[gui-talk] iPhone Information
Kevin Fjelsted
kfjelsted at gmail.com
Mon Jul 27 15:00:13 UTC 2009
If you join the IPhone VoiceOver group that I sent earlier you will
find lots of resources.
I am including some compiled notes on the jestures below that you may
find helpful.
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VoiceOver Gestures
When VoiceOver is turned on, the standard touchscreen gestures have
different results. These and additional gestures allow you to move
around the screen and to control the individual elements when they’re
selected. VoiceOver gestures include using two and three fingers to
tap or flick. For best results using two- and three-finger gestures,
relax and let your fingers touch the screen naturally.
You can use many different techniques to enter VoiceOver gestures. For
example, you can enter a two-finger tap using two fingers from one
hand, or one finger from each hand. You can also use your thumbs. Try
different techniques to discover which works best for you.
Following is a summary of some of the VoiceOver gestures.
Navigate and Read
*
Tap: Speak item.
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Flick right or left: Select next or previous item.
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Flick up or down: Depends on Rotor Control setting. See Rotor Control.
*
Two-finger tap: Stop speaking current item.
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Two-finger flick up: Read all from top of screen.
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Two-finger flick down: Read all from current position.
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Three-finger flick up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
*
Three-finger flick right or left: Go to next or previous page
(such as Home screen, Stocks, Safari).
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Three-finger tap: Speak the scroll status (which page or rows
are visible).
Select and Activate
*
Double-tap: Activate selected item.
*
Touch an item with one finger, tap the screen with another
finger (“split tapping”): Activate item.
*
Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a
standard gesture.
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the
subsequent gesture as a standard one. For example, you can double-tap
and hold, then without lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide
a switch.
*
Two-finger double tap: Answer or end a call. Play or pause
(iPod, YouTube, Voice Memos, Photos). Take a picture (Camera). Start
or pause recording (Camera, Voice Memos).
*
Three-finger double tap: Mute or unmute VoiceOver.
*
Three-finger triple tap: Turn the screen curtain on or off.
NOTE: Single-finger flicking gestures must be done quickly to
distinguish them from dragging gestures.
Powering off
To turn it off press and hold the standby button on the top right of
the phone until you hear it say power off button then double tap. To
turn it on just press the standby button.
Using VoiceOver
Select items on the screen:
Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver identifies each element as
you touch it. You can also move systematically from one element to the
next by flicking left or right with a single finger. Elements are
selected from left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Flick right to go to the
next element, or flick left to go to the previous element.
“Tap” a selected item when VoiceOver is turned on:
Double-tap anywhere on the screen.
Speak the text of an element, character by character or word by word:
With the element selected, flick up or down with one finger. Flick
down to read the next character, or flick up to read the previous
character. Twist the rotor control to read word by word.
Enter text:
Select a key on the keyboard by flicking left or right, then double-
tap to enter the character. Or drag you finger around the keyboard to
select a key and, while holding the key with one finger, tap the
screen with another finger to enter the character. VoiceOver speaks
the key when it’s selected and again when it’s entered.
Flick up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward in
the text. VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves and
speaks the character to the right of the insertion point. Use the
Rotor to select moving the insertion point by character or by word.
To enter an accented character, double-tap and hold until you hear a
sound that indicates the alternate characters have appeared, then drag
left or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to
enter the current selection.
Adjust a slider:
With a single finger, flick up to increase the setting or down to
decrease the setting. VoiceOver announces the setting as you adjust
it.
Scroll a list or area of the screen:
Flick up or down with three fingers. Flick down to scroll down, or
flick up to scroll up. If you’re scrolling through a list, VoiceOver
speaks the range of items displayed (for example, “showing rows 5
through 10”). Areas are scrolled in sections, and VoiceOver tells you
which section is visible as you scroll.
For best results using three-finger gestures, relax and let your
fingers touch the screen naturally.
Unlock iPhone:
Select the Unlock switch, then double-tap the screen.
Mute VoiceOver:
Double-tap with three fingers. Double-tap again with three fingers to
turn speaking back on. To turn off only VoiceOver sounds, set the
Ring/ Silent switch to Silent.
Stop speaking an item:
Tap once with two fingers. Speaking automatically resumes when you
select another item.
Turn off the display while you use VoiceOver (“Screen Curtain”):
Triple-tap with three fingers. Triple-tap again with three fingers to
turn on the display again.
Speak entire screen from the top (“Read All”):
Flick up with two fingers.
Speak from current item to bottom of screen:
Flick down with two fingers.
Status information about iPhone can be heard by touching the top of
the screen. This can include the time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal
strength, and more.On Jun 20, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Nik Petersson wrote:
In case anyone hasn't encountered this. Here is the instructions and
description for rotor control:
Rotor Control:
The rotor control is an invisible dial that you can use to change the
results of up and down flick gestures when VoiceOver is turned on.
Operate a rotor:
Rotate two fingers on the iPhone screen to “turn” the dial to choose
between options.
The effect of the rotor depends on what you’re doing. For example, if
you’re reading text in an email you received, you can use the rotor to
switch between hearing text spoken word-by-word or character-by-
character when you flick up or down. If you’re browsing a webpage, use
the rotor to choose whether you hear text word-by-word or
character-by- character, hear just the headers, hear just the links
(all of them, visited links, or links not yet visited), hear form
elements, or hear descriptions of images. In other words, you can use
the rotor setting to hear all the text, or to jump from one element to
another of a certain type, such as headers or links.
