Accessible story games

Greetings. Does anyone know of an accessible story game, either blindness or mainstream, like Crafting Kingdom or Tiny Tower? I tried Tiny tower on my iPhone 7 Plus, but all I was able to do was hear the jazzy music. The screen was completely inaccessible to VoiceOver. I've heard about this game

Re: Differences between the calendar, and reminders

In addition, there are other apps, like Alarmed, where you can set multiple alarms for an event. So you might have the actual alarm at 8:30, but then a couple of pre-alarms at 8:20 and 8:25, reminding you about the pending appointment. Or, you could get an app like Fantastical II, which includes

Re: looking for an app

I love the GoodReads app! I was tracking my own progress up until late last year, when I converted all of my books I've read from my own records to GoodReads. Now if I start or finish a book, I immediately go to GoodReads and update it through the app. One can also get involved with reading groups

Re: Crafting materials in Crafting Kingdom

onds to make a usable > diamond. Don't ask me why. LOL > > > Oh, the belt takes two metal parts and one each leather strip and wool. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 26, 2017, at 11:13 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Greetings. I hav

Crafting materials in Crafting Kingdom

Greetings. I have been playing Crafting Kingdom for about 5 months now and have completed many of the lower quests. My next expansion requires 2,000 belts and 1,500 diamond rings. Can someone tell me what materials make up these products? Also, what makes up the silver necklace and diamonds in the

Trouble adding people to the family profile in Uber

Greetings. I am having a big problem adding my wife to a family profile in the Uber app. I used to be able to do this a couple of years ago and had my wife on my profile, but for whatever reason it is not working now. We both have iPhone 7 Plusses and use iOS 11. She is sighted and I'm using

Re: 1Password users. Do you use the free app, the paid upgrade, or the subscription?

I got 1Password a couple of years ago and have been using the free versione ever since. I've thought of upgrading to the in-app purchase of $10 for added features, but have not gotten around to it. The fre version works the way I need it to, and keeps track of my passwords just fine. I use it so

Re: Amazon, Siri, Facebook, Google: How to turn off listening devices

I have an Echo Dot at home, but don't use Siri very much. I do use Siri, but not constantly like I know some do. So for me, I have the Hey Siri feature turned off. It's not ahuge deal since I can hold the Home button osummon Siri if I need to. For the Echo Dot, though it is always listening, that

Re: couple of questions

Hi. Regarding for diabetics, you can keep track of blood sugar numbers within the health app. I don't recall how to add a category level, but if you flick through the initial hoem tab, you will see a list of categories. One of those is blood sugar, and you can add it to your favorites. Then, when

Re: Siri is still pretty stupid

For all of Siri's flaws and shortcomings, it/she has gotten a little better at context. For instance, I can now ask Siri if it is going to rain today, and follow that up with, "How about tomorrow?" Before iOS 11, when I asked about another day without mentioning rain, I would always get the

Re: Uber App: Finding Your Driver

The buttons are clearly labeled. To get to them though, you tap (double tap for VoiceOver users) the bottom of the screen with the driver's name and car type. That will bring up a screen with your trip and driver information, along with a button to contact the driver. In the contact screen, you

Re: Status bar issue since updating?

Okay, I read the article but not sure I understand why they would allow people to turn the feature off, or disconnect accessories, but leave the wifi or Bluetooth still running. Can anyone give an example of this? If I turn wifi off from the Control Center, then would that mean that my phone would

NAGDU app updated for iOS 11

Greetings. For those interested the NAGDU app has been updated for iOS 11, and an Android version is coming by the end of the month. Read below for more details. Wayne FOR IMMEDIATE USE FROM: National Association of Guide Dog Users, National Federation of the Blind RELEASE DATE: September 13,

Re: 5.8" iPhone X designed for two-handed use as Apple apparently drops support for Reachability

I wonder if this will change how we access the Control and Notification Centers in iOS on all phones, or just on the iPhone X. Wayne On 9/13/17, Mary Otten wrote: > Interesting that this change for the iPhone X is apparently going to have > ramifications for other phones,

Re: Plus or standard.

to:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Wayne Merritt > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:59 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Plus or standard. > > Mary, I'm with you. I have a 128 gig 7 from last year, and feel like I'm > being strong armed to ge

Re: Plus or standard.

