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Using an iPhone as a multi trackpad for doing VoiceOver gestures on a Mac?

Forum Topic by Cliff on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
… be able to use my iPhone as a multi trackpad to controll voiceover gestures on my mac when I'm not having it on my lap, for … none of them supports the multitouch gestures that you use with voiceover... Have any of you come across an app that can …

VoiceOver Gestures for use with a Multi-Touch Trackpad on MacOS

Guide by David Woodbridge on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
… If you're using a Multi-Touch trackpad, you can use VoiceOver gestures. VoiceOver provides a set of standard gestures for navigating and interacting with items on the screen. You can't modify this set of …

Using the Activator tweek with voiceover

Forum Topic by Neo on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
… the Activator tweek which allows you to assign custom gestures to certain actions for example you can press the … It seems like it is also possible to create custom menus with this tweek that can pop up when you press a certain key … this tweek and are the resulting menus accessible via voiceover? I would like to be able to use the menu feature or …

Effects Of Gesture Patents On Accessible Devices.

Forum Topic by Shaun Uk on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
… to raise a point that has been playing on my mind lately. With the recent round of patent lawsuits from the likes of … and I could be mistaken, Apple have patents on all their voiceover gestures and would not be happy letting another company use …

Speech sometimes turns itself off?

Forum Topic by Mario Lang on Monday, March 19, 2012
… Hi. I have a strange problem on Mac OS X 10.7.3 with VoiceOver. I am rather new to this system, so it might as … the VoiceOver Utility. If I do not have my Braille display with me, I need to rely on sighted assistance to get my Mac …

Closing Folders

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Friday, October 19, 2012
… I'm missing something but... How do I close a folder using VoiceOver gestures when I have opened it? I've tried one-finger swipe … swipe-up, three-finger swipe-up and several other gestures. None of them seem to be working for me. … Hi. You …

Custom gestures

Forum Topic by Khafsa2015 on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
… you could help me. Basically I'm wondering if the custom gestures feature in ios five point one point one is compatible with VoiceOver and zoom. Many thanks, :) …

Syntellia offering Fleksy to developers for integration into third-party applications

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
… fantastic app and a decision is made to integrate it in VoiceOver for use in all apps when VoiceOver is enabled. That way, Fleksy could become visible …

Peculiar behaviour with voiceover and web spots in Mountain Lion

Forum Topic by Skyhook on Sunday, August 26, 2012
… to Mountain Lion I've noticed some strange behaviour with voiceover and webspots. When I create a new web spot, I can't … This did not happen before upgrading. It also happens with the keyboard command and the gesture which I set for the …

Problems with ipad2 and app store

Forum Topic by E88 on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
… Hi all. Recently been experiencing problems with my iPad and the app store. I can brows it fine, but … iPod touch amd it works properly on that. I've checked the VoiceOver settings but everything seems fine. The gestures work fine on everything but the app store. Has …

Voxer and VoiceOver - performance issues

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
… fine until I press home to run the app in the background. VoiceOver at this point goes sluggish. For example it doesn't always recognize the gestures I am trying to do, particularly the double tap and … have this issue at all. Weird. I have the iPhone 4 also with IOS 5.01 myself. May I ask have you tried restarting …

Support our Campaign to get These 3 Nuance Apps Accessible Again: Dragon Go!, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, March 17, 2012
… Dragon Search. Earlier versions of these apps were usable with VoiceOver, but recent updates have rendered all three … VoiceOver effectively 'freezes' and will not respond to gestures. Nuance have also added a number of non-standard …

What's New in Accessibility with iOS 6

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
… As with the previous release of a major iOS upgrade (from … features now work with one another. This includes VoiceOver and Zoom, the physical motor settings, and the new … using VoiceOver and Zoom together is that a few VoiceOver gestures have changed. For example, when Zoom and VoiceOver …

iOS or Android for the visually impaired: nine reasons that count

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Sunday, March 11, 2012
… Android. Note that here I’m not going to list the typical VoiceOver vs. Talkback arguments; rather, I want to focus on … “quidnunc.” Now someone might say Android can do the same with a third-party app. Though I’ve not heard of such an app, … modes Everyone knows that VoiceOver can be operated with or without a Bluetooth keyboard. That is, if you don’t …

iOS or Android for the visually impaired revisited: Jelly Bean or iOS?

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
… "quidnunc." Now someone might say Android can do the same with a third-party app. Though I’ve not heard of such an app, VoiceOver’s approach requires no extra installation or … areas of the screen the way flicking and exclusive touch gestures do. Easy movement to the top and bottom of the …

A Word of Warning About the VisionAssist App

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
… . The app has been developed specifically for those with low-vision, and claims to offer the same functionality … you would expect from a handheld electronic magnifier, but with a few extra features and the advantages of being on your … 4. Or at least it is unusable if you need to be running VoiceOver at the same time. For those of you who have tried …

Read2Go comments and observations

Forum Topic by Amir Soleimani on Thursday, March 1, 2012
… on InDaisy, I’ll do the same. For the record, this is with Read2Go V1.0.2.2, released on January 21st 2012, and … Read2Go indeed supports the dictionary built into iOS5 if VoiceOver is used to read books instead of the built-in TTS … option, and you’re good to go. Again, it doesn’t work with Acapela voices (it’s a pity). 2. This one truly bothers …

VoiceOver features in iOS 6: Reference apps and a new reading mode for HTML content

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Sunday, March 18, 2012
… to my iPhone 4S and enjoying the extensive features and gestures provided by VoiceOver, I thought I’d add my desired features which might … my features; however, there would be nothing wrong with implementing one or more of them in, say, iOS 5.2. At …

Tips/tricks for IPhone 3gs users

Forum Topic by Gerardo on Monday, August 20, 2012
… for the last 3 or so years, visualizing how you'd do the gestures while listening to the audio demos, and visualizing all the neat things you can do with one of these. This came true for me on July 12 of this … neither Inor my uncle knew what to do upon activating VoiceOver Ileft it for the peace. The first couple of hours …

Good news for dictionary devotees: American Heritage Dictionary 5th Edition is accessible

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Sunday, September 30, 2012
… feature for their sighted users. Third, Apple's occupation with iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 meant they couldn't provide Enfour engineers with the required information as promptly as possible. At any … hyperlinking in the Definition window in order to provide VoiceOver with a better navigation option, it doesn't mean …

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