[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-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

> 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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