I had an occasion to use the pinch gesture not long ago, and though it took a few times to get the gesture working right, it really did work. However, in iOS 7 there is a new gesture of the 3 finger quadruple tap to copy the last spoken text, and again on another edit field to paste that text. I haven't used this yet, but it seems to be easier than pinching.
Regards, Wayne On 10/20/13, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, my apologies for the mistake. Even as I wrote it I felt like I had > something wrong, but wasn't sure what. > On Oct 20, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> It is actually "pinch out" for selecting text and "pinch in" for >> deselecting >> text. >> Think of pinch out as moving your 2 fingers away from each other on the >> screen like your are expanding >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Alex Hall >> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 4:12 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: "Cut & Paste" On an iDevice >> >> Here's how you do it, so you can have text to follow as well. Be warned, >> though, that the select/de-select gestures can be very challenging. In >> fact, >> I've used iOS for almost three years, and I still can't do it right most >> of >> the time. >> >> 1. In a text field, or anywhere you can highlight text, move to the start >> of >> the text you want to select, by any means (double tap an editing text >> field >> to jump to the start, move with the rotor, whatever you want). >> 2. Move the rotor to the text item by which you want to select. That is, >> if >> you rotor to words, you will select by word. >> 3. Pinch in with two fingers. Every successful pinch will select one >> rotor >> item. So, if you are still set to words, each pinch will highlight one >> word. >> 4. If you select too much, just pinch out to de-select by the current >> rotor >> item. You may change rotor items in the midst of a selection, so you >> could >> start by line and then choose words to select part of a line. >> 5. Once you have selected the text you want, rotor to "edit", then flick >> up >> or down until you find the item you want (copy or cut) and double tap. >> You >> can also hit delete on the keyboard, or just start typing to replace the >> selected text. >> On Oct 20, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> Check out the website www.IBlindTech.com. Garth has a series of >>> Podcasts and one of them is on selecting, copying and pasting text. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Bill Gallik >>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 1:29 AM >>> To: List, viPhone >>> Subject: "Cut & Paste" On an iDevice >>> >>> How can "Cut & Paste" (or "Copy & Paste") be done on an iPhone, etc? >>> >>> Or, better yet, where is there documentation one can read to learn to >>> do these sorts of things? >>> >>> I know I'll get a valuable answer here so, thank you in advance! >>> ---------------- >>> Holland's Boy, Bill >>> - "Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes." >>> - Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought >>> movement, >>> 1883-1970 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing 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