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How jailbreaking made my iOS experience much Better!

Forum Topic by Musicruz on Wednesday, December 10, 2014
… “What can you do with a jailbroken iDevice? And What is the point of … the previous app you had opened. Self-explanatory Add-on VoiceOver FlipSwitch SafeMode FlipSwitch Reboot FlipSwitch … AppStore. OneThumb This allows you to have an Activator gestures to thumbs up or down on a song. This support …

What’s New in iOS 8 Accessibility for Blind, Low-Vision, and Deaf-Blind Users

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
… features such as the ability to share purchased items with family members on joint accounts with the iTunes and App … hear a song you like, but you have no idea what it is. ###VoiceOver changes ####I'll Take a New Voice, Alex That's … touchscreen? No problem! You can also do this with Braille gestures. Note: If the first character in your passcode is a …

What's New and Changed for Blind and Low Vision Users in iOS 7.1

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, March 10, 2014
… iOS 7.1 in all stages of the beta process. Beginning with Beta 3, two of our team ran the betas on their primary … is ever bug-free, we were impressed with the number of VoiceOver bug fixes in iOS 7.1 and applaud the Apple … now has hints for both the swiping up and swiping down gestures. VoiceOver no longer repeats the locked screen …

A Guide To Interactive Notifications in iOs

Guide by mehgcap on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
… Notifications. This feature allows users to interact with notifications without leaving the app they are currently … documented way of doing this is through a series of gestures: pulling down the notification, swiping to the right or left, and so on. Of course, VoiceOver users are not able to easily do this; therefore, …

Ways Apple Could Make iOS8's Braille Input Even Better

Blog Post by mehgcap on Thursday, November 20, 2014
… ###Intro As most of you know by now, iOS8 brought with it a *huge* feature: the ability to [type in … to hear the dots they are typing cannot do so. Instead, VoiceOver only speaks the word after it detects a space or … won't get better, but I am used to MBraille now with it's gestures, and the bugs have almost all been worked out of it. …

5 Years of VoiceOver: Look How Far We've Come

Blog Post by Michael Hansen on Thursday, June 19, 2014
… Apple changed the accessible smartphone market forever with the announcement of the VoiceOver screen reader on the iPhone 3GS. The device was … available on all modern Macs.) Using a modified set of gestures (for example, double-tapping on an icon to activate …

Dropbox, Dice World, and Twitterrific Chosen as AppleVis Editorial Team App Picks of the Month for November 2014

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, December 5, 2014
… from all your computers, iPhone, iPad, and the web. With Dropbox you’ll always have your important memories and … 1-4-24), and these two new games also work very well with VoiceOver. [Listen to a podcast demonstrating the two new … or view conversation threads with minimum effort using gestures. Robust VoiceOver support means Twitterrific is …

Ten Tips for Braille Users of iDevices

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
… the iPod, iPhone, and iPad below. This article was written with the intent to provide those who are both new, and more … paired, and that braille display is the chosen one in VoiceOver, the pairing process should commence very quickly. … to find out what they do, but will also let you practice gestures and keyboard commands that you may use if you have a …

Pros and Cons of the Mac, From an Accessibility Perspective

Blog Post by mehgcap on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
… used for over eight years. Given that positive experience with Apple, and all the comments about VoiceOver on the Mac I'd been hearing, I decided to give the … keys move by which elements. You can also assign trackpad gestures, such as control-flick down to move by heading. …

A Physical Description of the iPhone6

Blog Post by mehgcap on Sunday, September 21, 2014
… description. This is, of course,no substitute for playing with an iPhone6 in person, but it might help prospective … use. It is noticeable, but it doesn't seem to impact gestures or cause the device to move around. Still, just as … don't think you will like or use the bigger screen. I find VoiceOver gestures easier, having more content on the screen …

Getting VoiceOver Help on Your Mac

Guide by mehgcap on Friday, July 11, 2014
… ###Intro When you first get a Mac, and are learning VoiceOver, it can be hard to remember the myriad commands … keyboard, such as the Apple Wireless Keyboard that comes with most Mac desktops or the keyboard built into any … this mode will also describe, but not run, any touch gestures you care to test out. It will do the same for any …

Getting Started with Safari on macOS

Guide by mehgcap on Saturday, April 19, 2014
… app at best, and a totally unusable mess at worst. As with all things on the Mac, though, you just have to … webpages again, and there are even some nice tricks that VoiceOver can pull off to make your life easier. ###How … With Trackpad Commander on, the same rotating and flicking gestures you may know from VoiceOver on an iPhone, iPod …

RiVO (Remote Interface to VoiceOver)

Hardware or Accessory Review by mehgcap on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
… ###What's a RiVO? The RiVO (remote interface to Voiceover) is made by [Mobience](http://www.mobience.com), a … remote. Personally, I see it as more of a help to those with motor difficulties that make it difficult or impossible for them to easily issue touch screen gestures. However, Mobience says the RiVO can help anyone, …

Summary of Announcements from WWDC 2014 Keynote

Blog Post by mehgcap on Monday, June 2, 2014
… that is what Apple said and I have no way of knowing how VoiceOver will interact with any of the below items. ###OS X The next version of OS X … to continue typing it. Mail also makes extensive use of gestures to flag, delete, and mark messages. I cannot be …

Quarkode QR Reader

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Jeff Samco on Thursday, May 8, 2014
… use of the flash may dramatically decrease battery life. … With the upgrade to iOS 8.1.1 this app now has focus on the … about this app. … On the opening screen for this app, VoiceOver locates only 3 tabs at the bottom of the screen: Scan, History, and Info. With limited vision, I detect the rest of the screen displays …

deleting email from gmail on IOS

Forum Topic by Irlanda on Saturday, September 20, 2014
… is either to forward, trash, mark, and other things to do with your email. Or do you have to go on a computer and … don't need to deleted from the computer. okay there few voiceover gestures that you need to make the action. the basic …

Direct Touch Toggle Contextual Rotor Item: What Is It?

Forum Topic by Teresa on Saturday, October 4, 2014
… that had a new game and menu level buttons. I played with the rotor for some reason and came across a rotor item … typing is mentioned. Any ideas? … Direct touch means the gestures you perform on the touch screen are passed directly to the app, without VoiceOver interpreting them. For games, keyboard apps like …

VoiceOver Question

Forum Topic by BlindMag on Saturday, September 20, 2014
… . If I open my contacts I can't scroll down the screen with VoiceOver on? Is there a way to do this? … Hi, Have you tried … swipe down will do the reverse. For a list of IOS VO gestures, refer here: …

iOS 8.1 accessibility issues

Forum Topic by Dr niraj arora on Wednesday, November 5, 2014
… Hello Friends, I m using Iphone 5s with IOS 8.1 installed after updating ios I m unable to open … locate the attachment as there is a focus issue with VoiceOver in that it does not really focus when navigating using swipe gestures … no I m on atachment button after searching menualy …

Spell Check in IOS with or without bluetooth Keyboard

Forum Topic by Shade on Wednesday, December 3, 2014
… case for the Ipad. I am learning my first screenreader in VoiceOver. As a writer, it is vital that I can spell check … documents. However, I cannot figure out how to spell check with VoiceOver on. I've followed guidelines in several sets … ago on this forum and up today apply the same voiceOver gestures if you are familiar using voiceOver gestures will …

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