Hi. Are these new hand gestures available on watch series 4? I'm running the latest ios and watch os on a series 4 and can't find any reference to them under voice over settings.
Chris Judge -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: October 12, 2021 7:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New hand gestures on Apple watch Thank you Richard. I am running watch OS 8 and IOS 15 but can't get these to work. Will have to keep playing with that. Thank you for the explanation! Jen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2021, at 8:21 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > I can't understand this message, so let me just provide some more > information. > > It seems that I need to toggle on hand gestures in the VoiceOver settings on > my Apple Watch. You might need to do this through the Watch app on your > iPhone. That might have been what got it working for me. Note I have an Apple > Watch SE. You also need to be running WatchOS 8 and IOS 15. > > Now after you wake up your Apple Watch, say by pressing the crown, you can > enable hand gestures with a double clench. This means make a fist twice > quickly with the same hand your watch is on. Once it's enabled you can move > from item to item with the pinch and double pinch gestures. This is the same > as swiping on the face of your watch, but you're not touching your watch and > your using the fingers on the same hand your watch is on. So for example, if > I pinch my pointer and thumb together, I'll hear Mindfulness and with another > pinch I'll hear Workout and then the time. These are the objects on my watch > face. A double pinch will move me back an item, so say from the time to > Workout and then to Mindfulness. To activate the item I just heard VoiceOver > announce, I just need to do a clench, that means make a fist with the hand my > watch is on. This way I can work with my watch without having to touch the > screen. > > I hope that helps explains things a bit. > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) > Chaltain at Outlook > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Simon A Fogarty > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 6:05 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New hand gestures on Apple watch > > Sorry but I'm missing something ere, > > You ae tese gestures atiated and you an use your and to enable different > tings on your wat? > > Tat is something I missed alogn te way, > > I 'll ae to ek tis out. > Please keep us more informed wit tis one. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Christopher Chaltain > Sent: Tuesday, 12 October 2021 11:54 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New hand gestures on Apple watch > > I am running Watch OS 8. Under Settings -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver -> Hand > Gestures, I have them toggled on. Under Settings -> Accessibility -> > Assistive Touch (which is in the Motor section) the option to toggle this on > is greyed out. > > I'm not sure what I just did, but they just started working with the above > settings. Using the defaults, when the watch face is active, I can enable > hand gestures with a double clench. A clench is making a fist, so if I do > this twice then hand gestures are enabled. To move from item to the next > item, I can perform a pinch gesture by just touching my pointer finger to my > thumb. A double pinch moves backwards. A clench performs a double tap on > whatever has focus and the double clench simulates a press of the crown. I'm > still playing with it, and I haven't determined how useful they are yet, but > I'm intrigued. > > You can learn more by going to > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.i > geeksblog.com%2Fhow-to-use-assistivetouch-on-apple-watch%2F&data=0 > 4%7C01%7C%7C44eb193841ef4b37811408d98d0b8b60%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaa > aaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637695902985387895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjo > iMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000& > ;sdata=zF1%2F0K%2F%2FQBojhTNBO%2BkpZJYFipGKMPTnxVG6u0njDYs%3D&rese > rved=0 > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) > Chaltain at Outlook > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Wayne Merritt > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 5:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New hand gestures on Apple watch > > I believe that in order to use the new gestures, you have to enable Assistive > Touch in WatchOS 8. If you have not updated your watch to version 8 of the > operating system, then these new gestures will not work. > > Be well, > Wayne Merritt > >> On 10/10/21, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> wrote: >> I'm also curious if anyone has had any success with these gestures. >> >> -- >> Christopher (AKA CJ) >> Chaltain at Outlook >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf >> Of Ian Harrison >> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 7:50 AM >> To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionar...@googlegroups.com>; >> 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: New hand gestures on Apple watch >> >> Hi all, >> I thought I would try these out. I turned them on in the watch app, >> but the watch is not responding to the clenches or pinches. 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