We use InstaCart and pay the annual fee. We have used it for about 5 years
now, usually with Publix, but they have many other stores available in our area
as well. We have had very good experiences with our shoppers, and I wouldn’t
want to be without it.
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.
Hi,
You might try the 11 labs reader app. From their website,
https://elevenlabs.io/text-reader
Listen to anything on the go with the highest quality voices
The ElevenLabs Reader App narrates articles, PDFs, ePubs, newsletters, or any
other text content. Simply choose a voice from our e
It was a little confusing, because I was doing some searches to figure out what
I was doing wrong, and some articles referenced lock screen customization
becoming available in IOS 16.
In any case, I will just go ahead and update.
Thanks,
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegrou
Should these steps also work with IOS 17? I haven’t yet updated to 18. I
cannot seem to get a menu to come up when I double tap and hold on the time.
Pam
From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 9:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Adding apps to
We also have alerts set up on our phones so we know when someone is on our
porch even if they don't ring the doorbell. It's great for knowing when a
package is delivered.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Robert
Doc Wright
Sent: Sunday, September 15,
Again, I am just trying to picture how this works. You would need to know
where the sign was in order to point your phone correctly, right? Are you
running a certain app when using LIDAR to make this work? Same question with
moving forward in lines.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: vip
Can you give some examples of how you use LIDAR? I am just curious about its
practical uses. I currently have an iPhone 13 Mini, and am just wondering how
useful it would be to have a phone with this capability.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Je
I agree that the app is very accessible, and it also works well with Alexa for
quick things like asking the temperature in the house, having it change the AC
or heat setting on the thermostat, etc.
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Saturday, September 7
I have never particularly liked Apple Books either, but I do use Kindle
sometimes. I much prefer books read by humans, so only tend to use Kindle if I
can't get a book in that format.
I can't speak to the braille part of your question either, sorry.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viph
We use both InstaCart and Shypt, and have for several years now. I agree that
they are both accessible. We have also had consistently good luck with our
shoppers, the items they choose including produce, etc.
Prior to this, we would ask the grocery store to provide someone to shop with
us,
In the Blindfold Solitaire game I play, the screen is divided into sections,
the bottom one being the seven piles of cards that you build on, above that is
the four piles that you start with aces, and the top section used to be the
draw pile.
When direct touch was added, the top portion of the
Hi Linda,
I play the Klondike Deal 1 cards solitaire game. It has gotten trickier with
direct touch, but I can still play it. I am not familiar with the Spider game,
so I haven't tried that one.
What is the issue you have when you get into the spider game? Does it just say
direct touch no ma
Thanks. This was the first time I had encountered something that seems to
require this.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan
Cohn
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:56 AM
To: Viphone
Subject: Re: Any Reason to Not Use Two Factor Authentication on iPhone and iPad
Several A
Thanks for the clarification. I was also thinking I had seen something on this
list a while back about an issue someone ran into regarding troubleshooting or
resetting the phone with this turned on? Or maybe I am just crazy!
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sen
Sieghard, I understand the use of two factor authentication within apps , such
as for banking. My original question relates to setting it up as security for
the iPhone itself, which it looks like I might need to do if I want to be able
to switch automatically between using my airpods pro 2nd ge
Peter,
I can’t answer your question, but am wondering if you are finding a problem
with it being turned on?
Thanks,
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Peter
Tesar
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 4:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Any Reason to Not Use Two Fac
I have never set up two factor authentication on my iPhone or iPad. I have
recently gotten the airpods pro 2nd generation, and it seems that in order
for them to switch automatically between the iPhone and iPad, I would need
to be using two factor authentication.
Are there any downsides to usi
We are still trying to set up something with our pool service guy to try to
test screen recognition with a pool that already has the controller installed.
We don’t want to spend a few thousand dollars and not be able to control it.
The app is certainly not accessible without screen recogni
Hi , yes , I understood that. I was just surprised that with screen
recognition on in that app, it just looked normal to me, which was not what
someone else was reporting.
