Hello Kawal, Aser, Garth, and Venkatesh, Kevin Chao did a podcast some time ago on selecting text on the iPhone with VoiceOver. You can find it at: feed://kevinchao.podbean.com/feed/ Look for "Text selection. Copying and pasting." Alternatively, you can listen to this on the podcast weblog page using the embedded player at: http://kevinchao.podbean.com/ However, you'd have to use the link for older podcasts to navigate to the next page in order to access it from the weblog page.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 3, 2011, at 02:49, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I'll have a go and thanks for both responses much appreciated. Can you do > this on the Mac using the Track pad? Never tried! > On 3 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Aser Tolentino wrote: > >> Hi, >> To select text, navigate to where you wish the selection to begin, then >> place to fingers together and pull them apart in opposite directions,, like >> an opening or pulling apart motion. I've had trouble with VoiceOver >> mistaking this motion for a rotor turn and have had better luck using two >> hands. >> >> In an email exchange over how to make an app more accessible, a developer >> informed me that his rich text editor could not reliably select text while >> VoiceOver was active due to an apparent limitation in Webkit. As I think all >> IS browsers are based on that technology, it seems that the workaround >> suggested below might be the simplest way to get at text consistently. >> Perhaps this will be made simpler by Safari's reader functionality in IS5? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:53 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I can't do the pinch gestures to select text on my I phone as no one has >>> ever described to me what to do. If someone could describe how to do it I >>> will have a go! >>> On 3 Oct 2011, at 04:02, Garth Humphreys wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I don't believe that this is possible. You can only select text where it >>>> is editable. So for example if you wish to select some text that is in an >>>> email you've been sent, you would first have to setup a reply to the >>>> email. This makes the text editable and you then can go through and select >>>> some of it. >>>> >>>> You can make a selection by doing a pinch out gesture. The text will be >>>> selected in increments of either character, word or line dependant upon >>>> your current rota setting. You can also do a select all by setting the >>>> rota to Edit and then flicking up. >>>> >>>> I don't know of anyway of selecting text on a web page directly. I guess >>>> you could email the page to yourself and then do the Reply trick as >>>> outlined above. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Garth >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Potluri >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/10/2011, at 7:27 PM, Venkatesh Potluri wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi listers! >>>>> I would like to know the gesture or the series of gestures that I have >>>>> to perform to select text in EMails, web pages and in applications >>>>> where there is text in iOs 4.3.5. I am using an iPhone 3gs. >>>>> I need help in selecting multiple messages from a conversation to >>>>> forward or delete. >>>>> Thank you in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
