Re: Trading up from an iPhone 6 to a 6S

rom the 6 to the 6S except for the > slightly improved processor and the camera. Beware that while KnfbReader > works on the 6, it does not work on the 6S for most people. > > - Original Message - > From: Wayne Merritt > To: viphone > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 10:45

Re: Twitterific Timeline

This sounds like another focus issue with VoiceOver. I wish I knew of a way to fix it; I've experienced the same thing in TweetList 4, Tweetings, and the Settings app. Please consider emailing Apple Accessibility and adding your voice to the issue, in hopes that they will fix it quicker. Their

Trading up from an iPhone 6 to a 6S

All, My wife and I are seriously considering switching from AT to T-Mobile in order to get the new 6S. Two questions, first for anyone that has T-Mobile, how do you like them? What are the good and the bad things you like? Next, what do I need to do with my iPhone 6 to prepare for the transition

Re: Trading up from an iPhone 6 to a 6S

Thanks for the info Christina. We will ask about the plans this afternoon when we go to the T-Mobile store. Regarding backups, I have my phone set to backup regularly to iCloud, and pretty much just do iCloud. I do backup with iTunes when I think of it, but that is not nearly as often as with

Re: question about yahoo fantasy sports app

I have also been using this app in my fantasy league and havent' found any real bugs other than what Holly mentioned. It would be nice to be able to search for a player by position in addition to by name, but that is more of a general request and not necessarily an accessibility issue. Great app

Re: Minor Bugs I have noticed in IoS 9

I've reported the second bug to Apple Accessibility and would encourage others experiencing the same to report it too. The focus issues have happened to me in Tweetings, TweetList 4, and in the Settings app. Granted, the first two apps may have been refreshing but Settings does not refresh. Both

Re: Two small features in iOS 9 that I really I'm going to love

Hopefully it will expand to other areas and apps, like Music and Messages, since I can see benefits in those too. This sure beats the pinch gesture though, as well as the quadruple tap to copy the last spoken bit of text. Wayne On 9/23/15, 'RobH.' via VIPhone wrote: >

Re: iCloud backup

I believe you can go into Settings/Messages, and choose to have messsages kept for certain lengths of time, such as a week, a month, or forever. I have changed this to forever, since there are some work related messages that I need access to. I made the change several years ago and whenever I have

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

For what it's worth, you can disable the trackpad on a MacBook by holding the VO keys (Control and Option) and then turning two fingers in the rodar gesture toward the left on the trackpad or counter clockwise. This will disable the trackpad and prevent your focus from jumping around if you touch

Re: "Voice Braille Reader", New Leverage to Use Braille Files on iOS

As others have said, the price is a bit prohibitive. I might use an app to audibly read Braille files to me if that app were a few dollars. However, $15 for an app is a little high for what the app does or is expected to do, especially when I can read Braille files in other apps that do not cost

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

;> On Sep 22, 2015, at 6:24 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> For what it's worth, you can disable the trackpad on a MacBook by >> holding the VO keys (Control and Option) and then turning two fingers >> in the rodar gesture toward the

Re: Grayed out ad blockers in Safari settings

Have you restarted your phone since installing/updating to iOS 9? Perhaps that will fix the issue. I didn't find the option either until I downloaded Peace, another ad blocking app, and then the content blocker button showed up in Safari settings. Wayne On 9/17/15, Robin Christopherson

Re: iCloud backup?

