Re: No Command Listed at Humanware to Activate the picker items on the iPhone

2012-08-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Eileen, Try a dot 6 chord or dot 3 chord. I just used the picker items in my Talking Timer app and they worked like a champ. No Nemeth required. Tom - Original Message - From: "Eileen Misrahi" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:06 AM Subject: No Command Listed at Humanwar

Re: Fleksy on Android devices

2012-08-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I won't switch any time soon, Fleksy or no. Accessibility right out of the box is what I wanted and what I got when I bought my iPhone. I was a Talks user before and I just didn't want to have to deal with paying for its upgrades, or switching to MobileSpeak and paying for its upgrades.

Re: Answering a call on a iPhone 5

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I don't know if this has been mentioned yet but I'll offer this suggestion anyway. My phone is in an Otterbox Defender case, which makes things a bit easier perhaps. Anyway, when a call comes in, I immediately put my right index finger at or very near the lower righthand corner of the sc

Re: Money Reader Apps Besides Looktel Money Reader

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I can confirm this. I placed a $20 bill on a table, snapped a picture of it and it immediately came back and identified the bill properly. Just for the heck of it I also took a picture of my California ID and it correctly identified that, too. Now I'm curious about what else it will iden

Re: Locating Location Services

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, You're using IOS 6, right? If so, location services has been moved from the main settings screen and is now in the Privacy screen. To locate Privacy, go into Settings and scroll to the second screen and it will be right under the Back button. Tom - Original Message - From:

Privacy and Bluetooth Data Swapping

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, While looking at Privacy settings in response to a recent query about location services, I noticed an item concerning bluetooth information swapping or sharing. When I tapped on that button, the screen said something about a listing of apps which would permit sharing of information via blue

Re: Lost VoiceOver After Reset

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Lange
s not seem to see my phone, though I am getting better at working with iTunes. Maybe someone else can tell us what to look for in iTunes to turn VO back on. Of course, once it is back on you are good to go! Reggie and Brooks _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@go

Using Pages With A Braille Display

2013-01-27 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I've been really curious about using Pages with a Braille display, so I began playing with it the other day while I was on the way home from work. Using my iPhone 4 with a BrailleNote Apex, I was able to use the Pages app to create a document, then e-mail the document to myself. The docum

Re: Using Pages With A Braille Display

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Lange
need to press space followed by dot 7 chord (backspace) to get the suggested words to pop up. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 28/01/2013, at 9:24, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, I've been reall

Re: Any good accessible apps for N O A A Weather radio?

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Yes, there's Radio NOAA. I have it on my iPhone 4. I think it uses location services to ensure that you get local content, and, by the way, it's strictly audio. I don't recall seeing much textual content. I also set up a shortcut to Weather Underground, which, when I tap on it, brings up

Bad Sleep/Wake Switch

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I bought my 32-gig iPhone 4 from AT&T in April of 2011 or thereabouts. I have some questions about the phone, which has suddenly developed a problem with the Sleep/Wake switch. It's gotten really difficult to press for some reason and doesn't stand out as much as the switch on my friend's i

Re: Problem with updating APPS using the IPhone APP Store

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I installed IOS 6.1 yesterday afternoon, and having seen this latest thread about updating using the app store, I got curious and tried individual updates, including Tap Tap See, Around Me, Digit Eyes and Fandango. All of the updates worked fine. No problems doing this on an iPhone 4. B

Re: Braille touch.

2013-01-31 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, It seems I'm always in catch-up mode when it comes to e-mail, so I may have missed this. Will BrailleTouch support contracted Braille in the near future? Thanks, Tom - Original Message - From: "Liz and Sammie" To: "viphone@googlegroups. com" Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 5

Re: BrailleTouch finger placement

2013-02-02 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Yes, I've just confirmed that you can definitely do this. I have my phone lying flat on my computer desk with the home buttton to the right and just used a v-shaped finger arrangement to type with Braille Touch. It will still take some getting used to, as you do need to be careful about fi

Re: Braille touch

2013-02-02 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Patti, I'm using BrailleTouch on my iPhone 4; it works fine. Tom - Original Message - From: Patti Johnson To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:55 AM Subject: Braille touch I can't get past the welcome screen and its message. I wonder sinc

Re: TapTapSee: LocationServices On or Off?

