Re: introduction and questions

2014-11-11 Thread Wayne Merritt
Eden, if you are using the Braille Sense OnHand as a braille display with your iphone, it is not possible to delete or move apps currently with a braille display. Hopefully Apple will add this in a future iOS update, since I would love this ability to, but you can't currently do it. Wayne On 11/1

Re: spotify or something else

2014-11-11 Thread Wayne Merritt
Eden, I use a free app called AccuRadio. It gives you unlimited skips per station/hour, a variety of artists and genres, and so forth. At times songs repeat but this hasn't happened to me that often. It is accessible. Instead of skips, you are offered the opportunity to ban a certain artist or song

Re: iPhone 6 or 6 plus?

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
The 128 GB 6 Pluses have had issues if the user has a ginormous number of apps on them, like 700 or more. People that have 128 gig models of this phone on this list have reported no issues. I am quite happy with my iPhone 6. I have large hands, but the 6 doesn't seem overly big to me, where the 6 P

Re: Fleksy

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
To access settings in the main Fleksy app, go to the top of the screen. There you will find tabs across the screen, one of which is settings. Double tap and the settings will appear below. Wayne On 11/8/14, Alan Lemly wrote: > Sandy, I'll keep my fingers crossed with you since I won't be updatin

Re: Will Fleksy VO Return?

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
o my list of favoritesI am instead thrown right back into the menu where >> I once again select favorites and the same thing happens over and over >> again. Have you encountered this? If so, what is your work around? Thank >> you in advance. >> >> Sent from my iPhone

Re: Farkle

2014-11-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you don't want to use Dice World or play with others, you can get a couple of farkle apps, one called iFarkle Free and the other called simply iFarkle, which is $0.99 in the US App Store. Both are equally accessible, though the fre version does include ads that show up after you complete a game.

Re: Will Fleksy VO Return?

2014-11-07 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hello. I have used Fleksy VO with iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 6 and it works just like it always did. Given that it has been removed from the app store, it will be a very long time when and if I ever delete it from my phone. I don't use it often, but if I need to write a longer text to someone, I will use

Re: How To Switch To Flexsey Kayboard?

2014-11-06 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you have the Fleksy keyboard added in your list of keyboards, and go to an edit box, you can then use the button in the lower left corner to switch keyboards between the native keyboard, Fleksy, and an emogy keyboard. Just double tap the switch keyboard or next keyboard button to go to the next

Re: contracts organizer

2014-11-05 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi. Look at Simpler Pro, which costs a few dollars but sounds like it would do what you are after. Wayne On 11/1/14, Joanne Chua wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone know of any accessible contact organizer apps that will help to > organize contacts, and delete all double/triple up contacts? > > Thanks >

Re: best twitter app

2014-11-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
I like TweetList 4 for my app of choice on the iPhone. It hasn't been updated in nearly a year, but I love the easy gestures and ability to look at messages in threads. I also have Twitteriffic an the native Twitter apps on my phone, but do not like those as much. I like the way that TweetList load

Re: A good amount of battery drain on my iphone 5 after upgrading to IOS 8.1

2014-11-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
Your battery drained 10 percent over a few hours? That is pretty good all things considered. If the battery had dropped 50 percent over a few hours with no activity, then that would be a big drain, but it doesn't sound like there's anything wrong. Jmt, Wayne On 11/1/14, Casey wrote: > Hi just to

Re: NFL Mobile

2014-11-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
I have also had trouble focusing on the right spot to listen to games. Since I signed up for NFL Mobile on my computer, I am able to listen from the computer to current games. I have found this to be a good compromise when the app is hard to use. Wayne On 11/2/14, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >

Re: iPhone 6 and Wi-Fi Issues

2014-11-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
I was having some wifi issues early on, but that ended up being a problem with my router and the wiring coming to my apartment from outside. I called the company I get Internet from and they were able to fix the issues. Things have been great ever since. I have an iPhone 6 and my wife has a 5C. Wa

Re: Can't seem to enter information into the Health application

2014-11-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
Terri, what are you doing to enter information in the Health app? What steps are you going through and what category of information are you entering? Best, Wayne On 11/3/14, Terri S wrote: > Hello again everyone, > > I want to use the health application. > However, I can't seem to enter informat

