Carolyn, I’m probably not the best person to describe Live Description, but I’ll try. Below is a copy of one of the Google results for your question. “Live Recognition is an accessibility feature on the iPhone that uses the camera and AI to provide real-time, spoken descriptions of your surroundings. It identifies objects, text, people, and doors. It is designed primarily for users who are blind or have low vision to help them navigate environments more independently.” Personally, I’ve only used it a few times here at home, to test the feature, but if I needed clues when out-and-about, I’m sure it could be a helpful tool (e.g. locating trash cans, entry doors to business/office/etc., reading signage, finding where exit of a business into interior of a mall, finding an elevator, etc.) However, I usually rely on the AI feature of Be My Eyes to identify things in an environment (e.g. multiple times I have needed help finding if/where something landed on the floor, etc.) As for the 4-finger tap, as hard as I try, I cannot manage to get 4 fingers on one hand to tap the screen at the same time; I have some luck using 2 fingers on both hands, and sometimes I manage to time the tap of all 4 fingers to get the desired result. The likelihood of correctly doing that multiple times is not good. Fortunately though, I have Live Recognition in the rotor, so could (if desired) access it there. After rotating to Live Recognition, you can flick up/down through “scenes,” “people,” “text,” etc.; when focus is on the desired option, double tap to activate. If “scenes” is activated, a description of what the camera is focused on is verbalized…description changes as the camera moves. I then have to put “scenes” back in focus, and double tap to stop the verbal description. IMO, Be My Eyes is a more efficient tool for me, but options/differences are good, and it is important to find what works best for personal needs/abilities, and sometimes that is a combination of tools. Katrina From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: four finger triple Tap not working! What does Live Recognition do? Carolyn Arnold From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> On Behalf Of Tony Sweeney Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 8:08 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: four finger triple Tap not working! I hate to say this but it's possible Live Recognition is now not permitted in Ireland but I trust I'm absolutely wrong about that one. Perhaps Dominique or someone else from Ireland could confirm or not. Tony On 30/06/2026 13:01, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote: Sandy, I also have the 16 pro, and just updated to 26.5.2 and the four finger triple tap works fine. It is called live recognition. Have you rebooted your phone? Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro) On Jun 30, 2026, at 4:24 AM, Tony Sweeney <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: Sandy, tsounds like that that was a very useful gesture indeed which I never got around to using.
Anyway looks like one for Apple acccessibility as you appeared to have tried everything to resolve this matter. Not sure how to contact them from Ireland but one of those AI gbots could assist you here in that one. Good luck, Tony In Dublin Ireland On 30/06/2026 11:33, 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone wrote: hello the list, Something I use regularly is the object recogniser I think it's called that, it's probably still under the measuring app, but in iOS you can always pull it up by performing a four finger triple Tap gesture. all of a sudden it stopped working for me. I'm running the latest iOS on a 16 pro. I can go into settings for VoiceOver and I have checked that it is ticked to work but it doesn't… i've checked all my voice gestures and it is there and ticked. in case you are thinking it's a matter of dexterity, I'd only have I use this for at least a few years now, but also a quadruple four finger Tap works for me and double four finger Tap works for me I have no problem with the gesture for some reason nothing happens when I perform it. In case other people don't use this feature of iOS, it brings up a menu of seems to be recognise such as seen doors text et cetera, and I find it immensely useful and quick! so rather than launching app I just performed this gesture look what I'm looking for and move on by performing the gesture again which toggle it off. s so, has anyone else tried the four finger triple Tap recently? and I should mention, I have reset/restarted my phone a few times now since I noticed his behaviour, and it's made no difference… so, any help/advice would be very gratefully received! All the best, from a mild and barmy Island, Sandy NZ Sent from The dark side of the moon -- 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. 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