Hi Ann, I understand what you mean, and your comments are very helpful in understanding what this book explains vs. what you wanted to know. You are referring to items like the fact that when you explore apps like the Mail app or the Settings app on the iPad in landscape mode, the two containers for the app -- the section that would be the screen of Settings categories, or the list of Mailboxes on the left side of the screen occupies about a third of the screen, if you explore the boundary and active menu controls by touch.
To answer your question about getting back to the albums view in the Music app on the iPad, the only way I've been able to dismiss the selected album and its list of songs is to toggle VoiceOver off and tap on the side of the screen -- about where the table index would be, but it just has to be off the area where you can select songs, and then toggle VoiceOver back on again. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 12, 12:47 pm, Ann Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > He has done everything right. I'm just not his audience. > At 05:14 PM 5/12/2013, you wrote: > > > > > > > > >I think you ought to consider letting the author know of your concerns. > > >Fred Olver > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Byrne" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:08 PM > >Subject: Re: [Nfb-announce] Do not miss this: Make the iPad > >accessible for theclassroom! > > >>Each of us wants something different from a book, of course. this > >>one, directed toward teachers and parents, gives good instruction > >>for using the iPad with Braille and qwerty keyboards, stressing > >>that students will need additional devices if they want to use the > >>iPad for tasks like writing termpapers. it is not a tutorial with > >>lesson by lesson presentation and detailed exercises, although a > >>creative person could devise her own exercises. Often the user is > >>told to turn off the on-screen keyboard while performing tasks like > >>adding to contacts, then to go to a new field and double tap to > >>edit text. I am curious as to why I would want to turn off the > >>keyboard, only to (I suppose) reactivate it immediately by double > >>tapping on the next text field. > > >>I would have liked more description of the screen from a blind > >>person's point of view--an explanation on the music screen that > >>there are two active parts of the screen, not just one, and you can > >>inadvertently shoot yourself in the foot by crossing to another > >>section. And is there a way to get back to the album when the tabs > >>at the bottom of the screen say 'album', but only songs are > >>listed. I am probably showing my ignorance more than > >>anything. the author knows his material well, but his information > >>seems to me to be directed toward people who can see the screen, > >>rather than to people who can't. > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
