Hello Chris, Actually, I think it is easier to select alternative Emoji skin tones in iOS than it is on the Mac; but that's not here or there.
I suggest you try the following steps when using the Emoji keyboard--especially when you know you're going to be using alternative skins. By the way, just so you know, iOS will remember the last selected skin tone for each Emoji. Also, the steps below assume that you generally use Touch Typing Mode. 1. Select the Emoji keyboard. 2. Select the Tab area from which you wish to select an Emoji. 3. Change to Standard typing mode. 4. Place Focus on an Emoji that has alternative skin tones available; for example, a runner. 5. Now Single-finger, Double-tap and hold until you hear VoiceOver announce that there are alternative characters available. Do not lift your finger off of the keyboard but, rather, slide up just a bit and explore to either the left or right until you land on your skin tone of choice. 6. Raise your finger off of the keyboard to select the Emoji. 7. When you're ready to return to the standard keyboard, switch back to Touch Typing mode. Good Luck and Enjoy, Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 7:33 AM To: VIPhone List Subject: emoji's skins When working with the Emoji keyboard, does anyone know of an accessible way to select a skin of a particular Emoji? For example, if you try to choose the hands raised in celebration emoji, you just get a sound, and then you are suppose to choose the particular skin of that emoji you want. Without having an accessible way of accessing the skins, then that would make some emoji's not available to voice over users. So if anyone knows how to select skins of an emoji, please let us know! Chris Sent from my iPhone -- 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/[email protected]/. --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/[email protected]/. --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
