[macvoiceover] Re: ipod touch question

  • From: Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:47:27 -0400

Sounds like you have the screen curtain on.  You can turn it on and off by 
tapping with three fingers three times and Voiceover will tell you whether it 
is on or off.

HTH.

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On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:19 PM, WandaAdmin wrote:

> Hello!!!
> 
> is the ipod touch screen with accessibility supposed to look black to sighted 
> people when it is on?
> 
> need to know.  Bought an Ipod touch three weeks ago and my friend today told 
> me the screen looks black ( no icons  etc) when it is on.
> 
> I hope this message to get to the list.
> 
> thanks
> wanda
> 
> 
> Wanda Diaz-Merced
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Glasgow
> Glasgow, G12 8QQ
> wanda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 0758862790
> 
> On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote:
> 
>> 
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>>> Date: March 11, 2010 8:08:02 AM EST
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