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VoiceOver Turns 10

Blog Post by Tony Morales on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
… Included in Mac OS X Tiger's list of features was the VoiceOver screen reader. VoiceOver was not Apple's first … provided customizations to the operating system for those with visual, hearing, and physical disabilities. In fact, Mac … significantly improved in Mac OS X 10.6. We got trackpad gestures, quicknav, more web support, the ability to label …

New Mac set up

Forum Topic by Brian Wooten on Sunday, February 22, 2015
… keyboard and the Mac Mini. After two hours on the phone with Apple support, a trip to the Mac Authority store, I … was set up right in the store, and I had a brief look at VoiceOver. Having access to the screen reader right out of … used an iPad or iPhone , you can use the trackpad with gestures similar to VO gestures on an iPad or iPhone . Hope …

Getting rid of scroll areas

Forum Topic by Crysania on Monday, January 5, 2015
… manually tagging a song in ITunes, I must first interact with a scroll area before I can get to the information. It is … room to display on screen. A sighted user typically uses gestures on the trackpad, or the scroll wheel on the mouse, … they are looking for. The term scroll area is generic, and VoiceOver uses it only if there isn't another, more …

Ad block story and recommendations

Forum Topic by Frankd on Monday, March 16, 2015
… Hello folks, My iPhone 4s loaded with iOS 7.1.2 is very stable an does everything that I need … ios 7 because I am afraid it will not work reliably with Voiceover, which is what happened to my iPad 2 when I updated … For me, a big annoyance is the lack of iOS compatible gestures for navigating pages. However, for now it is an …

Can A Mac Be Controlled Exclusively By a Braille Display?

Forum Topic by Helga on Wednesday, December 23, 2015
… since I understand it requires a lot of interaction with tables and so on in regards of the Mac. These are my … the amount of interaction of tables, do I need to go to VoiceOver utilities right? I'm just wondering. I'm actually … but the braille display can be programmed with extra gestures if required. These settings are in the voiceover …

Blindfold Follow.Me

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Saturday, August 22, 2015
… and then repeat that sequence. All action sequences are gestures on your iPhone or iPad, such as swipe up, down, left or right, or tapping with one finger or two fingers. Each time you complete all … stays female: I'd rather use the built-in TTS instead of VoiceOver to play this game, and I prefer the male voice, …

Should I upgrade my iPhone 5 from iOS 7 to 8?

Forum Topic by Jeff on Wednesday, May 20, 2015
… that I needed any of the new functionality to date, but with the new Voice OCR app which requires iOS 8, I wonder if … down to enable that. I forgot what the upward and downward gestures do but you should undrstand what I mean. I'd upgrade … options they use. In particular, do any of you use Voiceover? What about Zoom? Thank you. … I dare say *most* of …

Gmail - Email by Google

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by TheBlindDragon on Saturday, August 22, 2015
… Gmail app brings the best of Gmail to your iPhone or iPad with robust security, real-time notifications, multiple … support, and search that works across all your mail. With the Gmail app, you can: • Make Gmail your default email … some reason I will go out of the text field. I can hear VoiceOver reading everything, but when I try to use the rotor …

Problem with Pandora Radio freezing since updating to iOS 8.3

Forum Topic by Niki on Tuesday, April 14, 2015
… the problem here. Raaj. … Another problem I've noticed with Pandora, is that wind swiping through stations, voiceover seems to lock up, and the only way to fix this is … VoiceOver behavior, including a quick processing of the gestures that were backlogged. If you try to reopen the app, …

bug with iphone 6 and voice over: cannot end calls with the power button

Forum Topic by KE7ZUM on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
… I've tried restarting and reseting the spring board with no luck. can this be reproduced and if so, how can this … running ios 8.2. Take care. … Hi! I have the same problem with my iPhone 6, but I'm not sure whether this is actually a … then I tap the End Call button, which I can find with VoiceOver when the phone is not up to my ear. I hope this …

Introducing Madness' Daze, a new and accessible horror game for iOS and the Apple TV

Forum Topic by Tainara on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
… We have our own narrative and 3D sounds all over the game, with instructions and tutorials on how to play the game. Since it's inclusive, we have it all made with rendered 3D images as well, so everybody can play evenly … equipment, and again, this is true both with and without voiceover running. Maybe we're just missing something? … …

Double Tap the Status Bar to Scroll to the Top

Guide by Darrell Hilliker on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
… In some iOS apps, with VoiceOver enabled, tapping the top of the screen with four fingers does not move to the top of lists. In these …

Facebook's new notification center

Forum Topic by Special K on Tuesday, April 14, 2015
… but on iPhone it's totally new. It tells me to double-tap with two fingers to interact with it, but when I do, the iPhone does the standard thing, … to the engineers, but since everything else related to Voiceover on the phone seems to be working, he thinks it is a …

new jailbreak for iOS 8.3

Forum Topic by ivan soto on Thursday, June 25, 2015
… you might know that apple patched the iOS 8 jailbreak with iOS 8.1.3, and until now, there hasn't been a jailbreak … I start the jailbreak, do I need to backup something first with iTunes? 3. After my phone is jailbroken, what will … even ways, if you're savvy enough, to change system and voiceover sound effects. I know people who have all kinds of …

Calls Will Not Switch To Speaker When I Have My IPhone5 Away From My Face

Forum Topic by Nina on Monday, July 27, 2015
… a call when I have my Iphone five away from my face to use VoiceOver the call will not switch to speaker like it used … don't use ITunes much because I find it sort of confusing with Windows and Jaws. Thanks so much for your help … Hi, Yes … … It won't show up until you disable the number keypad with the "hide keypad" button, that's next to the end call …

writing japanese letters on IOS

Forum Topic by hanif naufal hafizhan on Saturday, March 28, 2015
… in it. I want to try to write a japanese letter, but not with the romaji one, I want to try it with kana. how do I type a letter in it, for example: N, ki, … alphabet, numbers, and kana plane. On that button, when VoiceOver reads "sonota moji", you can input Japanese kana. …

Accessible to the Core: My Apple Watch Try-On Experience

Blog Post by Michael Hansen on Monday, May 18, 2015
… As the store was not busy, I felt okay taking more time with the Watch. My Apple Watch try-on appointment was led by … employee I worked with was very competent in the use of VoiceOver, even though the Watch is still a very new product … a couple questions. First, how do you perform three finger gestures on the Watch? I am guessing the screen is not large …

Free New OCR App called Voice, feedback appreciated

Forum Topic by Shalin Shah on Sunday, April 12, 2015
… you can simply take a picture of a document or anything with text and Voice will read it for you. Here are some of … to speech? Once the app determines the text from the OCR VoiceOver should be able to read the result. Also, one … the document by touch, the rotor, or other VoiceOver gestures. This would make reading key parts of a page, like a …

Apple Releases iOS 8.1.3 With Various Bug Fixes

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, January 27, 2015
… ttp://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/27/apple-releases-ios-8-1-3-with-bug-fixes-storage-size-reduction/), iOS 8.1.3 fixes … app results, and a problem that prevented multitasking gestures from working on the iPad. iOS 8.1.3 also reduces the … activate any link on any web page in Safari when running Voiceover, the moment you activate the Back button or use …

Shuffling ALL SONGS From A Particular Artist

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Monday, July 6, 2015
… thread, and I'll give you the tip another friend came up with. After you've set the category to Artists in the music app, find the artist you want, set your VoiceOver rotor to Actions, then swipe down to Play and … apple music off. … I've also noticed that the table index with the letters of the alphabet has gone, but i didn't …

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