Focus loss bug and sensativity issue when touch typing

By Unregistered User (not verified), 1 October, 2012

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When using IPhone, Since updating to IOS 6.0, I've noticed that voice over sometimes has an issue maintaining focus. Specifically, when rotating to heading mode and going through headings, the focus jumps back to the top. This makes it difficult to read what the heading is and as it happens numerous times, it becomes troublesome to swipe through a page and its irritating when trying to read and continually having to find the spot I was previously at. Similarly, It happens when swiping right or left as well when reading a body of text in an app or in Safari. Also, the touch typing feature when typing texts, e-mails, or typing in dialog boxes )such as search boxes, URL boxes, boxes requiring form data, etc) seems a little too sensitive. Now, when tapping on any key on the touch keyboard, the character is selected very quickly. In previous versions of IOS such as IOS 5.1.1 or lower, the sensitivity was better because you could tap on the keyboard without a character being selected and be able to three finger swipe left or right to switch a page. This is used in keyboard features such as the built in emogy keyboard as each category had various pages to swipe through to be able to find the correct emogy symbol. Beyond that, when using the emogy keyboard with touch typing, the page switch is not                  at all registered. For example, when using touch typing and switching to the emogy keyboard, selecting a category such as people has nine pages of symbols. using touch typing to select the correct symbol works (although difficult because its too sensitive and hard to know where the symbols are(, but switching to page 2 doesn't register and the same symbols from page 1 are announced. I have already reported the aformentioned bug and sensativity issue to Apple at accessibility@apple.com. Has anyone else had these issues? if so, lets start a dialogue and even better, you should also report it to the accessibility team.

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By Walei on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 13:32

I've also been having a lot of focus issues with iOS 6 and it's frustrating at times. However, I disagree with you on the touch typing. I like the sensitivity because it allows me to type much much faster than before. Especially with auto correct on. Most of the words that have typos end up changing to the words I meant to type.

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 13:32

Maybe, in future releases, a feature can be provided which allows people to adjust sensativity to their tastes. That would be pretty cool and probably somewhat easy to implement. If Jaws and Window Eyes have it, why not voice over?

By James Mannion on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 13:32

I really, really hope Apple does not reduce the sensativity. I'm sorry, but the increased sensativity helps to be able to type faster and not be slowed down waiting for it to register. I think keys on the keyboard in touch typing mode should be to be touched and typed, not touched and not typed just to put focus somewhere. Low sensativity really slows down typing and makes it a difficult task. Maybe if you have to put focus on a key to change pages in some of those alternate keyboards, maybe just type whatever types when you put your finger and then switch pages and then delete the character you did not mean? Also maybe you are able to touch somewhere not on the keyboard and switch pages? I'm not sure about that last part because I do not happen to use those alternate keyboards for the smily faces and such. I do agree that focus issues happen a lot in IOS 6. I don't know why voiceover has to have so many focus issues.