HI William.
this is a good resource.
thanks for sending this. Handy to have on my mac in case i forget a gesture.
Maria
On 7 Feb 2018, at 11:59 pm, William Brandes <williambrandes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Michael. Does this help? The following is in two parts.
Part 1. This document contains information about how to activate
VoiceView, basic usage, settings, and gestures.
VoiceView Quick Start Instructions
Power on your tablet by pressing the Power button located next to the
USB power port. Wait up to a minute for the device to load the
language section screen. Press and hold the Power button until you
hear an alert sound, and then hold two fingers (slightly apart) on the
screen for five seconds to enable VoiceView. The tutorial will
automatically launch when VoiceView starts for the first time. After
completing the tutorial, continue setup of the device.
• Turn on VoiceView from any screen by holding the Power button until
you hear an alert, and then place two fingers (slightly apart) on the
screen and hold for five seconds.
• Explore the screen by dragging one finger on the screen.
• Go to the next item by swiping right with one finger.
• Go to the previous item by swiping left with one finger.
• Activate an item by placing focus on it then double-tapping anywhere
on the screen. If the item doesn't activate, try slowing down or
speeding up your tapping speed.
• Read all from selected item by swiping down with 2 fingers.
• Scroll a window by dragging three fingers on the screen.
VoiceView Settings
You can customize your VoiceView experience by modifying user
settings. To access settings when VoiceView is on, swipe down from the
top of the screen with three fingers, focus on "VoiceView. Tap for
settings" in the notifications list, then double-tap to activate.
Alternatively you can navigate through the settings menus:
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen with three fingers, focus on
Settings, then double tap to activate.
2. Focus on Accessibility, double tap to activate, focus on VoiceView
then double tap to activate.
The following settings are available:
• Reading Speed: Adjust the speed of the VoiceView voice.
• Speech Volume: Set the volume level for VoiceView speech, select
Match device volume to use the same volume as other media.
• Sounds Volume: Set the volume level for feedback tones, or select
Match device volume to use the same volume as other media.
• Key Echo: Determine what is echoed back to you while entering text.
By default, characters are echoed as they are typed to confirm entry.
This can be changed to none, characters, words, or both characters and
words.
• Punctuation Level: Control what punctuation marks are read aloud.
• Braille
Gestures
Cycle up in Granularity (character, word, etc.) by swiping up then
down with one finger using a single motion. This allows you to step
through items at the selected granularity. For example, character
granularity can be used to spell a word.
Cycle down in Granularity (character, word, etc.) by swiping down then
up with one finger using a single motion. This allows you to step
through items at the selected granularity. For example, character
granularity can be used to spell a word.
Go to next item by granularity by swiping down with one finger.
Go to previous item by granularity by swiping up with one finger.
Quickly navigate items by granularity with the jog wheel gesture. To
use the jog wheel gesture, double-tap and hold with one finger
anywhere on the screen and immediately draw circles clockwise or
counter clockwise to move forward or backward at the granularity
level.
Go to the Home screen by swiping up then left with one finger in a
single motion. You can also use the Home button near the bottom middle
of the screen in the soft key bar.
Move between category pages on the Home screen by swiping left or
right with three fingers (for example, Books, Videos, or Music).
Go Back by swiping down then left with one finger in a single motion.
You can also use the Back button near the bottom left of the screen in
the soft key bar.
Open Quick Actions and Notifications by swiping down from the top of
the device with three fingers. Alternatively, swipe right then down
with one finger in a single motion.
Show recent apps by swiping left then up with one finger in a single
motion. You can also use the App Switcher button near the bottom right
of the screen in the soft key bar.
Type on the keyboard by moving one finger slowly over the keys to hear
them read to you. When you hear the letter you want to type, lift your
finger from the keyboard to enter the letter. If you hear a
high-pitched tone, your finger has moved outside the keyboard.
Select a word from the suggested word list by typing a letter of a
word, and then slide your finger from the bottom of screen until you
hear a high-pitched tone. Without lifting your finger, draw circles
clockwise to hear a list of suggested words. Draw circles
counter-clockwise to cycle backwards through the words. Lift your
finger to select the word.
Go to the next page or previous page by swiping left or right with
three fingers.
