I’ve used Instacart for two or three years now and love it. In spite of its
quirks, the IOS app is very easy to use, and one thing that I really like is
that the app remembers items that I’ve purchased in the past. So when I’m ready
to stock up, I go into the My Items list, flick through the ite
Hi,
I would love to have that material as well. Can you send it to
lang...@gmail.com
That would be greatly appreciated, as I need to get familiar with the Mac very
soon.
Best regards,
Tom
> On Jan 30, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Fazil wrote:
>
>
> urdu...@telus.net
> Could you send it to me too, ple
Hi all,
Tonight I opened the Facebook app, tapped on the Notifications Tab, and I see a
notification that says “x people wrote on your timeline”. When I double-tap on
that notification, I see my posts but nothing from anybody else. How do I find
the posts that the notification refers to?
Thanks,
Back button at
top left, flick right five times.
Tom
> On Feb 5, 2021, at 9:06 PM, Joseph Hudson wrote:
>
> Hi Tom, go to your profile, go to activity. And you should be able to view
> your timeline.
>
>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 10:05 PM, Tom Lange wrote:
>>
>>
This skipping behavior is not unique to Kindle or Voice Dream Reader. I use NFB
Newsline to read my local newspaper and some magazines. With Nfb Newsline, the
VO cursor skips backwards. It happens in the Kindle app, too. Drives me nuts.
> On Feb 6, 2021, at 12:22 PM, Jennie Facer wrote:
>
>
Hi all,
Once again I’m writing about the native Mail app for IOS. As many of you know,
I’ve fussed aplenty about focus issues with VoiceOver and other issues that
contribute to my love/hate relationship with Mail. I won’t belabor those things
lest I be tempted to launch into yet another rant, a
I refuse to use door dash. The first time I tried them I was successful and
the second time they declined a perfectly fine debit card that I’ve been using
for two years. Their support was of absolutely no help whatsoever. So I figured
if they don’t want my business screw them.
> On Apr 3, 2020
Even if the button is dimmed it still works, but it takes a second to activate.
When it does you should get a haptic vibration. it’s very brief.
> On Aug 22, 2020, at 9:36 AM, sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> If it says dimmed double tap anyway. It works.
>
> -Original Message
Hi,
This afternoon I tried to play an album that I’ve had in my Apple Music library
for a long time. Each time I tried to play a track from the album I got an
error message that said:
”This song is not available in your country or region.”
Does anybody have any idea why an entire album would ju
great tip. thanks!
> On Sep 21, 2020, at 8:15 AM, Holly wrote:
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> Richard:
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> Great tip!
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Hi
I have a really annoying issue with my iPhone 8 running IOS 14.0.1. The master
volume keeps getting reset to 0. VO volume stays where I set it, but I can’t
hear the ringer or alarms when this happens. Change with buttons is turned off.
Has anybody out there had this issue with IOS 14? Any ide
ne volume to what you want to.
>> I hope this helps,
>> Jeffrey
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Grace wrote:
>> >
>> > I have, I can't hear any notifications unless the phone is llocked as
>> >
I hope they fixed the volume bug; that is a real pain in the arse.
> On Oct 20, 2020, at 1:16 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
>
> I’m downloading it now, but it's ironic that I hit the focus bug in the
> software updates screen, so it took some patience just to get the install
> going and th
Hi,
I installed IOS 14.2 on my iPhone 8 this morning. So far, so good.
I’m very cautiously optimistic that two issues are resolved, but time will tell.
1) Since installing 14.2, alarms that were set in the Clock app are working as
they should. In 14.1, I could not reliably expect them to go off e
aHi Kimberly,
I’ve used the Apple Smart Battery Case for years and I swear by it. Yes, it
does add considerable heft to the phone, and, because I often carry my phone in
my pants pocket along with keys, a nail clipper and assorted change from time
to time, the satiny rubber covering can get kind
>
> I’m using the latest build with my iPhone 8 and a Braille Sense U2. An
> s-chord won’t get me to the status bar on any home screen. I’m curious about
> what others on the list will say, but it seems that Braille on IOS 13 is much
> less stable than Braille on prior versions
> On Oof IoOS.
Hi,
I’m using a Braille Sense U2 with an iphone 8 running IOS 13.1.3 and I’m really
disgusted with how this combination is working, particularly when it comes to
doing any kind of lengthy text editing. Cursor routing becomes erratic.
