Re: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription

2014-01-06 Thread Scott Blanks
Doing a simple comparison between these very different methods of accessing GPS isn't really productive. Picking the correct GPS solution is a subjective matter, and depends on a number of factors. If someone does not possess an iPhone, nor the inclination to do so, the trekker breeze may be a v

Re: Anyone experiencing these truly infuriating iPhone issues: dumped out of apps, inability to view videos or listen to podcasts in appps, etc., silence when trying to access articles linked in apps

2014-01-05 Thread Scott Blanks
You've very likely already exhausted these options, but make sure you are updated to the latest version of iOS. Also, have you tried doing a hard shutdown of the phone? I'm using a 4S, so this might differ on a newer model, but holding down the home button and the lock button on top of the phone

Re: M braille or braille touch

2014-01-04 Thread Scott Blanks
MBraille without question. BrailleTouch was the first app, and worked quite well when it was the only option. As has been stated previously, BrailleTouch does not appear to be updated on a regular basis, if at all. The ability to write in contracted braille offered by MBraille is the single bigg

Re: Movie reading web site

2014-01-04 Thread Scott Blanks
Someone asked about the cost of this technology. Both the MovieReading app, along with the description tracks, or 1 track thus far, also free. I intend to make my voice heard to spur the addition of more film description tracks. It would seem to me however, that any film that reaches the theater

Re: INextBust

2013-09-22 Thread Scott Blanks
Used it yesterday and today. Running iOS 7 on iPhone 4s. I will say that the app has consistently crashed upon launch about a quarter of the time since I began using it more than a year ago, so instability has become part of my experience. Scott Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2013, at 7:32

Re: Any accessible newsstand apps?

2012-11-07 Thread Scott Blanks
NFB Newsline provides access to hundreds of papers along with magazines. This is not part of newsstand, but it is free. Not sure if it can be used worldwide. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 7, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Scott Davert wrote: > NYTimes, if you like that paper, is also accessible last I checked

Read2go and textbooks

2012-06-05 Thread scott blanks
Hey everyone, Does the Read2go app provide access to textbooks from Bookshare? Does that also include images from those textbooks , or are they simple text files? Thanks for your assistance, Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search

iCloud/Microsoft Outlook 2010 issues

2012-05-10 Thread scott blanks
Hey all, My first post here. Great information thus far. I'm trying to assist a friend who has an iPhone 4s, Microsoft Outlook 2010, and Jaws 13. He is attempting to get up and running with iCloud. I'm pasting his message below in hopes that someone will have further experience working with the c