Mary, I'm with you. I have a 128 gig 7 from last year, and feel like I'm being strong armed to get the 256 gig phone if I want to upgrade. I am switching carriers though from T-Mobile back to AT, so I will be upgrading, but to a 7 Plus for the longer battery. More than that though, I will be on

Re: some uber and lift questions

I've gotten discounts on both Uber and Lyft. Lyft has the half or $5 off deal that appears once in a while, and Uber has discounts for 25% or 50% off. When they appear may depend on how often you take the service, I don't really know. I just know I get them every so often. I got another yesterday

Re: some uber and lift questions

In Lyft, after your trip has been accepted, swipe through the screen and look for the contact button. Once you choose this, you can pick how you want to contact the driver. In my experience, I always contact the driver of whatever service ahead of time. A lot of times I will get an automated

Re: NFL

Ditch the nFL app and go for TuneIn Radio's Premium subscription. It is $10 monthly for unlimited NFL, MLB and NBA live play-by-play games, from pre-season through playoffs. Though there is a yearly price, I mainly just do the monthly from August to February, and then cancel it for the spring and

Re: Crafting kingdom question

Hi. Regarding the focus issues, that often happens in this game. Or, It will happen when I touch the screen or try to swipe and then my focus will jump to something else. It is a known issue. Regarding the amount of coal or iron ore getting too much when producing metals, this frequently happens

Re: would it be a mistake

T-Mobile will pay off your phone but it will take longer for that payment to come, before you owe the prior carrier the money. In other words, when I switched from AT to T-Mobile in 2015, I got the bill from AT long before the payment came from T-Mobile. T-Mobile has been pretty good. They saved

Re: Scheduling rides with lift

If scheduling is available in your city, then there will be a Schedule button on the main ride request screen. Simply double tap the button, and you will be taken through the scheduling process. The first screen will be several pickers where you can choose what date and time you want to schedule

Re: EMojis and the rotor

Actually, you can search for an emoji by name, you just go about it a little different. Write in the text field what you are looking for, like home for instance. Then when you double tap the emoji keyboard button in the lower left, if you put your focus back on the edit box, VoiceOver will say,

Re: looking for input on any of the amazon devices

I think with the music, if you are an Amazon Prime subscriber, you get a sampling of 2 million songs. Though there is variety in this sampling, after a while, the songs seem to repeat themselves in the different playlists. There is an unlimited music subscription program just for Echo owners

Re: Best Facebook App

Kelby, I don't think so. There used to be severall apps out there that were alternatives, like Facely HD, Status Report, and others. However, somewhere in the last year or so I read that Facebook locked down their experience so people have to use the main FB app. We just have to adjust like the

Re: nil sunday ticket

Another option for audio would be TuneIn Radio Premium, which is $8 monthly. It gives you access to all teams and games, from pre-season through the Super Bowl. I used it last year and am going to reactivate my subscription in a few days for the upcoming season. You can also listen to play-by-play

Re: Uber

For the first time in 2 years, I asked for a refund on 2 Uber trips a couple of days ago. They were with the same driver, and in boht cases we had trouble connecting. I sent him messages both times explaining where I was, that I was blind, and asked him to identify himself when he arrived. I even

Re: Type instead of talk to Siri with iOS 11 - CNET

This is awesome since it enables those who are deaf or deaf-blind to use Siri, not to mention those that have trouble in getting Siri to hear/understand their speech. Wayne On 7/2/17, M. Taylor wrote: > CNET How To - Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11:03 AM > > Type instead of talk to