Voiceover can slow down and crash. It’s just awful. I could go
have not taken the plunge to ios 13 because I understand there are
> many problems with braille devices. So, am trying to hold off till those
> bugs are fixed.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Tom La
Good question. At first glance, it would seem that there are still focus issues
in the mail app, but I’ll have to bang on it for a while, especially with
Braille, which has been especially troublesome for me of late. Since I’ve only
had 13.2 on my phone for just over an hour, I can’t tell you mu
Hi,
Some of you may recall that I was quite annoyed that the Nearby Explorer app
stopped working on my iPhone 8 after I updated to IOS 13. After updating to
13.2, While I was on my afternoon break, standing outside campus having a
smoke, I launched the full version, not the online version of Ne
I’m running IOS 13.3 and I’ve noticed that notifications will repeat until
they’re activated by double-tapping them or dissmissing them. To dismiss them,
I usually flick down until I hear VO say “Dismiss”, then double-tap and the
notification disappears.
Tom l
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 8:01 PM, A
Hi,
I have a couple of questions about Braille Table in the rotor. I use my iPhone
with a Braille display frequently; in fact, I’m using one now. I have input set
to eight-dot and output set to contracted. I have NOT switched over to using
UEB yet and, frankly, I don’t plan to do it until it’s a
Hi,
Nope, the focus issue in Mail is still there as far as I can tell. I just
updated to 13.2.2 a couple hours ago so I need to fiddle with it for a while
before concluding that the focus bug is deceased. I don’t think the Raid has
killed him off yet. Iince I remember first encountering him bac
Hi,
For quite some time now, I’ve had this annoying issue when posting or
commenting on people’s posts in the Facebook app. The scenario goes like this:
I’m typing away, either on the onscreen keyboard, or, more frequently on my
Braille display. I’ll enter part or all of a word and WHAM! up pops
Thanks Mark. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to do this again soon.
Tom
> On Apr 26, 2020, at 4:31 PM, Robin wrote:
>
> Yeah, I Agree! It was Great!
> Puttin'Voices ToNames on TheList: MailingList.
> Thanks Mark! (ForGiveMe) if I Spelled YourName wrong, as i didn't intend to
>
> Blessin
I have close to 400 contacts. Section index works fine for me.
> On May 11, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Do any of you have problems sometimes with Section Index
> just going into the regular contact list? With some 200-odd
> contacts, it is a little annoying,
Apparently it’s blacked out for today. I think I heard somebody on the news
talking about that.
> On Jun 2, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Malcolm Parfitt wrote:
>
> Hello friends,
>
> Firstly as the subject says, this is an Apple Music question and Apple Music
> alone. I am not expressing a political v
Hi,
I’d have to check this, but I seem to recall that some iPads have a switch by
the volume control(s) which can be used to lock rotation.
Tom
> On Aug 12, 2019, at 5:37 AM, Debby Hill wrote:
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Yes, I think so. I have an iPad Air 2, and I found it in the control center.
>
>
Hi all,
I have some recordings in OOTunes that I’d like to transfer from my iPhone to a
computer. Is that possible, and if so, can anyone give me step-by-step
instructions for how to do that?
Thanks in advance.
Tom
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Hi,
I bank with Chase and, although I have the Zelle app, I never use it, as Zelle
is offered as a payment option within the Chase app itself. That option is
called Chase QuickPay with Zelle, and it’s extremely easy to use.
I’ve used PayPal several times over the last year and have had good lu
Does anybody out there remember and/or still use the Identifi app developed by
Anmol Tukrel? I got it from the app store back in 2016 and have found it useful
for identifying objects, reading text, all kinds of nifty stuff. I’ve shown it
to my students and two of them tried to find it in the U.S
m not sure why it died unless it was the shift over to
> 64 bit apps.
>
> Have you tried searching the app store for his name?
>
>
> Richard
>
> Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2.
>
>
>> On Aug 27, 2019, at 5:13 PM, Tom Lange wrote:
Yes, that’s happening to me, too.
