[macvoiceover] Re: IPad Incommunicado
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:53:26 -0600
Hi Cindy,
> When you say you reset your iPad, do you mean you turned it off and then back
> on again? If not, you might wish to try this. I was helping a friend with
> an iPhone connect a Brailliant BI 40 display. We had it working, and then I
> tried to connect it to my iPhone, which also worked, however, when my friend
> then tried to connect it back to his iPhone it wouldn't work. He chose to
> forget the device, and then the Brailliant wouldn't even show up as being
> available. We turned off his iPhone and then turned it back on again, and
> all was well. So, if you haven't tried this, give it a hook. To turn off
> the iPad, hold down the power button for a few seconds and a message should
> come up on the screen with a button to tap to turn off the power. Double tap
> this button and then wait a few seconds and then turn on the power again.
HTH
Russell
Sent from my iMac running Mountain Lion!
On 2012-08-10, at 7:08 AM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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