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Blog Post by Scott Davert on
… It also means Apple is doing their annual “coming out with more new stuff,” or in my case, birthday presents. The … had to navigate to Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver/braille. It was not even possible to ask Siri to … for some has been the lack of clarity of what specific gestures are available when your device is set to BSI mode. …
Forum Topic by cw34 on
… Hi, All, I am a heavy VoiceOver user on iPad running iOS 9. I used to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to read pdf files. It was quite good with VoiceOver. But last week, I was stupid enough to update … Reader is no longer compatible with VO. No mater what gestures I tried, VO just doesn't read the texts any more. …
Forum Topic by ComsMom on
… I have a student who has been independently using an iPad with VoiceOver to complete classroom assignments in the Pages app. … persist whether using the Bluetooth keyboard or on screen gestures.The rotor is also not responding appropriatey, such …
Forum Topic by Jessica Brown on
… Hi. I am having a problem with 4 different iOS devices and I am wondering if anyone can … double tap and speech will go off forcing me to turn VoiceOver off and back on to get speech back on because once … the devices again. The problem went away for a bit and my gestures worked correctly. So then I decided to leave the …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… the new Apple TV will include both VoiceOver and Zoom, as well as a number of other standard … one can navigate the tvOS interface using already-familiar gestures--including taps, flicks, and the rotor. To enable … what it would have been like to run the set up process with VoiceOver. This would give us a feel for what it would …
Forum Topic by Jessica Brown on
… Hi. Remember my post from a few days ago about the gestures problem I was having on 4 different iOS devices that … resets have done nothing to fix it. In the settings app, VoiceOver decided to quit announcing the state of some toggle … off state up for guessing. I can still toggle the settings with a double tap, but now I have to remember what all my …
Forum Topic by Cameron Roles on
… Hi When I use Microsoft Word for iOS with a Bluetooth keyboard, I can't scroll through and edit a … the screen, and have the Bluetooth keyboard track where Voiceover is at. If I use the three finger scroll gesture, or …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… Apple is being recognized for its implementation of the VoiceOver screen reader on iOS devices: > AFB is recognizing Apple for VoiceOver, a gesture-based screen reader that allows users to … iPhone, iPad and other iOS devices accessible to people with vision loss. Apple received an AFB Access Award in 2009 …
Forum Topic by Fritz on
… observation over the years I have noticed such behavior with voicover as well. For example, when using the … 8.4 or 9.0 that it was finally possible using the change gestures. The same applies to braille screen input. One can … of the time it will not even accept the letter typed with VoiceOver saying letter not recognized. I have reported these …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… Apple has today released OS X 10.11 El Capitan. As with any major upgrade, it brings a number of exciting new … may have a negative impact on the experience for some VoiceOver users. At this point, it is worth noting that our … the Trackpad Commander with vo-clockwise rotor, no other gestures will have an effect until you press the VO keys …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… Apple has today released iOS 8.3, bringing with it a host of new features and improvements across the … has introduced a few new features specific to the needs of VoiceOver users. At this point, it is worth noting that our … where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond * Fixes an issue where VoiceOver …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… announced that the watch would contain support for VoiceOver, Zoom, and Dynamic … ###Overview The Apple watch is rectangular in shape with rounded edges. With Watch on your left wrist, the layout … iPhone. Once VoiceOver is enabled, below are some of the gestures you can use to interact with the Apple Watch: * …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… interaction sparked [some discussion and concern amongst VoiceOver … As with [accessibility support on the new Apple … 6S Plus will be accessible to blind and low vision users. With VoiceOver enabled, one can use the Peek and Pop features … actions and flick through them using traditional flick gestures. This is great, albeit not surprising, news. Yet …
Guide by Scott Davert on
… models. Before we get in to specifics about how it works with VoiceOver, I thought it would be helpful to go directly to … apply to the display. In addition to familiar Multi‑Touch gestures like Tap, Swipe, and Pinch, 3D Touch introduces Peek …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… Apple has today released iOS 9.2, bringing with it some new features and improvements across the … Consequently, it is possible that your own experience with this release may be different to our own and that … issues with Bluetooth devices. For example, turning VoiceOver on/off whilst connected to a Bluetooth device …
Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on
… around a little and is a technology that provides you with a method of getting relevant and up to date information … here. The Settings window has a dedicated Accessibility/VoiceOver section of its own, all progress bars are nicely … to my own surprise, many useful lire-specific VoiceOver gestures are documented in the FAQ section of the app. Lire …
Blog Post by mehgcap on
… now, there have been rumblings that Apple may do away with a physical Home button in the next iPhone. So far, of … is simple: you already do. On the iPad, multi-tasking gestures have existed for years that let you use four or five … (Yes, I know this feature is currently not usable with VoiceOver on, but that's an easily-fixed software problem.) …
Blog Post by AppleVis on
… bugs directly to Apple, as well as the best ways to do so. With all of the disclaimers out of the way, here are the … call, the iPhone will occasionally become unresponsive. VoiceOver does not speak, and you cannot navigate around the … enable both VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time, VoiceOver gestures and the rotor may not work, and VoiceOver may not …
Blog Post by Scott Davert on
… if you happen to be using a finger that doesn’t work with Touch ID, or you have a device where Touch ID is not a … input (what you are typing), press Space with dots 2-3-6. VoiceOver and the Braille display should report the status of … apps around various screens like you can with touchscreen gestures or their Bluetooth keyboard equivalents. ####Start …
Forum Topic by Seth on
… that hasn't been said better elsewhere. My experience with ordering the watch was that Apple shipped me my unit a … 6+ in day-to-day use, and use Zoom on my Mac, but I use VoiceOver and other speech aids regularly to read long chunks … You use the same double-tap, swipe, and scroll gestures you've gotten used to on other iOS devices, and for …