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Handy Tech Braille Star 40 (pre-HID Generation)

Hardware or Accessory Review by Mario Lang on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
… 40 is a portable, rechargeable 40 cell braille display with serial, USB and Bluetooth connectivity.  Its physical … the reading area to input text to iOS. A few rather useful VoiceOver commands are bound to the tripple action keys as … Braille display connected.  The double-tap-with-3-fingers gestures comes handy here to temporarily disable speech …

Extra Extra, read all about it: a review of the 3 most popular news apps from the perspective of a VoiceOver and braille user

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Thursday, February 2, 2012
… One of the many things that one can do with a mobile phone is keep up with current news events. For users of iPhones who are blind … for the iOS platform are reviewed for their usability with VoiceOver and Braille displays. The three apps evaluated are: …

APA-OTS

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Mario Lang on Friday, March 16, 2012
… collecting all breaking news from various other sources. … VoiceOver works perfectly with this app. Double tap a news story to get details, flick … so simple to use with VoiceOver. You just need very basic gestures, its so easy that I actually use it during …

NHL

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Scott Davert on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
… and Stats for Every Team and Player - Live Game Simulation with Near Real-Time Shift Changes, Boxscore, and Play-by-Play … online services. Given how accessible the MLB app is with VoiceOver, I was optimistic that, when they released the … I can not read. Scrolling around with the 3 finger gestures yields no results for me, but apparently others have …

Read text by sentences

Forum Topic by ernst on Sunday, October 7, 2012
… words and lines. How to do this? As you know there is a voiceOver Gesture named Rotor feature, using voiceOver Rotor feature you can navigate faster and easy way … wherever page or text whenever select Lines and follow the gestures flick up to the previous item or flick down to the …

Voiceover and the two fingered double tap.

Forum Topic by MHicok on Thursday, September 27, 2012
… I have noticed that when using voiceover, the two finger double tap activates the music … … I don't think there is a way to disable this, or any VO gestures. For a little clarification, the two finger double … and stops audio. It doesn't specifically and only work with the music app. If you are reading a book in Read2Go, or …

Zooming In and Out with VoiceOver On

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
… I am a VoiceOver user but have some usable vision. I am interested as to whether you can zoom in and out, e.g., with the camera or on Safari, with VoiceOver still on. I know … in, you move around the screen with three fingers too. The gestures are the same with VoiceOver turned off. Any problems …

Turning off passcode on an IPhone 4S

Forum Topic by Nancy on Thursday, September 27, 2012
… using the gesture flick right or left depending the voiceOver cursor look for General And press double tap on it. …

Deleting episodes from Downcast.

Forum Topic by Nancy on Saturday, August 4, 2012
… it pressed to the screen. When you lift your finger, VoiceOver should prompt you to confirm that you want to … helpful answers and ideas. Nancy … If you've a podcast with a lot of episodes, but you only want to delete some of …

Controlling Voiceover And The IOS Pages App From A Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard

Forum Topic by Charlie on Monday, June 18, 2012
… wireless keyboard paired to my iPhone 4s, running Voiceover. Can I control Voiceover functionality, for … keyboard shortcuts? Additionally, when using the Pages app with the keyboard, is there a keyboard shortcut to advance to … are seeking for! http://axslab.com/articles/ios-voiceover-gestures-and-keyboard-commands.php Look under the Other …

Cupcakes! Bake & Decorate

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Jennifer on Thursday, September 13, 2012
… & iPod Touch- bake, decorate, and eat virtual cupcakes with all kinds of flavors & toppings, using real recipes! … especially considering all the choices and neat gestures one must implement. Would direct touch work, … akin to how Fleksy operates now? So you can still have VoiceOver on and just touch the screen when it becomes …

Getting started with a mac air.

Forum Topic by Jenifer on Monday, July 30, 2012
… .com/guides/guide-making-switch-using-windows-screen-reader-voiceover-mac The keys you will use most often are the four … correct the misspelt word. Can i move the insertion point with a keyboard shortcut? Is it possible to drag items into … Lion in Safari and other applications, and are four-finger gestures supported in Voice Over mode for example to open …

Braille touch

Forum Topic by Tyler2006 on Sunday, May 20, 2012
… How you use it is not obvious. You open the app, turn voiceover off, then tap to start and double tap anywhere for … was supposed to be an app in it's own right, only with another input method, a Braille keyboard. Once you … usable. The type in braille app doesn't really have many gestures, instead they put their features into a menu which …

Puntuation

Forum Topic by Derry Lawlor on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
… I recently installed ios 6 but I am unhappy with the voice as I live in Ireland now when I send a text … is a feature on iOS 6, This feature appear on the VoiceOver rotor.. Right here is the guide how to activate the … it. #4 Under accessibility heading navigate and look for VoiceOver And press double tap on it. #5 Under VoiceOver …

Saving photos from text messages

Forum Topic by Sammy on Saturday, November 17, 2012
… I clicked on the picture or more info, it would pop up with an alert asking if I wanted to email, tweet, facebook, … any alternatives? … It works eventually. Just restart voiceover a few times and open, close, open, close, open, … to activate attachments having no result. Using Iphone 6 with VO. Thx. …

Using a braillenote apex qt as a braille display

Forum Topic by Joseph on Sunday, December 16, 2012
… to connect it, but I don't know the keystrokes to interact with the ipod. Any and all help would work. Many thanks! … … need to find a button that says something like practice voiceover gestures. ONce in this screen you'll be able to see what keys …

Deleting mail.

Forum Topic by Sandy on Monday, October 29, 2012
… already have actions or if you need to add this in your Voiceover settings. HTH. … Just to clarify the above comment, … So you don't have to find it, you just have to flick down, VoiceOver will say "Delete", and you double-tap to carry it …

Tutors or tutorials.

Forum Topic by Sandy on Saturday, October 20, 2012
… be accessed from Safari. However, if you are unfamiliar with VoiceOver gestures, it may prove to be more difficult. In any case, I …

Ringtone issues with IOS 6.0.2

Forum Topic by Holly on Friday, December 28, 2012
… iOS 6 bug is whenever want to look for one specific tone VoiceOver miss the focus jumping around one advice is the …

Increasing speed of typing

Forum Topic by Borostar on Monday, July 30, 2012
… faster but I still would like to improve my typing speed with the native keyboard. I've tried a tactile screen … more by how fast my thumbs can travel rather than by Voiceover. According to my mom and some friends, I actually … gesture keyboard is a no go for most of us. Memorizing 26 gestures is not going to be easy for most of us with hand …

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