Hi Teresa,

Almost precisely! It is *not* a human-generated message, but software 
generated. So the developer put nothing more into it, it seems to me. There are 
a few other situations on iPhone where this occurs. 

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  Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 7:11 AM
  Subject: Re: Braille: Expanded Status Description Not Showing Or Speaking 
Information


  Hi, Flor,


  I lost you somewhere when you mentioned it being a human-generated message. I 
am not even sure what you mean by that. The expanded status message just shows 
more information about the Braille being displayed. The only human factor 
involved would be whatever the developer put into that feature. So I think I'm 
basically thoroughly confused.


  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 2:43 PM, Flor Lynch <florl...@iol.ie> wrote:


    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. 

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      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.  .  

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        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

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seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks

        On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Flor Lynch <florl...@iol.ie> wrote:


          But does VoiceOver know them as 'status cells'? 

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            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 <wcmerr...@gmail.com> 
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 <batsfly...@me.com> 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

                  <hayasim...@gmail.com> 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 <batsfly...@me.com> 
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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