Re: Longer Lightning Cable Recommendations

2014-10-31 Thread Wayne Merritt
I've gotten a cable at the AT&T Store that was quite a bit longer than the standard Apple Lightning cable. I don't recall the measurements, but there was a significant difference in length. Wayne On 10/31/14, Charles Rivard wrote: > The only advice I have is to make sure that the cable is approv

Re: iphone 6

2014-10-29 Thread Wayne Merritt
I've got over 4,000 songs, around 115 apps, and a few audio and iBooks, and still have 25 GB free on my 64 GB phone. If you are planning on storing a lot of pictures or videos, then you might want the ultimate 128 GB size. 64 is a good medium though since you also get the Apple iWork and iLife apps

Re: cases for the 6+

2014-10-28 Thread Wayne Merritt
I will say that the volume controls buttons on the iPhone 6 Otterbox Defender case have taken a bit of getting used to, more than the iPhone 5. In my humble opinion, the 5 Otterbox case was easier to use for the volume and for plugging in the phone to charge. Things have gradually gotten easier for

Re: Downcast question

2014-10-28 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you go to the More tab, then settings, you can set the default (global) behavior for all podcasts, under the new episodes action heading to either stream or download. If you're listening to a specific podcast you can make settings to that one podcast. I have done this for specific podcasts that

Re: iPhone 6 Case Recommendations?

2014-10-28 Thread Wayne Merritt
This is correct. I have an iPhone 6 in an Otterbox Defender case, without the belt clip, and though the case is big the phone is also a little bigger than the 5. I don't think it is overly bulky. The case on the 6 is not as thick as it was on the 5. You can always get one, try it out, and return it

Re: cases for the 6+

2014-10-28 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you don't mind putting the case on yourself, you could check the Otterbox site at: www.otterbox.com I've tried to get my cases in store and have them put them on, but this is also an option. They may have more cases online than they do in the stores. Good luck, Wayne On 10/28/14, RobH. wrote:

Re: Reading .rtf files on the iPhone

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi. I'm having a weird issues with Word files in Dropbox where the first letter of each line of the document is cut off and doesn't show. I can read text files without any difficulty but for some reason this happens with Word documents. I would love to keep using Word documents since Dropbox can no

Re: Curious if iPhones are totally useless if you are not on Wifi

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
When I used the iPhone 5 on AT&T, there were times when LTE crawled and was very slow. At those times, when I noticed it, I went into settings and turned LTE off. It seemed like I got faster speed when I was on 4G. I haven't noticed any slow LTE signals on my iPhone 6, but I also haven't been on LT

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
ntact AccessNote, email: accessn...@afb.org Wayne On 10/24/14, RobH. wrote: > Glad to hear it's free, I paid quite a wad for it, and abandoned it within a > > couple of weeks. > - Original Message - > From: "Wayne Merritt" > To: > Sent: Friday, October 2

Re: Bluetooth and handwriting issues in 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
I am having the handwriting issue on an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1. It is very annoying to say the least, but I didn't think of writing something in lower case and then erasing and switching to upper. I usually prefer uppercase anyway since I'm more confident when I need to draw the larger letters. A

Re: gmail and ios 8.1

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Are you in the Mail or Gmail apps when trying to do the flicking? Mail would make sense since I don't think you can flick up/down on messages in the Gmail app, but I'm not sure. Wayne On 10/24/14, Isaac Hebert wrote: > I don't know why the message came up blank but what I was trying to say is >

Re: i tunes 12 and adding music manually

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
Somewhere in iTunes there is a setting to sync all songs in a selected folder. This was how I ultimately solved the issue of transferring and syncing music. After that, I was able to delete songs and clean up the library over time. Sorry but I don't recall where that option is but if you look in th

Re: AccessNote was Re: Reading Dropbox Files with AccessNote

2014-10-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
For what it's worth, AccessNote is now free! AFB converted it from paid to free a few months ago. When that happened, I immediately got it from the App Store. Wayne On 10/24/14, Angie Nutt wrote: > Hi > > I have been able to add a note under iOS 8 using Accessnote. > > All the best > Angie > > >

Re: contacts in the app switcher

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
Dan, go to settings, mail/contacts/calendars, and under the contacts heading, there will be a button that says "show in app switcher." You can go into that screen and elect what things to show or double tap off to turn everything off. Hth, Wayne On 10/23/14, Dan Beaver wrote: > Hi, > > I have no

Re: Focus Question - Re: Whether to upgrade or not - Was Re: IOS 8.1

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
ned by speech. >>>> I advise certainly not to upgrade until this bug is fixed. >>>> Regards >>>> Davy >>>> >>>> 2014-10-21 23:57 GMT+02:00, Teresa Cochran : >>>>> That status cell bug was the most spectacular one I've ever

Re: Apple Pay

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
t captured my thumb on one single available spot my > touch > Id success is not basically 100% accurate and works at the first try. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of

Re: unable to use reachability--is it just me?

