[Nfbf-l] Fwd: IOS 7.1 info
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Sun Mar 16 02:41:00 UTC 2014
iOS 7.1 has a setting that changes the appearance
of some of the buttons, in part to help low
vision people I think. This may be what the comment was about.
Dave
>I don't see a "telephone" button. I see a "call"
>button, which has always been there. -----
>Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ellsworth"
><jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com> To: "'NFB of
>Florida Internet Mailing List'"
><nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014
>7:38 AM Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fwd: IOS 7.1 info
>Sherri, I don't understand what she is talking
>about either. Perhaps she could provide some
>additional info like where she read this or
>heard about it. Thanks, Jim -----Original
>Message----- From: Nfbf-l
>[mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Sherri Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:35 PM
>To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fwd: IOS 7.1 info What's
>the telephone button on the keypad? I upgraded
>too. ----- Original Message ----- From:
>"Darlene" <dlaiblcrowe at att.net> To: "NFB of
>Florida Internet Mailing List"
><nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> Sent: Thursday, March 13,
>2014 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fwd: IOS 7.1
>info Yes I agree I especially like the telephone
>button on the keypad Need to take some time and
>check out the other improvement Love my iPhone!
>Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:51
>AM, "Jim Ellsworth"
><jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com> > wrote: > > Hi
>Darlene, > > What Denise sent around were the
>changes and improvements. This is a > pretty
>good upgrade. > > Thanks, > Jim Ellsworth > >
>-----Original Message----- > From: Nfbf-l
>[mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Darlene > Laibl-Crowe > Sent: Thursday, March
>13, 2014 7:40 AM > To: 'NFB of Florida Internet
>Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fwd: IOS
>7.1 info > > Thank you, Denise! I wondered what
>types of changes were made with the >
>upgrade! > > (smile) > Darlene > > -----Original
>Message----- > From: Nfbf-l
>[mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Denise > Valkema > Sent: Wednesday, March 12,
>2014 10:42 PM > To: NFBF > Subject: [Nfbf-l]
>Fwd: IOS 7.1 info > > > > Sincerely, Denise
>Valkema by iPhone > > Begin forwarded
>message: > >> From: "William Rivera"
><billmyster at the-beach.net> >> Date: March 12,
>2014 at 10:20:36 PM EDT >> To: "', >> For Apple
>I-Phone users, a bit of info on IOS v7.1 update
>released this >> Monday. If you find any other
>bugs, please document them and send to: >>
>accessibility at apple.com >> >> New Accessibility
>Features in iOS 7.1: >> 1. A new
>Accessibility option that turns on "Button
>Shapes". This is >> intended tother text on the
>screen (such as icon labels). >> 2. The
>increase contrast setting found at >>
>Settings>General>Accessibility now contains
>three options rather than >> being a single
>Toggle. This should make it easier for
>low-vision users to >> fine-tune the settings to
>something that best suits their personal >>
>circumstances. The 3 options are: >>
>a. Reduce Transparency: when enabled, this
>should make some text and >> page elements
>become solid colours, thus providing a better
>contrast >> against the background. >>
>b. Darken Colors: when enabled, this uses
>slightly darker versions of >> the colors used
>in some apps (for example, the light blue used
>in Safari >> and Settings becomes a darker shade
>of blue) >> c. Reduce White Point: when
>enabled, this makes the general whiteness >> of
>iOS 7 a little duller, so should help those who
>suffer from glare. >> 3. Enabling the Bold
>Text option now thickens icons as well as text
>on >> iOS labels. It also now changes the fonts
>used in the keyboard and the >> calculator. >>
>4. The option to Reduce Motion now also
>effects the native Weather >> app, Messages, and
>multitasking UI animations. >> 5. There are
>new wallpapers which low-vision users may find
>make it >> easier for them to see text and
>images. These wallpapers are available in >> a
>selection of solid colors with a polka dot
>pattern. >> 6. You can now set different
>speech rates for each language that you >> have
>on the language rotor. To do so, go to >>
>Settings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Languages
>& Dialects and >> double-tap the âInfoâ
>button that you will find next to the
>relevant >> language from the list of those
>enabled on the rotor. >> Accessibility
>Improvements in iOS 7.1: >> 1. The quality of
>the Vocalizer compact voices for United
>States >> English, British English, Australian
>English, and several other languages >> has been
>improved. While not directly related to
>accessibility, new Siri >> voices (with gender
>options) are available for U.K. English,
>Australian >> English and some other
>languages. >> 2. Folder badges now work as
>intended. >> 3. The closing folder sound now
>works as intended. >> 4. VoiceOver now reads
>all of the information on the Favorites tab
>in >> the Phone app. >> 5. When creating a
>new text or iMessage, you can now swipe to the
>text >> field after entering a contact. >>
>6. VoiceOver focus is now more consistent
>when selecting multiple >> messages in the Mail
>app. >> 7. VoiceOver focus is now more
>consistent when using the Actions rotor >> in
>the Mail app to delete messages. >> 8. The
