Hi Christina, Well, I give you lots of credit here. I tried executing the past two gesture but just couldn't do it. Anyway, I was working well. This is really a great app and I appreciate you letting us know about it. Thanks.
Les Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2013, at 12:00 PM, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had zero problems getting started with Fantastical 2. I honestly did it in > seconds. > > I may not remember this exactly but here goes… > > > When you first open the app it asks you for permission to your calendar, > address book/contacts and something else, :) I forgot what the third thing > was. I allowed access to all of them. > > Then you will sort of be in a mini tutorial mode and that is why you cannot > access the settings button and such. > > In the bottom half of the screen it tells you to pull down on the ticker to > switch to month view. You have to use the pass through gesture for this. All > you need to do is double tap and hold the day ticker until you here this > sound I cannot describe, then pull down. > > Once you are successful at this it walks you through maybe two other > instructions. I don’t remember what they are but again, just use the pass > through gesture. :) > > Once you finish this sort of tutorial mode, than you can use the app normally > and none of the buttons will be greyed out. :) > > The pass through gesture sort of cuts through VO and it’s like you are > touching that particular spot that you double tapped and held your finger on > for a second, as if VO was not on. I’m sorry, I’m not good at describing this > and maybe someone else will better explain this gesture and what is > happening. > > I did not have any sighted assistance and I consider myself quite a ditz when > it comes to technology and I truly did not have any problems. The key here > is knowing about the pass through gesture. If you are not aware of this > useful VO gesture then you will certainly be stuck. :) This gesture may take > a bit of practice but I find it very useful in other apps as well. :) > > Good luck, and let me know if I can be of further assistance. The app is not > “perfect” for visually impaired but I am loving it a whole lot more than the > native Calendar app but this is just my opinion. :) > > Christina > Sent from Christina's >> On Oct 31, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, Nick ad Christina >> >> I was able to obtain sighted assistance from my wife and she was able to >> deal with the welcome screen and less than 30 seconds. So this would be my >> recommendation. Once doing this, everything will work as expected. >> Sometimes, it's just not worth the trouble. Anyway, I like this program >> because calendar events and reminders are shown on the same screen. This is >> exactly what I would like to have happened. Good luck. >> >> Les >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I can see where Fantastical 2 has some promise, but I cannot get the ticker >>> to switch to Calendar. >>> I have the welcome message in the middle of the screen that says to get >>> started, pull down the day ticker until it changes to the calendar. >>> The settings but'ton and the new event buttons are both dimmed. >>> I tried toggling VO off while I had my finger on the ticker and sliding >>> down, but that didn't work. >>> this is on the iPod Touch 5th Gen running iOS 7.0.3. >>> I removed it from the app switcher and launched it again. >>> >>> Any further details on how to get the month view would be appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) >>> >>> -- >>> 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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