[mac4theblind] Re: FW: [a-iOS] New VoiceOver Features in iOS 5 | AxS Lab

From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <cgilland1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:53:58 -0400

Well, actually, I called AT&T, and that is the info that they gave me, thenI called Apple, and they confirmed it.


Chris.

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I suspect you read up.

On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

So what is the difference in the IPhone 4, and the 4S?

Realise that if the ne IPhone has yet been released, that's not what I have.I just have the 4 16 gb. So again, just to confirm, you're saying i o s 5still will work. Right?


Chris.

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yes.

On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

I assume i o s 5 will work on my AT&T IPhone 4 running I O S 4 currently.

Chris.

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I used to have someone do it quickly from the phone for me.

On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:29 AM, Bubba wrote:

Well, in the new IOS5 by default the triple click home key is activated. So
now all you need to do is do the triple click to turn on or off Vo. So if
you got the new iphone4s and brought it home you don't need a PC to turn on
Vo just triple click the home key. HTH


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Then I should stand corrected. Would the option to start vo only be
available at startup? If it could always be turned on with tripple tap of
the home button, then it's definitely an improvement.
El 11-10-2011, a las 23:17, Bubba escribió:

I did not either. I assume if you did not have a computer.


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I didn't ever need sighted assistance to set up my iPhone 3gs either.
El 11-10-2011, a las 21:23, Bubba escribió:

FYI, see below.



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Glad this is back:
Notification now gets read directly again (as iOS3), but can be
turned of in settings.

Trea
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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:24 PM
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Subject: [a-iOS] New VoiceOver Features in iOS 5 | AxS Lab


http://axslab.com/articles/new-voiceover-features-in-ios5.php



No Help Needed! VoiceOver Direct From Setup.


Everything you need to know about the new VO updates to iOS 5. Custom
labels, Item Chooser and did you know that camera got face detection?

The best thing about the iPhone and the iOS devices is that blind and
visually impaired can do almost everything as a fully sighted person
can - without help. Now you don't even need sighted assistance for
setting up

the

device! Or even take a photo


Setup


When starting up the device before there was a screen telling you to

connect

to iTunes. Now it says welcome and start the set-up. From here just
press the Home Button 3 times to start VoiceOver or even tap 3 times
with 3 fingers to Zoom.

You can also use Apple's keyboard dock but no bluetooth keyboards or

braille

displays.

Tip: By turning VO on then off and then Zoom, you can now toggle them
with triple press Home.


Camera


The Camera App has been updated with a feature for iOS devices that
got

the

\"A5\" processor (iPad 2 and iPhone 4S), that now announces if one or
more faces is in the shot. For example VoiceOver says: \"small face
center\",

so

you can take those holiday family picture, again without assistance
from sighted family members.

You can also use the volume up button to take a photo so you don't
have to hear or record VO. This also works with headset buttons.

Also, you now need to double tap to change focus and exposure.


New Ways to Navigate.


Now it's even easier to find what you are looking for, wether on the
home screen, an app or in Safari.


Item Chooser and Search


This is feature that has been on the mac and now comes to iOS. What
it

does

is to bring up a pop-up with a complete list of all items on the
screen

and

puts them in alphabetic order. When selecting an item it even says
where

on

the screen it's located. The list also contains a search field for an
even easier way to find that app, folder or button you were looking for.

To activate the Item Chooser tap 3 times with 2 fingers or with a
keyboard VO + I. You can also search directly from a keyboard with VO
+ F then

enter

the search query and pressing Enter You can move between matching
queries with VO + G for next and hold Shift for previous.

Tip: Search works very well in Safari as well as everywhere else.


Vertical Navigation and Rotor


One of my favorite new feature is the Vertical Navigation, which is a

rotor

option that lets you navigate to the next vertical item. This is
really

nice

in 2 column lists like when sorting rotor options in the settings or
grid based layouts, for example a chess game or a spread sheet.

Another change is that you now can choose what elements to include in
the rotor from the VoiceOVer settings. You can include Heading so you
can jump to between headings everywhere, like in address book to go
to next letter group.

Also on the iPad the 4 finger swipe left/right is now switching to
next/previous open app. And the old function; go to next/previous

Container

is now a rotor option. Although it still work with Control + left or
right And <="" abbr=""> + Tab goes to next open app with the keyboard.


Safari Keyboard Shortcuts


It is now possible to navigate between headings, links, text fields
and

much

more with just one key.

That's right just press H for next heading or L for next Link, there
is a lot of new shortcut and you can read a full list of VoiceOver
Commands

here

<http://axslab.com/articles/ios-voiceover-gestures-and-keyboard-comman
ds.php



What did you say VoiceOver?


Custom Labels


There has always been certain words that was hard to hear or buttons
that were missing a label and just said \"button\". Now that's all
going to change.

When you do encounter a button that's not labeled correctly or at all
you can now tap 2 times with 2 fingers and hold to set a new custom
label. A sound will indicate if you have done the right gesture and
then a text

field

and keyboard will appear. After typing your new label VO will
remember it and always speak it the way you want.


New Voices


If you still have a hard time hearing Apple has added some new
voices,

like

British Daniel.

But with great power comes great responsibility, right? The down side
to

the

new voices is that they have removed some of the old ones. This mens
for example my favorite synthetic voice of all time, Swedish Oskar is
replaced with much harder to hear Alva. And no way to change that.

For some languages it's also possible to enable a non compressed version.

There is now also support for Arabic in VoiceOver.


Other Nifty Improvements


There is like always with a new OS many minor enhancements and fixes

here's

some.

* Notification now gets read directly again (as iOS3), but can be
turned of in settings.
* It's now possible to change the VoiceOver volume with rotor. (Enable
in settings)
* When in a text field you can always use swipe up/down to move by
character.
* Taping with 3 fingers now also announce where on the screen the item
is.
* Calendar icon now says current date.
* Folders now lets you know how many items it contain.
* You can now touch the bar above the dock to go between pages by
swiping up/down.
* It's easier to move icons on the home screen.


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