good podcast on the app was done
for AppleVis some time ago. If you go to the web site and search for netflix,
you should find it. It was very informative and made NetFlix quite usable
for me.
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few weeks ago explaining this, among other things. The FCC is currently trying
to see if it has the authority to overrule the change.
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BlankI am having the same issue. I cannot change it from immediately to
anything else. This is true for the Restrictions section, as well as the
Passcode section. I think it's a bug with 7.03 as 7.02 worked just fine. I'm
about to update, so we'll see if that fixes the problem. I may have to
Hello,
I wanted to weigh in on the question of edditing documents in pages. I
have found that things work a bit better if you turn quick nav off
when in the edit field of a document. This allows you to use the left
and right arrows to move character by character and the up and down
arrows to move
? I though it did. Thanks.
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me do phonettic
transcription and the like? Thanks.
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deselecting. Like I said, this is a little
tricky, but it works with practice.
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, but it works. I have a bluetooth keyboard
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They are right when they say you will just have to go with it.
Uversion, or however it is spelled, will let you use audio streams
when you don't want to deal with links. You can close the choices for
bookmarking etc by double tapping again on the verse number. Bear in
mind that I only have the
I don't have any issues with the volume when I use Zello. However, I
really don't use the ear piece feature. I have the in-coming beap
silenced. Just so people know, there is an AppleVis channel and some
other IOS and vision impairment-related channels on there. Also, I
have started a Celtic Music
Thought you all might be interested in this, though it's a few months old. The
new rulings weren't much talked about.
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Check out a podcast on AppleVis done by Cherokee Eagle. It's far down the list,
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clarification, I'll
send the article again. I sent it the other day. See ya.
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Cupcakes, (Not Holiday Edition,) is accessable as well.
There are a couple of podcasts on some of these at AppleVis.
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with setting this up so it will work? I
did some research and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Many thanks for
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The full version of List Recorder will do this. Just make sure you are in the
call before you start recording. It does a pretty good job. I have done this
with phone calls and face time. Also remember that there is a slight delay
before the app actually starts the recording. This can be
Hello,
The library that you want to share with your phone has to be opened for this
feature to show up in the music app. If it is not, you won't see it. Also note
that home sharing needs to be enabled on the device that you want to share with
your phone.
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In my opinion, Skype has become very difficult to use on the map. It’s still
OK on the iPhone. I really like using Zoom from Zoom.us it has a lot of great
keyboard shortcuts on the Mac, and works excellently with voiceover on the
iPhone. The only drawback is that a group call is cut
Hi Sherry:
I think if you ask Siri to find your most recent text, she will find it,
read it to you and then ask you if you want to reply. So just ask her to
find your most recent text instead of asking her to respond to it.
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That is good information. I imagine the paid version would be of benefit to
users with highly technical issues and tasks, but for occasional users just
needing help with basic things, I think 'Be My Eyes' would be a better fit.
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I have never had a particular reason to use either app, as am living with a
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Could anyone tell me how they compare? The paid version seems very
expensive for low income people.
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I am with you. As the saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t
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Yes, I already have Seeing a-i and tap tap see. Love them both.
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When bard mobile is reading, a two finger double tap will just start and stop
the reader. Voice over should announce the accept button if it is turned on
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Hi Vicky:
Go to your contacts and double tap on the person you want to send a message to.
Swipe right until you get to the Facetime audio call button and double tap on
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The Pen Friend is great for labeling all your dry goods and freezer containers.
I especially like it for labeling my spice bottles.
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I have better luck and find it easier to identify currency with the little
gadget I got free from the u.s. treasury.
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I never learned braille.
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I have an iPhone 7 and I think that it is called orientation on my status
bar. I see that it is locked.
I was never really sure what it pertained to, so glad to learn something
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One question. How adjustable is the phone holder? i.e. Could you set it to an
angle to look at a monitor?
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better off with the tripod that was suggested. I see they are on Amazon for
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I brought up the podcast right away with IE and windows media player.
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Hi Wren:
You might try looking on the Blind Cooks list. I think they have discussed
the instapot lately.
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stream you add books to your
wish list. Your wish list will show up in the app and you download the
books from there.
Here is the link to the user's guide.
https://nlsbard.loc.gov/apidocs/BARDMobile.userguide.iOS.1.0.html
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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible
for everything else...phone
calls, TV wireless, etc..
What do they plan to do to resolve your problem?
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You go girl! Let us know the outcome. Good luck!
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No, the incoming call will override the audio book and stop it until you go
back to the app and start the narration again. Also, all alerts and text
alerts will still be able to be heard over the audio narration.
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you want to try it. You can still keep your Stream
and work with the app until you feel comfortable with it.
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Carolyn:
It is so great to have Voice over talking into your hearing aids, so that no
one else can listen to what you are doing on your phone.
The only time I turn off the blue tooth feature is when my husband wants to
listen to Pandora in the car. Hahahaha.
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Well, I am probably wrong about the headphones. I see that it is possible
to wear headphones. Depending on the type of aids you have there is
probably a headphone out there for you.
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buds. So, I was almost
forced to use the mobile app, but was very happy I did.
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Hi Donald:
I have gotten a 'failure' message only twice in two years. I hit the 'try
again' button and then it went through.
