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Q: accessibility zoom in iOS 8 problems

Hello all!

i am visually impaired and i have ben using iOS and mac devices for many years

Especially in iOS, zoom feature is so handy that helped me so much with my daily tasks!

Everything was working perfectly until iOS 8

I know iOS 8 brought many features for people with disabilities and made improvements for people with vision loss

I'm experiencing 2 issues

 

 

1. When zooming in if you tap once there is a new black dialogue window with different features that is quite annoying and you have to tap somewhere else so as to disappear (this can't be disabled from settings,) and i am not talking about the controller

 

2. Zooming in now isn't that accurate and smooth...i have turned on "Zoom on focus" but still zooming in with the three finger  gesture isn't that smooth

 

has anyone had any similar experiences?i hope they fix this since this is on of the main reasons why i seriously love apple. Because it had all people with disabilities in mind and added features when none else  even cared!

 

 

thank you all!

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 7:00 AM

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  • by ioannisfromaddison,

    ioannisfromaddison ioannisfromaddison Oct 15, 2014 7:56 AM in response to fpb007
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    Oct 15, 2014 7:56 AM in response to fpb007

    this doesn't solve the issue

    even when in full window sometimes the window keeps coming up again and again and sometimes the whole thingschangces fro film screen to window mode

  • by Alatza,

    Alatza Alatza Oct 15, 2014 11:22 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 15, 2014 11:22 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    Same here, this does not solve the problem. The zoom keeps returning to windowed mode.

  • by Sharon 181,

    Sharon 181 Sharon 181 Oct 20, 2014 1:27 AM in response to Tommy_Kay
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    Oct 20, 2014 1:27 AM in response to Tommy_Kay

    You need to double tap with three fingers and the lock screen will reset to normal size. Just happened to me.

  • by NevinNWJ,

    NevinNWJ NevinNWJ Oct 20, 2014 11:17 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 20, 2014 11:17 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    Tried the iphone 6 and 6+ in the stores. both have zoom issues. and is the reason why i havent bought it. I was just wondering if the problem is solved on the latest version release as of today.

     

    to apple: I am doing very fine with the old zoom feature. improvements are uncalled for if it is going to be like that.

  • by ioannisfromaddison,

    ioannisfromaddison ioannisfromaddison Oct 20, 2014 11:47 PM in response to NevinNWJ
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    Oct 20, 2014 11:47 PM in response to NevinNWJ

    According to the change log of the ios 8.1:

     

    Guided Access has been beefed up, and now works without any sort of bugs.

    VoiceOver now works with third-party keyboards, which failed to work at times before.

    Stability and audio quality have been improved when using MFI Hearing aids with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

    Issues regarding tone dialing has been fixed when VoiceOver was being used.

    Bluetooth keyboards and Braille displays with VoiceOver enabled now offer improved reliability.

     

    will install new version on ipad and let everyone know if the problem still exists

  • by NevinNWJ,

    NevinNWJ NevinNWJ Oct 21, 2014 1:49 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 21, 2014 1:49 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    I just installed 8.1 on my ipad. the zoom problem still exist.

     

    Specifically, there is a delay with magnifications after double tap with 3 fingers.

     

    I have also launch a feedback to apple, hopefully things will turn out fine in the next release.

  • by ioannisfromaddison,

    ioannisfromaddison ioannisfromaddison Oct 21, 2014 1:52 AM in response to NevinNWJ
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    Oct 21, 2014 1:52 AM in response to NevinNWJ

    NevinNWJ

     

    thats a shame since this is the main feature that allow all of us with visual impairment access to all then rest of the features of the OS

     

    silly question.can let us know where can we leave feedback for this as well?

    if we are many and please all of you do this maybe apple can fix this faster

  • by NevinNWJ,

    NevinNWJ NevinNWJ Oct 21, 2014 1:59 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 21, 2014 1:59 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    Yes I believe it helps. This is where i submitted my feedback :

     

    https://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • by ioannisfromaddison,

    ioannisfromaddison ioannisfromaddison Oct 21, 2014 2:15 AM in response to NevinNWJ
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    Oct 21, 2014 2:15 AM in response to NevinNWJ

    thanks for the link !!

    would appreciate everyone that is  using this feature and has issues..to send feedback to apple

    the more the better!

  • by M.a.j,

    M.a.j M.a.j Oct 23, 2014 3:10 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 23, 2014 3:10 AM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    Same problem here!

     

    apple please fix the lag!

     

    And make sure if I set it to fullscreen. I never see the window zoom!

     

    o i found a small ''fix''

     

    i you only zoon with ''double press three fingers and drag"  you'll not see the windowed zoom. ( i also reduces the lag somewhat. but the smoothness still *****

    I Hope it helps!

  • by jecwobble,

    jecwobble jecwobble Oct 23, 2014 12:40 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 23, 2014 12:40 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    I have experienced the issue where it doesn't stick with my "full screen zoom" preference. What I've discovered is that it "forgets" my preference when I try to zoom in with the keyboard visible. Then it switches to "window zoom" and doesn't go back until I reset it in Preferences or by triple-three-finger tapping to get the zoom control box. As long as the app in question doesn't have a keyboard displayed, it's fine.

     

    For example, when looking at Instagram, it zooms full screen. If I try to add a comment to someone's post in IG, then it switches to "window zoom" with the window focused on the screen portion above the keyboard. I suspect that is by design, but the bug is that it no longer recognizes my zoom preference when I get OUT of the keyboard.

  • by eNovator,

    eNovator eNovator Oct 23, 2014 10:57 PM in response to jecwobble
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    Oct 23, 2014 10:57 PM in response to jecwobble

    as i have mentioned to everyone experiencing issues with the known bugs  for the zoom feature in ios 8

    it would be best fi we ll do a feedback to apple and hopefully they will listen to our worries

    this is an important thing for us and we need to get this fixed!

  • by jecwobble,

    jecwobble jecwobble Oct 24, 2014 5:41 AM in response to eNovator
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    Oct 24, 2014 5:41 AM in response to eNovator

    Oh, I did. I submit feedback no matter what. I was simply sharing my experience here so that people reading this could see that it's likely tied to the use of the keyboard.

  • by NevinNWJ,

    NevinNWJ NevinNWJ Oct 24, 2014 11:51 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison
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    Oct 24, 2014 11:51 PM in response to ioannisfromaddison

    Great Job everyone. Lets just hope thing goes in our favour.

  • by ioannisfromaddison,

    ioannisfromaddison ioannisfromaddison Oct 25, 2014 9:06 AM in response to NevinNWJ
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    Oct 25, 2014 9:06 AM in response to NevinNWJ

    keep on pushing people

    we are not asking for a new feature

    we are asking for a feature that was brought to us ages ago and made us  love apple since the company is miles ahead as concerns accessibility software on their devices

    so yes we want this to work as it used to be!

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