>Reminders app now gives feedback to VoiceOver
>users that lists >> are draggable for
>reordering. >> 9. The Status bar on the lock
>screen now has hints for both the >> swiping up
>and swiping down gestures. >> 10. VoiceOver no
>longer repeats the locked screen
>announcement. >> 11. While adjusting the volume
>using the volume buttons with the screen >>
>locked, VoiceOver no longer says "screen locked"
>after the adjustment is >> made. >>
>12. VoiceOver volume can now be adjusted above
>35% using the rotor on >> all devices. >>
>13. You can now swipe through all options under
>Settings>Music when >> iTunes Match is
>enabled. >> 14. When you have just installed an
>app update, VoiceOver will now >> announce
>âRecently Updatedâ right after the appâs
>name when you put >> VoiceOver focus on to its
>icon on the Home screen. >> 15. VoiceOver no
>longer announces every time slot when swiping
>through >> the dayâs calendar in the
>Notifications Center. Now, it will only >>
>announce any scheduled events. >> 16. The
>random resetting of Inverted Colors no longer
>appears to happen. >> 17. Pressing the control
>key on a Bluetooth keyboard now works as >>
>intended and stops VoiceOver from speaking. >>
>18. The editing commands in Braille, such as
>space with dots 2-3-5-6 to >> select all; space
>with C to copy, etc. now function as
>expected. >> 19. The virtual keyboard can now
>be toggled on and off successfully with >> space
>and dots 1-4-6 in Braille. >> 20. VoiceOver now
>correctly reads the information for Cellular
>Data >> Usage available through Settings. >>
>21. When Siri asks a question that requires a
>response, speech now >> usually finishes before
>the microphone is activated for your answer. >>
>22. All buttons now appear to be correctly
>labeled and work as expected >> when using the
>Music app to listen to an audiobook. >>
>23. When using the Photo app, VoiceOver now
>once again gives feedback on >> whether there
>are faces in the framed shot. >> 24. When in
>the Messages app, VoiceOver now once again
>provides feedback >> when the other person in an
>iMessage exchange is typing. >> 25. When Siri
>is active, a Magic Tap (two-finger double tap)
>once again >> toggles listening on and off. This
>was a feature in iOS 6, but broke in >> iOS
>7.0.x. >> 26. The letters which accompany the
>number keys on the phone keypad and >> passcode
>entry screen are once again announced by
>VoiceOver after the >> number itself is
>announced. >> Bugs in iOS 7.1: >>
>1. Navigating the App Store is still
>unreliable and inconsistent with >> VoiceOver,
>although some minor improvements appear to have
>been made - >> such as when swiping left from
>the bottom menu bar on the Featured tab. >>
>2. Navigating by Heading in Safari remains
>inconsistent, and VoiceOver >> focus can still
>jump to the wrong place as you try to move
>through the >> page. >> 3. Audio playback
>still does not consistently return to its
>previous >> level after being automatically
>lowered when VoiceOver is speaking, >> although
>it does appear to less evident. >> 4. It can
>still sometimes take a second or two for
>VoiceOver to >> announce the time when the
>sleep/wake button is pressed. Likewise, there >>
>is still sometimes a delay for the screen to
>lock when pressing the lock >> button. >>
>5. VoiceOver focus can be inconsistent when
>navigating Settings on an >> iPad or iPad
>Mini. >> 6. VoiceOver does not always give an
>audible alert and/or move focus >> when a pop-up
>alert/menu is displayed on screen. >> 7. If
>you have autolock enabled there are some
>instances where the >> device will lock when you
>are actually using an app (MBraille and
>Fleksy >> are known examples). >> 8. On the
>Activity page for Shared Photo Streams in the
>Photos App, >> VoiceOver does not read the text
>that accompanies items. For example, >> this
>text might say âFred posted a photo. Fredâs
>Shared photos.â All that >> VoiceOver reads is
>the âLikeâ button which is visually located
>next to >> this text. >> 9. When using a
>Bluetooth keyboard or Braille display, VoiceOver
>does >> not consistently provide feedback when
>you have copied text using >> Command+c or
>Space+c. >> 10. When using the App Switcher to
>close or move between apps, VoiceOver >> may say
>âApp Switcherâ when you return to the Home
>screen or switch apps. >> In the case of the
>Home screen, VoiceOver will say âApp
>Switcherâ >> followed by where its focus is
>(such as a folder name). In the case of >>
>switching apps, VoiceOver will announce the name
>of the app closely >> followed by âApp
>Switcherâ. This behavior does not appear to
>happen every >> time. >> 11. When you search
>for a particular string in the Calendar app
>(such as >> âdentistâ), a list of results is
>displayed. The date that VoiceOver >> announces
>for each of these events bears no resemblance to
>the dates >> actually displayed on the screen.
>And, it is the displayed dates which >> are the
>correct ones. >> 12. Entering text with a
>Bluetooth keyboard can be problematic. In
>some >> circumstances VoiceOver will announce
>non-standard characters as you >> type. The
>number, navigation and function keys appear to
>work as >> expected. Some users report that
>turning the Bluetooth keyboard off and >> on
>again can temporarily correct this behavior. >>
>13. When content contains more than 1 language,
>VoiceOver detection of >> the switch between
>languages is unreliable. >> >> >> William Rivera >> billmyster at the-beach.net >
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