See below, I've replied in-line. > On Jan 9, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Deidre Muccio <deim...@verizon.net> wrote: > > In light of the discussion on highlighting and editing, it seemed that > sometimes when I am deleting something I've entered in a text field it > simply clicks and at other times it tells me what letter I am removing. I > much prefer the latter.
The only time the system will click is in secure text fields, such as those for passwords. > Also I don't know how to get it to read what I have > entered letter by letter or word by word. I know the rotor can be set on > characters or words but that doesn't seem to allow me to actually read what > has been entered until I've left the edit field then gone back to it. Did I > imagine this? No, it should work as you'd expect. Use a one-finger swipe up or down to move in the text by the rotor item you've selected. Up moves you left, down moves you right. > And I suppose I'd be dreaming if someone told me that I could spell > out the name of a band or artist when it is listed and playing on the phone. > Sometimes I'd like to see the spelling. I know I could look it up on line > then use Jaws to read character by character to check but that is just one > more step... You definitely can. Just touch the name, then use the same rotor gestures you already know. They will work on text you are viewing anywhere on the system just as well as they work in edit fields. In your case, just find the band name, rotor to characters, and swipe down with one finger; each swipe will read the next character. > No new phone yet, the snow discouraged my friend from driving 30 > miles south on highway. Snow does that. <smile> > > -- > 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 concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- 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 concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
