Re: Fantassy Football

2019-08-29 Thread Keith B.
Thanks, Andy and Kitty. Kitty, I have emailed you off list. On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 4:21:32 PM UTC-5, Keith B. wrote: > > Hello, all. I have been off the list for a couple of years, so I apologize > if this question has been addressed previously. > > A few years back

Re: Getting Ads In Twitterific

2016-11-03 Thread Keith B.
Thanks, Greg. I found it by going to the sidebar, clicking Advanced Issues, and flicking down to the Restore Purchases options. On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 9:26:22 PM UTC-5, Keith B. wrote: > > i just got an iphone 7 and restored from iCloud so I could keep apps and > settings

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-01 Thread Keith B.
Hello, Anouk. I too have noticed the sluggish bluetooth connection with the Brailliant BI 40, running IOS 10 on an iPhone 6. I called Humanware about it, and they told me it's an issue with the operating system, which I doubt. I got a chance to try a Brailliant BI 32 on an iPhone 7 last night, a

Re: Siri

2016-06-09 Thread Keith B.
at 8:28:31 AM UTC-5, Keith B. wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 7:31:16 AM UTC-5, alanand...@earthlink.net > wrote: >> >> I use Siri to post a message on my facebook time line when I don't need >> to open FB. I just say to Siri, post to facebook.

Re: Siri

2016-06-09 Thread Keith B.
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 7:31:16 AM UTC-5, alanand...@earthlink.net wrote: > > I use Siri to post a message on my facebook time line when I don't need to > open FB. I just say to Siri, post to facebook. She'll ask me what I want > to say on my time line. I'll dictate the text of what I

Re: major linked in problems

2016-05-13 Thread Keith B.
I can't shed any light on this, but I can confirm that is a problem I am having as well. I hope someone can assist us with this. On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 1:57:00 PM UTC-5, Jed Barton wrote: > > Hey guys, > > OK, i really need some help ehre, cause i'm getting nowhere. I am > starting to use

Re: Live Audio Broadcasting

2016-05-12 Thread Keith B.
Thanks much, Jonathan. I will definitely look into this option. If there is anything I need to know about doing this type of thing, please feel free to email me privately at kb5...@gmail.com On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 2:05:59 PM UTC-5, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi Keith, if you're willing to

Re: Question About Twitter Clients for IOS

2016-05-03 Thread Keith B.
ns, Today, and compose. > > Just a note, you can only change the Mentions and messages tabs. > > I hope that this helps. > > Ed > > On May 2, 2016, at 8:24 AM, Keith B. > > wrote: > > Hi, Ed, and thanks. I use Twitterific and love it. The only thing I like >

Re: Question About Twitter Clients for IOS

2016-05-02 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Ed, and thanks. I use Twitterific and love it. The only thing I like better about the native Twitter app is that you can go to the Notifications tab and see who has liked, favorited, and retweeted your tweets. Is there a way to do this in Twitterific? On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 9:11:03 AM UT

Re: Weather Radio Question

2016-04-30 Thread Keith B.
Hi, all, and thanks for the great suggestions. Robin, I believe you hit the proverbial nail on the head. I'm removing my location. Not expecting storms now for over a week, but I'm betting it's fixed the next time we have alerts.Thanks again! Keith -- The following information is important for

Re: accessibility apps

2016-04-28 Thread Keith B.
I purchased the LookTel Money Reader. It cost $10 at the time, but it is faster and seems much more consistent than EyeNote in identifying currency. For me, it was well worth the investment. I think it also recognizes some international currency, but don't quote me on that.On Thursday, April 28,

Re: Question About Bible Reading With Braille Display

2016-03-25 Thread Keith B.
Thanks, Flor. This is something I had not thought of doing, and I am already thinking of various ways to work with this idea. I sincerely appreciate this thought. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the ru

Re: Question About Bible Reading With Braille Display

2016-03-25 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Sandi. I look forward to getting my hands on one of these displays. It will give much greater convenience, especially if it works with a screen reader and is mobile. I'm a little disappointed about the Braille Kindle thing being more of a desktop machine and not working with a screen reader,

Accessible Bible Commentary?

