[vi-android] Re: A Review of BIG Launcher, the Android App with Seniors in Mind - AccessWorld? - November 2013

  • From: Aaron <blindgeek1989@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:37:14 -0500

Quentin,
With being a low vision user both of us are in the same boat as far as being 
between two worlds. How do you cope with using your vision to see things on 
your phone and also when you need to use talkback? Do you find it annoying to 
have to suspend talkback and then pull down the notification screen to pull it 
back up? How do you deal with reading small print on the screen  and just using 
your phone in general? I’m still trying to figure this out. 
Thanks,
Aaron Linson
Producer of The Cast Podcast

On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Quentin Christensen 
<quentin.christensen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> Interesting, i just had a look and if you press the menu key and go to Nova 
> Settings, "Desktop" is the first or second option, then "Home Screens" is the 
> seventh option.  Then it gets tricky - this displays a grid of all your home 
> screens, which you can explore or swipe through.  To delete one, you have to 
> locate it, then double tap and hold, and it will vibrate to indicate it's 
> moving, but then you have to drag it to the top middle of the screen where 
> visually there is an X and if you drop it on the X, it will delete it - 
> unfortunately that part doesn't read out or indicate in any way, so your 
> options for deleting a page are either trial and error to find the right 
> place to drop the page, or sighted help.
> 
> With icons which appear on multiple screens, there are two options - if they 
> are in the very bottom row, they are likely in the 'dock' - a group of five 
> icons which appear on every screen - any changes you make to the dock will 
> appear the same on every home screen, so it's worthwhile setting this up with 
> things you do actually use regularly.
> 
> If they are simply icons which are replicated on multiple pages then yes you 
> can just delete the excess ones.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Quentin.
> 
> 
> On 20 November 2013 02:38, John J. Jacques <kg7fa2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Quenton, thanks for that.  I will save your message and give it a try.
>  One other question, do you know how to remove pages completely?  As I
> mentioned, I have 8 pages and I don't think I need that many.  Hopefully,
> I can remove the re-occuring apps, or are those apps on every page
> regardless?
> 
> Have a good one:
> John
> 
> 
> John Jacques
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