Hi Paul,

To extract a phone number, let me set up an example.  Lets say I have a text 
message as follows:


"For a good time call 867-5309 and ask for Jenny."


Perhaps someone can find a better method but there appears to be no way to 
select the phone number exclusively while viewing a text -- IE when not in edit 
mode.  Instead I 
used the roter to get to edit and flicked down to copy (the only available 
option) the entire message.


Next I can either go to email or create a note where the above number is to be 
pasted..  Again I use the roter to land on "edit", flick to paste and double 
click.


I now have the entire text quoted above, but all I want is the phone number, 
hence I move my insertion pointer to the "F" in "For", but must pinch those 
five words away.  As one experiments with pinching this will become a lot 
easier.  You do a two fingers opening gesture I think of as a reverse pinch to 
select right of the insertion pointer and a real pinch (close two fingers) to 
unselect.  What is selected/unselected depends on the size of 
the gesture and current roter setting.  If selecting characters, a half inch 
open pinch gesture will likely cause VO to say that the r was selected and I'll 
hear three clicks indicating that the f and o were also selected.  The 
same gesture while the roter toggle is set to "words" would likely cause the 
words "for a good" to be selected.  I would hear three clicks and VO announces: 
"good selected".  So I would first rotate to words and use a large open pinch 
gesture to select: "For a good time call".  If I accidentally over do 
it and select the phone number I can use a closed pinch to unselect it.  If I 
only selected the word "time" I can do a tiny open pinch to select the 
word call (all data to the left remains selected).  Upon selecting the first 
five words, for my purposes I could press delete to make them go away, however, 
if you wanted to cut or copy them for some reason, you could get them to your 
clipboard by toggling the roter to "edit", flicking down to either "cut" or 
"copy" and double tapping.  Either via "cut" or pressing "del", those five 
words are gone -- I now have text reading:


" 867-5309 and ask for Jenny."


Now all I need to do is place the insertion pointer to the right of the phone 
number, rotate to words and use an open pinch gesture to select the unwanted 
four words as described above.  When VO says something like: "Jenny selected", 
press del and only the phone number remains.


HTH.
Geoff


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Hopewell 
  To: mac-access 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:45 AM
  Subject: Copy and Paste on the iPhone 


  Hello, 
  Is it possible to do copy and paste on an iPhone 3GS running VoiceOver on IOS 
5? If os what are the gestures for copy and especially paste? 
  Many thanks. 

  Paul Hopewell 

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