EyeNote is a mobile device application to denominate Federal Reserve Notes (U.S. paper currency) as an aid for the blind or visually impaired to increase accessibility.

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How To Cut, Copy and Paste While Using VoiceOver

How To Cut, Copy and Paste While Using VoiceOver
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Cut, copy and paste is an important feature in iOS. It can be a little tricky forVoiceOver users to use cut copy and paste if you are not familiar with the process. Because it is a little tricky I will walk you through the process step by step.

1. Select the words you want to cut or copy with the VoiceOver cursor by touching the line or flicking left or right.
2. Rotate the VoiceOver rotor to either "words" or "lines." To rotate the VoiceOver rotor place two fingers on the screen and turn them left or right. If you select "lines" you will select one lines at a time and if you select "words" you will select one word at a time.
3. Pinch out with two fingers to begin to select the words you want to cut or copy. VoiceOver will speak which words have been selected.
4. Rotate the rotor to "edit" mode and then swipe up or down to hear all of the options. It will give you options such as cut, copy, paste, define and more depending on which app you are using.
5. When you hear the option you want, double tap anywhere on the screen. Now you have copied the text.
6. To paste the text navigate to a text box and then double tap and hold. Then swipe to navigate to the paste button and then double tap anywhere on the screen to paste the text.

Apple says the following about cut, copy and past with VoiceOver.

"Cut, copy, and paste comes to iPod touch. To bring up cut, copy, and paste options, use the rotor and choose Edit. Flick up or down to choose between the Select and Select All functions, then double tap. If you choose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected when you double tap. Pinch to increase or decrease the selection. If you choose Select All, the entire text is selected. When text is selected, cut, copy, and paste options appear on the screen. If you want to undo something, just give iPod touch a shake. You can also flick left or right to choose the undo action, then double tap." 

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Apple will unveil its first foray into wearables at a special event in September, reports Recode’s John Paczkowski who previously reported that Apple had an October event scheduled for the iWatch, but the plans have changed.

Rumors of production delays have hounded the iWatch over the last few months, suggesting Apple might not even reveal the device until early 2015, but according to Recode’s report, the iWatch will actually debut alongside the two new iPhone 6 models during an event on September 9th.

Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/292911/apple-reveal-iwatch-alongside-iphone-6-september-event/#umRKjPSjs3kHkMeK.99

If it feels like the promise of an Apple smartwatch has been looming forever, that's because it has. And its shadow helped birth the army of other smartwatches that we have today. But now, finally, the near mythical iWatch is rumored to arrive very soon. Here's what we think we know.

What's it called?

Colloquially, Apple's upcoming watch has been referred to as an iWatch, though there's not evidence that this might be its name outside of it following Apple naming conventions. Information about the size of its screen and the bevy of health features it will include suggest it might be actually be more of a "health bangle" anyway. Apple has acquired the trademark to "iWatch" in a number of countries, though that's pretty soft evidence.

Apple has filed patents for a wearable device with swappable screen modules that makes a reference to something called iTime, so that's a possibility as well, though Apple would probably be wiser than to blow the real name in a patent.

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For our purposes, we're going to keep calling it the iWatch and hope that Apple has something more clever up its, er, sleeve.

Design

One of the big (rumored) differentiators for the iWatch is design. That is to say, the iWatch is supposed to look good, unlike most of the other, grosser-looking options that are available right now. (Excluding the Pebble Steel and the Moto 360, of course.)

Evidence of this is backed up by a number of hires that Apple has made in the past few years. Hires like former CEO of Yves Saint Laurent Paul Deneve and Senior VP of Retail Angela Ahrendts, who helped revitalize Burberry as CEO without abandoning its heritage. We're talking legit fashion people, as opposed to tech people with an eye for pretty things.

What will all those expensive salaries come up with though? That's a much bigger question. We've seen concepts left and right, and although some of them look nice, none of them quite has that Apple flair. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a lot of information on what the iWatch will look like. No physical leaks of any sort. In a broader sense that iTime might offer some clues, as it shows a watch-type band with modules that can snap in and out. It's similar to the WIMM One from WIMM Labs, a recent Google acquisition.