> On Jul 25, 2020, at 11:12 AM, Kimberly wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I’m wondering if anyone can confirm this behavior in the music app on the
> iPhone. When i access the for you tab, I can’t play any of the suggested
> music. If i double tap any of the suggested
Hi Jim,
I’m not absolutely sure, but my guess is that you accidentally turned Quick Nav
on. As soon as I opened this reply to your message, I turned Quick Nav on and
there was no way to type in the message body without being bounced out of the
edit field. It’s been a while since I’ve done this w
Hi,
Over the past year that I’ve had my iPhone 8 it has run hot, which, by the way,
is not uncommon. Consequently the battery swelled and the left side of the
screen above the mute switch and volume controls separated from the chassis
just enough that I could insert a fingernail. I don’t have Ap
Hi,
I have an annoying problem with the Apple Music app and I wonder if there’s a
simple work-around. When I look at my library I can find listings by artist,
album, song, et cetera and double-tap something to view a track listing and
play a selected song. However, when I go into the For You Tab
Hi,
I wasn’t able to find the update listed but I still managed to find it by
double-tapping My Account > Purchased, then locating Facebook and
double-tapping on its name. My original intent was to look at the version
history, but right away I saw the Update button so I double-tapped that and t
Hi,
I’m using an iPhone 8 with IOS 13.3. I also have a pair of Sonos-1 speakers
that I use when playing podcasts or Apple Music. The other night I wanted to
check out something on Netflix and I couldn’t find any way to direct the sound
to the Sonos speakers through AirPlay. Does Netflix support
Hi,
Some years ago I decided to learn about Macs, so I went to the iBooks store and
bought Tim Snipfen’s book entitled Mastering The Macintosh With VoiceOver.
The book is still on my iPhone and I refer to it from time to time. Anyway, I
just started working with a new student and told her about t
Hi all,
I’m running an iPhone 8 with IOS 13.3.1. Every time I update IOS I keep hoping
that maybe, just maybe, Apple will finally fix the following
issues that I’m having with the native Mail app.
First, when flicking through a list of messages then deleting one, it’s highly
unlikely that focus
Hi,
Well, yet again I’m contemplating switching mail apps on this iPhone 8.
Yesterday, and again this morning, I was using the native Mail app to reply to
someone’s message and couldn’t find Text Selection in the rotor. Btw, this is
with IOS 13.3.1. Where did that ability go? I could swear that
I asked Alexa about the first dodger training game of the season and she said that it’s happening this coming Thursday. Yay! Then when I said, thank you, she said something went wrong. Funny. Maybe I shouldn’t be so courteous. Ha ha.On Feb 17, 2024, at 2:02 PM, RichardPetty wrote:Good to know. St
hi,I had the same problem not long ago. Seems I had the mute switch set on.On Feb 27, 2024, at 3:10 PM, Richard Turner wrote:What is the sound level under settings, sounds and haptics? Richard, USA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of
hi Janet,The SIM tray is very hard to locate by touch, and when you do, use something like a push pin that you would use for posting something on a bulletin board; that’s worked great for me. However, when I switched to Spectrum Mobile I switched to using an E-SIM and would only go back to using a
Hi,Open Settings.Find Weather and double tap to open its settings.Tap on Location and set to While Using.That should do the trick.Hope that helps.TomOn Apr 2, 2024, at 2:06 PM, Vicki W. wrote:
Hi,
Is there any way to keep the IPhone weather app
from defaulting to Cupertino? In my list of
thank you. That definitely works.On May 7, 2024, at 6:25 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:Well, in my current version of Facebook there is still a way to do this. In the upper right hand corner, you should find a more options button.Press this and one of the items will be “Open in external browser”. I bel
Hi, check your mute switch, which is above the two volume controls. Make sure that it is situated toward the front face of the phone. If it isn’t flip it up with your fingernails so that. it is near the front face of the phone.voiceover may say ring mode or silent mode when you flip the mute switch
I’ve used the Kindle app on my iPhones since 2011 with a BrailleNote Apex, a BrailleSense U2 and my current BrailleSense 6. Reading Kindle books in Braille is great. When I hear about an interesting book I’ll see if Bookshare has it, and if not, I head straight to the Kindle store. TomOn Jul 8, 202
Hi,
anybody had trouble with Nfb Newsline today?it kept hanging and then crashing,
so I deleted and reinstalled it. It launched okay but when I tried several
login attempts it gave me an error indicating that it was having trouble
getting information from the server. ?
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>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tom
>> Lange
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 8:45 PM
>> To:
On Jul 11, 2024, at 7:52 PM, Joseph hudson wrote:
>
> Some of these guys may be at the ACB convention, which just ended today. So
> they'll probably be back in the office tomorrow.
