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Navigate by paragraph in IOS/IPad OS?

Forum Topic by Voracious P. Brain on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
… an IPad, if I can finally do some productivity stuff with it, at least with a keyboard. Navigation by heading is … … Couldn't a keyboard shortcut or shortcut be set to have voiceover read a paragraph? I know its not a full proof … of thinking that given that you can now customise touch gestures / keyboard shortcuts on ios and ipad os 13, you …

I'm developing a Backgammon app for iOS, and want feedback and suggestions on VoiceOver support

Forum Topic by a2 on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
… out there are not accessible. I wanted to correct that with the new Backgammon app I’m working on for iOS. My friend … would want in a Backgammon app. I was thinking that VoiceOver would announce each point (triangle) on the board … dice immediately. For games like this, limiting taps and gestures is really important. I imagine most Voiceover users …

What are you looking forward to from iOS in 2019?

Forum Topic by Applerocks on Sunday, January 6, 2019
… Allison Ava (recommended if you're looking for a voice with high inflection) Susan Victoria Karen Siri Female … Yes, apps running under iOS are very accedssible with VoiceOver. However, as these devices become more powerful and … we should be able to customize our experience with either gestures and/or a bluetooth keyboard so that we can easily …

Find text in iOS

Forum Topic by Felix on Friday, February 1, 2019
… this ability in Windows, especially when using a browser with a screen reader. Why not in iOS? … Yes, I agree. A find … placemarkers in documents and web pages as we can with other screen readers. This brings up an issue I often … pressing the command SPACE with F together will bring up a VoiceOver find alert, and you are able to type up a string …

What do you think of the iPhone XR?

Forum Topic by steven carey on Thursday, February 28, 2019
… it just yet and apparently for reasons, you can only do so with the camera which seems like wasted potential. Face ID … incredible. I can often be reading newspaper articles with VoiceOver through the internal speaker for more than half an … but now don't miss it at all. In fact some of the new gestures to bring up the Control Ceneter, App Changer, etc. …

IS FLICKTYPE DEAD?

Forum Topic by Chris Smart on Friday, November 8, 2019
… daily, otherwise, I have to tote a keyboard around with me, and that's a pain. I know it doesn't work very well … a long time. Other users seem to be similarly frustrated with the problems in iOS 13 and the lack of response from the … today has seen an update to FlickType which now makes it VoiceOver friendly with ios seventeen. Previously this wasn't …

How does everyone feel about Apple’s new accessibility feature, letting websites know that a person is using voice-over.

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
… is that I can participate in most places as an equal with everyone else and I think letting people know that I’m … or application to find out whether or not you are using Voiceover. The idea is that this feature would allow … VoiceOver is just going to get in my way and intercept the gestures. If it was a native app, I could just mark the …

Question from a developer: what’s your preference for line navigation behaves when using the rotor?

Forum Topic by Matt Curtis on Sunday, April 7, 2019
… That seems to put each paragraph as an object, so each VoiceOver flick gesture reads a paragraph. VoiceOver's rotor … sections just as they are intended to do. … I agree with what everyone else has been saying. Use the lines rotor … to do this. As for selecting text, you may have to come up with your own way of doing that like in VoiceDream Reader. As …

Examples for developers—near misses and great experiences

Forum Topic by Duncan Babbage on Sunday, August 11, 2019
… Australia: [Practical tips to confidently support VoiceOver and Voice … The basic thrust of the talk is: _"As a developer with relatively intact vision, it’s easy to feel uncertain … be made accessible. … Some apps make excellent use of VO gestures and are accessible. Facebook lets you magic tap to …

VDScan

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by turner42 on Sunday, March 31, 2019
… "Voice Dream Scanner". Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in … edges. Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Works with Voice Dream Reader, our … or the image - Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only) - Double tap on text to start reading …

New Apple TV Owner Without a Clue

Forum Topic by Steve Matzura on Thursday, August 22, 2019
… television, bigger than any monitor I would or could own, with other abilities besides the aforementioned, so I'm not at all unhappy with my ppurchase. However, I now have the thing set up, and … Contrary to advice I was given before I opened the box, VoiceOver must be manually enabled after the device boots, …

Tips for Using Apple Pay in Stores

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Saturday, August 31, 2019
… something? Any tips/tricks? … Hello I have used it before with my phone and my watch I usually wait until they tell me … put my pin number in for the card that I’m using … Paying with Apple pay is a matter of pressing either the home or … you have, then identifying with either touch or face ID. VoiceOver should then say hold near reader at which point …

Play and Record Your Favourite Tunes with The Piano on iOS

Podcast by AppleVis on Sunday, June 9, 2019
… the App Store … The developer has responded to my e-mail with some possibly good news, read below: Dear Tunmi, Thank you for contacting us with your feedback and suggestions. I’m glad to hear you are liking the app and its VoiceOver functionality, as we’re currently looking into the …

iOS email apps

Forum Topic by Mike Fulton on Friday, October 18, 2019
… I don't like the stock mail app because of sync issues with Gmail. I have used the Gmail app for a while, but I am … after the native Mail app started giving me problems with VoiceOver jumping around in message threads, and I can't … well. Very accessible and works well with rotor and VO gestures. My only gripe about the app is the Settings menu. …

HumanWare Brailliant BI 14 Display

Hardware or Accessory Review by Voracious P. Brain on Sunday, December 15, 2019
… Curmudgeon’s Tale… ## Design I’m having trouble coming up with a common-object size equivalent, except a VHS tape in … mode, the joystick, which duplicates swiping and selecting gestures. Routing buttons remain important, though; and, like … at all, and I’m liking that. Moreover, the flexibility VoiceOver has achieved for command customization on the …

Wearable Braille - My week with the Dot Watch

Hardware or Accessory Review by Voracious P. Brain on Wednesday, November 20, 2019
… display is the “right” way to tell time. I’m kicking off with that statement, because it surprised me so much. Hearing … watch, in addition to being too “public.” I grew up with quartz Braille watches, though, plus a mechanical … soon. I’m prompted to wonder how much testing they do with Voiceover, however. The first version of the app I used had …

GoldGun Episode 1 finally released!

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Friday, February 1, 2019
… was an inside joke) some android devices have had problems with the Talk Back. It seems it needs to be disabled before … at the moment. Best regards … How do I start a new game? Voiceover doesn’t read anything … You should follow the … it will work in the game. I haven't tested regular swiping gestures with voiceover, but the only user interface aspects …

The Accessibility Bugs Introduced and Resolved in iOS 13 for Blind and Low Vision Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, September 14, 2019
… on 19 September, 2019. This post contains details of the VoiceOver and braille bugs which we believe to have been … 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 new … anything drawn with one finger. The two- and three-finger gestures in this mode work fine, however no character I draw …

What’s on your iOS 13 wish list?

Forum Topic by Evermore2020 on Wednesday, May 22, 2019
… need an internet connection just to open an app or open voiceover settings etc. … Ok, my iOS 13 wishlist includes the … not to be able to disable this feature, like I can do with JAWS on my computer. If I get an English email, I want … stops doing anything other than going home or similar gestures. It stops pressing buttons. In some messenger apps …

Apple Releases iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1; Bringing Many Bug Fixes and Some New Bugs for Blind and Low Vision Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, September 21, 2019
… when composing an email or note. * When composing an email with a braille display, the VoiceOver cursor now behaves consistently. * System sounds … reliably follow the volume of VoiceOver, even when "Change with Buttons" is disabled in Settings> Sounds and Haptics. * …

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