I have never heard of this phone. And thank you for the update. I already have the SE and would like to stay with it if possible.
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 12:12 PM Joshua Hendrickson <louv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've heard a lot of bad things about the blindshell phone. I know of > someone who had all kinds of problems with hers. She got the speaker > repaired once, then her second phone stopped working all together. > She got herself an iPhone, and is much happier. I wouldn't take a > blindshell phone if you gave me one. > > On 5/3/21, Mr. Ed <pink...@abe.midco.net> wrote: > > Hi Kate, > > > > I’ll let you decide what type of phone to use for your grandmother. But > here > > are the step to turn on “Hey Siri.” > > > > > > > > 1. Click on the settings app. > > > > 2. Go to Siri and Search and click on this. > > > > 3. Click on “Listen to hey Siri” to turn this on. > > > > 4. Close settings and you are done. > > > > > > > > Now just say “Hey Siri what time is it?” and Siri should answer. > > > > If you want to turn Voice Over on just say Hey Siri turn on Voice Over. > If > > you want to turn Voice Over off just say Hey Siri turn off Voice Over. > > > > When you have voice Over on you can swipe with one finger to the right to > > make the focus go to the right and if you want to go left just flick with > > one finger to make the focus go left. You can also just touch or move > your > > finger around the screen and voice Over will announce what you are on. So > > say you are on the settings app and VO says Settings and if you want to > open > > settings you do a one finger double tap anywhere on the screen after you > > hear settings to open the settings app. > > > > > > > > Let us know any other questions you may have. > > > > Mr. Ed > > > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > > Of Kait Forbes > > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2021 5:17 PM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: In need of assistance > > > > > > > > okay everyone, Wow, I am grateful for this support to help me with my > > Grands phone. I need to learn as much as she does as I am the one that > will > > be introducing all this to her. She is not receptive to any of this. > Let's > > just say the fight is on. She sees light and that is it, some shadow but > > nothing more. She has had a flip phone but can not use it. I bought > this > > and then realized I too needed assistance in order to help her. I know > that > > I will not be able to dump this on her all at once.Gran is having a hard > > time with what has been dealt to her and I want to make sure I do not > > overwhelm her at this point but do however want to introduce things just > one > > step at a time. If I try to push I am afraid she will shut down. I > truly > > believe in time she will see that this will be of benefit. It is just > her > > and I here and I work outside the home. I tried to set this phone up for > her > > but soon realized I know nothing. I need to step up to the plate for > her as > > she was for me in my life. I also Know I am asking a lot from all of you > > here but if you could see your way clear to assisting me , I would be > > forever grateful. Let me tell you what I would like to start with if I > may? > > The,hey Siri would be helpful to start with getting her to know she can > use > > it for emergency calls or to call me when I am away. If she starts with > > this will she be able to keep the speaker on without any additional voice > > commands or the need to do anything else. I know this sounds probably > like > > an idiot mode kind of thing but I know her well enough that that is > enough. > > I have my number in the phone and I do believe if she calls for 9 1 1 > using > > hey siri there would be no problem. this being said am I on the right > > track? and if so what would or could I do next to show her there is more > > and to build her confidence? It is all kindergarten stuff I know but I > > assure you this is how it must be done. I do hope you all understand? I > > thank you very much for your kindness, support and consideration. Kait > > > > > > > > > > < > http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > > > > Virus-free. > > < > http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > www.avg.com > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:54 PM Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > > > Hay Siri can be helpful to her, Kate, but you will have to go to Siri in > > Settings and set that up for her. She will need to respond to five > prompts, > > so that Siri will recognize her voice. It is a great thing. I keep my > phone > > nearby when taking a shower, with the idea that if I should have an > > emergency, I can say, Hay Siri, call Jim or Hay Siri, call 911. It can be > > used that way. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > > Of Mr. Ed > > Sent: Sunday, May 2, 2021 2:28 PM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: RE: In need of assistance > > > > Hi Kate, > > You can also turn Voice Over on and off by telling Siri to turn on voice > > over or Hey Siri turn off voice over if you have Hey Siri turned on in > > settings or by holding down the home button until you hear the prompt. > > Mr. Ed > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > > Of Shai > > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2021 1:21 PM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: In need of assistance > > > > Hello Kate, > > I'd also be happy to help. The tripple press of the home button is only > in > > effect when the phone has been turned on for the first time. > > If it's already been set up, then the user would go to > > settings/accessibility/accessibility shortcut and select VoiceOver to > > configure this. > > After that, then use the tripple press of the home button to turn on > > VoiceOver. > > My contact information is in the signature line. > > > > > > On 5/2/21, Kait Forbes <miss.k.t.for...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good morning everyone, > >> > >> Okay, Let me give you a bit of background. I Care for my Grandmother, > >> she is my mom. With recent illness she is now almost totally blind. > >> I need to Help her get some kind of handle on things so I am starting > >> with her phone. I need help and I am told this is one of the groups > >> that can do this for us. With your help I too will have the knowledge > to > >> assist her. > >> I bought her the iPhone SE 2nd. generation. It says it has the > >> version iso > >> 14.5 with that in mind Please , How in the world can I set this up for > >> her? Many thanks for your help and support here. > >> Kait > >> > >> -- > >> 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. 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