>
>> On Jul 11, 2024, at 9:17 PM, Tom Lange wrote:
>>
>> I called the main
unfortunately, they’re not that good about answering their phones.On Jul 14, 2024, at 9:47 AM, Richard Turner wrote:I recommend everyone having issues contact NFB Newsline directly:National toll free: 866-504-7300 or in Maryland: 410-659-9314, extension 2317, email: nfbnewsl...@nfb.org Richard,
Hi,I’m in the West San Ferando Valley here in L.A.When I loaded the app it showed me well over 50 restaurants in my area. Going into the Search tab, I searched for several other restaurants that I know about and had pretty good luck; it didn’t find a seafood restaurant in Callabasas and it didn’t f
Hi,
double tap on the text area of your message until you hear a voiceover, say
insertion point at end, then continue writing or doing whatever you’re going to
do. hope this helps.
> On Jul 29, 2023, at 12:00 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I find it more certain to ty
hi Mary, i’m in several Facebook groups, and I’ve noticed for quite a while now
that there is a groups button at the left-hand top portion of the screen right
below the status bar. If I double tap on that that button, it opens up a list
of groups that I belong to and others that I may want to jo
Hi folks,
I’m running the native Mail app on my iPhone 12 Pro with IOS 16.6. Messages are
threaded, which is the way I like it. However, when I open a message thread on
the first message, the second message will open almost immediately even though
I haven't even touched the screen so I have to u
Hi,
I’ve had very good luck with Being Eyes AI; it gives me great descriptions of
what the camera is seeing, but I’m somewhat mystified, as I am having problems
copying the descriptions to the clipboard so that I can put them into Notes or,
as you did, copy and paste them into an e-mail. Can you
BD Scan is launching and working like a champ on my iPhone 12 Pro.On Sep 23, 2023, at 12:38 PM, Richard Turner wrote:Well, some with a pro phone are not having the issue, so that is hard to say.Richard, USA.“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane
Just passing this along for anyone having problems getting a Braille Sense 6 to
work with IOS 17.
No matter how I tried, I couldn't get my Braille Sense 6 going, after rebooting
both devices, telling the iPhone 12 Pro to forget the Braille Sense and on and
on. Finally I said the hell with it and
Language autodect is turned on.Scan tone is on.Always enhance images is on.Read text automatically is on.Show plain text after recognizing is on.I see no mention of the camera under settings.Hope that helps.Tom On Sep 23, 2023, at 3:24 PM, Larry Smith wrote:I just purchased the iPhone 15 max yest
go down to VDScan and see what it says in there. Richard, USA ——"While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley(Sent from my iPhone)On Sep 23, 2023, at 3:35 PM, Tom Lange wrote:Language autodect is turned on.Scan tone is on.Always enhance images is on.Read t
Here’s a partial view of the courtyard at my apartment complex.The picture shows a cozy outdoor area. In the foreground, there are three palm trees with long, slender trunks and large, arching fronds. The ground is covered with small plants and mulch. To the left, there is a narrow concrete walkway
it’s nice to know that faces are now included in the descriptions, as in:The picture you've sent is a close-up of an elderly man who is smiling. He has a joyful _expression_ on his face. He has grey hair and is wearing a royal blue shirt. The background is a plain light-colored wall with a small po
Hi folks,
I've had a GMAIL account going back years and years, probably since 2007 or
thereabouts. When I look at the Mail icon in the dock, it says that I have
close to 100,000 unread messages, so it's clearly time for a "scorched earth"
option or perhaps the nuclear option for clearing out th
hi, let me clarify things a bit. What I want to do is use the search option in the native mail app, and when I get the results that I want, I want the ability to do aselect all, and then delete the ones that come up. but from what I’ve seen so far, there is no way that I found to do a select all.
that is a great article; thank you for posting. I just downloaded the Apple
Music Classical app and took it for a spin and it looks great. By the way, I
found out that I could use airplay with my Sonos speakers, so that will be
really nice to use Apple Music classical with airplay, and my Sonos
The following procedure definitely works. in my case, I took the NPR app out of an NPR folder, which only had one item, dragged it to a News folder, and dropped it there. The original NPR folder disappeared when I did that.On Nov 1, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
I didn’t te
on my iPhone 12 Pro, I’m using Voice Dream reader version 4.2 2.4 which was installed on October 30. I just launched it a couple moments ago and it came up just fine. What version are you running?On Nov 3, 2023, at 3:41 PM, leobado1...@gmail.com wrote:Hello, I installed the update that was release
hi, I updated 2 version 4.2.4, I think, last Monday, October 30, and haven’t
seen an update in the App Store since. Can you send me the link for the most
current version? Thanks. By the way I’m in Southern California. Just in case
that makes any difference.
