This is a wonderful collection of tips and tricks for navigating your
iDevice using the voice over gestures. These were gathered and saved
intended for my own personal use and so these are without there source
information. I can tell you that they all come from many of the wonderful
people on a list that gave their time to help others.
Here goes the gathered navigation tips:
Navigating the screen with vo
Checking the battery level
Status items are at the top of the screen
Starting at the left is the time and if you flick to the right the battery
level is next to time.
To exit the status area, just touch anywhere outside the status bar area.
Flicking left or right goes forward and back through the items on the screen
this is a good way to review all items on the screen
Double tapping with one finger opens applications
Swiping up or down with two fingers reads from current location to the top
or end of the screen
Double tapping with two fingers will start and stop reading or your iPod
books and music
Note when tapping with two fingers, you should leave a little space between
your fingers so that the sensor can tell that you are using two fingers to
tap.
Pressing the home button backs you out of the app you are in and takes you
back to the home screen
Pressing the home button twice takes you to the app switcher.
Pressing the home button from the home screen takes you to the spot light
search. you can then type part or all of what you are looking for and a
list will be displayed then double tap on the item you want
Double tapping the status bar, for example on the clock, scrolls the current
screen to the top. This works in lists and web pages as well.
Generally, a swipe is done with one finger unless you are switching pages,
three finger swipe, going to the top or bottom of the screen, four finger
swipe, or scrolling vertically through a list, three finger swipe up or
down. But, the regular swipe for moving through the entire screen an icon
at a time is done with one finger left or right.
All about vo gestures
When Voiceover is turned on, the standard touchscreen gestures have
different effects. These and some additional gestures let you move around
the screen and control individual elements when they're selected. Voiceover
gestures include two- and three-fingers gestures to tap or flick. For best
results when using two- and three-finger gestures, relax and let your
fingers touch the screen with some space between them.
You can use standard gestures when Voiceover is turned on, by double-tapping
and holding your finger on the screen. A series of tones indicates that
normal gestures are in force. They remain in effect until you lift your
finger. Then Voiceover gestures resume.
You can use different techniques to enter Voiceover gestures. For example,
you can enter a two-finger tap using two fingers from one hand, or one
finger from each hand. You can also use your thumbs. Many find the
"split-tap" gesture especially effective: instead of selecting an item and
double-tapping, you can touch and hold an item with one finger, then tap the
screen with another finger. Try different techniques to discover which works
best for you.
If your gestures don't work, try quicker movements, especially for
double-tap and flicking gestures. To flick, try quickly brushing the screen
with your finger or fingers. When Voiceover is turned on, the Practice
Gestures setting appears, which gives you a chance to practice Voiceover
gestures before proceeding.
a.. Practice gestures: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility >
Voiceover, then tap Practice Voiceover Gestures. When you're finished
practicing, double tap done.
Summary of key Voiceover gestures:
Navigate and Read
a.. Tap: Speak item.
b.. Flick right or left: Select the next or previous item.
c.. Flick up or down: Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See Rotor
Control.
d.. Two-finger tap: Stop speaking the current item.
e.. Two-finger flick up: Read all from top of screen.
f.. Two-finger flick down: Read all from current position.
g.. Two-finger "scrub": Move two fingers back and forth three times
quickly (making a "z") to dismiss an alert or go back to the previous
screen.
h.. Three-finger flick up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
i.. Three-finger flick right or left: Go to the next or previous page
(such as the Home screen, Stocks, or Safari).
j.. Three-finger tap: Speak the scroll status (which page or rows are
visible).
k.. Four-finger tap at the top of the screen: Select the first element on
the screen.
l.. Four-finger tap at the bottom of the screen: Select the last element
on the screen.
Activate
a.. Double-tap: Activate selected item.
b.. Split-tap: An alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping is
to touch an item with one finger, then tap the screen with another to
activate an item.
c.. Touch an item with one finger, tap the screen with another finger
("split-tapping"): Activate item.
d.. Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard
gesture.
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the subsequent
gesture as standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, then without
lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide a switch or move an icon.
e.. Two-finger double tap: Answer or end a call. Note the phone must be
held flat to work. It can also Play or pause in iPod, YouTube, Voice Memos,
or Photos. Take a photo (Camera). Start or pause recording in Camera or
Voice Memos. Start or stop the stopwatch.
f.. Three-finger double tap: Mute or unmute Voiceover.
g.. Three-finger triple tap: Turn the display/ Curtin on or off.
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The only thing that I didn't see here is the scrub gesture. This is when
you hold two fingers together and move your fingers up and down or left and
right as if you were trying to rub something off of the screen. This will
take you back a screen. Also you may have already noticed that located in
the top left corner of the screen you will find a back button and it also
names the screen you will go back to if it is double tapped. The back
button and the scrub do the same thing.
Hugs, AJ
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From: "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com>
To: "'Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility'" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 6:56 PM
Subject: Voiceover Training App
Dear all,
I have finally got my IPod Touch to see if I can get on with a touch
screen
and I must admit I am struggling big time with getting any meaningful
usage
out of it. Apart from random phrases all I appear to get a lot of the time
is incomprehensible sound affects.
This is because, so far, I find using the touch screen really difficult.
I do not know a lot of the basics. I managed, for example, to really
laboriously to type www.bbc.co.uk as an experiment in the Safari address
field but could find no way of sending this as a URL for safari to open.
I need really basic help.
I am determined to persevere for the time being before giving up.
A couple of weeks ago someone posted a link to an app which was for
complete Voiceover novices to help you get started. I have searched for
this but I cannot find it.
Does anybody still have the information on this app? It may be the thing I
need to get me started to see if I can get any useful usage out of the
device.
David Griffith
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