Hmm, actually it does tell you what you are moving on and off of as you move. But it is true that at the end, if you didn't get it into the folder you wanted, you may have to flick to find out where it ended up.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:24 AM, goshawk on horseback <[email protected]> wrote: > no, I am not very good with that sort of thing, but what really doesn't help > either, is that voice over doesn't tell me which app I have moved to, so > apart from the one I started with, I can't tell if I am on any of the other > ones, that I want to put in a folder. > is there any way I could do this with an external keyboard, so that spatial > awareness doesn't become an issue? as that is definitely not one of my > strong suits. > that could help a bit if there is. > > Simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:21 PM > Subject: RE: IOS 6.0 and Voice Over > > > Hi again, Simon, > > I can understand your frustration, but this is a bit like selecting text to > copy and paste with the pinch gesture. It takes practice and a light touch > and I don't want to sound condescending, but there are some people who > somehow don't seem to learn certain gestures. There are even people who > can't get any useable results with the Fleksy app while most people who use > it are thrilled by how well it works and how fast one can type with it. And > this is not just blind people. I gave my Mom an iPad for her birthday last > year and for a few weeks she could just not get the hang of how to move apps > either, but eventually she did although I am sure some sighted people don't > either. The tricky thing when moving apps is that you have to have pretty > good special awareness and let's say I want to drag the app on the very > right in row 2 onto the second app from the left in row 3 to create a > folder. You have to be able to drag your finger straight to the left and > then down a bit, if you start out and end up going on a diagonal and maybe > even on a diagonal going up instead of down or down too steep without being > aware of that you will definitely have problems. I think in this case the > only way is to go very short dispances, just drag an app across the next app > and then stop, once 2 apps are either side by side or one on top of he other > I find it very easy to put them on top of one another to create the folder. > And one more trick. I find it easier to drag a folder around than to drag an > app around because if you accidently let go while the folder is on top of > another app nothing happens whereas if you accidently let go of an app while > it is on top of an app you don't want it will create a folder. So once you > have a folder started, just drag it next to whichever app you want to put in > it next and then just drag the app over a bit until it's on top of the > folder. > > > Good luck, > Sieghard > > -- > 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.
