[macvoiceover] Re: aiphone, really tired of text edirting issues!

  • From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:10:26 -0400

Marie, I'm even finding characters I never entered.  For example,  my phone
number had a string of 9s after it, and there are no 9s in my phone number.

Donna

 

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[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marie Howarth
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:38 PM
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Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: aiphone, really tired of text edirting issues!

 

the method Josh describes works for me perfectly.

 

On Jul 8, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:





Josh, I'm sorry, but you're just wrong.   I've been doing this since 8 this
morning.  I can't tell you how many times I have done *EXACTLY* what you
described-flicking up and down to move through text-- only to find that the
focus point was not just one, but often *several  characters away from where
I thought it was.  If that's Apple's best, it's not good enough for me.

Donna

Donna

 

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[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh de Lioncourt
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:06 PM
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: aiphone, really tired of text edirting issues!

 

 

When you switch the rotor to characters, are you flicking up and down
instead of left and right? Left and right flicks will still move you from
item to item on the screen. You need to switch to the up/down flicking to
move through the text specifically.  Practice in the Notes app to type and
edit, which is what I did when I first got the phone. It really works quite
well. Also, remember that VoiceOver is telling you where the insertion point
is, and is not lying to you like Windows screen readers do. If you're a Mac
user, it behaves the same way as the insertion point on the Mac. If not,
remember that the insertion point is always between characters. If you are
moving backward through the text with the upward flicking gesture, that
places the insertion point to the left of the character you just heard.
Moving forward with the downward flick places it to the right of the
character you just heard.

 

HTH. Don't give up on your phone. It really works extremely well. :)

 

On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:






Hi all,

 

I am still having text editing issues.  I have used the rotor, but still
cannot move the insertion point one character at a time.  If I make a
mistake in an edit field, the only way I can seem to fix it is to delete the
whole bloody thing, and start over.  This is simply not acceptable.  I just
spent four hours trying to create my app store account, only to be told that
I had timed out, and now have to start the whole ****ing process over.   If
there isn't a faster way to deal with text entry, the iphone is going to
have to go back.

Thanks for any suggestions, if you have them.

Best,

Donna

 

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