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Trackpad on iPad Magic Keyboard with VoiceOver

Forum Topic by Matthew on Saturday, June 26, 2021
… use the trackpad on the Magic Keyboard for iPad Air / Pro with VoiceOver in a similar way as on the Mac when trackpad commander is enabled? Are the standard VoiceOver gestures recognized on iPadOS? … I think it is not possible …

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 …

Can't get my head around Zephyr

Forum Topic by Krister Ekstrom on Friday, May 24, 2013
… how this app works, furthermore how this thing works with Voiceover. It seems no matter how much i swipe and do strange … switch between them. Sometimes it clashes with voiceover gestures, but not always. I was trying to go back with the …

Gesture changes for multitasking

Forum Topic by Dawn πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦― on Sunday, September 27, 2020
… option for dock when looking through command options for voiceover. Or if there's no way to change the gestures then is there another way to activate the dock? Some … Can'll have VDR. and mail open and do the samch thing I do with Goodreads. And that's just an example of how I use …

Activator Issues

Forum Topic by Andrew on Thursday, January 2, 2014
… on the screen surface and the app closes. When I have voiceover on and I try this, it doesn't work; but when I turn … I use that do not work; yet Others I have set up do work with voice over just fine. Any clues or advice anyone could … same problem on my iPhone 5s, pinch, spread and slide gestures in Activator are not working with VoiceOver enabled. …

Reprogramming Mac trackpad outside VoiceOver

Forum Topic by Bruce Harrell on Monday, August 10, 2020
… any apps a blind person can use to reprogram Mac trackpad gestures? I realize VoiceOver allows programming gestures on your trackpad, but VoiceOver does not allow …

Sensitivity of touch screen in iOS7

Forum Topic by peter on Tuesday, September 24, 2013
… After working with iOS7 on my iPhone 4s for a bit, it seems like the … very sensitive. The device seems to be catching extraneous gestures such as a touch or swipe when I didn't even touch the screen. This is easy to tell with VoiceOver running since VoiceOver makes a clicking sound when …

having trouble with three finger scroll gesture in iOS

Forum Topic by molly on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
… to item. But for some reason this gesture is not working with VoiceOver. I'm just wondering, is the three finger scroll …

How do I copy text with iPhone VoiceOver & Arthritis?

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Monday, June 10, 2019
… Apple's Accessibility Team! I can randomly select text with the pinch-out gesture, but that is it! There is no … Rotator, text selection will always be too fast, causing VoiceOver speech to stutter. I'm unable to control what text … & fingers. As a result, I'm unable to perform the proper gestures to select the text I want to copy, and I can not …

Does anyone use VoiceOver hints?

Forum Topic by James Froggatt on Thursday, February 17, 2022
… Hi all, I'm a non-VoiceOver user and developer wondering - does anyone use … were a blessing when you're trying to learn a boatload of gestures. … Hi, I don't use them a lot but, wen I was a new … in year 2011 it helped me. Sometimes wen I want to work with a new app I use hints. There is no Jester but you can A …

New to Apple Watch and VoiceOver in general

Forum Topic by Steve Jobs on Sunday, March 11, 2018
… I am slowly losing my vision, I have come to depend on VoiceOver. Can someone help me to understand the gestures and what role the physical buttons play when using VoiceOver? I seem to be struggling with two-finger gestures. Any help would be greatly …

Speech sometimes turns itself off?

Forum Topic by Mario Lang on Monday, March 19, 2012
… Hi. I have a strange problem on Mac OS X 10.7.3 with VoiceOver. I am rather new to this system, so it might as … the VoiceOver Utility. If I do not have my Braille display with me, I need to rely on sighted assistance to get my Mac …

Improving TalkBack Experience on Android Phones: Solving Double-Tap Issues and Enhancing Typing

Forum Topic by Deon588 on Monday, November 18, 2024
… Hello everyone, I saw a few posts on here where IOS/voiceover users try Android and have a rough experience and … usage on my Android phone. For months, I struggled with the double-tap gesture not registering when holding the … double-tap worked fine. Single taps and explore-by-touch gestures worked without any problems. What I Tried: - Ran …

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 …

How do I turn off haptic touch?

Forum Topic by Geoff37 on Tuesday, February 11, 2020
… I think VoiceOver and haptic touch are conflicting and this causes … The pass-through gesture is designed to interact with the item in VoiceOver focus. In the inbox view in Mail, … and down the list of emails by sliding finger up or down. With ios13 this is now hit and miss. Sometimes it works for a …

Reachability with voiceover?

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Saturday, November 2, 2024
… but is there another more elegant way to use this feature with voiceover? Can we just swipe at the botom of the screen as … or whatever the way is, and reachability will just work with vo? I have not tried this fully but I know that on …

Voiceover sensivity in watchOS 9.2

Forum Topic by Karina Velazquez on Monday, December 19, 2022
… apple watch series 7 to watchOS 9.2 the sensitiveness of voiceover is a real mess. I used to have the one-hand gestures active for those times I can’t press my apple watch with my second hand, but since I updated, the watch keeps …

How to dismiss the edit box in iMessage using voiceover

Forum Topic by Jackie on Saturday, September 14, 2019
… figured out what the gesture is you use when using voiceover to dismiss the edit box in iMessage. I have not … When you find an area that sounds like nothing when using voiceover, then you Double tap, hold, and slide your finger … down. You slide it down until you hear the sound that voiceover makes when something is dismissed. This is useful …

searching for text command

Forum Topic by Sabrina on Friday, October 18, 2019
… Okay I found a way to add search in text on iPhone as a voiceover gesture. However, when I tried to use it it said … … What gesture do you use to start the search? I do it with a braille display. Vo does not say text field, but it … even though the search is on. … Naw this is under touch gestures; can't be just for braille. You can use braille or …

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 …

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