[nfbcs] How to get around a couple of bugs in an iPhone 5 running iOS 9.3.5

[Jim Barbour]

Hey Mike,

For keyboard echoing, you'll find In Settings, General, Accessibility, Voiceover, typing feedback; there are two sections.  One for virtual keyboard and one for hardware keyboards.

Hope this helps,

Jim


On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 01:30:05PM -0700, Brian Buhrow via nfbcs wrote:
> 	hello Mike.  I'm not sure about the keyboard question since I'm not
> sure I understand the problem.  However, I think I can help with the picker
> issue.
> 
> 	When you run into a picker item, double tap it.  Then, move your
> finger to just above the home button.  Rest your finger there until
> voiceover focus moves there. Now, you should be able to single finger flick
> up and down to move between the choices of the picker.  Once you've made
> your selection, single finger flick left once so that VoiceOver says
> "done".  Double tap to signal that you want to close the picker.  Finally,
> move your finger to the middle of the screen some where, and let VoiceOver
> move the focus to your finger.  Now, you can flick left and right to
> navigate the page you were working on to get back to where you were before
> you  opened the picker menu item.  This is probably the most frustrating
> part of this process, since it involves exploring the page to find the
> place where you were before you  opened the drop down menu, but when you
> pass over the menu buttons, they should have the selections you made.  with
> practice, you'll learn where the best place to put your finger is after
> selecting a menu item so as to get as close as possible to where you were.
> 
> 
> 	I've not figured out how to do this efficiently with a braille display
> at all.  I have to pick up the phone, move the focus to the picker menu,
> open it, then use the braille display to make the selection.  It's faster
> just to abandon the braile display for this portion of web page navigation.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> -Brian
> 
> On Sep 25,  8:00pm, Mike Freeman via nfbcs wrote:
> } Subject: [nfbcs] How to get around a couple of bugs in an iPhone 5 running
> } First, can anyone tell me how to change the typing echo in hardware keyboards, that is, characters, words, characters in words?
> } Second, is there a workaround for the problem of not being able to access the pop-up picker buttons giving month and year for a cards expiration date?
> } 
> } Thanks in advance.
> } 
> } Mike Freeman
> } 
> } 
> } 
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