Wow Esther,
Even better and I thank you.
I suspect based on my short phone chat with the cell phone store I will
visit that they are already a tad aware of voiceover and the iphone. the
provider originally given rights to carry the phone in the Toronto area
got some very bad nasty press when one of their reps told a customer that
voiceover did not even exist let alone being apart of the iphone.
Your detailed description plus the combination of links here and in Scott's
note lets me really get a feel for the phone.
Also explains why the term gestures is used. finger flicks indeed.
Should stop in there early part of next week and report.
I asked the ipad question because an uninformed person from another list
insisted that a keypad was required to use it at all...which made little
sense.
Thanks all around,
Karen
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Esther wrote:
Hi Karen,
I concur with Scott's suggestions. Before you go to the store to check out
the iPhone, review the section on VoiceOver gestures in the iPhone User's
Guide:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/en/
The direct link to the section on VoiceOver is:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voiceover/en/iphddd0db38.html
VoiceOver gets turned on and off in Settings > General > Accessibility >
VoiceOver. I assume the store will have to turn this on for you. Once
you're on that screen, you can do a two finger flick up to have VoiceOver
read out the screen contents. If you want to stop it, tap with two fingers
on the screen. Then you can also navigate to the next item and hear it
announced by flicking right with one finger, or listen to the previous item
by flicking left with one finger through the page.
You'll probably want to change the speaking rate, which is done with a slider
near the bottom of the VoiceOver screen. If you used a two finger flick to
read through to the end of the page, flick left with one finger to get to the
slider, or simply move your finger up from the bottom of the screen to touch
it. Then, flick up (to increase) or down (to decrease) to adjust speaking
rate.
The Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver screen also has a
"Practice VoiceOver Gestures" area that works like keyboard practice mode:
once you activate it (by double tapping) VoiceOver will announce the gestures
it thinks you made and the associated action (e.g., "Flick right; move to
next item"). Double tap on the "Done" button at the top right of the screen
to exit the "Practice VoiceOver Gestures" area.
Another point: when a button or link has focus (because you've touched it, or
flicked to it), you can double tap anywhere on the screen to activate it.
Also, to go back to reach a previous screen in a tree, you'll generally
double tap a button at the top left of the screen.
So, if you choose to set up the triple-click home as a toggle switch for
VoiceOver, after leaving the VoiceOver Screen by double tapping the
"Accessibility" button at the top left, flick right until you reach the
"Triple-Click Home" button (or just move your finger to the bottom of the
screen to touch it), and double-tap. Then, flick right past "Off" to "Toggle
VoiceOver" and double tap to select it. You can leave the various
"Settings" menu screens by simply pressing the Home button at the bottom of
the screen once.
On your iPad question, it should be possible to use the iPad without an
external keypad. However, what's very intriguing is a report from TUAW that
some people were able to use the iPad Camera Kit attachment to hook up a USB
keypad. This doesn't seem to be universal, since some people commented that
they got a "USB Device Not Recognized" when they tried this, so we don't know
which models this might work with. It may just work as a feature that is not
officially supported. Here's the link to the TUAW article, "Dear Aunt TUAW:
Can I use a USB keyboard or headset with my iPad?" by Erica Sadun, April 23,
2010:
<http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/23/dear-aunt-tuaw-can-i-use-a-standard-keyboard-or-usb-headset-wit/>
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
I just learned today that my mobile phone provider here in Toronto has the
i-phone. I want to step into a store and see what it is like.
Any tips, in case the sales person is clueless about the access features?
May as well add a goofy ipad question too. is everyone using one actually
using an extra keypad or does access mean the touch screen?
I know that is a baby question, but since I do not have an ipad I have not
followed those threads.
Karen
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