Thanks for this explanation. I am wondering if you can select text from a website etc where no edit option is available.
Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Chuck Dean <chuckd...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Alan, > I found this with a google search: > > Select the words you want to cut or copy with the VoiceOver cursor by > touching the line or flicking left or right. > Rotate the VoiceOver rotor to either "words" or "lines." To rotate the > VoiceOver rotor place two fingers on the screen and turn them left or > right. If you select "lines" you will select one lines at a time and > if you select "words" you will select one word at a time. > Pinch out with two fingers to begin to select the words you want to > cut or copy. VoiceOver will speak which words have been selected. > Rotate the rotor to "edit" mode and then swipe up or down to hear all > of the options. It will give you options such as cut, copy, paste, > define and more depending on which app you are using. > When you hear the option you want, double tap anywhere on the screen. > Now you have copied the text. > To paste the text navigate to a text box and then double tap and hold. > Then swipe to navigate to the paste button and then double tap > anywhere on the screen to paste the text. > Apple says the following about cut, copy and past with VoiceOver. > "Cut, copy, and paste comes to iPod touch. To bring up cut, copy, and > paste options, use the rotor and choose Edit. Flick up or down to > choose between the Select and Select All functions, then double tap. > If you choose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is > selected when you double tap. Pinch to increase or decrease the > selection. If you choose Select All, the entire text is selected. When > text is selected, cut, copy, and paste options appear on the screen. > If you want to undo something, just give iPod touch a shake. You can > also flick left or right to choose the undo action, then double tap." > > > > > > > On May 14, 6:03 pm, "Alan Lemly" <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm hoping one of you gurus can help me with this. I often want to copy text >> from a message conversation or from an edit box, etc. in order to paste it >> into another app. I can't figure out how to do this. I thought I'd turned on >> almost every rotor option there is in the settings menu but I either don't >> have one or am missing what I need to choose to do this. I know how to >> select edit and copy or paste such as after I've used Fleksy to copy >> something but I'm not getting how to select something myself in order to >> copy it. >> >> Also, what is the easiest way to select partial text from within a group of >> words such as part of a text message? I come from the Windows world where I >> often use shift and the arrow keys to highlight and select characters for >> copying and pasting. I realize without a keyboard that such a thing is >> difficult with the iPhone but I'm hoping there is an alternative that >> someone can explain to me. I believe someone may have mentioned something >> about pinching text in order to select it but I'm struggling with how that >> is done with very low vision. >> >> Thanks for any assistance you can provide. >> >> Alan Lemly > > -- > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
