[mac4theblind] Re: iOS 8 .2 is out

  • From: Jessica Dail <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:57:44 -0400

Hi
I am not sure, as this is a current accessability bug that has yet to be fixed. 
Hopefully, they'll fix it in ios 8.3.y

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 11, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Rory <rory820@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I did not even know you could do that? Where is the name for an iMessage 
> supposed to be? Do you have your subject field turned on?
> Regards,
> Rory
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
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>>>> 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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