I noticed this as well on my iPhone 6 the night that I updated. I wonder if it showed that message because for as long as the phone/device has had iOS 9, it has not been backed up. That's my working theory but I don't exactly know why it reports that. I just looked in my iCloud settings, and even

Re: Ad blockers in iOS 9

com> wrote: > I thought Apple was supposed to be introducing it's own ad blocker as part > of safari in iOS 9. Not that you couldn't use a third-party one. But isn't > there a native one now? > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 17, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Wayne Merritt <w

Re: movingpps with braille display

Hi. This is one thing that was finally added to iOS in iOS 9, you can now move apps with a refreshable Braille display. How well this works I do not know since I haven't tried moving anything yet, but there is a Braille command to activate the edit mode and move apps, just like the double tap and

Re: Ad blockers in iOS 9

1:14 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> I thought Apple was supposed to be introducing it's own ad blocker as part >> of safari in iOS 9. Not that you couldn't use a third-party one. But isn't >> there a native one now? >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >>

Ad blockers in iOS 9

All, Was wondering which ad/content blockers people recommend for use in iOS 9 that are good and accessible? I use Safari for my web browsing, for what its worth. Thanks, Wayne -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- The

Re: My top iOS 9 Bugs

I have no idea when it will be out, but I have heard from several sources, including an NLS representative at the NFB convention, that they are planning on updating the BARD Mobile app. They said soon, but no idea when that will be. I expect sooner than later since they have been working on this

Re: Audio Rally Racing

If you are running the beta of 9.1, that could be why. Have you tried running it on an i-device with a more public version number, like 8.4? I don't have the game, but have learned from reading other people's accounts that it is good to use caution when using software on a test machine. I have

My Game Pass update

All, After trying to listen to audio from some of today's games with Game Pass and being unable to, I have decided to cancel the free trial. I have tried several times and have even closed and reopened the NFL Mobile app with no success, as well as signing out and back in. I tried to listen on my

Re: Bad news concerning gamepass and the NFL mobile app.

s wrote: >>>> I respect anyone's right to spend $99 for little or nothing if they >>>> wish. For my money, I will put up with a five minute delay and listen >>>> with no difficulty to any live game of my choosing on Sirius. >>>> >>>>

Re: Bad news concerning gamepass and the NFL mobile app.

Agreed. I tried to listen to the game last night with one of the free apps, Pro Football Radio and Live Scores or something, and each Steelers station I tried either had other programming on, or a repeating message that said they were sorry but they could not broadcast the game online due to

Recommended apps for an iPad Mini

family, since we boht have iPhones, a Mac and now a 16 GB wifi iPad Mini. Thanks, 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. If you have any

Re: sports scores update

Hello. Yahoo Sports, which is free, and lets you set an unlimited number of favorite teams, will let you keep up with scoring for your favorite teams. You can set notifications for pre-game, game start, scoring, period change, close game, red-zone (for football), and game end. I may have missed a

Re: Charged again when downloading KNFBReader

I believe if you write to: supp...@knfbreader.com they can give you a refund. Hth, Wayne On 9/3/15, Barry Abbott wrote: > Yesterday I found that My KNFB Reader software was not working properly so > I uninstalled it and downloaded it from my purchases section to my iPhone

Re: trouble logging into bard

I saw a tweet on Twitter last night that said that the BARD issue is affecting the whole NLS servers and is not specific to BARD. In short, it will be back up or should be when they get their server situation straightened out. Now I'm glad that I did some massive downloading of material before the

Re: bragging on KNFB reader

Another KNFB Reader brag: I used it about 2 months ago in order to recognize an image based PDF file of my apartment lease. It read 80 percent of the document correctly. The parts that it messed up were where someone had physically written in text or numbers. Other than that, the rest of the lease

Re: Trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music

Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com: All, As the subject says I am having trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music. The playlist is for songs on my phone. I have reported this to Apple Accessibility with no resolution. I created two playlists on my phone, 1 which has all of my

Re: Trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music

tapping on the playlist name, do a double tap and hold on the second tap, so you are effectively doing a pass key through. This is working for me, hopefully it will also do the trick for you. Cheers, Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 26 Aug 2015, at 1:49 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr

Trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music

says 70. Anyone have any ideas? For perspective, my larger playlist with all of my music has around 1700 songs, so it can't be the number of songs in the smaller playlist. Using iOS 8.4.1 on an iPhone 6. Many thanks in advance, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My

