Hi, Since this app is pricy, I thought folks might want to see the user guide. I've found a bit of incorrect info. The guide says you delete a file by selecting it, doing a double-tap and hold, and confirming that you want to delete. Actually, you double-tap and hold and then swipe right. If you just double-tap and hold, the file opens.
Also, you have to have a file open for the Rename command to work. This is odd, but it does work. I originally thought Review Mode might be good for reading, but it isn't because it doesn't keep your place when you leave the app. In the app, the user guide has headings so you can jump to the part you want to read. These were lost when I copied it out of the app, but you can search for the info that interests you. HTH, Anna AccessNote Quick Start Guide Table of Contents Welcome Description of Home Screen Navigating Within a Note QWERTY Navigation Braille Navigation Instances When VoiceOver and Editing Are Not in Sync Reading in Review Mode Known Bugs Custom QWERTY Commands Custom Braille Commands Welcome Thank you for purchasing AccessNote from the American Foundation for the Blind. AccessNote is the first notetaker for the iOS platform designed particularly for VoiceOver users looking for a highly efficient, feature-rich note taking experience. In addition to being a low cost alternative to traditional note takers, AccessNote will allow users to combine efficient note taking with the countless other features and functions of the iOS devices. This will allow blind and visually impaired people in classroom or business settings to use the same popular iOS devices that their sighted peers are using. Some of the valuable features in AccessNote include: Keyboard commands customized for input with both QWERTY and refreshable braille display keyboards, not available in any other app. Two powerful search features for finding text globally across all notes and within a note. Cursor tracking that always keeps your place when you return to a note. Keystroke efficiency - Less keystrokes to get the job done. Fast and efficient navigation throughout a note by page, paragraph, line, word, character, and other elements. General Information AccessNote is designed to be used with VoiceOver along with a wireless Bluetooth QWERTY or refreshable Braille keyboard. Standard keyboard commands and gestures will work to control AccessNote, but AccessNote also has a handful of custom commands, which are listed at the bottom of this document. AccessNote currently creates and can import files in the .txt format, but other formats are being investigated for future versions of AccessNote. Notes can be imported via your DropBox account, and can also be imported to AccessNote directly from e-mail when attached to an incoming message. AccessNote currently lists your notes in a single list of files, but a Favorites folder is also available. Files are listed in order of last edited, but can also be listed alphabetically. AccessNote Syncs with your DropBox account, but you have to first go to the Settings in AccessNote and enable syncing. To delete a file, you have to use a gesture on the touch screen. Highlight it with VoiceOver, then double tap and hold, then confirm the deletion. In addition to the standard mode for editing and reading documents, AccessNote also has a Review mode for reading files without worrying about changing them. In Review Mode, you can tilt the iOS device to the right or left to move to next or previous file. Description of Home Screen AccessNote is designed with a clean, simple interface that uses standard iOS design techniques, so its layout will be familiar to iOS device users. The home screen is titled All Notes, which is the heading at the top of the screen. The next element is the "Add" button for adding a new note, followed by the "Sync" button for synchronizing your notes wit your DropBox account. Next is the "Search" field for searching for text globally across all your notes, followed by your list of notes. The list of notes includes a table index for quickly scrolling through notes. Finally, there are three buttons at the bottom of the home screen: "Settings," "Favorites," and "Help." Through the Settings menu you will be able to change the font size, login and out of DropBox, adjust the tilt sensitivity, toggle Spellcheck, and change how your notes are ordered. When you mark notes as a favorite via the keyboard or braille command, it will show up in your favorites list. Through the help and How-to menu you will be able to access this User Guide as well as some helpful tutorials and some information about the app. When you are in a note, the screen includes a "Back" button to go back to the All Notes screen as well as a "Review" button for going into a read-only mode. Navigating Within a Note This section describes keyboard commands for navigating and reading a note. Regardless of the mode you are using, AccessNote always keeps your place when you close a note, and you are back where you left off when you return to the note. Note: The below commands always move the VoiceOver voice, but a couple do not move the cursor for editing text. QWERTY Navigation All the standard ways to control an iOS device with your wireless QWERTY keyboard will work with AccessNote. Here is a link to Apple's resource for using QWERTY keyboard commands. http://help.apple.com/ipad/4/voiceover/en/iPad604eaa7e.html We designed AccessNote to work with Apple's wireless QWERTY keyboard, but it will work with other wireless keyboards as long as they have the arrow keys and Control, Option, and Command keys found