Ester, could you maybe attatch the Charge HR to your ankle via the wristband? 
Just a thought. And thanks for your answer about the ease of checking the 
battery status with VO. That's a great thing to be able to do indipendently.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Esther Levegnale <elevegn...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     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. Any tips or tricks are very welcomed. :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     JR
>>>>>> 
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