Re: Questions about email bug

2015-12-08 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Chris, it isn't a single email that is long, it is a thread of emails. The longer the thread, the longer the freeze up. You can wait out the freeze up, who's duration depends on the length of the email thread to which you are replying. Or, if you wish, you can triple click home voiceover off

Downloading a book over cellular data

2015-12-08 Thread Mary Otten
This morning, using my iPhone, I purchased an iBook which was over 100 MB long. I got a notification upon completion of the purchase stating that the book would not be downloaded until I was on Wi-Fi. I went into settings and make sure that the appropriate setting for using cellular data was che

Re: Downloading a book over cellular data

2015-12-09 Thread Mary Otten
t; a 1.5 or 1.8 Gb software update via cellular. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 9:33 PM > To: 'C

3-D touch

2015-12-09 Thread Mary Otten
Now that it has been out for a while, for those of you who have an iPhone capable of doing 3-D touch, how many of you were actually using it and in what situations? I ask because, even though I thought I would use it for some things like mail and immediately getting to the new message choice, I

Re: An iPhone Without a Headphone Jack: The Accessibility Ramifications

2015-12-10 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Jonathan, I hope you have posted a link to this along with a summary perhaps, over at Apple vis. I think you are correct that Apple vis should wake up and take notice to this possible loss of a headphone jack. If this much of the mainstream press is paying attention, why aren't they? Mary S

Re: the new dragon app?

2015-12-10 Thread Mary Otten
Hi am, I think I am the one who posted that. It was an article I found in the mainstream press. It is a cloud-based solution I believe. I can't find a link anymore unfortunately. But it didn't sound like something that an individual would want, because there was a substantial ongoing fee associa

Re: My Two Favorite VoiceOver Bug Fixes in iOS 9.2 and my Greatest Disappointment

2015-12-10 Thread Mary Otten
I just upgraded this iPad to 9.2. I haven't been on Facebook or any of the other places I usually get the dictation problem. I am sorry to hear that it it along with the voiceover crashing after sending an email or not fixed. These are kind of serious, and at least to my way of thinking, way mor

Re: An iPhone Without a Headphone Jack: The Accessibility Ramifications

2015-12-10 Thread Mary Otten
for better audio quality than what the >>>>> current jacks limitations due to it being analog can provide. >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Mosen >>>>> <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org>> wrote: >>>>>&g

Re: My Two Favorite VoiceOver Bug Fixes in iOS 9.2 and my Greatest Disappointment

2015-12-10 Thread Mary Otten
> On Dec 10, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Kathy Brandt wrote: > > My greatest disappointment: for capital a small L, voiceover Now says > alabama. So, we get alabamajazeera, etc. > > > On Dec 10, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I just upgraded this iPad to 9.2. I

Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-15 Thread Mary Otten
I sometimes get emails that have mixed Russian and English. The language switching is wonderful on the iPhone. It just reads the Russian, then reads the English, then goes back to Russian. It is really great. So today, I got an email that had English and German. I don't have German in my languag

Re: Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
set to US English, for example, the US will read in > English, regardless. However, if you put a voice no matter what, to the > default dylect, auto language switching will happen. > > - Original Message - > From: Mary Otten > To: VIPhone 'Carol Pearson' via ,

Re: Using a Bluetooth Keyboard with your 4th Generation Apple TV

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Brian, That is a rather ingenious workaround. I think I read that Apple is going to be coming out with an entirely new remote app for the Apple TV. Hopefully, they will not take this feature away when they do that. Or alternatively, hopefully they will actually implement Bluetooth keyboard su

Re: Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
E? > > - Original Message - > From: Mary Otten > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 3:03 pm > Subject: Re: Language switching, what makes that happen? > >> >> >> Well, as I said, having the voice as the default language

Re: trying to buy apple products on the apple store

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
I almost bought an iPod touch a few weeks ago. I used the app on my phone and didn't have any problem getting into the bag. However, I hate this ongoing notion that you have to use this browser with that site and that browser with this other site. Why in heavens name can't everybody use standard

