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Voice Control iPad (self.Blind)
submitted by hashbangbin
Hi - I’m looking in to expanding internet access for my recently blind, elderly friend. He’s using Siri on his iPad which works great for asking about weather, the time, news headlines. It also tells him of facebook notifications and such like. However, he is unable to delve deeper with Siri.
We’d like to be able to do things like - an internet search and have it read out the resulting web page in full. Or open facebook and read the posts and comments.
The pieces of the puzzle seem to be there - with Siri and Voice Over. However to get from the voice enable search to opening in Safari (and putting in to reader mode) requires operating the touch screen - which he is not capable of doing. All the articles I’ve found so far assume this ability.
Does anyone have any tips or maybe you can point me to a resource that could help us?
Thanks!
We’d like to be able to do things like - an internet search and have it read out the resulting web page in full. Or open facebook and read the posts and comments.
The pieces of the puzzle seem to be there - with Siri and Voice Over. However to get from the voice enable search to opening in Safari (and putting in to reader mode) requires operating the touch screen - which he is not capable of doing. All the articles I’ve found so far assume this ability.
Does anyone have any tips or maybe you can point me to a resource that could help us?
Thanks!
akrazyho 5 points 1y ago
Is he unable to use the screen because he can’t see it or because he physically can’t interact with it? There are many video tutorials on how to use voiceover on YouTube. Here is one from Apple, it’s just a basics but I’ll get you started. Once he learns voiceover he can easily navigate interact with most apps o
n his iPad including Facebook.
https://youtu.be/qDm7GiKra28
n his iPad including Facebook.
https://youtu.be/qDm7GiKra28
hashbangbin [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It’s a combination of things with the touch screen - difficulty with his hands means the multiple finger taps aren’t possible, but more so it’s very confusing for him. Coaching him on the Voice Over just frustrates him. I was hoping there might be a series of voice commands that might open the site and start reading. Or an App for the purpose perhaps.
retrolental_morose 3 points 1y ago
voice control seems to also work on the VoiceOver methodology, i.e. you would verbally say "flick right" rather than doing the physical flicks. This happens of course because you can't see what there is to select, so you need to hear before you can choose if that makes sense.
Have you considered a bluetooth keyboard? Some of them have large buttons. he might be able to grasp that the left and right arrow keys move between apps, messages, posts etc?
Doubtless you could map a shortcut key to activate siri or dictation, etc.
Have you considered a bluetooth keyboard? Some of them have large buttons. he might be able to grasp that the left and right arrow keys move between apps, messages, posts etc?
Doubtless you could map a shortcut key to activate siri or dictation, etc.
AllHarlowsEve 4 points 1y ago
Is he unable to use the touch screen due to a motor disability, or just because he's unfamiliar with it? There's the ability to use just voice control and voiceover to navigate, but that requires a lot more learning than the various swipes and taps.
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