iPhone VoiceOver Function For People With Disabilities

[theblindstv]

It's a good video. Voice Over is a tool really tremendous for the blinds persons

[ViolentGamergirl16]

Ugh me too. I cant get it off! Its annoying me so much. Somebody please HELP!

[Flycrest]

I accidently enable the blind settings or something somehow and I dont know how to change it back Please help!

[TheHThings]

@Flycrest me 2

[Navy13100]

Voice over made me crazy, i didnt know iphone could do that cause i recently got mine and someone set my iphone 4 on voice over and i was going crazy !! haha though i figure it out how to turn it off. On the other hand its pretty awesome how iphone 4 could be use by people impared.

[jrthewonerful]

I use this because I cannot see very good. Voice-over has made it so I can get an Iphone.

[donemanuelvuckovic]

Page 3 of 3 USA Today!!! LoLoLoLoLoL 1:05 Must see

[DunKinBoyZ]

annoyeddd -*-

[aniallator83]

once you turn it on you will find it hard to turn off

[justinefiona94]

It's a bit fast, not too great for people who have a hearing problem or are a little slow. :/

[LozerClub]

I use VoiceOver a lot! I wanna know how to change the voice though. I went to language rotor and if u select a different language it has a different voice but it won't stay like that. Does anyone know how?

[clemsonwildcats]

voice over is such a pain.. this somehow was enabled into my phone while in my pocket. i hate this damn thing

[SeriousWickedGamers]

how do u disable it

[Sevrior]

@BlindLightbulb

The point is not that the voice over is innovative or particularly new, but rather the medium through which the voice over is accessible, E.G, a touchscreen with the added benefit of portability. This does provide a new method of screen reader use, and while not unique, it does currently best the Apex or the SensePlus.

[gallagher123123]

thank god that wonderful apple made this screen reader. i have a i pod touch and i use voice over.

[shamation]

This program deffinately helps me out being totally Blind! Love the IPhone!

[florinsemerean]

got a pin code on my phone and i cant unlock it on voce controls....someone help please

[florinsemerean]

got a pin code on my phone and i cant unlock it on voce controls....someone help plese

[aleroux17]

My screen went black when i tured voiveover on! what do i do?!

[bdbandit2001]

@aleroux17 same here did you find a fix for it?

[aleroux17]

@bdbandit2001 yeah i had to format my phone :(

[saveme2000]

@aleroux17 yo did it work?

[aleroux17]

@saveme2000 it did

[saveme2000]

@aleroux17 or go to my link and watch my video to learn how to do it with out formating

[xman4445]

is voiceover on the new ipod touch

[bndouglas]

@lipthony if you haven't figured it out by now, tapping 1 finger highlights, 2 finger tap selects. So to type passcode 1234, highlight 1 by tapping it once, then select it by tapping anywhere on the scene with 2 fingers. Repeat until you've entered all 4 numbers.

Open settings by highlighting it with a 1 finger tap, then selecting with a 2 finger tap. If you need to scroll use 3 fingers to swipe.

Good luck

[lipthony]

HELP PLEASE... My Iphone 3GS woke up this morning with the voice over app ON. I happen to have a passcode and I'm stuck right now , because I don't know how to unlock or disable this function. I can't even leave off the screen with the ENTER PASSCODE screen. Somebody...please...HELP!!!

[xbulldog12x]

@lipthony go to the apple store MUAHAHA thats all you have :)

[HowTosandTips]

@lipthony double tap what you want to press

[lipthony]

HELP PLEASE... My Iphone 3GS woke up this morning with the voice over app ON. I happen to have a passcode and I'm stuck right now , because I don't know how to unlock or disable this function. I can't even leave off the screen with the ENTER PASSCODE screen. Somebody...please...HELP!!!

[alrdyhaveanaccount]

Did this voice over thing once out of curiosity... the whole screen went black.

[rml695]

@alrdyhaveanaccount That was because the screen curtain went on. To turn that off, just tripple tap with 3 fingers. VoiceOver will respond "Screen curtain off".

[silyanina]

Why would a blind person buy a smartphone?

[Roxfox]

@silyanina Why would a non-blind person buy a smartphone?

[pandaPowder8]

source?



[se4821]

Yeah I tried this and my screen went blank! It took over an hour with the help of an apple tech to get it back. The tech couldn't figure out how it happened

[e22lm]

@se4821

I got the same problem , it went blank, what sould i do

[e22lm]

@e22lm

TURN OFF  Voice over swith is the only way

[toby8880161]

any1 else find the bit where he goes through them rlly fast kindof funny?

[felipipi]

Im not afraid anymore.

[Tjosansa]

Wow.

Now i dont have to worry getting blind in the future. I still may use My precious iPhone :D

[CHDELE]

I actually want one of these. & Yes, I am blind in both of my eyes. I tried this voice over thing out & it is bad ass. Hahaha, my cousin's saw me using it with her phone & it tripped her out. She says that a lot of the times, the screen is not exactly where the voice over curser is at so, she was confused. But, i got around & even used some apps. So, go apple, great job & keep it up.

[hurricaneomega]

You're missing the point. Assuming both of you can see, this feature isn't meant for you. If you can see it, you don't need voiceover. It's meant for blind people. Apple has done the impossible and made a touch screen interface accessible to the blind, and it seems they've done it well. I applaud apple's approach to universal access.

[esteway]

Thank you. I have no idea why people would have this on when they can already see.. It's kind of stupid. Maybe it's just the 'show-off' factor. Like you said, it's for the blind. I don't know why people say such dumb things about it being hard when they aren't even blind.

[maxmoxan]

@hurricaneomega your right but i think in the car while driving its also handy. dont have to take the eye from the road. I love the voice call. on the car its so easy to call someone with just your voice...

[MattJones1418]

@maxmoxan that's totally different than voice over. derrrrp

[GinnyStar2]

@hurricaneomega Or for those of us who have low vision, or unable to see the screen, some of us can see something but if we have vision loss, we can tell by looking. To me the screen I can see its to bright, I have many vision problem overlaying my sight, being very sensitive to light is one them. I think it nice.

Or for those who have other type of disabilities it can aide in navigation, be hard for someone for example has a limted range of moment, it can provide feedback so they can intract.

[dannyboyinxs]

@hurricaneomega How can it be "impossible" if it's clearly achievable and in this case, has actually been "achieved". You're starting to sound like an apple fan trying to talk up the product.

Also, they aren't making touch screens accessible for the blind, they are making the IPHONE accessible for the blind - which obviously generates more money!

[dannyboyinxs]

@BlindLightbulb There's something VERY wrong with being an apple fan - when it clouds your judgement on what is a "good idea". This is hardly a good idea, but instead, a generic one used to sell their product to the blind as well as the stupid who throw money at a useless product.

Think about it, voice over software isn't exactly "new". They've taken an existing idea, and given the iphone a new audience

And if you still think that makes zero sense, well then there's no hope here...

[rabioza]

@hurricaneomega Voiceover isn't actually just for blind people. If you have Dyslexia (for example) then you may also use it to speak out a word you don't understand.

[Satalink]

Apple took a useful technology and made it worthless with extreme poor implementation. They should have added the text to speech to [cut, copy, paste, {read}] functions. Instead, the VoiceOver hijacks your phone's functionality and leaves you quite frustrated. Once you've turned it on, you will find it quite challenging to turn it back off.

[e11designs]

that looks so hard to use :/ take the fun away from the iphone imo

[nitrospeed]

thats the reason it was targeted at the blinds with this software.... what you said was absolute crap. Think before you speak.