Double tap and hold is the same thing that a sighted person we get by doing a
long hold or long press. Two tabs are necessary because you're using a screen
reader, so the first tab gives focus, while the second tap and hold performs
what a single tap and hold would do if you weren't using the screen reader.
Mary
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 19, 2017, at 5:54 AM, Carol Smith (Redacted sender "carollablady" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a couple of questions. First, how does one do a long hold while using
Voiceview? I have been able to get a new screen open with a double-tap and
hold. This gives me the choice of uninstall and back at the bottom of the
screen and uninstall at the top of the screen. Other than uninstalling those
things I don't want that are allowed to be removed, my only other option
seems to be moving things into a folder I named Extras. This has cut my
icons down considerably, but I did not have the option to remove anything
from the home screen.
Carol
On 7/19/2017 7:16 AM, Faith Cummings wrote:
There is an easier way to do this. Do a long press on the app, and it will
take you into selection mode. The two choices are to remove the app from
home, or to remove it from the device. Removing it from home is at the top
of the list. Just press enter on your keyboard, or double tap on the
selection and you will no longer see the app. It will be on the kindle in
the apps list, but not on the home screen. Faith
-----Original Message-----
From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
On Behalf Of William Brandes
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 4:54 AM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Getting rid of apps on the Kindle fire home screen
Hi Mary. At this time, the best you can do, is create a folder and drop the
apps into the folder on the home screen. This should make for a much cleaner
look. The following link says it all.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201829240
However, I would do this with sighted help since the operation can be
difficult and/or confusing with screenreader, but, perhaps worth it
considering how much cleaner the screen can become!
Stay well ... William
On 7/18/17, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There are quite a few items on the Kindle home screen which I would
like to dispose of. These are things I will never use such as the
calculator, free time, and more. For other things, I would like to be
able to move them. I would like settings up in the top row, not down
at the bottom. Can this be done with the screen reader, and if so how?
Mary