2013-02-04 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Patti, Not a stupid question at all. Location Services used to be on the top-level Settings menu, but it was moved when IOS 6 came along. I was confused by this as well. To find it, go into Settings as you usually do, than double-tap on Privacy. Location Services should be at or near the

Re: Good police scanner apps

2013-02-11 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Some time ago I installed something called 5-0 Radio and at the time it worked pretty well, no accessibility glitches to speak of. I have the free version. There is a paid version which probably costs a couple of bucks, maybe more, but I don't know what you get for your purchase. Tom --

Re: In-flight Wi-Fi, was: Airplane Mode

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I don't travel by air that often so have no idea how prevalent in-flight wi-fi is on U.S. domestic flights. It was available on U.S. Airways back in September 2010 when I flew to the Carolinas, and it was still available last December. At almost ten bucks for the privelege I thought it wa

Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Very nice catch indeed. I installed it, took it for a spin and was amazed that I had access to over 6000 newspapers from all over the world. Since the latest news locally here in Los Angeles is about the rogue would-be cop who went on a killing spree, and the latest developments have tak

Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Lange
On 2013-02-12, at 10:20 PM, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, Very nice catch indeed. I installed it, took it for a spin and was amazed that I had access to over 6000 newspapers from all over the world. Since the latest news locally here in Los Angeles is about the rogue would-be cop who went on a kill

Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Lange
the app I was looking for inn the first fifteen apps listed, so not nearly as bad as it could have been. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Lange Sent: 13 February 2013 13:20 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, As I said before, I really like this app and it's a keeper. On the downside, , though, I've found that VoiceOver won't automatically switch languages for some foreign papers, but I'm guessing that the reason is that language tags in the paper itself are improperly coded or nonexistent. To

Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, No subscription is necessary. Tom - Original Message - From: "Gerard Doody" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Accessible App. Free Today. Newspapers Do you have to subscribe to all the papers? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:30 AM, "l

Re: I Heart Radio.

2013-02-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I used to really like iHeartRadio, but after an update occurred a while back, the screen refresh got to be a real pain in the butt, really aggravating. What's the deal with that? Is it some sort of banner that keeps flashing and causing this? Until iHeartRadio gets rid of that refreshing,

Best Settings for Nook with Braille

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I just bought the Nook app a few days ago, as I'm always open to new sources for books that I can't find on Bookshare, NLS, et cetera. I really like the way the Nook app works so far, but I'd like to know if there are optimal settings for using Nook with a Braille display. I'm using a Brai

Re: Getting A Forecast in the Weather Underground App?

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I don't use the Weather Underground app, but, since the stock weather app that comes with the iPhone doesn't provide anywhere near as much detail as I want, I loaded the Weather Underground web site into Safari, then put its URL on my home screen. That URL eventually made its way into my w

Re: gps aps

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Do you think it will be out by the CSUN conference? I'd be willing to wager that it will be darn close and that Sendero will probably be showing the beta. I can't wait to hear the buzz about it. Tom - Original Message - From: "Andy Baracco" To: Sent: Thursday, February 21,

Re: ebook readers where the page scrolls automatically?

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I would really really love an auto-scroll feature in IOS Braille support. I haven't messed around with iBooks very much, but having fiddled with the Nook app and my BrailleNote Apex recently, I found myself trying to count how many times I'd have to advance the 32-cell display before turnin

Re: Business card reader

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I have one called CardMunch but haven't played with it much. My former partner at work seemed to like it a lot. Tom - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: Business card reader Can anyone recommend some? Sent from INEZ, my IPHONE -

Re: nook app

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Rebecca, I signed up at www.barnesandnoble.com though you could probably sign up at www.bn.com as well. Tom - Original Message - From: "Rebecca Ilniski" To: Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:29 AM Subject: nook app Hi all. I just got the nook app. Which site do I get an ac

Re: Free App For A Limited Time: Speaktoid Assistant

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, The app is called Speaktoit, with a t at the end, not a d. I bought it some time ago but it should still be available in the U.S. app store. Do a search on speaktoit and it should show up in the list of results. Tom - Original Message - From: "Fred Olver" To: Sent: Friday

Re: Is Anyone Running the Latest iOS Update?

