[Trainer-Talk] Screen Curtain on iPhone

Thu Apr 21 18:56:59 UTC 2022

Wow I didn't know that, good to know, not that I need it though 

Best,
Leo Bado

-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:20 AM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: David Goldfield <david.goldfield at outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Screen Curtain on iPhone

Hi. First, it is possible to remove the screen curtain gesture if you go into Voiceover settings under Commands. If you find the gesture and double tap that button you will then see a button to remove the gesture. Also, you currently cannot use Siri to toggle screen curtain on or off.

     David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist

Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.info

> On Apr 21, 2022, at 1:09 PM, Leo Bado via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, I'm not 100 percent sure, but I believe you just cannot remove the
> taggle screen curtain on and off feature because even though you may do it
> for the touch gestures, you could always turn it on and off with Siri. Did
> you try just changing the default touch gesture for turning on and of  the
> screen curtain? In my case, I don't even remember what the default gesture
> was because I changed long time  ago the shortcut. Try changing the default
> touch gesture, and assign a new one, for instance, I got the four finger
> quadruple  tap gesture assigned to screen curtain. In all likelihood, I
> wouldn't think that someone can perform such a gesture by mere accident.
> 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Leo Bado
> 
> 
> 
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> Cc: Snow, Amy L. (IT) <amy.snow at wcbvi.k12.wi.us
> <mailto:amy.snow at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> >
> Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Screen Curtain on iPhone
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all I'm hoping you can help me with a question.
> 
> 
> 
> My mom has the beginning to moderate stages of dementia and she keeps
> turning her screen curtain on accidentally.  Having the screen visible helps
> her orient to the device just a little (and as we know, any sort of change
> encountered by people with dementia really can throw them off).  At times
> she has a care worker help her with her phone and she needs the screen to do
> that.
> 
> 
> 
> I thought I'd removed the gesture shortcut to turn the screen curtain on and
> off in Mom's phone settings so that she couldn't inadvertently activate it,
> but that appears to not be working the way I thought it would.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm wondering if there is a way to disable the ability to turn the screen
> curtain on or off in voiceover at all that I may be missing? I figure my
> mother can't be the only one with this issue so there has to be a way to
> circumvent the problem.
> 
> 
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Amy
> 
> 
> 
> Amy Snow
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