Instead of looking at the email, have you tried opening your calendar and see
if there is an invite in there?
That is what I do.
Then, there is an accept button that immediately puts it on your calendar.
Richard, USA
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assis
Warning: this topic may cause headache, spontaneous rage and destruction of
one's technology.
I've been struggling, quite some time, with attempting to accept an emailed
calendar invitation. It looks simple enough, hit accept in the email and go
about your business, right? Heck no, I've done
iOS Calendar
Good day. I am trying to list my appointments in the iPhone Calendar. I know
there's a way to do it but I can't recall how. I tried toggling the list button
at the top but I only switch between the month and day views when it is
selected and a multi-month view when the List
Friday, July 14, 2023 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: Listing appointments in the native iOS Calendar
If Iunderstand you correctly, you are looking for a list of dates that just
have appointments, and you can jump from day to day by heading. This is the
closest you wi
, Wayne Merritt wrote:Good day. I am trying to list my appointments in the iPhone Calendar. I know there's a way to do it but I can't recall how. I tried toggling the list button at the top but I only switch between the month and day views when it is selected and a multi-month view when the List
trying to list my appointments in the iPhone Calendar. I know there's a way to do it but I can't recall how. I tried toggling the list button at the top but I only switch between the month and day views when it is selected and a multi-month view when the List button is unselected. Could someone give me
Good day. I am trying to list my appointments in the iPhone Calendar. I know
there's a way to do it but I can't recall how. I tried toggling the list button
at the top but I only switch between the month and day views when it is
selected and a multi-month view when the List button is unselected
Are use the VO Calendar app too. It is very accessible.Johnna SimmonsOn Apr 20, 2023, at 11:14 PM, Dennis Long wrote:What are good calendar apps that are good and accessible and easy to use?
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> I just use the native calendar on my iPhone.
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> Richard, USA.
> “What we th
I use the native Calendar app as well, Richard. On both my iPhone and iPad Pro
as well as my MacBook Pro. I like the way that all three devices sync up
immediately. In fact I also have a watch and that syncs up along with my other
three devices. Nicki, my wife, and I have a shared Calendar
I do as well, but the last time I tried them, Outlook and Google Calendar were
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I use an app called Fantastical. The developer has made it very accessible with
VoiceOver and it handles events quite
I use an app called Fantastical. The developer has made it very accessible
with VoiceOver and it handles events quite well. Also, it includes any
reminders you create and integrates them into the calendar. Apple treats
calendar events and reminders as two different things even if reminders
have
I just use the native calendar on my iPhone. Richard, USA.“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John RuskinMy web site: https://www.turner42.comOn Apr 20, 2023, at 8:13 PM, Dennis Long wrote:What
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PSA: Apple calendar timezone confusion drove me nuts, but there's a simple
solution
There are times when something drives you nuts, and a long time later you
learn that there was a simple solution all along. So in case anyone else has
suffered from
Ordinal and Calendar Diagram Being Spoken
Hi All,
Sorry folks, I'm resending since I butchered the first message.
I'm running iOS16.1.2 on an SE2020 phone and I'm getting the following spoken
in my ADT Pulse app.
Weather, partly cloudy, 55 masculine ordinal degrees
How do I make Siri Male
? This
voice never used to speak the masculine ordinal lingo before iOS16.
Also, when I swipe one more time here's what is reported,
Living room thermostat, current temperature 65 degrees button, calendar,
sign or diagram
The same voice never used to speak the calendar, sign and or diagram lingo
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
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To: BlindApples
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2022 9:31 AM
Subject: Masculine Ordinal and Calendar Diagram Being Spoken
Hi All,
I'm running iOS16.2 on an SE2020 phone and I'm getting the following spoken
I like using reminders if it’s something I need to check-off, such as to give
my dog her monthly medicine. I like using the calendar for some things, but
it’s really easy to delete the notification and then move on with life and not
be reminded again. With the reminder, it stays in my
I'd also probably use a reminder. It took me a while to decide when to use a
calendar event versus a reminder versus a to do item. If there's something
happening or going on, even if I'm not going to attend but do want to be aware
of it, then I'll use the calendar. If there's something I need
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Hello,
If I want my phone to remind me to do something every Wednesday, Should I use
calendar or reminder?
