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The Twelve Gifts of VoiceOver

Blog Post by Nicholas on Monday, December 24, 2018
… To the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas On my first time with VoiceOver, VO gave to me, a way to pause, with Control key. … that allow custom settings. Make your own shortcut keys or gestures. VoiceOver Utility> Commanders. Five Labeled Things: …

Introducing Autour, an iOS app designed to give blind users a better sense of their surroundings

Forum Topic by Mathieu Bouchard on Tuesday, October 25, 2016
… discovering your surroundings, much like Blindsquare, but with different features, as it's been developed … automatic reading and history. Also, on the main screen, VoiceOver gets replaced by a set of very simple gestures that are quicker to use and that don't interfere …

Letterfull

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Piotr Machacz on Thursday, September 8, 2022
… which may contain letters that appear faster every level. With the letters that appear, you must form words by touching the letters with your finger. When you touch a letter, it will move to … the submit button (or double-tap with 2 fingers if you use VoiceOver). If you want to send all the letters back to the …

A Word of Warning About the VisionAssist App

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
… . The app has been developed specifically for those with low-vision, and claims to offer the same functionality … you would expect from a handheld electronic magnifier, but with a few extra features and the advantages of being on your … 4. Or at least it is unusable if you need to be running VoiceOver at the same time. For those of you who have tried …

The Accessibility Bugs Introduced and Resolved in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for Blind and Low Vision Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
… released to the public. This post contains details of the VoiceOver, low vision, and braille bugs which we believe have … bugs directly to Apple, as well as the best ways to do so. With all of the preamble out of the way, here are the new … web pages or areas of an app to effectively be unusable with VoiceOver. Consequently, we have revised our rating. * …

iPhone X Review: There are Some Adjustments and Compromises, but I Can’t Imagine Going Back

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Friday, November 3, 2017
… a driving force in moving technologies to legacy status. With the launch of the [iPhone … Pay payments, and summoning Siri. Since Apple [brought its VoiceOver screen reader to the iPhone on the 3GS in … both of which have been replaced on the iPhone X with gestures. I was keen to learn what this would mean for me as …

Revisiting: How to Use Back Tap on iOS

Podcast by AppleVis on Thursday, March 18, 2021
… to toggle accessibility settings on and off, perform VoiceOver functions, access system features of iOS, or run … In addition, you can configure back taps to perform VoiceOver functions by going to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Commands > Touch gestures, choosing either a double or triple-tap under the …

Advocacy Pays Off in the AppleVis Editorial Team App Pick of the Month for May

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, June 4, 2013
… Team is when we see a totally inaccessible app add full VoiceOver support. Our app pick of the month for May comes … – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks . With the Kindle iOS app , blind and visually impaired users … find and download Amazon’s "Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide" by Michael Iams. Needless …

Quickly Translate Text on the fly Using a Shortcut

Guide by Aine on Monday, February 1, 2021
… There are three main ways you will achieve this: 1. With VoiceOver enabled, using the three-finger quadruple tap which copies the last spoken content to the clipboard; 2. With VoiceOver enabled, by using the text selection and edit> …

iOS App VoiceOver Accessibility Teaching and Testing Plan

Guide by Darrell Hilliker on Saturday, May 7, 2016
… deliberately developed in ways that ensure compatibility with VoiceOver, blind people are considered during … 7. Are there VoiceOver equivalents for all custom gestures? Note any app features that require the use of custom gestures that are not available to VoiceOver users through …

Initial Impressions from Jumping to macOS from Windows 10

Forum Topic by Kelsey on Friday, June 1, 2018
… switcher (although not a Windows lover, in all honesty. VoiceOver consistency I’ve used an iPhone and an iPad since … no vision to fall back on. I’ve also used these devices with bluetooth keyboards, and was therefore pleasantly … Voiceover’s ability to use the trackpad for input, using gestures similar to those on iOS, with some additional …

iOS pages issue

Forum Topic by Jin on Saturday, October 26, 2013
… issue. I am using a apple bluetooth keyboard, running voiceover, with the newest iOS update, and the newest pages update. The … word or line, the app freezes up. When I use finger gestures, it still goes through parts of the app but the …

Kudos to Apple Accessibility Support Staff

Forum Topic by Daveed Mandell on Friday, August 5, 2016
… except for one time when the tech had no idea about VoiceOver gestures and couldn't locate them. I even received an email from a Senior Advisor inviting me to contact her with other questions, should I have them. For anyone who …

iPod nano 7th Generation, My experience

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Sunday, October 2, 2016
… 6th Generation (see differences below). It does include voiceover, mono audio, and of cource, Bluetooth! I have both … Generation iPod nano, which contains both volume up/down, with the addition of the play/pause button in the mittle. … to the home screen, the 6th generation Ipod allowed a user with voiceover turned on to do a 2 finger scrub gesture. Now …

Somebody with the new Huawei FreeBuds 6? I need your advice

Forum Topic by Karina Velazquez on Saturday, June 7, 2025
… microphone, semi-open earbud design, and customizable gestures—including volume up and down on the earbuds … bought the FreeBuds 6 and I’ve run into several issues with them, but I’m not sure how to tell if it’s just my … liking, with strong bass, but if I stop playing music and VoiceOver isn’t speaking, after about 10 seconds, when I …

Accessibility problems with Voiceover on Mac OSX

Forum Topic by Abdul Haseeb Jabbar on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
… impaired user and having serious difficulties using Voiceover on the Mac. My problems/questions are as following: … word document. Is there any way to do similarly on the mac with pages? - In pages, it is very difficult to work with tables. Firstly, if I interact with a table, how can I …

Debunking Common Myths about VoiceOver on the Mac

Blog Post by mehgcap on Sunday, March 30, 2014
… who have never used one may still believe the myths about VoiceOver that have been around almost as long as VoiceOver … long-standing myths, and maybe make you more comfortable with the idea of switching to, or at least trying out, a Mac. … period. Additionally, those with trackpads have access to gestures in the form of the Trackpad Commander. This gives …

Make it possible to unsync single key quick nav and the other VoiceOver rotors

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Saturday, March 8, 2025
… what you think about that. FB16781468, suggestion In your VoiceOver documentation, there are several ways to access the … differences between the vo+u rotor, the one accessed with vo+cmd+arrow keys and the one with the trackpad gestures. Most importantly, although it’s not traditionally …

What's New in iOS 13: Part 1, Changes for VoiceOver Users

Podcast by AppleVis on Saturday, September 14, 2019
… Domville showcases some of what's new and changed for VoiceOver users. This includes: * Customizing VoiceOver's … VoiceOver when exploring by touch * Using Voice Control with VoiceOver * Customizing VoiceOver gestures * Customizing VoiceOver keyboard shortcuts * …

The Accessibility Bugs in OS X 10.11 El Capitan: From Serious to Minor

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
… Apple has today released OS X 10.11 El Capitan. As with any major upgrade, it brings a number of exciting new … may have a negative impact on the experience for some VoiceOver users. At this point, it is worth noting that our … the Trackpad Commander with vo-clockwise rotor, no other gestures will have an effect until you press the VO keys …

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