Hi, The apple wireless bluetooth keyboard does not have a touch pad. On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Joel Zimba wrote:
> I believe the apple wireless keyboard has a touch pad. As the touchpad > commander works much like the iPhone screen, I don't think it would be a leap > to have it work similarly when connected to the iPad. > > If this isn't how it works initially, I am sure it will in short order. > > Having the link rotor dialogue open as it does on the mac might also be > simple, as it's essencially the same thing with the keyboard interface vs a > touch interface. > > > A trend toward the iPhone os (iPad os being the same thing) coming to > resemble the VO interface on the Mac is probably unavoidable as they take on > more and more computer functions. > > We shall see in the coming weeks no doubt. > > J > On Apr 1, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Sorry if this was not clear, I have an iPod Touch and navigate with the >> rotor to links. My main point was that I thought it was likely that some >> extension of the VO capabilities for the iPhone and iPod Touch might make it >> into the keyboard shortcut set of commands for the iPad, given the support >> of both the dockable keyboard and the BT keyboard. >> <begin quote> >> I can't imagine that the iPad would make you alternate between typing on >> a keyboard and then moving over to touch the screen just to handle >> some of the navigation you would carry out with gestures on the touch >> screen. That would really be clunky! >> <end quote> >> On the touch screen of the hand-held iPod Touch or iPhone, the continuity of >> gesture with flicks, use of rotor and entry of text with the virtual >> keyboard is fairly well integrated. On the current generation Macs, we work >> largely with keyboard shortcuts and the newest machines incorporate some of >> the gestures used on the iPhone and iPod Touch. My speculation was that >> Apple might introduce VO extensions for the iPad that function like the >> keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to work from the keyboard alone for >> simple functions, rather than have you type on your keyboard, put this down >> to pick up your iPad, perform a few touch screen gestures and then put the >> iPad down again to return to your keyboard. >> >> I was not saying that the current iPhone or iPod Touch did not let you >> navigate by links headings, etc. Some of the limitations in the range of >> navigation options on web pages on the iPhone and iPod Touch resemble the >> restrictions in VO performance in its first release under Tiger. Since >> Chris was wondering about support for the VO keyboard shortcuts that we use >> under the full Mac system, and since I don't believe he uses either an >> iPhone or iPod Touch, I was trying to address his questions about the >> likelihood for a hybrid version of the VO on an iPad that uses some of the >> keyboard shortcuts on the regular Mac keyboards, just as the iPhone and iPod >> Touch gestures have made their way into the expanded usage of Mac computers >> under recent OS and model updates. >> >> I don't usually speculate like this, and since we will all soon know, I'll >> end all my comments on this thread to save bandwidth. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> Joe Plummer wrote: >> >>> That is not correct. You can navigate by links heading and so on. You in >>> like safari use two fingers red apart like you are going to turn a nob and >>> do this jester on the screen and it will change from heading, links and so >>> on. I know I have the iPhone and do it all the time. Now if this is not what >>> you are talking about then accept my apology. >>> >>> >>> Sign, >>> JP ( Joe Plummer) >>> joeplum...@tds.net >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther >>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:19 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard >>> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> My guess is that you may be able to use a restricted set of the VO >>> keyboard commands with the iPad. On the iPhone and the iPod Touch you >>> have VO gestures for the rotor to change modes for input and also to >>> use for navigation. Although you do your typing on the virtual >>> keyboard, and use gestures for the other touch screen functions, I >>> can't imagine that the iPad would make you alternate between typing on >>> a keyboard and then moving over to touch the screen just to handle >>> some of the navigation you would carry out with gestures on the touch >>> screen. That would really be clunky! On the other hand, one of the >>> current limitations with using VoiceOver on the iPhone or iPod Touch >>> is that you can't use find or move to an arbitrary position in a >>> document or a web page, You can flick through links etc. but you can't >>> move to an arbitrary position based on a context search. It would >>> really be nice if features like these could be added. One of the >>> things that would make reading eBooks more convenient with VO would be >>> general bookmarking of specific locations within pages on the device. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> Chris Blouch wrote: >>> >>>> Now that the reviews have been released it turns out the iPad's >>>> bluetooth supports using Apple's real wireless keyboard. I think in >>>> past posts there were some questions about using an external >>>> keyboard. I wonder if this means VO keyboard commands will work or >>>> is it only for typing in text? >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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