Re: [Bulk] Trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music

@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 12:34 PM To: viphone Subject: [Bulk] Trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music All, As the subject says I am having trouble adding songs to a playlist in Apple Music. The playlist is for songs on my phone. I have reported

Re: Creating a Workflow to text a Uber driver

they are loaded up fresh. Best, Mika @pyyhkala On 8/20/15, Jed Barton jedbar...@gmail.com wrote: i'd like to do it as well.  Not sure what work flow is exactly, so if someone can help that would be great. On 8/20/2015 1:04 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: Greetings. Can someone give me steps on how

Creating a Workflow to text a Uber driver

Greetings. Can someone give me steps on how to do this? I want to be able to sent a text automatically to the driver telling them that I am blind. Using an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.4.1. I have started to create the Workflow but want to see if I am doing it right. Thanks, Wayne -- Follow me on

Re: Audio in NFL Mobile

I tried too an it didn't work. Each time I double tapped on either the Steelers or Vikings team to listen to the Hall of Fame game, the app crashed and I was thrown back to my home screen. I do like the matchups tab at the bottom of the app screen, but hope they iron out the issues with listening

Adding a playlist to my iPhone using iTunes for Windows

and synced several times within iTunes but no change yet. I really would like to get this list of songs on my phone to play while getting ready for work. Using an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.4, for whatever that's worth. Thanks, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites

Re: Netflix Scrubber

What I do is put my finger on the adjust value scrubber, do a double tap and hold and then slide my finger up/down or left/right, anything to advance or decrease the time in what is playing. There may be other ways to do this but this has worked consistently for me. Wayne On 7/27/15, Sarai

Re: What are the benefits of having location services turned on?

Location services are used by much more than just GPS. As mentioned before, if you use Uber, Lyft or another taxi requesting service, they need your location; if you like TuneIn Radio or iHeart Radio, and want stations from your area to show up, that uses location services; if you download an app

Re: App Accessibility and the ADA

It has been talked about for the last few years whether or not to mandate that the web is a public place of where one can be accommodated. I have read things from social media and other sources that have hinted at the ADA being amended to include web accessibility. So far as I know, this has not

Re: Fleksy Version 6 and My Comments

Thanks for this update on Fleksy. I've downloaded the Fleksy keyboard and have been using it this weekend for writing in texts and things. My only gripe a the moment is switching back from Fleksy to the regular keyboard. When going from the regular keyboard to Emogy and then to Fleksy, I double

Re: Twitter

There are several Twitter apps that are popular and accessible. The native Twitter app works really well. I have used both TweetList 4 and Tweetings 2 for Twitter. I like Tweetings but it can be a memory hog and need rebooting of the phone. I do like its rodar options for retweeting, favoriting,

Re: Apple Music FAQ: The ins and outs of Apple's new streaming music service | Macworld

Agree! This answered several questions I had. Going to update tonight! Wayne On 7/2/15, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: Thanks for posting this was very helpful On Jul 1, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: For what it is worth, here is Mac worlds FAQ on Apple

Re: Hi,Re: Fairly Major Hardware issue with IOS 8.4

I bought a cable from Apple and it ended up being a bad cable. This was for my wife's iPhone 5C running iOS 8.3. We tried the cable several times and I even tried my lightning cable with no result. Fortunately, I contacted our mobile carrier's insurance company and cable damage was included in the

Re: New Music App

According to Twitter, if you get the iCloud error message, restart your iOS device. Wayne On 6/30/15, May McDonald m...@canadianlynx.ca wrote: Hmm, My ICloud library won't turn on when I tell it too. Am I missing something? Whenever I tap on the toggle button to turn it on it tells me it

Re: apple problem reporting

Not sure if this has been mentioned on this thread or not. If you save your receipts of purchased apps, books or music, there will also be a Refund link within the email that will take you to the form. If you have deleted the email, or you delete these messages automatically when they come in,

