I will mention that to her nephew. He has said more than once that money is not an issue here. So, he can go and get her a brand spanking new iPad with all the trimmings if he wants. She must be his favorite aunt because he is going all out here for her. She's lucky.
Gigi On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Daniel Hawkins <computersassocia...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just an idea, have a HDMI cord hooked up to the iPad so she can see it on the > bigger tv if she have one. So she can learn the layout, as she slowly learn > Voiceover. > Daniel Hawkins > - Posted from my Macbook Pro > > 2012 15in. Macbook Pro > 2.3 Quad-core i7 > 4GB DDR3 > 500GB HDD > > Dual Boot: > Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit > > On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Ok, I think that will work ok. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow about >> taking this iPad out of his Apple ID and setting up another one for his >> aunt. That way, she can do whatever on her iPad without messing up his >> devices. >> >> Gigi >> >> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, you can't move icons like that. Using Zoom you can enlarge >>> the screen, but icons will always fill home screens to the right and down. >>> You can move icons wherever you like on Android, but not iOS. That said, >>> you could always just have a bunch of folders or home screens with only a >>> few icons each. >>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Alex. I am going to be helping this lady's nephew tomorrow. He's >>>> got three different iPads, the highest of which is an iPad 3. I'm going to >>>> talk him into giving this one to his aunt so that she can have dictation >>>> and Siri. >>>> >>>> You guys with low vision correct if I'm wrong, please, but I thought that >>>> because she's very elderly also, that we could move the icons around on >>>> the iPad so that they would be separated and make them bigger. I even >>>> thought about moving them so that they are in the corners of the iPad so >>>> that when her vision gets worse she can know where they are. We can switch >>>> her to the iPhone if we have to if she goes totally blind or pose to it. >>>> She has got an iMac that somebody gave her, and I thought that she could >>>> use it for looking at her pictures on her big screen. Her nephew is a >>>> computer guru, so I'm just giving him a crash course in VoiceOver. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:57 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Either way is fine. It is the same gesture used to activate the back >>>>> button, so however you do that will work here. This requires Voiceover to >>>>> be on - if it is off, the pinch out will split the keyboard, and the >>>>> pinch in will join it. >>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Alex >>>>>> Excuse me for being a little dance here, but does that mean scrub from >>>>>> top to bottom or does that mean scrub from left to right when the >>>>>> keyboard is up? >>>>>> Gigi >>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:14 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> While focused in the edit field, with the keyboard visible, do a >>>>>>> two-finger scrub. That should toggle the keyboard's split mode. >>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi guys >>>>>>>> I am in the process of helping someone set up an iPad free for an >>>>>>>> elderly lady with low vision. I think she might need the feature of >>>>>>>> splitting the keyboard so that you can use two hands to type with. I >>>>>>>> think she may need voice over part time, and maybe later full time. I >>>>>>>> understand that her vision loss is progressive. DWhat is the command >>>>>>>> for doing that? >>>>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>>>> Gigi >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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