Hi Phil, The section on Accessibility and VoiceOver under the HTML version user guides for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad are what's available in the way way of an online manual for VoiceOver on iOS. You can put an icon linking to the relevant section on you iOS device screen for quick access. Apart from that, there's the VO Starter app that Michael Doise wrote for getting across the basics for new iOS device users in a fashion like the VoiceOver Quick Start guide on the Mac. • VO Starter by Michael Doise ($0.99, universal app) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vo-starter/id586844936?mt=8
If you're asking about other guide-type resources, there are lists of iOS keyboard and Braille shortcuts at the aXs lab pages: • iOS Gesture, Keyboard & Braille Shortcuts http://axslab.com/ios-shortcuts This has not been updated since iOS 5. An older web page giving Bluetooth keyboard shortcuts for VoiceOver is hllf's blog web page: "VoiceOver Keyboard Commands for iOS 4.1 and Later" at the URL: http://www.hllf.net/70 What's nice about the table organization of hllf's web page is that it lists four columns for: (1) action, (2) keystroke with QuickNav on, (3) keystroke with QuickNav off, and (4) equivalent gesture. That way you can check whether there is an equivalent keystroke (with QuickNav either off or on) for a gesture that you know how to perform on the touch screen. You can also find out the cases for which there is no keyboard equivalent. Apart from checking recent podcasts at AppleVis - such as couple David Woodbridge did earlier this month on learning and practicing VoiceOver gestures on your new iOS, and one on multi-touch gestures for the iPad, you either need to read mailing lists or the AppleVis site for posted questions. The best single written guide on VoiceOver on iOS is the National Braille Press publication, "Getting Started with the iPhone and iOS 5 for Blind Users" by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau($22): http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IPHONE-IOS5.html There is also Anna's "A Quick Guide to iMessaging with VoiceOver" ($6) that is also linked from that URL. This is obviously not up to date, and Anna is working on an updated version for iOS 6. Basically, the tips that come up in mailing list discussions get added to the book's discussion of topics and tips. For lists of the HTML and iBooks versions of the iOS user guides, check the comments posted at the "Easy access to the iOS manual" thread posted under the Guides section of AppleVis: http://www.applevis.com/guides/easy-access-ios-manual HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:11 AM, "Phil Halton" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have a link to the online IOS Voiceover manual if there even is > such a thing? I've looked, but can't find anything other than the iPhone HTML > manual and I want to find a manual on the specifics of using VoiceOver. > > thanks <--- 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