Re: Hail-a-Cab Austin: Update fixes date/time picker

Glad to know they finally addressed this. Of course, it comes right when I'm switching over to Uber for needing rides, but oh well. Long live accessibility! Wayne On 6/23/15, Kathy Blackburn kblac...@austin.rr.com wrote: With the update to version 4.0, at long last, it is possible to book a

Re: Bard crashing issue

It has crashed for me as well, both when in the wish list and when scrolling through the books I have downloaded. It crashes in the wish list when I hit the load more item. If I then immediately start to swipe to the next 4 or 5 books, the app will crash. I have found that if I wait a couple of

Calendar events in different timezones

All, I asked this question a few months ago, but want to make sure I understand everything once again. I am going to Orlando for the NFB national convention in a couple of weeks. I live in the Central timezone. However, since I am scheduling a few appointments using Fantastical 2 which happen in

Re: Turn Twitter Power Into Your Power And Get Things Done

What you say is true. I used to think that I could get an answer quicker from an email list than I could by contacting the company. While that is still true, especially on this list with so many subscribers that are knowledgeable, the same is true for social media. I heard of a situation a couple

Re: Deleting photo and camera

Are you trying to delete the individual pictures that you have taken, or the Photos and Camera apps? I don't think you can delete the apps since they are stock apps that come on the phone. You could move them into a folder that is out of the way so that they don't show on your home screen. Wayne

Re: Deleting photo and camera

, at 9:57 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: Are you trying to delete the individual pictures that you have taken, or the Photos and Camera apps? I don't think you can delete the apps since they are stock apps that come on the phone. You could move them into a folder that is out

Whiping data from a second iPhone which is dead

Greetings. Here's the situation: my wife's iPhone 5C, running iOS 8.3, recently died. This happened because I ordered a replacement lightning cable from Apple, which apparently was defective and caused the charger port to malfunction. Last weekend the pone would not connect with the defective

Re: Gonna give Uber a try for the first time this week

There might also be a certain time of the day it is offered. I've seen Uber Austin advertise it on their Twitter feed, mostly after 7 on Friday or Saturday nights. This makes sense since these are higher demand times for services like Uber. Wayne On 6/17/15, Eileen eileen.misr...@gmail.com

Re: Restaurant menus

I saw in Urban Spoon recently that it is merging with Zomato for menu access. I haven't downloaded and looked at Zomato, but apparently you need an account to access menus and other features. I would rather use an app like All Access where no account creation is required, than have one where I

Re: managing iCloud

Look in Settings, iCloud, and I believe the Backup button will take you to a list of apps where you can turn the apps on/off that you want to backup to iCloud. Hth, Wayne On 6/9/15, Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com wrote: How do I stop sinking apps through iCloud and what is TTA? Where

Re: Restaurant menus

Greetings. When I need a menu I will go to All Access. That app is very accessible and is updated regularly. I have looked at AllMenus, but it hasn't been updated since it came out in 2010. Another option is to see if the restaurant has an app. Though your milage may vary for accessibility, often

Re: NetFlix question

If swiping doesn't work for whatever reason, you can also do a double tap and hold and then drag your finger around the screen until you hit 0 percent. I say that if the usual gestue doesn't work since the first time I used the control, my rodar wasn't set to adjust value. Only later did I realize

Re: Creating Groups On The IPhone 5s And IOS8.3

While I don't think you can do this in the PhoneGroups area, you can create a new message in the Messages app and add the people you want to communicate with to the message. The downside to this is you will get messages from that group each time someone sends a reply. However, it may be what

Re: Addendum to need help downloading a book. I can download from my iPad but not from my iPhone.