In any case, what should I do?
In one occasion I
I would use Calendar.
I would go into the Calendar settings under Settings, Calendar, and set a
default alert time for however much time you want to be alerted for
appointments. If you don’t want all appointments to sound alerts, then in the
details of the appointment you are setting
Hello,
If I want my phone to remind me to do something every Wednesday, Should I
use calendar or reminder?
In any case, what should I do?
In one occasion I asked Siri to remind me something, but the phone never did
it. However, the reminder appeared in my Windows pc.
Would anyone please
Thanks to all for your information. I’m now able to get my events list as
before.
God bless!
Paula and the pups
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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 3:44 PM
To: 'cwc' via VIPhone
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Paula,
I just checked
Dan and Paula,
Dan, I think you got me on the track to figure this out.
Paula, try this.
Open the Calendar and touch in the bottom left on the Today button and double
tap.
At the top of the screen, find the List button and double tap to select it, or
do nothing if it is already
Paula,
I looked and the only setting I can see
that might help is if you have your calendar sync all events.
In my calendar When I first open it it
shows me the current day and if I swipe right it will show me
the events for today
Paula,
I just checked mine and I have list turned
on and it shows me a list of events, it includes the day of the
week, the date and the events for each date.
I will try to determine what all of my
calendar settings are to see
ct: RE: native calendar app
Thanks, but what I want to do is read a list of dates and events, not just for
one day. I used to be able to do that when running IOS 15.
Thanks.
God bless!
Paula and the pups
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ma
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I can still get to the list of events for today. It’s right after the list of
the days of the month, so you can get to it by just touching the bottom of the
screen or jumping to the end of the screen and flicking left. If you tap on one
of events for that day at
the bottom.
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Jordan
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I do have the list view selected, but when I sw
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I’m not on IOS 16 yet, so hopefully this didn’t change. On IOS 15.7 there is a
button near the top that says “list” that changes the view from a traditional
calendar to a linear list. For me, it’s the second button from the left
I’m not on IOS 16 yet, so hopefully this didn’t change. On IOS 15.7 there is a
button near the top that says “list” that changes the view from a traditional
calendar to a linear list. For me, it’s the second button from the left.
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Jordan
Sent
Hi all. I just updated to IOS 16.03. In my native calendar app I used to be
able to read my calendar appointments by simply flicking right and the phone
would announce the date, time and title of each appointment. Now I can only
get it to say "one event" or how ever many events there a
Well my aunt finally decided she wanted to get the calendar appointments. And
she also thought it was cool that it has the address and everything on there.
So here’s my question I like it where remind you one day before and two hours
before. So just for my aunt how can she so doesn’t get those
Well it finally showed when I sent the appointment to my aunt that it was in my
sent items meaning you know how she got it from my side even though in the
calendar still shows pending. So now those of you that use the family calendar
will it remind her one day before and two hours before since
OK, I’ve never used the invite feature on the family calendar so I don’t think
I’m gonna be able to help you.
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” those who seek to band books are wrong, no matter how dangerous books can
be.“ Viet Thanh Nguyen
> On Jul 29, 2022, at 3:14 PM, Les Kriegler wr
Yes sir I did. She’s supposed to call me tomorrow and I’ll have her check her
email because one of her friends told her about the sharing calendar even
though it’s family calendar and I told her I would add her on the appointments
as an invitee so that would be cool Rick could get this to work
Hi Jenny,
Did you call your Aunt to see if she received your e-mail?
Best,
Les
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Bomareto
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 2:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Family calendar.
I’m trying my trying to add my aunt
I have been successful with it in the past. And even though it’s was shared by
my domestic partner I used my phone to add the previous invitees. And also it
shows on my side pending waiting for a response.
Thanks for reading regarding this matter.
Jenny Bomareto
Sent from my iPhone
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I’m trying my trying to add my aunt on the appointment. I’ll tell you what I
have done so far I opened up for example August 1 and I went to edit and when I
talked about add invitees I double tapped on that and typed in Aunt and then of
course it brought up Diane but for some reason it’s only
What exactly are you trying to do with the family calendar? Have you use the
family calendar successfully in the past?