Re: YouTune work around

Donna, Thanks very much for this suggestion. It worked and when I switched back to YouTube, the back or collapse button was right where it should be. This is a more convenient option than closing and reopening the app for each video you want to watch, IMO. Wayne On 6/22/17, Sieghard Weitzel

Re: Youtube version 12.23 and apparent absence of collapse video button VoiceOver iOS 10.3.2

Even though we can't close videos currently playing, we can still access the list of recommendations after the autoplay button to play the next video, at least when swiping through the screen. Not a great solution, but it will do for now. Wayne On 6/21/17, Cristóbal

Re: How do I change a payment method in the uber app

Hi. In the Uber app, go to the Menu button in the upper left, tap payments, and then there should be an add button to add a payment method. When scheduling a ride, when you get to the screen summarizing your ride and payment, double tap the Apple Pay button, and then that shows a list of the

Re: Youtube version 12.23 and apparent absence of collapse video button VoiceOver iOS 10.3.2

I noticed that issue as well recently. I don't have a solution other than what you mentioned. I would also suggest those affected use the Feedback item recently described on list to send feedback to the YouTube developers. Since they release updates extremely often, hopefully a fix will be coming

Re: YouTube to MP3 converter that can save to dropbox

I asked about this a few months ago, and I don't think there is an app out there that will convert YouTube to MP3; though I would also like to know, grin. I've heard people talk about a website one can go to for this, but don't recall what it was. Perhaps someone will suggest it again. Wayne On

Re: Application question

--Original Message----- > From: Wayne Merritt > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 7:43 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Application question > > I found this entry on AppleVis for the Boop Light Detector app: > https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/boop-light-de

Re: Application question

I found this entry on AppleVis for the Boop Light Detector app: https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/boop-light-detector Part of the description says: "Boop is an an app to detect levels of light and interpret this information with sound. It allows its blind and visually impaired users

Re: which GPS app should i buy?

esa Christian <synergydra...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I just downloaded a GPS app called "airidne" >> Has anyone had experience with this one? >> I was told it will do step by step but I haven't sceen where it does >> that. >> >>

Re: which GPS app should i buy?

I would second, or third, the votes for BlindSquare. Though it is not specifically an app to give direction from Point A to Point B, you can use BlindSquare to get information about your environment, in conjunction with Apple/Google Maps to get directions, or to look up other information like

Re: Application question

I've heard of another light detector app called Seeing Assistant, and their suite of products. Though I don't use it often, I do also hope the Light Detector app is continued to be developed, or at least updated for 64 bit application support going forward. Wayne On 6/18/17, Joney

Re: Strange thing with the T-Mobile app since the most recent update

Thanks from me also on this suggestion on fixing the T-Mobile issue. I haven't logged into the app in quite some time. So when I wasn't able to get passed the dimmed log in button, I thought that something was wrong with my log-in information. Wayne On 6/17/17, Mary Otten

Re: Learning to code for IOS and MAC

I believe there's an app for the iPad called Swift Playgrounds, but I don't know how well it works with VoiceOver. This app teaches kids and adults how to code an app. I think it is supposed to be rleased for the iPhone in iOS 11 but not totally sure. Wayne On 6/13/17, 'RobH.' via VIPhone

Re: Doubts with the new iPad pro 10.5.

Since we are still in the beta period, there's no way to know how well VoiceOver will work with the new Promotion way of moving multiple items on screen. Unless that is you get the public beta, or wait until iOS 11 is released in September. Outside of those things, anyone using the developer betas

Re: My thoughts on some of the announcements, was: Apple announces iOS 11 with new features and redesigned App Store

Before the keynote, I heard a rumor that perhaps Handoff would be enhanced with the Apple TV getting involved. Perhaps one could handoff their Apple Music playlist from their iPhone to the Apple TV. I found this very interesting, and hopefully it is included with the forthcoming updates to iOS and

