If you're in something like a text message then by default the first
character will be capitalized. You can change this by double or split
tapping the shift key on the left hand side of the virtual keyboard. If
you have touch typing set then you can just lift your finger when you
find the shift key.
On 12/08/2014 11:01 AM, Deidre Muccio wrote:
Hey there to those not automatically deleting this post without reading it!
I've had this 4S phone to play with for exactly one week. I'm amazed at how
logical but also how easy it is to get confused using it. By way of example,
learning what Siri can take me to and what she can't is almost obvious now.
When I asked Siri to go to rotor settings she couldn't. When I asked her to
take me to the accessibility settings where the rotor settings are under
voice over, that she could do. Of course I knew settings was on page 2 of
my home screen, and I could have manually gotten to the settings that way,
but it's faster if Siri does it.
Following instructions using the Dresner book, I had no luck using
the keyboard. I had no luck getting to most of the letters I wanted nor
succeeding in moving in straight lines, if that be one of the required
skills for typing. Also each letter I did find was spoken as being
capitalized. I went to settings to see what was up with that and didn't see
anything obvious that was set to do that. I wonder if the 6 plus would make
typing easier, or in general, if the added screen size simply fits more
stuff on it that has to be waded through. In notes, I used the dictation
feature instead of typing and that was easy. It was also easy getting to the
new button and the list of notes created, and I successfully deleted all I
had created.
It seems one of my problems is not being able to move in a straight
line. Then when I'm told things like that the status area is narrow and is
at the very top, well it is not really at the very very top of the phone's
edge. I hear part of what might be throwing me is that the screen is not
static. How does this influence the accuracy of finding things, and is this
even true? I put vertical navigation into the rotor to see how that might
help me even though it indicated it useful in navigating tables and things
like that.
Others I know shriek and say "no, no, practice," and learn how to use your
screen to type. plus vertical navigation might not be useful in most apps, I
can't say yet. What rotor settings would be useful when typing other than
punctuation?
I sure wish that there was a hands on practice class for blind users
around here. The tech from our Commission for the Blind is unavailable to
help with this, plus he has limited knowledge of iPhones, though he demos
the iPad and would need a blind user to demo things I'd be using - Pity. I
know that there are some very experienced blind persons on list who teach
this stuff, so those who work with them are lucky.
Deidre, who has done enough study in the last hours
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