I’ve use the family calendar myself but I think I need more details about
what’s going on in order to help you.
Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
” those who seek to band books
I cannot comment since I don’t use family calendar. I use Siri to create my
appointments.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 29, 2022, at 9:02 AM, Jenny Bomareto
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I sent three messages yesterday the first one sent too soon. It would be
> greatl
Hello,
I sent three messages yesterday the first one sent too soon. It would be
greatly appreciated if someone or whoever many people respond to tell me about
the issue I’m having with the family calendar.
Thanks for reading regarding this matter.
Jenny Bomareto
Sent from my iPhone
I am resending the one I sent this morning I sure hope I hear from someone
because I have been recreated a new calendar event and my aunt still has not
received it because I checked the sent items in my email and she does not have
it for some reason I think they should just email and I wanna
Did you guys receive the second one I sent? The first one sent to soon. Look
forward to hearing from you guys regarding the subject line family calendar. Is
that I’ve tried with it some more and it still knocks successful I even checked
my sent email when it shows on the calendar basically
I gonna have to
re-create the appointments in The family calendar? On my side it shows that she
got it since voiceover said pending, but on her side it shows that she did not.
Because I asked her last night.
Thanks for reading regarding this matter.
Jenny Bomareto
Sent from my iPhone
HiJenny,All this message says is hello and then your signature. Can you please repost your question?JennJenn and KumiOn Jul 28, 2022, at 5:16 AM, Jenny Bomareto wrote:Aloha,Thanks for reading regarding this matter.Jenny BomaretoSent from my iPhone
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Thanks for reading regarding this matter.
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so, was on a zoom call today, and someone says they only get the choice for
calendar alerts, i still see 2, they see it only shows one. can anyone confirm
this?
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I agree no one should have to pay just to have access to some calendar
functions on your phone, and no one has to since the native calendar app is
free. I also don't have a problem with a developer coming up with an app, any
app including a calendar app, that has a unique set of features
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Subject: RE: best calendar apps for iPhone
I do not know if you can have two different calendars syncing at the same time
with Alexa, but here is one method I found on how to sync the Apple iCloud
calendar with Alexa that explains the extra steps to create an app specific
OK, I stand corrected.
Fantastical does allow the custom repeats for free. Good to know.
However, the native Calendar app works fine as well.
The advantage Fantastical may offer is that you can write out a phrase and have
it set things in the correct parts of the appointment.
That is what I used
have to pay to use a calendar anyway.
In answer to the original question, I have tried the native iOS
calendar, Google Calendar and Fantastical II, and eventually find
myself going back to Fantastical. I like and have gotten used to the
app layout, with the month view on top and my list
I do not know if you can have two different calendars syncing at the same time
with Alexa, but here is one method I found on how to sync the Apple iCloud
calendar with Alexa that explains the extra steps to create an app specific
password required by Apple.
https://beebom.com/how-sync-apple
Hello,
Does anyone of you know how to synchronize the native calendar and Google
calendar?
I want to have Alexa announcing the events of those invitations I have accepted
from my iPhone,
But I haven’t been able to do it. For the echo Amazon I use the calendar linked
to my Google account
After trying several, I am back on the native calendar app.
It has improved quite a bit in the last year or so.
It has custom repeat which Fantastical used to have before they started
charging an arm and a leg.
Richard
“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little
I don't know if it's the best or not, but I use the Calendar feature in the
Outlook app. There's also the native Calendar app and the Google Calendar app.
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Hi, what are the best calendar apps for the iPhone?
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I use Fantastical (free version) Google Calendar and the native iPhone app for
my different calendars. For a sighted person, it's easy enough to color-code
different calendar entries. I.E. work, personal etc., but I at least found it
to be too cluttered to have all my calendars contained
I lead a very quiet life so have no need of multiple calendars, but what
happens if you temporarily set the Doctor calendar as the default.
Then, remember to switch it back when you are finished looking things up on it?
