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one confirmed bug in telephone app, one in control panel

Forum Topic by Davy Cuppens on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
… that statement on the screen, it is a kind of remaining voiceover code. A member of the viphone mailing list reported … wondering, is this extra unexpected text somehow connected with the arrival of IOS 12.0? I know we probably can't answer … the hour, minute, and second pickers with up and down gestures, and the start worked fine. I am using an iPhone XS, …

What's New in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14: Accessibility Features

Podcast by AppleVis on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
… With Apple announcing that iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 will be … language * Real-time headphone audio level measurement * VoiceOver Recognition * Back Tap * New voices for Voice … Tap. From there, you can assign these gestures to different things, including any shortcuts you …

writing japanese letters on IOS

Forum Topic by hanif naufal hafizhan on Saturday, March 28, 2015
… in it. I want to try to write a japanese letter, but not with the romaji one, I want to try it with kana. how do I type a letter in it, for example: N, ki, … alphabet, numbers, and kana plane. On that button, when VoiceOver reads "sonota moji", you can input Japanese kana. …

How does everyone feel about Apple’s new accessibility feature, letting websites know that a person is using voice-over.

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
… is that I can participate in most places as an equal with everyone else and I think letting people know that I’m … or application to find out whether or not you are using Voiceover. The idea is that this feature would allow … VoiceOver is just going to get in my way and intercept the gestures. If it was a native app, I could just mark the …

Tips for power users/anyone that does more than read emails/light web browsing to be more productive on Mac OS with voiceover than windows with NVDA/JAWS.

Forum Topic by Deon588 on Sunday, March 21, 2021
… to mac. I have very low vision and use a combination of Voiceover, Zoom and inverted contrast. I thought I’d write up … windows on Bootcamp or a VM as they can’t get comfortable with voiceover or think that voiceover can’t perform some … to "voice", and then add trackpad commander gestures, shift two finger left/right in my case, to switch …

True skate

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Dearfriend on Saturday, June 28, 2014
… League Skateboarding Mobile Game. Note: True Skate comes with a single skate park and contains additional content only … From the above I gather that if we could support VoiceOver that would be a good start. When it says above that … turn off. There are also a couple other custom voiceOver gestures, but those shouldn't impact things too much. Also, …

Question About the music app turning on when I double tap

Forum Topic by Carla on Thursday, August 4, 2016
… Hello, When I double tap with two fingers to answer the iPhone or hang up the phone, … I do not have an iphone I have noticed the same issue with Pandora on my iPad sometimes when I go to do other … works. Hope this helps you! … Hi. This happens because the VoiceOver cursor has no focus on an object over the screen. …

Question from a developer: what’s your preference for line navigation behaves when using the rotor?

Forum Topic by Matt Curtis on Sunday, April 7, 2019
… That seems to put each paragraph as an object, so each VoiceOver flick gesture reads a paragraph. VoiceOver's rotor … sections just as they are intended to do. … I agree with what everyone else has been saying. Use the lines rotor … to do this. As for selecting text, you may have to come up with your own way of doing that like in VoiceDream Reader. As …

Introducing Tape It: a high quality audio recorder

Forum Topic by tcwalther on Thursday, April 18, 2024
… camera equivalent. A bit more than a year ago, we worked with one of our blind users on making Tape It accessible with … app and ignore user feedback and requests for better VoiceOver support, but I also know that your emphasis on … how the duration is read on record view - Add magic tap gestures for recording and playback - Add scrub gestures - …

Adventure to Fate Future Arena

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Yujin on Monday, July 5, 2021
… monsters to fight. -Fully accessible to the blind using Voiceover! The Future Arena Arise Champion! We have invited … Alchemist 250+ Items to craft 30+ Materials to work with Share Items between characters using the Account Vault. … stat screen can only be read using left and right swipe gestures, but can't be interacted by exploring the screen …

X [Formerly Twitter]

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Chessie the Railroad Kitten on Friday, November 4, 2011
… The X app is the trusted digital town square for everyone. With X, you can: - Post content for the world to see and join … page in particular is quite horrible to navigate with VoiceOver. Several page elements are recognized by nothing … comes with new interface, but doesn't work the voiceOver gestures. even pressing the double tap to access or open one …

Solution to Fix Airpods delay and voiceover Bluetooth cut off

Forum Topic by Ash Rein on Sunday, March 19, 2023
… For whatever reason, there is an issue where using airpods with voiceover on an iOS and/or iPad OS device results in the … a little delay when navigating iOS and/or iPad OS with airpods and voiceover. Its something that tends to add …

should i switch and when?

Forum Topic by TheDoctoress on Sunday, January 26, 2014
… I'm currently using a 64 bit version of windows seven with NVDA. I've been thinking about a mac for college, but … does almost exactly what a Mac does just smaller. so the gestures that you will use on the computer work the same way … over to the Mac, as did a sister of mine. Both of us use Voiceover. She only got hers on Sunday, and I've had mine …

developer beta 5 is out

Forum Topic by Dennis Long on Tuesday, August 8, 2023
… That issue made me lose my brain cells… … While the bug with the mute switch has been fixed, it seems that a different one may have been introduced. Voiceover no longer announces whether or not your device is … to see nothing and doesn't give me any options to interact with anything on the screen. Definitely going to be reporting …

macos sierra with braille: remarks

Forum Topic by William on Sunday, June 4, 2017
… My experiences with voiceover and braille I am a blind Mac user since Mac OS … and Linux. In all situations, I used braille mostly with speech if speech was available. So, when braille came …

Apple Releases iOS 8.1.1 with Fixes for Blind and Low Vision Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, November 17, 2014
… iOS 8.1.1 is now available for download, and - just as with iOS 8.1 - it includes a number of bug fixes for blind … The screen now correctly scrolls to follow the movement of VoiceOver focus. This has been a significant problem since … keyboard straight away, then use the usual touch-typing gestures, finding a character then lifting my finger from it, …

Apple Releases watchOS 4; Bringing a Range of Enhancements and New Features to the Apple Watch

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, September 19, 2017
… > A smarter coach and workout partner. Better in tune with your taste in music. And an even more proactive all-day … will transfer to phone. … I think it’s really awesome that VoiceOver describes what each character is doing in the toy … the way down. This isn't ideal, because I find the volume gestures pretty awkward. Your other option is to use the …

Lost Cities

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Sandra on Sunday, October 28, 2012
… players, in what has been called a "two player Solitaire with an extra portion of suspense". Designed and polished for … of single- and multiplayer achievements fully playable via VoiceOver … Its great this is now accessible, I purchased … that I, a vo novice can pick up and play just with basic gestures (sandra is dead right that everything can be done …

Spearheading The Accessibility Agenda: iOS 14

Forum Topic by Clayton Jacobs, A.K.A. Blind Guerrilla on Monday, June 22, 2020
… I appreciate it. In later versions of iOS13, with some Bluetooth audio devices, (speakers) Voiceover speech can still come through the handset, IPhones … in frustration. Nobody at the store knew how to do the gestures, and getting accessibility support back then was …

Unknown iOS features

Forum Topic by Felix on Monday, August 6, 2012
… use My iPhone 3GS very often because prefer Mac and work with it most of the time. iOS is simple to navigate and use … questions. As for how to assign custom labels to things with VoiceOver, find the element that you would like to rename, …

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