Hello, Yes. You can infect use the side button, formally the sleep/wake button to start VoiceOver the first time the X is turned on. I set up the X without any assistance from my sighted spouse.
HTH Ed > On Dec 5, 2017, at 3:09 PM, Rafal <rafal.luk...@interia.eu> wrote: > > Hi Ed i have a question about iphone x, let me know if the iphone is new, not > configured, whether voiceover is starting during configuration wizard using > 3times power like in iphone 7 home? > Greetings and all the best. > -----Oryginalna wiadomość----- From: Ed Worrell > Sent: Monday, December 4, 2017 9:49 PM > To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > Subject: iPhone X and first impressions... > > Hello All, > > I have recently received my beautiful new iPhone X. I love the design of this > phone. The glass front and metal sides are what I loved about my first > iPhone, the iPhone 4. I have been waiting for years for Apple to go back to > this design. > > I have heard a ton of chatter about why the iPhone is not the phone for > everyone, and why the iPhone 8 is better, but I am extremely glad that I went > with the iPhone X. This phone has made me fall in love with the iPhone > interface and the sheer quality of Apple’s craftsmanship all over again. I am > completely blind and I have to use VoiceOver. The new home buttonless > interface was a trick for about the first 20 to 30 mins I had the device. > After that the gestures to unlock the phone and even get to the Notification > Center or the control center has become second nature. > > Closing apps…. > > To close apps you will need to find the lower most part of the touch screen > (The Home Indicator), you will hear VoiceOver make a little popping sound, > and you will also feel the haptic feedback pop once as well. You then start > to drag your finger up the screen and you will hear and feel another pop. > This second pop will indicate that you have performed the exit gesture > properly, and you now should be back on your home screen. > > Opening the App Switcher…. > To open the App Switcher, you will have to find the lower most part of the > touch screen (Home Indicator). You will drag your finger up the screen just > like exiting out of an app, you will hear and feel the same indicators as > exiting an application, this time though you will keep draggingg past the > exit app sound and haptic feedback. You will then keep dragging up to about > the middle of the touch screen and you will hear and feel another indication > letting you know that you are now opening the app switcher. Now you can use > the typical gestures you normally use to close apps completely. > > Control Center and Notification Center… > > Getting in to the Control Center and Notification Center is much like exiting > apps and getting into the App Switcher. Find the status bar at the top of the > screen and You will do a one finger drag down the screen you will hear and > feel the pop once your finger is on the status bar. Drag down and you will > hear and feel the first pop to let you know you are passing the control > center, stop dragging if you want to activate the control center, keep > dragging until you hear and feel a pop to get to the Notification Center. > Once you are in either the Control center or the Notification Center you can > use your standard group of VoiceOver gestures. > > > Over All I really love this phone and it has made me love using iOS again. > The buttonless world is upon us and it isn’t all that scary. Come in the > water is fine. > > Ed Worrell > > Co-Founder/CEO > OverHere Consulting LLP > “Bringing Technology into Sight” > Https://overhereconsulting.net > Read our Blog: https://overhereconsulting.net/blog > Listen to our Podcast: https://overhereconsulting.net/podcast > > -- > 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > 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 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > 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 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
