Hi I have an iPhone 8 and running the latest version of ios.
A friend has posted some videos on Facebook which I would like to watch but I’m
not able to do this. When I go to the video and double tap nothing happens
just I get descriptions of the images so I turn off image navigation and still
Ian,
I have used teams with Mac OS and windows 10,
Have a look at the following URL,
It has a tab / section for accessibility keyboard shortcuts for using teams
With mac os.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-teams-2e8e2a70-e8d8-4a19-949b-4c36dd5292d2
not sure, as I don't have it on all the time, so not something I have had to
think about.
Simon
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From: "Dan Yates"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: looking for an app that gives the time every hour
Just installed “chime”. Cannot
And this is somewhat the reason apple say to not install the betas on your
primary devices,
Also you have to remember that we the blind / visually impaired community are a
very small user group of the apple products so they develop for us only as a
minority to that of the able bodied
Yeh apple maps or even better
Google maps,
Unless you are needing something more specific in the way of a gps system,
Like for dropping a MOAB on a house or something!
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rena
Sent: Friday, 25 September 2020 5:04 am
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject:
I love it as it’s got a watch app also.
So it’s in the passed allowed me to go into a meeting and record the meeting
without anyone knowing,
Somewhat not legal but hey it got the job done.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Yates
Sent: Friday, 25 September 2020 12:56 am
To:
Wayne, I just tolerate iTunes as well. I basically only use it for getting
music onto my iPhone.
Love in Christ
Marty
If we view this present life as our primary goal, we will agree with William
Shakespeare who said: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury, signifying
Thank you Richard! Don’t know how I missed that the first time but have it
working now very nice have a great evening
Danney
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
> The first actual button, says if you want every quarter hour, etc. Double
> tapping
I am looking for a way to delete text messages without having to be asked by
the system whether I really want to delete the conversation. I have that set in
mail, but I cannot find anything in messages. I must be missing it. I just
checked in messages in settings and got zero. Is there a way to
Good find.
Pretty ‘round about.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to
others, I’ve never
>From your home screen, double tap on Photos. On the bottomline tab bar, double
>tap albums. Switch to heading with your rotor and single finger swipe till you
>hear Media types and single finger swipe right to Videos. Double tapping on it
>should give you yours.
My comment about iOS 14 and
Thanks, Richard. This is very handy to know. I haven't fully taken advantage of
my braille display until recently and these key combinations will be really
useful.
Kim
Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
justice.—Martin Luther
The reason I don't use iTunes is because, IMO, it sucks. Sorry, too
strong. I have found iTunes too confusing, too bloated, too many
options, and way too complicated. I stopped using it several years ago
after I finally was able to upload my music library to use the iTunes
Match service. I'm still
The first actual button, says if you want every quarter hour, etc. Double
tapping that will toggle through the options there.
Flick right once and you hear the word "From."
Flick right again and it will say something like 6 AM.
You can double tap on that to increase by one hour, or flick right
I'll wait for 14.02, then.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:31 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: IOS 14.0.1 is out
Well, the fVoiceOver ocus bug is still
Just installed “chime”. Cannot figure out how to set certain hours that I do
not want the chime to go off. Isn’t it possible to do this?
Danney
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 1:52 PM, goshawk on horseback
> wrote:
>
> as I said, that is what I find super useful when out riding,
Well, the fVoiceOver ocus bug is still present.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Robin wrote:
>
> Not Likely, as Apple doesn't Prioritize Bug Fixes for TotallyBlind users of
> Apple's VoiceOver ...Remember, You're IN Line, & Not at The Begining
> either, so You'll
Although I agree that it's important for blind people to participate in the
betas and provide feedback, I also agree with Wayne that you have to keep in
mind that these are betas, so it may not be appropriate for every blind person
to be running a beta on their only device.
--
Christopher (AKA
For my part, I'm not as pessimistic, and I won't be jumping to conclusions but
rather, I'll be installing this update and taking a look for myself.
I'm glad you've never run into a "bug" on Android. I'm not saying it's any
worse then the iPhone, but I've definitely seen my share of Android,
Oh Yeah, I ForGot:
Apple's AppleMaps
At 10:30 AM 9/24/2020, you wrote:
Yes.
