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Photo Labeling

Forum Topic by Nancy on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
… I am sending. Nancy … The gesture that you mentioned is a voiceover label and not an actual label for the photo. … photos and the labels I added remained the same. This is with iOS 6 on my iPhone 4S. I had tried this before with 5.11 and it didn't work. Labeling one photo seemed to …

how to select text using a bluetooth keyboard

Forum Topic by bobby on Monday, August 27, 2012
… my experience, there are quite a few things you can't do with the keyboard that you have to do on the touch screen. … keys are, a quick trip to the "Practice VoiceOver gestures" wihn your keyboard is pared to your …

article on apple insider about visually impaired users of i o s 6 verry cool

Forum Topic by paras shah on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
… have no alt text any more, thus introducing gibberish with VoiceOver. this is easily fixable though … Ever since I … it's a lot faster now actually. Most folks won't agree with me, but hey i'm used to it now. lol! … The biggest …

Mac Mail, and any new user advice?

Forum Topic by Chelsea on Monday, January 16, 2012
… is this the general case. 2. How do I effectively work with auto-correct? I seem to always be pressing the wrong … as an imbedded image. When you are on the image with the VoiceOVer Cursor, hit VO-Shift-M to bring up its contextual … Autocorrect at this time. The Trackpad Commander and the gestures have not been modified very much since it was …

USA TODAY: US & Breaking News

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Saturday, March 3, 2012
… navigation. Easily move between articles in a section with a swipe gesture. Headlines and Breaking News - Browse … around the country. Share your favorite photo galleries with friends. Weather - Get live weather conditions and the … original version of this app was very user-friendly for VoiceOver users. Then the update made it where you couldn't …

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 …

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 …

Is it just me or is there a bug in the latest version of Fleksy?

Forum Topic by Lou on Sunday, August 12, 2012
… Worse still it might also just start deleting my text with out me pressing anything and again it seems like it’s … with the latest update. It is nice not to have to toggle voiceover on and off, adding words to the dictionary now … while holding the iPhone. The way the swipe and hold gestures work is by merging the two separate gestures, the …

Google finally got me

Forum Topic by JT on Friday, June 29, 2012
… three or the new iPad as Apple wants us to call it. As a VoiceOver user, the retina display left me cold and even … in March 2013. However, all that changed this week, with Google’s release of the Nexus 7. I use my iPad mainly as … if what I've heard about quasi-VoiceOver swiping and gestures and an enhanced TTS engine are correct. While not …

Speech Rotor equivalent for Mac OS X VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Mario Lang on Thursday, March 15, 2012
… Hi. I am looking for a way to easily change between VoiceOver speech languages on Mac OS X (10.7.3). On iOS there … that you can actually configure the options you get with the speech rotor, so you can enable changing between … Commander, however, as the rotor options similar to iOS gestures only apply to the "web rotor," invoked with VO-U by …

Fleksy- GIF, Web & Yelp Search

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Friday, July 13, 2012
… you to find and send GIFs, and customize your keyboard with powerful Extensions and colorful themes. Use Fleksy … and type with record-setting speed using intuitive gestures! Type faster and save more time for the things you … type pretty bad for using a touch-screen keyboard without voiceover, fleksy got almost every word I typed almost every …

VO announcements while on the phone

Forum Topic by Andrew on Thursday, August 9, 2012
… … Hello Andrew I will give you few options before turn off voiceOver If your device is jail broken I don't have knowlege … while on a call so figuring out how to optimize the VO with a phone call would really help me. Eileen  … HI. I find … … Anyone else having the same problem? ,I've been playing with VO on calls and here are some things I've noticed. 1. …

Refreshing Twitter Feed

Forum Topic by Randy on Monday, April 23, 2012
… your Twitter feed. I hope this helps. … I've had success with a two-finger swipe up. It basically takes you to the top … better than other accessible ones. You have to just mess with them until you can decide which one better suits you. … a list of items, so for best results make sure that VoiceOver focus is on the first item in the list. Now do a …

bluetooth headset for the iPhone 5

Forum Topic by Toonhead on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
… a phone call if it comes in, and hopefully still hear VoiceOver on a call if it's ever necessary, and just do basic … one for the iPhone black one all the device in color black with a little circle white and the other one all the device in color white with a little circle black. To see details go to the link …

VoiceOver Vs. JAWS

Forum Topic by Tyler on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
… section. I'm curious to everyone's thoughts on using jaws with windows or voiceover with macs. If you have used both which do you … of you that use other ios devices find that the voiceover gestures on the iphone or ipad match-up will with the …

A tale of two OS updates: iOS and Android

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
… to replace Google-branded apps such as Contact and Clock with their inaccessible ones, future updates of the OS which … iOS largely remains unchanged after so many years. VoiceOver hasn't been majorly updated in years with new … have been impressed with it. I also like its multi-finger gestures though the fact that Samsung has the poorest update …

Amazon Shopping

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by season on Thursday, September 20, 2012
… from Amazon.com and other merchants. Convenient Sign in with your existing Amazon account to access your cart, … as well. Personally, I don't have any accessibility issues with this app and prefer it over the web site. … I completely … site. The search interface is clean and accessible. 2. VoiceOver Performance. Original Reviewer says, "VoiceOver …

How to Hear the Time Every Minute

Guide by Jessica Brown on Friday, November 23, 2012
… swipe to the part of the statice bar that says the time. VoiceOver will say the time every minute. Note that because … Thank you for this discovery. Ok this works so no problems with that, be sure to have your auto lock set to never and in … the phone now and then to stop the screen locking even with auto lock set to never. The thing is for the first …

YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Snorlax on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
… to channels you love, create content of your own, share with friends, and watch on any device. Watch and subscribe ● … confusing because if you tap near the top of the screen VoiceOver says: " Swipe and sign in to access all your videos … around with the app, but let me assure you, flicking gestures will not work well on here. Just thought I'd post …

Lost Cities

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Sandra on Sunday, October 28, 2012
… players, in what has been called a "two player Solitaire with an extra portion of suspense". Designed and polished for … of single- and multiplayer achievements fully playable via VoiceOver … Its great this is now accessible, I purchased … that I, a vo novice can pick up and play just with basic gestures (sandra is dead right that everything can be done …

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