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iPhone 12 mini coming with no idea how to get it setup out of the box

Forum Topic by Blind Adrenaline on Friday, November 13, 2020
… direction to an article or guide on how the phones work with voiceover without the home button and with face recognition? … instructions above, concerning the side button and the new gestures for Home and the App Switcher and so on, do not …

Speak Items Under the Pointer

Forum Topic by 3AM on Wednesday, October 3, 2018
… app called GhostReader 1.6.9 which has that feature. With GR I can have anything read out loud with any installed voice with a simple key press of … GR will operate on. This worries me terribly! I don’t use VoiceOver because it is just not ideal for partially sighted …

Free New OCR App called Voice, feedback appreciated

Forum Topic by Shalin Shah on Sunday, April 12, 2015
… you can simply take a picture of a document or anything with text and Voice will read it for you. Here are some of … to speech? Once the app determines the text from the OCR VoiceOver should be able to read the result. Also, one … the document by touch, the rotor, or other VoiceOver gestures. This would make reading key parts of a page, like a …

potential new mac user, have some questions before buying

Forum Topic by treky fan on Saturday, February 15, 2020
… who has used windows? 2. What does the mac minny come with in terms of keyboard, mouse, etc? 3. If no keyboard or … up with the hardware, will I need sighted help to turn on voiceover during the set up process? 5. If sighted help is … TouchID, and a trackpad which adds a lot of nifty gestures to Mac OS and Voiceover. If you do get a Mini then …

How The Blind Can Show Sighted People Aspects Of The iPhone

Forum Topic by Pete De Vasto on Friday, June 23, 2017
… this, so here's my dilemma: I'm totally blind, have used VoiceOver on my iPhone for 5 years, and now my sighted wife … me is that I can't have VoiceOver on while she's working with her phone because the behavior is so different. I'm … at mine and see what I'm doing. They pretty much know that gestures are different for them without voiceover. Or a lot …

iDB app

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Dave Nason on Monday, May 23, 2016
… iDownloadBlog keeps you in touch with everything Apple! Stay up to date with the latest Apple news, tips, apps, and accessory … will be readily available for you at any time. MUCH BETTER VOICEOVER SUPPORT Accessibility features are something most …

Apple Releases iOS 11.1; Bringing a Number of Fixes and Enhancements for Blind and Low vision users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, October 31, 2017
… changes for blind and low vision users. ### Fixes * The VoiceOver Rotor once again consistently defaults to the … keyboard can once again be accessed when using VoiceOver with Touch Typing mode. * Using the Actions Menu in the App … has been resolved. * There appears to be some improvement with braille support for Grade 2 input, though letters still …

VDScan

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by turner42 on Sunday, March 31, 2019
… "Voice Dream Scanner". Scan paper documents, labels, signs with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in … edges. Exports scans as plain text or accessible PDF with embedded text. Works with Voice Dream Reader, our … or the image - Rewind and fast forward by text section (VoiceOver users only) - Double tap on text to start reading …

New Apple TV Owner Without a Clue

Forum Topic by Steve Matzura on Thursday, August 22, 2019
… television, bigger than any monitor I would or could own, with other abilities besides the aforementioned, so I'm not at all unhappy with my ppurchase. However, I now have the thing set up, and … Contrary to advice I was given before I opened the box, VoiceOver must be manually enabled after the device boots, …

Announcing the launch of Spoken 21; an accessible blackjack game

Forum Topic by nmpettus on Saturday, June 21, 2014
… I have just uploaded the Spoken 21 app for approval. As with Spoken Slots it does not rely upon VoiceOver, but provides verbal instructions, card names, card … adding voice recognition or physical tilt, bump, or other gestures to improve play. Thanks for your support. I look …

M4 Mac Mini is here

Forum Topic by PaulMartz on Tuesday, October 29, 2024
… early this year. I just pre-ordered the new Mac Mini with the M4 pro chip. I also ordered Air Pods Pro 2 as a … is this in terms of functioning of the system and voiceover? … You don't need a monitor or a spoofing dongle … and another AppleVis post before I figured out the touch gestures. It is not tapping. That aside, I'm hooked. Apple …

Seeking Games Geared Towards Girls

Forum Topic by Iamriley on Tuesday, August 9, 2016
… not that accessible, not all things can be accomplished with VO. … There would be a restaurant game coming out in the … I'm so excited!!! … I heard that food will be made using gestures. I just hope those gestures will be easy to perform, … … Unfortunately mobbles no longer works. And there’s not a voiceover thing. Even four sighted people the game doesn’t …

Is tvOS 14 broken, or is it just me?

Forum Topic by Kerry Fielding on Thursday, September 17, 2020
… tvOS 14, mainly because the control Centre did not work with voice-over. However, I found it to be a less than … options. This seemed to make the remote much more usable with Voiceover. You may want to give this a try. Jim … I was …

My Starkey

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Travis Roth on Monday, July 10, 2023
… Take control of your hearing experience with My Starkey. Create custom settings. Get personalized … and overall wellness. All at your fingertips. Created with the help of hearing aid wearers, this easy-to-use app … I have sent this page to a friend who is both a VoiceOver user and a Starkey HA owner. Isn't it sad that you …

What did you think of the Apple event/presentation?

Forum Topic by david s on Friday, September 14, 2018
… What are your thoughts? … Hello, I honestly have to agree with the OP on this one. The "wow factor" was minimal. The … in IOs 12? … the public beta of ios 12 has seen some voiceover changes. there is more to see in the verbosity … me but i have not seen or used the new swipe only gestures or indeed, face ID, so i feel i'd miss my home …

Questions about Feer.

Forum Topic by Chrystal on Saturday, October 27, 2018
… were 5 left irrespective of the fact that I did a few runs with 5 slides in them. In the end, I opted to skip it by … … Thanks for the help, but I’ve given up on this game. The gestures don’t work most of the time. I can’t tell what lane … the game. So, in order to keep playing, I have to turn voiceover back on and go to the App switcher and double tap …

AirPods Pro 2 are laggier than AirPods Pro 1

Forum Topic by Alexl1 on Thursday, October 6, 2022
… There’s something very wrong with the AirPods Pro 2. I just upgraded from the AirPods Pro 1 and I think there are some issues. Voiceover seems a lot more laggy when using them when … and then assigning it to one of the voiceover, touch gestures so that every time I put on my AirPods, I can very …

A Preview of New Accessibility Features Set to Come Later this Year in iOS 11, watchOS 4, tvOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, June 7, 2017
… specifics of how they will be implemented--are finalized. With that said, below is what Apple has told us will be … with the rest of the screen making them easier to view * VoiceOver descriptions for images: With images, three finger … we might have control over the functions of the different gestures. … I am also looking forward to the accessibility …

Which is Better for College and Productivity: a MacBook Pro or an iPad Pro?

Forum Topic by Owen7668 on Thursday, April 14, 2016
… I will learn how to teach student and shadow teachers. With all of these combind through i can easily make it … While I've heard that text formatting is accessible with VoiceOver on the Mac, practical information on the extent of … to do the typing on. This means you can do all your gestures and feel around the screen for each of the apps …

Baby Adopter Galaxy for iOS: Take Care of Your Virtual Baby While On a Space Travel

Podcast by AppleVis on Thursday, October 4, 2018
… the description of the app, it says the app is accessible with Voiceover and Talkback. So the Planet Match should be … match, are accessible with voiceover using drag and drop gestures. But I have not found it works. …

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