My NLS account is currently an active. I need to reactivate my account before I 
can use the Bard app.

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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> On 10 Oct 2013, at 1:53, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So, David, have you used this technique successfully with the BARD app?
> I managed to scroll it to the letter G, but no further.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
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> Of David Chittenden
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 1:46 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Can't get the picker item to stay in focus when searching the
> bard website using the app
> 
> I am sure people are getting tired of me always talking about how blind
> people are using the touchscreen. However, this is my research, so I am
> continually studying it.
> 
> When using a long picker, what often happens is the finger stops moving so
> much vertically, so VO eventually interprets the touch location on the
> iDevice rather than the flick. For myself, if I slow down a little and pay
> close attention, I do not lose the picker, no matter how long it is. That
> said, it is frustrating and tiresome to maintain such careful focus. So, for
> long pickers, I do the following. After VO has focus on the picker, I do a
> double tap and hold (pass through gesture) near the edge of the display
> across from the direction I want to move the picker. For instance, if I want
> to move the picker up, I start just above the home button. After I hear the
> ascending tones which signal pass through, I slide my finger straight toward
> the opposite end of the display. I start somewhat slowly and accelerate my
> speed slowly as I slide my finger. With VO sounds on, one will hear the
> clicks as the picker turns. A neat thing about iOS (which was pointed out to
> me by a sighted friend) is that the pickers continue spinning for a little
> while after the finger leaves the display. The clicks go fast, then they
> slow down and stop. With practice, I have become fairly good at causing the
> picker to spin 60 to 70 choices per spin. Of course, one then needs to
> either touch the picker's actual location (which is usually at the bottom of
> the display, or flick away from and back onto the picker to see where it is
> now.
> 
> After learning this last year, I have come to really enjoy pickers. Then
> again, I am a kid at heart and enjoy making the wheel spin.
> 
> As to iOS 7, because the delay timing in VO has been decreased, one must be
> more precise about one's actions before touching the display.
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: [email protected]
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 8 Oct 2013, at 9:06, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mary and all,
>> I didn't mean to suggest it was a BARD bug, but a bug in general.
>> I was not at a place where I could resprond in detail, so just confirmed
> that it is a bug.
>> A bug that is most annoying and I hope lots of people let Apple
> Accessibility know it is bothersome so maybe it will get some attention.
>> Just my opinion,
>> 
>> 
>> Richard
>> (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen)
>> 
>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Richard,
>>> I have seen this focus problem with pickers in places other than the Bard
> app, so I'm not sure it is a Bard issue. And this is under IOS 6, not 7. It
> seems quite common with pickers where you are doing an on line order and
> have to input your state using a picker. Buy.com comes to mind. By the time
> I get to O for Oregon, I generally have to re-access that picker several
> times, and the only way to do it is to double tap somewhere else in the form
> to force VO focus there, then go back to the picker and try again. It is
> frustrating, and it does not happen with all pickers for me.
>>> 
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> Mary Otten
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
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