Re: Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
means you can use US voices. When I had > auto switching, putting Samantha to US, flicking the language to US (the > voice language) I have not seen 1 single language switch, ever since. > > ----- Original Message - > From: Mary Otten > To: viphone@googlegroups.co

IPod touch sixth generation and Bluetooth or airplay

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
I am sending this to both lists because it is possible there are some iPod touch users on the Mac visionaries list who are not on the VI phone list. I am interested in your experiences with iPod touch sixth generation using Bluetooth or airplay. Using my iPhone, I have noticed some strange anoma

Airplay weirdness with iPhone running iOS 9 .2

2015-12-16 Thread Mary Otten
I was using my phone to play radio tunes via airplay through my stereo, which as an airport express connected. I had turn voiceover off, because I believe that the quality of the airplay is better when voiceover is not there. When I was done playing radiotunes, I wanted to turn voiceover back o

Re: Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-17 Thread Mary Otten
know this too as I've had similar problems when my phone >> reads out text with part or all text in another language. Harry >> >>> On 16 Dec 2015, at 00:58, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>> I sometimes get emails that have mixed Russian and English. The language

Re: Language switching, what makes that happen?

2015-12-17 Thread Mary Otten
he default voice will switch to other language voices depending on how a > message or website is tagged. If you don't want it to switch, put another > English-speaking voice on the rotor and switch to it. Then it won't switch > languages regardless of the language tags in the material y

Re: apple TV or google chromecast?Apple TV or Google Chromecast?

2015-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
Chrome cast is certainly cheaper. But, because you must have that ability to cast from your phone or tablet, it has limitations. Applications without the cast capability won't work. I was considering getting a chrome cast audio, but none of the things I like to send from a device to audio have c

Re: apple TV or google chromecast?Apple TV or Google Chromecast?

2015-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
Well, it's cheaper. If you don't have already an airplay enabled device, or if you don't have a stereo with $100 airport express attached to it, and you want to stream music to that device, 35 bucks gets you a chrome cast. Or if you have any device running some OS other than Apple, and you want

Re: apple TV or google chromecast?Apple TV or Google Chromecast?

2015-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
x27;ve found that movie on your phone and initiated the > Chromecast session, you could take your phone entirely out of the loop, even > power it down. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On

Re: apple TV or google chromecast?Apple TV or Google Chromecast?

2015-12-19 Thread Mary Otten
Both iTunes and Amazon music are not accessible with the chrome cast. That is why I didn't get one. All of my music is iTunes or Amazon. So it made zero sense to purchase the chrome cast. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 19, 2015, at 4:09 PM, Kerri G wrote: > > No, it depends on a phone app

Fopydo scanning stand with book attachment

2015-12-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I finally got my stand put together with some cited help, my usual mechanical incompetence having come to the fore once again. I am curious what sort of luck folks are having using this. It seems kind of shaky or flimsy. Not the book part, just the stand part. Like I feel like I'm going

Re: Fopydo scanning stand with book attachment

2015-12-21 Thread Mary Otten
> but better than I expected. > Make sure that the stand legs are inserted into the base. > And, make sure the way the stand is setup that the microsuction tape strip is > on the top. that does help the phone not to slide. > HTH, > Richard > > >> On Dec 21, 2015, at

Re: Fopydo scanning stand with book attachment

2015-12-21 Thread Mary Otten
> > >> On Dec 21, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Thanks, richard. It's interesting about that tape thing on the top. Until I >> was reading on Amazon.com and saw your review, Richard, I really didn't get >> with that strip was for. It&#x

Re: Fopydo scanning stand with book attachment

2015-12-21 Thread Mary Otten
e. Nothing perfect, > but better than I expected. > Make sure that the stand legs are inserted into the base. > And, make sure the way the stand is setup that the microsuction tape strip is > on the top. that does help the phone not to slide. > HTH, > Richard > > >>

Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app

2015-12-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, There has been a lot of talk on certain cooking related websites this past year about an appliance known as an instant pot. It is a multi use appliance, which combines the functionality of slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, sauté pan, and some other stuff. I was interested in thi

Re: iPhone classes

2015-12-24 Thread Mary Otten
My guess is that they class at the Verizon store would be a total waste of your time. The folks there have no clue about voiceover. The Apple Store might be a better experience. But you might also check out the podcasts available from Applevis. If you learn well that way, that could be another o

Re: Voice Dream Reader and browsing/downloading books?

