[NFBofSC] Tracking a package

[Steve Cook]

How to Track a Shipment on Your iPhone:  Rita’s iDevice Advice for November 30, 2020

 

Forget package tracking apps.  Did you know you can track shipments on your iPhone without ever leaving the app in which you received the tracking number?  If you’re worried about porch pirates, one of the best security measures is knowing when a package is supposed to arrive.  Your iPhone will automatically detect tracking any tracking number that you receive in Mail or Messages.  You can also use the same method to track packages from websites such as Amazon by copying and pasting the tracking number into Notes.

 

Note:  These instructions were written for sighted persons, who are not using voiceOver.  If you are using VoiceOver:  when the instructions say "Tap on an item", perform a one finger double tap.

 

 

How to Use Your iPhone for Package Tracking

1.  Open Messages or Mail and locate the tracking number you want to use.

2.  Or save a tracking number from the web in a note in the Notes app.

3.  Long press the tracking number.

When running VoiceOver:  a long press action is a one finger double tap and hold gesture.

4.  Select Track Shipment.

5.  This will take you to the carrier’s page.

6.  From here, you can set up what sorts of alerts you want to receive.

 

 

 <http://nfbofsc.org/?p=1985> Click here to access the membership form for the National Federation of the Blind of SC

 

Steve Cook

District 2 State Board Member of the National Federation of the Blind of SC

President Elect of the Columbia chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of SC

1st Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC

The National Federation of the Blind of SC owns and operates Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center.  Below is a link to read more about Rocky Bottom and to make a reservation for a mountain retreat!

 <http://rockybottomofsc.com/> Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center

Please join the National Federation of the Blind of SC on Face Book at any of the below links!

 <https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/> National Federation of the Blind of SC on Face Book

 <https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-SC-343263089815304/> Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC

 <https://m.facebook.com/RockyBottomofSC/> Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center 

South Carolina Association of Blind Students

 <https://m.facebook.com/groups/375092969314880?_rdr> South Carolina Parents of Blind Children

 

Your old car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.
Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking 
 <http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/> www.carshelpingtheblind.org 
or call 855 659 9314



 

 

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