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Just updated to 6.1.2 for my iPhone 4 last night and everything seems to be fine. Tom - Original Message - From: "Rocket" To: Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Is Anyone Running the Latest iOS Update? I just updated to 6.1.1 for the 4s. The phone is working

Re: Accessible App. Free For 2 More Days. Cookbook Recipes Pro

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Since I like to cook and am always looking for recipe sources, I grabbed this one. It's a fun little cookbook app and, so far, very VO-friendly. Tom - Original Message - From: "MamaPeach" To: Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:35 AM Subject: Accessible App. Free For 2 More Days

iMessage

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, This may be a silly question, but I'm asking anyway. In the messages app, when I'm having a conversation with one of my contacts who also has an iPhone, iMessage is usually turned on, and I'll see some sort of indication that I'm sending using iMessage. However, we were having a conversati

Re: iMessage

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Lange
lly be times when you don't receive messages from other iOS users for a while. Cheers, Grant On 9/28/12, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, This may be a silly question, but I'm asking anyway. In the messages app, when I'm having a conversation with one of my contacts who also has an iPhone

iHeartRadio is driving me nuts

2012-10-03 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, When I load the iHeartRadioapp, the screen refreshes about every five or six seconds. Is there a way to stop that. It's a major pain in the butt when I'm trying to review station selections or access controls. Thanks in advance. Tom -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: two finger double tap in ios6

2012-10-10 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I find that it's somewhat inconsistent on my iPhone 4, and I use that gesture for starting/stopping streaming audio more than anything else. I never use the two-finger double-tap for answering calls. As soon as a call comes in I go immediately to the botttom of the screen and to a split-ta

App Store Question

2012-10-17 Thread Tom Lange
Hi folks, One thing that really annoys me about using the app store since IOS 6 is that whenever I check out an app update, I can't seem to find out what's actually been changed. I just get the typical information that I'd see if I was checking the app out for the first time. Why is that and h

Re: Around Me

2012-10-18 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I use Yelp and AroundMe fairly often, and foursquare's cool too. Going off on a tangent for a second, a lot of times when I'm out and about or visiting at friends' places I like to look for various restaurants and such, so it would be good if I could find a reliable app for obtaining rest

Re: Stalled updates

2012-10-24 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Yep, I've had that problem on my iPhone 4 with IOS 6. The only thing that I can figure is that the installations stall because of a funky wi-fi connection. Whatever the case, if I can find a really strong wi-fi connection, I'll uninstall the app in question, then go back to the app store

Re: Problem with read 2 go and signing in to bookshare

2012-11-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Let's see if this works. Try the following: 1. Open Read2Go. 2. Open the Settings Tab. 3. Find the Bookshelf button that the bottom lefthand corner of the screen, then flick left once to the button labeled "More Info". 4. Double-tap "More Info". This should put you into the Account Settings

Re: weather ap?

2012-11-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I just tried it and it worked fine here. It was last updated at 7:59 PM Pacific time here in Los Angeles, California. Tom - Original Message - From: Jesus Garcia To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:23 PM Subject: RE: weather ap? Most like

Re: *Do! Not!* hard reset your iPhone. VoiceOver dies.

2012-11-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Okay, I'm having a memory lapse here. How do you do a hard reset? Is that holding down the home and power butttons for several seconds? Thanks, Tom - Original Message - From: "Richard Turner" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:49 PM Subject: RE: *Do! Not!* hard reset you

Re: Selecting Text Using a Braille Display?