2015-12-25 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, you can add books from book share. From the home screen or from the folder to which you want to add your book share books, you should find an add button down in the lower left corner of your screen. Double tap that. Then double tap on book share which is also down in the lower left. You wil

Re: Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app

2015-12-27 Thread Mary Otten
he > flavor is locked into whatever you're cooking. > > I'm definitely going to check out that podcast and see what this BT version > is all about. > > > > Best regards, > > Rick Alfaro > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@google

Re: IOS Focus Issue

2016-01-02 Thread Mary Otten
My situation is like Chris's. No problems on an iPad mini or an iPhone 6s. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 2, 2016, at 11:18 AM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > No such problem here on my iPhone 5s, iPad Mini 2 and iPod Touch 6th > generation all running iOS 9.2. >> On 2 Jan 2016, at 16:37,

Re: Scott Davert review of the YiKaiEn iReader SDHC SDXC Micro SD OTG Card Reader

2016-09-04 Thread Mary Otten
It's too bad you can't copy music from the SD card into the music folder on your actual device. The blurb for the app in the App Store mentions PDF, but it doesn't say anything about compressed files or EPUB files. They do give a website. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 4, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Russ

Apple offers discounted annual Apple Music subscription through $99 gift card

2016-09-05 Thread Mary Otten
For those who know they want Apple Music for a year, this offers a nice discount especially through PayPal, where there was an additional five dollars off of the $99. Apple offers discounted annual Apple Music subscription through $99 gift card AppleInsider Apple is now selling 12-month Apple

Re: Which VDR Voices Do You Like?

2016-09-06 Thread Mary Otten
I like the James voice. I also like the Kendra voice. Of course, being an Ivona voice, Kendra and others from that company will at some point become unusable, since they are not going to be supported. But for now, they still work. Amy is another one from Ivona that many people like. Sent from m

Re: Apple offers discounted annual Apple Music subscription through $99 gift card

2016-09-06 Thread Mary Otten
PM, Paul Ferrara wrote: > > Mary, is this for individuals only or family subscriptions? > > Paul > > From: Mary Otten > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 2:29 PM > To: VIPhone 'RobH. ' via ; mac4thebl...@freelists.org ; > macvoiceo...@freelists.org ; mac

Re: Apple offers discounted annual Apple Music subscription through $99 gift card

2016-09-06 Thread Mary Otten
, 2016, at 8:08 PM, Paul Ferrara wrote: > > If you have family sharing, a family who shares content can have a > subscription for $14.95 I think it is so my wife and I can have 1 > subscription but on two phones, different libraries, etc. > > Paul > > From: Mary Otten

What happened to iblink radio?y

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
Sent from my iPad yesterday, the Sero program came as a rebranding and apparent replacement for I blink radio. When I open the app, I see all the stuff that used to be available on the old Sam net, which I no longer subscribe to. However, I don't see any of the formerly free and updating conte

Re: What happened to iblink radio?y

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
f the things I > was able to access in iblink radio. I haven't updated the app as of yet on > my ipad mini. > > -Original Message- From: Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 5:25 AM > To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > Subject: What happened

Re: What happened to iblink radio?y

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
g wrote: > > Hi Mary, all the podcast you mentioned are still in the same place, under the > podcast heading. > > Sent from Wendy's iPhone > > On Sep 7, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Interesting, because I looked under community resources and blindness

Still can't find those podcasts in the new Sero app

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
To those of you who have found the podcast, are you seeing them on the opening page, the one that comes up when you first open the app? I have now looked on my iPhone, and I simply do not see podcasts on this page. I have gone from the first item to the last item. Nothing. Mary Sent from my iP

Strange observation about the Sero app

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
I just downloaded the Sero app onto an android device. And the home screen there looks like the home screen of iblink radio. On the other hand, the home screen on my iPhone and my iPad looks like the home screen that you used to see if you were logged in to Sam net. I haven't been a Samnet subsc

Re: Still can't find those podcasts in the new Sero app

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
home button and goes all the way across to the right. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 9:05 AM > To: VIPhone 'RobH.