If you just want turn-by-turn directions either
walking or driving, Google Maps is very good.
If you want something that will tell you about
the streets you are crossing, and points of
interest nearby, Lazarillo
Not Likely, as Apple doesn't Prioritize Bug Fixes for TotallyBlind
users of Apple's VoiceOver ...Remember, You're IN Line, & Not
at The Begining either, so You'll have to Wait until YourTurn comes up
Personally, I have Never encountered any "Bugs"
AssociatedWith Google'sAndroid on My
That is less probably because all beta testers report in ios14.2 b1 no bug
solutions for voiceover.
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Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Gordon
Verzonden: donderdag 24 september 2020 20:05
Aan: viphone@googlegroups.com
Onderwerp: IOS 14.0.1 is out
this update
this update says bug fixes. Hopefully they included some of the VO
issues we're having.
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Another app, called Goodmaps Explore, which is from a company created by APH,
Goodmaps Inc, just came out this month I believe, or certainly in the last
couple of months.
You can read more about it here: https://www.goodmaps.com/
It is free, and will show up on your device as Explore.
Richard
I don't have Twitter open or any of its other apps like Twitterific or anything
like that open in the app switcher.
Rebecca Ilniski and Marvin
email: rilni...@gmail.com
Twitter: applegirl1994
On Sep 24, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Richard Turner
wrote:
I will bet if you close twitter out of the app
Here are a Couple Others (FREE GPS MobileApps):
Explore i.e., GoodMaps Explore
Lazrillo GPS
Microsoft's SoundScape
&
these are In AdditionTo:
NearByExplorer OnLine
Others, which I haven't Tried are:
WeWalk MobileApp
RunGo
Hope this Answers YourPostin'Question
At 10:49 AM 9/24/2020, you
as I said, that is what I find super useful when out riding, which is why I
like this app.
Simon
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From: "Carolyn" <4carol...@windstream.net>
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 5:36 PM
Subject: RE: looking for an app that gives the time every hour
That one
hello reta,
another free and easy to use GPS app is Nearby Explorer Online. the
awesome advantage to this app is everything is switchbuttons, which
are on the main screen of this app. it does turn-by-turn, and tells
you about more than just the streets you cross. Heading, street name,
street
So I used the double tap and hold labeling gesture you suggested and it worked
perfectly. This is going to make selecting the correct bluetooth device to
connect too so much easier. Before I had to guess and often had to go through
three attempted connects before finding the right device.
Yes.
If you just want turn-by-turn directions either walking or driving, Google Maps
is very good.
If you want something that will tell you about the streets you are crossing,
and points of interest nearby, Lazarillo is very good and free.
It can also give you walking turn-by-turn directions
Hi Dean,
There is a group for discussing shortcuts. It's not very active, but it might
be worth a try. It's at
https://groups.io/g/Shortcuts-Workflow
Best,
Anna
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Dean Martineau wrote:
>
> I’m trying to figure out if what I want to achieve can be done with
Thank you
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> On Sep 24, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
>
> I started a new thread rather than continue the one about the broken command
> since it isn’t broken in iOS 14 release version.
>
> Braille Key equivelants for doing keyboard commands just like on
Hello,
Is there any gps app free and easy to use?
Thanks,
Rena
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hello Wane,
to each their own. I myself have one iOS device that can run iOS 14.
I understand your apprehention about joining the beta program, but why
don't you use iTunes on your computer? an update could go wrong
sometime when Apple relises them!
Daniel
On 9/24/20, Wayne Merritt wrote:
>
When it comes to cable companies unless they have a true fiber connection to
offer you the quality of service can be all over the place. Even if they do
offer fiber, it might not be as good a offering as other companies. For
example we have earthlink and our speeds are a semetric, meaning that
Carolyn, you may have had focus on the time in the status bar and that is why
it kept announcing it.
Pam
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: looking for an app
That one sounds good, Simon.
Last night, while in Bible study, I was the first caller on Zoom. While waiting
for the meeting to start, I checked the time, and somehow or other, from that
time until we were through, about an hour and 15 minutes later, VO kept
announcing the time every minute.
