Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-03 Thread Esther
Hello Kawal, Aser, Garth, and Venkatesh, Kevin Chao did a podcast some time ago on selecting text on the iPhone with VoiceOver. You can find it at: feed://kevinchao.podbean.com/feed/ Look for "Text selection. Copying and pasting." Alternatively, you can listen to this on the podcast weblog page

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-03 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'll have a go and thanks for both responses much appreciated. Can you do this on the Mac using the Track pad? Never tried! On 3 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Aser Tolentino wrote: > Hi, > To select text, navigate to where you wish the selection to begin, then place > to fingers together and pull them a

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-03 Thread Aser Tolentino
Hi, To select text, navigate to where you wish the selection to begin, then place to fingers together and pull them apart in opposite directions,, like an opening or pulling apart motion. I've had trouble with VoiceOver mistaking this motion for a rotor turn and have had better luck using two ha

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-03 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi It is tricky to get right, especially at first. Firstly lets say that you have your VO cursor at the beginning of a sentence. Use the two finger twisting gesture, i.e., the rota so that you have it on words. Now put two of your fingers close together on the screen and move them apart. Y

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-03 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I can't do the pinch gestures to select text on my I phone as no one has ever described to me what to do. If someone could describe how to do it I will have a go! On 3 Oct 2011, at 04:02, Garth Humphreys wrote: > Hi > > I don't believe that this is possible. You can only select text where it

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-02 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I don't believe that this is possible. You can only select text where it is editable. So for example if you wish to select some text that is in an email you've been sent, you would first have to setup a reply to the email. This makes the text editable and you then can go through and select

selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-01 Thread Venkatesh Potluri
Hi listers! I would like to know the gesture or the series of gestures that I have to perform to select text in EMails, web pages and in applications where there is text in iOs 4.3.5. I am using an iPhone 3gs. I need help in selecting multiple messages from a conversation to forward or delete. Tha