Richard
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for thos
Good day. I am looking for an app to show me a specific calendar. For
example, I have created several calendars in addition to the Home and
Work calendars provided. If I want to see all of the events in my
Doctor calendar, I cannot find an easy way to do this in either the
native calendar app
For what it's worth, I've been using Fantastical for over 5 years. I
didn't sign up for a subscription, mostly because it didn't offer
anything I couldn't live without, but also like Richard, I don't think
I should have to pay for the privilege of using a calendar. I have
looked at a few other
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Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 11:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Free Calendar App?
The calendar seems to work well as long as you're willing to use Siri to set up
appointments. Finding the location field when editing an event can
The calendar seems to work well as long as you're willing to use Siri to set up
appointments. Finding the location field when editing an event can be tricky.
But besides that, it's fairly straightforward.
> On Jul 8, 2021, at 2:28 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
> That could
That could be that you are in the Day Ticker, which is monumentally frustrating.
You want the month or just calendar view if you want to try and make sense of
it.
But like I said when I mentioned it, I switched back to the Native Calendar app
because I wasn't happy with the change
Man, I just installed Fantastical and I have no idea why everyone
reaves about it. It constantly flips around the screen and it's
impossible to find anything. Worse than the native Calendar app.
On 7/5/21, Dave Clement wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The app is called "vo calendar". It i
Hello,
The app is called "vo calendar". It is a simple calendar app designed to work
with Voiceover gestures. It displays the current week's events in a simple list
format. At the bottomof the screen are four buttons: "settings", "Other
month", "previous w
This calendar is called Vo calendar in the app store? Does it have the
capability of audible alerts? Thanks.
Maria Campbell
lucky1i...@gmail.com
All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
--Edmund Burke
On 7/4/2021 4:16 PM, Johnna Simmons wrote:
VO
tasks into manageable steps
• Attach up to 25MB of files to any task
To-do lists for any purpose
• Bill planner
• Shopping lists
• Set reminders
• Task management
• Business calendar
• Note taking
• And more
Microsoft 365 Integration
• Sync your tasks between Outlook and To Do
• Host lists and tasks
d I just am too lazy right now to do that.
>
>
>
> Richard
> Software means never having to say you're finished
>
>
> Web site: www.turner42.com
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
> Christopher Chaltain
> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 6:41 AM
>
Behalf Of
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If anyone's interested, I'd suggest checking this out yourselves, since I use
the Microsoft To Do application on my desktop and the To Do app on my iPhone,
and I'm not running in
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Michael,
To do is not a free app as such,
For it to work you need to have paid for the to do feature within Microsoft
365,
Otherwise to do is a frre app
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Subject: Re: Free Calendar App?
If you haven't already, you might want to give Google Calendar a spin. They put
effort into making their software accessible. Microsoft has a free app called
Microsoft To Do but that's more for task management. There are tons of calendar
VO calendar is the name of it It’s not free but it is a completely accessible
app. It is called a version of calendar. I believe it’s only $10. But it works
seamlessly with iOS and voiceover. It also syncs with the native calendar app
if you set it up that way
Johnna Simmons
> On Jul 3, 2
I have a mystery I hope someone can help me solve. I don't have a
native calendar app, and I don't find a calendar app that I may have
deleted in the not on this iPhone portion of purchase in the app store.
How do I then get the native calendar app? I have an SE2020 with latest
IOS upgrade
Here is the link in the App Store to the native Apple calendar.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calendar/id1108185179
Richard
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss
people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
www.turner42.com
On Jul 3, 2021, at 8:09
The Outlook app also has a calendar built in. I can’t tell if it has all of the
features you’re looking for though, and you may not want to switch unless you
also want to use it for your email.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of K. Scott
With the native calendar app, I find that if I set the initial appointment with
Siri, then go into the appointment and edit it, I can get to all the fields I
want.
But, starting a new appointment via the keyboard is now pretty much useless.
Richard
Software means never having to say you're
Fantastical might be what I need; I'd just have to try the free version out. If
anybody has tips for sticking with the Apple Calendar, though, that would be
great.
> On Jul 3, 2021, at 9:34 AM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
> I don’t know if Fantastical is offering thei
.
Richard
Software means never having to say you're finished
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of K. Scott
Carlson
Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2021 6:23 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Free Calendar App?