Rotor options depend on the context of what you’re doing.
Reading text
Select and hear:
*
text character-by-character
*
text word-by-word
Browsing a webpage
Select and hear:
*
text character-by-character
*
text word-by-word
*
headers
*
all links
*
form elements
*
links visited
*
links not visited
*
images
Entering text
Move insertion point and hear:
*
text character-by-character
*
text word-by-word
*
auto-text
Using a control (such as the spinner used to set the time in Clock)
Select and hear:
*
value character-by-character
*
value word-by-word
Or, adjust the value of the control object.
Double Tapping and selecting objects:
The part that confused me about double tapping at first is that it is
a separate operation from selecting any item on the screen. You find
what you want to tap first by taping it, flicking left or right, or
just running a finger over the screen until you find what you want
THEN you take all fingers off the screen and double tap anywhere you
want.
Typing:
Place one finger from one hand on the keyboard and run it over the
keys until you find the key you want to type then while keeping your
finger on the key use a finger from your other hand to tap anyplace
else on the screen you want to type the letter. Rinse and repeat. I'm
getting quite fast using this method. You can also use the double tap
method too if you want.
Just explore:
flicking left or right doesn't always find everything on the screen
for some reason so I will often just run a finger over everything to
see what is there then scroll down and explore more.
Down is Up:
This concept is hard to keep straight if you can't see the effect but
in order to scroll the screen down you have to three finger flick up
and vice versa. Just imagine the screen contents are on a roll of
paper and how you would have to roll it in order to go down or up.
1. How do I delete a text message with Voiceover on?
When you are in a message thread, double-tap the Edit button in the
upper right corner. Buttons will appear next to each message in the
thread. Double tap a button to select the message to its right. You
can select as many as you want. Then, double-tap the delete button in
the lower left corner. It will erase all of the messages you selected.
2. How do I compose a new message to someone if another message thread
is on the screen?
Tap the Messages button in the upper left corner, flick right twice to
the New Message button and double-tap to press it.
Is there a way to have multiple conversation threads in my message screen?
You can have multiple conversations going, but only one thread appears
on screen at a time. You'll need to use the messages button in the
upper left corner to go back to the list of names in order to switch
between them.
3. Is there a way to clear an intire message thread from the inbox?
Make sure you're on the Messages screen that lists the names of the
people you've received messages from, then click the Edit button in
the upper left corner. Buttons will appear next to each name in the
list. Double tap a button. To make sure you don't delete one by
accident, a "Delete" button appears to the right of the person's name.
Flick right twice to move the VO cursor to it, then double-tap to
press it. Click the Done button in the upper left corner to stop
deleting things.
Deleting an app
1. Find the app on the home screen that you want to delete. YOu cannot
delete apps that came with the phone.
2. Double tap it, and hold down on the second tap until you hear a
slower three-note sound.
3. Now all he icons for apps you have downloaded will show up as
delete buttons. For example, you might see "Delete FaceBook". Double
tap the one you want to delete and confirm the deletion on the
following screen. It will ask you to rate the app as well, but you can
opt out if you choose.
The "Messages" app, which houses the text messaging and, hopefully
soon, the MMS functionality, is similar to the "Mail" app - but for
some reason, does not let you delete messages in the same way. First
off, the "Edit" button is in the upper left-hand corner in the
"Messages" app, whereas it is in the upper right-hand corner in the
"Mail" app. Next, when you press the "Delete" button in the "Messages"
app, you will notice "Delete" switches to the left of your messages,
which enable the ability to delete a message. I find this method
incredibly time consuming and cumbersome, which is not the case in the
"Mail" app, which allows you to mark multiple messages for deletion. I
have found an easier way to delete messages in the "Messages" app:
(a) Find the message you want to delete in the "Messages View".
(b) Hover over it and do a "Bypass VO" gesture by tapping twice and
holding your finger down on the second tap. If you perform the double
tap-hold correctly, you will hear a tri-tone, BUT do not remove your
finger just yet.
(c) After you hear the tri-tone, drag your finger to the left a little
ways, and then release. If performed correctly, you will now see a
"Delete" button to the right of your message. Press that and you are
golden.
Tip: If you do the double tap-hold in the middle or the the right a
bit, you have more room to drag your finger left to allow this to
work.
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On 7/27/09, Kris <khickerson at charter.net> wrote:
> Ok guys, I did it!
>
> I purchased an iPhone. I'm really excited and can't wait to get it. I
> fully realize there will be a definite learning curve for me as I have used
> nothing except mainframe and PC computer platforms. That's ok, I truly
> believe from all I have been hearing and reading that it will be well worth
> it.
>
> I have two questions, some place I saw where you can download the manual for
> the iPhone in a pdf format, but I can't remember where to get it. I took a
> quick look on the Apple website and didn't see it, but I'll look again.
>
> Also, is there a quick start guide or anything else you can recommend that I
> read. I have a week before I will get the phone, so I want to read
> everything I can get so that when it gets here I know what todo first. I
> downloaded iTunes this morning because I know I will be needing that.
>
> When that little puppy gets here, I want to be ready to get VoiceOver turned
> on and get rolling. I have a lot of things planned that I want to do with
> the phone.
>
> Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kris
>
>
>
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