ALthough you are entitled to your opinion, I would have to disagree with your statement concerning the editing functions as being junk. There certainly is some learning curve which is true with about anything. I would have to say the editing functionality works well and I have used it on several occasions with great success. I point this out because I want others to have another opinion and understand that they should give it a go before assuming it is junk. I think the thing that throws many users and especially those used to how editing is done in the world of WIndows screen readers the learning curve will be a bit more.
On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Rose Combs wrote: > The edit function and cut and paste on the phone itself is junk, said from > someone who much prefers using a keyboard when needing to edit where ctrl v > and c work and where deleting works with separate keys so you know exactly if > you are going the right direction. I very much hate editing on the phone > itself, if Vokul makes a mistake, in fact, I just leave it there, and if I > make a horrible on typing I just delete the whole thing and try again. I > don't do lengthy messages or e-mail on the phone, only mail I get is to send > phone numbers to the address connected to the phone because reading e-mail on > the phone is not for me at least a pleasant experience. I have lots of uses > for the phone but editing, cutting and pasting are not among them unless I am > bored and feel I have nothing else to do. > > I like the phone and it goes everywhere with me but those functions and the > rotors are my least favorite. Practice in those cases does not make perfect, > just frustration. > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chuck Dean > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 2:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone > > Yes, as above, make sure you are going in the right direction. > > When I first got my iPhone I thought the edit function was junk until I > realized my mistake. > Chuck > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:49:54 PM UTC-7, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hi all, > > I often get really confused when I try to edit the text that I've typed. > For example, when I want to edit a text message, I swipe down with one > finger and VO reads the text character by character. > Now, if I want to delete a character, I double tap the delete button. > So, sometimes the character that VO last spoke gets deleted and at > other times the character which was immediately before the character > that VO last spoke gets deleted. > So, how exactly does this work? > Let's say I've made a spelling mistake and have written my name as R A > H O U L instead of R A H U L. > So, where should I press the delete button to delete the O? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > Best, > Rahul > -- > 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. -- 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.
