Hi Donal Int's been a while since I did this, because I must confess I use an Bluetooth keyboard most of the time instead of the on-screen version. But my iPad is in a mode where by touching a letter doesn't actually cause it to be activated. You have to actually lift your finger off the screen a little for that letter to be typed. But the point is that the sound is different.
Gordon On 13 Oct 2011, at 14:00, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi Lynne, Apologies I sent that last mail in a rush as I had to go teach a class; oddly enough about user-interaction and interface design which is always fun. The sounds I'm talking about are the VO sounds. When "mute" is on, there are none and I find I can operate the device faster. I've even done some task analysis on myself and (though this is only a sample-size of 1) I'm definitely more efficient. So let's say I'm in touch-typing mode and I miss the D key but hit the S. When I slide to the right I hear a click. This same click happens when one moves from icon to icon on the home screen etc. I *loath* these extra sounds. Rant over! On 13 Oct 2011, at 12:50, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Donal > > In the case of your keyboard clicks, can't you turn them off by changing the > typing mode to touch type? Or is it from Touch type? You know what I mean; > the mode where you slide your finger along and when you lift it, it > automatically adds the character. From memory; and please correct me if I am > wrong, but I don't think you get those clicks then. > > Personally I don't much care for the clicks either; but i can see why some > might like them and why Apple sees them as a "Must-have" It must be difficult > for somebody who is blind and new to the OS to know when they have moved > their finger sufficiently. > > I'm not blind and that's why I haven't voiced my opinion on this until now. I > can totally understand why a visually impaired person might like these. > > I know that Gordon finds them irritating when trying to create a text message. > > Lynne > > On 13 Oct 2011, at 12:27, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hello all, > > OK I may have missed something, but I'm slightly disappointed by the fact > that the clicks, beeps and pings Apple assumes every blind user wants to here > are still a part of the IOS experience. I personally hate, for example, the > click when I move my finger across the keyboard. (one can turn off keyboard > sounds in the sounds section but not the VO ones). I love, for example, to > keep my phone on mute because then I can just hear the speech and none of > this extraneous cr*p apple assumes I want to hear. > > I appreciate I'm probably in a minority here, but surely it can't be > difficult to give the user some control over what they want to hear? > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
