Focus 14 5 gen and my SE 2020braille display

What is the command to shut an app? How do i import Brl files present on my phone to the display to read them? Thanks in advance for any help! All the best to all! Marie Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any question

Netatmo weather app update

Anyone using this app noticed that the radio and battery status from the external modules can’t be read with Voice Over? Any work around? Tips? The developers only solution to the problem is reinstalling the app and sending them a screen shot. I suspect that the text has been replaced by graphics

How do I?

Get a screen shot in an app. And copy it in an email to show the developers the problem i have with it? Thanks for any help! Marie -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you f

external battery for IPhone recommendations

I bought an external battery for my I devices a long time ago, it is bulky and as I cannot see the L E Ds on its panel, I can't determine its status. Wonder if this can be accessible for a blind person on up-to-date batteries. Recommendations welcomed, thanks in advance. All the best to all!

How do I?

Read an Handwritten message on my Iphone 5S? when I open the message it just says handwritten message, any help much appreciated. All the best! Marie -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of th

Within Body connected scales

Anyone using these? If so, a few questions if I may... Is it easy for a totally blind user to set up? Do you get any feedback from the app. on your phone to help you stand on the scales correctly? Are all the measurements read by Voice Over? Is there any markings on the glass to help you to

sharing a song by email or Imessage

When I select a song in My Music, I can see a share option, double-tapping this I get the choices: by Air Drop, by message or Email, I tried the last 2 and can't get the file containing the song to appear as an attachment to the mail or IMessage. What am I doing wrong?Any help very much apprec

How do I go about sharing a contact?

Hi all, Thought this would be easy to do but I went round and round in circle trying to do this without success, where do I start? from the contact I want to share? or from the contact I want to give to someone? Your help very much appreciated, thanks in advance to whoever will take the time to

Re: Abridged summary of viphone@googlegroups.com - 53 updates in 16 topics

to top <#digest_top> Sharing contacts <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone/t/6c888b4f651b8458?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> "Jan Kleinhans" : Aug 06 01:56PM +0200 Hi all Is it indeed possible to share a contact from my iPhone 4S via messaging to phones on

Jawbone app. accessibility

Hi there, I use a Jawbone Up24 and its app. daily, I find the device quite useful, of course, not a patch on the Apple watch I presume, but cheaper to buy especially at that price for sure. The app. is not totally accessible but with a little patience and time, I'm sure you will understand its

the Wimbledon app.

anyone for tennis? how do you select a player to be in your favourites? I can read the details on each of them but can't work out how to select them to have special news about them sent to me as a priority as stated you can do when reading the app's description. Hope someone can help. Can't wai

The best way to send a text message

Hi all, I thought the trouble I have sending text message would be solved when I added a plus sign to all the numbers in my contacts but the problem persists. I notice I can send text messages in 3 ways: 1 choosing a contact, double tapping on text, write my message and send. 2 Opening the mess

correct way to write numbers in contacts

Hi all! When I bought my IPhone 5S 6 weeks ago, the clerk who sold me the micro SIM told me she couldn't transfer my contacts numbers from my old Nokia 6630. So, it was up to me to copy the 250 or so numbers stored on there to the IPhone. Because Ihad had difficulties dialing numbers when I was

Jawbone up24 application

Hi Wren! I have to disagree on what has been stated on the latest message on this subject! I use a jawbone Up24 all the time, the band is easy to use, not difficult to set up and the application if a bit cluttered, is perfectly usable. The Smart coach feature is great! I am totally blind, not t

predicted text

Where do I turn this off? I use English to operate the phone but when I text in French the system wrrites english approximations automatically for me, extremely annoying! can't find anywhere in settings to turn this off. Help please!... Marie -- The following information is important for all me

deactivating passcode

Hi all, using a 5S how do you deactivate the passcode feature if you do not wish to use one anymore, I can find a deactivate button in settings but double tapping this doesn't seem to implement the command as when I lock and unlock my phone, I'm still asked to type my passcode. I was careful t

to you guys who use more than one IDevice!

