Both the two-handed and two-finger-turn-phone methods sound like they might be something my friend can do to give her a feel for how to do the rotor. I'm going to try these with her.
-- 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 Nov 5, 2012, at 3:35 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Simple way to do the rotor. I put two fingers with a space between them on > the screen. Then I turn the iPhone under my two fingers. After a while doing > it this way, I began feeling the movement and now I can do a little of the > movement with the phone still. I still need to move the phone, but I > understand the gesture. > > Reggie and Brooks > > > On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Rob Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think i'd have trouble demonstrating as such, though this is going > to depend mostly on the comprehension of the trainee. > > But you do the gesture on the back of their hand, while it is more or less > in situ with the iDevice, then they try and emulate what they feel you do. > You could step them through quite a lot as you do a gesture relative to what > was heard from VO and the trainee mirrors what you did; and then you get > to pause and see if they make the right gesture and reproduce again as > necessary and so on. Getting into the right angle to use right hand on > right hand for example could be a bit tricky, but this method sounds as > plausible as any. > Trainer would need a light touch so as to not hamper the trainees movements, > but we tend to have a knack of following the movements of a guide lightly > so they're not sure you're still there. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Stone" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 4:25 PM > Subject: RE: Please help, can't figure out how to use the rotor on Iphone > > > Cheryl, I completely agree, I would find it very difficult to demonstrate it > to someone. I’ve always described it to people as like turning a knob with > two fingers. > > Cheers > > Alex > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Cheryl Homiak > Sent: 05 November 2012 16:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Please help, can't figure out how to use the rotor on Iphone > > > > Showing physically isn't that easy either when a person can't see. You > can't exactly do it easily while somebody is touching your hand or force > their hand through it, or at least i can't. Besides, a lot of us don't > necessarily live where we have another blind person around to show us and > from what I understand the gestures sighted people use are somewhat > different. At least, none of my sighted friends can do their gestures with > vo on. > > > > > > -- > > 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 Nov 5, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Søren Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi. > > I haven't followed this discution, but sounds like she have to have someone > to show hur phicically how to do it. It can be pretty difficult to explain > how to do it, or some people find it difficult to understand without having > someone to show them how to do it. > > Best regards: > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > [email protected] > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > > > Den 05/11/2012 kl. 17.08 skrev Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]>: > > > > > > Yeah, I have a friend who can't do the rotor gesture. She has tried and > tried until she has dreams (actually I think she said nightmares) where she > is trying to do the rotor so I finally told her to put it on the back burner > for a while because it is driving her crazy. She has read the description in > the iPhone book from NBP and I've tried to describe it several different > ways but she just can't seem to do it. > > > > -- > > 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 Nov 5, 2012, at 5:05 AM, Mária Orovčíková <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi again, > it might sound silly, but although I have been Iphone user for quite a while > I still don't know how to use the rotor. I know how to do the gesture I just > cannot get it working. When I try the gesture I always open an application. > I use the rotor the way that I kind of flick with both hands the opposite > ways. It is not very practical. 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