[Athen] Dragon app for iPhone
Crabb, Nolan
Crabb.15 at osu.edu
Tue Dec 8 19:07:20 PST 2009
Aside from the unlabeled or mislabeled buttons you mentioned, I have
no problemm with VoiceOver.
Nolan
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:05 PM, "Terrill Thompson" <tft at u.washington.edu>
wrote:
> This has great potential as an alternative to typing with the iPhone
> on-screen keyboard, which is technically accessible but quite
> cumbersome for VoiceOver users. However, Pratik Patel and I have
> exchanged several communications today (until now entirely on
> Twitter and Facebook) about some problems I'm having using Dragon
> and VoiceOver together.
>
> For Pratik, the Dragon buttons are verbalized by VoiceOver. It
> sounds like the main button that's used to start dictation does not
> have an appropriate label (Pratik says it sounds something like "/
> var/mobile/applicat"), but the other buttons are labeled
> "messaging_keyboard", "messaging_send", and "record_off".
>
> For me though, whenever I launch Dragon with VoiceOver running,
> VoiceOver shuts up. It speaks in every other app, and resumes
> speaking after I leave Dragon, but doesn't speak at all within the
> Dragon app.
>
> I've tried rebooting the phone, and tweaking every reasonable
> setting (and a few unreasonable ones) within Settings menu system.
>
> As others experiment this, please report back on what your
> experiences are. I'm curious whether this is just something weird
> with my phone, or if it's a common problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terrill Thompson
> Technology Accessibility Specialist
> DO-IT, Accessible Technology
> UW Technology Services
> University of Washington
> tft at u.washington.edu
> 206/221-4168
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Crabb, Nolan
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
> Subject: Re: [Athen] Dragon app for iPhone
>
> This could be exciting news indeed, especially if it works without
> much
> interference to Voiceover. Thanks for sending it along.
>
> Nolan
>
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> Nolan Crabb
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