Här är några av de nyheter vi kanske får se i Voice over i ios 4.2 för iPhone, iPod touch och iPad när den släpps.
New
* VoiceOver Settings: Include Speech Rate in rotor
* Rotor: Speech rate.
* Sliding ring/silent switch, VoiceOver says ”muting” and ”unmuting”
* Settings>Sound, do not use volume button. Can press up/down and increase system/VO volume without it speaking. Ring/Alert and sys/VO volume are different
* Slide to power off (towards top)
* headings detected/spoken in many more areas, eg, settings, built-in and third-party apps.
* sound when moving to/from and in/out text edit page/fields
* when progress has stopped, ”progress halted” message.
* view button as changes state, eg, ”follow” following” and ”unfollow” Depending on state, buttons will change action/label, VoiceOver will report/read.
Changes
* ”loading” message in various apps is now ”in progress”
* overall, VoiceOver is more responsive.
* speech rate increments/decrements by 5%
* keyboard echo for soft (virtual) and hard (bluetooth)
* same page links now reported as, ”in page link” iOS4.1 reported as ”internal link”
Fixed:
* US VoiceOver TTS set to 100%, for most part, no longer cuts off letters reading, reviewing or typing.
* Keyboard more responsive, not as much pressure required and characters entered much more quickly.
* Settings>Sounds>Ringtones: three-finger scroll will not exit.
* Contacts>Birthday: add/edit works.
* double tap on edit field, beginning/end in edit fields feedback.
* app where, contains text query/search, full/partial search, can access list and select
* review apps, rating (0-5 stars), VoiceOver reads ratings.
Bugs
* Push alert reads time, not content. (old)
* Sending text message, message is read after selecting ”send” button. (old)
* US TTS set to 100% will partially cut off X and H, but still understandable and can tell what letters they are. (partial)
* UK or Australian VoiceOver at 70-100% has speech cut off with a variety of characters,unusable. (old)
* With hints off, opening/closing folder gives message and tone, should give tone only. (old)
* screen back light is on, even with screen curtain on. (old)
* screen curtain state not preserved after hard reset- restore or restart. (old)
* harder to move apps from page to page (virtual line is thinner and/or less sensative). (new)
* read all, slide to mute, VO will speak muting and read all stops
* read all, slide to mute, VO will speak ”muting” and read all stops. (new)
* reviewing text message, subject, message, and keyboard disappear. (new/intermittent) (fromhttp://tl.gd/6q2qii)