Hi Christopher, Thanks for explain the Bluetooth keyboard keys. That now makes more sense to me as I use a pc keyboard all the time.
Ed -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 1:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth Keyboard Control and option are the VoiceOver keys. Note on a PC keyboard it would be control and alt since the alt key simulates the option key. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/07/2014 18:56, Pinky wrote: > Hi Group, > Can someone refresh my old feeble mind and tell me what keys are VO on > the Bluetooth keyboard? > > Thanks in advance > > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Joseph FreeTech > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:13 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth > Keyboard > > Hi Teresa, > > Though your post is useful and well written, I wrote the very same > type of tutorial just a week or two ago. <Smile>. It seems as though > many of us are not using our time and this forum wisely if we're going > to repeatedly post the same information. So far, it appears many are > deleting messages without even quickly browsing through them for > possibly useful information. If this is in fact what is happening, > then the individuals doing this will miss out on great information as well as cluttering the list with redundant requests. > > Am I wrong? > > If you're curious, here's what I wrote on the topic of using a > Bluetooth keyboard to move apps between home pages as well as into folders... <Smile>. > > For those interested in using an external Bluetooth keyboard to move > apps, when lucky and all works as it should, here's what I'm doing to > move my apps > around: > > 1. My iDevice (iPod Touch 5th gen) is turned on and my Bluetooth > keyboard is paired. > Note: for whatever reason, my Amazon Basics keyboard takes about 25 > seconds to be recognized by iDevice Bluetooth. (Shrug). > > 2. I use the touch screen to navigate to Home screen 3 and place focus > on the app I want to move. > > 3. I press the following command on the keyboard: VO+Shift+letter M. I > get the message informing me that I'm moving X app. > > 4. I use 3-finger gesture on the touch screen to move from Home screen > 3 to Home screen 1. > Note: sometimes this does not work, so I simply go to bottom of the > screen and swipe up to move from page 3 to page 1, and this does seem > to reliably do the job. > > 5. I move my app on top of the folder where I want to place the app, > and I once again execute the following command: VO+Shift+letter M. > > 6. My iDevice and VoiceOver begin sounding off all kinds of bells and > whistles while they do their thing, and when I no longer hear > anything, I swipe to right a couple of times. > > 7. I press the Home button once on my iDevice to return screen back to > normal. > > 8. I swipe over to the bottom of the list of apps, and sure enough the > app I moved is there. > > 9. I execute the scrub gesture to close the folder, and I'm eventually > informed that the app count has increased, which once again assures me > the app has been moved. > > 10. All done moving app. <Smile>. > > For those wanting to move an app from Home screen X to Home screen Y > without accidentally creating an unwanted folder, try this... > 1. My iDevice (iPod Touch 5th gen) is turned on and my Bluetooth > keyboard is paired. > > 2. I use the touch screen to navigate to Home screen 3 and place focus > on the app I want to move. > > 3. I press the following command on the keyboard: VO+Shift+letter M. I > get the message informing me that I'm moving X app. > > 4. I use 3-finger gesture on the touch screen to move from Home screen > 3 to Home screen 1. > Note: sometimes this does not work, so I simply go to bottom of the > screen and swipe up to move from page 3 to page 1, and this does seem > to reliably do the job. > > 5. Since the keyboard will not allow for placing an app between two > apps like the touch interface allows, I simply move my app on top of > the app where I want to position the app, and I once again execute the > following > command: VO+Shift+letter M. > > 6. I'm told a new folder will be created with X title. > > 7. I simply press Escape key once on the keyboard to cancel the folder > creation process. > > 8. I swipe to the right a couple of times then press the Home button > once to return the focus back to normal. > > 9. I touch the bottom left-hand corner of the screen then swipe to the > left to access the very last app on the current Home screen. > > 10. If all went well the app will have been moved from Home screen 3 > to Home screen 1 without extraneous folders having been created. (thumbs up)! > > Joseph the free tech guy! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:39 AM > Subject: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth > Keyboard > > > Hi, all, > I've done this several times reliably, so I'm going to outline it > here, since there's been some discussion of it in recent threads. > > Turn on VO sounds. This will make it easier to detect audio feedback > while moving. Find the app you want to move. Press VO-shift-M. > Voiceover will say "moving" and the name of the app. Use the arrow > keys to move the app. VO will announce your position and say "is editing". Go to the page indicator. > It's easiest to use the up and down arrow keys instead of > option-arrows to move from page to page. I haven't been able to get > the second method to work > > while in edit mode. > > Once you get to a folder, simply press the VO-shift-M command again. > VO will > > say "opening folder" and the name of the folder. Now your app should > be nside the folder you've specified. > > HtH, > Teresa > > "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan "We're made of star > stuff."--Carl Sagan > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. 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