Category: Cell Phone Talk
From ana G from that "that android show" ICS gesters:
There are very few gestures in ICS. They take a little practice. some require more practice than others.
To activate or short-press an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen, and tap once in the same place.
To long-press an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen. touch the same place, keeping your finger on the screen until the phone vibrates and gives you more options.
To pull down the notification bar, touch the top of the screen (so the phone tells you the time, battery status, etc.). Lift your finger. Then with two fingers, touch the top edge of the screen and slide both fingers down until you hear the phone say something like, "Notification shade pulled down."
To scroll through a list, touch anywhere on the screen with one or two fingers. Lift your hand. Then touch the screen with two fingers and slide them up or down. I think that, when you touch the screen the first time, you're supposed to actually touch an item, but I notice the gesture usually works even if I don't do that. In either case, if you slide your fingers up/down, then pause before sliding them up/down again, you scroll through the list little by little, but if you don't pause before sliding again, you move through bigger parts of the list. You also move through more items if you slide over most of the length of the screen.
To move to the previous/next screen or tab, slide two fingers left or right across the screen. The two fingers can be next to each other or one above the other.
To drag an item, find it with one finger. Lift that finger. then touch the same place and keep your finger on the screen. When the phone vibrates or announces that you can drag, slide your finger over the screen in the direction you want.
To clear a single notification in the notification area or to quit an app on the Recently used screen, touch the item once with one finger. Then touch it again with two fingers and slide your fingers to the left or right edge of the screen.
To interrupt speech, wave your hand over the proximity sensor or touch some part of the screen, like the Home or Back button at the bottom.
I think that's all.
Wow! Wave your hand over the proximity sensor? That's an interesting and new use of gestures, one that may get more airplay as people figure out how they can use that.
what is this use for again? I can't do any of this on my iphone. confused.
lol think I figured it out.
for android
not the iphone.
No. iphone doesn't require all that learning. Some of us are forgetful. Lol
I forgot to add great post. It will help many. Keep going as you find these.
Kay this is from Ana G more explanation:
How Do I Get Started with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich?
Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, was launched in November 2011. It includes two accessibility features from previous Android versions: Talkback, the native screen reader (1.6), and Enhanced Web Access, a set of scripts for handling web views (3.0). It also introduces two important accessibility features: systemwide font size adjustments for low-vision users and Explore by Touch for blind users.
All of these features are found in Settings under Accessibility, near the bottom of the list.
Talkback is a screen reader. When enabled, it speaks the contents of the screen. If only the screen reader is enabled, on-screen controls are activated in the usual way. This means that, when a Bluetooth keyboard is paired to the device, blind users hear items spoken as they arrow around the screen, but if they touch the screen, they hear the items spoken and activate them at the same time—not ideal. To enable Talkback, go to Settings/Accessibility/Talkback. Touch the Enable checkbox, and when the confirmation screen asks if you’re sure you want to give the accessibility service access to all your information, touch OK. Talkback should automatically download a TTS engine, but if it doesn’t, plan to get one (ESpeak or Acapella) from the Play Store.
Web scripts have been developed to make webviews accessible. In previous versions of Android, web views--found in many apps, browsers, and email readers—don’t communicate with screen readers, so any information or controls presented in this way are not available to blind users. While the scripts are buggy, they increase the number of apps usable by blind individuals. To enable Web scripts, go to Settings/Accessibility, and check Enhanced Web Accessibility. Then touch Back or Home. With this item checked, the device runs the scripts when a webview is encountered. There is a delay while the scripts are loading, and there is often also a period of silence, as the screen reader or TTS crashes and recovers. Once the phone is speaking, Users can explore the screen with a finger to hear the contents. If they hear silence over an area of the screen, they can explore it withthe the virtual d-pad of the Eyes-Free keyboard.
Font size can now be set to small, medium, or large for more comfortable reading, but there are still no settings for contrast or screen magnification. To set font size, go to Settings/Accessibility/Font. Touch the dropdown list. Touch the item you want. Touch OK. Then touch Back or Home.