Have used an IPod Touch for 5 years, realizing that my Touch 5 gen. will not be upgraded and will soon not be able to cope with future IOS updates, I scraped enough money to get a secondhand as good as new IPhone 5S. Got a suitable SIM card from my mobile provider and had someone turn Voice Ove

No digest mail for this list for 48 hours

Anyone with a similar problem? the messages are not in my SPAM or junk folder. What should I do? Any help very much appreciated, thanks in advance. All the best! Marie -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by

anyone using the Jawbone UP app.?

The Jawbone UP 24 activity tracker was a lovely present from my daughter this year, setting up the device has not been too difficult without visual help but I'm struggling with the application, I can't understand the menu structure, some of the labelled icons do not mean much to me and do n

feedback from a multi-lingual user

Hi all, I can confirm that Voice Over doesn't perform as well with IOS8.11 when handling more than one language, on my IPod Touch 5 gen., when I change language on the roter from English to French, the speech rate becomes a lot faster and when I go back to English UK, my default language, the r

editing txt after dictating

Hi all, Once I've finished dictating a text or an IMessage, how do I move the cursor to a specific word in the middle of it to edit it when it has not been interpreted correctly? Thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to reply. Best to all! Marie -- The following information is important

Fitbit application setup

How can I input the details of my height and weight when I can't see any edit field to write them in? Can anyone using the flex enlighten me please? The very best to all! Marie __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 10232 (20140810) __ Th

Itunes, my new PC and my IPod 5 gen.

When I install ITunes on my new PC using Win7, what will happen to my music when I plug in my IPod? I haven't subscribed to Match, Will all my music be removed from my Pod or will the reverse happen and it will be transferred on the ITunes Library on the new PC? I will have great difficulty copy

Within Pulse2 versus Fitbit Flex monitoring and tracking devices

Hi all, Can anyone who has used both units offer a comparison both general and the accessibility of device itself and application to control and monitor it? after reading the specs, I can't decide which is the best one to buy. Thanks to anyone who will take the time to reply. All the best, Marie

How to: transfer my music to an external drive

Hi all, My laptop using Microsoft Vista where I keep all back ups for ITunes for my IPod 5th gen. is dying, the hard drive needs to be reformatted. How do I transfer my music to an external drive? I know I can download all the apps again because they are stored in ICloud, but I haven't bought Mat

putting my music from ITunes on an external drive

The laptop where I back up all ITunes stuff and synchronize my IPod Touch 5 gen. is dying, the main drive needs reformatting, how do I back up my music to an external drive? I know the apps are backed up in ICloud but haven't bought Match. I know that copying my library won't do because it doesn

fitbit flex

Can someone who uses this device tell me about the audible feedback you get from the device and how easy it is to change from day mode to sleep mode and to know what the machine is doing, on off etc. In advance, thank you. contact me privately if you think this is off topic. Marie __ I

photos sent in IMessages

Hi all! Using 7.1 on my IPod Touch 5 gen. I do not get any notice when photos are sent to me in an IMessage as I used to, it used to say: contains media, I'm told the message in question has been delivered to me with the pictures but I can't find them. The odd thing is that if I read older messa

Withings pulse or Jawbone Up

Any of you tried or are using one of these devices, has anyone of you compared the two from an accessibility point of view, usability and or blind friendliness? Any thoughts/pointers/comments very much appreciated. All the best, Marie __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of

ITunes backups

When I do a backup of my IPod on my computer with ITunes, does it delete the previous one already stored there? If not, there must be lots of them somewhere, what is their name and file extension? where are they stored? Are they classified chronologically? If they are easy to find, is it ok to d

Wich app. to record a sound file on an IPad and mail it to an IPod Touch5?

of mine wants to read aloud some poems using his IPad and sending them by mail to my IPod Touch 5 gen., he can't find any recording app. that supports email, we both use Gmail if that makes any difference, Can anyone suggest an app. which can do what we want? the process can't be too involved a

Problem with the list?

Haven't received my digest of messages for 48 hours now. Didn't do anything to get banned, I swear! Cheers now, Marie __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 8760 (20130903) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.es

How do I delete Audible books from my IPod 5th gen?