Re: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
$159 US. And you get 24 hours of total time with the charge case, which I guess helps. My Bluetooth earpiece right now has seven hours on one charge supposedly. I've never used it for seven hours in a row. And if that's five hours of actual on time, as opposed to idle time, when nothing is playi

Re: Wired Lightning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
No, you won't. You can use any headphones that you now use on your old phone plugged into the adapter that Apple will supply. You can also charge at the same time using that same adapter. The only thing you can't do is use the lightning enabled ear buds that will come with the phone and charge

Re: Won't we be able to use earphones when the phone is charging?

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
Well, over on the Mac visionaries list, there is a guy who says he saw the actual phone and the adapter, who swears that you can. So I know what you're saying about the images. This guy and one other are contradicting what you are saying. I guess we will all just wait and see. Mary Sent from

Re: Wired Lightning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
-Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 2:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wired Lightning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include > a head

Re: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
I was following a blog, not listening to the actual presentation. The blog didn't indicate that would be a difference between the two phones. Of course, they could've not bothered. I certainly hope you are wrong, though, as I am hoping to get the seven, not the plus. And I am looking forward to

Re: Still can't find those podcasts in the new Sero app

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
PM, Rick Alfaro wrote: > > Mary, > > I found podcasts under the entertainment icon on the main page. > > > > Best regards, > > Rick Alfaro > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Ma

Re: What's new with iOs 10 and TV Os?

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
I thought I saw that there was an app for the Apple TV and sling TV. Did I dream that? They didn't mention tvOS at all today. Oh except the gold master I think is out or coming out soon. So that means that tvOS should be coming out fairly soon, I would think. They had release dates for Sierra an

Re: Article: 11 things everyone is going to love about Apple's iOS 10

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
The thing about deleting many default applications is not accurate. You're just getting rid of the icon, not the application. So you're not saving very much storage space. I'm surprised that this publication let that error go through this late in the game. I suppose it is nice to be able to get

Re: Wired Lightning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
ghtning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include >> a headphone jack adaptor. >> >> So, will the lightning adaptor supplied for 3.5 mm headphones have two >> lightning connectors, and one 3.5 mm socket? (My impression from listening >> was that the adap

Re: Wired Lightning Earpods and charging, was: IPhone 7will include a headphone jack adaptor.

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
But that Pad is plugged into something, right? So if you are on the go, that isn't a solution. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2016, at 6:53 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > > Wireless charging is also as quick and efficient as conventional charging. It > may be even more efficient sin

Re: Article: 11 things everyone is going to love about Apple's iOS 10

2016-09-07 Thread Mary Otten
Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 5:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Article: 11 things everyone is going

Re: listening and charging and thoughts on the presentation

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Sieghard, I think the extra battery life, especially in the 6S versus the seven, it's kind of compelling. That might be enough to let me not use a battery case, which I find I have to do and have had to do ever since my first iPhone, a for S. The improved sound will be nice, but it wouldn't b

AirPods hands-on: They stayed in my ears and sounded awesome

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
Here is some more on the air pods. They will work with your Mac or your iPad or other iPhones that are logged in to the same iCloud as your new iPhone AirPods hands-on: They stayed in my ears and sounded awesome Macworld / Susie Ochs I didn’t want to like the AirPods, I really didn’t. But in

Re: Belkin's coming out with the adapter some of us need

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
And of pigs have wings they would fly. It's not going to happen. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Donald Moore wrote: > > You know, if enough people forego the iPhone 7, maybe the 8 will go back to > the old plug. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viph