2013-06-25 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I tried this using a BrailleNote Apex while in the Notes app and had no luck. Two questions: Do I have to be in some sort of edit box to get this to work? If not, can I select text in Safari or in the mail app, or while reading a book using iBooks, Kindle or read2go? Curious about this be

Re: iHeart radio problems

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I'm not sure if I have the latest version but I remember updating it recently. The constantly-refreshing screen is still a royal pain and for that reason I generally avoid the app. Too much hassle. I don't heart iHeartRadio. I switched to oOTunes and like it much better. Tom - Ori

Frustrated with Seeing Eye Sluggishness on iPhone 4

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Lange
Hi all, When I first installed and ran Seeing Eye GPS on my iPhone 4 it was very sluggish when I tried navigating around the Location screen. I cleared out the app switcher and still no joy. Finally, I shut down and restarted the phone and the app seemed more responsive with VoiceOver afterwo

Re: Frustrated with Seeing Eye Sluggishness on iPhone 4

2013-07-17 Thread Tom Lange
interesting to see if any other iPhone 4 users on this list reply and confirm or not confirm your problem. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Lange Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: TV Listings

2013-07-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, NFB Newsline is great for that sort of thing. But if you're not a subscriber and don't care to, you could always try the Dijit app, which works okay, too. Tom - Original Message - From: Fred Olver To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:05 PM Su

Re: TV Listings

2013-07-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Just downloaded the TV Guide Mobile app. Setup was easy and using the app is a snap. I'd been using both Dijit and NFB Newsline for listings, but now I like TV Guide Mobile much better. It seems to be a keeper. Tom - Original Message - From: Shane clark To: viphone@google

NFB Newsline

2013-07-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Has anybody had trouble accessing content on NFB Newsline today, with the app or otherwise? Just curious. When I first tried to access it on my way home from work I got some server errors and figured I was in a bad reception area. I was able to bring up a list of publications very briefly

Re: NFB Newsline

2013-07-22 Thread Tom Lange
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, Has anybody had trouble accessing content on NFB Newsline today, with the app or otherwise? Just curious. When I first tried to access it on my way home from work I got some server

Re: Free ap for today: Ringtone Architect

2012-12-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I'm gonna rant here for a second or two, so bear with me, okay. Hopefully I won't make a complete ass of myself in the process. I really like the idea of using an app like this to create custom ringtones from songs in my music library. Having said that, what seems really stupid and ine

Downloading NFB Newsline Publications

2012-12-15 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I'm going to travel back east for the holidays in a few days and would like to be able to read some of my NFB Newsline publications offline when I'm on the plane. I can't seem to figure out how to download magazines and newspapers for offline reading. Can anybody give me step-by-step direc

GateGuru

2012-12-16 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Quite some time ago I bought the book "21 iPhone Apps We Can't Live Without" by Judy Dixon and Doug Wakefield and loaded up on nearly everything listed in the book. One of the recommended apps was something called Gate Guru, which tells you about various airports, lets you track flights an

Re: FlightView - Was Re: GateGuru

2012-12-17 Thread Tom Lange
ver friendly. -- Raul A. Gallegos Thank God I'm an atheist. - Luis Bunuel Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 12/16/2012 6:16 PM, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, Quite some time ago I bought the book "21 iPhone Apps We Can

Re: GateGuru

2012-12-17 Thread Tom Lange
xcept poke around a bit but it looks like it's pretty accessible. Best, Anna On Dec 16, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, Quite some time ago I bought the book "21 iPhone Apps We Can't Live Without" by Judy Dixon and Doug Wakefield and loaded up on nearly eve

Re: Digit Eyes

2012-12-18 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Try "Directions For Me", a service offered at www.directionsforme.com I've used it a lot and it works pretty well. Just plug in the name of a product and you'll usually find some sort of directions. Hope this helps. - Original Message - From: "Thom" To: Sent: Tuesday, Decem

Re: Router and Iphone

2012-12-18 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, At home I'm currently using a Netgear router that's a year old and it's pretty solid. I gave my Linksys WRT54g to my girlfriend because she wanted wi-fi in her apartment. It works great with her laptop, but, like Marissa, I have the devil of a time getting my iPhone 4 to stay connected.

Mail and Braille

2012-12-26 Thread Tom Lange
Hi all, I've noticed something peculiar and rather annoying when I use the mail app on my iPhone 4 with a Braille Note Apex. when I read a message in the mail app and exit out of the message using the Back button, I'm always taken to the top of the mail list and have to scroll down to where I l

Re: IBooks is it accessible?

