Rose that certainly has nothing to do with editing being junk, useless, etc. I suspect in your case the issue is time and effort balanced against other issues.
On Jun 16, 2012, at 7:50 PM, Rose Combs wrote: > Read it, tried it, but my life has been very stressful over the past year so > some of it did not take and since I am not fond of texting and will not do > e-mail on my phone except to send myself stuff from work occasionally, I > have not tackled it lately. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Les Kriegler > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 11:20 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone > > Hi Raul and Scott, > > Thank you for encouraging us to learn to edit on our phones. This > encouraged me to explore the skill further. In Anna and Dean's book, there > is an excellent section explaining how to edit text with specific examples > provided. They then go on to explain how to select various chunks of text. > I would highly recommend that everybody who is having difficulty grasping > the editing concept on the iPhone to red this section of their book. > > Les > On Jun 16, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > >> Hey Scott, I'm with you 100%. I really like the fact that the cursor is > between the letters. So if you move backwards, then pressing delete will > delete the character prior to the one spoken last, if you move forward, > delete will delete the character last spoken. Basically, if you stop to > think it through, it will be very logical. I find editing with the touch > screen to be very nice, and even better than with a bluetooth keyboard. Not > junk at all, but then again, that's my opinion too. <smile>. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> That awkward moment when all your friends are visiting and your dog walks > in the room with your underwear in his mouth. >> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >> >> >> On 6/16/2012 1:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> 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:*viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]*O >>>> n >>>> Behalf Of*Chuck Dean >>>> *Sent:*Friday, June 15, 2012 2:01 PM *To:*viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> *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, >>>> visithttp://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email toviph...@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>>> toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://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, >>>> visithttp://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email toviph...@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>>> toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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