[the-facts-machine] Fw: VoiceOverEasy, (a very complete source for tutorials for IOS devices)
- From: "Marcia Moses" <mgmoses@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:34:22 -0400
This sounds like a very useful website, thanks to Dan Thompson.
From: dan Thompson
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:48 AM
To: dan Thompson
Subject: VoiceOverEasy, (a very complete source for tutorials for IOS devices)
VoiceOverEasy
NOTE to iOS 8 users: iOS 8 became available for download on Sep 18 2014, and An
"iOS 8" option was added to the list of available operating systems. However,
as of this post, Voiceover-Easy.net has not had time to test with iOS 8. While
the step by step instructions in most lessons should work fine in iOS 8, there
may be some deviations. A notice at the top of each lesson has been added for
iOS 8 users to indicate that iOS 8 verification of the instructions in the
lesson is either, "pending," "verified," or "enhanced," indicating the lesson
has beenupdated with iOS 8 enhancements. If you are using iOS 8, and you
experience any issue with the lessons, or if the lessons can be done without
deviation, please provide feedback to the web master using the link at the
bottom of the page. You, the readers, can greatly speed up the testing process.
*I. Introduction and welcome:
Welcome to VoiceOverEasy.Net!
This website was developed in order to provide a detailed, step by step
tutorial for users of the Voiceover assistive technology found in iPhones and
iPads. This site makes no assumptions that the reader has any previous
knowledge of or experience with iPhones or iPads, and no previous experience
using Voiceover is necessary to begin using these lessons.
There are no pictures or diagrams on this site. All lessons have been developed
using text only.
These lessons are intended to be viewed on a computer while working with your
iPad or iPhone. Trying to perform the exercises on the same device you are
reading the lessons on will be difficult, and would require knowledge of
Voiceover commands which beginners will not have. As an alternative to viewing
these lessons on a computer, each lesson could be printed out in large print or
braille and reviewed with your iPhone or iPad in hand.
*II. About the Web Master.
I have been working in technology for the federal government since 1985. For
most of my career I was a low vision technology user. I used a screen magnifier
and reader, and when smart phones first were available, I used whatever tools
were available for the phone to read the screen and magnify the text.
In 2013 I lost my vision to glaucoma. I found that I had to relearn how to do
almost everything on my computer and smart phone. I soon found that my smart
phone wasn't going to cut it anymore, and I began researching alternatives.
Almost every article I read and every person I spoke to agreed that Apple's
Voiceover technology was the best adaptive technology available. I attended a
one day seminar on the iPhone at the New Jersey Foundation for the Blind and
purchased an iPhone 5 soon after. It worked much better for me than my previous
phone.
I started by reading the user guide. I found that many of the chapters used
figures and diagrams as part of their explanations of the phone's operation.
This made them of limited use for me. I also reviewed the appendix on
Voiceover. It gave a good overview of how to use Voiceover, but it wasn't
designed to cover all the subtile nuances of its use. So I went back to the New
Jersey Foundation for the Blind for a series of workshops on how to use
Voiceover. I found them to be extremely helpful, and I was even able to use
some of my experience in Information Technology to help others as they learned.
As a computer programmer I am a very organized thinker. It's too bad that
doesn't carry over to the rest of my life! I learn by starting with basic
concepts and then building on them. So I began writing notes and organizing
them into basic ideas. Next, I added concepts that built on those ideas. At one
point I realized the notes might be useful for others, and I started developing
this web site.
During my career in Information Technology I have written and taught computer
courses to users of many levels. I have found that it's important that users do
best when they have a good grasp of the concepts that underly the steps they
are doing. It makes them more self sufficient. They are able to figure out what
to do when things go wrong. They are able to apply the concepts in new ways,
and they feel more confident when they understand why things work the way they
do.
Based on this experience VoiceoverEasy.net has been developed so that new terms
and concepts are clearly defined the first time they are introduced, and then
used often for the next several lessons to reinforce them. Also, those of us
who cannot see rely on a high degree of precision in our vocabulary. We are
highly dependent on words. As a result, these lessons build a "Voiceover
vocabulary," which is begun in the Voiceover Basics section and then used
throughout the remainder of the lessons.
Semi-legal Stuff.
The material here is based largely on my own experiences using voiceover on the
iPhone 5 and iPad Air. I make no claim to be an expert in Voiceover or any of
the other technologies peripherally discussed here. I also have no association
with Apple Inc. or any other companies mentioned throughout these tutorials.
So, with all the disclaimers being said, I hope you find this information
helpful.
*III. Acknowledgements.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Kath Harris for her
assistance with critiquing and proof reading this material, and to thank Jack
and Martin for their assistance in getting this site up and running. This site
would not have been possible without their help.
*IV. Contacting the Web Master:
There are links for "providing feedback", "making a suggestion", "reporting an
error or problems", , or "something else" on the HomePage.
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/
*V. Orientation to the rest of the page for starting a lesson. 1. If using a
screenreader, Press the letter b 1. If using a screenreader, press the letter
b and the cursor is placed on "start lesson" button.
2. Just below the "start lesson" button is "step one" for starting a lesson.
This involves choosing a device from a drop-down list.
3. Arrow downonce more and a "change" button is encountered.
4. Step two involves choosing the IOS version to study. This is done with
another drop-down list of IOS versions.
5. Arrow down again and another change button is encountered.
6. Step three involves Selecting a Lesson or Web Page from the Table of
Contents shown further down the page.
