Hi, Ari! I have the Charge HR and love it! Yes, you can find out what the battery status is when you touch the name of your Fitbit device, then double-tap on it, and VoiceOver will say the name of the device, the version number of the app and the status of the battery such as full, medium or low. Another trick I do is not to wear the Fitbit on my arm, but when I tie my shoelace into a bow, I push the Fitbit through the tied portion of my shoelace. I seem to get better results for steps with the device on my foot. Call it cheating? LOL! Well, I just get more steps from wearing it on my foot then on my arm. When I exercise on the bike, though, I place the Fitbit on my arm so as not to get it caught in the pedals. Then, as I Pedal, I place my Fitbit hand on my thigh so that it registers. Hope this helps and good luck! You'll love this Fitbit.
All the best, Esther Levegnale Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+ > On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:39 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote: > > Awesome! This device is going on my wishlist! One important question I have > is about how to check the battery status. Can you do this through the app? > Also, is there an accessible user manual on-line somewhere? > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have the Charge HR, so it has the heart rate monitoring. The Fit Bit app >> is accessible. You use the same Fit Bit app for all Fit Bit devices. I don't >> think the full blown watch capabilities with the notifications and all would >> be worth the money, since the Fit Bit band itself won't be accessible. I'd >> agree, if you're going to go that route then get an Apple Watch. >> >> One feature I really like, which I didn't even know about when I got the >> Charge HR, is that you can set alarms through the app. You don't need to be >> connected to your phone for the alarms to work. I wake up just fine when the >> band on my wrist vibrates, and it doesn't disturb my wife at all. I don't >> even mess with my clock radio alarm any more. >> >> My Charge HR also vibrates when I get a call. I also really like this >> feature. Sure, I have my phone with me most of the time, but there are times >> where it'll vibrate in my pocket, and I won't notice it. I never miss the >> band on my wrist vibrating when I get a call. >> >>> On 08/07/16 16:41, englishride...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I've been reading up on these FitBit Devices, and trying to compare them to >>> figure out which one might be best for me, and I'm probably going to go for >>> one of the wristband options. I haven't decided if continual heart rate >>> monitoring is something I want quite yet. Anyhow, how accessible do you >>> find the app for controlling your Flex with VoiceOver? Do all FitBit >>> Devices use the same app to control them? >>> >>> There's something called the FitBit Blaze, which gives you some >>> notifications, like a cross between a more advanced fitness tracker and a >>> basic smart watch, but that's not very important to me, as it's probably >>> not going to be accessible, like the Apple Watch would be. And I've got my >>> phone on my belt when out and about, so receiving notifications is not an >>> issue for me. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ari >>> >>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I had a similar query a few weeks back as I'm an early bird and my wife >>>> hates mornings with the white hot passion of 1,000 burning suns. It's not >>>> unusual for me to be up by 5:00 or 5:30 blind related sleep issues aside. >>>> An Apple Watch was suggested to me, but I'm not interested in one. Much >>>> less for this one particular feature and at that price. I ended up buying >>>> a refurbished Fitbit Flex for something like $40.00. >>>> It works fine and I can get up whenever I want without having to bother my >>>> wife. She in turn has one of those wake-up light alarms which is fine >>>> for her since she's sighted and this way, I'm not disturbed by her alarm. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel >>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 11:47 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: RE: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>>> >>>> Hi Ari, >>>> >>>> And there are a number of relatively inexpensive Bluetooth wristbands out >>>> there which will wake you up with vibration and I don't think that sort of >>>> vibration will be as noticeable as when a phone vibrates especially if it >>>> is lying on a hard surface such as a wooden night table. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sieghard >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>>> Of englishride...@gmail.com >>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 1:33 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>>> >>>> Yes, that is frustrating. I've long wanted to make the alarm volume low >>>> while keeping the ringtone volume high. My husband is a very light >>>> slleeper, to the point that a vibrating phone will wake him up. So finding >>>> something that will disturb him as little as possible while waking me up >>>> at the same time (I'm a rather heavier sleeper than he is, and even if I >>>> do wake up, am able to very quickly fall asleep again if I do wake up from >>>> something making noise, my husband doesn't find getting back to sleep >>>> easy) is very difficult. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ari >>>> >>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Jeremy <jeremy.richar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You're suggestion made me very hopeful, but though I turned off the >>>>> change with buttons setting, the volume of the ringer seems to be tied to >>>>> the volume of the alarms. That is, if I leave the ringer volume low, and >>>>> if I set an alarm for 1 minute, when the alarm sounds, it is presented at >>>>> the same low volume as the ringer. I'd really like the alarm to be loud >>>>> but the ringer to be very quiet. Thanks for any additional ideas. >>>>> >>>>> JR >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>> Behalf Of englishride...@gmail.com >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 9:13 PM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: Disable caller's name spoken when phone rings >>>>> >>>>> You might be able to mess around with the ringtone volume and VoiceOver >>>>> volume (turn this on in the rotor). To get a good balance between >>>>> loudness of VoiceOver and your ringtone. Another thing I would suggest is >>>>> turning off the setting called change with buttons in the sounds area of >>>>> the settings app. This makes the ringtones stay at a constant volume, no >>>>> matter what you do with your volume buttons. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Ari >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, the only way that I can think of this happening is if you turned >>>>> off speech/voiceover. >>>>> >>>>> Joseph Hudson >>>>> Email >>>>> jhud7...@gmail.com >>>>> I device support >>>>> Telephone >>>>> 2543007667 >>>>> Skype >>>>> joseph.hudson89 facebook >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 >>>>> Twitter >>>>> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 >>>>> >>>>> FaceTime/iMessage >>>>> jhud7...@yahoo.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Jeremy <jeremy.richar...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way of disabling the announcement of who's calling me >>>>> when my >>>>> phone rings? As is, when the phone rings, I also get VoiceOver very >>>>> loudly >>>>> announcing the name of the person calling. Ideally, I'd like to >>>>> simply hear >>>>> the phone ring. 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