Hi, I've used the finger spread technique fairly successfully. The trick is to turn the rotor to lines, then each time you spread your fingers apart, you select a whole line at a time. HTH, Richard "
"Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." - Victor Hugo Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 7, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, all, > > I'm using an iPod 5G. I have a Braille display and a Bluetooth keyboard. I > can easily select text in an edit field, and in that case, the edit function > is available in the rotor. In an area that doesn't have an edit field, the > edit functions aren't available in the rotor, and the only function available > in this case is the shortcut menu when doing a double-tap and hold gesture. > This menu contains a "select all" option. > > I've tried the two-finger spread gesture on the touchscreen in non-editable > text, and I'm able to select a character at a time. Is there a trick to this > process? It seems very unwieldy to me. How about keyboard and Braille display > commands? I've tried using dots 2-5-6-chord on the Braille display to select > text, but it doesn't seem to work. > > Ideas? > > Thanks, > Teresa > > "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