2012-12-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I've only bought a few books with the iBooks app, and so far, my experiences with the app and downloaded books have been positive. Yeah, there are quirks, and some ways that it could be improved, but all things considered, I'd recommend it. Tom - Original Message - From: Sh

Re: Fw: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile App 2.0 is Here!

2012-12-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I went to the app store last night and looked for the 2.0 update and couldn't find it. Currently I'm running version 1.0, or at least that's what the app tells me in its settings screen. I'd like to check out version 2 so any tips you have on how to find it would be appreciated. Oh, and

Re: Fw: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile App 2.0 is Here!

2012-12-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Found the version 2.0 update just moments ago. Tom - Original Message - From: "Tom Lange" To: Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile App 2.0 is Here! Hi, I went to the app store last night and looked for the

Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile App 2.0 is Here!

2012-12-29 Thread Tom Lange
was close for the week which was why you didn't see it last night. If you go there now, you might see you and you can update that way as well. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Tom Lange wrote: Hi, I went to the app store last night and looked for the 2.0 update and c

Re: New to list

2013-01-05 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Lynn, Welcome to the list. You wrote: By the way, does anyone know of a good recipe app for the iPhone five? Thank you One of the recipe apps that I use is called Big Oven, which allows you to search among 250,000 recipes. Do a search for it in the App Store and I'm sure you'll find it.

Re: reading text by character

2013-01-05 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Heather, Go to the beginning of the text string that you want to read, then turn your rotor to characters. Once that's done, you can flick character by character through the string. That usually works for me, anyway. Tom - Original Message - From: "heather albright" To: Sent

Re: Location services - impact on battery

2013-01-07 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Where is the master setting for Location Services? I looked for it the other day and couldn't find it for some reason. Thanks. Tom - Original Message - From: "Chris H" To: Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Location services - impact on battery Hello all I h

Re: Books and Nls service

2013-01-07 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I'd definitely like to see Braille support for all NLS content, and, as an aside, I think that Learning Ally should do that, too. Tom - Original Message - From: "Scott Davert" To: Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Books and Nls service I know I'm in the min

Re: Vokul

2013-01-07 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, That can be a bit dicey, so what I do is to go to my Home screen, then, repeatedly press the volume Up button while continuously moving up and down the screen. Not terribly efficient, perhaps, but it works. Tom - Original Message - From: "DJ" To: Sent: Monday, January 07, 201

Re: Accessible word game. Worked with the dev to make it work well with VO. Email them if you like it and more importantly leave them a rating in the App Store.

2013-01-10 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I installed it this morning on the way into work and am having a blast with it. Works great and it's lots of fun. Thanks for passing that one along. Tom - Original Message - From: "Maryam adeokun" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:27 PM Subject: Accessible word game. Wo

Re: Try the freeiTip (tip calculator) by PalaSoftware, Inc. [was Re: Accessible tip calculator]

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Once again, Esther is right on with this one. Since I'll be traveling this weekend and will no doubt eat in a restaurant or two, Esther's post about iTip is very timely, welcome and thorough. I installed it and took it for a spin. My initial impression is that it is very easy to use and

Lost VoiceOver After Reset

2013-01-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, After reading a recent post to the list last night I was trying to play the Escape The House game on my iPhone 4 running IOS 6.01 and I kept getting kicked out of the app. This continued even after clearing the app switcher, so, says I, time for a reset, which I did by holding down the slee

Re: Installing an app on an iDevice

2013-01-22 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Lauren, I dpurchase all of my apps using the App Store on my iPhone. I've never ever used iTunes to purchase or install an app on my iPhone and absolutely refuse to use iTunes for those purposes; it just hasn't been necessary, at least in my experience. While in the App Store on my iPhone,

Re: Lost the ability to kill apps in the app switcher

2012-04-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Julian, I've seen this happen from time to time on my iPhone 4 from AT&T, and, in my experience, I've found that I just need to hold on the screen a little bit longer and wait until VO finally responds with "editing apps". If I release right after the tri-tone, then tap the app in question,

