carrying IPhone in a case

2014-02-05 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. I have a curiosity question which relates to carrying an IPhone with a case. I remember that with the old phones it was strongly suggested that if you were carrying your phone in a pocket or close to your body the phone should be carried with the back facing away from the body or in a prot

RE: Problem with mBraille

2014-02-06 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, Keith and others. I, too, have the same problem with MBraille. I’m running IOS 7.04 on an IPhone 4S. It seems like I have to turn my phone off and on again a couple of times a week. It’s a bit frustrating, but doable. I’m hoping that when I upgrade to a 5S the problem will be solved sin

RE: Circulation request: Play an iPhone Game and Help Accessibility Research

2014-02-13 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. I've played this little game DigiTap. It's somewhat addictive. It took me a bit to learn the gestures, And I found out that I can't remember 7 numbers in a row. Still, it's kind of fun. Hope we get to keep it after the study. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From:

siri making phone calls

2014-02-13 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi everyone. Another strange Siri phone call behavior to report. Sometimes when my husband tries to make a call using siri, Siri leaves off the last digit. For example, if he asks Siri to call 775-0200 Siri will say "calling 775-002. Very strange. God bless! Paula and Babe -- You received thi

RE: How do you play ear monsters and audiorun?

2014-02-17 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi. To play udio Run you also need to use headphones and have voice-over off. You listen for the traffic and environmental sounds to completely go silent and the runner’s heart beat to be the only thing you hear. Then you tap the screen. He either jumps to another roof top or falls off. God

RE: digitaps

2014-02-19 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I've played it quite a bit. I find that sometimes the numbers I put in don't register, or when I tap and hold to record my number it doesn't always work. If you'd like you can write me off list at pau...@roadrunner.com and I'll try to help further. At first I had trouble trying to figure out how

RE: looking for card and board games

2014-02-20 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I play hexagon all the time. About an inch from the bottom of the screen you have a main stack on the left and a waste pile on the right. You double tap the main stack and a card is turned up. You can either put it in the waste pile or put it in one of the six piles that are found more toward th

messages not getting through to the list

2014-02-24 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. I have an acquaintance who has recently subscribed to the list. She sent a couple of queries that came through but didn't get responses. (I saw them on the list, so I know those came through.) Since then she's sent several other questions which haven't come through and has tried contact

airplane mode

2014-02-25 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. My husband and I are planning to take a trip flying from Cincinnati to Tucson, AZ. We're flying Delta. I have been using my IPhone to read books and would like to use it rather than taking a second device. The last time I flew I asked about using airplane mode while in flight and was to

RE: Help with Hexagon Solitaire in CardsAlone.

2014-02-25 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, Ari, the two extra spaces are there so that you canput cards into them and hold them until you have the stack in a suit so that you can move them onto that stack. You have a trash pile, too. So, let’s say that you have a king, queen and jack of spades in one of your piles, then you draw a

RE: Where do you find hexagon

2014-02-26 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, Jen. Hexagon is one of two card games in the cards alone app. The other game is Napoleon's grave which I haven't tried yet. Look for cards alone on the app store. Enjoy. God bless! Paula and Babe From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jen Colley

RE: An easy word puzzle that is user friendly for the blind

2014-02-26 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
There is also a word game called touch target. You are given a series of letters and you try to make as many words as possible with them. However, there is a "target" letter that must be in every word. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:v

RE: Latest Kings Corner Update Work-around

2014-02-28 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Do we know if the developer checks in on this list, or should we write him with our concerns? Just wondering. If so, does anyone know who the developer is? Thanks. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of J

jail breaking

2014-03-01 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I've heard that if you jail break your phone, you void any warrantees. Is that correct? God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 12:10 AM

find my IPhone question

2014-03-07 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. I'm planning to talk with a group of blind or visually impaired adults about IPhone security on Monday. I've spent some time playing with find my IPhone and have figured out how to search for IDevices using another IDevice. Can you also search for, lock or wipe an IPhone using a windows

RE: King's corner

2014-03-07 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi Richard and others. Do you know of a way to contact the King’s corner developer. I’d like to thank him for the voice-over fix since I’m pretty much a King’s corner junky. Thanks. God bless! Paula and Babe From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of R

RE: iOS 7.1 - Passcode Unlock annoyance

2014-03-11 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I'm using an IPhone 4S and have just updated to 7.1. When I enter the pass code it does the same thing,. It says the 3 letters associated with the number. God bless! Paula and Babe From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Todd W Sent: Tuesday, March 11,

RE: iOS 7.1 - First Impressions

2014-03-11 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
A nice little fix I've found is that the folder closing sound is back. Nice! God bless! Paula and Babe From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina C. Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 12:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 7.1 - First Im

RE: shop shop

2014-03-28 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
I've had the app for a couple of years and still haven't figured out how to delete the history. I know you can remove a shopping list, but that's as far as I can get. I contacted the developer and got what seemed to me to be a general message that basically said that he worked on it in his spare

errands app question

2014-03-30 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
For those on the list who use the errands app, has anyone had difficulty deleting a task. I go into my folder and can delete one or two tasks, but after that the delete button doesn't seem to delete. When I first touch it it says delete button off double tap to turn it on (or something like that)

RE: an accessible weather app

2014-04-25 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, Terri and others. I like storm shield. It sends alerts with a warning tone. It was a bit flakey when I first used it. Sometimes it would throw me out of the app, but either I got the hang of it or they fixed the problem. I use it mostly for the alert feature, but it will give you the hourl

downloading books from Bard question

2014-05-01 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
Hi, all. This weekend I tried to download a book from Bard and was told that the download was cued for download. It didn't download the entire weekend. I had no access to WIFI and I suspect that was the issue, since, as soon as I got to a place where I could use WIFI the download began and was c

RE: problems creating future events in Fantastical

2014-05-07 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
So, do you write the date, then the event and then the time in the edit field? That would be very cool and a lot easier than double tapping the go to today button and flicking to get the desired month, day and year. God bless! Paula and Babe -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.c

<    1   2   3   4   5   6