Hi, Why would it be impossible when many Android devices add the ability to change the sensitivity of the touch screens? That being said, I think it is very possible. I think more than sensitivity, this might be some random VO focus issues. The first thing I would try is restarting my device, and turning on reduced motion in settings/general/accessibility.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 20, 2013, at 9:53 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > First, it is impossible to increase the sensitivity of the touchscreen. What > Apple has done is made VO more responsive more rapidly to the touch. > > When you are typing, holding a letter for than a second first causes VO to > say selected because passthrough has been activated. Now, you can slide your > finger around the keyboard to get various types of alternate symbols for the > symbol in question. If you do not slide your finger at all, but instead, lift > your finger straight up from the keyboard, the original symbol you were > touching will be used. Getting different symbols means you are moving your > finger before lifting it from the keyboard. > > Apple appears to have shortened the time between when the screen is initially > touched and when mode shifts to tracking your finger rather than interpreting > your command gesture. The time used to be half a second. I am guessing the > time is now about a fourth of a second, but I do not have an assistant to > help me time it. This shorter time is causing your editing to get confused > because you are used to having more time to start your command gesture > movement after touching the screen. If you start movements before touching > the screen, you will bypass most of the difficulties you are experiencing. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 21 Sep 2013, at 0:14, Carol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> First, I love some things in IOS7 and think Apple have done a good job in >> many areas. However, so far as us VI's are concerned, it seems that there >> are some definite difficulties and pitfalls and I'm feeling a bit frustrated >> with these. >> >> First, for me at least the 4S is in some ways quite snappy and, in others, >> just not quite snappy enough ... Then, I'm a bit disappointed as the UK >> English voice just doesn't sound quite right, even on its higher setting and >> awful on its compact setting. Since we listen to speech most of the time, >> these voices really need to be very good! >> >> However, my main frustration right now is being unable to perform general >> editing techniques nearly as well or as quickly as in IOS6. This is because >> of the more sensitive touch, which can create random incorrect letters. >> This would even be OK if, when editing and working through word by wor and >> letter by letter, the voices were really tiptop and selecting was better >> than it is at present. I find I can no longer select and delete quantities >> of text as before because so often the cursor jumps about (often putting me >> at the top of a message when I was editing further down) (or the pinch >> method just doesn't work at all. >> >> Finally, I am finding the dictation when using Siri, less accurate than >> before and I was looking forward to seeing some leaps forward in this area. >> >> M-Braille is definitely my best bet here right now for writing but I still >> have a need to utilise these other skills when I need to get things done >> quickly and corretly. >> >> The matter which brought this in focus for me was when I was trying to text >> a quick message into which I needed to place some numeric and punctuation >> signs. I found that, when in touch typing mode, it was just too easy to >> slide a finger and find that a character was selected and then extra >> characters were available to me, but they just got inserted every time I >> slid my finger around - so a real mess! I did try to edit using standard >> typing and this was a little better, but I don't want to use this as I find >> it generally much quicker to use the touch typing method. >> >> I'd love some of you to try out texting, including the characters that are >> available in the Numbersoption, and see what you think! >> >> For now, I'm taking a break and a cuppa! >> >> Carol P >> Sent from the Mac >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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