[Diabetes-Talk] strange message

Sat Aug 14 06:26:44 UTC 2021

I belong to a group that meets once a month with a former Apple employee who is now an accessibility trainer who keeps us up-to-date with everything iOS. He said that Apple actually sells refurbished phones for a fraction of the cost of new phones and these are extremely reliable. What they do is take the trade in phones that they get and phones that may have been returned due to some problem and completely dismantle them. Then they Test every single component and discard any non-functioning parts. They then build a brand new phone from all of the working components and sell them. This would be a more reliable source than just buying a used phone. We were told that brand new phones are not individually tested when they come off the production line but that they only pull one out of every so many off the line to test. Every single refurbished phone however gets tested.
I may go this route next time I need a new phone. My current one is an 8 and seems to be functioning pretty well but is now considered an older model.  it doesn’t have some of the new accessibility features such as text recognition, screen recognition, and image recognition that could be very valuable.
Patricia

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> On Aug 13, 2021, at 5:24 PM, gary via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> What do you have at the moment. I now need  to find an I phone for the fact that libre 2will be available for I os at first an then who knows when it will be available for Android. Since I had the apps for android I sold my last I phone. So now need to  look for a refurb or something a bit old that I can afford. There   is no way I can afford any of the newer I phone 12 sereies. So I think I will either look around for a use I phone  10 or 11 or try to see if amazon will have deals on the I phone SE   second edition 2020.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 4:23 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] strange message
> 
> Thanks for this mini tutorial, Ed. I'm saving it because I am thinking of upgrading my phone. Sheesh!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ed Worrell via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 7:27 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ed Worrell <ntnmprt at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] strange message
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> To me it sounds like the image description function of Voiceover is on and is trying to describe the graphic that resides near the blood glucose reading in the center of the screen. In reality this is just the visual aspect of the trend arrow.
> 
> How to stop the weird readouts…
> 
> 1. Open settings
> 2. Navigate down to accessibility and then to Voiceover.
> 3. Scroll down to rotor and open this option.
> 4. Find the Image description option and double tap to add it to the rotor.
> 5. Exit out of settings and finally navigate to the Dexcom G6 app and open it.
> 6. Once the app has loaded place your thumbs and pointer finger on the screen and twist them. This action is much like turning a volume knob on a stereo. Do this until you hear the Image description option.
> 7. Once you have heard the Image Description read out loud, now flick down with one finger and Voiceover should now announce that Image Description has been turned off.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Ed Worrell
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>> On Aug 12, 2021, at 2:48 PM, gary via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Les, that's  what i am thinking with the fact that with newe versions  
>> of I OS they have introduced all these image sort of accessibility 
>> hooks which in a way can be annoying at times and helpful at other 
>> times  with third party apps.  Depending on which apps have taken 
>> advantage of those accessibility API's and hooks.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>> Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 8:32 AM
>> To: mota1252 at gmail.com; 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] strange message
>> 
>> I was wondering if it was a picture, I knew it popped up and then was gone.
>> I've never had it happen on any other apps before though. Thank you Milton.
>> 
>> Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
>> Ham call K5FPT
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>> Milton via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 6:07 AM
>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] strange message
>> 
>> Hi Les,
>> 
>> I have the same problem with an iPhone 11 running the latest iOS and 
>> the latest version of the Dexcom G6 app. I have never been able to 
>> find an answer on how to get rid of that pop up picture on some of my apps.
>> 
>> Milton
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>> Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 12:11 AM
>> To: Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] strange message
>> 
>> Hello group, I mentioned about my Dexcom cgm giving me a strange 
>> message. It says after the reading, pea pea on the law, and it still 
>> saying that occasionally. Does anyone have any ideas or had anyone 
>> heard this before or am I the only one that get this message? By the 
>> way I am using my iPhone Xr for the receiver.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
>> 
>> Ham call K5FPT
>> 
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