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
I have an iPhone 6 and so far in the time that I had my phone, I have not yet used the Reachability feature. Guess it would work better on a large waffle phone like the 6 Plus. Think I will turn it off since I haven't used it in daily practice. I do understand what it does, but between my large han

Re: Call Quality

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
One of my colleagues is an app developer and he said that the memory management issue was mostly resolved in iOS 8.1. So there may be some memory management issues still remaining, but that was largely why VoiceOver and many other apps had trouble before 8.1 was out. Perhaps we will see it clear up

Re: Apple Pay

2014-10-23 Thread Wayne Merritt
I've had issues having all of my fingers recognized as well. My left thumb works the most often and reliably, which is probably the one I will use to authorize the Apple Pay transactions. I think the point of using your fingerprint is not having to enter your password, but I haven't tried Apple Pay

Re: IOS 8.1 upgrade r not

2014-10-22 Thread Wayne Merritt
Lori, If you are waiting for a bug-free version of iOS to come out, you will be waiting a long time. Certainly, if your device is running fine with 7.1.2 and you are happy with it, then there's no reason to update. However, there are a lot of things in 8.1 that are really cool. Yes, there are still

Re: upgrading phone and resetting it.

2014-10-22 Thread Wayne Merritt
I had to reset my iPhone 6 in this way and was able to do the reset without turning off VoiceOver. The phone came up talking like normal too once the reset was complete. Wayne On 10/22/14, christopher hallsworth wrote: > You will have to turn VoiceOver back on with the triple click home. Just an

Re: IOS 8.1

2014-10-21 Thread Wayne Merritt
no longer happens in iOS 8. HTH. >>>>> >>>>> Matthew >>>>> matthew dyer >>>>> sent from my 27 inch iMac. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> facebook, facetime and iMessage: ilovecountrymusic

Re: Think I found a bug with the iPhone keypad in ios 8.1

2014-10-21 Thread Wayne Merritt
Pardon the obvious question, but is your phone muted? If so, you will not hear the touchtones. Wayne On 10/21/14, John Diakogeorgiou wrote: > I just tried playing with them and had no issues. Maybe try powering > down the phone all the way. > > On 10/21/14, Jen Colley wrote: >> Hi, >> When I go

Re: iOS 8.1

2014-10-20 Thread Wayne Merritt
Sieghard, I don't have always speak notifications turned on mainly because I work at a rehab center where there are a lot of other blind people with I-things. I don't want them to hear my various notifications. I've had this setting turned off for quite a while now and have gotten the caller ID not

Re: How to Upgrade

2014-10-20 Thread Wayne Merritt
Backing up before you update is not required, but it is definitely very highly recommended. If there is a problem with your update process and you don't backup, you don't have a prior working version to go back to, which is why you want to backup before you update. You can either backup with iTunes

Re: IOS 8.1

2014-10-20 Thread Wayne Merritt
Well, even though the caller ID bug is still there, I will still update to 8.1. I try to wait a day or two before I update, but I don't think I will be able to given that many of the bugs have been fixed, especially the touchtone sticking bug. There are also some general fixes that look good, such

Re: IOS 8.1

2014-10-20 Thread Wayne Merritt
I did not see the caller ID bug on the list of fixes. Can anyone confirm or deny if that has been fixed? That was an annoying one for me, not a show stopper but would definitely help me to know who is calling. Wayne On 10/20/14, Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey all, > > A couple of quick confirms of

Re: a thought on Jonathan Mosen's I O S 8 book

2014-10-19 Thread Wayne Merritt
If the updates are significant, then probably so. As I recall, there was at least one update to his book last year on iOS 7 after the book was officially released. Wayne On 10/19/14, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > Yeah, good idea, especially with one feature that is actually new in > 8.1, the a

Re: Prismo manual and questions

2014-10-18 Thread Wayne Merritt
New Zealand was very skeptical about it, but he >>> has >>> bought it now as well and posted a few weeks ago that he also recommends >>> it >>> and that he was impressed by its performance. >>> Have you checked Applevis? I seem to remember that at some point there &

Prismo manual and questions

2014-10-17 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings. With all of the talk about the KNFB Reader app, I had forgotten that I had purchased Prismo a few years ago and then deleted it from my phone. I downloaded it from my purchase history last night. Does anyone know of a manual or documentation, other than what is in the app, for using Pris

Re: apple pushing through mandatory ios 8 updates?