I'll just wait until 14.1, don't want reset, thanks all the same.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Alan Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:40 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: How I solved most of my
I will bet if you close twitter out of the app switcher, your issue will go
away.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while I have
I'm using a focus 14 with the UEB table. I'm on Twitter but don't have that app
open. I'm using the latest IOS.
Rebecca Ilniski and Marvin
email: rilni...@gmail.com
Twitter: applegirl1994
On Sep 24, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Richard Turner
wrote:
I just opened messages and began a text message and
I went to Siri and noticed I had a few things turned off that should have been
on and I tried asking a question again and got a good response. Thank you,
Richard.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 10:57 AM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
> Try turning on hey Siri on the phone and see if
Hi All,
My University is now using Teams for most learning. I was lead to believe it
was accessible for Mac users, but I am not finding this to be the case. Sighted
help tells me that Microsoft’s own guidance does not do what it says it should
do; even using the key control modifier instead of
Try turning on hey Siri on the phone and see if that makes a difference.
If not, and I suspect it won't, call Apple Accessibility, 877-204-3930
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of
I have the 6S plus iPhone. Whenever I press the home button to talk to Siri,
she responds by saying making a FaceTime call to, and mentions a name and does
not respond to whatever I'm asking. I turned FaceTime off in notifications.
What do I need to do to change this? I have hey Siri turned on
I just opened messages and began a text message and no a's and no mentions
Are you in Twitter? Twitter has mentions, but I've not run into that in text
messages.
Which braille table are you using?
Which display?
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must
Ha, ha.
Sadly, some people expect perfection…
As my wife is fond of quoting, Jon Wesley said “While striving for perfection,
let us do what is possible.”
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the
Sure glad to hear that you are human, like the rest of us. I have wondered?
Marie
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Bluetooth keyboard/braille device command broken in 14
Which I did, sorry about bringing it up here.
I
I started a new thread rather than continue the one about the broken command
since it isn't broken in iOS 14 release version.
Braille Key equivelants for doing keyboard commands just like on a QWERTY
keyboard;
Dot 1+7+spacebar, Command key
Dot 2+7 +spacebar, Options key
Dot 3+7+spacebar,
I'm sure the braille commands for the modifiers are in the commands
section, but basically you press the command modifier command, and then
type r on the braille keyboard. This makes using a braille display almost
like having a Bluetooth keyboard in functionality.
Devin Prater
sent from Gmail.
The braille keystroke for the command key is to press space+dots7,1.
Then qickly press the letter r.
The sequence space+dots7,1 then the letter n works for new emails, text
messages, and calendar events.
I think it also works in Notes.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge
Which I did, sorry about bringing it up here.
I do make mistakes, but I’m human.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while I have
I did, and Siri didn’t find any matching videos.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:16 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: An iPhone Question
Try asking Siri to play my videos.
The labeling is not very user
Try asking Siri to play my videos.
The labeling is not very user friendly in iOS 14.
When I asked Siri to play my videos, which my About says I have 2, one showed
up.
It may only show you one at a time.
HTH,
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
How do you perform a command plus r on a braille display? I’ve never use that
command.
Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 11:03 AM, Richard Turner
> wrote:
>
> Point
So report it through the beta report method then as you are a beta tester.
Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Richard Turner
Verzonden: donderdag 24 september 2020 17:03
Aan: viphone@googlegroups.com
Onderwerp: Re: Bluetooth keyboard/braille device command broken in 14
Point well taken.
Point well taken.
I can confirm this is not a bug in the release of iOS 14.
I am replying with my Logitech K480 after using command+r.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 24, 2020, at 7:50 AM, davycupp...@gmail.com wrote:
Richard please be honest now
Are you using ios14 or ios14 betas?
If you are
Richard please be honest now
Are you using ios14 or ios14 betas?
If you are using a beta you’d better not report beta bugs on alpha forums to
make people afraid of new alpha bugs that not exist.
Davy
Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Richard Turner
Verzonden: donderdag 24
speaking of voiceover bugs and resetting to default settings, I’ve a
spanish-speaking blind friend who is a Beta Tester, and way back since Beta2
when he had VoiceOver issues (specially focus ones), he did a Restore like the
one you guys are talking about, and bye bye issues!
