Dunno if this was mentioned in the reviews but the first time a friend
and I tried a 3gs iPhone was at the AT&T store and it was a bit hard to
hear from the built-in speaker. Lots of ambient noise in some stores.
You might want to bring your favorite headphones along to really be able
to tell what's going on.
CB
Karen Lewellen wrote:
Wow Esther,
Even better and I thank you.
I suspect based on my short phone chat with the cell phone store I
will visit that they are already a tad aware of voiceover and the
iphone. the provider originally given rights to carry the phone in
the Toronto area got some very bad nasty press when one of their reps
told a customer that voiceover did not even exist let alone being
apart of the iphone.
Your detailed description plus the combination of links here and in
Scott's note lets me really get a feel for the phone.
Also explains why the term gestures is used. finger flicks indeed.
Should stop in there early part of next week and report.
I asked the ipad question because an uninformed person from another
list insisted that a keypad was required to use it at all...which
made little sense.
Thanks all around,
Karen
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Esther wrote:
Hi Karen,
I concur with Scott's suggestions. Before you go to the store to
check out the iPhone, review the section on VoiceOver gestures in the
iPhone User's Guide:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/en/
The direct link to the section on VoiceOver is:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voiceover/en/iphddd0db38.html
VoiceOver gets turned on and off in Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver. I assume the store will have to turn this
on for you. Once you're on that screen, you can do a two finger
flick up to have VoiceOver read out the screen contents. If you want
to stop it, tap with two fingers on the screen. Then you can also
navigate to the next item and hear it announced by flicking right
with one finger, or listen to the previous item by flicking left with
one finger through the page.
You'll probably want to change the speaking rate, which is done with
a slider near the bottom of the VoiceOver screen. If you used a two
finger flick to read through to the end of the page, flick left with
one finger to get to the slider, or simply move your finger up from
the bottom of the screen to touch it. Then, flick up (to increase)
or down (to decrease) to adjust speaking rate.
The Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver screen also has a
"Practice VoiceOver Gestures" area that works like keyboard practice
mode: once you activate it (by double tapping) VoiceOver will
announce the gestures it thinks you made and the associated action
(e.g., "Flick right; move to next item"). Double tap on the "Done"
button at the top right of the screen to exit the "Practice VoiceOver
Gestures" area.
Another point: when a button or link has focus (because you've
touched it, or flicked to it), you can double tap anywhere on the
screen to activate it. Also, to go back to reach a previous screen in
a tree, you'll generally double tap a button at the top left of the
screen.
So, if you choose to set up the triple-click home as a toggle switch
for VoiceOver, after leaving the VoiceOver Screen by double tapping
the "Accessibility" button at the top left, flick right until you
reach the "Triple-Click Home" button (or just move your finger to the
bottom of the screen to touch it), and double-tap. Then, flick right
past "Off" to "Toggle VoiceOver" and double tap to select it. You
can leave the various "Settings" menu screens by simply pressing the
Home button at the bottom of the screen once.
On your iPad question, it should be possible to use the iPad without
an external keypad. However, what's very intriguing is a report from
TUAW that some people were able to use the iPad Camera Kit attachment
to hook up a USB keypad. This doesn't seem to be universal, since
some people commented that they got a "USB Device Not Recognized"
when they tried this, so we don't know which models this might work
with. It may just work as a feature that is not officially
supported. Here's the link to the TUAW article, "Dear Aunt TUAW: Can
I use a USB keyboard or headset with my iPad?" by Erica Sadun, April
23, 2010:
<http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/23/dear-aunt-tuaw-can-i-use-a-standard-keyboard-or-usb-headset-wit/>
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
I just learned today that my mobile phone provider here in Toronto
has the i-phone. I want to step into a store and see what it is like.
Any tips, in case the sales person is clueless about the access
features?
May as well add a goofy ipad question too. is everyone using one
actually using an extra keypad or does access mean the touch screen?
I know that is a baby question, but since I do not have an ipad I
have not followed those threads.
Karen
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