[access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved, and Tune-in radio is the new struggle

  • From: "Ron Sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:13:18 -0000

Thanks Carol I will answer to any name,smile.

Ron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Carol Pearson 
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:10 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved, and Tune-in radio is 
the new struggle


Andy,

If your wife can get VO working again, you can set up your Ipod so that you can 
tap the home key three times to toggle speech on/off.  That's been useful to me 
sometimes.

--
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: Ron Sears
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:47 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved, and
Tune-in radio is the new struggle 

> So am I learning to drive this thing, but I have had a
> crash....  I have mislaid my lead that connects to the
> computer.  I will have to get a new one, so it is over to
> my wife to find the settings to get me  going again.   
> 
> Has anyone tried omobey?  I think that is what it is
> called.  It is supposed to take a picture of an object
> like a shoe and it will tell you what it is, how weird is
> that...   
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carol Pearson
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:11 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved,
> and Tune-in radio is the new struggle 
> 
> 
> Andy,
> 
> I've had the same initial problems with Tunein Radio. 
> The pause/stop buttons are towards the bottom right
> portion of the screen (not far right-hand).  It is a bit
> annoying when a programme comes on and you just want to
> shut it up but not the speech!  <Smiles>    
> 
> You don't have to create an account.  From what I can
> see, that's useful if you want to subscribe to the Radio
> Times info.  
> 
> Once you've been into the stations you want, you'll find
> a screen with the most recent stations and they'll be
> there.  I haven't as yet bothered with presets myself. 
> I'd be interested from others if these are worth it and
> how you do it.    
> 
> Well done, Andy, we're both learning to drive together! 
> <Grins> 
> 
> --
> Carol P
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: ANDY COLLINS
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 11:38 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved,
> and 
> Tune-in radio is the new struggle
> 
> > Hi Carol - Yes, lots to get to grips with, not fully
> > sorted yet with Audible as I'm still not quite clear
> > regarding enhanced format, have instead just bought
> > Tune-in radio, and have been trying to grab a few radio
> > stations. I'm wondering if it's necessary to create an
> > account, as they seem to be asking for, when I search
> > and listen to a radio station. I thought I'd book
> > marked Talk Sport, but having then listened to radio
> > Devon for a few minutes, found I couldn't shut them up,
> > and when I powered off and on again, opened Tune-in,
> > flipping radio Devon started up again, and Talk Sport
> > had gone from book marks. Perhaps I'm meant to create a
> > preset for them, just not that far with it yet.
> >
> > Anyway, enough for this day -
> >
> > Andy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Carol Pearson
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:37 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Touch over wi-fi now resolved
> >
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > After writing to you last the other day, I had wondered
> > if this was the problem but decided we'd had so many
> > exchanges that I was best to leave you to rest for the
> > night and then I didn't get back to the computer.
> >
> > I'm delighted you've sorted it now.
> >
> > There's a lot to learn, but already you've overtaken me
> > as I haven't used Audible at all.  <Smiles>
> >
> > --
> > Carol P
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: ANDY COLLINS
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 11:18 AM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Touch over wi-fi now resolved
> >
> > > Hi all -
> > >
> > > Thanks to everybody that offered suggestions to my
> > > connection problem.
> > >
> > > I found the answer by following one of Carol's
> > > suggestions, which was to have a play in the notes
> > > application, to get use to the onscreen keyboard,
> > > which I thought I'd already mastered, and I had, in
> > > terms of accurate usability, but what I saw from
> > > within the note app, was what was happening when I
> > > put letters in to the edit field. Having listened to
> > > a podcast a couple of weeks ago, on this topic, I
> > > followed the method there, that said find the desired
> > > letter on the keyboard, with one finger, then tap the
> > > screen with a second finger. This was my mistake, I
> > > was keeping my first finger on the required letter,
> > > then tapping twice with a second finger. When I did
> > > this in notes, I saw that each letter was getting
> > > entered twice in the edit field, so I went back to
> > > have a go on the wi-fi connection screen, this time,
> > > finding each letter, but then taking that finger off
> > > the screen, then tapping twice, and guess what, I got
> > > connected first time! Hurrah!! 
> > >
> > > Wow, so simple, yet so much energy just to resolve it!
> > >
> > > I'm so grateful to this list and others like it, the
> > > technology's great, but getting to grips with it all
> > > can be a real pain -
> > >
> > > Andy

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