I don't use the Audible app. to read or manage the books simply because it is not available on the app. store here in France. I can't find a way of deleting the books from the Pod, there is no action choice in the rota even if I highlight only a part of a specific book. I can't find a way of del

Voice Dream reader and the kindle app:

Can kindle books be read with the Voice Dream reader? if so, what is the procedure please? does one open the Kindle app. first and then the Voice Dream reader or the other way around? Any help/info on this matter very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. All the best, Marie __ Informati

playing video on my big telly from my IPod 5 gen

Hi all! I've bought an adapter to do this, I connect it to the HDMI port on my telly, select the right port, connect the other end to my Pod and play the video but no sound or picture gets to the telly. The HDMI port is highlighted on the screen but nothing more. What am I doing wrong? What is t

Netatmo weather station

Sieghard, thank you very much for the info, looking forward to what you will have to say when you reconnect the unit to your new router using your IPhone. I've read all the details about the station on the site and will definitely buy it if you find it easy to set up. How about setting the connec

Netatmo weather station

Thank you very much for this information, I am very interested in this as it seems to be the only accessible weather station available at the moment, could you please outline the difficulties you had connecting the station to your WIFI set up and explaining details how you managed to resolve the

LookTell Money Reader:

Hi all, Thought about trying money reader with my IPod 5, I get the message: money reader running but nothing else, even when I take the Pod out of its case or when I stand in front of a window. re-install the app., no difference. TapTapSee tells me its a bill but can't identify it because I live

my new IPod 5th gen.

Hi all, Witch is the best way of transferring everything from my IPod 4 to my new toy please? I restored from back up via my PC but, because the back up was a couple of weeks old there are loads of updates to be done and, more worrying, ITunes doesn't now recognize the IPod 5 and therefore won't

trouble with my new IPod 5

When I first got it, I connected it to my Pc to charge it. It was immediately recognized as new and I was asked if I wanted to restore from the back up stored on my computer. Completely forgot about ICloud at the time and oked the process. It went very fast without a glitch. Unfortunately, now,

Help comparing:

IPod Touch 5 gen. and IPad mini, Are the processors in the 2 units the same? what about the cameras? how much bigger is the screen on the IPad mini? I know you can read all about dimensions but I find it difficult to visualize them, reference to a familiar object like a CD box or a classic book

IHealth scale app.

I read about this app. and the scales you can buy to go with it, sounds real good, has anyone tried it and is it accessible with Voice Over? Thanks to anyone taking the time to reply with any thoughts/comments. Season's greetings to all! Marie __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, v

Help with Amazon cloud player app. please

Hi all, Once I've selected a song in the player, where or how do I find and activate the button to download it to my IPod Touch 4th Gen. please? Looked all over the screen, tried all the gestures I can think of to no avail...Help very much appreciated! Thank you in advance. Cheers now, Marie __

Saving photos from an IMessage

Hi all, anyone found a work around to do this in IOS6? My daughter sends lots of photos of my six months old grandson this way, now I can't share the photos with anyone and therefore find it very difficult to have anyone to describe them to me. Wish I hadn't updated now. Hope this gets sorted soo

Tips on using Easyjet app. please!

Anyone using this app. to book or search for flights using an IPod touch 4th gen.? Because I have an account with the company, my most frequently used airport of departure and arrival are automatically selected but, using Voice Over, I can't find a way of selecting a date of departure or return

BBC IPlayer global:

For Richard and anyone else curious about this, it is the app. from the BBC allowing people all over the world to watch BBC's programmes on their I-devices without a UK TV license but for which you have to pay a subscription. It is not available within the UK. It came out 3 months ago, the fir

BBC IPlayer Global on a big screen:

I understand I can watch this this way by plugging a specific cable from my IPod Touch 4th Gen. dock connection at one end and one of the HDMI connecter at the other end on my wide screen TV, what happens to the sound in such a configuration, will VO come through my TV's speakers? what about the

tips on the use of IMessage:

Hi all, I have lots of messages in my IMessage app., I'd like to save a lot of them somewhere else on my IPod Touch, is it possible, and if so, how is it done? Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to reply. Cheers now, Marie __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of vi

phone style numeric keypad on apps:

How can I type letters with Voice Over when presented with the old style phone numeric keypad in an app where depending on the number of taps on a key you type a number or a letter? I have this on my bank app. to subscribe and type a password, can't work out how to do this. Please help! thanks