7. The next three links are:
a. VoiceoverEasy Home Page
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/default.aspx
b. What's New
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/WhatsNew.aspx
c. About This Website
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/default.aspx#About
8. Arrowing down once more encounters the next button entitled "show details."
9. After each of the following lesson links is a "show details button. Here are
the units and lessons available. After each brief description is a link to
the lesson or unit. You will notice there is no unit three. It jumps from
unit two to unit four. That is how it is on the website.
Lesson 1. Orientation and Basics
This course is geared toward visually impaired users of iOS Devices with Siri
capability and who use Voiceover technology to read the screen of their device.
Lesson One points out key buttons, switches and plugs on the exterior . It also
introduces Voiceover and the gestural language it uses to navigate around the
display. At the end of this lesson you should know:
a.. The location of the power button, Mute Switch, the volume buttons, the
headphone jack, The Home Button, and the USB port for charging your device and
connecting it to a computer.
b.. What Voiceover and Siri are, and how they work together to help you use
your iOS Device.
c.. How to power up your iOS Device and start Voiceover without assistance.
d.. The parts of the display and where they are located.
e.. How to use gestures to control Voiceover.
. This section introduces terms and actions which will be used throughout later
parts of this course. Even if you have been using your iOS Device for a while,
it is recommended that you glance at the review sections and try the exercises
anyway as a quick refresher.
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/Basics/Lesson1.aspx
Lesson 2. Working with Apps
This course is geared toward visually impaired users of iPhones and iPads
running devices with Siri capability and who use Voiceover technology to read
the screen of their device. This part of the course expands on the Voiceover
navigational gestures begun in Part 1, and introduces new gestures to launch
applications. We’ll also do some basic text entry. At the end of this lesson
you should know:
a.. What an App is.
b.. How to activate icons, buttons and text fields.
c.. How to switch between active apps, and how to close apps you aren’t
using.
d.. What Airplane Mode is.
e.. Why it’s important to close applications.
f.. How to scroll vertically between screens
g.. How to sort long lists into alphabetical order.
h.. How to create a note using the Notes Application.
i.. How to enter unedited text into Text Fields
· http://www.voiceover-easy.net/Basics/Lesson2.aspx
Lesson 3. Editing Text
This course is geared toward visually impaired users of iPhones and iPads
running devices with Siri capability and who use Voiceover technology to read
the screen of their device. In this lesson you will learn more advanced
techniques for editing text inside Text Field items, and take a first look at
the Rotor. At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
a.. Move around text to correct typing mistakes
on 5
a.. Understand what characters are and what the cursor/Insertion Point is.
b.. Switch between Character, Word and Line modes.
c.. Explain the difference between Standard and Touch Typing.
d.. Adjust speech rate and volume using the Rotor
e.. Create , edit, and save notes.
f.. Select text for cutting, copying, pasting and deleting.
· http://www.voiceover-easy.net/Basics/Lesson3.aspx
UNIT 2: Creating and Managing Contacts
This course is geared toward visually impaired users of iPhones and iPads
running devices with Siri capability and who use Voiceover technology to read
the screen of their device. This lesson covers basic and intermediate contact
management. Contacts are used by many apps, including Email, phone and text
messaging to name a few. When you receive an incomingcall, your iPhone can tell
you who it is, if you have that number in your contacts. When you send Email
messages, you can quickly insert Email addresses from your contacts rather than
typing them letter by letter. In this lesson you will learn:
a.. Important security concerns for working with contacts.
b.. What Contacts are and how to add, update and delete them.
c.. How to specify contacts as "Favorites" and what Favorites are.
d.. How to customize the order in which contacts are listed and how they are
displayed.
· http://www.voiceover-easy.net/PeopleApps/Contacts.aspx
Unit 4: Email
This course is geared toward visually impaired users of iPhones and iPads
running devices with Siri capability and who use Voiceover technology to read
the screen of their device. In this lesson you will learn:
a.. What Email Accounts are and how to manage them.
b.. How to customize Email sounds and other settings.
c.. How to set up your device to send and receive email
d.. How to set up auto signatures.
· http://www.voiceover-easy.net/Email/Lesson1.aspx
Unit 5: Let's Talk
this lesson you will learn how to:
a.. Start and stop dictation mode.
b.. Capitalize letters at the beginnings of words, or capitalize entire words
and phrases.
c.. Specify punctuation while dictating.
d.. Add blank lines with the "New Line" command.
e.. Add special symbols called Emoticons.
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/LetsTalk/DictatingInTextFields.aspx
Gesture List
Gestures are made by moving one or more fingers around the screen, or by
tapping with one or more fingers. They form a language Voiceover uses to
control your iOS Device. The folowing table lists all the gestures presented in
the lessons at VoiceoverEasy.net. Gestures are listed in the order in which
they were presented in the lessons.
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/References/GestureList.aspx
Glossary
This is an alphabetical listing of terms introduced in the
VoiceoverEasy.net lessons.
http://www.voiceover-easy.net/References/Glossary.aspx
Other Resources
This page contains links to other websites outside Voiceover-Easy.net, which
may contain additional helpful information. VoiceoverEasy.net is not
responsible for the contents of these sites, nor does their listing here
constitute an endorsement of any product sold on that site.
For Help Using MAC Computers.
The headings on this page include:
Apple.com:
AppleVis.com:
Macces ibility.com
Other resources for learning iOS
Other Technology.
Flying Blind LLC>
Independent Living.
Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind, (Florida).
New Jersey Foundation For the Blind
This concludes the tour of the VoiceOverEasy
Web site.
Hope you find some useful information to get the most out of your IOS Device.
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