[access-uk] Re: iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The Mac-cessibility Network - News [Lioncourt.com]

  • From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:11:31 +0100

Hi,

This is what we couldn't get to work.  I'll try this myself when I receive
the iPhone and post back results.

Thanks.

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Hussein.

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Holdstock
Sent: 09 April 2010 18:45
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The
Mac-cessibility Network - News [Lioncourt.com]

Why do you need sight to reactivate voice over? Once you've enabled the home

button triple tap feature it's not a problem.

Peter

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From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:02 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The 
Mac-cessibility Network - News [Lioncourt.com]

> Hi,
>
> Actually, the only annoyance with voiceover, and I'm not sure if this 
> holds
> for the Symbian readers, is that you can't mute the voice and kill the
> voiceover gestures at the same time so a sighted person could fully use 
> the
> phone without conflict with the voiceover gestures.  You can kill 
> voiceover
> completely, but then you need to reactive at and you need sight to see the
> 'on' option in the little menu that appears.
>
> I do think the ability to activate the speech via iTunes before the device
> is even switched on is rather neat though.  It makes it really handy for
> those without sighted assistance who don't need to worry about installing
> things or configuring access settings before they can get started.
>
> _______________________________________
> Have a pleasant day,
>
> Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
>
> Hussein.
>
> Hussein Patwa
> Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK)
> Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954  (SIP)
> Twitter: www.twitter.com/hussein_patwa
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>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of
> Hussein Patwa
> Sent: 09 April 2010 13:53
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The
> Mac-cessibility Network - News [Lioncourt.com]
>
> Hi,
>
> Whereas that may be true, you've got to admit for accessibility with a 
> touch
> phone voiceover has the competition beat.  I'll verify this myself over 
> the
> next day or two, but having been in close touch with someone who's tried
> both major screen readers for Symbian, and voiceover for over a month, I
> think he's right.
>
> Best,
>
>
> _______________________________________
> Have a pleasant day,
>
> Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
>
> Hussein.
>
> Hussein Patwa
> Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK)
> Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954  (SIP)
> Twitter: www.twitter.com/hussein_patwa
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>
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>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of
> Steve Nutt
> Sent: 09 April 2010 11:26
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The
> Mac-cessibility Network - News [Lioncourt.com]
>
> Hi Gordon,
>
> If you want to know what is in OS 4 for iPhone, just take a seven year old
> Symbian phone, and you're about there <Smile>.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of
> Gordon Keen
> Sent: Friday 9 April 2010 08:45
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] iPhone OS 4.0 Features Unveiled-- The Mac-cessibility
> Network - News [Lioncourt.com]
>
>
> Apple continue to add functionality to their products.
>
> http://www.lioncourt.com/2010/04/08/iphone-os-4-0-features-unveiled/
>
> Regards
>
> G
>
> From glorious Devon, England.
>
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