OH definitely I agree. and in the poster's case maybe convince one of the app debs to change the name of the app once it is installed. *smiles*
The 2 finger double tap jester is def the way to do it as I would label voice memos for my sake that way. lol! Good luck. On Aug 22, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > 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/> <--- 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/>