This also can depend on your connection speed. If I try to download a book over the work wifi, it takes forever, mainly because my work's wifi is like 2 or 3 megs per second. However, if I try to download the same book at home where my wifi is around 50 megs per second, it doesn't take any time at

Re: Need help downloading a book from Bard please and thank you

Basic question here: are you signed into the BARD site on the BARD Mobile app? Perhaps check with your regional library if you are signed in. Have you tried other steps, such as closing and reopening the app? Also, have you successfully downloaded a book or magazine to that device before? Hth and

Re: A link for the new Voice Take a Picture app.

IN order to find it in the app store, I searched for: voice take picture spoken, and the app was the first and only suggestion that came up. If you just search for voice or voice and picture, then many, many results will appear. Hth, Wayne On 5/21/15, Mich Verrier mi...@eastlink.ca wrote: hi

Re: contacts

You might try an app called Simpler - Multiedit Contacts, which you may be able to setup parameters for what you want it to look for, such as contacts with only email addresses. I've been able to clean up my contacts with Simpler quite a bit. At one point I had nearly 300, and after running

Re: How to Make Voice Over Louder during phone calls?

Not sure of a phone specific setting. Have you tried turning audio ducking on while on a call? This vastly increases VO volume while lowering the volume of the call a little. The difference is very noticeable though. Wayne On 5/20/15, Terry-Ann Saurmann tsaurm...@access4less.net wrote: Hi all,

Re: How to Make Voice Over Louder during phone calls?

Certainly. Also, if VO is talking and you need to hear something, you can still use VO gestures while on a call, such as the 2 finger single tap to stop speech. Wayne On 5/20/15, Terry-Ann Saurmann tsaurm...@access4less.net wrote: I had audio ducking turned off, because it often interrupts

Opening links in Tweetings 2 in other apps

All, I have Tweetings 2 for Twitter (paid version) which I have been using for the last couple of weeks. I like this app a lot. One question I have though, is there a way to have Tweetings open links in certain apps? I saw a setting to open links in the in app browser, but each time I double tap a

Re: Accessible Scrabble Game?

That would definitely be a cool game to have. On a related note, though I don't know of an accessible scrabble game, I have been playing with an app called Accessible Letter Soup, which is a word find where the words can be horrizontal, verticle or diagonal. It is very accessible and easy to mark

Re: NFL Mobile

True that NFL Mobile is a Verizon app, but it is available to people on other networks and carriers. I am not a Verizon customer, but I was extremely excited to hear that the NFL Mobile app is very accessible and easier for the blind to use. Now if only there were games to listen to ... oh well.

Re: iPhone 6 or 6 plus

I've got a 6 and also have a hearing loss in both ears. I regularly use my 6 around my apartment with no issues. I am satisfied with the 6 and did not want the larger 6 Plus, mainly because I thought it would be too much to handle. When I was able to touch a real 6 Plus, I discovered that I was

Re: Uber Demo podcast

People can also visit: www.blindbargains.com/audio and look for the Blind Bargains Qast, episode 13, which was posted 2 weeks ago, which has Mike's Uber demonstration. The demo appears at around the 40 or 45 minute point in the podcast. Wayne On 5/6/15, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: color identifier

Several years ago I got one called Aid Colors, which I think may cost a buck or two but I don't recall for sure. I don't know if it works on current iOS since I haven't had to use it in a long time. I first got it when iOS 6 or 5 was out, to give perspective. Aid Colors, in my humble opinion, gave

Re: Apple planning to release new iPod touch later this year? | iLounge News

There may be rumors from different sources about a new iPod Touch coming, but really until Apple actually says anything about it in June at the WWDC conference or at a press event, it's all speculation. If you want rumors, look no further than the web; if you want facts, wait for Apple to

Re: TellMeWhen App Not Telling Me Anything

about what works and what doesn't work for users. One of the fixes in the update is for crashing in iOS 8.3, among other things. Best, Wayne Merritt On 4/23/15, Alan J Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: Alan, the problem for me is, I have to remember to tell Siri to remind me about, um

Re: TellMeWhen App Not Telling Me Anything

I have Tell me When on my iPhone and it doesn't notify you in the sense of a notification alert. However, if you check the app periodically you will see when new books are out by your favorite author, and so forth. If I am missing something then someone please correct me, but this was my

Re: Using Tweetings Lite on an iPhone 6

am using the Lite version to get a taste of how it works and if all goes well will probably get the paid version. I am using iOS 8.3 and an iPhone 6. Thanks all, Wayne Merritt -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org

Re: Does IPhone5 With IOS8.3 Work with Apple Pay?

