Hi Karen,
I concur with Scott's suggestions. Before you go to the store to check
out the iPhone, review the section on VoiceOver gestures in the iPhone
User's Guide:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/en/
The direct link to the section on VoiceOver is:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voiceover/en/iphddd0db38.html
VoiceOver gets turned on and off in Settings > General > Accessibility
> VoiceOver. I assume the store will have to turn this on for you.
Once you're on that screen, you can do a two finger flick up to have
VoiceOver read out the screen contents. If you want to stop it, tap
with two fingers on the screen. Then you can also navigate to the
next item and hear it announced by flicking right with one finger, or
listen to the previous item by flicking left with one finger through
the page.
You'll probably want to change the speaking rate, which is done with a
slider near the bottom of the VoiceOver screen. If you used a two
finger flick to read through to the end of the page, flick left with
one finger to get to the slider, or simply move your finger up from
the bottom of the screen to touch it. Then, flick up (to increase) or
down (to decrease) to adjust speaking rate.
The Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver screen also has a
"Practice VoiceOver Gestures" area that works like keyboard practice
mode: once you activate it (by double tapping) VoiceOver will announce
the gestures it thinks you made and the associated action (e.g.,
"Flick right; move to next item"). Double tap on the "Done" button at
the top right of the screen to exit the "Practice VoiceOver Gestures"
area.
Another point: when a button or link has focus (because you've touched
it, or flicked to it), you can double tap anywhere on the screen to
activate it. Also, to go back to reach a previous screen in a tree,
you'll generally double tap a button at the top left of the screen.
So, if you choose to set up the triple-click home as a toggle switch
for VoiceOver, after leaving the VoiceOver Screen by double tapping
the "Accessibility" button at the top left, flick right until you
reach the "Triple-Click Home" button (or just move your finger to the
bottom of the screen to touch it), and double-tap. Then, flick right
past "Off" to "Toggle VoiceOver" and double tap to select it. You
can leave the various "Settings" menu screens by simply pressing the
Home button at the bottom of the screen once.
On your iPad question, it should be possible to use the iPad without
an external keypad. However, what's very intriguing is a report from
TUAW that some people were able to use the iPad Camera Kit attachment
to hook up a USB keypad. This doesn't seem to be universal, since
some people commented that they got a "USB Device Not Recognized" when
they tried this, so we don't know which models this might work with.
It may just work as a feature that is not officially supported.
Here's the link to the TUAW article, "Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I use a USB
keyboard or headset with my iPad?" by Erica Sadun, April 23, 2010:
<http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/23/dear-aunt-tuaw-can-i-use-a-standard-keyboard-or-usb-headset-wit/
>
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
I just learned today that my mobile phone provider here in Toronto
has the i-phone. I want to step into a store and see what it is like.
Any tips, in case the sales person is clueless about the access
features?
May as well add a goofy ipad question too. is everyone using one
actually using an extra keypad or does access mean the touch screen?
I know that is a baby question, but since I do not have an ipad I
have not followed those threads.
Karen
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