Hello Paul, Sarah, and Others, The ability to add labels for VoiceOver was a feature that was added to iOS 5. You can check the AxS Lab link summarizing current iOS VoiceOver Gesture, Braille, and Keyboard Shortcuts for the equivalent commands to add labels using a keyboard and Braille: http://axslab.com/ios-shortcuts (I don't think I've relabeled anything except by using the two finger double tap and hold gesture, but the equivalent commands for keyboard and Braille exist.)
I think that some labels just don't stick when the same buttons come up in multiple contexts (think this happened in AroundMe, for example). It's as though the reference to control loads up with the default label when used, and as long as it's always used in the same context, your new label continues to work, but if it's brought up again as part of a general screen refresh, then the new defaults get loaded. In general, you can label or relabel anything, so you can replace button icon labels like "gear" with something more meaningful like "settings", and strip out extraneous announcements like number prefixes and repeat "buttons". Again, while this is a nice feature, it's still worthwhile to get the developer to fix the labels, because this is only a temporary and individual customization. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 22, 2012, at 06:02, Sarah Alawami wrote: > That works every ware. Be aware sometimes labels don't' stick. I don't know > why and I'm hoping apple fixes it but just to make you aware. > On Aug 22, 2012, at 2:53 AM, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Sarah and Esther, >> Many thanks for the info on how to change the VoiceOver label for an iPhone >> App so that I can distinguish between two apps with the same filename. That >> worked fine. Can you do the same trick to label unlabelled buttons in an >> iPhone App? >> Best wishes.... >> >> 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/>