Re: last update

I also use the First or today screen on my phone. I have a couple of weather apps, my next appointment from Fantastical II, and the first 4 favorites from my Phone there. I find it very easy and convenient to swipe to the today screen, go to the bottom, and swipe left to get to a favorite that I

Re: crafting kindom, not getting the quest

That quest is random in appearing it seems. If you see it, like using 15 slots in the farm, once you use all of the slots then you have completed the quest. In order to have the restart all automations button work though you need to reset the game, which is at the bottom of the Castle menu. Then

Re: goodreads and ibooks

I wouldn't worry about updating progress on GoodReads. If you wanted to change the appearance of text in iBooks, to make the textsize bigger or smaller, then this might be one way you could make the page count more like what GoodReads has. If you make the text size bigger, then the number of pages

Re: Apology for the other message, some crafting Kingdom questions

Thanks also Chris for that great reply. I started this game about 10 days ago and am slowly completing quests. I have expanded a couple of times, but the current expansion requires 400 stone and 400 leather strips. That will take me a little while to achieve, so I'm completing other quests in the

Re: Crafting Kingdom

Also, the quests seem to come up at random. They increased the number of quests from 6 to 8. However, since I've done the update a few days ago, I've gotten that quest for the farm and the furnace. I've completed the restart all automations quest for the farm, but would really like it to appear

Re: Why is my call volume so darn loud?

It seems like I'm always adjusting the volume while on a call. Sometimes I wear my hearing aids when on the phone and I need to make it softer, and other times I'm not and need the volume louder. Wayne On 5/18/17, Joseph Hudson wrote: > Yep, that's how it's always been ever

Re: Crafting Kingdom princess questions

e <missktlab1...@frontier.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I had that question, too. I can't see any difference in my individual >>> costs, but I've been shutting down and opening the app each time I claim >>> one of the princess' gifts. And yes, this ga

Re: Crafting Kingdom princess questions

ening the app each time I claim >> one of the princess' gifts. And yes, this game is massively addictive. >> >> >> Lisa Belville >> missktlab1...@frontier.com >> I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and >> procrastinate all at once. &

Crafting Kingdom princess questions

in reviews for the app. Perhaps in-app purchases could be used to retain all of the gold that you've collected during the game between resets. That would really help so that you didn't have to start all over again. Regards, Wayne Merritt Sent from my iPhone 7 -- The following information

Re: GPS walk tracking that is accessible?

Dan, Have you checked out the Health app that is already in iOS? You can decide what things you want to be tracked, like walking/running distance, steps and flights climbed. If you have an iPhone 6 or newer, the Health app is already tracking your walking/steps. There are probably other apps which

Getting feedback through the App Store for accessibility issues

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Editing the Watch Later list on the YouTube app

Greetings. I have added several videos to the Watch Later list in the YouTube app, either by accident or on purpose. However, I cannot figure out how to remove a video from that list when watching it in YouTube. Using an iPhone 7 with iOS 10.3.1, but I have not updated to the latest YouTube update

Re: B specular

I don't use these kinds of apps often, though I have Be My Eyes, BeSpecular, and TapTapSee on my phone. I like BeSpecular since the responses are very fast, and I have the option to speak my query or write it, and get responses in that chosen medium. A few times when trying to get someone on Be

Re: my ICloud storage almost full

If you have multiple devices on the same account, or if you have an older device's backup that is still in iCloud, that could take up a lot of storage as well. For instance, if you have the current iPhone, an iPhone 6 or 6S, and an iPad all backed up to the same account, then no wonder you don't

Re: comparing two accessible games, Blindfold Invaders and Space Encounter

After searching the App Store, it looks like the Space Encounter game is more feature rich and varying in levels one can choose than the Blindfold Invaders. And, there's the immediate difference that BF Invaders is free, and the Space Encounter cost $5 to get. Yes, there are in-app purchases in

Re: 10 ways the iPhone changed everything

I wasn't going to chime in on this one, but it looks like everyone else is too. Back in late 2010, I decided to take a bit to discover what phones were accessible. I had been using several Nokia phones with Talks before this venture. I used an Android phone, which at that time it was extremely

Re: With unlimited cellular plans, do folks usally keep or cancel home WiFi?