2014-10-17 Thread Wayne Merritt
You can control whether your apps update automatically, but iOS updates are a bit different. They will automatically download, but you can choose whether or not you want to install them. You can delete the update but it will download again at some point. If you don't want to install it, then just k

Article: ultimate guide to Apple Pay

2014-10-15 Thread Wayne Merritt
Saw this on Twitter and thought some may find it of interest. Very exciting! http://www.maclife.com/article/features/ultimate_guide_apple_pay?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=Owned Best, Wayne -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com ww

Re: Overall voiceover experience with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+

2014-10-14 Thread Wayne Merritt
Marissa, I think no matter which device you put iOS 8 on, you will experience some sort of bugs. I have the iPhone 6 and have experienced the caller ID bug, the notifications not being announced/or being announced too much bug, the touchtone sticking when dialing bug, some handwriting sluggishness,

Re: Thoughts on IPhone 6

2014-10-14 Thread Wayne Merritt
I know women's and men's clothing is a bit different, but I have no trouble getting the 6 in my jeans pocket. I have the 6 in an Otterbox case, so the phone nearly fills the pocket, but it fits just fine. The best way to know for sure is go to a nearby store and try it for yourself. They shouldn't

Re: Feature Differences Between iPhone & 6+

2014-10-14 Thread Wayne Merritt
Aside from the camera, I don't know what else would be useful for a blind person. If you have used a regular or mini iPad, then you might find the 6 Plus easier to use since it uses the split screen layout like the larger iPads. Other than that and the extra space, the features are almost similar.

Re: tracking sports scores

2014-10-13 Thread Wayne Merritt
These are good ideas for apps to use. Up until now, I have used alerts from the NFL Mobile app and custom alerts that I have setup for final scores from certain teams with the IFTTT (If this, then that) app. Granted, the IFTTT app doesn't get as detailed as some of the other apps that have been men

Re: Question

2014-10-13 Thread Wayne Merritt
You might also check in settings, notification center, and see if that app is in the Include or Do Not Include section of the notification center. If it is in the do not include, double tap the app name under the not include heading, and make sure the switches are set to "on." Hth, Wayne On 10/13

Re: IPhone 6

2014-10-11 Thread Wayne Merritt
I have the iPhone 6 as well. I came from an iPhone 5. The 6 was a little bigger but I have gotten used to it. After I got a few issues ironed out with some of my app settings, things have been really enjoyable and good. I have experienced some of the bugs with iOS 8 that people have mentioned on li

Re: Otterbox case problem

2014-10-11 Thread Wayne Merritt
I have an OtterBox Defender on my iPhone 6 and have had no issues with the case. A few times early on there might have been some gestures not recognized, but I've had the phone and case for 2 weeks and have gotten used to things. It is harder putting in the lightning chord, hopefully that will get

Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
One really neat feature in iOS 8 with a Braille display is the ability to have pages turned automatically. I use this in iBooks and it is quite nice. I don't have to turn the page, then hunt for the start of the next page's content. Now, when I get to the bottom of the current page, a message pops

Re: Apple support phone number was Voice Over keeps restarting

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
I believe it is 877-204-3930, though I'm sure someone will correct if that's not right. Wayne On 10/9/14, Connie Mohney wrote: > Hello, I had the apple disability support number at one time but lost it. > Does anyone have it? Thank you. > > Connie > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:v

Re: Introduction, iPhones, and Apps

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi. I would agree with other opinions, the iPhone 6 is not too much bigger than the prior models (don't have a 5S but since it was the same size as the 5, the 6 is a little bigger), but I would still go for the iPhone 6. If you want a really big phone then the iPhone 6 Plus would definitely fit tha

