Hi Michael, I'll point you to John Panarese's MacForTheBlind web pages that have this documentation in other formats: http://macfortheblind.com/documentation?page_id=12
You'll be able to get .rtf format files for the iPhone iOS 5.0 user guide, and for iOS 5 keyboard commands and gestures. Note that the latter, in particular will not be up to date. So if you care about learning, for example, the keyboard shortcuts and commands for using Braille devices with your iPhone, you should visit the current web site from which this earlier document was generated (Daniel Göransson's AxS Lab page on "iOS VoiceOver Gesture, Keyboard & Braille Shortcuts", mentioned in previous recent posts on this list): http://axslab.com/ios-shortcuts If you have an Apple Wireless Keyboard, you'll be able to pair it via Bluetooth with your iPhone and use it for both keyboard navigation and text entry. (Note that the documented shortcut for switching between active apps with Command+Tab does not work under iOS 5, although it worked under iOS 4.) Most, but not all, commands can be executed by keyboard, but there are instances where there is no equivalent for VoiceOver gestures. That's also true for the use of paired Braille devices, and timing of your typing with these devices can be tricky. The accessible HTML version of the iPhone User Guide also shows up as a bookmark under the Safari App of your iPhone, and I believe this should come up in whatever language you used to activate your iPhone, or else you may be able to change the language. And incidentally, if you want the iPhone user guide for iOS 5 that Colin linked in German instead of English, just change the two letter code at the end from "e n" for English to "d e" for German -- for example: http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/de/ If this is your first iOS touch screen device, I strongly suggest that you create a link to the section on VoiceOver and save it as an icon on your iPhone home screen for quick direct access. For example, in the iPhone User Guide you might use the link for "VoiceOver": http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph3e2e4218.html Or, you could navigate down to a link for a specific section, like "VoiceOver Gestures": http://help.apple.com/ipodtouch/5/voiceover/en/iph3e2e2281.html If you send yourself an email with this link, and then double tap the link when you read your message in mail, Safari on your iPhone will open up to the page you've linked. Double tap the "Utilities" button at the bottom of your screen in the Safari app, just above the "Home" button. Then double tap either the "Add Bookmark" button to add that section of the guide as a bookmark to Safari, or double tap the "Add to Home Screen" button if you want to add an icon to access that section of the user guide from your home screen. I used this feature a lot when I first learned VoiceOver on the third generation iPod Touch. You may have read Michael Freeman's article in the October Braille Monitor on "My Adventures with the iPhone": http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm11/bm1109/bm1109tc.htm Some of those tips may help you. He references the book by Dean Martineau and Anna Dresner called "Getting Started with the iPhone" from National Braille Press: http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IPHONE.html This was written for iOS 4, but you may still find it useful, because it covers a lot of the concepts and actions that are part of using the iPhone. I also happen to think that the Accessible World Tek Talk podcast that Dean and Anna made for this book back in February 2011 is worth listening to if you're a new user. If you go to: http://www.accessibleworld.org/ and type in their names into the search box, e.g.: "dresner martineau" you'll get a link to the mp3 file of that podcast. Another good resource are the Vision Australia Technology podcasts. Go to: http://www.visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=2287 Check out the podcasts under both the links for iOS 5 with VoiceOver and iOS 4 with VoiceOver. Finally, there are all sorts of other podcasts out there. Mike Arrigo has done some on Blind Cool Tech (along with everything else!). Dean Martineau did one there quite a while ago on reorganizing the home screen. There are several reviews of apps. Hope this helps. Cheers, Esther On Nov 7, 2011, at 09:45, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi Michael! > I'm sorry I've no knowledge of that stuff! :] > Never use it! > Colin > > On 7 Nov 2011, at 19:09, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Hello Colin, >> >> I would like to be able to read all of the documentation to which you >> referred on my Victor Reader Stream. Do you per chance know of a program >> that would let me download the URL and all of the texts within the links in >> the document? If there isn't such a beast, then I will gladly read it at my >> Mac. >> >> Best regards and thanks! >> >> Mike >> >> On 7,Nov,2011, at 8:00 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael! >>> This link should help! >>> Colin >>> >>> http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/index.html >>> >>> On 7 Nov 2011, at 18:53, Michael Busboom wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I have recently acquired an iPhone 4 with iOS5. I am wondering where I >>>> can obtain documentation on how to use the phone with VoiceOver. There >>>> are lots of gestures and probably a lot of tricks one can employ to >>>> maximise usage of the phone. I would be grateful if someone could point >>>> me to a link where I can get documentation or hear podcasts on this >>>> subject. >>>> >>>> Kindest regards to all, >>>> >>>> Mike <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