A few years ago we wen without wifi for about 18 months in orer to save money. Though it did save some money, my wife and I ended up going to my in-laws house and using their wifi several times a month. Or, we would park ourselves in McDonald's or Starbucks and use the slower public wifi there. At

Re: Dark sky

ail, but lol, I cannot find the address. > > Traci > > >> On May 4, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Weather apps seem to be a dime a dozen. I still like Dark Sky for the >> targeted alerts regarding precipitation. I als

Re: Dark sky

Weather apps seem to be a dime a dozen. I still like Dark Sky for the targeted alerts regarding precipitation. I also use NOAA Weather International and the native Weather app. Each one presents information in a different way. Dark Sky and NOAA have Today widgets which present a summary of outdoor

Trouble and questions with CBS app on Apple TV

Greetings. My wife and I like watching Survivor through the CBS app on our Apple TV 4th Generation. We have been working our way through the first season since we are subscribed to the CBS All Access service. Today when starting an episode, the screen was totally black. My wife is sighted and she

Facebook crashing issue has been fixed

Greetings. For those that were, like me, experiencing an issue where the Facebook app crashed almost as soon as the app launched, or when you started swiping through the Newsfeed screen, be sure to update to version 90.0. This was released yesterday and so far in my experience, the issue has been

Re: Amazon Prime with Amazon Music app?

Amazon Prime is a great deal and offers a lot of benefits. However, there have been times I have tried to order products to get the free 2 day shipping, and my order has not met the very specific conditions to qualify for free shipping. Also, meeting an Amazon Pantry order means you have to order

Re: Remember these two tools: Be My Eyes and Bispecular

Sieghard, I think the Be My Eyes numbers are total people served since they've started, rather than 14 helpers for each blind person. Whatever the case, it is a ton! I have both on my phone and use them from time to time. I heard a CSUN Blind Bargains podcast on Be My Eyes, and they said that they

Re: HourlyChime vs diii?

After reading the app store description, it looks like the Diii app can alert/remind you to more things, in addition to perhaps having more sounds. This is the great thing about the app store, so many choices and often several apps that do the same or similar thing. Glad you found one you like.

Re: Iphone 6S vs. IPhone 7

Marie, The 7 uses a slightly different phone case than the 6S, since the camera on the 7 is a little bigger. You can use your 6S case on the 7, but part of the camera may be blocked. If you take a lot of pictures or use the camera for the KNFB Reader or other OCR/recognition apps, then this may be

Re: Hourly chime

I haven't opened this app in several years, and still I get the chimes every hour. This is truly one of those set it and forget it apps. Wayne On 4/25/17, Lea W Langley wrote: > Yes, and if you want it to there is a speak lock mode where you can have it > speak the

Re: anyone else having facebook issues?

All, I have tried suing Facebook since first reporting the issue. A few times it has worked, but most times the app still crashes. I was able to get into my notifications in the app earlier and access those. However, when I went to the Newsfeed tab, and then started swiping down through the top

Re: Facebook crashing when app starts

Thanks Donna. Jenny, your suggestion worked the first time, but the next time, it crashed when I tried to go to my news feed. I accessed it in the App Switcher, the app crashed again. Oh well; hopefully the next app update will fix it. Looks like I'll be accessing it on the web for the time being.

Facebook crashing when app starts

Greetings. I am having an issue with Facebook version 89.0. When the app starts, and the camera icon comes in focus on the FB app, FB immediately crashes and throws me back to my phone's home screen. I've tried starting Facebook several times, and even deleted and reinstalled it with no change. Is

Re: Hourly Chime in Background Price Drop from 99 Cents To Free

I've been using this app for years, and have really enjoyed it. I like how you can set the times you want it to chime. I have mine set to chime from 7am to 9pm. I love the hand bells chime, since it is loud enough for me to hear, but not so loud where it gets intrusive. I also like how on newer

Re: Password Manager Apps

I use 1Password and it works well. Though there are paid subscriptions and a $10 in-app purchase, I am still using the free version of 1Password. It does all that I need. It is very accessible with Voiceover. If you have a Touch ID capable device, you can also use your Touch ID to unlock the app.

