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Turning speech off on apple watch?

Forum Topic by viphoana on Thursday, February 11, 2021
… the same gesture that you use to mute speech on the iPhone with your apple watch. Just do a three finger double tap and voiceover should say speech off. Try pressing the digital … doesn't say anything. … Hi, I can't make my speech go off with that gesture. As viphoana, i have the 4s and small …

Summary of Apple's “Spring Loaded” Product Launch Event

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
… “Spring Loaded”. True to its title, the event was “loaded” with product news and announcements - there's new iPad Pro … long-rumored AirTag item tracker, an updated Apple TV 4K with a redesigned Siri remote, and much more. Read on for the … features built into iOS. Precision Finding using VoiceOver, for example, can direct users who are blind or …

I've found a pretty cool swipe gesture.

Forum Topic by Brad on Friday, October 1, 2021
… If you swipe either left or right with four fingers, it'll act like the app switcher but you … of it but then again, I've never looked in to the apple voiceover manual. … I seen's the commend from ios 6. I use on … it. It is a cool little gesture. I’m hip now! … There's a Voiceover manual? I always figured Apple just gave you a pat …

What is direct touch?

Forum Topic by MarĂ­a on Monday, February 1, 2021
… (infact, is the last one that we find inder Accessibility/ VoiceOver) called "Direct touch", but I have no idea what … > For those unfamiliar with Direct Touch, it's a way in which developers can tell … exploring a map by touch, interpreting touches and gestures in a game, and so on. … Apps have been able to …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for January 2021

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, February 1, 2021
… GoodMaps Explore (iOS/iPadOS, Free) > Discover the world with GoodMaps Explore. > Accurate indoor and outdoor† … cascaded menus, it provides interactive UI components and gestures to give you intuitive, flexible, powerful control of … having to have an active connection). The app has full VoiceOver accessibility support and is available in multiple …

help needed with voice only control of iPad

Forum Topic by Bazz on Sunday, March 28, 2021
… for such wonderful accessibility Voice tools. However with so many available and optional combinations possible I’m … most satisfying user experience is likely to be offered by VoiceOver. You could incorporate some level of voice control … worth the extra muscle memory involved with combining both gestures and spoken commands in to a single and coherent …

Possible bug with iPhone 12 and face ID authentication and question about dictation.

Forum Topic by The Tetris monster on Saturday, July 31, 2021
… a small issue though. Sometimes, when trying to unlock with face ID, the unlock sound does not play. This makes it … to me, mainly after playing a podcast. I just toggle Voiceover off then back on with the shortcut and it fixes it, … the phone and when using the home or app switcher gestures? … Yes, there is. You go to settings, accessibility, …

Intro to using VoiceOver with Apple TV?

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Thursday, December 2, 2021
… either here or elsewhere for using VoiceOver with Apple TV? I tried doing a search and was … to get you started. * [An Introduction to VoiceOver Gestures Available on the Fourth-Generation Apple …

Magic Tap

Forum Topic by Wenwei on Thursday, December 30, 2021
… to use it to answer calls, though I suspect interacting with a popup menu would be more useful. … You could create a … … The magic tap gesture is the two-finger double tap when VoiceOver is on. … Thanks! … Where? A two-finger double tap …

Seeing AI and photos. Need help please

Forum Topic by TamagotchiTune on Sunday, February 21, 2021
… go to my photos tap share and the option to recognize with seeing AI is there. Well now it's nowhere to be seen. I … get to this, you have to go into settings, accessibility, voiceover, commands, all commands, shortcuts.The gesture that … a way to automate the whole process instead of us giving gestures and commands for us to be able to read images. …

GoodRx: Prescription Saver

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Darrell Hilliker on Sunday, January 31, 2021
… your prescription 2. Use the GoodRx app to find a pharmacy with the best discount 3. Show your free coupon and … your coupon at drop off and save! * Set pharmacies with the lowest prices as your favorites. Search over +70,000 … was. Thank you so much!" … The app is fully accessible to VoiceOver, including reliable use of the two-finger scrub …

How do you read by sentence in Apple Books?

Forum Topic by Algebraist65 on Monday, March 29, 2021
… to read apple books on ipad sentence by sentence? … In the VoiceOver commands, add a new command to read by sentence. This is available for gestures and keyboard. …

Voiceover and voice control on iOS 14

Forum Topic by Scott F on Thursday, August 5, 2021
… Hello. I am trying to use voice control with voiceover on my iPhone running iOS 14.6. I understand from an … the voiceover commands, the device commands, the advanced gestures, and adding vocabulary it’s all in there in the …

Kindle app podcast with Voiceover?

Forum Topic by Bharat on Thursday, May 27, 2021
… wants to know if there are any podcasts for using this app with VO & more. I was looking for it on the Applevis podcasts … … Hi, I’m sorry to say, but kindle books cannot be read by voiceover on the mac, but it works great on iOS & Windows. … Or maybe copy and paste it. Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide Kindle for iOS Accessibility …

Is anyone having trouble changing the punctuation settings on VoiceOver using an iPhone

Forum Topic by Shelley on Monday, November 29, 2021
… I can’t change the punctuation setting on my iPhone using voiceover. I haven’t changed in the settings prior to that. I … fix the problem. Apparently my screen was not picking up gestures from my hands because I found I had other problems … I do tend to use it quite a bit. So I went and wiped it with Dawn dish soap and water and cleaned off the grease. I …

How can I get out of a game using direct touch on a phone without a home button?

Forum Topic by fatih on Tuesday, July 6, 2021
… create your own Home gesture under the Commands setting in voiceover. Hope this helps Eric … Thanks for the help. these …

typing on iPhone and rotor

Forum Topic by PinkCupcake5 on Thursday, August 19, 2021
… been using an iPhone since 2013 and am still dissatisfied with my typing speed on iPhone, and with consistently performing the router gesture. I use touch … people make use of this very easily and frequently. Using Voiceover, however, how do you quickly get to the predictions …

Direct touch mode in blindfold games

Forum Topic by rachel on Monday, January 25, 2021
… touch mode as they instruct? (i don't see anything to do with direct touch mode in the rotor settings.) Also, if i try … can't navigate using my arrow keys, since all i hear from Voiceover is "direct touch area". Can anyone explain to me … normal. I expect there are keyboard equivalents of these gestures, but I don't know them. As has already been pointed …

A Quick Way To Switch Between Bluetooth Braille Displays, Possibly With a Shortcut?

Forum Topic by Teresa on Friday, April 30, 2021
… a quicker method than drilling through the settings to Voiceover and Braille, etc. I've done some searching in … really cool! I hope the shortcut helps other braille users with older - more finicky - Braille displays. … Exactly what … to really speed up the process. … Thanks for bearing with me. I don't find a place in Braille Commands to assign a …

Designing a new equation-editing app - what should I focus on?

Forum Topic by CJ on Thursday, September 30, 2021
… I'm looking for advice from VoiceOver users about what they would expect from an … What should I be concentrating on to ensure easy use with VoiceOver in an equation-editing app? … Thanks for … a blind user would expect to find sub expressions. common gestures for navigating with Voiceover are to flick …

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