Re: iOS 8 not remembering ringtones and vibrations for contacts on iPhone 6

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
ain to save the changes you made. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Wayne Merritt > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:53 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subje

Re: iPhone 6 not playing custom ringtones for specific callers

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
gtone and then you chose done and then chose > done again correct? > > Isaac Hebert > hebertisaa...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 8:58 AM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > >> Morning. I am blind, use VoiceOver, and am having issues with my >> iPhone 6 running

iPhone 6 not playing custom ringtones for specific callers

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
this is an accessibility issue. I did not know who else to inform about this though. Best, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new

Re: iOS 8 not remembering ringtones and vibrations for contacts on iPhone 6

2014-10-09 Thread Wayne Merritt
ys have throughout the iOS 8 > beta cycle and all the versionsl since the public release. I have also not > yet seen a single message about others reporting that this wasn't working > nor heard on the Today in iOS Podcast that people are having issues. > > > Regards, > Sieghard

Location services for specific apps in iOS 8

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
Evening. I heard a podcast from AppleVis about being able to approve location services for specific apps in the Privacy area of iOS 8. However, when I look there, most of the apps I look at have the choices of either never or always. Very few apps that I've checked have the "when app is running" it

Re: [IDevices] steps and movement with iPhone Health app

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
I find the fact that the Health ap already started tracking my fitness information, without me having to do anything other than putting those things on my Health dashboard, to be very cool and exciting! For those interested, after doing some exploring in the list of conditions that can be potential

iOS 8 not remembering ringtones and vibrations for contacts on iPhone 6

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings all. As the subject says, I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.0.2. I have set specific ringtones and vibration patterns for certain people, yet when they call those tones and vibrations do not go off. This is not related to accessibility directly, but has anyone else seen this yet? Is this a ge

Re: Edit the Text Number for iCloud Keychain Verification?

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi. Related to the iCloud Keychain issue, I kept getting a message pop up on my new iPhone 6 regarding an "older device," which was my prior iPhone 5, which was still enabled for the iCloud Keychain service. Eventually I fixed this by turning keychain off and then back on, and I haven't seen the me

Re: problems clearing appstore search iphone 6 ios 8.02

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
Confirmed on the iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2. I double tap the search box, swipe right to the Clear Text button and double tap it a couple of times until I hear the bonk telling me that it has been cleared, and my focus is placed back in the text box. At times I am able to enter text in the edit box

Re: Voiceover not announcing caller ID since iOS 8 update

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
Notifications are spoken half the time wiht my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2. Sometimes I get partial notifications and other times I get nothing at all, just a sound indicating that I have a notification. I get around it by looking in the notification center or manually checking the screen. This is o

Re: Touchtones getting stuck on iPhone 6+

2014-10-08 Thread Wayne Merritt
This happened to me for the first time yesterday when I was entering numbers in my bank's phone system. I have an iPhone 6 running 8.0.2. When it happened, I freaked out and ended the call then rebooted my phone. I was prepared for it to happen again when I dialed my bank a second time, but everyt

Re: Twitter app recommendation

2014-10-06 Thread Wayne Merritt
I would also be interested in knowing an accessible and good to use Twitter client in iOS 8. I have gone back and forth between the native Twitter app and Twitterrific 5, and finally started a 30 day trial of Chicken Nugget on my Windows 7 laptop. I would still like a good iOS Twitter client to che

Re: Calendar and going to a date

2014-10-06 Thread Wayne Merritt
Since the native calendar can sometimes be interesting to use, there is an app called Date Picker, where you can find out what day a particular date falls on. I dont' recall if that is free or paid. It is very easy to use. Wayne On 10/6/14, RobH. wrote: > It is Tuesday, I asked Siri. I think i

Re: Gmail disaster on new iPhone and how to fix it

2014-10-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
hasn't supported Exchange for over a year and a half now. It uses >>> IMAP, CalDav and CardDav to sync email, calendar events and contacts. >>> >>> Are you saying there's something wrong with Gmail's service? How does >>> switching to iCloud solve t

Re: Two Finger Double Tap and Answering the Phone

2014-10-03 Thread Wayne Merritt
and get it back to working like I had it in IOS 7 I > will not be updating unless I hear in the future of a pretty positive user > experience. To say I have learned my lesson is an understatement. > On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > >> Brian, >> The 2 finger

