Dear Esther and others, I would like to thank all of you for your assistance. I will make sure that the appropriate manual is once again a part of my iPhone.
I would also like to thank you, Esther, for drawing my attention to John Panarese's offerings. Like a lot of people, I genuinely wish that all of these documents were available in formats such as RTF. I prefer studying and using Braille on my Apex and then carrying out what I learn on my iOS device. Am I showing my age? :-) At any rate, my sincerest gratitude to all of you who helped me. Mike On 1,Jun,2013, at 12:12 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Karen, > > I would just use the link to the accessible HTML version of the iPhone User > Guide instead of getting the ePub version from iBooks, which is the link that > I think you are referencing. Actually, I notice that there is an iPhone User > Guide for iOS 6.1 in iBooks now: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide-for-ios-6.1/id600665817?mt=11 > It depends on whether you have another iOS device that has iBooks loaded. > Although the ePub versions of the iOS User Guides from iBooks are DRM-free, > it's generally easier to access the HTML versions. There are also PDF > versions for all these manual that come up if you Google for "iPhone User > Guide". Here's the U.S. version: > http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf > > I think that it's really your choice which format you choose to use. At > present, you need to have an iOS device to "purchase" even the free user > guides from the iBooks Store. You can get a copy of this guide onto your Mac, > but then you have to read the ePub through some software -- Bookle, iText, > Stanza Desktop etc I forgot to mention that John Panarese also has some > versions of these guides that he converted to RTF format at his > macfortheblind.com web site. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > P.S. I inadvertantly touched the link for upgrading to the new Google Groups > format just now. After all these months of avoiding the change! Aargh. > > On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:28:28 AM UTC-10, kare-ca wrote: > Esther, > Am I correct in understanding that the next to the last link can give you > the guides outside of the phone itself? > Would be helpful to read them on another device while working with the phone > itself if that makes sense. > Thanks, > Karen > > On Fri, 31 May 2013, Esther wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > > The following link, accessed only from your iPhone or iPod Touch, will > > take you to the most current version of the iPhone User Guide: > > http://help.apple.com/iPhone > > This is the regular link to the iPhone User Guide that appears under > > your Safari Bookmarks when you get a new iPhone. When you reach this > > page with VoiceOver turned on, you'll hear a message, "VoiceOver users > > double tap here…" with a link. Double tapping on that link will take > > you to the accessible HTML version of the iPhone User Guide for your > > language. This HTML version can be accessed from any web browser. > > For english, the accessible HTML version of the iPhone User Guide (for > > iOS version 6) may be found at: > > http://help.apple.com/iphone/6/en.lproj/index.html > > For German this would be: > > http://help.apple.com/iphone/6/de.lproj/index.html > > > > Once in the accessible HTML version, you can navigate directly to the > > link for "Accessibility" or the section for "VoiceOver" under that > > section and separately bookmark those pages, with the option to save > > this to your home screen for easy access (double tap the "Utility" > > button at the bottom of the iPhone screen, then double tap the "Add to > > Home Screen" button). > > > > If you need to find the exact address for other language versions of > > the iPhone User Guide in accessible HTML format, use the first link I > > listed from your iPhone. Then, before, double tapping the link > > announced for VoiceOver users, navigate to the "Change Language" > > button at the bottom of the page. (Note: you may have to get there by > > using a two finger flick read all gesture, since focus doesn't always > > move correctly to this button if you flick.) Double tapping the new > > language selection from the list will take you to the version of the > > regular iPhone User Guide in your newly selected language without your > > having to change the default language for your iPhone under Settings. > > Then, you can double tap the link for VoiceOver users at the start of > > the User Guide to get the accessible HTML version of the guide in > > another language. > > > > Alternatively, I've posted the links to a number of these guides, > > including HTML links to older iOS versions of the iPhone, iPod Touch, > > and iPad user guides, as comments at the AppleVis site: > > • Easy access to the iOS Manual > > http://www.applevis.com/guides/easy-access-ios-manual > > > > That page also gives links to the iBooks ePub versions of the iOS user > > guides. The one for the iPhone in iOS 6 for the U.S. Store may be > > found at: > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide-for-ios-6/id563272542?mt=11 > > > > > > If that link doesn't work for you, change the "us" following the > > "apple.com/" to your appropriate two letter country code, or just > > search for "iPhone User Guide" under iBooks. > > > > HTH. Cheers, > > > > Esther > > > > On May 31, 5:53 am, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Do a search on "iphone users guide". It will be there as the first item > >> in your results. You can download that pdf to your Mac and more easily > >> access what you need. Easily download it by just pressing Option-return > >> on the link after Interacting with that first search result. The > >> VoiceOver stuff is in the latter part of the document starting around page > >> 115 in the Accessibility section. Lots of good stuff in here that many of > >> us should read to use our iPhones and other iOS devices to the fullest. > >> > >> HTH. > >> > >> Later... > >> > >> Tim Kilburn > >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> > >> On 2013-05-31, at 9:21 AM, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> This is sort of embarrassing, especially since I have been an iPhone user > >>> for over a year. I wanted to look something up in the VoiceOVER manual, > >>> but when I launched Safari and tried to find the link, it was no longer > >>> there. I have no conscious recollection of erasing the manual or, should > >>> I say, the bookmarked link to the manual. I am wondering what the best > >>> way would be to get the most recent iteration of the iPhone manual for > >>> VoiceOver users back on to my phone. > >> > >>> Kindest regards to all, > >> > >>> Mike > >> > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. 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