2016-03-25 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Dani. As a pastor I have three sources of accessible commentaries. First, the website www.biblegateway.com has some accessible materials. Also, there are accessible commentaries available on www.bookshare.org, if you are a member. Finally, I have a program called Logos on my iphone, and, tho

Re: Accessible children's books on iPhon/iPad

2016-02-10 Thread Keith B.
Along the lines of this subject, I am actuallly looking for books that are not audio books but books that I can read with the Braille display to my grandson. I bought a book from iBooks, and I couldn't figure out a way to change pages. Any good ideas for non-audio but accessible children's books

Re: Voice Dream Reader Question

2016-02-07 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Richard. They are Bookshare DAISY books. While I could go in and redownload every time I wish to reread something, it would be much simpler to save in a Google Drive folder. For financial reasons, ionly have 16 GB of memory and can't change this for a while; otherwise, I would just keep the

Re: AIPoly VS CamFind

2016-01-12 Thread Keith B.
I have just a couple of thoughts about Aipoly. I really believe they are on to something, so I will continue to try to work with them. Most of us can't remember how terrible OCR was in its beginning days - how even with the best of programs we were lucky to get 85% recognition. And look where OC

Re: Docs & Drive Poll/Survey

2016-01-09 Thread Keith B.
I am using Docs more and more with my iPhone 6 and am having a good experience. I do not do a lot of fancy formatting, as I mostly do Bible studies, sermons, personal journals, etc. But, truthfully, I find it much more convenient to pull out the iPhone and jot something down in Docs than it wou

Re: Program for Personal Finances

2016-01-04 Thread Keith B.
I decided to download Mint. It is usable, though it seems to have each item in a square or rectangle and gives the location of every part of the item - i.e., top left, top right, botom left, and bottom right. I can deal with this, though it is a bit inconvenient. On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 1

Re: Siri & punctuation

2015-12-28 Thread Keith B.
Speaking of the texting abbreviations, I had a very humorous experience a while back that I shall relate. And by the way, I'm in my late 50's. A lady close to my age was sending me text messages, and Voiceover would read the beginning of the messages as, "Hi, Grams". On Wednesday, December 23,

Re: Storage issues, upgrading, and voice memo transfers

2015-12-18 Thread Keith B.
There is a free program called Battery Doctor. It is a bit challenging to use with Voiceover, but it can be done. It cleans up junk files and cleans up your battery's memory. I have been able to use it very successfully on my iPhone 6. On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 12:49:27 PM UTC-6, Shermeen

Re: Can't Turn Off Zoom

2015-12-17 Thread Keith B.
Thanks! I ‣ed and it didn't work at first. When I turned the phone off and back on, worked. Not sure what the issue was, but it has been resolved. it On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 4:12:28 PM UTC-6, Keith B. wrote: > > Hi, list. I am a Voiceover user withno vision. I( turned on

Re: Are there reasons to be cautious about updating to iOS 9.0, as there proved to be for iOS 8.0?

2015-09-11 Thread Keith B.
So pardon my ignorance. But how does one go about becoming a beta tester for the new IOS? And is there a cost for this priviletge? Thanks. On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 12:50:40 PM UTC-5, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: > > Are there reasons to be cautious about updating to iOS 9.0, as th

Re: Audio in NFL Mobile

2015-08-11 Thread Keith B.
The only issue I have with Sirius is the five-minute delay from the live action. I like to watch football with family members, and, if I'm lucky enough to find a broadcast on a station in OOTunes, I can actually sync it with the TV and be able to appreciate what is going on as much as my family

Re: Getting My Feeds and Settings Back in Newsify

2015-07-16 Thread Keith B.
Thanks, Jonathan. I had a gutt feeling I should back up with iTunes, but, alas, I ignored it. :) This is good information to have. On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 10:05:59 PM UTC-5, Keith B. wrote: > > Hello all. I just updated to an Iphone 6 from a 5s, and set up my phone by > restoring

Re: Braille Input and messages

2015-07-16 Thread Keith B.
I just got an iPhone 6 on Saturday. I had not noticed this problem with my 5S, but I am noticing it now. The only difference is that sometimes, when I rotor back to portrait mode, there will be typing in the edit field. I had begun to think this might be a problem with my phone. I'm really glad

Re: backing up and restoring books in Voice Dream Reader

2015-06-23 Thread Keith B.
I am also wondering if VoiceDream books can be backed up to, and restored from, iCloud. I am getting quite a library and, due to financial reasons, am limited to a 16 GB phone. Any thoughts along these lines would also be appreciated. On Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 12:58:25 PM UTC-5, solstice_singe