Does anyone know under what circumstances screen recognition works well? In
the pool controller app we are trying to a
I am still trying to understand how this works. It was mentioned in another
thread that someone turned screen recognition on for the Bard app,
specifically, just to see how it acted. Someone else said they did this and
got nonsense from the app. I turned it on for Bard, and when I entered Bar
Hi All,
This is just an FYI for anyone who may be looking at using the Omnilogic app
for controlling Hayward pool equipment. The tech we are working with was
able to log in remotely to a pool which uses that equipment, and we were
able to determine that this app has very poor accessibility, to
To clarify, I am referring to the Omnilogic app. So far, I am not finding
anything related to accessibility or even a contact phone number.
From: paekstr...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 2:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: App for Hayward Pool Equipment
Hi All,
If
Hi All,
If anyone has a pool which uses Hayward equipment for controlling it, I
would be interested in hearing about the accessibility of its app. We have
Hayward equipment, but when we got it, it didn't have an app. We now may be
looking at replacing it since it is no longer holding the corr
Just as a follow-up, shortly after I wrote the below message, I gave it one
more try, and for some reason, it worked this time.
I have come across the seemingly inconsistent feedback several times today when
moving apps and widgets around on both my iPhone and iPad, and my husband has
also n
Chris,
Thanks for these great explanations. I had never used widgets and am just
trying them out now.
I added the batteries widget on my iPad mini, but I am trying to move it
somewhere else than the top left corner of my home screen. I go through the
normal process of moving an app, a
I use the camera app on my iPhone to take the pictures, admittedly with mixed
results. From within the camera app, you can then go into the photo and video
viewer, and with a photo selected, choose share. One of the options you will
see is describe with be my eyes. If you choose the AI featur
I have used AIRA for a similar situation with a different thermostat with a
flat screen. They can see where you are putting your finger and guide you to
the right place.
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jenny
Bomareto
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 1:51 PM
To: viphone
We are using a website that allows us to enable two-factor authentication by
using either the Microsoft Authenticator app, the Google Authenticator app,
or the Authy app.
Does anyone have any experience with the above iPhone apps as far as
accessibility?
Thanks,
Pam
--
The following i
The interface to Instacart on both the PC and phone seems somewhat inconsistent
at times. The other day, we needed to add an item after checking out, and it
seemed much more obvious how to do it on the phone than on the PC. But that
hasn’t always been the case.
So far, we have always bee
We bought something similar to what I think you are looking for when we went on
a cruise. One end was USB and plugged into a block which plugged into the
wall. The other end has 4 cables of different types such as USB, USBC, etc.
for plugging into different devices. It did work very well for
I don't understand needing to do the 2 or 3 taps versus the 3 or 4 taps either.
Sometimes 2 taps works for me, and other times I need to do 3.
Strange.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 1:26 PM
To: vi
Thanks, Richard. Updating to 17.2 seems to have solved it.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 12:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Can't Get a Complete Answer from SIRI
Try updating to 17.2 which came out yesterday
Hi,
I have an iPhone 13 Mini running 17.1.2 and have recently been having issues
with SIRI. When I ask a question, she will get part of the way through the
answer, and then stop talking and make the sound like she is listening. So,
I never get the full answer.
I understand that there is a
The main thing I find helpful when using an iPad is the Containers function
which you can add to the rotor. As Richard points out, the main topics, as in
Settings, are on one side of the screen and the items under the main headings
are on the other side. To navigate from the items within a par
Kim,
Try holding down the shift key, then swiping right. You should find the plus
symbol there.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: 'Kimberly Samco' via VIPhone
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 11:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Plus sign when dialing a phone number?
Hello,
I
Mary, with what app, audible, bard, something else?
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 2:34 PM
To: voicedreamprodu...@groups.io; via VIPhone
Subject: Downloaded books not actually becoming available again
I’m just
Thanks. Does it come with a preset number of puzzles, or are new ones supplied
weekly or something?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of William
James
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 11:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A Question for those who have updated to iOS 17.
Do you have a link for the accessible crossword puzzles? I can't seem to find
it.
