I'm not sure. It's a Focus 40 Blue. There isn't a hardware setting for status cells, but in iOS, it's a Voiceover setting. I set it to "left" and it does show a cell with dots on the left. i have looked up the m,ning of the dots on Applevis and found out what each one means. However, VO doesn't display or speak the expanded descriptions of the status, as the VO help would seem to indicate.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Flor Lynch <florl...@iol.ie> wrote: > > But does VoiceOver know them as 'status cells'? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Teresa Cochran > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:22 PM > Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking > Information > > Oh, but I want to experiment with the status cells. I'd like to know what > kind of information it provides. I have a 40-cell display, so that's not an > issue. > > Teresa > > "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with > the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > >> On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Perhaps it is similar to the status cells when using the display with >> a Windows or Mac screen reader. I never bothered with those status >> messages too much, and even turned the status cells off. Besides, if >> you have a smallish display, every cell counts when showing >> information. >> >> Wayne >> >>> On 7/21/14, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>> Expanded status indicates things like Voiceover muting, screen cchrtain, and >>> I believe text attributes, though I'm not entirely sure about that last >>> one. >>> Teresa >>> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan >>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>> <hayasim...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I saw that in the keyboard help when I pressed the first router key to the >>>> left with the same results. This left me wondering what an expanded status >>>> was. >>>> Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> On 21 Jul 2014, at 04:19, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, all, >>>> I was exploring the status functions with my Focus 40 Blue. 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