> On Nov 4, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Richar
Hubbard
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Tom
> Lange
> Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2023 3:59 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader
>
> hi, I updated 2 version 4.2.4, I think, last Monday, October 30, and have
Hi,
The battery on my iGrill died when I was getting ready to smoke a beautiful
rack of pork ribs. What kind of battery do I need?If I remember correctly, it
is a CR2032 3-volt battery and I can get a 10-pack of those on Amazon for 5
bucks. Is that what I need?
Thanks,
Tom
> On Dec 14, 2023, a
Hi folks,
Up until IOS 17's recent updates, I've been able to ask Siri what music is
being played on the radio, through my Sonos speakers or whatever. But now it
says it can't recognize music right now, which it used to do pretty reliably.
When I asked Siri why it can't do that, it gives me the
SA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”-- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lange wrote:Hi folks,Up until IOS 17's recen
hange the world are the ones who do. -Steve Jobs On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lange wrote:Hi folks,Up until IOS 17's recent updates, I've been able to ask Siri what music is being played on the radio, through my Sonos speakers or whatever. But now it says it can't recognize music righ
those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. -Steve Jobs On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lange wrote:Hi folks,Up until IOS 17's recent updates, I've been able to ask Siri what music is being played on the radio, through my Sonos speakers or whatever. B
theblindman12vFollow www.twitter.com/theblindman12vFollow www.instagram/TheBlindMan12vthose who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. -Steve Jobs On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:39 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi folks,Up until IOS 17's recent updates, I've been
: Friday, January 5, 2024 4:32 PMTo: VIPhone Mailing List Subject: Re: Siri and music recognition I had the same problem for a couple of weeks. Today it's working fine. Go figure.On Jan 5, 2024, at 3:11 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: I googled this topic earlier today and it seems
asking Siri to restart my phone is the only method that works on my iPhone 12
pro these days
. I used to be able to push the volume up, then volume down, and the side
button. For some reason that’s not working, rigvolume up, then volume down, and
the side button. For some reason that’s not worki
Hi all,Yesterday I went to the App Store to get BARD Mobile 2.0 and didn't see an option to update. I checked again this morning and still didn't see an update. I ended up uninstalling BARD Mobile and redownloading it from the App Store and I got version 2.0 that way. Just thought I'd pass that alo
hey curmudgeon, dictation is still working for me. I’m using dictation as I
write this email. All I did to activate dictation was to do a two finger double
tap on the screen didn’t matter where.
> On Oct 2, 2022, at 7:01 AM, Thom Spittle wrote:
>
> On iOS 16, the dictate button is where the
Thanks for the tips regarding deleting multisle messages in a conversation. I'm just speculating here, but my guess is that the "report spam" prompt may be carrier-specific. I'm with AT&T and I'm given the option to report the message to my carrier. The other possibility is that the message in que
hi, if the deleted call has ever left you a voicemail that person‘s number should still be in the voicemail list. Hope that helps.On Aug 25, 2024, at 1:42 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:I believe this must have been deleted from the phone recent calls list as I see no recent category in the contacts app
Hi,Go to Settings, scroll down a bit and you’ll find it. Double tap it. You can decide whether background app should be off altogether or specify which apps can refresh in the background. Oddly enough, I didn’t see Mail in the list of apps, and I double-checked. TomOn Sep 9, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Peter
The built-in VO tutorial is pretty cool.TomOn Sep 19, 2024, at 3:45 PM, William James wrote:Vo Starter was updated last year and is currently on 401 Here's so link:VO StarterVoiceOver Training for iOSSent from my iPhone Pro MaxOn Sep 19, 2024, at 6:36 PM, Robert Doc Wright wrote:did you try ap
yes, they went out of business sometime ago, which is a shame because the app
worked really well. I got a lot of good use out of it.
Tom
> On Oct 10, 2024, at 5:04 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
>
> Yes, I posted about this same issue on the Blind Apple list and a few people
> responded that they hav
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