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- From: Saqib Hussain <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:45:05 +0100
Hi. How do I order the other voices?
On 16/10/2011, Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cheers, that helps a lot. Not keen to update my Touch yet though as I like
> the lady of the moment on there. I've heard the Irish voice and it's not
> bad you know.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
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> Up close with iOS 5: Accessibility features
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>
> by Christopher Breen
> <about:/contact.html?t=e&e=Christopher+Breen&ssid=1&sid=163058> ,
> Macworld.com <http://www.macworld.com/> Oct 15, 2011 12:16 am
>
> iOS 5 introduces a wealth of new features that can be used to aid people
> with visual, aural, and mobility impairments. You'll find these options on
> the Accessibility setting screen under Settings -> General -> Accessibility.
>
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> VoiceOver
>
>
> VoiceOver is a system that allows people with visual impairments to navigate
> the touchscreen of an iOS device. Switch it on and your iOS device speaks to
> you, telling you what's under your fingers as you touch areas of the device.
> As before, VoiceOver requires that you use gestures in a different way than
> you would with the feature switched off. For example, to activate an item,
> you double-tap it. To scroll a page, you flick with three fingers.
>
>
> <http://images.macworld.com/images/article/2011/10/accessibility_voiceover-2
> 58770.jpg>
> The VoiceOver pane can help people with visual impairments navigate their
> iOS devices.
>
> The VoiceOver screen includes multiple functions. The first, Speak Hints, is
> an On/Off option. When on, VoiceOver will provide some additional detail on
> how to use a button or feature you've selected. The slider below the Speak
> Hints entry allows you to adjust the speaking rate of the VoiceOver voice.
>
> The next area includes feedback options. The Typing Feedback screen, which
> you access by tapping the Typing Feedback button on the VoiceOver screen, is
> where you determine how the device indicates what you've typed. You can
> choose to have the typed characters, words, or words and characters spoken
> to you when you're using either or both a software and hardware keyboard.
> Below this item are three On/Off options-Use Phonetics, Use Pitch Change,
> and Use Compact Voice (the last of which is new with iOS 5). Each determines
> the character of the spoken voice.
>
> The Braille command includes a new option. In addition to support for
> Contracted Braille and the Status Cell option, there's now support for
> eight-dot Braille devices.
>
> The Rotor command (called Web Rotor in the previous version of iOS) includes
> a greater number of functions that you can control with the Rotor gesture.
> For example, you can now adjust speech rate, volume, hints, and vertical
> navigation. New spoken languages are now available from within the Language
> Rotor list-Irish English and South African English, for example. You can
> also now choose different feedback when navigating images with
> VoiceOver-Always, With Descriptions, and Never. Finally-also new with iOS
> 5-is the option to speak notifications as they're received.
>
>
> Zoom
>
>
> The Zoom feature is unchanged from the previous version of iOS. Enable it
> and you can zoom the screen by double-tapping with three fingers. To zoom
> out, use this same gesture. To move around a zoomed screen, drag three
> fingers.
>
>
> Large Text
>
>
> This is another unchanged feature. From the Large Text screen, you can
> choose a larger text size for Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes
> ranging from 20-point to 56-point text.
>
>
> <http://images.macworld.com/images/article/2011/10/accessibility_bigtext-258
> 758.jpg>
> If you find your iOS device's text too small, you can enlarge it with the
> Large Text option.
>
>
> White on Black
>
>
> Similar to OS X's White On Black feature within the Universal Access system
> preference, you use the White On Black option to invert the iOS device's
> screen colors, making it easier for someone with visual impairments to see.
>
>
> Speak Selection
>
>
> Within the Accessibility section you'll find a new Speak Selection option,
> which you can switch on or off. When switched on, you can select on-screen
> text via the usual method and then tap a Speak button to hear the text
> spoken.