Gera
Enviado
Richard an dlisters
Yes I just performed the Command+r command to reply to this Email via the
Elle-Gate bluetooth keyboard. That’s weird!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel
> El 24 sep 2020, a la(s) 9:41 a.m., Richard Turner
> escribió:
>
>
> I’ve not heard of that
Hi Sieghard,
I'm not going to argue that resetting one's settings after a full reset can't
be done but the amount of time involved will be a function of one's memory or
documentation of custom settings which I suspect few have. I believe I had
reset most of mine accept for the background
Chime from Blacktree is free andis working fine on two different devices for me.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while I have
I’ve not heard of that keyboard.
You are on iOS 14, right?
It could be it is only broken in the 14.2 beta.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is
Works just fine here at my end. I've anElle-Gate keyboard if it helps any.
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel
> El 24 sep 2020, a la(s) 8:28 a.m., Richard Turner
> escribió:
>
>
> Has anyone tried using their Bluetooth keyboards, braille or qwerty, to reply
> to an
Try Talkin.Clock2 from
https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/talking-clock2-talktime/id545312858
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel
> El 24 sep 2020, a la(s) 7:31 a.m., Cook, Steve
> escribió:
>
>
> Also, VoiceOver Clock
>
> Thank You,
> Steve Cook, CPM
> Assistive
I'm trying to figure out if what I want to achieve can be done with
shortcuts under iOS 14. If so, I'll go to the effort of learning to make and
use them.
I use a 3rd-party timer app which enables you to set and reuse various times
of different intervals and with different ringers and alerts.
Hello listers,
I have the iPhone 10r, with the latest I O S 14.0.
In settings,general, about, it says that I have 5 videos on my phone, but there
aren’t any videos in photo or video viewer.
Does anyone know where these videos would be stored on the phone?
I’d appreciate any
Hi all. Just a quick question about sending texts in IOS 14. I start a text to
someone and the braille is weird, it says 1 possible mention but in between
each word there are a's after I put a space in between each word. Any way to
turn off these one possible mention notifications in the
I've thought of joining the beta program, but don't want to compromise
my primary device. I don't have a separate device to test on. Plus, I
don't use iTunes on my computer so can't restore anything if something
goes wrong. Hats off to the beta testers though for the hard work you
put in and the
Hi I have an iPhone 8 running ios 14.
Lately on Facebook I am not able to watch videos that friends post so wondering
if anyone knows a way to turn off settings or change something so I would be
able to do this.
Jen
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Has anyone tried using their Bluetooth keyboards, braille or qwerty, to reply
to an email since iOS 14?
It is not working.
I've tried it with a qwerty keyboard, and two braille devices.
Command+n for new works fine.
But command+r for reply does nothing.
I'm reporting my findings to Apple
Write the developer.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to
others, I’ve never once
Is this app audio only? Wondering if it’s better than voice memo?
Danney
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> On Sep 24, 2020, at 8:53 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
>
>
> Did you bring that up to the developers of the app?
> Devin Prater
> sent from Gmail.
>
>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 7:38 AM Gerardo
Did you bring that up to the developers of the app?
Devin Prater
sent from Gmail.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 7:38 AM Gerardo Corripio wrote:
> With the news that the “Just Press Record” app now generates stereo
> recordings since yesterday’s update, I’m really giving it a go! But what
> I’d like
With the news that the “Just Press Record” app now generates stereo recordings
since yesterday’s update, I’m really giving it a go! But what I’d like to see
is that the Magig Tap instead of stopping completely the recording, allow to
pause it? What if you were in an interview, and you wanted to
Also, VoiceOver Clock
Thank You,
Steve Cook, CPM
Assistive Technology Consultant
Newsline Administrator
SC Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
Office: (803) 898-8788
Cell: (803) 908-3856
1-888-335-5951
It is the same. Keep repeating the command and it cycles you through all the
input options.
Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass
himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds
among peoples. (It is notable that while
Hi all,
I figured out how to say for example looking alll the information for amazon.
I feeel pretty proud of myself.
Thanks for your prompt attention!
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Once you’ve dialled tge number, what is the Braille command to swap back to 6
dot Braille?
Thanks
Harry
> On 23 Sep 2020, at 23:20, Duane Steele wrote:
>
> It worked! Only after thinking about it did I see your Response, Richard,
> which was exactly what I was thinking. I was able to dial a
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