Have you reported this, plus your normal skill with gestures, to Apple Accessibility? Unfortunately, until a cause can be determined, a fix is most likely not going to occur.
That said, in the original email, the person stated that one, two-finger double tap starts music in the player usually in a couple attempts, and two, the single-finger vertical flick up is not consistent - the volume goes up and down. These two statements point to the conclusion that the author needs more practice in the practice area. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Dec 2013, at 7:28, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David, I am great at these gestures, and get them right just about 100% of > the time as well. I have used iOS successfully for three years, so trust me > when I say: I know what I'm doing. In iOS7.0.4, I have found, on rare > occasions, the two-finger double tap to simply not work. I have had this > happen twice in the past few days: a call is coming in, so I tap two fingers > twice, and nothing happens. I have been sort of monitoring this thread, so > both times I methodically checked my finger position, placement on the > screen, tap speed, and so on, and tried several more times. The gesture > simply fails to work every so often, for no reason I can think of. Like you, > I originally figured that those who were having trouble were just doing it > wrong, but I must now say that there seems to be a bug with this gesture. > Unfortunately, it is a rare one, so is hard to pin down and reproduce, and > those are the hardest to fix. >> On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:18 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Please do not take this the wrong way. >> >> Double-tap the display with four fingers, or go to settings, general, >> accessibility, VoiceOver, practice area, and perform much more practice with >> your gestures. You really need to get to the point where you are performing >> the gestures you believe you are performing 100% of the time. By your >> message, it is clear that this is not currently the case. For instance, when >> you perform the single-finger vertical flick to change the volume, or any >> other flicker, the choice does not go up and down and up again unless your >> gestures are not precise. >> >> The same is true with the two-finger double tap. You state you can get music >> to start and stop playing with just a few tries. I get music to start with >> one try and to stop with one try, always and every time I perform the >> command. This is because I practiced the gestures extensively until I >> started performing them 100% of the time. Absolutely nothing but lots of >> practice will correct your difficulties with the gestures. >> >> When answering and hanging up phone calls, you are most likely holding your >> two fingers too close together, so the touchscreen is only able to detect >> one finger. Because we become anxious when the gesture does not perform >> correctly the first time, the natural reaction is to tense up and cause our >> fingers to come even closer together before we try again. When the gesture >> continues not working, we do more of the same and get even more anxious. >> >> Remember, the gesture commands do work properly, all of the time, when we >> perform the commands properly. Practice, practice, practice, and when you >> think you finally have the commands down, practice some more because the >> first few times this happens, the chances are you are bored and flustered >> with the practicing. Remember, it initially took you a long time with lots >> of frustration and many mistakes when you learned to type, and when you >> learned to use the computer with the screen reader. This is no different. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 3 Dec 2013, at 15:05, "Lee Jones" <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dear List, today I had difficulties hanging up calls. Voice over went >>> dead. The end button is usually spoken very low for me but just audible >>> but today there was nothing. I tried the two finger double tap about eight >>> times with no joy. I thought that my gestures mayh have been sloppy, but >>> the two finger double tap to pause audio in podcasts works on the first or >>> second try. In extremus are there any other methods for hanging up calls? >>> Can you set how much voice over’s volume decreases when a call is >>> initiated? You can’t use the volume rotor if there is no voice feedback. >>> What percentage volume is recommended before calling to make voice over >>> audible with the decrease in volume assuming I can get it to go over 25 >>> percent. >>> For me the rotor bug is not just the 25 percent limit, but also that if you >>> move it from five percent to ten percent and keep going the same way >>> sometimes you go back to 5 percent instead of on to 15 percent. >>> >>> Many Thanks, Lee >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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