These sketches are broad, though, as patent sketches are, and it's meant to cover functionality not design, so it's of little help. Not to mention that patents aren't necessarily indicative of actual products; companies patent things all the time with no intention of ever actually making them. A slightly more substantial and interesting pair of reports came from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, suggesting respectively that the iWatch could have a 2.5-inch screen, and that it might come in different sizes.

A 2.5-inch screen for a traditionally-shaped watch is nuts. The clunky Galaxy Gear clocked in at a mere 1.63-inches. So if the 2.5 inch screen rumor is true, it suggests something either more like a curved bracelet, or a giant hunk of Apple on your wrist. What does seem like a sure thing is that the iWatch will have an unscratchable sapphire glass watchface, due to recent evidence that Apple is producing "jewelry-grade" slices of the stuff. But other than that, the options are still pretty excitingly open.

Guide to iOS 7 Accessibility Enhancements

With the release of iOS 7, Apple has added many new accessibility features that make an iPhone and iPad easier to use for people with disabilities. 

 NEW IOS 7 ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES 

The accessibility settings are still located under the general menu but the Accessibility option menu item is located closer to the top of the list.  In previous versions, this menu option was near the bottom of the list.

The shortcut to quickly turn on and off accessibility features has been renamed from Triple Click Home to Accessibility Shortcut.  It still works the same way – you triple click the home button to show the menu options.  In iOS 7 there is a new accessibility shortcut menu item to turn on switch controls.

Siri

• New Siri commands allow users to enable some accessibility options, such as “turn on VoiceOver” and “Open accessibility settings” (iOS 7 SIri Command List)
• Expressive voices - Siri’s voice output is now independent of VoiceOver

Visual Accessibility Features

• VoiceOver
  • New gestures
    • Four finger double tap – starts or stops VoiceOver help
    • Quadruple three finger tap – copy the last spoken text to the clipboard
    • Tap the status bar and swipe up with three fingers – start the control center (to exit do a two finger scrub on the home screen)
    • Press the home button and tap on the screen - unlock the screen
    • Double tap with two fingers  (when in  a form field) – allow the user to dictate in the edit field; performing the gesture again will finish the speaking
  • New rotor settings
    • Handwriting – option for both writing and navigation.
      • Writing – a three finger swipe up and down will change the case of the letter, a two finger swipe right will input a space, and a two finger swipe left will backspace
      • Navigation – drawing a letter on the screen will find matching apps that start with that letter.  When in Safari, writing a letter will start that rotor option.
    • Sound effects – turn on and off VoiceOver specific sound effects
  • New phonetics options – off, character and phonetics, and phonetics only
  • Enhanced voice and language support – in the settings a user can install more than one speech synthesizer and select the dialect (e.g. U.S. English, Australian English)
  • Large cursor option – displays a larger and thicker cursor for VoiceOver
  • Math input support using Nemeth Braille in VoiceOver
  • Web content on Safari
    • Some accessibility improvements with the announcement of various ARIA roles
    • MathML support (check out VoiceOver with this MathML test page)
• Visual appearance
  • Type adjustments – users can now adjust the boldness and type size
  • Increase contrast toggle
  • On/Off labels – add a small 0 or 1 to indicate when the control is in the on or off position
  • Reduce motion – adjusts the colors to improve certain color combinations where the text appears to move

Hearing Accessibility Features

• Subtitles and captions option – now relocated to the Accessibility settings; this is a global setting that will apply to all videos
• Style for captions – there are several styles to choose from or you can create a new style

Learning Accessibility Features

• Guided Access
  • Allows the disabling of the Sleep/Wake and Volume buttons
  • Developers can now hide parts of the screen when this feature is turned on to reduce distractions for users
• Speak Selection
  • Now has enhanced language support including different speaking rates for supported languages
  • Additional voices can also be downloaded that are more natural sounding and are easier to understand
• Built-in Dictionary
  • Additional languages can be downloaded
  • Support for foreign languages

Motor Accessibility Features

My favorite new enhancement in iOS 7 is the new switch support which will allow users with mobility impairments to interact with the device using external switches, screen taps or through head motions.

