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Submitted Feedback: VoiceOver Trimming Accessibility Issues in iPhone Photos App

Forum Topic by Mert Ozer on Monday, June 2, 2025
… app on the iPhone, we encounter a few significant issues with VoiceOver. I would like to explain them in detail: 1. Open a … is where the challenges arise: When swiping up or down with one finger to adjust either the start or end time, …

Support our Campaign to get These 3 Nuance Apps Accessible Again: Dragon Go!, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, March 17, 2012
… Dragon Search. Earlier versions of these apps were usable with VoiceOver, but recent updates have rendered all three … VoiceOver effectively 'freezes' and will not respond to gestures. Nuance have also added a number of non-standard …

Initial thoughts on 2021 Apple TV 4K

Forum Topic by Jim D on Tuesday, May 25, 2021
… holding it down for a few seconds. I'm using my Apple TV with a Panasonic receiver and a Toshiba Fire TV. Thus far, I … direction to move in that direction. You can also perform gestures in the center of the ring. This works a lot like the … option is changed, it is no longer possible to perform any VoiceOver gestures on the remote. So, for example, to just …

reading unicode characters with voiceover

Forum Topic by Eglė on Sunday, January 27, 2019
… knygą, ąžuolą, as you see if you use any default language with any voice it is unexpectedly changed to another ( i … fingers 4 taps and you will sea, that ą will be separated with spaces. My language voiceOver doesn't support. any ideas how i can fix it? i try …

Questions about the life proof case for iPhone five

Forum Topic by Megan on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
… all, I'm wondering if anyone has used the life proof case with their iPhone five. I have one, and have been reading … 1. Have you noticed any difficulty performing touch screen gestures with the life proof case? Some reviewers have … while in the case, and I'm wondering how this seems with VoiceOver gestures and with apps like Fleksy. What are your …

Thoughts after Vision Pro demo: not really much for us yet, but that's ok

Forum Topic by Brian Giles on Wednesday, February 7, 2024
… lot like a heavy pair of ski or scuba goggles, but crossed with a pair of AirPods Max. The front of the headset is all … and video, and I think I had to triple click to turn on VoiceOver. The padded cushion that touches your face feels … when I tried to get into VO settings to play with the gestures, it kept kicking me back out to the main …

Impossible to get out of help mode when arrow key quick nav on

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Sunday, December 1, 2024
… Hello applevis, So I was just experimenting with voiceover help (vo-k) and I had the apparent bad idea to have … when arrow key quick nav or full quick nav is on, not with single key quick nav. Even vo-escape or vo-fn-escape... …

What are the ideal settings for an optimal Karaoke experience with Apple Music on iOS?

Forum Topic by Paweł Masarczyk on Tuesday, December 13, 2022
… and the vast library of Apple Music tracks. I know that VoiceOver is capable of reading the lyrics of the currently … enable the output of multimedia content through Braille in VoiceOver settings and indeed, once I did that, I started …

Directly editing text under Braille Screen Input without moving the rotor

Guide by Paweł Masarczyk on Sunday, October 9, 2022
… on-screen keyboard. It turns out, however, that there are gestures that allow for direct navigation and editing of the … your finger on the screen: - A vertical swipe up or down with two fingers - switches between navigation units: … in the Commands -- Braille Screen Input section of the VoiceOver settings. Four-finger swipes in all directions are …

How To Use Gestures Instead of Buttons for Home, Notifications, and More

Guide by mehgcap on Friday, September 14, 2018
… When iPhone X was released, it introduced a few swipe gestures to replace the Home Button. In iOS 12, Apple brought … moment. This cancels the action and returns you to normal, with VoiceOver speaking what's under your finger. If you're using …

Apple Releases iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Bug Fixes, Security Updates, and More

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, March 27, 2023
… by Heading is now more consistent and reliable for VoiceOver … and bug fixes: > * 21 new emoji including animals, hand gestures, and objects are now available in emoji keyboard * … of light or strobe effects are detected * Fixes an issue with Apple Pencil responsiveness that may occur while drawing …

Text Selection

Guide by kevinchao89 on Saturday, July 31, 2010
… selected unit and up to move back by selected unit. Note: VoiceOver speaks the character/word that it moved over. For … hello, but focus will be to the left of letter H. 4. With focus to the left of the point where one wishes to start … will select text by specified unit in rotor, continue on with the pinch open gesture until all of the text one wishes …

What's New in Accessibility with iOS 6

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
… As with the previous release of a major iOS upgrade (from … features now work with one another. This includes VoiceOver and Zoom, the physical motor settings, and the new … using VoiceOver and Zoom together is that a few VoiceOver gestures have changed. For example, when Zoom and VoiceOver …

iOS or Android for the visually impaired: nine reasons that count

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Sunday, March 11, 2012
… Android. Note that here I’m not going to list the typical VoiceOver vs. Talkback arguments; rather, I want to focus on … “quidnunc.” Now someone might say Android can do the same with a third-party app. Though I’ve not heard of such an app, … modes Everyone knows that VoiceOver can be operated with or without a Bluetooth keyboard. That is, if you don’t …

iOS Safari word echoing

Forum Topic by Magic Retina on Thursday, June 20, 2024
… for me since iOS 17 and I'm wondering if anyone else deals with it and if there's a solution. Periodically and seemingly at random, when viewing a webpage with Voiceover, paragraphs will repeat themselves. The only …

Zoom toggling options in macOS

Forum Topic by Mike D on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
… for years. I’m severely visually impaired, but zoom and VoiceOver features in iOS have proven to be very hopeful. I’m … the simplicity of zoom in iOS, where I just double tap with three fingers to zoom in and out and pan around. Do similar gestures work with the magic trackpad in macOS? Thanks in …

Thank you so much for the existance of Applevis.com

Forum Topic by BlackCat on Sunday, October 21, 2018
… and there were many. Those I prefered tought me about VoiceOver settings, iPhone settings, Home Screens and finger gestures etc. etc. The most important: In the cumfort of my … 2017, I held my first iPhone 6S, which is what i'm typing with. It felt so light, but so capable at the same time. Ever …

Magnifier and VoiceOver Shortcut Problem

Forum Topic by Jesse Anderson on Thursday, September 17, 2020
… a shortcut that would open the Magnifier app, and turn off VoiceOver. In IOS 14, you can customize the controls in … filters and camera flash. I can just pinch to zoom if VoiceOver is off, thus me wanting to quickly create a … Magnifier item in the Accessibility menu? I tried this with an iPhone Xs Max, and had a friend try it on his iPhone …

Apple Releases iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2; Bringing Many Bug Fixes for Blind and Low Vision Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, October 28, 2019
… is broken. The Context menu item has been removed from the VoiceOver rotor's Actions menu and replaced with a new gesture: a one-finger triple- tap. Our assumption … to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Commands > Touch Gestures. ### Bug Fixes for Blind and Low Vision Users Our …

Updated: I wrote a Shortcut to make getting descriptions of Images and Screenshots easy. Now powered by the new GPT4O!

Forum Topic by aaron ramirez on Friday, January 5, 2024
… be able to send 15-20 images through Describe Photos with no issues. I haven't yet updated the messaging when … in a reply box to share the last photo or screenshot with a friend. Useful for getting sighted people to verify … This one, after being assigned to a VoiceOver gesture, will take a screenshot when run and have …

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