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Baseline settings for low vision

Forum Topic by elvispresley99 on Monday, November 29, 2021
… has cataract surgery and as a result has very low vision with a high sensitivity to light due to retina damage. We … other contrast-reducing GUI changes, forced me to learn VoiceOver. And I'd be lying if I didn't admit my declining … use voiceover, and that tends to clash a little with some gestures used by both zoom and vo. but maybe he can give it a …

Workaround for current Big Sur Dock Bug

Forum Topic by Manuel on Saturday, February 27, 2021
… to add new applications to the dock because the workaround with CTRL+Mouse click is not working for me. Does anyone have … you want to add to the doc press VO + hh to get into the VoiceOver help menu then type the letters ri and press return … helps! … Press vo plus d, choose an app, turn trackpad voiceover commands off by holding vo and performing the rotor …

Fury Driver

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Snorlax on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
… Fury Driver is an action-thrille audiogame with dangerous and engaging car races. Fury Driver: Moonwalks … times on the right. i've enabled direct touch mode on VoiceOver, but even though i've done this also VoiceOver can … in the way particularly in combat and try to trigger rotor gestures such as heading navigation. i'm reluctant to quit …

Questions About Boot Camping your Mac

Forum Topic by Jessica Karim on Thursday, July 29, 2021
… boot camp? How do you perform basic jaws commands with the touch bar, like Alt F4? Any other tips or advice on … wouldn't it make more sense to buy a new Windows computer? VoiceOver has a steep learning curve, and if you go the Mac … actually used a mac in the past, so I'm familiar with the gestures and commands for voiceover, so it shouldn't be to …

Focus and "Do Not Disturb" when screen is locked

Forum Topic by peter on Monday, November 15, 2021
… I often listen to BARD books using my Airpods with the phone locked and notifications seem to break through … would turn itself back on. This has been my experience with other apps set to turn on a Focus mode. … Sane with any … think of would be to assign the Shortcut you created to a voiceover gesture, Which you do in the commands section of …

Problem with Blind Drive

Forum Topic by Lielle Ben simon on Saturday, March 20, 2021
… , what i need to do inorder to hit them? I have a problem with Voice" Over with tbis game. … The game works better with … … Hi. Here's what I do to keep the voice on... keep VoiceOver on and turn on direct touch when the app is … switched off VoiceOver or activated Direct Touch, the gestures for the game are quite simple. If you need to turn …

Getting my mom a new Ipad

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Saturday, November 27, 2021
… She’s not on this site!) Anyway… I have never worked with an iPad with VoiceOver before and will probably have to help her with the … a fresh install with you (your mom) having to set it up. Gestures are essentially the same but enough things diverge …

RepeaterBook

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Darrell Hilliker on Sunday, January 31, 2021
… screen to the repeater list. Everything else works well with VoiceOver. …

From an iPhone 6S to an iPhone 12; What Should I Expect?

Forum Topic by tunmi13 on Friday, November 19, 2021
… obviously, there is no Home button, and a lot is done with the side button instead. I also realized that there are gestures where you swipe from the bottom edge to the top, or … to you. First, the iPhone 12 has the ability to have VoiceOver produce advanced image descriptions for images you …

Bitwarden password manager question

Forum Topic by Greg Wocher on Thursday, July 8, 2021
… bottom of the screen the entry mentions are now labelled. VoiceOver flick gestures to navigate do not work very well and sometimes not … app itself much. I hardly ever open it, as it integrates with the iOS password autofill feature and works fine. The …

iPhone XS On-Screen Keyboard: Missing In Action

Forum Topic by Kane_Brolin on Thursday, April 1, 2021
… to input via the keyboard on my XS. My trouble is not with a hardware-based, physical keyboard I'm trying to link to my iPhone, but rather with the software keyboard that is native to the phone … done. I agree this is quite vexing and perplexing. … VoiceOver has a command for braille displays which toggles …

Some annoyance; IOS 14.6

Forum Topic by Mister Kayne on Tuesday, June 15, 2021
… I don't know if I am the only one facing these challenges with their iPhone with VoiceOver or it's just me. I upgraded to an iPhone SE 2020 … for your comment. I have already assigned the back tap gestures for toggling WiFi and BlueTooth to Off. However, to …

Web browsing on iPad Pro

Forum Topic by PinkCupcake5 on Sunday, September 12, 2021
… hold the command key, a list will pop up. You can also use voiceover to navigate by headings, form controls, buttons, … app). Speech Central it is completely free if it is used with VoiceOver. App Store link: … feature the most). … You can customize keyboard commands, gestures, and BSI commands. Can someone tell me if installing …

VoiceOver Not Working with Youtube on iPhone

Forum Topic by Harry on Sunday, July 11, 2021
… but once i got my Apple Watch and synced it to the iPhone, VoiceOver no longer interacts with Youtube. Youtube can still be navigated with VoiceOver turned off. I have tried uninstalling and …

Keypad while in Mac FaceTime call

Forum Topic by PaulMartz on Monday, April 12, 2021
… 1 for this and press 2 for that. If you've never done this with FaceTime on a Mac, you're in for a real adventure. The … Q or Command W to close calls. Command Closes immediately with out any end buttons. … Back in 2016 when I first started … Disclosure: I own both Mac and Windows computers and use VoiceOver, Jaws, NVDA, etc. Please don't come at me with …

Deleting text in iOS 15

Forum Topic by Melanie MacNeill on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
… and backspace out multiple characters or lines of text with the one gesture. instead, I have to press the delete … you going into your settings and adding something to your voiceover rotor. I haven’t really found any problems with deleting text using the on screen keyboard several …

Thoughts on the iPhone 12 pro max from an accessibility perspective?

Forum Topic by KE8UPE on Saturday, January 2, 2021
… between you and someone else? … Greetings. Having worked with iPhone 12 Pro Max over the last two days or so, I can … particular, sounds fuller and louder even when outputting VoiceOver speech and sounds, and the stereo field upon music … if so, do you find that voiceover misinterprets your gestures, since they have to go through 2 layers of glass, …

Anyone else have an overly sensitive touch screen on iPhone 13 models?

Forum Topic by Missy Hoppe on Sunday, October 24, 2021
… now, and am slowly but surely beginning to make friends with it. I have a major problem, though. There are numerous … the "Double-tap timeout": Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > scroll to bottom to "Double-tap timeout". I think … the phone is faster overall but it never misinterprets my gestures. Also, FaceID has been working great for me. Setting …

Recommendation for Next Game Purchase

Forum Topic by Dylan3 on Sunday, February 14, 2021
… interesting. Just wondering if anyone has experience with games like this with more immediate feedback? For those … trouble playing more action oriented games, and find the gestures required to control the games hard to remember and … Lords and Knights game wasn't accessable for those using VoiceOver? … I would propose home quest and No commander. …

EchoLink

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Darrell Hilliker on Sunday, January 31, 2021
… like aPTT button. I am not able to make this function work with any headphones I use. Is this a bug, or is there … I am using an IPad Mini fifth generation running IOS 14.4, with standard Apple earpods wired with the lightning … Use the magic tap (two-finger double-tap) gesture with VoiceOver enabled, or the remote (play / pause) button on …

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