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Using swipe gestures to manage email with VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by KE8UPE on Monday, January 30, 2023
… was telling me about how he manages his email, using swipe gestures. He also informed me that there’s a way to do it with VoiceOver. However, he couldn’t remember what the equivalent …

VoiceOver Gesture For Quickly Jumping to Bottoms?

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Monday, June 26, 2023
… single. time. So, finally, my question is: Is there a VoiceOver gesture to allow one quickly to jump down to the … item or bottom of the screen. Tap the top of the screen with four fingers and you'll jump to the first item or the … and four finger swipe up to go to the first item. Those gestures are not taken up so use them. I have those set to …

VoiceOver Gestures in Microsoft Word on a MacMini

Forum Topic by Harin Vaghela on Wednesday, April 26, 2023
… a volunteer and my client who is blind is having trouble with voiceover on Word and in particular with some of the rotor navigation features. As this is his …

VoiceOver Hand Gestures on Apple Watch SE

Forum Topic by Netscriptus on Thursday, May 18, 2023
… are you all? :) I was wondering, if anyone has had issues with performing hand gestures with the apple watch se. Ever since I bought my apple watch, I haven't been able to get the hand gestures to work. I'm also having trouble with the hand …

I hate the Rotor

Forum Topic by Rasgueo on Wednesday, December 13, 2023
… now I never got used to the Rotor. I wish you could do gestures like you could on Android with one finger, for example swipe up and swipe right as part … at least choose. Option to assign l-shaped gestures under VoiceOver advanced settings for the people who want it for …

Assigning commands to custom gestures

Forum Topic by Rasgueo on Wednesday, December 13, 2023
… In Accessibility> Touch> AssistiveTouch> Custom Gestures you can draw your own gestures. The area inside the … Is it possible to use these gestures I have created with VoiceOver commands? I can't find them anywhere in VoiceOver> …

item text search

Forum Topic by LaBoheme on Wednesday, December 13, 2023
… in settings > accessibility > voiceover > commands, there is a custom command called "item … mac. it would be nice if it actually works. i set it up with a custom gesture. but when i perform the gesture, vo … prompts you to "enter search text"), but the issue is with the lack of an edit box to actually input your search …

Question: Using Haptic Time On Watch

Forum Topic by peter on Tuesday, September 26, 2023
… seem to work unless one wakes up the phone. Thus, if Voiceover is running, Voiceover verbalizes the time out loud. … is going to speak it out? Thanks. --Pete … Using Series 7 with OS 10.01. I just use it. Typing from my PC and resting … did a great job explaining all this. I don't use the gestures, though I might sometimes. You probably updated but …

Zoom making voiceover sluggish and freezing on an iPhone 14 pro max

Forum Topic by Pranav Lal on Monday, August 7, 2023
… an iPhone 14 pro max. She uses magnification and sometimes voiceover. She is using the zoom feature which magnifies the … the fonts on the phone. I tried navigating her phone with voiceover and find that swiping and all other gestures are really sluggish. I can't even do the Roter …

2-finger swipe on watchface not working consistently

Forum Topic by Frederik on Thursday, July 13, 2023
… get the "thunk" sound as if I'm trying to normal swipe with voiceOver when there's no next item to move to. Anyone … from IOS, so I wonder if somehow, multi-finger VoiceOver gestures are borked on my device. maybe I toggled some …

Voiceover stopped speaking

Forum Topic by WellF on Thursday, September 7, 2023
… Yeah. Suddenly voiceover went silent for apparently no reason. I was trying to go to the home screen with the new sweep gestures, when it happened. I tried restarting it but I still …

Braille Screen input not reporting deleted word if cursor not at end of text

Forum Topic by viphoana on Monday, September 11, 2023
… Word gesture when there are characters after the cursor, VoiceOver does not announce the deleted word. This is a big … on-screen input mode, (I use screen away mode) flick left with 2 fingers and VoiceOver announces correctly the word … on iPhone and iPad, so, let's say I don't want to play with fire... So I cannot use feedback assistant thanks again …

What keyboard do you recommend for iPad?

Forum Topic by Karel Giebisch on Sunday, March 19, 2023
… how keyboard to purchase. I’m tempted Apple Magic Keyboard with Trackpad. I wonder, if this keyboard supports VoiceOver touch gestures on TrackPad. Itś quite expensive and I don’t want to …

IPad’s Split-screen function: is it accessible for us VoiceOver users?

Forum Topic by Gerardo on Monday, August 28, 2023
… view. So I've been wondering if this is accessible for us VoiceOver users? And if so, what gesture is there to quickly … I use it a lot, particularly when I'm genuinely working with two apps. Having them both on the screen at once is a … screen using it spacially, rather than with a lot of swipe gestures and such. It's a lot easier if you're moving your …

Changing Clock face and screens on Apple Watch

Forum Topic by Adrian Wyka on Friday, November 3, 2023
… has become very complicated to navigate this system. As a VoiceOver user, I've had a quick two-finger rub gesture until … I don't understand why you decided to delete these gestures. Now to change the clock face you need to: 1. Tap … be done by sliding through the elements, because scrolling with the crown does not work. Tapping the bottom edge of the …

Questions about using iPhone in hebrew and hebrew braille

Forum Topic by Vsevolod Popov on Thursday, April 13, 2023
… learn Hebrew language, and I have some questions regarding VoiceOver use and braille screen input. First, I noticed that when iPhone is switched to Hebrew language VoiceOver gestures are reversed. Swiping is done from right to left and … as Karmit pronounces it and without them. But when I type with braille screen input, safit letters are always typed. …

iPhone 14 pro max iOS 16.3

Forum Topic by Ming_VL on Monday, February 13, 2023
… no matter where I use the two-finger sweep gesture to have VoiceOver read aloud, it always jumps to the very beginning … of all elements. I can hardly read a complete article with VoiceOver. If you know where I should adjust the … the Safari browser. Not just Safari, this is happening with any app while using VoiceOver. It's almost impossible to …

Need a Recommendation for a FUN App to Introduce Sighted People to iPhone Accessibility

Forum Topic by Kevin Shaw on Friday, January 27, 2023
… app that meets the following criteria: • Fully accessible with VoiceOver. • FUN! FUN! FUN! • Safe for work/Rated E for … of the presentation. I'd like the group to use voiceOver gestures, voice control or other accessibility features of …

Attention iOS Beta testers: FlickType and iOS 17

Forum Topic by Tony on Sunday, July 16, 2023
… Watch Keyboard no longer works. When I touch the area, all gestures cease to function. There's no swiping, double … rotor, etc. I have to touch elsewhere on the screen to get Voiceover talking again. Turning off direct touch for …

Excel, VO and iOS on the iPhone

Forum Topic by Ben on Monday, January 30, 2023
… using the iOS version of Microsoft Excel on my iPhone with VoiceOver. I have a good understanding of Excel on a PC using … difficulty in maneuvering from cell to cell with swipe gestures. I can only go so far across a row and then I go to …

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