Re: Real estate and rentals

At times I have used both Apartments.com and Rent.com. I was able to use them, but I don't recall how my experience was. My wife has been able to get good rental information from Yelp. Wayne On 4/5/17, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Tracy, > > I am a big fan of an app called Daily

Re: 2 apps that say they are updated but arent

ay, April 06, 2017 3:04 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: 2 apps that say they are updated but arent >> >> this all started for me with Monday's 10.3.1 update. So it could be a >> bug with that update causing this. >> >> >> On 4/6/2017

Re: 2 apps that say they are updated but arent

For what it's worth, I am also seeing the same behavior but with an app called Cruise Finder. I'm using iOS 10.3 on an iPhone 7 and using the US App Store. I have closed the App Store and reopened it, and restarted my phone. The only other thing I can think of would be to do a reset on the phone,

Re: Inaccessible hamburger

I'm not totally sure, but it appears to be for the menu button in the upper left corner of the app, like when you want to view the menu of categories or choices in an app. Wayne On 4/5/17, Kimberly Samco wrote: > That reminds me...what is the hamburger icons? > > Thanks, > > Kim

Re: downcast being unstable after updating to ios 10.3

Hi. I haven't used Downcast a lot this week since updating to 10.3, and have not experienced this behavior yet. I will have to catch up on podcasts this weekend and see if it occurs. Is this when listening to podcasts, refreshing, or doing something else in Downcast? Wayne On 3/31/17, Feliciano

Re: emergency alerts and T-mobile

I haven't gotten alerts from T-Mobile, but I have also turned off the government/Amber alerts. Like others, I use other apps for weather notifications, like Dark Sky and NOAA Weather International. I think I have the free Red Cross Tornado app to send tornado alerts, but that hasn't happened yet

Removing completed Audible books

Greetings. I have a couple of Audible books on my phone that I am done with. I cannot figure out how to remove them from my device. I tried double tapping the Delete button when in the screen listing all of my books, but when I then double tap on a book's title, thinking that that will select it,

Re: Do Not Disturb, was no subject

the message. Wayne Merritt On 3/22/17, Cher Bosch <oneagleswin...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > That certainly does- thanks! I see that if your phone is plugged in, the > call will still come through because the screen is not locked while Siri is > turned on and listening. Also, apparently hav

Re: Do Not Disturb, was no subject

Greetings. I use Do Not Disturb regularly. If you want to change settings for it go to Do Not Disturb in the iOS Settings. You can switch on or off several controls, including allowing calls from favorites, allowing repeated calls made within a few minutes, and so forth. You can set it up to be on

Re: query about Belkin splitter was: any good lightning head set recommendation

Tara, if I understand your question, the Belkin splitter has one lightning plug and two lightning ports. If the keyboard could plug into one of those lightning ports, then you could probably use it to charge and use the keyboard at the same time. Otherwise, it doesn't sound like it. Perhaps

Re: How do you use Widgets within Notifications?

Keith, I have used widgets for a variety of things, such as sports scores during the nFL season, from news apps, from my favorites in my Phone app, and a couple of different weather apps. I have two weather apps in widgets since both give me good information but one does a short summary and one a

Re: Blind Square price?

