[nabs-l] texting on the iPhone

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
How do you get compact mode?
I'm looking on my new phone and under voice over I see no option for 
changing the voices or anything.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: justin williams
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:54 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] texting on the iPhone

Is compact mode on the eye phone five?

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:06 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] texting on the iPhone

Hi all,

I have an IPhone and have used the touch screen for everything.  (I have a 4
so I don't have Siri or dictation until I get an upgrade).
There are a few settings you can change on your phone to make using the
touch screen on the IPhone much like the experience a sighted person has,
and it makes the process a lot less tedious.

1.  Change the typing mode to touch typing by going into messages, double
tapping the edit field to bring up the keyboard, and making the roter motion
until you hear it say typing mode.  Swipe up or down with one finger till
you hear touch typing instead of standard.  Touch typing allows you to input
letters by just touching it and lifting your finger off of the screen.
Voiceover still announces the letter your finger is over, but instead of
double tapping to select it you can just lift off.
2. Change voice over to only speak characters, or nothing at all in terms of
feedback.  I like having characters spoken to me so I can hear if I make
mistakes, but having it speak words can slow it down.
3.  Change the voice to compact mode.  I resisted this for about a year and
a half, but it really does speed up your phone dramatically.
I've found it has a big difference on how fast I can touch type, and now the
time it takes me to send a text message is comparable to some of my slower
sighted friends.  It's not quite the same since we still have to hear what
we're doing, but it's about as fast as we can get by using the touch screen.

Hope these help.

On 5/12/13, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening, no, dictation is separate from Siri. The software is
> built directly into the operating system.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 12, 2013, at 7:55 PM, "Ian Perrault" <iperrault at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>       Hi Patrick
>> Texting on the IPhone is great. Yes, you can buy a bluetooth
>> keyboard, I have one. But you can also press dictate, and just
>> dictate your text messages. Or, you can feel around the keyboard, and
>> when you find the letter you want, double-tap it and it will be
>> inserted. Tedious process, but with auto-correct it can be duable.
>> Ian
>>
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