This same problem is exhibited when trying to do web searches in Firefox or the Chrome browser. Also, from what I can tell, even when searching in the App store, this same inability to review the text that is typed in the search field is there as well.
On 10/26/16, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > Using an iPhone 7 paired with a Braille Sense U2, I can definitely confirm > the Safari bug, though I found the same behavior occurred no matter where I > went. I tried search fields at amazon.com, bookshare.org and at dogpile.com. > In all cases, I'd type something in the search fields and set the rotor to > characters. When moving backwards along the search strings that I'd entered, > VoiceOver would not speak even though I could look at the Braille display > and feel the cursor moving backward. When I reached the beginning of the > search field and attempted to move forward by character, the cursor would > not move on the Braille display, nor would VoiceOver say anything. This is a > nasty little bug that needs to be reported to Apple Accessibility right > away. In fact, I'm going to carbon-copy Apple Accessibility on this message, > and I would urge anyone responding to this thread with bug details to do > likewise. Have a good day, everybody. > > Tom > > Sent from my iPhone 7 > >> On Oct 26, 2016, at 5:50 AM, Donna <merma...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I can confirm the Safari bug. I want to add that search fields respond >> differently on different websites. I testing on amazon.com & when flicking >> through my search term, with the rotor set to characters, the cursor >> didn't appear to move. When flicking I heard only the word I had typed in >> the search field. When testing on hearthsong.com, no letters or words were >> spoken when flicking through the word that I had entered into the search >> field. When testing on beyondplay.com, when the cursor is at the end of >> the word I heard each letter & the position of the cursor when flicking >> backwards through the word entered into the search field. When flicking >> forward through the word voiceover doesn't read anything past the second & >> it seems that the cursor doesn't advance past the second letter when >> continuing to flick. This was tested using an iPhone 6 with the latest >> update IOS 10.1 with voiceover turned on. >> >> Donna >> >>> Hi to all! >>> >>> Someone just told me about the Safari bug in recent iOS 10.1 version. I >>> checked it out and here's what I found. Please, try to reproduce it by >>> yourselves and if it is consistent amongst you I believe we should report >>> to Apple Accessibility. I apologise if this was discussed in some recent >>> iOS 10.1 threads, I followed it at some point but not thoroughly. >>> So, I got the hint edit fields on web pages can not be navigated by >>> character or word. I checked it out to see for myself and found >>> this situation. >>> >>> If you load some web page with he edit field, type some text, e.g. >>> "apple" and try to navigate behaviour is as follows: >>> >>> 1. Double tap to get to the beginning of the text; >>> >>> 2. Switch the rotor to characters; >>> >>> 3. Try to flick down as you would navigate from left to right (beginning >>> to end); >>> >>> 4. You'll hear something like: Insertion point is between A and P at >>> position 2; >>> >>> 5. If you flick up (backwards) you'll hear: Insertion point is at >>> beginning of text. The problem is you can't flick further than the >>> position 2, Voice Over remains silent and insertion point doesn't move no >>> matter how you flick; >>> 6. Double tap again to get to the end of the text; >>> >>> 7. If you flick up (from end to beginning) you'll hear: Insertion point >>> is between L and E at position 4. Flick up again and you'll hear: >>> Insertion point is between P and E at position 3. >>> >>> Flicking from end to beginning seems to work fine but flicking from >>> beginning to end hangs between first to characters of the entered text. >>> >>> I believe Apple introduces some new standard for navigating editable text >>> and it seems to me they didn't properly work it out. It has a bug when >>> trying to navigate from left to right and this should be fixed as soon as >>> possible, edit fields on web pages are important. I didn't have the time >>> to investigate it thoroughly but from the info I got it seems it happens >>> only in Safari. >>> >>> I apologise if I wrote some terms incorectly, I don't use iPhone in >>> English and I hope you'll get the point. Please report back if this is >>> happening to you too. 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