Yes, I just did it. Once you select the text, using the rotor the edit option will be there.
Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze any tie ping or spelin airors. On May 15, 2013, at 10:46 PM, Tarapprakash <taraprak...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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