Joananne
Thank you very much for helping out here. Both issues resolved
Happy xmas FB team
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From: fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Joan Ann Brosnan
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 8:14 PM
To: fb-exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fb-exchange] Re: Cork Exchange Club Saturday 2nd. December 2023
Hi Tom
Hope you’re well.
To answer your questions:
1. To change the typing setting for VoiceOver, go to settings, general and
accessibility. Then double tap on VoiceOver.
Choose typing. Then you can choose the typing style you would prefer from
standard typing, touch typing and direct touch typing. I have this set to touch
typing and it seems to work well for me.
2. To turn off predictive text, go to settings, general and keyboard. From here
you can turn off auto-correction and predictive text.
Let me know if I can be of further help.
Joan Ann.
On 18 Dec 2023, at 8:20 p.m., <tomoneill.bal@xxxxxxxxx>
<tomoneill.bal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all
It can take me weeks to get around to reading emails that are sent out
I found this one tonight which is telling me about two problems I have
at moment, Jumping on the screen and predictive text
The explanations are great below but as a novice user and a person who
will not change something on a phone if it works, I need one further
question answered.
Could somebody tell me where to go on my phone to sort these issues please?
1. Paul was caught bout by the fact that Voiceover was jumping out of
position while entering the security code to open his phone after
updating to IOS 17. Ken recognised that the trouble was caused because
the typing mode had shifted to Touch mode when Paul normally has it
set to Direct Typing. Paul was delighted to find that this was the right
explanation.
2. Ken had a problem with the latest IOS update 17.2.2. He found that
the phone was inserting words to complete a phrase that he was not
intending to use. For example: On typing "Good " the phone automatically
added " morning"
in real text that he had then to delete before dictating his own
chosen phrase of "evening", for example.
After exhausting all possible controls that might stop this activity,
he ended up reluctantly turning off predictive text and auto-fill text.
-----Original Message-----
From: fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Cearbhall O'Meadhra
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 2:52 PM
To: fb-exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fb-exchange] Cork Exchange Club Saturday 2nd. December 2023
Cork notes Saturday 2nd of December 2023
Participants: 9
Apologies: Jackie.
The past week saw Giovanna, a visiting student from the University of
Virginia to UCC, collecting data for a new navigation system that she
is developing. The system consists of a belt of six vibrating sensors
that are arranged around the torso of the user. Each buzzer can be set
to a low or high intensity or a short or longer duration to indicate
different instructions to the wearer. The current exercise involves
collecting user attitude and awareness data along with feedback on the
effectiveness of the buzzers to communicate a range of instructions.
This could be a valuable tool when it is fully developed.
Paul was caught bout by the fact that Voiceover was jumping out of
position while entering the security code to open his phone after updating to
IOS 17.
Ken recognised that the trouble was caused because the typing mode had
shifted to Touch mode when Paul normally has it set to Direct Typing.
Paul was delighted to find that this was the right explanation.
Chris explained how to carry out a soft reset on iPhones with no home
button. Pressing the volume up and releasing it. Then the volume down
and releasing it. Followed by a long press of the Power button.
Ann Marie wondered if Audible was attempting to save space by removing
a book from the library. She was at a loss to know where the finished
book had gone to. Ken and Stuart were able to point out that the book
is moved into the cloud and that this is controlled by a setting under
profile within the Audible app. It was noted that there was a danger
that a book might be removed before the user had finished listening to
it if they fell asleep before it finished. The setting can be found
at: profile> settings > Data and Storage >Auto Remove: On / Off
Adrian uses Book share from Vision Ireland which is built-in to the
Easy Reader app. These are all eBooks. There are no audio books in this
system.
Mention of audio books brought to mind the AI voices that Apple
released earlier in 2023 but nobody had any experience of using them
as yet. Perhaps future apps will begin to use them. the speech quality
is excellent and includes breathing sounds that make them appear more natural.
Ken had a problem with the latest IOS update 17.2.2. He found that the
phone was inserting words to complete a phrase that he was not intending to
use.
For example: On typing "Good " the phone automatically added "
morning" in real text that he had then to delete before dictating his
own chosen phrase of "evening", for example.
After exhausting all possible controls that might stop this activity,
he ended up reluctantly turning off predictive text and auto-fill text.
Stuart also had a problem with the latest release of IOS 17 in which
blocks of text are being read twice. He also found that after copying
the text and pasting it elsewhere, the text appeared twice in the pasting
area.
Ann Marie had a problem with NVDA in which she was unable to read an
entire text continuously in Microsoft word with NVDA plus Down-Arrow.
Various attempts were made to find out what was causing the problem
but without success. She was still only able to read one word or a
single line but not the full page. This needs some more research to be
carried out.
Chris told of an unpleasant experience in Limerick Regional Hospital
in which the security officer incorrectly refused to allow him to
bring his guide dog into the hospital. After Chris called the Matron
when no access officer could be identified, he was told that he could,
indeed, bring in his guide dog and that the security guard was not
correct. Following this experience, Chris received a phone call from
the newly appointed Access Officer inviting him to speak to a special
meeting of staff and other patients with disabilities on the value of
the guide dog and how it was essential to permit access to the
hospital as long as other users were not upset by the presence of a
dog. There is now hope that the hospital policy will be updated to
make sure that this obstacle is removed. Chris introduced the hospital
meeting to the Navilens guiding system. This system was so well
received that there is hope that the limerick hospital will adopt it and make
the Navilens tags visible throughout the hospital.
This would set an excellent precedent for other Irish hospitals.
The meeting drew to a close with discussions of the Apple watch, Voice
messaging and the effectiveness of Siri as a more secure means of messaging.
The meeting ended.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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