Re: listening and charging and thoughts on the presentation

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
Well that's interesting, since I have read on the android list that the edge part is absolutely not accessible. I don't own one, so I'm only basing my statement on what I heard from others who supposedly do. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Robin wrote: > > AsFarAs I K

A little more info on the new iPhone and the new AirPods

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
I was just reading in my News app, in the text section, and according to an article, the 7+ has 3 GB of RAM, one more than the seven. That was rumored to be true, and apparently it is. Also, according to the verge you can use those fancy new AirPods with non-Apple devices, since they are Blueto

Surprise!! iPhone 7 Models From AT&T and T-Mobile Do Not Support CDMA Networks

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
iPhone 7 Models From AT&T and T-Mobile Do Not Support CDMA Networks MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors / Joe Rossignol Choosing which iPhone model to purchase this year should be more carefully considered, as both AT&T and T-Mobile models of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus do not support CDMA netwo

Re: Did I miss it again... Jonathan's new book preorder?

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
The last time I did this, this is what you did if you did not have a PayPal account or did not want to use your PayPal account to make a given purchase. You simply log into PayPal using an email address other than the one which is assigned to your PayPal account, assuming you have one. And then

Re: Surprise!! iPhone 7 Models From AT&T and T-Mobile Do Not Support CDMA Networks

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
legroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:30 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com; macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; > mac4thebl...@freelists.org > Subject: Surprise!! iPhone 7 Models From AT&T and T-Mobile Do Not Support > CDMA Networks >

Re: Surprise!! iPhone 7 Models From AT&T and T-Mobile Do Not Support CDMA Networks

2016-09-08 Thread Mary Otten
out any and everything > > https://groups.io/g/PTA-open-topic > > > > > >> On Sep 8, 2016, at 10:54 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I have to admit, this article did make me wonder if there were any other >> substantive differences between these modems.

Re: iPhone 7 4.7-inch or iPhone7 Plus 5.5-inch?

2016-09-09 Thread Mary Otten
I have seen a few articles stating that the plus has 3 GB of RAM versus two for the seven. They are basing that on geek bench scores, since nobody has actually torn one of these apart yet. That extra gigabyte of RAM might be a good thing. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 9, 2016, at 10:28 AM,

Returning an audible book using your i-device

2016-09-10 Thread Mary Otten
For the past several months, it has been possible to return an audible book you purchase if you did not like it. I have done this on occasion using my computer. But apparently, you can't do it from an iPhone. Maybe I'm missing something. Has anybody had experience successfully returning a book u

Re: iPhone 7 4.7-inch or iPhone7 Plus 5.5-inch?

2016-09-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Chip, No, both the seventh and plus do not have two cameras. Only the plus has two cameras. Of course, if you are totally blind, you might not care. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Chip Orange wrote: > > All models of the 7 series are going to have improved battery

Re: iPhone 7 4.7-inch or iPhone7 Plus 5.5-inch?

2016-09-11 Thread Mary Otten
of 7 will have this > (although I’m sure there are mistakes plenty out there). > > Thanks, > > Chip > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 3:55 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups

Searching in the App Store broken?

2016-09-11 Thread Mary Otten
I have not had occasion to do a search in the App Store recently. But just now, I decided I wanted to search for Microsoft outlook. So I typed Microsoft outlook into the search field. And I started in a little circular dance where I would see something on the main screen that said "search result

Re: Searching in the App Store broken?

2016-09-11 Thread Mary Otten
d > > > “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." > - Satsuki Shibuya > > > (Sent from my iPod 6) > > On Sep 11, 2016, at 4:28 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> I have not had occasion to do a search in the App Store rec

Re: Searching in the App Store broken?

2016-09-11 Thread Mary Otten
ertisement, which was about Microsoft >> Outlook. So, apparently we will be getting ads in the app store searches. >> But, it worked for me. >> Richard >> >> >> “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." >> - Satsuki Shib

Re: Searching in the App Store broken?

