Hi David; I learned to do a feather touch from one of your expert posts.
Thanks Anthony ll Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! > On Sep 20, 2013, at 10:56 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > > The touchscreen technology has a specific sensitivity which is hardwired. > What the OS does is delay the time it waits before responding to the command > gesture. This gives the appearance of greater or less sensitivity, but the > actual touchscreen sensitivity with the capacitive touchscreen is a precise, > constant value. > > There is a capacitive touchscreen which is also pressure sensitive that is > being tested and developed. The reason this is important is that, whilst > blind people believe the modern touchscreen is pressure sensitive, they will > continue attempting to press firmer, which actually very significantly > reduces accuracy in increases errors. > > As for the error that people are experiencing with flicking through lists and > then having the VO focus jump up to two further selections, I suspect I know > what is going on, but need to have my sighted research assistant watch the > visual response before I can be certain. If my suspicion is correct, the > solution is fairly simple, but does require people being a bit more > deliberate in their working with VO. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 21 Sep 2013, at 1:59, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> 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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