Alex, Can you airplay the home screen and every single app on the iPad? That’s why I said HDMI, in that way, everything on the iPad or iPhone can be displayed on the bigscreen. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro
2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 23, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > HDMI is a good idea, but why not go wireless? Get an Apple TV, and Airplay > the iPad to the big screen (you'll need to check on the iPad models that can > do this, but I think the 3 can). No wires, and the Apple TV can be useful in > and of itself. Or, I think there are apps that let Mac computers emulate > Airplay receivers, letting you mirror your iPad to the iMac. Just something > to think about. > On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I will mention that to her nephew. He has said more than once that money is >> not an issue here. So, he can go and get her a brand spanking new iPad with >> all the trimmings if he wants. She must be his favorite aunt because he is >> going all out here for her. She's lucky. >> >> Gigi >> >> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Daniel Hawkins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Just an idea, have a HDMI cord hooked up to the iPad so she can see it on >>> the bigger tv if she have one. So she can learn the layout, as she slowly >>> learn Voiceover. >>> Daniel Hawkins >>> - Posted from my Macbook Pro >>> >>> 2012 15in. Macbook Pro >>> 2.3 Quad-core i7 >>> 4GB DDR3 >>> 500GB HDD >>> >>> Dual Boot: >>> Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit >>> >>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, I think that will work ok. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow about >>>> taking this iPad out of his Apple ID and setting up another one for his >>>> aunt. That way, she can do whatever on her iPad without messing up his >>>> devices. >>>> >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, you can't move icons like that. Using Zoom you can enlarge >>>>> the screen, but icons will always fill home screens to the right and >>>>> down. You can move icons wherever you like on Android, but not iOS. That >>>>> said, you could always just have a bunch of folders or home screens with >>>>> only a few icons each. >>>>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Alex. I am going to be helping this lady's nephew tomorrow. He's >>>>>> got three different iPads, the highest of which is an iPad 3. I'm going >>>>>> to talk him into giving this one to his aunt so that she can have >>>>>> dictation and Siri. >>>>>> >>>>>> You guys with low vision correct if I'm wrong, please, but I thought >>>>>> that because she's very elderly also, that we could move the icons >>>>>> around on the iPad so that they would be separated and make them bigger. >>>>>> I even thought about moving them so that they are in the corners of the >>>>>> iPad so that when her vision gets worse she can know where they are. We >>>>>> can switch her to the iPhone if we have to if she goes totally blind or >>>>>> pose to it. She has got an iMac that somebody gave her, and I thought >>>>>> that she could use it for looking at her pictures on her big screen. Her >>>>>> nephew is a computer guru, so I'm just giving him a crash course in >>>>>> VoiceOver. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Gigi >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:57 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Either way is fine. It is the same gesture used to activate the back >>>>>>> button, so however you do that will work here. This requires Voiceover >>>>>>> to be on - if it is off, the pinch out will split the keyboard, and the >>>>>>> pinch in will join it. >>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Alex >>>>>>>> Excuse me for being a little dance here, but does that mean scrub from >>>>>>>> top to bottom or does that mean scrub from left to right when the >>>>>>>> keyboard is up? >>>>>>>> Gigi >>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:14 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> While focused in the edit field, with the keyboard visible, do a >>>>>>>>> two-finger scrub. That should toggle the keyboard's split mode. >>>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi guys >>>>>>>>>> I am in the process of helping someone set up an iPad free for an >>>>>>>>>> elderly lady with low vision. I think she might need the feature of >>>>>>>>>> splitting the keyboard so that you can use two hands to type with. I >>>>>>>>>> think she may need voice over part time, and maybe later full time. >>>>>>>>>> I understand that her vision loss is progressive. 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