Adjust an incremented control (such as a slider) by placing focus on
the control you want to adjust, then use one of the following methods:
1. Swipe up or down with one finger.
2. Use the jog wheel gesture.
3. Swipe right then left, or left then right, with one finger in a
single motion.
4. double-tap and hold, and then slide a finger to adjust the control.
To use the jog wheel gesture, double-tap and hold with one finger
anywhere on the screen and immediately draw circles clockwise or
counter clockwise to move forward or backward at the granularity
level.
Long press an item by placing focus on the item, then double-tap and
hold with one finger. This performs the action of holding a finger on
an item as if VoiceView were disabled. For example, for an app icon on
the Home screen, it would display a menu with an Uninstall option at
the top of the screen.
Unlock the screen by using one of the following methods:
1. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen with two or three fingers.
2. Place focus on the unlock button, then double tap to activate.
The following gestures were added to Fire tablets at the end of 2017:
• Stop speech by single-tapping with 2 fingers.
• Read all from selected item by swiping down with 2 fingers.
• Read all from first item by swiping up with 2 fingers.
• Start or stop media by double-tapping with 2 fingers.
• Start or stop dictation text input (on supported devices) by
double-tapping with 2 fingers while editing text.
• Make an Alexa request by double-tapping and holding 2 fingers.
• Turn screen curtain on or off by triple-tapping with 3 fingers.
• Go to the first item on screen by tapping on upper half of screen
with 4 fingers.
• Go to the last item on screen by tapping on lower half of screen
with 4 fingers.
• Turn speech on or off by double-tapping with 3 fingers.
• Enter or exit Learn mode for gesture practice by double-tapping with
4 fingers.
And, here is more:
Part 2. Guide to Reading Books with VoiceView
With VoiceView, you can use gestures and Text-to-Speech to read and
interact with your book. Help for 4th Generation, 5th Generation, 6th
Generation, and 7th Generation Fire Tablets.
You can switch between two modes of reading: continuous and
non-continuous. Continuous reading will read all pages in the book,
while non-continuous reading will read a page, character, or word on
the page.
• Start reading
◦ From your book, swipe down from the top of the page with two fingers
when the reading toolbar is closed to start reading from the top of
the page. Use an L gesture to start reading from the current focus
point.
◦ When you open a book, Text-to-Speech begins reading the book and
automatically turns the pages.
• Switch from continuous to non-continuous reading
◦ Tap the screen to switch from reading continuously to reading one
page at a time.
◦ When using VoiceView, granularity can be adjusted to read one word,
line, or character at a time
◦
Note: Depending on the content being read, some reading level options
may not be available.
• Show reading toolbar
◦ While reading, tap the screen, and then double-tap the screen to
show the reading toolbar.
• Change continuous reading speed
◦ The continuous reading speed control is located in the bottom right
corner of the screen when the reading toolbar is open.
◦ Tap the control, and then double-tap the screen to change the reading speed.
• Change reading voice
◦ With the reading toolbar open, swipe down from the top of the screen
with two fingers to open Quick Actions, and then select Settings.
◦ From Settings, select Keyboard & Language, and then select Text-to-Speech.
• Read one page, paragraph, character, or word at a time
◦ Swipe up and then right in a continuous motion with a finger to
activate the Local Context Menu.
◦ With the Local Context Menu open, select your preferred reading
level: character, word, line, paragraph, page, or default.
◦ Depending on the content being read, some reading level options may
not be available.
◦
Note: The VoiceView's Text-to-Speech voice reads in your device
language. However, not all languages are supported.
• Read additional content
◦ Double tap to select highlights, footnotes, alternate text, and Word
Wise content when they are announced.
◦ Swipe left or right to read text before or after selected content.
• Turn page
◦ Swipe left with two fingers to go to the next page. Swipe right with
two fingers to go to the previous page.
• Open the Go To menu
◦ Swipe from the left edge of the screen with two fingers, and then
double-tap a chapter or section.
• Select text
◦ Explore the screen with a finger to find the word you want to select.
◦ Double-tap the word, and then hold to listen to the definition of
the word being read to you.
◦ You can also swipe to the left or right to choose a highlight color,
add a note, share your notes and highlights, and more.
• Adjust text selection
◦ Selection markers are available in the menu after selecting text.
◦ Select the markers to increase or decrease the text selection size.
Stay well ... William