Explore by touchgives blind users access to the screen without the need for a physical navigational controller (i.e., arrow keys, a d-pad, trackball, or trackpad). With Explore by Touch enabled, blind users can hear the contents of the screen simply by exploring (sliding a finger over) it, and they can activate an icon by locating it, lifting the finger, and touching the icon again. To enable Explore by touch, go to Settings/Accessibility and touch the Explore by Touch check box. A confirmation screen appears, asking whether you’re sure you want to enable the service. Touch OK. Then touch Back or Home twice. Once Explore by touch is enabled, controls need to be touched twice to be activated. The first touch causes them to be spoken. The second touch activates them.
Once all accessibility services are enabled in ICS, it is time to use the device. There are very few gestures to learn, and once they are learned, users can follow instructions in the user’s manual or on the web. The gestures require a little practice, some more than others.
Again, once Explore by touch is enabled, controls need to be touched twice to be activated. The first touch causes them to be spoken. The second touch activates them.
To short-press or activate an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen, and tap once in the same place. For best results, lift your finger only enough to break contact with the screen.
To long-press an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen. touch the same place, keeping your finger on the screen until the phone vibrates and gives you more options.
To pull down the notification bar, touch the top of the screen (so the phone tells you the time, battery status, etc.). Lift your finger. Then with two fingers, touch the top edge of the screen and slide both fingers down until you hear the phone say something like, "Notification shade pulled down." On some handsets, you can pull the notification bar down with one finger, instead of two.
To scroll through a list, touch anywhere on the screen with one or two fingers. Lift your hand. Then touch the screen with two fingers and slide them up or down. When you touch the screen the first time, you're supposed to touch an item, but the gesture usually works even if you don't do that. In either case, if you slide your fingers up/down, then pause before sliding them up/down again, you scroll through the list little by little, but if you don't pause before sliding again, you move through bigger parts of the list. You also move through more items if you slide over most of the length of the screen. If you are successful, you hear a series of rising or falling tones as you scroll.
To move to the previous/next tab or screen, slide two fingers left or right across the screen. The two fingers can be next to each other or one above the other. If you are successful, you hear two rising or falling beeps.
To drag an item, find it with one finger. Lift that finger. then touch the same place and keep your finger on the screen. When the phone vibrates or announces that you can drag, slide your finger over the screen in the direction you want. The device emits a series of beeps as you drag. Note: when you’re exploring the screen, you need to use a light touch; otherwise, you may find yourself inadvertently dragging items.
To clear a single notification in the notification area or to quit an app on the Recently used screen, touch the item once with one finger. Then touch it again with two fingers and slide your fingers to the left or right edge of the screen.
To interrupt speech, wave your hand over the proximity sensor or touch some part of the screen, like the Home or Back button at the bottom. For this to work, the appropriate setting must be enabled in Talkback settings.
To hear the state of a checkbox, find the checkbox; then slide your finger horizontally left/right till you hear the screen reader say, “checked” or “unchecked,” Usually when you reach the far edge of the screen.
To gesture within an app, try the gesture as instructed. If it doesn’t work, try it with two fingers. For example, most handsets let you unlock the screen or answer a call by sliding a finger horizontally near the bottom. If that doesn’t work, slide two fingers horizontally in the same location.
While some accessibility issues remain, systemwide font size adjustment and Explore by Touch (introduced in 4.0) and web scripts for web views (introduced in 3.0), significantly improve the level of accessibility for low-vision and blind Android users.
Beautiful!
The new Nook HD's are coming with Ice Cream on them, so this is really exciting. They'll have blue Tooth, so this means slapping your braille display next to it and reading that brand new book right now hopefully?
Jelly bean has Braille support out of the box, unless you want to use moble accessibility to use a braille display with a Nook.
I had to download Braille back on the Nexus. it wasn't included.
The Nook HD will come with Icecream.
nice, hope it has the google play store on it :). Now, a new talkback beta 6 has been released for those who have a android tablit or phone: See here: http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/detail?name=com.google.android.marvin.talkback-v3.1.4-beta6.apk&can=2&q=
This should fix some issues that some are having with the google play under the list of apps, in some web views. Also A bug I have posted and another eyes-free mailing member's simular web view issue have been murged and is currently beeing looked at. Hopefully this issue where talkback be comes sluggish when reading out to a user will be fixed in the next beta update.
I know this is an old post, but I thank you for posting it! It will be incredibly helpful this week when I get my new phone running ICS!
Kate
no problem, I have not seen ICS for about a year or more.