My steps were for VoiceOver too. When toy double tap and hold, do you hear "Editings apps"?
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Okay, here is the steps I followed, and it happens to me every time on my > iPhone for S. > Number one search for place or get one from my places. Number to simulate > the location. > Number three I think it will do this also if you do tracking. Number four > press the home key again, and go to the app switcher. > Five try to edit the apps with double tap and hold using voice over. I > have no idea what you do if you're not using voice over. > I have had to restart the phone before to make the app switcher behave > properly after this. > Regards, > GG > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 29, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello Eugenia! > > I have not able to reproduce this. To understand it better, can you > explain in which phase it works differently for you? I describe my steps > here: > > 1) Press Home to close BlindSquare > 2) Double tap home to open App Switcher > 3) Select "BlindSquare" > 4) Double tap and hold until you hear "Editing apps" > 5) Double tap > 6) Press Home to close App Switcher > > That will close BlindSquare. > > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi again >> As far as I remember, that is right that it's not just BlindSquare that I >> couldn't stop. However, for some weird reason, and it may be an iOS thing >> like you say, I have never had this happen when exiting any other program. >> I have Navigon On my iPhone also, and it has never done this with the app >> switcher. However it wants not to stop either. So, like you say, it is >> probably something you can't do anything about. >> >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 29, 2013, at 4:52 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yes, try that out. The thing you describe is something that app has no >> control of, so it's iOS feature/problem. I believe you can't stop any other >> app either? >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. I did not know about 15 minutes that it would stop anyway. >>> However, I am having a problem using the app switcher to close the program >>> after I go in to BlindSquare. The husband turn voiceover off, and he had >>> the same problem. I had to restart the iPhone. What happens is using voice >>> over you have to double tap and hold in order to get into the edit apps to >>> take them off of the app switcher. However the app switcher refuses to go >>> into the editing feature and instead opens whatever program you Happened to >>> touch. If I restart the iPhone, it doesn't do that. This is really weird, >>> and I have never seen this happen before. >>> >>> However, now that I know about 15 minutes, maybe I'll just leave it >>> alone since I have a for S iPhone. >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> This has nothing to do with if it detects if you are home or not, it is >>> just that you have set it to run in background and it will until you stop >>> it. In iOS 6 there is feature that will stop it automatically after a while >>> anyway (you will hear it announced when it does) so it will not take >>> battery more than 15 minutes or so. There might be limitations on which >>> device models it does this, I think it needs at least 4S model. >>> >>> You can always stop it from App Switcher and it is the best way if you >>> want to use all background features. Maybe someone on this list can help >>> you how to do it with voiceover. >>> There are other options too, you can find more info from here: >>> http://blindsquare.com/faq/#why-does-it-keep-talking >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there >>>> I am still too new to Blind Square to start saying what I want as >>>> features. There are some other programs that I can mention, like TapTapSee, >>>> just to name one, that I love. >>>> >>>> I do have a question, however, that I intended to put on the list >>>> anyway. Has anybody had trouble closing Blind Square? I have had a weird >>>> problem that if I want to close the program, and I go to the app switcher, >>>> and press double tap and hold to edit applications, the iPhone wants to >>>> open the program instead of going to edit apps. The reason I want to close >>>> it is because if I have put in a destination, and the program thinks I'm >>>> not there, it keeps talking and won't stop. This is because, for instance, >>>> my house is at 1019, but the program thinks I'm at 1015, which, by the way, >>>> is better than some GPS programs I've used. So far, this is the only thing >>>> that I had trouble with. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello you all! >>>> >>>> Thank you Eugenia for this nice posting where you describe so well the >>>> level of independence an iDevice can make possible. >>>> >>>> If Apple develops their products with great vision without interacting >>>> with end user too much, I develop BlindSquare together with end users, bit >>>> by bit bringing it to the level you could never get by traditional >>>> development style. I welcome you all to take part of this journey by giving >>>> your ideas what you would like to see in future versions. >>>> >>>> BR, Ilkka, BlindSquare dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys >>>>> When I started out thinking about an accessible phone, I never dreamed >>>>> that I would get a device that would have a GPS like BlindSquare on it and >>>>> that I could get a restaurant menu on it with a braille display. I never >>>>> dreamed of a program where I could take pictures of an item in my >>>>> refrigerator or a can in my cabinet and find out what the thing was. When >>>>> people talked about the camera, I remember thinking "Well, who cares!" I >>>>> remember Johnathan you doing a podcast or some kind of presentation for >>>>> Freedom Scientific talking about braille displays with an iPhone and I was >>>>> sitting there thinking about what a stupid idea this was to have a braille >>>>> display hooked up to a phone of all things. I remember saying to myself: >>>>> "Why would anybody want music, email, etc. on a phone of all things?" Of >>>>> course, guess what I have on my iPhone these days! I just plain flat >>>>> didn't >>>>> get it what things I could do with an iPhone. I kept thinking of it as a >>>>> phone instead of a little bitty computer with the ability to make phone >>>>> calls. I have a blind friend who has decided she will an iPhone >>>>> eventually, >>>>> but she doesn't get yet either. She keeps saying to me: "Well, I can do >>>>> all >>>>> that right now." I guess she won't get it either until she gets one >>>>> herself. She would love BlindSquare, but she doesn't know it yet. It's a >>>>> case of finding out you wanted something you didn't know you wanted until >>>>> you got it. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Gigi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> *grin, seriously addicted grin. >>>>> On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock < >>>>> filmchenelle1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I >>>>> first purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted >>>>> anyone that I knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access >>>>> to a smart phone where I could text, send email or instant messages let >>>>> alone download music and video content. Without having sighted >>>>> assistancevery. So when I had my brand new I phone inside of my hands. I >>>>> was so elated with joy I did not know what to do with myself at first. >>>>> Now I cannot ever see myself with out one. Now I not only have an I >>>>> phone 4. s. But I have a makdck book pro and a time capsule along with >>>>> an I pad mini and and finally I have a Apple TV. 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