topic Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin? in Discussions & Feedback

A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

Jenny105 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:10:15 GMT

Partly a device ****** IT question . Also an accessibility query. Tough

My 85 yr old cousin has an iphone and asked if i could chat face to face with her to liven the days. Shes spoken to her sister and could manage to lipread / the sound was ok.

We tried Whats app - too tinny

Facetime - i have an android phone

Theres nothing else I know of. Ilike to use a laptop . Is there anything we missed as a possibility

Best Wishes

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

MI5 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:23:38 GMT

Skype?

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

jonsie — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:05:14 GMT

Zoom on PC work great for me

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

Jenny105 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:06:23 GMT

Skype theres a thought . Thank you Our family used to use SKYPE it went awol so we started using Whats App.

If a laptop was used could my older relative's daughter get Skype up on an iphone......

Zoom ?

Zoom's on my laptop . My cousin may have a tablet. Any chance ?

Best Wishes

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

MI5 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:08:46 GMT

Yes @Jenny105

Skype is available on iPhone

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

Jenny105 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:26:13 GMT

We are going to try Skype

Also Zoom . My cousin has downloaded it last week .

Whats App was tried but that was too tinny sounding and distant.

Facebook video was suggested I'll try that with a friend first .

Best Wishes

Re: A toughie :- how to keep in touch with my 85yr old cousin?

Jenny105 — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:02:02 GMT

Just an update ..... Something not right with my SKYPE account so Ive uninstalled it to try again. Ive found out that once downloaded it can never be got rid of

Is that right ? a is it correct b is it legit that it cant be removed once download

My cousin and I tried Smartphone to Smartphone . Not successful even with my cuz using bluetooth

We tried landline to landline - again not successful

Im investigating NGT lie - Relay UK - see post about NGT