Sorry I had worded the part in my message Re: the Focus14 blue and status cells 
poorly. What the Focus14 blue doesn't have, is the "Navrow" of buttons that the 
40 blue does have. 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Flor Lynch 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:23 PM
  Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking 
Information


  That 'expanded status' message is then probably just a generic message, as I 
would call it, a message generated by software rather than by a human. I have 
sometimes found that so-called help (also in iOS) is still only helpful in a 
technical sense. For example, You might have WiFi turned on, but that doesn't 
mean that you're connected to your Wifi network. I have a Focus14 Blue (paired 
with my iPhone) which doesn't have the navrow of buttons, and also a Focus40 
Blue (that does), which I haven't paired with my iPhone but use with PC mostly 
though also sometimes with laptop.  .  

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Teresa Cochran 
    To: [email protected] 
    Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:52 PM
    Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking 
Information


    I'm not sure. It's a Focus 40 Blue. There isn't a hardware setting for 
status cells, but in iOS, it's a Voiceover setting. I set it to "left" and it 
does show a cell with dots on the left. i have looked up the m,ning of the dots 
on Applevis and found out what each one means. However, VO doesn't display or 
speak the expanded descriptions of the status, as the VO help would seem to 
indicate.


    Teresa

    "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing 
with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks

    On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:


      But does VoiceOver know them as 'status cells'? 

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Teresa Cochran 
        To: [email protected] 
        Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:22 PM
        Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or 
Speaking Information


        Oh, but I want to experiment with the status cells. I'd like to know 
what kind of information it provides. I have a 40-cell display, so that's not 
an issue.


        Teresa

        "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and 
seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks

        On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Wayne Merritt <[email protected]> wrote:


          Perhaps it is similar to the status cells when using the display with
          a Windows or Mac screen reader. I never bothered with those status
          messages too much, and even turned the status cells off. Besides, if
          you have a smallish display, every cell counts when showing
          information.

          Wayne

          On 7/21/14, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:

            Expanded status indicates things like Voiceover muting, screen 
cchrtain, and

            I believe text attributes, though I'm not entirely sure about that 
last

            one.



            Teresa



            "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan



              On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy

              <[email protected]> wrote:



              I saw that in the keyboard help when I pressed the first router 
key to the

              left with the same results. This left me wondering what an 
expanded status

              was.



              Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy

              Sent from my iPhone



              On 21 Jul 2014, at 04:19, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> 
wrote:



              Hi, all,



              I was exploring the status functions with my Focus 40 Blue. When 
I press

              the cursor-routing keys in cell 2, keyboard help reports that it 
toggles

              expanded description. However, I get no audible or Braille 
feedback, even

              when I press n-space for andouncement history. Am I missing 
something?



              Thanks,

              Teresa



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