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Is there a way to prevent the magic tap from launching music playback when not in the Music app?

Forum Topic by Laszlo on Monday, March 10, 2025
… As we all know the meaning of the magic tap (double tap with two fingers) depends on context. Its default behaviour … sometimes the touch screen unavoidably misinterprets gestures and takes my exploratory single finger touch as a … sense. good luck! Bruce … Go to Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Commands, Touch Gestures. Under Two Fingers, …

Is there a way to turn off the new iPad gestures?

Forum Topic by Sabrina on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
… problems playing portrait mode games because the new gestures are getting in my way all the time. I only have my … when playing them. On my phone, I have had some issues with the flick-up gesture and the control center (the phone … centre. You can still use the old method of putting VoiceOver focus on the status bar and swiping up or down with …

Is it possible to perform the VO+shift+M command with the Trackpad?

Forum Topic by Simon on Monday, June 5, 2023
… a quick question for you. I'm able to use the trackpad with no issues for almost all commands that I need, but don't … command exist, I think it is possible to assign custom gestures, but does this particular command is possible to add … menus, but if there isn't, you can configure one in VoiceOver Utility > Commanders > Trackpad. … 2 finger press …

VoiceOver Question

Forum Topic by BlindMag on Saturday, September 20, 2014
… . If I open my contacts I can't scroll down the screen with VoiceOver on? Is there a way to do this? … Hi, Have you tried … swipe down will do the reverse. For a list of IOS VO gestures, refer here: …

BSI Bug with iOS 18.1.1

Forum Topic by Qball42 on Sunday, December 1, 2024
… Apple accessibility team. I have also tried rebooting both VoiceOver and my phone itself, and I have had no luck. the … or so. … Please double check that the setting to activate with gestures is in fact switched on in …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for August 2019

Blog Post by AppleVis on Sunday, September 1, 2019
… perfect for professionals and students - anyone who works with numbers and equations. Variables and functions can be … for the phone app * Audiobus and inter-app audio support * VoiceOver support for the blind or visually impaired > … to tell the viewer about text, illustrations, setting, gestures and facial expressions that are otherwise not …

Sharing VoiceOver Sound in Video Conferencing?

Forum Topic by Brandon on Saturday, March 9, 2019
… apps and need to hear Voice Over to see how users interact with the app I'm having them test. The best I have found is … I believe Zoom has a feature where you can use airPlay. in voiceover settings, under audio, make sure the send audio … itself actually. Often if you are on a tv, you would want VoiceOver out the pffone speaker and not blasting over your …

Direct Touch Question

Forum Topic by Mabbs92 on Wednesday, October 21, 2020
… today, which seems to be a feature that will allow touches/gestures to bypass VO. This seems like it could be super … as far as I know. In some apps, games for example, VoiceOver may say Direct Touch Area, and, if you can't … I've never heard of it before and would love to play with it. I wish it was a feature that was enabled universally …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for May 2018

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, June 1, 2018
… Try it now! > The new beatstar is now available, with the following new features: > * Now available for … images * 30 built-in alarm sounds > General > * Full VoiceOver accessibility support * No internet connection … 2x, 0.5x * Continuous playback, edit Up Next on the fly * Gestures for play/stop, fwd/back, next/previous * Adjustable …

Seeking advice on how to help someone with diabetic neuropathy navigate their iOS device

Forum Topic by Moopie Curran on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
… I'm not sure what work-arounds there are for people with this condition when it comes to working with an iPhone. … be, and listen to as many YouTube videos as you can on VoiceOver tutorials. Start with the basics and once she has … a handle on that, elevate to some of the more advanced gestures and such. There are also a few options under the …

VoiceOver stopped speaking on two different iPhones

Forum Topic by Sergey on Tuesday, January 16, 2024
… but this is not a case since all sounds are working except VoiceOver speech. If someone here has any idea of what might … tap? That turns vo on and off but keeps all other sounds/gestures. … It's a bug in Voiceover and IOS. You need to … as well as both phones to the latest system it can handle. With the old five, I'm guessing IOs eight, which might have …

Braille screen input as a default keyboard

Forum Topic by danno5 on Friday, March 1, 2024
… select the option to put in my username/password. * Forms with data: Autocomplete is good for filling out names, … a single rotor gesture away. Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor > Rotor Items to change the order and enable/disable items. … Yeah, I completely agree with what you've said, I'm just taking the idea as a concept …

blindfold games

Forum Topic by Juliette on Wednesday, August 2, 2023
… time I start to play one of the games, all I hear from VoiceOver is direct touch area. What am I doing wrong? And … This is what lets the application take over processing gestures. To turn it on, move your rotor to the direct touch … direct touch. All the gestures work fine. It will not work with a hable. Which indicates, it may not work with a …

Just got my iPhone 12 mini having trouble with Home unlock and application switch of gestures please help.

Forum Topic by trey on Wednesday, December 30, 2020
… I've just got my iPhone 12 mini. But I'm having trouble with the following gestures the gesture to go home the gesture to activate the … … Ok. Go to settings, accessibility, voiceover, commands, and system. Once in system, tap the …

New better way to change VoiceOver speaking rate on Apple Watch?

Forum Topic by Brian Borowski on Monday, December 14, 2020
… the crown to get to Home Screen and just flick up or down with one finger to change the rate; that is the screen that … news? … Sounds to me like you are simply making use of the VoiceOver rotor which was added to watchOS this fall, in …

iPhone 8 to iPhone 14 Pro

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Friday, May 12, 2023
… out there detailing all the new features that I will get with this switch? I’d preferably prefer free resources. … I … from an SE (which is basically an 8) to a 13 last year. VoiceOver gives hints about some of the new gestures, so it wasn't as difficult a transition as I thought …

Bug in Notes App

Forum Topic by dvdmth on Friday, June 3, 2016
… I ran into this problem with the native Notes app on an iPad Mini 4. It's possible … a note, if the iPad is in portrait mode, there is no VoiceOver feedback as to what is being typed. There is no … landscape mode, the bug does not occur, and I can interact with the text field normally. However, if I bring up the …

How to redeem an iTunes gift card

Forum Topic by Greg Wocher on Sunday, June 21, 2015
… screen use 3 finger single tab on the center of the screen voiceOver will announce to you the focus you have to be on … iPhone Camera select use Camera button just follow the voiceOver instruction when you set the iPhone camera over the …

Three finger swipe not working in safari

Forum Topic by Louise on Friday, June 3, 2016
… finger single tap on the top half of the page will put VoiceOver focus directly on the back button. Then you just … touch the screen on the page and then swipe up and down with 3 fingers. … Oh gee, I guess people can only answer the …

How do you perform a right click with the trackpad on macOS High Sierra?

Forum Topic by Alex on Saturday, May 5, 2018
… I cannot figure out how to right click in High Sierra with the trackpad. I have googled it and cannot find anything … the trick … You can use almost any gester you like. Go to VoiceOver , Commanders, select trackpad, choose a modifier key from the pop-up button, interact with the table, and select which gesture you would like to …

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