Hi, I took your advice also. It does everything I need.
Please nobody tell me I don't need it because the purpose of this list is not to discuss tipping habits. Its all about I products. Already too much has been discussed about tipping habits and in which country. Ron & Danvers -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MamaPeach Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 12:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Try the freeiTip (tip calculator) by PalaSoftware, Inc. [was Re: Accessible tip calculator] This is a GREAT app. Thanks so much for telling us about it. It works awesome with VoiceOver. -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 5:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Try the freeiTip (tip calculator) by PalaSoftware, Inc. [was Re: Accessible tip calculator] Thanks for the recommendation and also for the very thorough explanation. Sent from Kimber's iPhone On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:50 AM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Kim, > > I'm not sure which app Eileen meant, since the closest match to her > description that I found is a free app called "Global Tipping". > However here's another suggestion that might do what you want: > . iTip (tip calculator) by PalaSoftware, Inc. (free): > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itip-tip-calculator/id282914454?mt=8 > > This app is very accessible with a pretty clean interface and some > nice options for mailing a record of the transaction, and also > rounding up or down the total and splitting the bill. It's ad > supported, but the ad is unobtrusive, and is the last element at the > bottom of the screen, so will not get in your way. There is one > unlabeled button in the top right corner of the screen that takes you > to a settings screen, but you'll probably find the default settings > work fine for you. > > The first item to fill in is the "Bill Amount" text field. Double > tapping there brings up a keyboard in bottom third of the screen with > 4 rows of number buttons in 3 columns, similar to a numerical keypad > layout, and a 5th row with buttons for "delete", "clear", and "done" > just above the number buttons. The top number row is "7 8 9", next is > "4 5 6", then "1 2 3", and the bottom row is a "0" button that spans > two columns in width with a decimal point (i.e., "period" button) at > the bottom right corner. Enter the bill amount by double tapping the > number keys and period button. If you make a mistake, double tapping > the "delete" button just above the number "7" button will delete the > last entered character. You can also erase the entire bill amount by > double tapping the "clear" button just to the right of "delete". When > you are finished, double tap the "done" button at the far right, just > above the number "9" button of the input keypad. This will close the > input keyboard., and if you now check the "Bill Amount" it will show > your entry in dollars. (You can obviously use the calculator for other > currencies, but it automatically puts in a "$" symbol. Also, the app > always stores the last tip calculation entries you made, so even if > you clear the bill amount and type in a "0" and double tap "done", it > will revert to the last real amount that you entered.) > > Flick right from the bill amount text field to "Tip Percent" and on to > the buttons for "10%", "15%", "18%", "20%", and "other". By default > "18%" is selected, but you can change this. If you want to choose > some other percent amount, double tap the "other" button, and use the > input keypad to enter a new amount, taking care to first double tap > the "clear" button on the keypad. Otherwise the current button > selection amount will appear in this text field (e.g., "18%"). Double > tap "done" to escape the input keypad. > > If you enter a specific tip amount, a text field with that percentage > will appear instead of the "other" button after buttons for "10%", > "15%", "18%", and "20%". Double tapping any of those buttons will > cause the fifth element to revert back from a text field to the > "other" button. > > Flick right past the buttons for tip percent to the "Tip Amount" text > field, which will display the calculated tip amount. > > If you flick right past the tip amount text field, you'll reach the > "Grand Total" text field that gives the Bill Amount plus Tip Amount, > preceded by buttons for "hyphen" (really the minus sign) and "plus". > Now this is a cool feature: if you want round up or down the total > amount to whole dollars, double tap the "plus" or "hyphen" buttons. > Each double tap will increase or decrease the grand total by a dollar. > And if you flick left back to the tip percent, you'll find a text > field with corresponding tip amount expressed as a tip percent. > The tip amount text field (in dollars) also gets updated. So you can > adjust the grand total by however many dollars rounded up or down you > wish, and go back to check the corresponding tip percentage that is > used. > > Next cool feature is the "Split Bill" options. Like the "Tip Percent" > there are standard button options of "1", "2", "3", and "4" followed > by an "other" button that you can double tap to enter