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Voice Dream scanner VS. KNFB Reader

Forum Topic by techluver on Wednesday, April 3, 2019
… in mind that Voicedream scanner is a really new app but with solid background. The app is well designed but has some drawbacks e.g. you cannot perform the doubletap with two fingers gesture to start and pause reading. I've … they force you to have on screen even if we prefer VoiceOver. my biggest issue with it though is that the last …

Google voice search and Voiceover.

Forum Topic by Darren12 on Thursday, December 4, 2014
… your attention to what I can only assume is a bug either with the Google voice search app or Voiceover. Yesterday evening I was playing around with Google voice search so I toggled VO speech off. After …

Web browsing on iPad Pro

Forum Topic by PinkCupcake5 on Sunday, September 12, 2021
… hold the command key, a list will pop up. You can also use voiceover to navigate by headings, form controls, buttons, … app). Speech Central it is completely free if it is used with VoiceOver. App Store link: … feature the most). … You can customize keyboard commands, gestures, and BSI commands. Can someone tell me if installing …

Thinking of getting an Android phone/tablet for tinkering... What can I do on it I can't on IOS?

Forum Topic by Oliver on Wednesday, May 1, 2024
… seems a far more flexible platform plus I can get a device with Aptx Adaptive to support better sound on my headphones. … really like Android a lot. I used to hate the way Talkback gestures worked, but they have come such a long way, I would … get a better idea of how the screen is really laid out, as Voiceover tends to tuck away a lot of buttons and stuff under …

reading in native books app a bad experience, am I missing something? Help please

Forum Topic by Igna Triay on Sunday, November 3, 2024
… by going to chapter 1, then swiping 2 fingers down. Voiceover starts to read. All's fine. Until... It makes the … book, the book takes up the whole screen, so swiping down with 2 fingers will make voiceover start to read continuously … pages left, etc. Any help? Am I the only one who's fed up with this app? Or is it I’m missing something? If anyone has …

Introducing BG Buddy Backgammon Talking Scorekeeper, Clock & Dice

Forum Topic by Ross BG Buddy on Wednesday, January 25, 2017
… the big backgammon tournaments. He uses a backgammon board with checkers for each player that feel different. Previous … on the Beta tester's waggon to test accessibility with voiceover, you'd be very welcome. I'm sure you would find … off. Once talking dice is turned on you have some new gestures as described here in the manual. …

Apple Releases iOS 12.1.1 With Bug Fixes and Minor Enhancements

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
… the following issues have been resolved in iOS 12.1.1: * VoiceOver no longer speaks extraneous text on the Recents tab … that we did not identify during the beta cycle. With this in mind, please do let us know in the comments of … except for the vibrations which indicates the slide gestures for going back to the Home screen, App Switcher, …

Google Docks being profoundly quirky with Voiceover on Mac

Forum Topic by glassheart on Tuesday, October 25, 2022
… or VO+Down arrow once the menu is expanded, but then Voiceover is jumping all over the darn place. And 100 percent … … I just upgraded to Ventura, and thank goodness, the bug with the VoiceOver Ignore Next Keypress hotkey has finally … want. … Can you elaborate on that bug you're talking about with ignoring next keypress? I've never heard of it. … Yeah, …

Is there a gesture to switch between the speaker phone and regular phone on the iPhone using voice over

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Monday, September 24, 2018
… Hi there. I use an iPhone with voice-over and I was getting annoyed that every time I … when you move your iPhone back to your ear. Go to the VoiceOver manual and search for speaker phone. If you don't … switches (and then have to increase the volume again with the volume up/down buttons when I'm done listening …

Voice-over having trouble navigating ads in safari in iOS 11 .2

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Wednesday, January 24, 2018
… get past the ads, I do one of two things: 1) Flick up once with three fingers to get past the ads. 2) Select "static … way, you may need to add static text to the rotor in the VoiceOver rotor settings for the second method to work. … Hi. … it to work. So be patient. The other thing also has to do with the rotor & I found this out by sheer accident! I've …

Thinking of moving to Android- seeking thoughts on TalkBack accessibility

Forum Topic by TechAgnostic on Monday, January 6, 2025
… user for several years now. I've also in the past played with TalkBack on android devices but always returned to iOS. … I would also say that as an iOS user, some of TalkBack's gestures may not feel as fluid. For example, I've heard some … kinds of technology. I've heard people say that the angled gestures tend to slow down the Android interface experience …

Kindle App Not Working With VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Heather on Thursday, November 14, 2024
… my Kindle App is being strange when Reading a Book Using VoiceOver. Before Yesterday Morning, I was able to happily … … I'm not having any problems reading books on Kindle with my iPhone SE3, running iOS 18.1. Having said that, it is … remember the last time I was able to navigate by swipe gestures. … Edit: I updated this post, as my last post …

The Wall Street Journal.

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Jason on Saturday, March 19, 2011
… many features of our app: • A fully-multimedia experience with interactive graphics, vibrant photo slideshows, and … that I can access article titles and have been able to get VoiceOver to read me an article with no problem. Once you tap … specific, not section specific. You can use usual iOS gestures to change the setting here, however, it does not …

USA TODAY: US & Breaking News

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Saturday, March 3, 2012
… navigation. Easily move between articles in a section with a swipe gesture. Headlines and Breaking News - Browse … around the country. Share your favorite photo galleries with friends. Weather - Get live weather conditions and the … original version of this app was very user-friendly for VoiceOver users. Then the update made it where you couldn't …

What is the insertion Point Navigation toggle?

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Monday, December 16, 2024
… is something that 'only works for people that don't use voiceover? In essence the equivalent of what we voiceover users get by default, I.e, using command plus arrow … it's a poorly labeled command, and has nothing to do with text editing, or it could be an outdated command that …

Anyone else having issues with voicemail and VoiceOver?

Forum Topic by Bob Cavanaugh on Friday, December 21, 2018
… Hi everyone, Can someone please help me with this, or confirm this is a bug with VO? I seem to be having focus issues in the voicemail … is not as simple as that. Try restarting the app, then VoiceOver and then finally the device itself, in this order, …

VoiceOver Not Working with Youtube on iPhone

Forum Topic by Harry on Sunday, July 11, 2021
… but once i got my Apple Watch and synced it to the iPhone, VoiceOver no longer interacts with Youtube. Youtube can still be navigated with VoiceOver turned off. I have tried uninstalling and …

Creating shortcut for toggling a button inside an app

Forum Topic by Ramy on Tuesday, October 11, 2022
… If you're really desperate, you could probably create a Voiceover gesture to open the app, which might speed things … preferrably without ever opening them, so you can use them with things like Siri. It doesn't know anything about the …

Navigatiing in Safari on a phone.

Forum Topic by honest nan on Thursday, March 24, 2022
… heading navigation. NOt sure what the Mail app has to do with Safari, but anyway. If you don't want "actions … available" being spoken, go to Settings> Accessibility> VoiceOver> verbosity> Actions and set it to "do nothing". … I …

Accessibility Becoming More And More An Afterthought?

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Wednesday, May 17, 2023
… as possible? I mean that, it seems that, especially with the latest phones/iOS, accessibility is seeming more and … absence of the Home button and the increased complexity of gestures for us compared to having a fingerprint scanner. A … afterthought with the introduction of iOS16, in which Voiceover began randomly toggling itself when a device still …

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