Re: Lost the ability to kill apps in the app switcher

2012-04-20 Thread Tom Lange
from my iPhone On 20/04/2012, at 0:23, Tom Lange wrote: Hi Julian, I've seen this happen from time to time on my iPhone 4 from AT&T, and, in my experience, I've found that I just need to hold on the screen a little bit longer and wait until VO finally responds with "editing ap

Re: closing applications

2012-04-27 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Yeah, that seems to work. Thanks for the tip. Tom - Original Message - From: "Les Kriegler" To: Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:24 PM Subject: Re: closing applications Hi Chuck, I really like that one, will try it out. Thank you. Les On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:28 PM, Chuck Dea

Re: great iphone article

2012-05-03 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Somebody wrote: > I also don't buy into the statements that devices which make things easier for us are also making us dumber. I said something similar to my husband after reading the article which was, on the whole, pretty good. But the assertion that screen readers and audiobooks are res

Re: Any one having problems with NFB Nesline app?

2016-08-08 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Looks good on this end. No crash when looking at subscriptions. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 7, 2016, at 5:49 PM, Jennie Facer wrote: > > Hi, > > I wanted to say I haven't had any problems with Newsline, but I'm running iOS > beta 10. Sorry I couldn't be much more help. > > Jenn > >

Re: Search function on Calendar app is crap!

2016-08-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, Typing multiple keywords in the search field, with or without quotes definitely doesn't work. Typing a single keyword will, however. I have a notation in my calendar that I have to pay my electric bill on a certain date. If I type pay dwp or "pay dwp", I can't find the event. If I simply ty

Re: Search function on Calendar app is crap!

2016-08-19 Thread Tom Lange
Oops, sorry I goofed. I take back what I said: you can indeed enter more than one word in the search field and get results. I just tested it twice and it worked like a champ. Good thing I didn't write to Apple. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2016, at 6:31 AM, Tom Lange wrote:

Re: IOS8!!!

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, I have never had a problem with mail or Safari crashing. I've had situations where I'll try to launch an app and get kicked back out to the home screen, but never a hard lockup where my only recourse was to power down the phone and restart. Tom - Original Message - From: "Chery

Re: KNFB reader not working as expected

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Lange
I'd remove the phone from the case and try scanning again to eliminate the case as a possible issue. I really dislike Lifeproof cases so I'm inclined to suspect the case as the cause here. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:57 AM, "Christopher Sabine" > wrote: > > Hello. I'm using

Re: app retrieval?

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. Just to expound and perhaps clarify a bit, go into the App Store and double-tap the Updases Tab. Double-tap on Purchased. In the resulting Purchased screen, double-tap on Not On This iPhone, and you'll see a list of all of your purchased apps that aren't sresently on your device. Each ent

Re: Another voiceover bug in the phone app

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Lange
Just curious: has it been clearly established that the stuck number and continuous tone issue occurs ONLY when Voiceover is running? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Voicemail works here as well, on an iPhone5. I've gotten that stuck number > bug many

Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-02 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. One of my students posed the same question probably a year or so ago, so I did some searching through the app store and found a little app called Magnificicent. After reading about it, I downloaded and installed it, then let my student take it for a spin and she loved it. I don't remember

Re: Siri and contacts with company names only:

2015-12-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Don, I was wondering the very same thing just yesterday morning; one of my students needed to add some contacts for our local paratransit services, with the menu choices preprogrammed in. I set up two nearly identical contact entries, one called Global Reservations, which he'd use to book r

Re: why voice over voices sounds fuzzy?

