No problem and thanks for reminding me. I need to send this to Apple. :) On Sep 29, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Eric Caron <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Scott and others, > > Scott's suggestion did the trick for me! It is certainly confusing and > without this list I don't know If I would have figured out how to get to the > picker to change the date and time. > > The difference from iOS 5 is that now after tapping on the date you can not > just flick right several times to the picker. you must touch the bottom part > of the screen. Also if you flick left past the day button and reach the > delete button the pickers disappear > . This has confused many of us as I have seen this question emailed to me > from non list members using the podcast on Applevis.com. > > thanks Scott for finding a solution. Until this is fixed I suspect many > Voice Over users new to the app will not figure it out and likely give up on > the app. I know I almost gave up on it under iOS 5 and it was easier to > find the pickers then. > > Eric Caron > > > > On Sep 29, 2012, at 6:15 AM, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here are the steps I used to setup the reminder. >> >> 1. Tap on "Add Reminder" button. >> 2. Enter name for reminder. >> 3. Tap the "More Details" button. >> 4. Tap on the "Remind me on the Day" button which by default is off and this >> needs to be "on." >> 5. Locate the date/time, (i.e. Saturday September 29, 2012, 6:00) (swipe to >> the right from the aforementioned button) and tap the date which will now be >> reported by VoiceOver as being selected. >> 6. NOTE!! I understand the problem now so read this carefully. Once VO >> reports the date as selected, you need to touch the lower 1/3rd of the >> screen. >> You will find the day, hour, and minute pickers. WHen you encounter a picker >> you flick up/down to adjust. >> NOTE: I did notice that at least on one occasion if I took focus away from >> the date/time pickers it seemed to revert back to hidden for a lack of a >> better description and I then had to select the current date again. >> This was a little random, but generally the pickers seem to remain. >> I hope that helps. >> >> On Sep 29, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Ioana Gandrabur <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a 5 and added 2reminders without problem. Here is what I did : >>> Entered title of reminder >>> Tapped it to access more details. Ll >>> Turned on on a date switch >>> The picker did not appear at this time. M >>> I tapped on the date field and of said selected. >>> At this point I could find the picker. >>> Hope this makes sense. >>> Best, >>> >>> Ioana >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 2012-09-28, at 9:07 PM, Eric Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Eileen and others, >>>> >>>> I am the person that did the Reminder's app podcast that Eileen refers to >>>> . her steps are correct as far as I can tell. However, I have gotten >>>> emails from users of the Reminders app in iOS 6.0 who cant get the picker >>>> item for the date and time to come up at all or can't get it to come up >>>> consistently. >>>> >>>> I'm using a 4 S and I also can't get the picker to come up consistently. >>>> It has worked twice in my experiments and I don't know what I did >>>> differently. Otherwise I can't change the date and time on a reminder any >>>> longer. >>>> >>>> If others are having the same or different results it might help to know >>>> what phone you are using, and what your results are. >>>> >>>> This is very strange behavior. >>>> >>>> I hope I'm just missing something and there is a simple solution. >>>> >>>> Eric Caron >>>> >>>> On Sep 28, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> The procedure has not changed from the previous IOS version. I will >>>>> delineate the steps involved in manually inputting a reminder. I believe >>>>> there is a podcast on this from Applevis. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Open the Reminders app and double-tap on "show list" to select the >>>>> folder >>>>> you want the reminder to be placed in. >>>>> 2. Double-tap on "add," which is located in the upper right corner. >>>>> 3. Flick to the right until you hear the text edit field and double-tap on >>>>> that. Input whatever the reminder text should be. You may not have to >>>>> double-tap on the edit field. >>>>> 4. Double-tap on the "done" button located in the upper right corner. This >>>>> will bring you back to the first screen. >>>>> 5. Find the newly created reminder and double-tap on it. This will open >>>>> the >>>>> details screen. >>>>> 6. Under the reminder text, there will be 2 options; one for day and one >>>>> for location. Double-tap on the one that meets the reminder text criteria. >>>>> In the case of being reminded on a day, double-tap on "Remind me on a >>>>> day." >>>>> These are toggle buttons. >>>>> 7. When the date is shown, it is the current date and time. Double-tap on >>>>> the current date field. This will place the date at the bottom where you >>>>> are >>>>> able to use the picker to change the date, and time. >>>>> 8. When you are finish, double-tap the "done" button located in the upper >>>>> right hand corner. >>>>> >>>>> HTH. >>>>> >>>>> Eileen >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. 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