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kestrellI think I have finally mastered the rotor gesture, which I can also use with my Kindle Fire tablet.
The secret is: there is no secret, you just need to do it over and over a few dozen times.
Here's how I finally came to think of it: hold your fingers about an inch apart, as if you are making the "this much" gesture. You can hold them either on the vertical or horizontal plane: for me, the best starting position is to make the "this much" gesture and then twist my hand to the left as much as as comfortable.
Note: you should get your hand into position before you touch the screen.
Once you have your fingers in this position, lightly touch the screen. Now switch the position of your fingers without moving your hand: it's a lot like a finger snap, but without having the fingers touch.
While I was practicing this, I imagined my thumb and forefinger as two dancers in an old-fashioned dance: they begin positioned opposite each other, then switch sides, passing each other without touching.
Another way I imagined this was to place my thumb lightly on the screen, and then have my forefinger move around it in an arc. Think of those old-fashioned protractors we used to get with pencil sets. Put your thumb in the center of the bottom's straight edge, then move your forefinger along the arc over it. This doesn't work as consistently as the dancers/fingersnap version, but it got me started in being able to picture the gesture in my head.
The benefit of the latter gesture is that, if you have reduced agility in your hands, you can put one finger down on the screen in that center position, and then take your other hand and make the arc around it with the forefinger.
While this was what I consider my big success for the week, the Tech Juggernaut Voiceover course is giving us *huge* amounts of information. The other big challenges for this week was learning to use Webex with Jaws (because I'm not adept enough at using my iPhone to manage all the emails and Webex links), and learning to use Google Classroom, plus its (kind of crappy). I'm also trying to figure out how to move files and recordings from Google Classroom to Google Drive. viewer for videos.
Also, yesterday afternoon I got to help beta test the new Bookshare skill for Alexa. The voice is very nice, but there is a still some functionality that needs to be added. Still, this Alexa skill is going to be really awesome when its finished.
I did take the opportunity to voice my disappointment that Maria Dahvana Headley's Beowulf is still not available on either Bookshare or NLS.
The secret is: there is no secret, you just need to do it over and over a few dozen times.
Here's how I finally came to think of it: hold your fingers about an inch apart, as if you are making the "this much" gesture. You can hold them either on the vertical or horizontal plane: for me, the best starting position is to make the "this much" gesture and then twist my hand to the left as much as as comfortable.
Note: you should get your hand into position before you touch the screen.
Once you have your fingers in this position, lightly touch the screen. Now switch the position of your fingers without moving your hand: it's a lot like a finger snap, but without having the fingers touch.
While I was practicing this, I imagined my thumb and forefinger as two dancers in an old-fashioned dance: they begin positioned opposite each other, then switch sides, passing each other without touching.
Another way I imagined this was to place my thumb lightly on the screen, and then have my forefinger move around it in an arc. Think of those old-fashioned protractors we used to get with pencil sets. Put your thumb in the center of the bottom's straight edge, then move your forefinger along the arc over it. This doesn't work as consistently as the dancers/fingersnap version, but it got me started in being able to picture the gesture in my head.
The benefit of the latter gesture is that, if you have reduced agility in your hands, you can put one finger down on the screen in that center position, and then take your other hand and make the arc around it with the forefinger.
While this was what I consider my big success for the week, the Tech Juggernaut Voiceover course is giving us *huge* amounts of information. The other big challenges for this week was learning to use Webex with Jaws (because I'm not adept enough at using my iPhone to manage all the emails and Webex links), and learning to use Google Classroom, plus its (kind of crappy). I'm also trying to figure out how to move files and recordings from Google Classroom to Google Drive. viewer for videos.
Also, yesterday afternoon I got to help beta test the new Bookshare skill for Alexa. The voice is very nice, but there is a still some functionality that needs to be added. Still, this Alexa skill is going to be really awesome when its finished.
I did take the opportunity to voice my disappointment that Maria Dahvana Headley's Beowulf is still not available on either Bookshare or NLS.
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Date: 2020-10-16 08:57 pm (UTC)AhhhhhhH!
I think you may have made the rotor gesture comprehensible to my proprioceptively-impaired brain!
(Now I want to be able to use the same gestures on my Mac trackpad to control the VO rotor.)
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Date: 2020-10-16 09:13 pm (UTC)Does your Mac allow you to customize your own gestures?
Kinda
Date: 2020-10-18 05:13 pm (UTC)...there are two keyboard/trackpad/mouse utilities which let one do pretty much fucking anything, but require a high level of technical skills.
Just in case:
Better Touch Tool and Karabiner-Elements
In addition, Keyboard Maestro is the most capable of the macro accelerators.
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-18 05:37 pm (UTC)Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-18 06:27 pm (UTC)Apple addiction is a real hazard.
I adore my Speck cases
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 01:46 pm (UTC)Anyway, with all the handling that I am doing for this Voiceover class, the cover is already feeling a lot more worn.
Also: what format are you using for your DW? I like it: it feels cleaner than the format I am using. And does DW have a color scheme?
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 02:16 pm (UTC)Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 03:57 pm (UTC)My iPhone Xr is 81.8 mm wide, 11.8 mm thick in its case. But different for your phone -- was it a 6?
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 04:07 pm (UTC)Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 06:26 pm (UTC)I had an SE but was enchanted by the bigger phone because it has Face ID. Combined with my password manager, this means that a stern glance at my phone unlocks sites, which makes me very happy. Also, better cameras and more room for larger print.
The Speck Case on now-MyGuy's SE is 64.4 mm wide by 10.8 mm thick. They still have one color left white w pink trim. $25 if you give em your email.
Nominally, sizes for iPhone original SE = 5 = 5s
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 06:45 pm (UTC)Also, I spent this month's tech budget on an air purifier, which Alexx just set up for me. It's been the year of allergies and itchy eyes...
Re: Kinda
Date: 2020-10-19 11:22 pm (UTC)I suspected that pink would be a non-starter, on the basis of your fundamental ferocity :,)
Hope your air quality improves noticeably. I'd like that as well, but I have a dog.
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Date: 2020-10-19 06:27 pm (UTC)The answers to your style/color scheme questions are so involved it's another post.