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Navigating Safari using VoiceOver

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
… words or phrases in the webpages, so any tips to help with this would be appreciated. … If you have a bluetooth … keyboard, you can press VO F and enter your text string. Voiceover should then search the page and jump to where that …

Cannot find the escape key on my keyboard

Forum Topic by Sabrina on Wednesday, October 11, 2017
… I am not sure but believe so. I have this wierd symbol with a square but cannot find the escape or tab key and nothing happens no matter what I try with this square key. Thanks for any advice. … You could take … ios 11 vo-space escapes the current context. In help mode voiceover reads some of my top-row keys. I have a square …

Equivalent of mouse right click on trackpad using Voice Over

Forum Topic by Blinkie on Wednesday, August 16, 2017
… Hello I am starting to use the trackpad with Voice Over on my Mac OS X and wonder if there is a … control click on the Mac. … Hello, I have also tried these gestures but find that the second options, pressing and … fingers to move the cursor through the context menu but VoiceOver doesn't read out the items on the menu. Perhaps …

Swipe gestures & dictating

Forum Topic by Debbie on Sunday, July 2, 2017
… button. Double tap on that and the buttons for what to do with whatever you're sending will fill up your screen. As for … typed your message then swipe to the right. You will hear Voiceover say send , tap twice and off it goes. … Many thanks …

iOS VS. android, pros and cons of each

Forum Topic by Matthew on Friday, December 8, 2017
… experience very much. I love the fact that I can fiddle with so many different things, and customize the phone far … i find TalkBack to be much more intuitive than VoiceOver. For example, when you want to read character by … left or right to hear the next or previous character. same gestures when navigating webpages. with one finger. whereas …

Braille Display Users Deserve Better From Blindfold Games

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Saturday, December 16, 2017
… games have been a huge hit within the blindness community. With over 80 titles now available, it makes sense that blind … offer this, a few of the Blindfold games do offer proper VoiceOver support the way Apple intended it to be. This means … be ideal for people who prefer to use standard VoiceOver gestures. I suspect that the reason that Marty has not …

Type Nine - T9 Keyboard

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Piotr Machacz on Saturday, September 23, 2017
… Nine is the first keyboard ever to combine a keypad layout with swiping. Typing by swiping is a seamless experience and … need to switch keyboard to type in a different Language. VoiceOver: If you're using VoiceOver, Type Nine will be a … not a VoiceOver user myself, so I am not sure I know which gestures / input methods are the best for some scenarios. …

iOS 11 and the actions rotor in the mail app

Forum Topic by jprykiel on Sunday, October 1, 2017
… I came across, which I thought might be of interest, and with which I totally agree. … has been receiving enough feedback from the folks using VoiceOver so that this problem gets addressed fairly quickly. … actually be the default action of "activating" an item with a single finger double tap. Also, it would be nice if …

Introducing BG Buddy Backgammon Talking Scorekeeper, Clock & Dice

Forum Topic by Ross BG Buddy on Wednesday, January 25, 2017
… the big backgammon tournaments. He uses a backgammon board with checkers for each player that feel different. Previous … on the Beta tester's waggon to test accessibility with voiceover, you'd be very welcome. I'm sure you would find … off. Once talking dice is turned on you have some new gestures as described here in the manual. …

A Hope for iOS 11: How Apple Could Implement Spellcheck with VoiceOver in iOS

Blog Post by Brian Giles on Monday, March 13, 2017
… needs to implement for this to be a viable option for VoiceOver users -- an easy way to spell check. When Apple … implement this in iOS, it would be great, especially with them promoting the iPad Pro as a PC replacement for … You could always do text selection with the pinch gestures, but many people found them difficult, so in iOS10 …

iOS wishlist: notification when battery is fully charged

Forum Topic by Tea Turkovic on Wednesday, May 24, 2017
… fix the dictation bugs! Specifically, an issue where voiceover interjects with instructions. And they get put into whatever text field … will say: Inserted and nothing else, as if I single-tapped with 2 fingers. Both bugs are intermitent. 3. Please make …

apple watch 3 inquiry

Forum Topic by taichong on Saturday, November 25, 2017
… abroad because not all country support same number with the 2 sim card own. anyway, before I buy this precious … changes that worth to buy him. I don't know about VoiceOver feedback in Apple Wotch, in Apple Wotch 2 that i … the screen size, however. You're limited to 1 and 2 finger gestures. Keep in mind that it is supposed to be a …

Looking for a hands-free way to have incoming messages automatically spoken via bluetooth headset

Forum Topic by Mark on Friday, September 15, 2017
… Thank you! Mark … Hello. Welcome to AppleVis. Do you use Voiceover? Would you be willing to use it? I believe that if … of your notifications. You can also use Siri (hands free with Hey Siri) and she/he/it can read any new text messages. … screen. There are even voice commands to perform normal gestures. Here is a link to more info: …

Do people think the Seeing AI selector is difficult to use?

Forum Topic by steven carey on Monday, December 18, 2017
… the new colour reader which started talking straight away with different colours as I moved the phone aroud whilst … change channels by using the 3-finger left/right scrolling gestures. … As a consequence of NS, I have had to switch from … as it is with other apps. Also there are times when using VoiceOver with this app that buttons and items on the screen …

What are Your Thoughts About the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar?

Forum Topic by Justin on Friday, January 13, 2017
… So, yesterday I finally got my new MacBook pro with touch bar. It's the 15 inch MBP with 16GB ram, 512 GB … force touch trackpad, both in physical design and software gestures. Apple also really excels with its audio. Yes, they … needs to step up their bug-squashing game. Fingers crossed Voiceover gets some love with the impending transition. … …

Technology Coach seeking tips on how to best help a blind client

Forum Topic by Roland on Sunday, September 24, 2017
… I am a Technology Coach and next week I will be working with my first blind person and his iPhone 5s to try and … for an update that would be different but if he is happy with his 5S there really isn't a reason to update. Also IOS11 … Another thing you might consider doing is to activate Voiceover on your own device & experiment w/its use. …

My Experience with iOS and Why I Switched to Android

Forum Topic by molly on Monday, January 2, 2017
… is just my opinion, it seems that when Apple comes out with new smartphones, the upgrades seem to be minimal in … I use Samsung's version of talkback, which has similar gestures to VoiceOver. On iPhone, I'd like the ability to install …

Overdrive and iOS11.2

Forum Topic by Frankd on Sunday, December 3, 2017
… Hello all, I just replaced iOS 10.3.3 with iOS 11.2 today. Everything I have tested seems to be … ebook using the Overdrive app. Overdrive was working fine with the older iOS but seems to be broken with the latest … a chapter is very difficult. It takes about a minute for voiceover to start reading. And you can’t do anything with …

My Experiences With Apple Mac Computers Thus Far

Blog Post by Will929 on Sunday, July 30, 2017
… being an option. Not to mention I had no experience with this version of Voice Over before, and had been an avid … the track pad itself which allows you to use the same gestures as you would on iOS. There for a while, it was hard … Thanks for reading! … Hi there. I totally agree about VoiceOver. I only have a MacBook Air, but am planning on …

Sweatcoin Walking Step Tracker

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Hubert on Wednesday, February 1, 2017
… on goods, services and experiences on our market place with our partners, donate to charity or exchange them with … properly labeled and how sluggish most of the UI is with VoiceOver. i also have a question about app offers, does … your finger around the screen rather then using the flick gestures. In regards to tracking, this app only counts …

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