Hi, no. You can't access all features that you could by using gestures on the touch screen but, most of them. For example, you can't use a keyboard to delete applications or bring up the item chooser.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Oct 26, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Gigi, > > Where can I get a keyboard? > Will I be able to use all the features of my iPod with a keyboard? > > On 26/10/2011, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> Hi again. >> Let me see if I can clear this up. First, many of us, maybe most of us, >> learned to touch type early in life. Myself, I learned in the fourth grade. >> The keyboard on the iPhone and other devices like that is arranged like a >> typewriter, so when my blind friend told me the arrangement was exactly like >> the old typewriters, I was clued in right away. It seems that most blind >> people prefer to use touch typing. There's another option on the iPhone or >> iPad, etc.where you can use standard typing which requires split or double >> tapping to make the keys respond. But touch typing involves going around the >> screen and the phone says what key you landed on, and you pick up your >> finger. Now, after a little practice, you can get pretty accurate at landing >> on the key you need without hearing each one. It is faster for me to use a >> keyboard that I just got, but I can input with the onscreen keyboard if need >> be. I hope this explanation helps. >> >> You may want to get a keyboard so that you can more easily do your typing on >> the iPhone, iPad, etc. If that's not possible, you might want to set your >> device on touch typing. To do that, you check your roter first. The roter is >> a way to make choices on the device. Take two fingers and twist your hand >> either to the left or right like you are dialing an old-time phone or >> turning an old radio dial. Don;'t do it very far, and do it a little slowly >> so that VoiceOver has a chance to say what you are landing on. When you hear >> it say typing, then you can take one finger toward the bottom of the screen >> and flick it I think toward the top of the screen. If doesn't work, go the >> other way. When it says touch typing, then you have set the device so that >> you can make letters by touching them and then picking up your finger. >> VoiceOver will say the letter in a different voice when it accepts the >> letter. >> >> It takes a little practice to do the roter, but it's worth it so that you >> don't have to go to settings all the time. If you can't do the roter, >> however, you can go to VoiceOver settings and set the roter to do touch >> typing from there. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> On Oct 26, 2011, at 6:47 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Thank you for your tips and encouragement. >>> I always read great things about these Apple devices on the Internet >>> and get encouraged, but I really get frustrated when they don't work >>> properly for me. >>> BTW, I have a question. >>> How do you people manage to find out which alphabet is which on a >>> touchscreen? >>> You can easily locate all the keys on a normal keyboard after a bit of >>> practice, but how can you do that on a device which has a touchscreen? >>> >>> On 25/10/2011, Gigi <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>> Hi guys. >>>> I would also like to add to what Teresa said about devices like the iPad >>>> and the iPhone. I also use split tapping. Split tapping is when your >>>> finger >>>> is on an item you would like to select. Just take one of your other >>>> fingers, >>>> and lay it on the screen without moving the one you are using to go >>>> around >>>> the screen. Even if you don't use this command, it's good to know about >>>> this >>>> command because there are times you might accidentally make a choice you >>>> didn't intend and you will know that's what you did. Also, sometimes it's >>>> good to make a choice without moving your finger. I use split tapping all >>>> the time, and I also use the ones Teresa mentioned. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, Rahul, >>>>> >>>>> You can start with your home screen. You can explore it by moving one >>>>> finger around on the screen. As you move, VO tells you which items are >>>>> under your finger. Along the bottom of the screen are 4 applications. >>>>> The >>>>> home screen has different "pages", but the four things at the bottom of >>>>> the screen in the dock area are always there. Next, you can try swiping >>>>> a >>>>> finger to the right. This will take you to the next item, and swiping >>>>> left >>>>> will take you to the previous item. >>>>> >>>>> to open an application, you can find it and double-tap on it. I'm fairly >>>>> sure that if you find Safari on the bottom dock area and double-tap it, >>>>> you'll land on the page for the manual. In any document, such as a web >>>>> page, you can swipe down with two fingers from near the top and it will >>>>> read continuously. Tap once with two fingers to pause and restart it. >>>>> >>>>> This will get you started. Once you're more comfortable navigating, you >>>>> can explore the gesture practice in the VO settings. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> Teresa >>>>> "Visualize whirled peas." >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a 4th generation iPod Touch, but I am not being able to use it >>>>>> with VoiceOver. >>>>>> VO reads everything that's given on the screen, but I really don't >>>>>> know how to move forward. >>>>>> I have never used a device with a touchscreen before, so that could be >>>>>> the reason for the problem I'm facing. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, can anyone here give some tips that might be useful? >>>>>> I really want to be able to use my iPod Touch. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Rahul >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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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