RE: Cell phone with Tactile buttons

2024-09-20 Thread 'la...@comcast.net' via VIPhone
you're right. The iPhone does not have buttons. You will need either the Blind Shell Classic or a separate keyboard, which is a hastle to carry around. TheBlind Shell does not do everything the iPhone will, but it is very good at what it does. All depends on what you want your phone to do. ---

RE: Cell phone with Tactile buttons

2024-08-21 Thread 'la...@comcast.net' via VIPhone
As a Blind Shell user, I can't recommend it strongly enough. One thing you need to know is that not all apps which you can get on your regular iPhone, like kindel books, won't work, so you might hang on to your old phone for those purposes. The weather that comes with your iPhone is much more c

RE: another question color identifier.

2023-12-11 Thread la...@comcast.net
I have used the call a volinteer option frequently for colors It takes a little time for someone to become available, but I know they are checking the thing I want and that their descriptions are accurate. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Monday, December 11, 2023 08:19

RE: Preserving batteries

2023-11-29 Thread la...@comcast.net
another question about batteries. I have been turning my Braille Sense 6 completely off when I know I won't use it for 2 or 3 hours to save battery, but is turning it off and on again three or more times a day harder on the machine than letting it sleep and needing to recharge more frequently?

RE: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-09 Thread la...@comcast.net
I just posted about another book which won't download on the Stream 3 and won't unzip on the Sense player. A few days ago, I downloaded it using my bs 6. That copy opens and reads fine on my Sense player. Title and author are in my earlier post. - Original Message - From: regina alvarad

RE: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread la...@comcast.net
I tried again and my book also downloaded It has been several weeks since I gave up, so maybe Bookshare fixed something. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 04:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming

RE: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread la...@comcast.net
8, 2023, at 3:06 PM, la...@comcast.net wrote: > > I'll send you one. Your teaching my child what? > by Miriam Grossman > > - Original Message - > From: Richard Turner > Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 03:46 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subjec

RE: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again

2023-11-08 Thread la...@comcast.net
I'll send you one. Your teaching my child what? by Miriam Grossman - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 03:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again Mary, if you would like me to test o

RE: Voice dream reader, TTS update

2023-08-03 Thread la...@comcast.net
how interesting. I can use that to decide which voices to download on to my other devices. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Thursday, August 03, 2023 02:54 PM To: ViPone list Subject: Voice dream reader, TTS update Below is the phrase used to describe the latest update.

RE: YouTube help please. Is there a way to quickly advance through a video on either the app or on the web?

2023-06-30 Thread la...@comcast.net
I don't know how this works with touchscreens, but those of us who use keys can arrow down to where it says something like "Seek control, x minutes played of y minutes. You then have keys you can press to move forward by larger segments. The length of time is dependent on the size of the video.

RE: Rumble

2023-06-21 Thread la...@comcast.net
If you find out, Please let me know. I can tell you how to get past those first commercials. Arrow down. You can almost hear what you are getting below the talk. When it comes to the channel you chose, Go up again. Skip add is usually the first one. It will be silent for a couple of seconds, th

RE: Re: Voice Dream Reader now going under new name in App Store updates

2023-06-03 Thread la...@comcast.net
can they confuse us even more? I guess they haven't really tried. Give them time. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Saturday, June 03, 2023 12:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader now going under new name in App Store updates Yes Voice Dream

RE: Re: Voice Dream Reader now going under new name in App Store updates

2023-06-03 Thread la...@comcast.net
strongly agree! - Original Message - From: Anna Dresner Date: Saturday, June 03, 2023 01:31 PM To: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader now going under new name in App Store updates Fortunately, the app icon on my phone still says, Voice Dream Reader. I hope that conti

RE: Re: RE: Victor Reader Stream

2023-06-01 Thread la...@comcast.net
must first make sure their SD card is formatted as fat32. On 6/1/23, la...@comcast.net wrote: > Does everyone mean that I have to take all those books I transferred to my > new 256 card off the card, reformat it in my new Stream III, and then put > them back. Will this really solve all th

RE: RE: Victor Reader Stream

2023-06-01 Thread la...@comcast.net
Does everyone mean that I have to take all those books I transferred to my new 256 card off the card, reformat it in my new Stream III, and then put them back. Will this really solve all these problems we are having? I'm going to wait for more information before I take such drastic acts. Is the

RE: Re: My iPhone starts playing music when the screen is locked and I'm not even in the same room, why?