on Apple keyboards. AccessNote will not perform well with keyboards designed for Android phones. When using an iOS device with a wireless QWERTY keyboard, you have the option of using what they call "Quick Nav." With Quick Nav on, pressing your keyboard's left and right arrows moves from element to element in an app, and is the same as swiping left or right on the iOS device's touch screen. You activate a button or open a note by pressing the up and down arrows simultaneously, and that is the same as double-tapping on the touch screen. Navigating through a note in AccessNote is different depending on whether Quick Nav is on or not, and you turn Quick Nav on or off by pressing the left and right arrows simultaneously. With Quick Nav On, you use the arrow keys to control the VoiceOver rotor for navigation, and it allows you to move by character, word, or line. You also have the following controls for reading/navigating a document: Control-Option-A: Read continuously from current position Control-Down Arrow: Read entire note from beginning Control: stop/start reading Option up/Down: Move by page. (It actually moves by an iOS screen.) Option F: Find text forward Option G: Find text backward With Quick Nav off, you have more options, including: Left/Right Arrow: Move by character Option left/right: Move by word Up/Down: Move by line. Control Left/Right: Move to beginning or end of line. Control Up/Down: Move to top or bottom of a note Option Up/Down: Move by paragraph. (It moves to the next/previous hard return.) Command up: Read entire note continuously from top of note Command Down: Read continuously from current position to end of note Control: Start and stop reading Option F: Find text forward Option G: Find text backward Note: When moving by line with Quick Nav off, it places the cursor in the same position on the new line as it was on the old line. When moving by line with the rotor, it places the cursor at the end or beginning of the line, depending on whether you are moving forward or backward. Braille Navigation All the standard ways to control an iOS device with your refreshable Braille keyboard will work with AccessNote. Please refer to your user documentation for that information. With Braille keyboards, you can control the VoiceOver rotor for navigation, and you have the options of navigating by character, word, or line. You can also use the R chord for reading continuously and the P chord for pausing/restarting. We have also created the following custom controls that combine a braille letter with dot 8 for reading/navigating a document: F plus Dot 8: Find forward B plus Dot 8: Find text backwards A plus Dot 8: Move to top of note Z plus Dot 8: Move to bottom of document These commands work only when your braille display is in grade 1/un-contracted braille mode. The end of this document has a full list of customized braille commands. Refreshable braille displays with cursor routing keys allow you to move directly to a specific character for editing. Unfortunately, when giving the command to read continuously, the Braille does not refresh to follow along with VoiceOver. Although that was the case with all iOS note apps we investigated, we will work on ways to improve that situation with subsequent releases. Instances When VoiceOver and Editing Are Not in Sync Unfortunately, when you are using commands to navigate a file, there are a couple instances when your insertion point for editing is not in sync with what VoiceOver is reading. You can touch the iOS device's screen on a particular line to bring editing back in sync. You can also do a Find command for a particular word to bring the editing back in sync. Here are the instances when editing is not in sync: When using a command to read continuously, the editing cursor is still at the point it was before you gave the command. When navigating by page, the editing cursor does not follow along, and again stays where it was before you gave the command to move by page. Reading in Review Mode At the top of each note is a button for Review Mode. Review Mode is for reading a note without worrying about making any changes, perhaps when cramming before a test or reviewing a meeting agenda. Because there is no editing in review mode, keyboards are disabled, and you use standard iOS gestures on the device itself for navigating the document. You also have the option of tilting the device to switch from note to note, and the tilt sensitivity can be adjusted in AccessNote Settings. Known bugs The onscreen keyboard sometimes appears even when connected to a keyboard. If it is a problem, the eject key on QWERTY keyboards or 1-4-6-chord on braille keyboards gets rid of it. When activating some custom commands, you may hear VoiceOver say a word or two from the note before speaking the proper prompt or information. Custom QWERTY Commands All of these keys in conjunction with the Option key perform the function: C: Create new note R: Rename note T: Speak note title F: Find G: Find previous J: Go to previous note K: Go to next note S: Read selected text M: Mark note as favorite Custom Braille Commands Note: Your braille display has to be in grade one/un-contracted braille to use customized braille key commands. These braille letters in conjunction with dot 8 perform the function: A: Move to top of note Z: Move to bottom of note F: Find forward B: Find backwards C: Read selected text K: Mark as favorite N: Next note P: Previous note R: Rename note T: Add new note -- 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]. 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