Hi Grant, When I Use a braille display, I always have the iPhone within easy reach so that I can perform the tasks that work better on the screen with the screen and those that work better with the display on the display. That way, I have the best of both worlds.
Best, Anna Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > There's a couple of tasks which are easy to perform from the touch screen of > my iPhone, but which I have not found equivalent ways of doing using my > braille display. Specifically, I'm using a BrailleNote Apex BT. > > The first task is to toggle editing functions when you are in a long list of > items, without losing your place in the list. For example, suppose you were > reviewing a long list of Email messages in the Mail app, and decided that you > would like to mark a couple for deletion. On the touch screen, you would tap > on the Edit button in the top-right corner, and then tap roughly in the > center of the screen to move back to the list in approximately the same spot. > But on a braille device, if you perform the command, say, to move to the > first element on the screen, and then move forward a couple of elements to > find the Edit button, then if you kept moving forward you would arrive at the > top of the list again and you'd have to move forward several elements to find > the item you were on before. I hope this makes some kind of sense. I am > guessing this is the best you can do with a braille device? > > The other task is to force VoiceOver to regain focus. Sometimes, when I go to > the home screen, or review the status bar, VoiceOver loses its focus. The > previous and next element commands do not work. It's not a big deal when > using the touch screen because you can just tap manually somewhere to get > VoiceOver to focus upon that element, after which normal navigation resumes. > But on a braille device, I haven't found an equivalent. > > I hope these make some sense. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Grant > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en.
