You will either have an enterr, a search or a go button on the bottom right of the keyboard depending on the application/situation and this will close and often activate the function if your not in a multi line edit field. If you are, touch the screen outside the edit box and flick or move round until you find a done or next button. This is often in the top right of the main screen area below the status bar.
Hth Sent from my phone On 03/01/2013, at 2:22 AM, "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Many thanks > > This is a fantastically useful list and is sure to reduce the time I spend > ploughing through the user manual as I have been doing for the last couple > of days. > > Is there anybody who can tell me how I can execute a command in an edit box? > Specifically in Safari I can get to the address edit box but cannot tell > how to execute the URL after I have typed it in so that I can leave the edit > box and go the page when safari hopefully opens it. I have tried trying to > find an enter key but cannot find this on the screen anywhere. > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Andrea Breier > Sent: 02 January 2013 12:45 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Voiceover Training App > > 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. > <end quote> > > > > 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 > > Recipe for happiness: Live with enthusiasm, smile for no reason, love > without conditions, act with purpose, listen with your heart, and laugh > often. > > NET SECURITY: When forwarding email messages please consider your > obligation to erase all names and email addresses. And send the message by > using BCC (Blind Copy) and you will avoid spammers and viruses on the net. > > Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > 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? 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