Re: question about earbuds

2015-06-23 Thread Keith B.
I just bought new Apple earbuds on eBay last week for a little over $7 and have already received them. They work fantastically. On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 4:02:46 AM UTC-5, Jordan N wrote: > > Earlier, I was listening to some awesome EDM (techno) on Sirius xm > radio! The Electric Daisy Carniv

Re: Typing with a brilliant VI 32 on Mac and iOS

2015-06-22 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Kim. There has just been a new firmware update for the Brailliant released in the past month or so which makes it much easier to type in Braille on the IOS device. If you do not know how to update the firmware, let me know off-list and I will help. Keith On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 6:42

Re: NFB Newsline

2015-06-12 Thread Keith B.
At one time, the gannet Corporation allowed people subscribing to the paper in Sioux Falls to download the complete e-newspaper on the iPhone. Why they doscontinued this service, I will never know. But, for those of us who have been blind all our lives and never read a paper in its entirety, it

Re: Reading .brf Files With the iPhone

2015-06-03 Thread Keith B.
So I made sure my display was in un-contracted, 8-dot mode and loaded one file in several programs, including Bard. But it didn't look like good Braille. For example, it contained words followed by definitions. So here is how it would look. optical3 having to do with the eyes or vision4 I also

Re: hope this isn't off topic

2015-05-29 Thread Keith B.
Parts of this thread emphasize the need for all of us to proofread our messages before sending them. As a person who has been blind all my life, and as a person who has worked professionally for over 30 years, I can tell you that messages with obvious errors in them do not impress those reading

Re: Stuck in tunein radio car mode

2015-05-26 Thread Keith B.
I just had this problem happen on Sunday. I don't even find a browse button. All I find are play the station I last listened to, following, search, recent, and recommended. I don't even hear any unlabeled buttons. Does one need sighted assistance to get out of this? I am running IOS 8.3 on an i

Re: Low disk space and don't know why or how to fix

2015-05-23 Thread Keith B.
Hello, Jen. I have solved this issue with two apps. First, there is an app called Kruptos which is free (last time I checked) and gives you the opportunity to clean up temporary files. There is also an app called Battery Doctor. It was also free last time I checked, and, though it can be a bit

Re: How do I improve dictation with Siri

2015-05-13 Thread Keith B.
By all means, enunciate as clearly as possible. One night, I was dictating a text to the chair of our church board, and I began by saying "Thank you very much". I thought I had enunciated clearly, but I received a smiley face back from the guy I sent the message to saying, "I didn't think you u

Re: cleaning up an IPhone

2015-05-13 Thread Keith B.
Hi, all. There is an app in the App Store called Kruptos (don't ask me where it got its name) that will clean up junk files on the iPhone, which will generally give one a little more storage space. Also, I use an app called Battery Doctor, which, though not the most accessible, can be used to c

Re: gestures for the Kindle app

2015-04-28 Thread Keith B.
In fact, it should already be in your Kindle library, since you are running Kindle on the iPhone with VoiceOver. On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:30:35 PM UTC-5, Laura Bratton wrote: > > Hi All, > where can I learn about the different gestures to use with the Kindle app? > I know that three flick

Re: Timer for MLB At Bat

2015-04-21 Thread Keith B.
Hi, Eric. I went into settings and set AutoLock to Never (I previously had it set to five minutes), and it did nothing for the timer. Any other suggestions? On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 9:07:04 AM UTC-5, AyrakCMH wrote: > > I am not positive this is your answer, but go into settings and chang

Re: APPLE MAPS OR GOOGLE MAPS

2015-04-07 Thread Keith B.
So is there a podcast or an article out there discussing the benefits of Google maps? I have long suspected that I'm not taking full advantage of this program, but don't typically have enough time to do a lot of exploration. Keith On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 2:06:34 PM UTC-5, Krister Ekstrom

Re: Need Some Advice Rather Quickly

2014-12-05 Thread Keith B.
While dictation is not specifically required, the amount of work to be done would make dictation very desirable. Thanks. On Friday, December 5, 2014 11:59:35 AM UTC-6, Hope Paulos wrote: > > Is it required that you dictate? It might be easier to type. > > Hope Paulos > > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 12

Re: Brailliant BI and iOS 8.1.1

2014-12-04 Thread Keith B.
I have talked with a distributor about this issue, and it is definitely a Humanware issue. They really need to address this soon. I notice that it happens more when writing in Braille than when reading in Braille, but it does happen in both situations. On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 6:18:42 PM