Hi, one way Apple could make it indirectly easier for people with hand problems is to make it less likely to have to change the rotor. This might be accomplished by giving the user the option to have each app remember the last rotor settings used in that app. So, if I am on a web page and have the rotor set to headings, I can close Safari and open a keyboard app where the rotor is still on, for example, characters, because that is where it was the last time I used the app. I go back to Safari, and the rotor is now back on headings. Of course, this would work best in my opinion, if it were an option one could use or not use.
Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 11:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: one thing I wish apple would change My favourite technique is one applied by another member of this list and that is to hold the phone in one hand and turn it anticlockwise whilst moving your fingers of the right-hand clockwise. I can do all the techniques, but find that this places less stress on my fingers than the others outlined. Carol P Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch On 6 Apr 2013, at 04:06 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Another rotor technique that I pass along to my students involves using two hands as well. It goes like this: > 1. Place the phone on a flat, stable surface like a desktop or table. If that's not handy, I'll hold the phone against my chest. > 2. Place the index fingers of each hand caddy-corner to each other, for example, left index at the lower left-hand corner of the screen and the right index at the upper right-hand corner of the screen. > 3. Move the left index finger straight up while simultaneously moving the right index finger straight down, or vice versa, depending on which way the rotor is to be turned. > > I prefer this technique to the knob-turning action that is usually recommended even though I can use that technique satisfactorily. The technique that I described above works great for me, and when I find the rotor setting that I want to use, I can then flick up or down with my right index finger. > > Hope this helps. > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Pierson" > <joncpier...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:50 AM > Subject: RE: one thing I wish apple would change > > >> Hi Troy, >> Try using two hands to turn the rotor, kind of like swiping a finger >> on the left hand across the screen from right to left while doing the >> opposite with the right hand at the same moment. >> I was teaching someone who was having a terrible time with gestures >> and that did the trick. >> >> Jon >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Troy Sullivan >> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 6:56 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: one thing I wish apple would change >> >> Good morning all, >> This is a suggestion and maybe there is a fix to this and I don't >> know about it. but I have something that I think apple needs to >> change or needs to make better. Because of the strong medication I >> take it kind of messes with my hand cordination, my hands are not >> always stable so like when I do the doubletap and hold to delete >> something sometimes I have to do it several times before I get it. >> This morning I tried to do the roter and my hands just weren't having >> it today so I had to use the keybord to change my roter setting. I >> know I'm probably not the only one out there with hand cordination >> issues, but is there a setting or something I can do to make the >> jestures easier for me to do? 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