<div dir="ltr"><div>To all of the entire NABS membership list, the NFB of NJ Technology Division, New Jersey Association of Blind Students and Parents of Blind Children of New Jersey:</div><div><br></div>This important message is to all Apple iOS 7.1 Users Please be sure to read the entire details as there are some issues dealing with iOS 7.1 and VoiceOver. I do not own or have any Apple products and I would just like to share this message with everybody who does have Apple products. I just thought I would share this helpful technology insight message. I am always doing something to help the blind succeed when it comes to issues with technology for the blind.<div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>Source: American Foundation of the Blind AccessWorld Magazine (monthly). </div><div><br></div><div>"Together we are changing what it means to be blind."</div><div>"We care. We share. We make a difference."</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jimmy Hulme</div><div>Member of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey since 1998.</div><div>Member of the New Jersey Association of Blind Students and the National Association of Blind Students since 2007.</div>
<div>609-660-0699 (Home)</div><div>908-868-2836 (Mobile)</div><div><a href="mailto:jim.hulme@gmail.com">jim.hulme@gmail.com</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-hulme/2b/b02/260">My Resumé</a><br></div>
<div><a href="http://jhulme.blogspot.com/">My Blog</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please stay tuned for a future blog posts from now until April 30, 2014 about the CSUN 2014 International Technology Conference for Persons with Disabilities from 03/17/2014-03/22/2014.</div>
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Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:48 AM<br>Subject: Alert to AccessNote Users<br>To: AFB Subscriber <<a href="mailto:afbweb@afb.net">afbweb@afb.net</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p>Alert to AccessNote Users:</p>
<p>iOS 7.1 is experiencing an issue that affects all VoiceOver users who are using a Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard. </p>
<p>Apple is aware of the issue, and is presumably working on a bug fix. The problem stems from using the control key. After pressing the control key, it acts as if the control key is “sticking,” and all subsequent keyboard actions act as if the control key is being held down. This has a significantly detrimental effect on all iOS apps, but particularly impacts AccessNote users. If you are experiencing bizarre behavior when taking notes in AccessNote using iOS 7.1, then it is likely caused by this bug. Unfortunately there is nothing that we can do about this as developers, and we will have to wait for a bug fix from Apple. So for now, try to avoid using the control key by itself, and if you do experience strange behavior it can typically be fixed by pressing VO + left or right to change the focus, then back to what you were doing. This bug only affects QWERTY keyboards, and we have experienced no effects when using braille keyboards.</p>
<p>AppleVis has some excellent resources. They have a podcast and another article suggesting some workarounds:</p>
<p>Podcast: <a href="http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/quick-tip-workaround-bluetooth-keyboard-problem-introduced-ios-71" target="_blank">http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/quick-tip-workaround-bluetooth-keyboard-problem-introduced-ios-71</a>
</p><p>Article: <a href="http://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/avoiding-bt-keyboard-issues-ios-71" target="_blank">http://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/avoiding-bt-keyboard-issues-ios-71</a> <u></u>
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