[mac4theblind] Re: iOS 8 .2 is out

  • From: Aidan <aidan.smarttalk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:18:39 +0200

The update is great, just a pity now you cannot use the ios voices in
voice dream now. I wunder if we have to wait for 8.3 to fix that or if
voice dream can fix this?

On 11/03/2015, Jessica Dail <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>
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>> Mountain Lion
>>
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>>
>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>
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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
>>>>
>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>
>>>> 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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