subjec

Re: Slightly Off Topic - Messages On The Mac

2012-08-07 Thread Harmony
Didn't realize that. Trouble is, I use one e-mail address for itunes and one e-mail address for MSN etc. On 7 Aug 2012, at 18:56, Mark BurningHawk wrote: > Have you set up the accounts you send messages from in Messages? It's in > Preferences, Accounts. > > Mark BurningHawk > Skype and Twitte

Slightly Off Topic - Messages On The Mac

2012-08-07 Thread Harmony Neil
aying "messages couldn't send the message to … ". Thanks in advance, Harmony. -- 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 pos

Re: anagrams

2012-07-27 Thread Harmony
e, Resume Game, Instructions and Configure. You can either > create custom lables or just memorize them like I've done. Also, the > word given is random, and is always 9 letters. Overall, a great game > and an awesome time waster! You can even configure the difficulty > level. >

Re: anagrams

2012-07-27 Thread Harmony
I haven't read this whole thread, but the anagram I have which someone recommended to me is worder. I can't remember if it's free or if I bought it (if I did it was only very cheap), but it's a cool game. On 22 Jul 2012, at 12:33, Stacey Robinson wrote: > I wasn't able to find anagram EN anywher

Re: Zello

2012-06-28 Thread Harmony
your finger on a message, and swipe to the right. Take your finger off and look for confirm delete whatever that message is. Once you delete messages you've read you won't have so many to look through to find teh unread ones. Hope that helps, Harmony. On 28 Jun 2012, at 17:34, Christina

Re: Using HeyTell on an iPhone 4

2012-06-28 Thread Harmony
There is normally a button that says replay/pause. I haven't used hey tell for quite a while, since I prefer voxer or zellow as you can send longer messages, but I do have hey tell. On 27 Jun 2012, at 19:18, Wayne Merritt wrote: > Greetings. I have installed the HeyTell app for my iPhone. I have

Re: Apples podcast client

2012-06-28 Thread Harmony
I did find a labelled subscribe button, but can't remember. On 27 Jun 2012, at 16:46, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > On the list of episodes, there's the word "subscribe" near the top. It > isn't labeled as a button, but if you double tap it, you will be > subscribed. > > On 27/06/12 10:38, GREG

Re: a good timer app

2012-06-28 Thread Harmony
Agree. I use the built in clock a lot for timing stuff. On 27 Jun 2012, at 22:05, Phil Halton wrote: > Yep! the built-in clock app is excellent and totally accessible. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone publ

Re: Need help from any podcasters out there

2012-06-27 Thread Harmony
Not sure about the podcast thing, but can you send me the subscribe address for the mac list if you have it? Thanks. On 27 Jun 2012, at 04:29, How to be Blind wrote: > All, > I am sending this email out to the Mac and iPhone lists in hopes that > someone can help me out. > As of toda

Re: THINKING ABOUT A MAC!

2012-06-25 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow. I also have a mac now. Feel free to add me to skype if you would like to talk. My skype name is harmony.neil On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:35, Melissa Tucker wrote: > I have several questions about the mac because my desktop and laptop is no > longer working properly. The are both several year

Re: THINKING ABOUT A MAC!

2012-06-23 Thread Harmony Neil
ppreciate is having the @ symbol on the 2 key instead of the ' key as it's meant to be in the UK keyboard layout, unless that's just a windows thing. Hope this extremely long e-mail helps, Harmony. On 22 Jun 2012, at 22:36, Jakob Rosin wrote: > hi. > i'm a very new mac user.

Re: making a phone call working with an automated system

2012-06-21 Thread Harmony Neil
I haven't read this whole thread, but I normally either use earphones or more often just put the phone on loudspeaker and find the numbers and take my finger off (using the touch typing system here). On 21 Jun 2012, at 16:59, Monica Jones wrote: > I'm sorry but that doesn't help with the 4S. No

RE: Weather app

2012-05-08 Thread Harmony Neil
I just use the built in weather app, or else the met office one, but the met office app is only for the UK and is somewhat limited. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kristeen Hughes Sent: 08 May 2012 17:41 To: viphone@googlegrou

RE: Heytell question

2012-05-07 Thread Harmony Neil
I was told you have to have your own contact in your contacts as well. Sounds a bit stupid, but still. I can't remember how I did it either, as I don't have my hey tell connected to twitter or facebook. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

RE: elusive OCR App!

2012-05-02 Thread Harmony Neil
Agree. I liked that knfb reader, but ended up selling the phone because I had an iPhone and the n82 was just sat there doing nothing, except OCR. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of AppleGourmet Sent: 02 May 2012 20:30 To: VIPhon

RE: How do I add favourite web pages I visit to safari?

2012-05-01 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow, There should be a button at the bottom of the screen called bookmark. Hope this helps, Harmony. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen Colley Sent: 30 April 2012 21:09 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How do I add favourite web pages I