I recall reading on Twitter from someone that a keystroke has been added to the Bluetooth keyboard, allowing you to press VO with Shift with M to enter edit mode on the home screen. Can anyone confirm this? If true, then it means that those that use external keyboards can delete apps from the home screen, which could be very handy.
Wayne On 9/19/12, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Joseph, the quickest way to launch an app is to simply say its name. For > example, do a long press of the home button and say "downcast" to open the > downcast app. Switch to, launch and open are there for natural language > purposes, but they're not necessary. Whether the app is opened or switched > to will depend on iOS's own memory management. > > Also one thing to note about do not disturb, is that there is a VoiceOver > bug which means that if you elect to have notifications in the lock screen > spoken automatically, do not disturb will continue to speak notifications > when it shouldn't. The work-around is to disable the automatic speaking of > notifications in VoiceOver settings. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Joseph Lee > Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:03 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Few iOS 6 usage notes > > Hi, > I have also installed iOS 6 on my 4S. So far, it's better than I expected > (faster response, better Siri and so forth). > Few usage notes: > * Mail gestures: If you go to message list in mail and if you swipte down > with one finger, you'll hear "delete". This is part of "actions" rotor and > can be thought of as context-sensitive options. By default, Mail opens the > message in question. > * VIP: To add some contacts as VIP: From messages list in Mail app, go to > Mailboxes, then tap VIP. Then go to Add button and choose some contacts > (one > at a time). Then exit out of VIP folder. To add some more contacts later, > from Mailboxes list, go to "more info: VIP" button and edit VIP contacts > (you can remove them as well). > * Fetching new mail: in Mail app, swipe down with three fingers to refresh > the messages list. > * YouTube: If you installed Google's YouTube app before upgrading to iOS 6, > you'd notice that YouTube app is gone. To fix this, restore the phone to an > earlier backup (not the OS, but data) which contains Google's YouTube app. > If not, go to App Store and download YouTube app again. Also, Google's > YouTube app does not allow background video playback while on another task > unlike Apple's version. > * switching programs: You can actually switch to other tasks using Siri; > you > can say "switch to (appname)" in addition to "start (appname)', "open > (appname)" and (run (appname)". You cannot close an app using Siri. > * Battery meter: if you have iTouch and iPad, if you go to > Settings/General/Usage, there is a new heading which gives time on battery > power (since last full charge). > * VoiceOver: The much talked about "punctuation rotor" is the last rotor > item under VoiceOver/Rotor settings list. There are three options: none, > some and all. Also, Braille Sense products can now be used again as braille > display with iOS. > * When you use Do Not Disturb mode, anyone in your phone's favorites list > can call you while suppressing other alerts. > * You can now set custom vibration patterns for alerts. > * There is a focus issue with Mail app: when you exit out of a message, > VoiceOver jumps to the topmost message. I'm sure some of us reported this > to > Apple. > * If you're using third-party navigation solutions such as Ariadne GPS and > if you try to explore the map, it will not work for the time being thanks > to > underlying changes to map API. > * Because of new keyboard behavior, when you enter phone numbers from > keypad > in phone app, you might want to remember the exact positions of the dial > keys, otherwise you may find yourself entering wrong phone number. For > instance, if you'd like to dial voicemail number (long press of 1), try: > tap > once with four fingers near top half of the device, then swipe with one > finger to the right and double tap and hold on 1 key. > * By default, Passbook is located between Weather and Notes app on > homescreen. At this point, Starbucks is the only app which takes advantage > of passbook functionality (at least from App Store). > * In Spotlight search, if you type the name of an app, iOS returns the > folder in which the searched app is located. > * In Safari, if you double tap and hold on either forward or back button, > it > opens browser history. > * FaceTime under 3G/4G/LTE would require that you check with your carrier > (some ask that customers switch to data sharing plan; this includes AT&T). > Thanks. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > -- > 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. > > > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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