2016-09-12 Thread Mary Otten
said Advertisement, which was about Microsoft >>>> Outlook. So, apparently we will be getting ads in the app store searches. >>>> But, it worked for me. >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> “By doing what you love, you inspire a

Re: the new IOS 10 and voices on the iPhone

2016-09-12 Thread Mary Otten
All the voices Apple supplies on iOS have always been free. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Casey wrote: > > Hi will these voices be free along with the update to IS 10 or will we have > to pay to use some of the new voices? > > > -- > Casey > > -- > The followin

Re: reporting a problem with the Alexa app

2016-09-12 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Chip. So it sounds like they have one individual who is prepared to deal with any issue related to access by the visually impaired? Is that how you interpreted what they told you? And if your bug reports that you filed were related to using voiceover and or an iPhone, would you mind say

Re: reporting a problem with the Alexa app

2016-09-12 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Chip. I had forgotten about that checkbox thing. I’ve actually seen it elsewhere, so I kind of think it may be a voice over problem. Somebody I know just ran into that very same problem on an Apple survey, of all places. As you say, it does seem hit and miss. Mary Mary Otten motte

Re: Best Mail Apps

2016-09-12 Thread Mary Otten
I have been quite happy with the Mail app up and tell the most recent iteration on iOS 10. So I have the same question. I'm fine with deleting the app sending it to the trash forever and ever and ever. But I'm looking for something that's a little bit more efficient and consistent. Particularly,

Re: Best Mail Apps

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
le know after >> time of general availability, you will be able to remove the icon for the >> app from your home screen. Then you can use an app like Outlook as your mail >> client. More information on how to remove Mail and other stock apps will be >> forthcoming. >>

Re: Best Mail Apps

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
eir > overall committment to accessibility which actually is pretty good when you > look at Windows 10, especially the anniversary upgrade and many of their iOS > apps and so on I think they'll hopefully do this soon. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original

Re: Selecting Speech Channels

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
I thought that was supposed to be the point of this, to separate where voiceover is from where other stuff is. So for instance, if you were playing music through Bluetooth, you could have voiceover on your phone speaker and the music through your Bluetooth speaker or speakers. Or as you said, y

iOS 10 problems: Here's how to fix the most common issues

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
iOS 10 problems: Here's how to fix the most common issues Techradar - All the latest technology news / Matt Swider Apple's iOS 10 update is out, but that just means problems are in iOS 10 update problems are another non-surprise for iPhone owners, as routine as the mid-September launch of the

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
OK, I am kind of confused. I came into the beta thing rather late. It was my understanding from an article that I had read, that when the final release came out, if you were using the beta, you had to upgrade through iTunes. I did get the gold master came out last Friday. I have no intention of

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
I guess so. I'm kind of looking for a way to put my iPad mini back to iOS 9. It has the gold master on it. But I'm so disgusted with how mail works now with all the crap that's right at the start of each and every message, I want to go back to iOS 9 on that device. Mary Sent from my iPhone >

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-13 Thread Mary Otten
; > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 13, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> I guess so. I'm kind of looking for a way to put my iPad mini back to iOS >> 9. It has the gold master on it. But I'm so disgusted with how mail works >> now wit

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
;> >> Hi, yep, email on the iPad is a pain... >> >> Sent from a BrailleNote >> >> - Original Message - >> From: Mary Otten > To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Date sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:58:53 -0700 >> Subject: Re: How Do you know i

Battery drain

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
I am noticing amazing battery drain on my iPhone 6s. I have been using the beta for several days now, and I don't recall this battery drain starting when I got the beta. It seems to just be over the past few days, and when I look for battery usage details, it seems that the mail app is by far th

Re: Battery drain

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
> Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 15/09/2016, at 1:35 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> You might want to check to see if screen curtain is on. If not turning it >> on will drain the batte

Re: Battery drain

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
the paralax stuff on? If so, > you can turn that off somewhere in the accessibility settings. I can't > remember where, but I think turning that off can save some battery life, too. > I hope some of this helps to solve your battery issues. I hope this isn't a > wide-spread