2023-05-31 Thread la...@comcast.net
my TV has been doing that for more than a year. I have always had trouble with my remote. Since Comcast has something called Stream, which lets me get tv channels on my iPhone, I just ignored it., but every so often, it just turns on. It may be for thirty seconds or maybe longer till I turn it o

RE: Re: Voice Dream Reader for IOS, yearly suscription?

2023-04-25 Thread la...@comcast.net
amazon prime is more than that., and you sometimes get free books. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 06:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader for IOS, yearly suscription? If you break the price down, it is about $5.00 a

RE: Re: Apple TV without a physical screen?

2022-11-19 Thread la...@comcast.net
If I understand this, you still need a TV? My cable company has something called Stream. I can get all the television I want using my iPhone. Since something has gone wrong between my router, my TV, and its remote, and since it takes from ten to fifteen seconds for the sound to come up for me t

RE: Recommendations for programme to read morep3 books?

2022-11-04 Thread la...@comcast.net
It must work very differently for Mp3 than Faisy, , because much smaller movements work with Daisy. - Original Message - From: Adam Morris Date: Friday, November 04, 2022 08:01 PM To: viPhone Subject: Recommendations for programme to read mp3 books? Hi all, Currently using Voice Dream

RE: Re: Quickly switching between Degrees F And C?

2022-10-26 Thread la...@comcast.net
This is very interesting and handy. - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 07:18 AM To: "viPhone 📩" Subject: Re: Quickly switching between Degrees F And C? > Gerardo et al, I have a buddy in Canada with whom I often share weather information. As a re

RE: Re: A Question for Star Trek, Picard Fans

2022-10-19 Thread la...@comcast.net
That part I got. Thanks. - Original Message - From: CHELA Robles Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 07:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question for Star Trek, Picard Fans Lana, Richard was saying that audiovault has only the audio with audio description, not the video.

RE: RE: A Question for Star Trek, Picard Fans

2022-10-19 Thread la...@comcast.net
Thanks. I should have figured that out, but wasn't sure. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 08:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Question for Star Trek, Picard Fans Lana, Mark was saying the videos do not include the Audio Descrip

RE: RE: reading Audible books using the iPhone

2022-09-26 Thread la...@comcast.net
That's a good thing to know. I didn't realize it either. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel Date: Monday, September 26, 2022 10:43 AM To: "viphone@googlegroups.com" Subject: RE: reading Audible books using the iPhone I assume you are talking about the Audible app on yo

RE: Re: iphone app to check blood pressure

2022-09-15 Thread la...@comcast.net
An app? Whatever happened to medical privacy? - Original Message - From: Maria Heinrichs Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022 06:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com;Louise Peyton Subject: Re: iphone app to check blood pressure Are you kidding me I'd love that! Seriously I'd love that! H

RE: Re: Is there anyway to back up bard books on a phone that you're getting rid of?

2022-08-02 Thread la...@comcast.net
My bad memory. Sorry. - Original Message - From: Joshua Hendrickson Date: Tuesday, August 02, 2022 10:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there anyway to back up bard books on a phone that you're getting rid of? Lana. I just did a phone to phone transfer from an iPhone

RE: RE: Attention All Amazon Prime Subscribers

2022-02-26 Thread la...@comcast.net
This is for books which are on both audible and kindle, not kindle only. For those you get your voice-over voice. - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022 02:25 PM To: vipho...@googlegroups.com CC: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Attention All Amazo

RE: Using voice over with Kindle

2022-02-25 Thread la...@comcast.net
Not sure where you are having a problem, but this is how I do it. When you download a book, or select it from your library, It opens somewhere in the book, usually at the beginning. If you swipe down with two fingers once, it will read a single page. If, instead, you swipe down twice with two fi

RE: RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-09 Thread la...@comcast.net
viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of la...@comcast.net Sent: December 8, 2021 4:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: RE: Voiceover. I love your weather message at the bottom, and I'm the one who has to walk the dog in all kinds. - Original Message --

RE: RE: Voiceover.

2021-12-08 Thread la...@comcast.net
I love your weather message at the bottom, and I'm the one who has to walk the dog in all kinds. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner Date: Wednesday, December 08, 2021 04:29 PM To: "viphone@googlegroups.com" Subject: RE: Voiceover. I'm not sure what you mean here. You said: "Rec