The trick is to touch and hold the bottom of the display, not slide the finger onto the bottom of the display.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Oct 2013, at 6:08, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Not true, you can touch the bottom of the screen in any app or the lock > screen and when you hear the double tone swipe up and the control center > will come up. Works for me every time and so far in every appp where I have > done that. It would hardly be much of a time saver if you had to exit to the > home screen every time you want to bring up Control Center to change the > brightness or turn Bluetooth on or off etc. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Thom Spittle > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: An alternative to bringing up the control center not working > for me. > > Just remember that you need to be on a home page and not in an app. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of John Panarese >> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 12:42 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: An alternative to bringing up the control center not >> working > for >> me. >> >> Hi Paul, >> You don't actually tap and hold. You slowly slide your finger up >> from > the >> home button until you hear the same sound you would normally hear when >> you double tap and hold. At that point, slide one finger straight up. >> I > will >> tell you that I have found this gesture difficult to accomplish and >> have better luck sliding down to open the notification center from the >> top of > the >> screen. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and >> LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Paul Henrichsen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, guys. On the mac accessibility podcast, they were talking about >>> an >> alternative method for bringing up the control center using one finger. >>> It sounded like they suggested tapping and holding just above the >>> home >> button then sliding one finger up to bring up the control center. >>> I can't get that to work for me. If I tap and hold, it wants to move >>> the >> message app in my doc. >>> If I tap and hold above the doc, I am still placed into a mode where >>> I > can >> move icons. >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> I can get the one where you touch the top of the screen then flick >>> up > from >> the bottom with three fingers, but I wanted to try this alternative > method. >>> I must be just doing something wrong. 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