Supply-chain sources claim Apple aiming to make a massive 100m iPhone 7 units by year-end

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
Now that's a lot of iPhones. Supply-chain sources claim Apple aiming to make a massive 100m iPhone 7 units by year-end 9to5Mac / Ben Lovejoy After two U.S. carriers reported record pre-orders for the iPhone 7, a supply-chain source claims that Apple is aiming to make nearly 100m iPhone 7 d

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
reason I wonder if this might work is that on my phone, if > I use landscape mode, tapping a message with three fingers doesn't read the > message preview, but it does in portrait mode. > > Best, > Anna > > > >> On Sep 13, 2016, at 10:56 PM, Mary Otten wro

Re: IOS 10 Mail App, Message Preview

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
Yes. I do use threading, and now, you have to deliberately expand the thread, then you conflict through and get the messages read. But on single messages, no, it's not red. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > > Hello to the list. > Even though I h

Re: How Do you know if you are still running the beta or public release

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
t was me. By any chance, though, > has he found a solution, other than not using the iPad for emails? An > alternative, free, easy to use client, that supports braille? > Sent from a BrailleNote > > - Original Message - > From: Mary Otten To: viphone@googlegroups.com >

Re: IOS 10 Mail App, Message Preview

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
Wow! That's the first time I've seen reference to that anywhere. Awesome! Now I have to go try it on my iPad and see if it will solve the problem there. I have a five line preview set. I wonder if this three finger single tap reads just a preview or a wholemessage that's longer than my preview.

Re: Column and Row Announcement in HTML Emails on IOS 10

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
if there is, I would love to find it. I would urge you and anybody else who is as irritated by this ridiculousness as I am to write to Apple accessibility and urge them to make this a toggle, perhaps in the new verbosity area in The settings for voiceover. Hearing all that row and column stuff

Re: Kindle app or kindle

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
If you're happy with the app, there isn't really any need to get a Kindle. I have one of the cheap Kindle fire tablet that I picked up for $40 a few months ago. It's OK. For that price, it's great. But the app there doesn't really do anything that the Kindle app doesn't do. So unless you really

Re: Mail is driving me crazy!

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
I agree with you about the focusing need a little jumpy here. I'm not sure what you mean by what happens if a message is more than a paragraph? It reads straight through. At least here. The only time I have issues with headers being read is on the iPad, which I have talked about under a differe

Re: I also had Christine's Siri problem, or at least one similar

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
I'm not having that particular Siri problem. But I'm still having the strange problem that is not new, where I will ask Siri for the phone number of something or someone. I will get the phone number and he will ask if I want to call, and I will say yes, and he will say sorry, I must've cut you o

Re: Kindle app or kindle

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
The original question came from someone who was happy with the Kindle app and was looking to find out if there were advantages to purchasing a Kindle device. I can't see any in terms of reading kindle books, unless you particularly like the voices that are offered on fire. Or maybe you just like

Fourth GEN Apple TV and the new VoiceOver audio channels setting

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
I just got my fourth generation Apple TV upgraded to the latest version of tvOS. It has that new feature where you were supposed to be able to send the audio from VoiceOver to somewhere other than where the audio from the Apple TV program goes. This feature is absolutely not working here. I pair

Re: Mail is driving me crazy!

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
y as Mary has >> mentioned. >> But if you start reading with the two finger flick down, the two finger >> touch pauses like always. >> HTH, >> Richard >> >> >> (Sent from my iPhone 5S) >> >> On Sep 14, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Mary Otten wro

Re: doing the upgrade and an email question

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Anna, I have been wondering this same thing, how to get rid of a single message rather than the whole thread when you're in a message. I just tried what you suggested, in this very thread. In Les's message, the first in the thread, so I flicked down to the number two which is your message,

Re: sample of new voices, please!

2016-09-14 Thread Mary Otten
No. You have to download it before you can hear it. But if you don't like it, you can delete it. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Dr. Harshit Jaithwar > wrote: > > Hello, wondering if I can listen the newly introduced voices in sample > anywhere before downloading? >

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