>
>
> Speak Auto-Text
>
>
> Another previously available feature, Speak Auto-Text speaks any
> autocorrected and autocapitalized text when it's switched on. This is
> helpful not only to people who have visual impairments, but also to those
> who don't pay strict enough attention to a device's desire to substitute
> words when it detects alleged mistakes.
>
>
> Hearing Aid Mode
>
>
> Another new feature with iOS 5-at least if you have an iPhone 4 or
> 4S-Hearing Aid Mode makes iOS devices more compatible with hearing aids.
>
>
> Custom Vibrations
>
>
>
> <http://images.macworld.com/images/article/2011/10/accessibility_vibration-2
> 58764.jpg>
> Create a custom vibration so you can more easily tell who's calling without
> glancing at the phone.
>
> If you can't read your iPhone's screen, it's very difficult to use caller ID
> on a muted phone. The new Custom Vibration feature-which, like Hearing Aid
> Mode, is only available on the iPhone 4 and 4S-allows you to assign a unique
> vibration pattern to a contact. This way, when your iPhone vibrates in a
> pattern similar to the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (termed
> the Symphony pattern), you know it's Ludwig calling.
>
> In addition to the five included vibration patterns, you can create your
> own. Just choose to edit a contact within the Phone app and then tap the
> Vibration entry. In the Vibration screen that appears, select Create New
> Vibration. In the New Vibration screen, tap out the rhythm to "Shave and a
> Haircut" or "Jingle Bells" or "Louie Louie," if you like. Tap Play to check
> your work, tap Save, and then name the pattern. Select it in the Custom area
> of the Vibration window, and tap Done in the top left corner to attach it to
> your contact. You can also change the device's default vibration to a custom
> vibration.
>
>
> LED Flash for Alerts
>
>
> Switch this iPhone 4- and 4S-only option on, and your phone's camera flash
> will blink when you receive an alert for an incoming text message, push
> notification, or call.
>
>
> Mono Audio
>
>
> Stereo is a problem for people who have difficulty hearing equally from both
> ears. This option alters a stereo signal through the headphone port so that
> both sides of the stereo stream are broadcast through each earpiece.
>
>
> Balance Controls
>
>
> Along these same lines, if the hearing in one of your ears is better than in
> the other, you can use the new Balance Control slider to make one channel of
> the stereo signal louder.
>
>
> AssistiveTouch
>
>
> If you have difficulty touching the device's screen, AssistiveTouch is for
> you. Switch it on, and a target-like icon appears on screen. Tap it, and a
> gray overlay window appears from which you can select Gestures, Device,
> Home, and Favorites icons.
>
>
> <http://images.macworld.com/images/article/2011/10/accessibility_assistiveto
> uch-258752.jpg>
> With the new AssistiveTouch window, you can easily invoke commands that
> normally rely on the tap of a button.
>
> Tap Gestures and you can choose to control your device with two to five
> fingers-helpful when you have little finger dexterity. Tap Device, and such
> common button commands as Mute, Rotate Screen, Lock Screen, Volume Up,
> Volume Down, and Shake appear on screen. Tap the command you want to invoke.
> Tap the virtual Home button to be taken to the home screen. Tap the
> Favorites icon to access gestures you've created.
>
> You create these gestures by enabling AssistiveTouch and then tapping the
> Create New Gesture entry at the bottom of the screen. In the screen that
> appears, use up to five fingers to swipe or tap out a gesture. You can then
> activate one of these gestures from AssistiveTouch's Favorites menu.
>
>
> Incoming Calls
>
>
> This iPhone 4- and 4S-only option setting lets you choose how incoming calls
> will be routed-Default (via a headset, if one is connected, or the speaker),
> Headset, or Speaker.
>
>
> Triple-Click Home
>
>
> This setting, aimed at people who will use the device's accessibility
> features, allows you to configure what a triple-click of the Home button
> does. The options include Off, Toggle VoiceOver, Toggle White On Black,
> Toggle Zoom, Toggle AssistiveTouch, and Ask.
>
> [Christopher Breen is a senior editor for Macworld.]
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