Gigi, Where can I get a keyboard? Will I be able to use all the features of my iPod with a keyboard?
On 26/10/2011, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again. > Let me see if I can clear this up. First, many of us, maybe most of us, > learned to touch type early in life. Myself, I learned in the fourth grade. > The keyboard on the iPhone and other devices like that is arranged like a > typewriter, so when my blind friend told me the arrangement was exactly like > the old typewriters, I was clued in right away. It seems that most blind > people prefer to use touch typing. There's another option on the iPhone or > iPad, etc.where you can use standard typing which requires split or double > tapping to make the keys respond. But touch typing involves going around the > screen and the phone says what key you landed on, and you pick up your > finger. Now, after a little practice, you can get pretty accurate at landing > on the key you need without hearing each one. It is faster for me to use a > keyboard that I just got, but I can input with the onscreen keyboard if need > be. I hope this explanation helps. > > You may want to get a keyboard so that you can more easily do your typing on > the iPhone, iPad, etc. If that's not possible, you might want to set your > device on touch typing. To do that, you check your roter first. The roter is > a way to make choices on the device. Take two fingers and twist your hand > either to the left or right like you are dialing an old-time phone or > turning an old radio dial. Don;'t do it very far, and do it a little slowly > so that VoiceOver has a chance to say what you are landing on. When you hear > it say typing, then you can take one finger toward the bottom of the screen > and flick it I think toward the top of the screen. If doesn't work, go the > other way. When it says touch typing, then you have set the device so that > you can make letters by touching them and then picking up your finger. > VoiceOver will say the letter in a different voice when it accepts the > letter. > > It takes a little practice to do the roter, but it's worth it so that you > don't have to go to settings all the time. If you can't do the roter, > however, you can go to VoiceOver settings and set the roter to do touch > typing from there. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 6:47 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Thank you for your tips and encouragement. >> I always read great things about these Apple devices on the Internet >> and get encouraged, but I really get frustrated when they don't work >> properly for me. >> BTW, I have a question. >> How do you people manage to find out which alphabet is which on a >> touchscreen? >> You can easily locate all the keys on a normal keyboard after a bit of >> practice, but how can you do that on a device which has a touchscreen? >> >> On 25/10/2011, Gigi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi guys. >>> I would also like to add to what Teresa said about devices like the iPad >>> and the iPhone. I also use split tapping. Split tapping is when your >>> finger >>> is on an item you would like to select. Just take one of your other >>> fingers, >>> and lay it on the screen without moving the one you are using to go >>> around >>> the screen. Even if you don't use this command, it's good to know about >>> this >>> command because there are times you might accidentally make a choice you >>> didn't intend and you will know that's what you did. Also, sometimes it's >>> good to make a choice without moving your finger. I use split tapping all >>> the time, and I also use the ones Teresa mentioned. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Rahul, >>>> >>>> You can start with your home screen. You can explore it by moving one >>>> finger around on the screen. As you move, VO tells you which items are >>>> under your finger. Along the bottom of the screen are 4 applications. >>>> The >>>> home screen has different "pages", but the four things at the bottom of >>>> the screen in the dock area are always there. Next, you can try swiping >>>> a >>>> finger to the right. This will take you to the next item, and swiping >>>> left >>>> will take you to the previous item. >>>> >>>> to open an application, you can find it and double-tap on it. I'm fairly >>>> sure that if you find Safari on the bottom dock area and double-tap it, >>>> you'll land on the page for the manual. In any document, such as a web >>>> page, you can swipe down with two fingers from near the top and it will >>>> read continuously. Tap once with two fingers to pause and restart it. >>>> >>>> This will get you started. Once you're more comfortable navigating, you >>>> can explore the gesture practice in the VO settings. >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> Teresa >>>> "Visualize whirled peas." >>>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I have a 4th generation iPod Touch, but I am not being able to use it >>>>> with VoiceOver. >>>>> VO reads everything that's given on the screen, but I really don't >>>>> know how to move forward. >>>>> I have never used a device with a touchscreen before, so that could be >>>>> the reason for the problem I'm facing. >>>>> >>>>> So, can anyone here give some tips that might be useful? >>>>> I really want to be able to use my iPod Touch. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Rahul >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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