Sorry, I wasn't clear. I wondered if the pinch gestures need to be done horizontally, or if the orientation does not matter. On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're asking if your three fingers need to be horizontal to perform a > three finger quadruple tap, the answer is no. I'll sometimes put my fingers > in a triangular shape to make sure I get them all onto the screen when in > portrait mode. > > On 12/16/2013 09:09 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> Small correction: it is a three-finger quadruple tap. As to selecting, does >> the gesture have to be horizontal? I've never gotten it to work very >> reliably, and this may well be my problem. >> On Dec 16, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> I suggest you go to www.IBlindTech.com and listen to Garth's Podcast about >>> selecting, copying and pasting text. I can't remember which number it is, >>> but it is called very similar to what I just put here, Selecting, Copying >>> and Pasting Text, so it should be easy to find. >>> Doing this is one of the more tricky gestures and involves using 2 fingers >>> which you place in the middle of the screen close together and then you move >>> them apart horizontally. It is called a "Pinch Out" gesture and if, for >>> example, you turn the rotor to Words, the text you want to select in Your >>> Messages app will be selected word by word as you increase the distance >>> between your fingers. >>> If you get to the edge of the screen and not all the text has been selected >>> you can repeat the gesture. >>> When you are done you now turn the rotor to Edit, then flick down with one >>> finger until you hear "Copy", then double tap. Your selected text has now >>> been copied to the Clibboard. >>> You next would open the Mail app, address the message and then in the body >>> field once again turn the rotor to Edit, then flick down until you get to >>> Paste and double tap. >>> >>> Another, easier way which often works well in iOS 7 is to use the new >>> 4-finger quadruple tap. >>> This gesture copies the last spoken text to the Clipboard, Voiceover >>> actually calls it "Pastboard". >>> You would just touch the message you want to copy, let Voiceover read it >>> completely and then immediately after it finishes do a 4-finger quadruple >>> tap. >>> Then go to your Mail app, start a message and do what I described above >>> which is to turn the rotor to Edit, flick down to Paste and double tap. >>> One thing this method does is that it also pastes things Voiceover says like >>> "link" or "button". >>> For example, assume you have an email with a phone number or hyperlink and >>> Voiceover reads the number followed by "phone number detected or the link >>> followed by "link detected". >>> If you do a 4-finger quadruple tap and then paste the number or link into >>> another email, Voiceover would also paste the text "Phone Number Detected" >>> or "link detected" and you would have to delete this again if all you wanted >>> was the phone number or link. >>> But this is still a very useful feature. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Bill Gallik >>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 6:33 AM >>> To: List, viPhone >>> Subject: Need Some Tips on Edit Functions >>> >>> OK, I have to confess to some total ignorance here. I want to take the text >>> from a text message and place it into an e-mail so I can send it off to >>> somebody who doesn't have a mobile phone. Here's my questions: >>> >>> - How do I select the text I want from the text message? >>> - How do I then copy it to the work space? >>> - How do I then paste that text into an e-mail? >>> - Where can I read about using these edit functions so I can learn how to do >>> additional things? >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>> ---------------- >>> Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to You and Yours Holland and Bill >>> - Scrooge, witnessing the Cratchet family Christmas celebration, begins an >>> exchange with the Spirit of Christmas Present: >>> - "`Spirit,' said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, `tell >>> me if Tiny Tim will live.' >>> `I see a vacant seat,' replied the Ghost, `in the poor chimney-corner, and a >>> crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain >>> unaltered by the Future, the child will die.' >>> `No, no,' said Scrooge. `Oh, no, kind Spirit. say he will be spared.' >>> `If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race,' >>> returned the Ghost, `will find him here. What then. If he be like to die, he >>> had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.' >>> Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was >>> overcome with penitence and grief." >>> - "A Christmas Carol," 1843, Charles Dickens >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> >> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > 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. 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