SlingPlayer Accessibility in IOS 8

2015-01-02 Thread Rajiv Shah
Hello all:I am writing about SlingPlayer accessibility. While playing with my iPad running IOS 8, I noticed a difference in the level of access between my iPhone 5 running IOS 7 and the iPad with SlingPlayer running IOS 8. on IOS 7, the programmatic names of the buttons such as the labels for

Re: SlingPlayer Accessibility in IOS 8

2015-01-02 Thread Eden Kizer
i need the player controls used from the bluetooth keyboard, how do I get around this app I tried with the braille display that did't work great, but I do have the bluetooth keyboard now. Running latest iOS thanks. Eden On 1/2/2015 2:48 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote: Hello all: I am writing about

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-07 Thread David Chittenden
Correct, text is translated before it is displayed. This is because text always saved as text, not grade II braille. The buffer is not displayed, either in the iPhone, or in blindness specific devices which keep text as text rather than grade II braille symbology. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-06 Thread brian albriton
Something I would like to see in terms of Braille support, would be a change in the way contractions are handled when writing Braille. With other screen readers the contraction is not expanded until a space is created and the word essentially is identified. Four instance, if you write the

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-06 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I thought this was already implemented in iOS 7. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 06/06/2014 18:07, brian albriton wrote: Something I would like to see in terms of Braille support, would be a change in the way contractions are handled when

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-06 Thread David Chittenden
Go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, Braille, and turn automatic braille translation off. Apple added this in iOS 7. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 7 Jun 2014, at 5:07, brian albriton autoharp...@gmail.com

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-06 Thread brian albriton
Thanks, David. My last try this and currently, you cannot read the word you are currently writing until you make a space it is however a step in the right direction. Just needs a little touching up. I'd had forgotten all about this and thank you for reminding me I will play with it some more

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-05 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Since I hold a developer account and no information was forthcoming at the WWDC, I cannot talk about any enhancements to Braille support and so on. Like most of us here I respect Apple's NDA so will say no more. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-05 Thread John Diakogeorgiou
Without starting anything didn't you say enough by telling everyone you are using 8? On 6/5/14, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Since I hold a developer account and no information was forthcoming at the WWDC, I cannot talk about any enhancements to Braille support and so

Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-04 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has seen information regarding enhanced Braille display support in IOS 8? thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or

Re: Accessibility of iOS 8

2014-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
It was not in the Keynote, and anything beta testers discover while actually using iOS8 will be covered by Apple's NDA. In other words, if we didn't find out about it on Monday, no one is allowed to say anything until the official release in the fall. Naturally there will be those who disregard