some other > number via the input keyboard. As with the tip percent entry, double > tap the "clear" button before choosing your entry numbers, and double > tap the "done" button above the "9" button to exit. > > Flicking right from the split bill options takes you to the "Person > Total" entries for split bills, with a listing of the individual tip > amount. As with the "Grand Total" the amount in the text field for > each person can be adjusted up or down to round to whole dollar > amounts by using the "plus" and "hyphen" buttons before the text field > for "Person Total". and again, if you flick left you can read off the > adjusted Grand Total, Tip Amount, and Tip Percent for the changes > you've made. > > Finally, you can email a report of the entire transaction using the > "Compose" button in the too left corner, along with any text you care > to add. It will report the bill amount, the tip both as a percentage > and an amount, and the grand total amount. If you used the split bill > feature, a line will also be appended like "Split the bill 3 ways" and > the dollar amount paid by each will be listed. > > For completeness, I'll describe the adjustable switch buttons in the > settings (the unlabeled button in the top right corner of the screen, > which does not seem to let VoiceOver labels "stick"). All switch > buttons are "off" by default. If you double tap to turn on the switch > button for "Tax", then following the "Bill Amount" there will be text > fields for the tax as a percentage of the bill amount and as a dollar > amount. You can double tap in either field to enter a per centage or > a dollar amount, and the corresponding text field will be calculated. > For example, if you enter the tax dollar amount, the percentage field > will show you the per cent tax on the bill amount used for that dollar > amount of tax. The tip amount is still calculated as a percentage of > the bill amount, but the grand total will include the bill amount, > tax, and tip, as will the person totals. Again, the person totals can > be rounded up or down to whole dollar amounts. > > The second switch button in settings is for "qualitative tipping" and > if selected it introduces a slider for adjusting the default selected > tip rate. Since VO's slider control is not really good for fine > tuning, and you'd have to flick to read off the actual tip percentages > and amounts each time you use the slider, I'd give this setting a miss > and leave it on "off". > > The final settings switch button is for "standard keyboard" and > turning this to "on" let's you enter numbers, decimal points, and also > currency symbols with the standard keyboard that shows up with "more > numbers". You can use touch typing or dictation here, and also enter > different currency symbols, but I find dictation is slower than manual > entry, and I personally find the default number keypad easier to use. > > Exit the settings screen by double tapping the "Done" button in the > top right corner of the screen. The settings screen also lets you send > an email to iTip Support if you need to contact the developers. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jan 17, 7:47 am, Kimber Gardner <kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I can't find any app with that name. Who is the developer? >> >> Thanks >> Kim >> >> On 1/17/13,EileenMisrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> The discussion of what is anvacceptavle is not in question. The app >>> that have is called "GlobalTipPro." Not only will it calculate >>> thetip, there is a tab to find out tipping practices all over the >>> world. This comes in handy when traveling. HTH. >> >>> Eileen >> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 16, 2013, at 6:33 PM, "Andy Baracco" <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: >> >>>> These days, 10% is not considered acceptable unless you receive >>>> poor service. >> >>>> Andy >> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Simmons >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:24 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Accessibletipcalculator >> >>>> Its actually lots easier if you remember to move the decimal point >>>> once to the left regardless of amount. >>>> 10%tipon $33.44 is $3.34. >>>> 10%tipon $23,400 is $2,340. >> >>>> LS >> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Paganelli" >>>> <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> >>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:59 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Accessibletipcalculator >> >>>> I don't use atipcalculator. I think ten percent is more then enough. >>>> It's easy enough to figure it. 10 percent of a hundred bucks is 10 >>>> bucks. >>>> Ten percent of 230 dollars is 23 bucks etc. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Coats" >>>> <lynncoat...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 3:06 PM >>>> Subject: Accessibletipcalculator >> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> Does anyone know of an accessibletipcalculatorfor the iPhone five? >>>>> Thank you very much. >> >> -- >> Kimberly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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