I bought it when it was $29.99 in January of last year. Though the price has gone up a little, it is still worth the price. If BlindSquare offers what you want/need then go for it. I am ever grateful that I did, since now I can get the intersection information on my bus ride home, along with menus

Re: Ii

You may have to look on page 2 to find News or other native apps. You can either double tap the page picker toward the bottom of the screen, swipe up on the picker, or swipe 3 fingers from right to left on screen to go to page 2. If you have Siri, you can always say "Open News." Good luck, Wayne

Re: Apple's next OS 10.3. Backup your phone

Go to Settings, iCloud, and choose the Backup button toward the bottom of the screen. When this page comes up, the last backup time/date will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Good luck, Wayne On 3/16/17, Mike Ulrich wrote: > John, I think my phone was set up to

Re: Apple's next OS 10.3. Backup your phone

If your device baks up to iCloud automatically then this should not be an issue. Mine does, and before I update to the new iOS, I will definitely check to make sure I have a recent backup, but I have my phone set to automatically backup which usually happens over night. Also, if you run low on

Re: automatic app updates?

Though I don't use automatic updates either, note that if you turn it on in iTunes and App Store settings, it will effect all apps--free or paid. Since accessibility can be affected by app udpates, as Richard described with DropBox, and since I like to know what is updated and decide from there, I

Re: Apple Music

I turned off Apple Music and the iCloud Music Library almost a year ago, and nearly all the music I had in various playlists disappeared. Even when I turned the controls back on, I had to recompile my music, which has been time consuming to say the least. I will never turn them off again. I also

Re: Apple music questions

Fanus, If you add a song to your library, it will be stored in a digital locker which can hold up to 100,000 songs I believe. If you choose download, that song will be downloaded to your iOS device. This is notable for two reasons. If you have a device with limited storage, like a 16 or 32 GB

Re: tunein radio opinion

I think it depends on what you are interested in. If you are a sports nut, love audio books, commercial free music and podcasts, then it's great. I miss some of the times that I listened to Sirius Satellite Radio, for the channels and some of the personalities. However, there were also a number of

Re: Tunein radio

One thing to note with TuneIn Premium is that it includes the ability to listen to audio books. Though one cannot change the speed of the book, you can listen to the bestsellers and books in other categories. I was planning on canceling my TuneIN Premium subscription after the Super Bowl, but

Re: Is it a YouTube problem or a voiceover bug?

I have seen the same when playing YouTube videos on my iPhone 7 running iOS 10.2.1. With phone calls though, I usually lock my phone after a few minutes and am able to access what I think is the correct time from the lock screen. I have not seent eh stopping of time during the call when the phone

Re: IOS 10.3 is awesome!

For those interested, there are many sites on the web where you can view release notes, and even a few dozen channels on YouTube which will give you an overview of what's in the beta, to going in great detail. One such YouTube channel is called Everything Apple Pro. Though the guy who does the

Re: Adding a song to an existing playlist in apple music

The method you described is how I add songs from playlists to my library. I suppose you could hit the add item in the actions rodar, but I prefer to add songs directly to playlists so that I know where they end up. I would be interested in hearing from others on this topic. Perhaps there's a

Re: iMessage sticker packs and accessibility

ON the topic of sticker packs, I got one not too long ago from the American Printing House for the Blind. I forget the name, but if you search for them in the App Store or iMessage Store, you will find their pack. The pack is free and features stickers related to blindness, such as Braille forms

Re: New iOS 10 VO bug unearthed

That's interesting. What do you mean by saying "it crashed the phone app." Can you describe more what happens? I have an iPhone 7 with 128 GB, and would be interested to hear if others are experiencing this issue. I haven't thus far, but I also don't spend a lot of time in the Phone app, grin.

Re: Accessible Bible App?

I like the bible Gateway app for several reasons. It has multiple translations of the Bible, such as N.I.V and The Message, among many others. Many of the N.I.V passages I look up have the ability for you to hear the Word, not dramatized but that's okay. Finally, though many Bible apps have these

Re: Managing storage

Should anyone need to increase the amount of their iCloud storage, Apple has gotten more competitive of late, where a mere 50 gigs of iCloud space cost $0.99 in US dollars per month. I keep a close eye on my iCloud storage and am still using less than half of the default 5 gigs of space. My wife

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