2015-12-15 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, It sounds like your Voiceover volume is too high. This is not to be confused with your phone's overall master volume that you control with the volume buttons on the side of your phone. Use your volume buttons on the side of the phone to turn the master volume all the way up. Then, to avoid

Re: IOS 9..2 Issues

2015-12-21 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. I've definitely had the focus loss issue where focus gets placed on the status bar. When that happens I have to go into Control Center, then press the Home button to return focus to wherever I was. I'll definitely have to report that to Apple Accessibility. Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Dec

Re: iPhone classes

2015-12-27 Thread Tom Lange
Hi, When I started using an iPhone 4 back in March of 2010 I had the very same questions and doubts about using any sort of iDevice with a touch screen. But I'm the adventurous sort, and I dived right in. Thank God I had help from a coworker who was adept at using VoiceOver and she introduced m

Frustrations with Dative Mail App

2016-01-12 Thread Tom Lange
Hi folks, The native mail app on my iPhone 6 is driving me nuts; in fact, IOS 9.2 on my iPhone 6 just seems to get flakier and squirrelier as time goes by, with general instability and/or focus loss issues et cetera, but I digress. Here's what's going on with Mail. 1. The logg-standing focu

Re: Send mail with voiceover bug still present

2016-03-22 Thread Tom Lange
Okay, I'll put this to the test. Here goes... Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 3:44 PM, rajmund wrote: > > No, if the email is small, it will not kill voice over. Respond to this one, > and I'm certain it will die. > > Sent from a BrailleNote > > - Original Message - > Fro

Re: Send mail with voiceover bug still present

2016-03-22 Thread Tom Lange
Yep, you were right. As soon as I hit Send on my last post, VO went silent for about 30 seconds. Jeez, why can't Apple fix that one? Hmmm. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Tom Lange wrote: > > Okay, I'll put this to the test. Here goes... > > Sen

Re: a link is completly locking up my phone

2016-03-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. Are you experiencing this problem with all hyperlinks in your e-mail messages, or just one particular link? I haven't seen this particular bug yet and hope I don't run across it any time soon. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2016, at 5:59 PM, Jed Barton wrote: > > Hey guys, > I am runni

Re: weather app

2016-04-07 Thread Tom Lange
There is no delete key. Find the city that you want to delete then flick up once and you should hear voiceover say delete . Double tap to delete the city, then double tap on any remaining city to return to the screen for that city. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:52

Re: Does anyone use iPhone apps for grocery shopping and grocery delivery

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Lange
I've used the safeway.com web site for online grocery ordering for years now, and it's worked very well. Safeway used to have an "accessibility site", but it seems it's been merged with the main one, probably to eliminate the hassle of dual maintenance. In any case, the site is easy to use once

Re: Does anyone use iPhone apps for grocery shopping and grocery delivery

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. I just used the White & Yellow Pages app to look for supermarkets in your area and found a bunch of them, but I have no idea which ones are chain stores, as I haven't been around Independence in ages. On a whim, I checked out Piggly Wiggly, which lets you order online, but the site says th

Re: accessibility apps

2016-04-29 Thread Tom Lange
Hey Juan, I'm late on this thread but I'll chime in anyhow. I use camfind and tap tap see for object identification and/or color recognition. I use Looktel Money Reader for identifying money. For OCR, I use Knfb Reader, or, if I want a quick and dirty scan, I use Text Grabber, which you can get

Re: Why Would You Choose the KNFB Reader Over The Other Options?

2016-05-16 Thread Tom Lange
Hi. I like and recommend KNFB Reader because of its simple user interface and, with proper lighting conditions, the quality of its scanning results. Based on what I've read on the list over the past several years and what I've heard from my students, I'd recommend avoiding the free OCR apps; you

Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10

2016-06-03 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Jonathan, Great blog post! As an avid user of Braille with IOS, I certainly agree with your points regarding Braille support. I'd love to have some sort of pronunciation dictionary. And amen to the idea of full access to the file system on any IOS device; although I certainly applaud Apple's

Re: RENAMING PICTURES

2016-06-07 Thread Tom Lange
Hi Richard, Thanks for the tip. I've successfully assigned labels to several pictures in my camera roll. While this method is certainly useful for helping me keep track of which photo is which, I should point out that it doesn't actually rename the file itself, as I discovered when I e-mailed

iPhone 6 Battery Gauge Gone Wacko

2016-06-09 Thread Tom Lange
Hey all, The subject line says it all. The battery indicator on my iPhone 6 has been saying 100% all day long and it finally shut down about half an hour ago without any warning. I don't know if the battery's shot or if the gauge somehow needs to be recalibrated. Earlir today I did a hard re

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