Lelia
Sent from my iPhone > On May 25, 2019, at 12:09 PM, Larry Lumpkin <llump...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > > Well, another shipt user. We've not found many blind folks using them but we > love the service a lot. We find both the IOS app and the pc interface through > Chrome very accessible. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Paul > and Paula Jordan > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 12:49 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Theme Question: In What Ways Have Apple Products, or Their > Related Third-Party Apps, Increased Your Level of Personal Independence? > > I was the one who swore I didn't want an IPhone no matter what. That was when > the 4S had just come out. I have had a 7 for the last 2-1/2 years so that in > itself says something. Hard to narrow down to 5 things even with some > honorable mentions, but I'll give it a try. In no particular order: > > 1. the ability to do some things that would otherwise require sighted help: > BE MY EYES, and VOICE DREAM SCANNER to name just two. > 2. The ability to send text messages to keep in touch with others when I'm > not sure they are able to take a phone call, or when I just want to leave a > brief message. > 3. Ability to schedule appointments on a calendar immediately. > 4. Keeping track of where I am either walking or riding a bus or > paratransit: BLIND SQUARE OR NEARBY EXPLORER. > 5. Playing games on my phone just for fun. > > Honorable mentions: 1. Shopping with the SHIPT app and perusing websites > like Chewy at my leisure. > 2. Watching TV using the spectrum app even when I don't have a TV right > where I am whether outside or in a different room from the set. > 3. Quickly finding business phone numbers or addresses. > 4. Using UBER instead of a taxi since they are quicker, I can contact the > driver directly whether than a dispatcher, and they are often cheaper. > God bless! > > I'm sure there are more, but that's a good start. Paula and Garçon > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 1:49 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Theme Question: In What Ways Have Apple Products, or Their Related > Third-Party Apps, Increased Your Level of Personal Independence? > > Hello Everyone, > > What are the 5 most significant ways that iOS, Watch OS, Mac OS, TV OS and/or > any of their third-party apps increased your level of personal independence. > > As for me:. > > 1. > The ability to manage and pay my bills via all of the financial apps such as > Capital One, Bank of America, Apple Pay, etc. > > 2. > The ability to navigate with infinitely more confidence with apps like Seeing > Eye GPS Xt, Apple Maps, Uber, Nearby Explorer, etc. > > 3. > The ability to read printed documents and acquire product information, on the > fly, with apps such as K.N.F.B. Reader, Money Reader, the native iOS camera > app, Seeing A.I., etc. > > 4. > The ability to quickly and easily access social media and news with apps such > as Twitter, the native Apple News app, NFB Newsline, Lire Full Text RSS news > reader, Good Reads, Yelp, You Tube, etc. > > 5. > The ability to quickly and easily access books with apps such as BARD Mobile, > Kindle, Apple Books, and of course, my beloved Over Drive. > > Honorable Memtions: > 1. > TV Guide Mobile. > > 2. > CA Lottery app. > > 3. > The Parcel Track package tracking app. > > 4. > Digit Eyes Bar Code reader. > > 5. > The My Chart medical App. > > I look forward to all of your replies, > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000501d51324%24fc806140%24f58123c0%24%40austin.rr.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. OK what has Apple > products done to make my life or in rich my life. Five things, that’s hard. > One shopping, two reading mail, three social networking, four text messaging > and five playing games. I too am one of those who said I would never get an > iPhone and I got the for S as well. I’ve never looked back. I now have a > seven oh, we also use Shipt -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. 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