If you have an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone 5 through 6 Plus, then you could use that with Apple Pay. Wayne On 4/21/15, Alan J Paganelli alanandsuza...@earthlink.net wrote: I believe you need 6 for that. I don't have it on my 5s but my son says it's on his 6. Regards, Alan

Using Tweetings Lite on an iPhone 6

it works and if all goes well will probably get the paid version. I am using iOS 8.3 and an iPhone 6. Thanks all, 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

Re: A PROBLEM WITH THE MESSAGES APP

With filtering turne don, that supposedly makes it easier to report/mark messages as spam. I cannot get it to work with VoiceOver. If anyone has tips on doing this then please pass them on. Wayne On 4/18/15, carol.pearso...@googlemail.com carol.pearso...@googlemail.com wrote: Thanks so much.

Re: I'm Tellin' You, Lock It Down

your wife? I didn't think it could take more than one fingerprint? Carol P - Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:02 PM Subject: Re: I'm Tellin' You, Lock It Down Why would your friend need your

Re: I'm Tellin' You, Lock It Down

For those that are hesitant to enter their passcodes in public areas, you could also enter them with either Braille screen input or handwriting input. I use handwriting a lot to enter my passcode and mostly get the code right on the first try. At least with handwriting, each number is not

Re: I'm Tellin' You, Lock It Down

Why would your friend need your passcode? My wife knows my passcode and she can also use her finger to unlock my phone, in case I cannot enter it due to injury or the rare times that I am unresponsive. Other than her, no one else needs access. Wayne On 4/15/15, Kerri G kerri.g1...@icloud.com

Re: Anyone having barred issues?

Yes, I have had the BARD Mobile app crash multiple times, most often when deleting a book from my bookshelf but it also has happened when I was scrolling through the bookshelf. For instance, going from books 1-4 to books 5-9. I don't recall the ap crashing nearly as much in iOS 8.2 and below.

Re: A Question About The New Emoji Keyboard in iOS 8.3

, at 7:43 AM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I read an article about the new symbols in the emojy keyboard, and there are many more symbols and variations for different ethnic and ratial groups, along with a few other additions I'm sure. I looked at the emojy keyboard earlier briefly

Re: Latest IOS update?

Give it time. I've noticed sometimes when the updates come out, my phone doesn't see them immediately. If I wait a few days it will show in Settings. I know this because if an update is there VoiceOver will say, Settings, 1 item, where that 1 item is the update. Patience, Wayne On 4/8/15, Kim

Re: Is there an issue with the latest DropBox update?

What problems is he having? I suppose it depends on what you are wanting to do, but I haven't had any issues with the latest Dropbox. I usually use it when going through files on my Braille display, and when working on files on my Windows 7 laptop. Your milage may vary. Wayne On 4/9/15, SSEric

Re: Voiceover and Statistics

With all due respect, are you sure this is an Apple thing and not something related to those specific apps? Have you noticed it with other apps, or just these two? Wayne On 4/8/15, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote: Hey all. Now that I'm not required to keep my mouth shut about iOS 8.3

Re: A Question About The New Emoji Keyboard in iOS 8.3

I read an article about the new symbols in the emojy keyboard, and there are many more symbols and variations for different ethnic and ratial groups, along with a few other additions I'm sure. I looked at the emojy keyboard earlier briefly, and it seemed that there were 4 lines of symbols where

