[mac4theblind] Re: iOS 8 .2 is out

  • From: Jessica Dail <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 23:23:05 -0400

It can help you, if you're like me, and keep a lot of text message 
conversations. Naming them can help you know what the conversation was about.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 10, 2015, at 11:03 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>  Please do not take this the wrong way because I'm not at all trying to sound 
> like a pain in the but here. I am just not understanding the purpose for 
> renaming conversations.  At least, why this would be a significant bug. I'm 
> happy they fixed the ability to turn on the Do Not Disturb feature for 
> conversations.
> 
> 
>   Yes, Jonathan's book is a great resource, and Anna's is as well.  I highly 
> recommend them both as they are great people in this community.
> 
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
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>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Jessica Dail <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> Yes. It is possible. Do you have the book from Jonathan Moes in? I bought 
>> it. I've been using it, to help myself learn how to use iOS 8 better. It has 
>> helped me, but that's the one thing he does not explain how to do. I just 
>> hope Apple fixes the bug.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:36 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Rename messages conversations?  I didn't even know it was possible. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Take Care
>>> 
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>> 
>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 
>>> Mountain Lion
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:32 PM, Jessica Dail <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> They really need to fix the messages bug, the one where you can't rename 
>>>> iMessage conversations using voice over. That was a big deal at the 
>>>> keynote last year, and it still doesn't work? Somethings wrong with this 
>>>> picture. This bug still needs to be reported, even though I reported it so 
>>>> many times. I reported every time I call Apple.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 9:17 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, they did.  As for the calendar problem, try completely turning off 
>>>>> and then back on the device.  Sometimes, resetting it helps too.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>> 
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 
>>>>> Mountain Lion
>>>>> 
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>> 
>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:56 PM, Joe Quinn <jdawg1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> seems to me they fixed the back safari bug thing as well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 4:07 PM, Paul Martz <skewmatrix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> iOS 8.2 fixes at least one accessibility bug that I’ve been running 
>>>>>>> into since iOS 8 first came out.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> iOS 8 added a new feature, the ability to set “do not disturb” on a 
>>>>>>> specific text message conversation. The only problem was that this 
>>>>>>> feature never worked if VoiceOver was on. They have now fixed this 
>>>>>>> issue in iOS 8.2, so you can now have VoiceOver on, then turn on “do 
>>>>>>> not disturb” for a specific text message conversation, and voila! 
>>>>>>> VoiceOver will no longer read notifications for messages in that thread.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I’m encouraged to see Apple finally making some accessibility 
>>>>>>> improvements. But they still have a ways to go. There are roughly half 
>>>>>>> a dozen more accessibility issues that I’ve reported to Apple, still 
>>>>>>> present in iOS 8.2.
>>>>>>> -Paul
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