Pinching is a VoiceOver means of text selection, but it is superceded by the modes of this app. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louie P. (Pete) Nalda" <lpna...@gmail.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:10 AM Subject: Re: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture
I sometimes accidentallyinvoke a rotor gesture when swiping. What does pinching do? Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter @lpnalda On Jun 1, 2012, at 4:03 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > The same goes for me. Rotoring, no or minor problems, four finger tapping > is a hit or miss thingy and pinching doesn't work at all. Every time i try > to pinch, the silly voiceover misinterprets the gesture as being a rotor > gesture and so changes the rotor accordingly. Anyone recognize this and > have a solution? > /Krister > > 31 maj 2012 kl. 19:14 skrev Kim Samco: > >> Amen! I have no trouble with the roter but can't do the 4 finger tap >> worth >> a darn. >> >> Kim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cristobal [mailto:crismuno...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:09 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture >> >> I can't say I've had nearly the trouble expressed by others on this list >> with this gesture. >> I often use a nob twisting motion with my thumb and index or middle >> finger >> or simply plant my index finger somewhere on the screen and use my middle >> finger to swipe somewhere else on the screen and generate the rotor >> action >> that way. I'll also just plant my index finger and place my middle finger >> on >> another part of the screen and rotate my wrist to cycle through the >> various >> options in a faster manner. That or just plant both fingers separated on >> the >> screen and rotate the phone while leaving my fingers locked in position. >> It >> all depends on how I'm positioned in relation to the phone. Sitting, >> stretched out on the couch, reclined in bed etc. >> >> I think I probably have more difficulty with the four finger tap for >> getting >> to the top or bottom of the screen. That's more a function of my big mits >> and the narrowness of the iPhone though I imagine. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Kimber Gardner >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:58 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture >> >> The roter seems to be my biggest problem with VO whether on the phone or >> the >> MacAir. I have never been able to get it to behave consistently. Given >> John's suggestion, I came up with a method that appears to be working for >> me. Rather than using two fingers on the same hand, I use both index >> fingers >> and move them in opposite directions. It's based on John's idea but >> requires >> both hands and so may not be suitable for everyone. >> >> K >> >> On 5/31/12, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> I'll try it, I tried previous suggestion making sure the app knew it >>> was in >>> >>> control, but for sure using the wider rotor might have mileage. >>> >>> Ok, tried it; I ocnclude both elements need to be done for >>> consistency. The >>> >>> first touch of the typing screen doesn't produce a dot, it just >>> ensures the >>> >>> app is focussed. >>> >>> RobH@Home. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jon Pierson" <joncpier...@gmail.com> >>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:52 PM >>> Subject: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> I have watched many people having inconsistent results using the rotor >>> and I myself have not had the silly thing act the same way from >>> session to session. Now maybe it's something with the callouses on my >>> abused fingers but for whatever reason, I have not found rotoring to >>> be to my liking, until today! >>> >>> I was wondering first of all how much spacing between the fingers was >>> possible and apparently the answer is, a lot. >>> >>> What I have found most useful now, and this does work on any of the >>> phone's edges so that portrait or landscape modes shouldn't affect >>> this methid, is to use two fingers near the edges of the screen. >>> Pretend the phone has a set of railroad tracks on it and that each of >>> your fingers represents a traing going in the opposite direction. >>> As long as both fingers move, the gesture seems to be picked up >>> consistently. >>> >>> I just tried this way of changing rotor settings with a person who >>> swore that rotoring was never going to be a useful gesture because of >>> the frustration it seems to bring to many novice IOS/VO users and the >>> result was that all of the rotor's settings changed correctly on the >>> first and every try. >>> >>> So maybe some folks want to give this method a try and hopefully the >>> results will be as rewarding as they have been here so far. >>> Now I may have to try that pinching gesture folks talk about next. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google >>> >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kimberly >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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