Re: a very strange download problem when updating the new IOS 8.3

I had the same. I found that instead of flicking to the update content, I had to explore by touch. That got me to the various information on the screen, such as the buttons and progress info when the udpate had started. Not a deal breaker but an inconvenience to be sure. I was able to update just

Re: Problem Running Braille Display with iOS 8.2

awhile to process your typing? Scott On 4/6/15, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: I too am experiencing the Braille display hanging when trying to write in Voice Dream Writer and in AccessNote. There are some apps that I can write in with no problem, such as when writing an iMessage

Re: Problem Running Braille Display with iOS 8.2

I too am experiencing the Braille display hanging when trying to write in Voice Dream Writer and in AccessNote. There are some apps that I can write in with no problem, such as when writing an iMessage, but anytime I try to write in most apps my Focus 14 Blue display shows the for signs on either

Importing text files in AccessNote

in order to be imported? Using the latest version of AccessNote, which I think is 1.2, and an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.2. Thanks, 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

Re: 4 tricks every Gmail for iOS user should know | Macworld

It is usable with VoiceOver. I used it for a long time and then had to abandon it because I wasn't getting the same experience when I got beta requests/updates for certain apps. The native Mail app worked better for accepting these beta updates and requests, so I switched back. One thing I really

Disney World planning apps

information. When I double tap on the place where the edit fields are supposed to be, they never appear. I wish that that app were accessible, since it looks to be the flagship app for planning and managing one's trip. Open to all ideas and thoughts. Using an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.2. Best, Wayne Merritt

Re: Anybody Tried Latest Fleksy 5.3 Update Out Today?

I would be interested to know if the swipe down changes between suggested words, as in the Fleksy VO app. Nice to know that you can alter punctuation though. Wayne On 3/12/15, Harry Bell ubupanora...@icloud.com wrote: I am able to type this using Fleksy and VoiceOver. But I haven't played with

Re: any major bugs in new update?

I have updated my iPhone 6 and while I haven't experienced the contacts issue yet, mainly because I haven't had to enter a new contact, I have noticed that VO seems a bit snappier when going from within an app to the home screen. AppleVis noted that there was a fix for VO where it would crash and

Re: Muxica

If you cannot locate it in the app store, then it is probably not available for download. I had it for a long time, but then started having issues in iOS 7 where the app would crash. I've got several thousand songs in my playlist, but the app just gave up and threw me back on the home screen. I

Re: iYomube OCR app

good, but the demosntration that I saw during the session and the demo that was given in the Blind Bargains podcast, the signs it read sounded like gibberish. The signs also might have had graphics and weird fonts which might have messed up the recognition. Just my thoughts, Wayne Merritt On 3/10/15

Re: iOs 8.2

For what its worth, VoiceOver seems to be a bit more snappy on my iPhone 6 running v8.2. This is particularly true when going to a home screen from within an app. There used to be a delay from between a few to up to 10 or 15 seconds before I got speech in 8.1.3 and lower. When doing the update

Re: Bingo Crack

I've also been playing with it. I've found that if you double tap a number that has already been called, whether it was just called or was called a few numbers before, it still counts. I too wish they would either slow down the calling of numbers, or perhaps have a 30 second fast mode and a 1

Re: By far the best transit app I have ever worked with

. Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 5:32 PM Subject: Re: By far the best transit app I have ever worked with Thanks for letting us know of this app. My city is in the list and I'm going to check

Re: Huge battery drain

Just a thought, but perhaps it is Bluetooth. I know that if Bluetooth is on but not connected to nother device, then the phone can drain about 1 percent an hour, but when connected and on it drains about 3 percent an hour. At least that was what I heard from someone else on this list some time

Re: By far the best transit app I have ever worked with

Thanks for letting us know of this app. My city is in the list and I'm going to check this out. From the iTunes page you linked to, it looks like the app has a widget, which I have not yet seen in a transit app. Also, if the stop notification is good giving you enough warning of the pending stop,

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