Not sure if the message was delivered twice, or not.
Since it has only happened those two times, I haven't given it much thought.
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Yes, I did the same thing when my phone was new. I couldn't figure out why
voice over wasn't working when Siri said it was on. It is not hard to
accidentally double tap with three fingers instead of two.
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but am sure there are uses for it.
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Siri will not work with telling her to turn on or off speech.
She can only turn Voice over on and off.
Having her turn on and off speech would be a nice feature though.
Holly.
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Hope this makes sense.
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I know the screen curtain will save some battery, although, I am not sure how
much and if it would make a considerable difference. I use screen curtain when
in public and don’t want on-lookers to see what I am doing on my phone. I use
it mainly for privacy.
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Is the $249 for a year? I got my IPhone from Verizon and pay $10 per month for
the same insurance. Lost , stolen, damaged, or any other issues not covered
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Well, it would be time consuming to turn off and on voice over every time
you just wanted to stop speech for a couple of seconds.A single two
finger single tap is quick and easy.
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Can you turn off the facial recognition feature? I know you can turn off
the pass code feature in the iPhone 7. That way, the phone is always
unlocked.
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announce the time whether it was locked or not.
Thanks for all of your help.
Bye the way, how do the owners of the 10r like it compared to the 7?
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Will pressing the power button to bring up the time work when the phone is
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Hi Vivian:
Makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, I always have at least one or two news
alerts first thing in the morning.
Oh well, guess I will just stick with my 7 for now. It is paid for.
Hahahaha.
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Well, since I want to keep the phone under my pillow, tapping is not an option.
Thanks though.
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It would be a wonderful thing if the Mariners could finally have a really good
year. Starting out very nicely.
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I am with you. Much easier on the PC than the iPhone.
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the health info manually.
I don't understand everything I know about it. Hahahaha.
Maybe someone else has more info.
I use it mainly for tracking my steps and flights of stairs I do every day.
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Thanks David:
Everyone on this list has been so great. I have saved the tutorials that you
posted awhile ago for another lister.
I intend to take the plunge in a few months.
Holly
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is
always to try just one more
Thanks for the encouragement, Sandra. I have read on this list that most
people really like Win 10 after they get used to it.
I will have help if I need it.
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Here is a link to something that might work for your friend.
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Tara:
Select 'hints' in your rotore options. Then dial the rotor to 'hints' and
swipe up or down to enable or disable them.
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Good luck with your new phone. We will be anxious to see how you like it
and will be ready to help in any way.
I am 75 and still love learning new technology.
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is
always to try just one more time."
THOMAS A.
Here is a link to give you the steps to changing your Apple ID info.
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Hi Sandra:
Well, it takes me some time to get dragged into a new device, after I have
mastered a certain one. I had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, away
from XP.
I am lucky to have a non-profit for blind people in my area, and was able to
get one on one instruction for learning the
The thing is, the only way email will go to my phone, is if my email program is
closed on my PC, so don’t think I could forward myself an email from my PC to
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I can’t find it in the app store either.
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I too do all my email on my PC. Only occasionally, when I am out of town do I
ever use email on my phone.
In any case, I did find the Voice OCR app in the app store.
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I still can’t get it to come up. Typed it in just as you had it. I don’t use
I tunes, but just the app store.
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Sieghar:
I sent your email to my phone and went through the steps to set up the
shortcuts. In the process, all worked and I could hear the shutter when it
took the pic, but when I went back to my camera app and told Siri to take a
picture, all she said was ‘running your shortcut.
I
Richard:
I just added ‘take a picture’ to Siri. When I Say”Hey Siri, take a picture,
she says ‘running your shortcut, and the camera opens. Then nothing.
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I think I had duplicate shortcuts set up, so decided to delete everything and
start over. I did that and then used your links to set up the two shortcuts.
I see them in my shortcut folder now. but when I try to say ‘Siri take a
picture’, she says there is a problem with the app.
sieghar:
I think I got the shortcut set up, with ‘take a picture’ . But when I open the
camera app and say ‘hey siri take a picture, all she says is ‘running your
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I didn’t record the phrase myself, but just used the standard text that was
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Sieghar:
I didn’t use your link as I was reading your email on my PC, but did go to the
shortcut app and recorded the phrase take a pic. However, when I use the
phrase, it just opens the camera app, but does not actually snap the pic. What
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I think I will be able to get it now Sieghar. You have been a great help.
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OK, just didn’t know I had to record my own phrase. Will do that.
Sorry for being so slow, but I am old. Hahahaha.
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Hi Julie:
Yes, I am getting the hang of it now. Seems to work very well. Wish Siri
would take a picture by voice command. Wonder if that will be in the new IOS
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My problem is that it takes a picture without either giving a voice command or
tapping the screen. When I land on the take picture button, it just starts
snapping pics, whether there is text or not.
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I wrote a feedback email to the developer and he said that he has already put
in a fix for this issue. He said it will take a little while to show in the
app.
In the meantime, just say ‘capture’ when you hear the announcement that edges
are visible. Stay off the ‘take picture’ button, as the
Yes Amy:
The echo spot or the echo show will both support two way communication with
the doorbell. The little echo spot is not large and is less expensive than
the echo show.
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