Mostly what I'm l
Mostly what I'm looking for is something that has natural language parsing so I
don't for example have to manually scroll through every day of a month.
> On Jul 3, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Michael Feir wrote:
>
>
> If you haven't already, you might want to give Google Calendar a spin.
If you haven't already, you might want to give Google Calendar a spin. They
put effort into making their software accessible. Microsoft has a free app
called Microsoft To Do but that's more for task management. There are tons
of calendar apps and there may be accessible ones undiscovered by blind
Are there any good free Calendar apps that will sync with multiple calendars? I
find the regular Calendar app unbearably cumbersome, especially for adding
events; just creating a single event can take several minutes. I'm not
interested in paying for a monthly subscription for something like
off the phone will solve
the problem. I'm not having any problems with the calendar app.
Donna
>
>
> I have added events before in the calendar app that comes on the Iphones with
> no problems at all. However, my wife started having trouble on her SE 2020
> and asked if I cou
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 8:57 AM
To: 'cwc' via VIPhone
Subject: problems adding events in calendar
I have added events before in the calendar app that comes on the I
I have added events before in the calendar
app that comes on the Iphones with no problems at all. However,
my wife started having trouble on her SE 2020 and asked if I
could try it. My wife is sighted so I was quite surprised.
When I opened
Dan,
I’m not sure how you would do this on a phone or tablet,
But on a mac computer you might be able to apple script something.
On the IOS platform there is a calendar for birthdays,
I don’t know if that gives you anything more but might be worth looking at.
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I do something similar, although I haven’t done it with the Calendar app on the
iPhone. I create a calendar event for the birthday or anniversary which
includes the date. So for example, I’d create a recurring event for my dog’s
birthday starting on February 14, 2016. Obviously, it would
is a button to add fields.
> Add the birthdate field. And enter their birth date, which will include the
> year.
>
> Make sure that in your Settings, Calendar, the birthday calendar is selected
> so it will show; don’t make it the default of course, but make sure it will
> sho
Try adding a contact for them in your contacts list.
If the Birthdate field isn’t there, there is a button to add fields.
Add the birthdate field. And enter their birth date, which will include the
year.
Make sure that in your Settings, Calendar, the birthday calendar is selected so
Jenn and Kumi
> On Jun 10, 2021, at 6:33 AM, Dan wrote:
>
>
> I want to create a calendar event that will increment a count each time it
> occurs. For example, I'd like to create an event for each of my
> grandchildren's birthdays. I'd like it to indicate their age each
I want to create a calendar event that
will increment a count each time it occurs. For example, I'd
like to create an event for each of my grandchildren's
birthdays. I'd like it to indicate their age each time the
event comes around
: Apple TV MLB app calendar
I’m posting this to a few lists, so I hope it’s not off-topic for these lists
and I’m sorry for those who may see this more than once. I have a new Apple TV
4K. I have the MLB app on this Apple TV, and it’s fairly accessible. But
there’s one problem, well actually
the unlabeled
buttons, all of which I have tried in order to see if they would solve my
problem, and they don’t.
The problem is this. I cannot find a way, while in the calendar, to go back a
month. So for instance, if I’m in the calendar, the first month that shows up
is June. I can then advance
Hi Brian,
Check to see what calendar you both have for the default.
If you use the same default, one would think you would both have the same
calendar showing.
The default calendar is the one new appointments are added to, so if you also
want separate calendars, then that is beyond my pay grade
My wife and I have the same Apple ID how do we set our phones so that we see
one another’s calendar
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IOs calendar app is fine from my point of view,
And bothe easy to use and gives me the notifications to appointments when I
need them.
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Merritt
Sent: Wednesday, 5 May 2021 5:47 am
To: viphone
Subject: Preferred
Hi,
I use the apple calendar app because it{s very accessible. I like that it syncs
directly to my devices like my laptop, iPad, and watch. I also use the Google
calendar app as a backup to the apple calendar app.
I also recommend the google calendar app because it is as accessible as the
apple
I just use the default calendar app.
I tried Fantastical and loved it under version 2. Then they went and made
version 3 which I guess if you do not subscribe to their highway robbery
pricing package, you can still use it mostly; but the native calendar app has
improved greatly.
I can easily
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