[macvoiceover] Re: Copying data off web pages and other apps using IPhone.
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:14:41 -0700
OH no I'm updated but that message was written way before ios4 came out so that
was the only way and I cannot for the life of me get that to work. Growl!
Take care.
S
On Oct 23, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Bubba wrote:
> Hi, is there a reason not to update your phone to IOS4 update to it.
>
>
>
> Sign,
> Bubba
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 3:31 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Copying data off web pages and other apps using
> IPhone.
>
> Yeah that was on iphone 3 running ios3 but I've tried everything I could
> think of and no go. Weill keep trying though.
> On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Laura wrote:
>
>> I think this message is about iPhone 3. Copying from safari wasn't
> possible then, but it is now. I do it quite often. You can also copy from
> email messages without having to forward or reply to them. Text messages
> don't work quite as well, but you can still copy phone numbers within them
> easily.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23 Oct 2010, at 19:21, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I found it but I could never get this to work. Good luck and here is the
> message.
>>>
>>> text
>>> First bare in mind that material viewed in Safari can not be
>>> selected. This is a documented limitation. I believe EMails are
>>> viewed in the Safari browser, hence you would need to forward a
>>> message in order to render the text selectable.
>>>
>>> Lets say for example that you want to extract the phone number from a
>>> text message that reads as follows:
>>>
>>> "For a good time call 800-466-4411 and ask for help."
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone can find a better method but there appears to be no
>>> way to select the phone number exclusively. Instead I used the rotor
>>> to get to edit and flick down with one finger to copy (the only
>>> available
>>> option) the entire message.
>>>
>>> Next I can either go to email or create a note where the above number
>>> is to be pasted.. Again I use the rotor to land on "edit", and flick
>>> to paste and double click.
>>>
>>> I now have the entire text quoted above, but all I want is the phone
> number.
>>> So I move my insertion pointer to the "F" in "For", but must pinch
>>> those five words away. As one experiments with pinching this will
>>> become a lot easier. You do a two fingers opening gesture I think of
>>> as a reverse pinch to select right of the insertion pointer and a
>>> real pinch (close two
>>> fingers) to unselect. What is selected/unselected depends on the
>>> size of the gesture and current rotor setting. If selecting
>>> characters, a half inch open pinch gesture will likely cause VO to
>>> say that the r was selected and I'll hear three clicks indicating
>>> that the f and o were also selected. The same gesture while the
>>> rotor toggle is set to "words" would likely cause the words "for a
>>> good" to be selected. I would hear three clicks and VO would
>>> say: "good selected". So I would first rotate to words and use a
>>> large open pinch gesture to select: "For a good time call". If I
>>> accidentally over do it and select the phone number I can use a
>>> closed pinch to unselect it. If I only selected the word "time" I
>>> can do a tiny open pinch to select the word call (all data to the
>>> left remains selected). Once the first five words are selected, then
>>> I'd toggle the rotor to "edit" flick to "cut" and double tap, and those
> five words are gone -- I now have text reading:
>>>
>>> " 800-466-4411 and ask for help."
>>>
>>> Now all I need to do is place the insertion pointer to the right of
>>> the phone number, rotate to words and use an open pinch gesture to
>>> select the unwanted four words as described above. When VO says
>>> something like: "help selected", rotate to edit and flick to "cut"
>>> and only the phone number will remain.
>>> On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you don't have any information, please don't post.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 2010, at 4:54 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There was a way to do it. It was discussed on another list but since I
> left that lit I can't ask. lol!
>>>>>
>>>>> S
>>>>> On Oct 22, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Kristyn Leigh wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that you can't copy text from Safari on the iPhone.
> Where such options are available, you will find "edit" in the rotor. Once
> you choose "edit," flick up/down to find select all, cut, copy, and paste.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kristyn Leigh
>>>>>> Sent from my mini Mac.
>>>>>> kristyn0@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 22, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Sean Murphy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>> Hi All.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> this is a basic question and I cannot find any info on it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do you copy text using the IPhone when you are on a web page or
> within an email? I am not in an edit field when I want to do this.
>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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