I Did this, it read the status bar, that's it. So the question remains, what is speakscreen? What is it meant to do, what else is it meant to do beyond read down the screen like before?
RobH, would really like to know, and not spotted a definitive answer in this thread, yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <challswor...@icloud.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature Hi all, A tip for you. Touch anywhere on the status bar before doing the two finger swipe down to invoke speak screen. I'm not sure where I got this from but it works for me so try that. On 26/02/2015 01:19, Pete Nalda wrote: > The screen speak feature is invoked by doing a 2 finger swipe down on the > screen. I'm not sure how you use it with voiceover, as I usually have > voice over turned off when I'm using screen speak. It basically read the > content of whatever is on the screen in an app. For example if you're in > iBooks it will start reading whatever book you have open. Hope this helps > > Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates > Louie P (Pete) Nalda > MySpace.com/musikonalda > Facebook.com/lpnalda > Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda > Twitter: @lpnalda > >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Rose Combs <roseco...@q.com> wrote: >> >> Sorry, I have gotten behind and have been stressed. Can some briefly >> describe this feature we are talking about? I know there is a video but >> I seldom do those. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Pete Nalda >> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:41 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> >> This sort of happened to me too last night. I tried to invoke the feature >> in facebook, then it took me opening and closing three or four apps, then >> finally in iBooks it started working again. >> >> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates >> Louie P (Pete) Nalda >> MySpace.com/musikonalda >> Facebook.com/lpnalda >> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda >> Twitter: @lpnalda >> >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> When I do speak screen a few times, after the second time, it doesn't >> work. I swipe down with 2 fingers from the status bar, the pause, fast >> forward and all are displayed, but there is no speech. As I said, it >> works for around 2 times, then stops speaking when envoked more than >> twice. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 6:34 AM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> About conflict between speek screen and dictation if one cannot start >> dictation with 2 finger double-tap it's also possible to just locate the >> dictate button to the left of the space bar and activate it with a 1 >> finger double-tap >> >> Hth, >> >> Ioana . >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:32 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi guys. One time I used the speak screen feature and I noticed that it >> actually treats it as if you were listening to music. That means while >> it's reading, you can do a two finger double tap to toggle reading. I >> found this out when I was reading an email on my phone. I was getting >> tired of Voiceover interrupting itself so I did the speak screen command. >> I wanted it to stop reading so I tried a two-finger double tap thinking >> that it would stop reading and it did. But when I tried to dictate a text >> message with that same command, speak screen starting reading that email >> again. I had to restart the phone because it wouldn't let me dictate my >> message because of speak screen. >> >> Shawn >> Sent From My White Macbook >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jonathan Mosen >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:27 PM >> Subject: Re: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> >> Hi Ioana. Have you verified that Kindle isn't working? It isn't for me, >> but another user tells me it is working well for her, so it would be >> interesting to see if others get better results than I have. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 25/02/2015, at 2:10 pm, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Great information! >> >> Right after hearing about this great feature I went to the Kindle app and >> wrote them requesting nicely that they implement better page scroll in >> with speak screen. I encourage everyone to do the same. >> >> What a nice thing that after all these years of working with the iPhone I >> can still be surprised by hidden gems like this one. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ioana >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for that direct link, Jonathan. I use iBooks a lot, and this will >> come in handy, although I am not a student. It would be really wonderful >> if it worked with the Kindle app. But I guess you can't have everything. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Keith, you could try signing in if you have an Audioboom account, >> there seems to be either a change of policy or a bug somewhere because >> people not signed in appear not to be able to play it. Here also is a >> direct link to the MP3. >> http://audioboom.com/boos/2927053-ios-8-s-speak-screen-feature-listen-to-ibooks-with-your-screen-locked-and-more.mp3 >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 25/02/2015, at 11:36 am, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. >> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: >> >> I can’t get it to play. Do I have to sign in? I click the Play button and >> nothing happens. >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen >> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 4:23 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> Hi everyone, a client of mine is a student who uses iBooks a lot. He was >> getting frustrated with not having a method to listen to iBooks without >> locking the screen and without notifications interrupting the book. After >> I showed him how this was possible using the speak screen feature, he >> suggested I do an audio presentation about this for others who didn't >> know about this iOS 8 benefit. A lot of VoiceOver users think that Speak >> Screen has no benefits for them, but it's a great feature. 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