Hi Paul I can't direct you to written instructions but I'll try to put down exactly what I do.
By the way, I don't commonly use this gesture with podcasts preferring to use a third party podcast catcher. the gesture is a standard IOS one and can be used in a number of apps where there is a list of items. You can use it in some text editors to delete particular files. I checked that it did still work in the current release of IOS 5 with podcasts and it does. I could only get it to work about one in three. As I said it's a bit tricky. Anyway here we go. Bring up the list of podcast episodes from which you wish to delete an episode. Run your finger down the screen on the left hand side. You should find the button to go back to the list of subscribed podcasts at the top. Then the search field and then the list of episodes. Stop when you get to the one you want to delete. The real point of doing this is to find where physically on the screen the podcast episode title is located. Now lift your finger a little and do the pass through gesture. This is where you double tap but you hold your finger on the screen after the second tap rather than lifting it. As you hold your finger still you will hear a rising three tone sound. As soon as you hear this, quickly swipe your finger to the right. Do not lift your finger before doing the swipe and be as careful as possible to move straight across the screen. I think this is the difficult part. As far as I can tell you need to travel very close to exactly parallel to the top of the phone. Imagine you are drawing a line through the written podcast episode title. Now if it worked there will be a button to confirm the deletion. The button will appear after the episode you are trying to delete. You can swipe around to find this if you like. In swipe order it should be directly after the episode in question. You can just double tap on this button to confirm the delete. I hope this works for you. The pass through gesture is the same one you would use to put your device into edit mode when moving apps and deleting them. Good luck. I would recommend getting a third party podcast app like Downcast. You won't have to worry about all this then. That said the pass through and cross out gesture is probably one worth learning. You never know when it will be useful. You can check out a «quick review I did for the Downcast app at http://bit.ly/A9Wvqm Garth @BlindTechMusing on twitter. On 12/02/2012, at 5:05 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > Hello Garth. First can I do this with VO on? Do I tap the episode and then do > the vypass then drag? What is the pass through? Finally, can yu describe > exactly what you do and tell me where the instructions are located? Thanks so > much. > > On Feb 10, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Garth Humphreys <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This gesture is a little tricky to get right but it does work. >> >> For best results I find it is easier to find the particular episode you want >> to delete by dragging your finger around the screen rather then swiping. >> This way you can find where on the screen the podcast episode is. Then do >> the passthrough gesture on the left of the screen and swipe right. It's >> supposed to be like drawing a line through the episode as though you were >> crossing it out. Once you hav \e performed this, do a swipe to the right to >> find the confirm delete button. >> >> I'm not saying you have to do it as I described but this is how I find >> deleting things works best for me. >> >> HTH >> >> Garth >> @BlindTechMusing >> >> On 11/02/2012, at 3:32 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: >> >>> Ricardo when I double tap and hold and swipe left or right I don't get the >>> delete option. Am I missing a step? >>> >>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> When on the specific podcast episode, double tap and hold for the pass >>>> through gesture. Then without lifting your finger swipe to the left or >>>> right. This will bring up the confirm deletion button after the episode. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: >>>> >>>>> How do I remove podcast episodes from my IPhone while using Voice Over? >>>>> Thanks so much. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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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