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 <--- 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/> <--- 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/>
