[Electronics-talk] Learning the IPod Touch

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Chris.
I don't think I have ibooks, so I was using Safari, and I don't see 
accessibility in the table of contents.  But perhaps I need to scroll.
My friend showed me how to set typing, at least in notes, so maybe now it 
will work.
I'll check out applevis, too.
Tracy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Learning the IPod Touch


> How are you bringing up the user's guide? Are you using Safari, iBooks or 
> what? since upgrading my iPhone 4S to IOS 7, I don't have a user's guide 
> on it. I just went into iBooks and downloaded the IOS 7 user's guide, and 
> I was able to get to the VoiceOver section by double tapping the Contents 
> and then Accessibility. voiceOver was one of the links on that page.
>
> Another good source on how to use IOS 7 are the podcasts found on 
> AppleVis.com or other sites like How to be Blind and the books from 
> Jonathan Mosen and The National Braille Press. The viphone mailing list on 
> Google Groups is also a good source of information, although it's a pretty 
> high traffic mailing list.
>
> Sounds like you want to use touch typing. To use touch typing, you need to 
> double tap inside an edit box and then use the roter to get to the typing 
> option. Now flick up or down to toggle between touch typing and standard 
> typing. You just need to make this change once, and it'll be persistent.
>
> Before you switch to touch typing, you can double tap on a letter or split 
> tap on it. To double tap, once you hear the letter you want, just lift 
> your finger and then double tap quickly anywhere on the screen. To split 
> tap, once you hear the letter you want, leave your finger on the screen 
> and then tap the screen somewhere else with another finger.
>
> If you're talking about Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver 
> On -> VoiceOver Practice then I think you can just practice with VoiceOver 
> gestures. I think the typing refers to practicing with hand writing. If 
> you want to practice typing, I'd suggest just using the Notes app.
>
> On 10/26/2013 08:10 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>> I just upgraded my new ipod Touch to IOS 7.
>> When I was running IOS 6, I was able to open the User Guide, and the
>> first thing said "VoiceOver users click here".  Now, in IOS 7, I can't
>> find anything about VoiceOver in the User Guide.
>> How can I learn to operate this thing?
>>
>> A friend was trying to help me type on the Touch.  I thought I was
>> supposed to run my finger over the on-screen keyboard until I found the
>> letter I wanted, then pick up my finger, but I wasn't getting the
>> results I expected. All kinds of letters were being put in the edit box,
>> and not usually the ones I wanted.
>> I could look it up in the User Guide, if I could type in the search box.
>> Irony.
>>
>> In VO Practice, it says I can practice typing, but I can't figure out
>> how to bring up the keyboard to make that happen.
>> Help!
>> Tracy
>>
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