• Switch Support
  • Users can connect one or more switch devices and set the desired action for the switch
    • Three different types of switches:  external switches, screen and camera for head motion
    • Desired scanner or system action for the switch can be set by the user
      • Scanner options:  select item, scanner menu, resume auto scanning, move to next item, move to previous item, and stop scanning
      • System options: tap, app switcher, home button, notification center, Siri, decrease volume and increase volume
  • Many options available to customize the experience when using switches
  • Switch support is now included on the accessibility shortcut menu
• New external switch devices (not included with iOS 7, these are external devices that can be purchased)
  • Blue2™ Switch connects to your iOS 7 device via a Bluetooth® connection and can be used as a single or dual switch.  Watch the iOS 7 swtich control video demonstration.

Apple has done a great job with the accessibility features in iOS 7.  If you have not downloaded the new version, we highly recommend it.  As we learn about new features, we will update this blog post.

IOS 7 ACCESSIBILITY ARTICLES AND VIDEOS

• NFB’s article, “What’s new in iOS 7 accessibility for individuals who are blind, deaf-blind, or who have low vision”
• Review – iOS 7 and VoiceOver
• iOS 7 Accessibility Features Videos
• Apple's list of new features in iOS 7
• Apple iOS Accessibility

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How to label your pictures in the camera roll or Photo stream

Have you ever wanted to know how to label your pictures in the camera roll or Photo stream? Now you can. This tip was discovered by Ezekiel Zeke Johnson One of the members of  iPhone and iPad Apps for the Blind And Visually Impaired Facebook Group.

 Not;This must be done with voice over on, it will not work with it off.

1.Go to a picture in your camera roll. Make sure that you hear the photo label as is, four example: 
Time and date of the picture. 

2. Tap your picture with two fingers and hold it. You are going to hear 3 beep tones then release your fingers. 
3.The voice over will say,"Alert, label element,editing texting...", now you are able to text in what ever you want about that picture, then press save. 

Now when you go to that picture, and press it, it will speak out what you typed.

BlindSquare in 1 minute

BlindSquare is an augmented reality GPS application for the blind.
It obtains information about the surrounding environment from FourSquare and Open Street Maps. It's algorithms enables it to determine the most relevant information, and then voices it out using high quality speech synthesis. For example, "What's the most popular café within 200 meters radius?"
If you are riding a bus, it will report your location, e.g. the next bus stop or the next street crossing.

BlindSquare is a solution that makes use of the latest features available in smartphones to aid the blind and visually impaired in their daily lives.

BlindSquare is a solution that makes use of the latest features available in smartphones to aid the blind and visually impaired in their daily lives. It has been developed and tested in close cooperation with blind and visually impaired users. It has won both the national Apps4Finland competition and the European OpenCities App Challenge in 2012. BlindSquare is available for iPhone and iPad in the App Store. It supports additional accessories to enhance the user experience.

BlindSquare is a new solution that combines the latest technology to help the blind with their daily lives. $23.99

How does it work?

When BlindSquare has determined your location using your iOS-device’s GPS capabilities, it will look up information about your surroundings on FourSquare and Open Street Map. Employing unique algorithms, it will then ascertain the information most useful to you and speak it in a clear synthetic voice.

You can use BlindSquare for example to find the most popular café within a 200 meter radius or to find the nearest post office or the library. Shake your device to hear your current address, as well as information about the location of the nearest street intersection and venues around you. Track your destination, so BlindSquare will periodically announce the distance and direction while you are traveling. If you use BlindSquare to mark your position, it can help you to find this spot again later. BlindSquare possesses filters you can set, so you only hear the information you currently need. Have BlindSquare announce streets and saved places only, so you do not get overwhelmed by more information than you need. If you mark your saved places and Foursquare venues as Favorites, BlindSquare will always notify you when you reach them. Since BlindSquare saves your favorites and your places to iCloud, they get synched between all of your iOS-devices, and you can use BlindSquare on all of them.

Although you will need VoiceOver to operate the app, BlindSquare uses its own high qualityAcapela voices in many different languages to announce information about your environment. This means you will always hear all of the information you need, even when you can’t touch the screen of your device, you lock the screen, or you use another app while BlindSquare is running in the background.

If you enjoy playing Foursquare, authorize BlindSquare to access your account, so you can check in at your favorite venues just by shaking your device. Set BlindSquare to share your check-ins on Facebook, Twitter, or to keep them private.

BlindSquare is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Russian, Estonian, Polish, Arabic and Hungarian.

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