Re: Two Finger Double Tap and Answering the Phone

2014-10-02 Thread Wayne Merritt
Brian, The 2 finger double tap to answer calls and start/stop media is working fine for me on my iPhone 6. I have and use Downcast and it works good in that app too. If I want to make sure I start the right sort of media, like a podcast in Downcast, I will purposely look for and hit the play button

Re: Gmail disaster on new iPhone and how to fix it

2014-10-02 Thread Wayne Merritt
g there's something wrong with Gmail's service? How does > switching to iCloud solve the problem? Doesn't iCloud also support two > step authentication? > > On 10/01/2014 04:32 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: >> Here is a message that I just sent to my colleagues at work an

Trouble signing into Twitter on iPhone 6

2014-10-01 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings. My current iOS 8 issue is not being able to sign into Twitter on my phone, such as when tweeting what I am listening to in Downcast. When I go to sign in in the Phone settings for Twitter, I am told I have the wrong password, am sent a temp password which I copy/paste into the password f

Gmail disaster on new iPhone and how to fix it

2014-10-01 Thread Wayne Merritt
. You should have to generate and enter the custom code once per application. So the next time I will have to do this will be when I get the next phone, whenever that is. Best regards, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com

Re: Does handwriting not work on IPad and IPod anymore.

2014-10-01 Thread Wayne Merritt
It works for some and not for others. I have been using it with mostly no issues on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2. I have experienced some slow down or times when the usual handwriting gestures were not recognized, like when switching from lower to upper case letters. I mainly use it for opening ap

Re: IOS 8.0.2: Onscreen Keyboard won't pop up

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
I've seen this as well to a certain degree in the App Store. If I double tap the search field and start to enter text, my key presses are not echoed like they usually are. The same sluggishness happens when I double tap the Clear Text button. Sometimes I can just hit it once but often I hit it twic

Urgent, Trouble configuring mail in iOS 8 on an iPhone 6

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
This is something that I need to take care of right away to get all my mail, contacts and calendar information back. I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.0.2. I have no idea how this happened during my transition from the old to the new phone, but it did. Kind regards, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Tw

Re: My thoughts on not upgrading to iOS 8

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
In addition, everyone may place a different priority on different features and bugs. If I wasn't getting a new iPhone 6 soon after iOS 8 came out, then I would probably have waited to update until some of the Braille display and other Braille issues were fixed, since I regularly use a Braille displ

Re: Alex voice, how is it?

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
; > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > >> On Sep 30, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Wayne Merritt wrote: >> >> I have a hearing loss and Alex sounds pretty good. I don't have a Mac >> yet and have only heard him in the stores before, so it will take me >> awhile to

Re: Phone and Message mess with iOS 8

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
> Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 29, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: >> >> Greetings all. I got my new iPhone 6 64 GB last Friday. I restored >> from my iCloud backup and synced my stuff from iTunes, but I have >> noticed some issues with my Phone Contact

Re: best hard case?

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
Not sure if everyone has one of these stores in your area, but my wife and I went to Sam's Club this weekend and we saw an OtterBox case for $30. My wife was looking for one for her 5C and they only had one color scheme, but that's half the usual cost so we got it. Now she doesn't fret when she dro

Re: Does anyone know if there's a new update to Flecksy? how would i find it if there is?

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
Remember that the Fleksy app and the Fleksy keyboard are different things. Also, if you are using Fleksy VO, that app has been removed from the app store, so that might be why you don't see any updates for it. Wayne On 9/30/14, Chuck Dean wrote: > I contacted Fleksy last week, here's what they s

Re: BARD Mobile and IOS 8.0.2

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
I like to read and download books with the BARD app and do some searching to, or at least browse the wish list and recently added audio books lists. I did notice over the weekend that the time it takes for me to download a book with the iPhone 6 is drastically less than with the older iPhone 5. I h

Re: Alex voice, how is it?

2014-09-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
I have a hearing loss and Alex sounds pretty good. I don't have a Mac yet and have only heard him in the stores before, so it will take me awhile to get used to him. He is in many ways clearer than the Samantha voice, but if he is saying a long string of text, it is often hard to understand everyth

Re: Will new iPhones now ship with 8.0.3, or will 8.0.3 be installed at activation?

