If you are starting your touch in the same location each time, this would be expected. Note: same location in this case means, anywhere near the previous touch such that the same object is highlighted. On webpages, different items have different sizes. If you physically explore the display, you can get a feel for how large any item actually is.
That said, there are some more recent web technologies which force VO to refresh to the top of the web page whenever you perform a navigation flick. For these pages, three finger vertical flicks seem to force the page to physically scroll to the next view. I personally have similar difficulties navigating such pages using windows screen readers. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 20/09/2013, at 6:55, Arianna <[email protected]> wrote: > David, I can't count the number of times I've done exactly that. > Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that the bug in iOS 6 which makes Safari jump > to a previous item on the page when just flicking through it is not a > problem with my touching the screen. It always goes back to the exact same > location each and every time. I'm pretty sure this is a bug, as my flicking > down the page for a while should cause the text on the page to scroll. And if > it was a problem with my touching the screen, it would jump to a new piece of > text, not back to the same piece of text it did before. I hope that if this > is a bug, it got fixed in iOS 7. I hope that made sense. > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 10:20 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When you touch the screen, if your finger is not already moving, VO focus >> moves to the actual location on the display where your finger is touching. >> Now, when your finger performs the finger flick, VO moves from its new >> position on the display to the next position. This gives the appearance that >> VO is jumping around the screen, when in actual fact, you are shifting VO >> before you perform the flick. >> >> But wait, you say, I am not touching the screen before I start my flick. >> This is actually something VO does not get confused about. The touchscreen >> does not require any pressure whatsoever. When you hold your finger just >> above the screen before starting your flick, if your finger is barely >> touching the screen, so lightly that you do not feel it, this is enough >> contact to activate the display and move VO focus to the actual location >> where your finger is touching. Testing this in the lab demonstrates that the >> finger can barely touch the screen enough to activate it and both sighted >> and blind people do not register the haptic (tactual) sensation. >> >> An analogy is, when you are typing on a keyboard, pressing on the wrong >> letter causes the wrong letter to appear in your document, no matter how >> much you were thinking about pressing the correct letter. If your finger is >> heavy on the wrong letter, the key repeat activates and you get a bunch of >> the wrong letter in a row in your document. >> >> Start your flick gesture with your finger at least a quarter of an inch >> above the display. This way, your finger is fully engaged in the flick >> motion before it contacts the display. finally, lift your finger from the >> display before you stop moving it. Exaggerate this motion until you >> consistently flick without VO jumping randomly around the display. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 20/09/2013, at 4:54, "Sandra Heaton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes it does I have noticed that as well. >>> >>> >>> Sandra >>> Braille Greeting Cards >>> www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hope Paulos" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:19 PM >>> Subject: Re: Voice over jumps around when swiping >>> >>> >>> I can also reproduce this. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 12:18 PM, "rafal" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a problem with vo it's strange but vo jumps items when i flicking. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Reiser" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:09 PM >>>> Subject: Voice over jumps around when swiping >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Twitter michaelsreiser >>>> >>>> Skype [email protected] >>>> >>>> Facebook [email protected] from my iPhone hello all, >>>> I noticed that in iOS 7, when I swipe around on the screen, voiceover >>>> seems to skip items. It also seems to be much more sensitive than before. >>>> Is there a new method that I need to know about when flicking around for >>>> the screen? This is on an iPhone 4S. 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