Yes, it works as advertised, but you do have to give it a good swipe up and for me at least a double tap and hold doesn't seem to do it, instead I have to find the actual button att he bottom right and then used 3D Touch which means press down on it and swipe up. You will also get some Voiceover chatter which can be heard in the recording unless of course you use a headset. After you do the gesture correctly there is a dialogue on the screen towards the bottom, you have a timer which if you swipe to it will read the elapsed time and if you swipe away and back after a few seconds you see that it is counting up or in other words that the recording is ongoing. Then there is a "Send" button which you would double tap when you are done recording and want to send the message, it will be like lifting your finger and as soon as you double tap it the message will be sent. I tried a 2-finger double tap to see if that would end the recording and send it, but Whats App has not implemented this gesture and instead when I tried it my Audible book that I was listening to started playing and what I had recorded was simply cancelled. There is definitely room for improvement for Voiceover users, maybe they could implement the 2-finger double tap when you are in a conversation to start and stop recording or they could maybe come up with an Action Rotor gesture if the Voice Message button has focus like "Start Recording" and then once recording has started they should either do this so that the "Send button has focus and a double tap will work reliably to send the message without the need to swipe around or explore the screen to find it or that a 2-finger double tap would do this.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Ilniski Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: new gesture in WhatsApp messenger Hi all. Has anyone mastered the new gesture where you are supposed to be able to slide your finger up a little and it locks the message so you can record longer messages. I can’t seem to master it. If someone could describe it that would be cool. Thanks. Rebecca and Zeb email: [email protected] Twitter: applegirl1994 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] 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 https://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 V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
