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Introducing BG Buddy Backgammon Talking Scorekeeper, Clock & Dice

Forum Topic by Ross BG Buddy on Wednesday, January 25, 2017
… the big backgammon tournaments. He uses a backgammon board with checkers for each player that feel different. Previous … on the Beta tester's waggon to test accessibility with voiceover, you'd be very welcome. I'm sure you would find … off. Once talking dice is turned on you have some new gestures as described here in the manual. …

Google Docks being profoundly quirky with Voiceover on Mac

Forum Topic by glassheart on Tuesday, October 25, 2022
… or VO+Down arrow once the menu is expanded, but then Voiceover is jumping all over the darn place. And 100 percent … … I just upgraded to Ventura, and thank goodness, the bug with the VoiceOver Ignore Next Keypress hotkey has finally … want. … Can you elaborate on that bug you're talking about with ignoring next keypress? I've never heard of it. … Yeah, …

Is there a gesture to switch between the speaker phone and regular phone on the iPhone using voice over

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Monday, September 24, 2018
… Hi there. I use an iPhone with voice-over and I was getting annoyed that every time I … when you move your iPhone back to your ear. Go to the VoiceOver manual and search for speaker phone. If you don't … switches (and then have to increase the volume again with the volume up/down buttons when I'm done listening …

Voice-over having trouble navigating ads in safari in iOS 11 .2

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Wednesday, January 24, 2018
… get past the ads, I do one of two things: 1) Flick up once with three fingers to get past the ads. 2) Select "static … way, you may need to add static text to the rotor in the VoiceOver rotor settings for the second method to work. … Hi. … it to work. So be patient. The other thing also has to do with the rotor & I found this out by sheer accident! I've …

Thinking of moving to Android- seeking thoughts on TalkBack accessibility

Forum Topic by TechAgnostic on Monday, January 6, 2025
… user for several years now. I've also in the past played with TalkBack on android devices but always returned to iOS. … I would also say that as an iOS user, some of TalkBack's gestures may not feel as fluid. For example, I've heard some … kinds of technology. I've heard people say that the angled gestures tend to slow down the Android interface experience …

Kindle App Not Working With VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Heather on Thursday, November 14, 2024
… my Kindle App is being strange when Reading a Book Using VoiceOver. Before Yesterday Morning, I was able to happily … … I'm not having any problems reading books on Kindle with my iPhone SE3, running iOS 18.1. Having said that, it is … remember the last time I was able to navigate by swipe gestures. … Edit: I updated this post, as my last post …

What is the insertion Point Navigation toggle?

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Monday, December 16, 2024
… is something that 'only works for people that don't use voiceover? In essence the equivalent of what we voiceover users get by default, I.e, using command plus arrow … it's a poorly labeled command, and has nothing to do with text editing, or it could be an outdated command that …

Anyone else having issues with voicemail and VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Bob Cavanaugh on Friday, December 21, 2018
… Hi everyone, Can someone please help me with this, or confirm this is a bug with VO? I seem to be having focus issues in the voicemail … is not as simple as that. Try restarting the app, then VoiceOver and then finally the device itself, in this order, …

VoiceOver Not Working with Youtube on iPhone

Forum Topic by Harry on Sunday, July 11, 2021
… but once i got my Apple Watch and synced it to the iPhone, VoiceOver no longer interacts with Youtube. Youtube can still be navigated with VoiceOver turned off. I have tried uninstalling and …

Creating shortcut for toggling a button inside an app

Forum Topic by Ramy on Tuesday, October 11, 2022
… If you're really desperate, you could probably create a Voiceover gesture to open the app, which might speed things … preferrably without ever opening them, so you can use them with things like Siri. It doesn't know anything about the …

Navigatiing in Safari on a phone.

Forum Topic by honest nan on Thursday, March 24, 2022
… heading navigation. NOt sure what the Mail app has to do with Safari, but anyway. If you don't want "actions … available" being spoken, go to Settings> Accessibility> VoiceOver> verbosity> Actions and set it to "do nothing". … I …

Accessibility Becoming More And More An Afterthought?

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Wednesday, May 17, 2023
… as possible? I mean that, it seems that, especially with the latest phones/iOS, accessibility is seeming more and … absence of the Home button and the increased complexity of gestures for us compared to having a fingerprint scanner. A … afterthought with the introduction of iOS16, in which Voiceover began randomly toggling itself when a device still …

Calling for beta testers - typing application for blind

Forum Topic by Ioannis on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
… I presume also you still have to double tap because of voiceover, so not sure how its going to be faster than the … app. I would have to be able to type faster on it than with a bluetooth keyboard for me to switch. also, I know it … and I like the app. one of the futures that I like are the gestures, there are several type fast just similar to arrows …

Thinking about switching to Android

Forum Topic by Levi Gobin on Friday, September 15, 2023
… from someone that vocalizer has a trial period. Just like with NVDA, does this also include eloquence? 2. could someone … what features talkback has and does not have compared to voiceover? Also, if anyone knows a good starting phone, that … may or may not be comparable to iOS' rotor. • Custom Touch Gestures: In iOS you can reprogram about 85% of the touch …

New to mac

Forum Topic by Blaque Diamond on Sunday, August 11, 2013
… Hi i am new to the mac and am having trouble with the vo commands. I have to navigate sites by the track … headings is turned off by default. To turn it on, go to voiceover utility, commanders category, quicknav tab, and … with letters and function keys on the keyboard, there are gestures you can use the trackpad to command the computer …

New app named VO Starter

Forum Topic by MarkSarch on Monday, December 17, 2012
… app to do what's already built in to the phone, plus with vo hints on you can get a lot of info out of a control, … impaired iOS users training on the built in screen reader, VoiceOver. For more information, visit our web site at … usefulness. I understand your arguments about the practice gestures and VoiceOver hints features, but it's nice to have …

Questions about using Face ID when you are blind

Forum Topic by SK on Saturday, February 26, 2022
… this podcast helpful: [Setting Up Face ID on the iPhone X with … somebody attempts to unlock the phone. You can do the same with a combination of button presses, but this Siri trick is … don't miss the home button. And after assigning my custom gestures, all this did not take long to get used to. …

Missing Control key on the right

Forum Topic by Mani on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
… and 128GB SSD), I am curious to know how you guys manage with the missing Control key on the right. I am facing some … and with all the modifyer keys you can add to trackpad gestures, the ability for adding stuff to it is huge. … with using an external keyboard with a numberpad on it. as voiceOver, actually has a numpad commander as well. which a …

Using VoiceOver Magic Tap to control iPhone audio on Apple Watch

Forum Topic by Andrey on Tuesday, August 30, 2022
… on my watchface. It works, but I wonder if I can use the VoiceOver Magic Tap on my Apple Watch to pause/restart audio, … on watch face to control audio, but If I'm the only one with such a need, OK, this discussion can be closed... … Hi … in the settings, it's just an imitation of some VoiceOver gestures (like swipe or double tap), it doesn't add unique …

Receiving the Zoom IQ5 stereo Microphone for my iPhone/iPad!

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Tuesday, June 17, 2014
… while recording a podcast. this Mmic works amazingly well with the camera app too! Zoom also has it's own app called the Handy Recorder app, which works with the mic itself. It's a free app which can be downloaded … … i noticed when i plugged in my zoom iq5 it disabled voiceover speech is there a work around … i will get this mic …

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