[macvoiceover] Re: IPad Incommunicado

  • From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:08:50 -0500

Well, I really don't know why I have to do this. I guess I will have to hope 
that someone at HumanWare is more able to explain this to me. I should have 
thought I could just connect it, but this doesn't seem to be the case. I got 
the IPad back started though.

CL

On Aug 10, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> In sources in iTunes with your iPad connected, make sure you have selected 
> your iPad. Then make sure the summary tab is selected. Then when you go past 
> all the tabs and interact with the scroll area, doing bokeys-left-arrow 
> should put you on the configure universal access button.
> 
> However, it seems to me there are other issues here though I don't have a 
> braille display so I can't be sure. Why won't your braille display connect to 
> your computers? Why do you need to have your iPad forget the braille display 
> if you are trying to connect it to the iPad? Why would you end up having to 
> reset the iPad? It doesn't seem to me that all of this should be necessary 
> but maybe all of this really does go on all the time with braille displays. 
> Somebody on list who has a braille display would be better able to deal with 
> all this than I am, but it seems like you are going to a tremendous amount of 
> work.
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You, Lord,
> my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 10, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Well, I went to ITunes and found the IPad was 100% charging. It wanted me to 
>> register it, and maybe it wasn't, but I never did find Universal Access, so 
>> I can't do anything else there. What do I do?
>> 
>> Cindy
>> 
>> On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Cindy,
>>> 
>>> Yes, just attach your iPad to your computer, and, in iTunes, in the 
>>> "Sources" table, navigate to your iPad, stop interacting, and then VO right 
>>> arrow till you get to "Universal Access", and in there you should find a 
>>> button or checkbox to turn VO on.  It's been a few years since I've done 
>>> this and am going from memory, so if I have something wrong, hopefully 
>>> someone will chime in with corrections! :)
>>> 
>>> HTH
>>> 
>>> Russell
>>> Sent from my iMac running Mountain Lion!
>>> 
>>> On 2012-08-09, at 8:37 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I was trying to set my Brailliant up on the IPad. I had tried to connect 
>>>> it to my MacBook Air, but it won't connect to my computers. But now I had 
>>>> to reconnect it to my IPad. In order to do this, I often have to reset the 
>>>> IPadl as well as forget the devicel Usually I can find the device again 
>>>> anyway, but this time it was not to be. Meanwhile, I inadvertently turned 
>>>> off VoiceOver. This would be in settings. Tried the three tap on the 
>>>> button, but I think my finger stuttered. I've tried to turn it off and on 
>>>> but, of course, now I don't know if it is on or if it isn't. Short of 
>>>> getting a sighted person to help with this, is there a way I can fix it.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> CL
>>>> 
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