I'm not sure how that would work either, Ray, but since I thus far only needed to send messages to individual recipients ...
I also use WhatsApp quite a lot and within that app, sending to groups of people seems to be unproblematic. Mike On 2,Feb,2014, at 2:38 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > Ah, I can see this working for one number: but, suppose you've got a long > list of numbers to which you wish to send the same message. I only know of > one way around this. Create a group in your contacts using your Mac and that > should take care of it, I suspect. However, this presents yet another > problem. Suppose the person needing to do this has no Mac but instead is a > windows user? I don't believe one can create groups inside contacts on the > Iphone as yet. > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Hello to all of you, >> >> On January 20, I wrote about a problem I was having sending messages to >> certain people ever since installing iOS/7. At least one other person on >> this list (I think it was Ray) reported having a similar problem. Below, I >> outline the problem, and then I will share the work-around I discovered. I >> will pass this message along to the Accessibility people at Apple, too. >> >> The problem: >>>>> >>>>> Ever since installing iOS7, I have had extreme difficulties in sending >>>>> text messages to recipients in my contacts that have more than one number >>>>> listed there. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I initiate a message and try to send it to a contact's mobile >>>>> phone, the message is always sent to the landline phone instead. Since >>>>> this isn't possible, I get a message from my phone company telling me >>>>> that a text message can't be sent to a landline phone. There is >>>>> absolutely no doubt in my mind that I am clicking on the recipient's >>>>> mobile phone. If a person sends me a message, and I simply reply, the >>>>> message is properly sent to the recipient's cell phone; I just can't >>>>> currently start a new message thread to anyone in my contact list unless >>>>> that contact only has a cell phone number listed. I suppose I could go >>>>> through all of my contacts and erase any landline numbers there, but I >>>>> honestly believe that there is a far better solution. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any thoughts. >>>>> >> The work-around: >> When initiating a message thread, I never go into the Message app. Instead, >> I now go into Contacts and select the intended recipient of my message. I >> then keep flicking to the right until I get to the "Send message" option. >> This entry is just past the "Notes" option. When I click on the "Send >> message" option, I am presented a list of all the numbers I have for the >> contact and when I select the contact's cell phone, I can send the message >> without a problem. >> >> As I said, I will pass this along to the Accessibility people, but perhaps >> my discovery can be of help to someone right now. >> >> My best to all, >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
