That also works. I wish they  would have left it alone but we'll see. lol!
On May 16, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:

> Yeah, things have indeed changed, but it appears that its still possible to 
> avoid the pinch gesture.
> 
> When I enter a word that is announced as "misspelled", I can flick up once in 
> word mode or twice in character mode to focus on the offending word.  It then 
> may be selected individually via the edit menu, which in turn exposes the 
> "replace" option.
> 
> HTH.
> Geoff
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]>
> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: spell check gone in ios?
> 
> 
>> Hmm you used to be able just to swipe down to a character and go to edit, 
>> then replace. I'm surprised you have to now pinch as I don't want to do that 
>> as I have issues with my fingers and hands.
>> On May 15, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Sarah,
>>> 
>>> I just tested the misspelled words: "a n m a l" and "k u n t r y" on my 4S 
>>> running IOS 5.1.1.  After selecting the offending word via the open pinch 
>>> gesture, I am seeing a "replace" option when I use the rotor to select 
>>> "edit" and flick down.  Double tapping results in a list of possible 
>>> corrections.  Actually in the above two examples there only appears to be 
>>> one choice.
>>> 
>>> HTH.
>>> Geoff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:52 PM
>>> Subject: spell check gone in ios?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hello to all. I noticed for a while now that I cannot spell check. I have 
>>>> spelling on, but when I hear misspelled I cannot go to the edit menu and 
>>>> hit replace. It just is not there, the replace option that is. Did it 
>>>> disappear compleatly or is  there something i need to do to get it back.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> thanks all.
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