Hi Mani,
You should probably review the basic information in the iPad manual,
that can be found under the Bookmarks of Safari. But let me first
answer your question. When you double tap in an edit field, such as
on the address bar, VoiceOver will say either "insertion point at
start" or "insertion point at end". This controls where you make your
changes. You can move backwards or forwards by either words or
characters, but this involves using the rotor gesture to move the
rotor selection from "edit" to "typing mode" and then to "characters"
or "words" and swiping up or down to move back and forth.
If you want to clear the existing text in edit mode, flick right to
where you hear "Clear text" and double tap.
You might want to try flicking to the "Bookmarks" and start reading
your iPad guide. I'll describe this for portrait ode. You can either
touch the top left corner of the screen, and then flick right
("Back", "Forward", "Tabs", to "Bookmarks"). When you reach
"Bookmarks" double tap. A Bookmarks pop-up window will appear. Flick
right till you hear "iPad User Guide" and double tap. Run your finger
down the left side of the screen to check the categories under the
iPad User Guide. You can also do a two finger flick down to start
reading from the current focus, and stop the reading with a two-finger
tap on the screen. A two-finger tap will resume reading from that
point. You'll want to start reading the "Accessibility" section,
which is about four entries from the bottom in portrait mode. Double
tap on this.
The right side of the screen will show the detailed information under
the Accessibility category. You can touch the heading for
"Accessibility" and do a two finger flick down to get an overview of
the guide. Stop the reading at any time with a two finger double tap
and flick left to go back, or right to go forward from that point. I
suggest that you specially read the section on VoiceOver gestures,
then Rotor Control and Using VoiceOver. The information you want
about editing is in the "Entering and Editing Text" section. This
assumes that you have mastered the VoiceOver gestures and have
practiced them in the "Practice Gestures" area of the Settings menu.
I'd also recommend that you take a look through the iPad tutorials at
the Vision Australia web site:
http://www.visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=2303
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
P.S. Normally I would tell you to use the iPad in landscape mode. The
switch to portrait mode for these instructions is specifically to make
it easier for you to access the "Accessibility" section of the iPad
User Guide.
On Sep 13, 2010, mani wrote:
Hello Holly:
On the address bar, how do I clear the existing text? I managed to
turn on touch typing using the rotor and start typing but it seems to
append to the end or prepend to the beginning, which gives me a wrong
URL in either case.
I have a strange feeling, I am doing something grossly wrong. :)
Thanks,
mani
On Sep 13, 1:52 pm, Holly Anderson <ho...@thedividingline.com> wrote:
Hi. You probably have typing set to standard typing, so you will
have to double tap a letter to get it in the text field. There is
a roter setting that changes this, select typing from the roter and
select touch typing. This will make it so that when you find the
key you want just lift your finger and it gets entered.
hth
Holly
On Sep 13, 2010, at 11:51 AM, mani wrote:
Hello there:
How do you enter text using Voiceover? For example in the address
bar
in Safari? Or any text field in a form? I know the keyboard
appears in
the bottom but when I type the letters, I don't see the letters
transferring to the text field.
I am getting frustrated trying to figure this out.
Thanks,
mani
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