Hi Mark, thanks. I don't have a PC on which to rename photos, so I'll be trying to do it in iTunes on my Mac. It will be interesting, I have never done much with photos in iTunes before. I'll report back to the list on how it goes. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:29 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > I only just began following this thread but my experience is that if I want > VoiceOver to announce the name/description of any photo in my Photo Library, > I must first copy the photo to my PC, then, name the photo or give it a > description from within its properties area. I think I use the Title tag. > > Now, keep in mind that I do this on a Windows PC but, when I sync the photo > back to my phone, the title/description is usually read, as I land on the > photo. > > There are some exceptions, however. In my case, I have 4 or so photos that > were taken on my iPhone 3GS. NO matter how I manipulate the tags, VoiceOver > will only read the date that the photo was taken. Again, I'm using a Windows > PC to do this so cannot speak to the mileage you will get on a Mac. I > suspect that tagging the photos in iTunes will be much more successful than > by doing so using an external application as is the case when using Windows. > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 11:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple's response re renaming photos > > Hi Kate, > > ET explained why the labels don't sync. If you do the two-finger double tap, > your just giving it a new VO label, not actually renaming the photo. > > Your approach would probably work, but I'm also going to play around with > renaming them in iTunes. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I guess the other way to do this would be to up/download the photo or video >> to your computer one by one, so you know what they are, and then rename them >> on the mac. >> >> Also, the custom labels using the double tap with two fingers don’t seem to >> synch over devices here. so if I label a pic or vid on my phone, when I put >> them on the mac, the labels go away, sadly. >> >> Caitlyn >> >>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Well, sounds like at this point there isn't a good way to do this. I >>> assume by custom labels Apple means the two-finger double tap, though if >>> anyone knows differently please let us all know. Their response is below. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> Thank you for your email. At this time, Custom Labels are the best option >>> for renaming your photos and videos on iOS. 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