2014-09-29 Thread Wayne Merritt
That's weird. I updated to 8.0.2 with OTA and it took less than 5 minutes. Wayne On 9/28/14, Chuck Dean wrote: > I agree, I got my iPhone six yesterday, and it had 8.0 loaded. I hoped it up > to iTunes, and it downloaded 8.02. It took almost an hour. > > -- > The following information is importa

Phone and Message mess with iOS 8

2014-09-29 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings all. I got my new iPhone 6 64 GB last Friday. I restored from my iCloud backup and synced my stuff from iTunes, but I have noticed some issues with my Phone Contacts and Messages. In my favorites in the phone app, some favorites only have the number for the contact and not the name. I am

Re: iOS 8 and twitter apps

2014-09-29 Thread Wayne Merritt
Yes. I have read that it has had issues with remembering the location of where the user stopped in the past. I have read from comments on AppleVis that this issue has been addressed in some of the recent versions (last 6-8 months) of the app, but then I see other comments or tweets from people on T

iOS 8 and twitter apps

2014-09-29 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings all. Got my iPhone 6 64 GB Friday and have been playing with it this weekend. I have been using TweetList 4 forever but noticed that when I load it on the iPhone 6, tweets and who they are from are not read correctly. So, I'm looking for another twitter app. I tried the native Twitter app

Re: the 16 or the 64G?

2014-09-27 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings. Those considering what size to get, consider that with either the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, Apple has more stock aps preloaded than they did before, such as Podcasts, Pages, keynote, Numbers, Garage Band, an several more. If you are picky about space, you might want to consider the top limit o

Re: Bending iPhone?

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
Hi Rob. When I looked online it looks like the prices keep going up each year. The Defender series cases were between $50 and $60, which seems to be the top of the line Otterbox cases. I've used Otterbox for the last few years, but I am going to see if there are similar Otterbox cases with screen p

Re: the 16 or the 64G?

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
Considering some of the iOS updates for people have been between 900 MB and, at least on my iPhone 5 this morning, about 2.8 GB, I would go for the 64 GB. Even if you never use all the space, that will give you plenty. And, if you get into storing books, music, pictures, and the like on your phone,

Re: podcast app

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
Cheryl, Out of curiosity, what do you like about Podcasts? Wayne On 9/26/14, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I personally prefer Podcasts to Downcast but it's great to have choices. > There are downloads choices in Settings > Podcasts. I'm talking about the > main settings on your device, not anything in

Re: FeedBack: Constructive Criticism ... iOS8

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
I think we will have better luck in emailing Apple Accessibility since they will be able to more address the accessibility issues. However, if you have the contact information for other Apple people that might can respond to the bugs, then do share. Wayne On 9/26/14, Robin wrote: > Here's a sugg

Re: ways of backing up your iphone

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
Personally, I do both. I regularly backup to iCloud, but I also try to backup to iTunes every so often and make sure my apps and other purchases are synced with iTunes. I have started doing my iOS updates through iTunes, mainly because you get lots more feedback of how the process is going. Verses

Re: podcast app

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
That's the problem, with iOS 8 Podcasts is now one of the "stock apps," which means it can't be removed. When I get my iPhone 6, I plan on moving all of the stock apps into an Apple folder to get them out of the way. Wayne On 9/26/14, Cristóbal wrote: > I just remove the podcast app from my devi

Re: eye phone trade in programs.

2014-09-26 Thread Wayne Merritt
It depends on the carrier, but this time of year where there are new iPhones out, many carriers would be very willing to trade with you for a newer phone. It seems like a larger major carrier, like Sprint or Verizon, would be more able to do this than the smaller carriers. I mention this because it

Re: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-25 Thread Wayne Merritt
If you really want to hang onto the 5S, then you could probably do that since next year the 5S will be the free phone and oldest one supported. This is assuming that Apple will skip over the 2-year-old iPhone 5 that is. Wayne On 9/25/14, Kerri wrote: > I personally prefer a smaller phone too whi

Re: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-25 Thread Wayne Merritt
t;>>> I like my 6+! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheryl >>>> >>>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>>> thrown in the trash! >>>> Then God gave me

Re: Why I'm returning my iPhone 6 (well, maybe)

2014-09-25 Thread Wayne Merritt
It seems like, from what I have read on the web, that most people think the 6 Plus is too big and the 6 is just right. Many of those comments were from blind people that checked out both phones or who just looked at the 6 and thought it was just right. After reading all that and knowing I had gotte

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