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Woven Words

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Ornella on Monday, April 30, 2018
… We’ve worked hard to make Woven Words fully accessible with VoiceOver. For more info and other amazing family games, … listed in the game itself is 1.0.0.2. … Thanks will edit with the version number. … Just found this game and thought …

Changing from Ear Speaker to Loud Speaker in Voiceover

Forum Topic by Allyee on Saturday, January 20, 2018
… changing from ear speaker to loud speaker whilst using voiceover. Normally, I use ear speaker for phone calls but, occasionally, I want to share a call with someone or use loud speaker when accessing voicemail as … the key one, and this is correctly set to automatic (gestures changing from ear to loud speaker). As I mentioned …

SIRI and Apple TV

Forum Topic by hautbois on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
… perhaps a show in another series. I have done pretty well with a Bluetooth keyboard and fair with the gestures on the SIRI remote, but my wife is not getting along … and use the rotor function until you get to direct touch. VoiceOver will announce when you get to direct touch. Pretend …

Several Questions from a Beginner Mac User

Forum Topic by Kelsey on Tuesday, June 5, 2018
… all three notifications? 2. Is there a way, presumably in voiceOver Utility, to increase the change in VoiceOver speech … of Voiceover voices when reading, for example, sentences with a question mark at the end? I would like a little more … so nothing at all happens when I touch it (by mistake). With VO trackpad commander off, I believe touching the …

Using Messages with low vision (not voiceover)

Forum Topic by Imogen on Monday, July 2, 2018
… Hello people! I work helping people with low vision eg macular degeneration to use what sight … residual vision that she does not yet see the need for VoiceOver. Does anyone have any tips (apart from finding the … to lose vision. … Thanks I was going to do Siri and Zoom with her. I find most people get frustrated with Zoom when, …

Facebook Messenger

Forum Topic by Fredrik Andersson on Thursday, November 8, 2018
… The Facebook Messenger bigins to be in accessible with Voiceover, for example when I swipe to delete a conversation … seems to happen. Is it any other app available wich works with Messenger I can use instead? … It works fine here. I was …

keyboard commands for ios

Forum Topic by Kristoffer Gustafsson on Wednesday, March 21, 2018
… Hi. Does any of you have the files with all keyboard and braille commands for ios? There is a guide with a link to access lab, but that site is no longer there. … podcasts a few years ago about using your iOS device with voiceover and a bluetooth keyboard. those are what i'm …

Some questions regarding design patterns for accessibility

Forum Topic by ClareDavidson on Thursday, July 26, 2018
… I'm assuming this will also cause problems for users with switch controls? I was considering using hint text to … store so most people, even beginners, should be familiar with the concept. Whenever I get a new app, I always use the … navigation tabs at the bottom, even if it's the last thing VoiceOver sees on the screen. If anything I prefer tabs over …

Making an option+click with VoiceOver or the keyboard on macOS

Forum Topic by Mlth on Sunday, September 16, 2018
… you to change audio devices from the volume menu, using VoiceOver? Routing the mouse cursor to the item in question, … click something in the status bar, and cannot come up with an equivalent keyboard gesture. … Hi Unfortunately not. … to do. Some mouse actions simply cannot be simulated with VoiceOver, particularly in apps that aren’t VoiceOver …

Problem using the rotor's text selection on my iPhone 5c

Forum Topic by MADTOWN on Saturday, February 17, 2018
… could be bug in ios. Interesting point, i will check this with apple accessibility to understand why. … It is really … … Hi, strange i see the text selection on my iPhone7 with the latest version. May be on 5 S it's little different. … ever want to copy text that is not in an edit field, have VoiceOver read out the text, then do a three finger …

Apple Releases iOS 11.3.1 and a Security Update for macOS High Sierra 10.13.4.

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, April 24, 2018
… on some iPhone 8 devices because they were serviced with non-genuine replacement displays. > Note: Non-genuine … a bug.In iOS 11.3 or earlier, when we received a message, VoiceOver might read "message, one minute later...". This bug … and improvements in the VoiceOver menu such as the new gestures which were introduced in the iPhone X‘s VoiceOver …

New app to look up Bible verses

Forum Topic by nmpettus on Sunday, October 28, 2018
… you for helping. Please send feedback. This is a free app with NO ads. … When I say the book chapter and verse it also picks up some of what voiceover says and I could not get it to find and read the … app has been updated in an attempt to make it work better with Voice Over. Please try it out and tell me your …

Advice on handling Comboboxes

Forum Topic by Chuck Winstead on Wednesday, September 5, 2018
… It's seems to be my worse nightmare. I get the interacting with it, but hardly get anything out of it, even with typing. … command before. Chuck … Here is the URL to the list of VoiceOver commands and gestures for the current version of macOS, i.e., High Sierra: …

Apple Releases iOS 12.1.1 With Bug Fixes and Minor Enhancements

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
… the following issues have been resolved in iOS 12.1.1: * VoiceOver no longer speaks extraneous text on the Recents tab … that we did not identify during the beta cycle. With this in mind, please do let us know in the comments of … except for the vibrations which indicates the slide gestures for going back to the Home screen, App Switcher, …

Is there a gesture to switch between the speaker phone and regular phone on the iPhone using voice over

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Monday, September 24, 2018
… Hi there. I use an iPhone with voice-over and I was getting annoyed that every time I … when you move your iPhone back to your ear. Go to the VoiceOver manual and search for speaker phone. If you don't … switches (and then have to increase the volume again with the volume up/down buttons when I'm done listening …

Voice-over having trouble navigating ads in safari in iOS 11 .2

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Wednesday, January 24, 2018
… get past the ads, I do one of two things: 1) Flick up once with three fingers to get past the ads. 2) Select "static … way, you may need to add static text to the rotor in the VoiceOver rotor settings for the second method to work. … Hi. … it to work. So be patient. The other thing also has to do with the rotor & I found this out by sheer accident! I've …

Anyone else having issues with voicemail and VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Bob Cavanaugh on Friday, December 21, 2018
… Hi everyone, Can someone please help me with this, or confirm this is a bug with VO? I seem to be having focus issues in the voicemail … is not as simple as that. Try restarting the app, then VoiceOver and then finally the device itself, in this order, …

Apple Releases watchOS 5; Bringing Better Fitness Tracking, a New Podcast App and Walkie Talkie Functionality to the Apple Watch

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, September 15, 2018
… 5, [saying that it will enable you to do [“even more with your … Control Center (top to bottom) within apps. The two-finger gestures you are used to on watch faces still work, for now … if they've updated to Watch OS 5, how does it perform with VoiceOver enabled? Does the watch perform just as snappy as …

iPhone 10 command

Forum Topic by Craig D on Tuesday, August 21, 2018
… I have an iPhone 10 question With my iPhone 7 I would periodically clear the ram/memory … of apps. I haven’t been able to figure out how to do this with my iPhone 10. Does anyone have experience with this? … … ask Siri to turn it on. Now the question is, how does a voiceover user use assistive touch to press the home button? …

iOS 12 Lock Screen Notifications

Forum Topic by LordLuceus on Thursday, October 18, 2018
… using iOS 12 since the beta, and generally I'm very happy with it. However, there is one issue I'm experiencing that I … Say, for example, that I get a notification from YouTube. VoiceOver will normally say "YouTube", then the time, then … have two notifications when you have only 1. Only happens with certain notifications though. Very odd that. … …

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