Thanks,
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of William
James
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A Question for those who have u
Thanks for the link, and thanks for everyone's input on this. I think we are
going to get the Ring Pro.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Robin
Frost
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 6:57 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the Ring Do
Hi Robin,
Which model of the Ring doorbell do you have? Just asking because I am
wondering if all models will do this.
Thanks,
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of janet
gross
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 9:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: R
I just also saw your message about the bears. Hopefully they won’t decide to
try coming closer than your yard. That’s funny about the cat.
Can you tell me which model you have? There is quite a difference in price.
From: paekstr...@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 10:41 AM
To:
Thanks, Sieghard. Do you use it with the Alexa products?
Do you get any kind of a notification if a package is dropped off at your door
and they don’t ring the doorbell?
We were also looking at a similar product made by Wyze, if anyone has any
experience with that company.
From:
Hi All,
We are considering buying a Ring doorbell, and looking at the available
models on Amazon is somewhat overwhelming at first glance.
Can anyone comment on the initial installation of the doorbell,
accessibility of the app, usefulness with Alexa, etc.?
If you have recommendati
It does a great job at describing pictures on my phone, at least ones that do
not have people in them. If you go to the share option while going through
your photos, one of the options will be describe with be my eyes. The detail
that is provided is pretty amazing
-Original Message-
F
Hi Richard,
When you mention the magnifier, are you referring to a specific app?
Thanks,
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Are there really advantages t
I am using the 13 mini which doesn't have LIDAR, and it is working very well.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:08 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Be My Eyes AI
I'm using the 13 pro but I belie
I have been trying this over the last couple of days as well. There is a
website for a restaurant that we want to try that has a graphical menu. I
pointed the camera at the screen, took a picture, and it very nicely read the
part of the menu that was visible on the screen. The problem with th
It actually only appears to be a problem for leaving a custom tip. You can
still pick one of their pre-selected amounts.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 3:18 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Uber
Hi,
Interesting that just after I saw this message, my husband returned home from
using an Uber and said exactly the same thing.
It seems that, at least as far as we could tell, the ability to enter a custom
tip has become inaccessible.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegrou
Hi Mark,
That is a good question. I have tried using the camera app, and for some
reason, things do not show up as clearly to me. I guess it may be down to a
difference in vision.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Yeah, you would think they would have done that.
I only put it out there as a possible tool since it is free, and without being
able to see the controls, I was able to raise the magnification level to a
point where I was able to read the clock on my microwave from a fair distance
away, so th
The interface is not very friendly. There is a control which says something
like 0 percent adjustable which you can flick up or down to adjust the level
of magnification, or use the add or “-“ buttons to increase or decrease the
level. The only other labeled control I find is camera.
I th
Hi All,
For those that have any useable vision, there is a new app from Humanware
called Explore Magnifier. I have just downloaded it and it appears to be a
very simple magnifier. So far I see that you can change the level of
magnification and take a picture of what you are looking at. No ot
Mark,
For the job from which I recently retired, I had to use Microsoft Authenticator
at times. It was accessible with VO. I am not familiar with Google
Authenticator.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 1:47 PM
Hi Paula,
In Settings, look for App Store, or iTunes and App Store. I think that has
changed names in different IOS versions. In there, you should find where you
can turn off the automatic app updates.
Hope this helps.
Pam
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Paula
Jordan
Hi Robin,
I am not great with the iPad either. I have a mini, so not quite as much real
estate as the big ones. I mostly use it for reading Audible books.
I have added the “Containers” action to the rotor and I find it helpful. For
example when in Settings, if I double tap on Bluetooth
Thanks. I was looking at the Peryton ones that Mark provided a link to,
although after looking at several on Amazon, they seem to start to sound pretty
much alike.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 5:4
Well, I do have an old wired headphone band, but that one does slip down quite
a bit. I didn't know if that was normal with these things, or maybe just how
that one behaves. I was also deciding if I want yet another thing that needs
to be charged, but since it isn't expensive, I will probably
Hi Mark,
I am considering getting this and have a couple of questions. Does it slide
around on your head easily? I am asking because I wouldn't want it sliding
down over my eyes like a sleep mask as I don't like anything on my face.
Also, how wide is the band?
I am used to wearing wired or
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