I've never had the edit rotor option come up in a text message conversation. I can't even seem to use the gesture to select text in a conversation. It just won't select anything.
Thanks, Ari > On Dec 16, 2013, at 7:57 AM, "Alan Lemly" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll add to Sieghard's comments. Garth's democast on this topic is > excellent. The title of the episode is Episode 12 - Selecting, Copying and > Pasting Text and it can be found on this page: > > http://www.iblindtech.com/democast/?currentPage=3 > > Greg Kelchner also did a podcast called Exploring and Demonstrating the > Advanced Text Editing Capabilities in iOS for VoiceOver Users which can be > found on AppleVis at the following link: > > http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/exploring-and-demonstrating-advance > d-text-editing-capabilities-ios-voiceover-users > > That link will no doubt break since it is longer than one line so here is a > TinyURL link to the same thing: > > http://tinyurl.com/ka32zkb > > Be aware that both of the above podcasts are pre-iOS 7 which added some more > editing gestures as Sieghard already excellently explained. > > I agree that selecting and editing text on an iPhone is one of the most > difficult things to do on it. But like everything, practice does make you > better at it. I won't say perfect because I am so far from that level that > I'm not even going to pretend it's attainable. > > Good luck. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Need Some Tips on Edit Functions > > Hi Bill, > > I suggest you go to www.IBlindTech.com and listen to Garth's Podcast about > selecting, copying and pasting text. I can't remember which number it is, > but it is called very similar to what I just put here, Selecting, Copying > and Pasting Text, so it should be easy to find. > Doing this is one of the more tricky gestures and involves using 2 fingers > which you place in the middle of the screen close together and then you move > them apart horizontally. It is called a "Pinch Out" gesture and if, for > example, you turn the rotor to Words, the text you want to select in Your > Messages app will be selected word by word as you increase the distance > between your fingers. > If you get to the edge of the screen and not all the text has been selected > you can repeat the gesture. > When you are done you now turn the rotor to Edit, then flick down with one > finger until you hear "Copy", then double tap. Your selected text has now > been copied to the Clibboard. > You next would open the Mail app, address the message and then in the body > field once again turn the rotor to Edit, then flick down until you get to > Paste and double tap. > > Another, easier way which often works well in iOS 7 is to use the new > 4-finger quadruple tap. > This gesture copies the last spoken text to the Clipboard, Voiceover > actually calls it "Pastboard". > You would just touch the message you want to copy, let Voiceover read it > completely and then immediately after it finishes do a 4-finger quadruple > tap. > Then go to your Mail app, start a message and do what I described above > which is to turn the rotor to Edit, flick down to Paste and double tap. > One thing this method does is that it also pastes things Voiceover says like > "link" or "button". > For example, assume you have an email with a phone number or hyperlink and > Voiceover reads the number followed by "phone number detected or the link > followed by "link detected". > If you do a 4-finger quadruple tap and then paste the number or link into > another email, Voiceover would also paste the text "Phone Number Detected" > or "link detected" and you would have to delete this again if all you wanted > was the phone number or link. > But this is still a very useful feature. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Bill Gallik > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 6:33 AM > To: List, viPhone > Subject: Need Some Tips on Edit Functions > > OK, I have to confess to some total ignorance here. I want to take the text > from a text message and place it into an e-mail so I can send it off to > somebody who doesn't have a mobile phone. Here's my questions: > > - How do I select the text I want from the text message? > - How do I then copy it to the work space? > - How do I then paste that text into an e-mail? > - Where can I read about using these edit functions so I can learn how to do > additional things? > > Thanks in advance! > > > ---------------- > Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to You and Yours Holland and Bill > - Scrooge, witnessing the Cratchet family Christmas celebration, begins an > exchange with the Spirit of Christmas Present: > - "`Spirit,' said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, `tell > me if Tiny Tim will live.' > `I see a vacant seat,' replied the Ghost, `in the poor chimney-corner, and a > crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain > unaltered by the Future, the child will die.' > `No, no,' said Scrooge. `Oh, no, kind Spirit. say he will be spared.' > `If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race,' > returned the Ghost, `will find him here. What then. 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