Voiceover with Yahoo Mail

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Voiceover with Yahoo Mail

I can not compose nor reply to any emails when voiceover is on. I am a blind user and if I access mail from Ipad's desktop or go through Safari and access mail.yahoo.com either way I can not compose a new message nor reply. The way the emails are setup up are different and neither are functional. Ipad mail gives a pop up list and if I try to type a message another popup boots my caret out of the TO: window. If I use mail.yahoo.com there is a split screen and at the bottom are several icons that are deactivated. I can not click on anything except Yahoo Main menu. I can not click compose nor reply. I can not switch to yahoo classic which may eliminate the problem. Lastly, I can not scroll down to hear the entire message. Otherwise, I can receive and hear messages just fine. triple-finger taps, swipes do not make page move down.

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Posted on Mar 8, 2011 2:47 PM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Mar 8, 2011 5:10 PM in response to Vanderlot

I played around with voice over for the first time. I successfully composed a message using the Mail app with not that much problem (but it is not easy) once I understood how voice over typing works. When you start typing in the "To:" entry space a box pops up suggesting an email address. However, all you have to do is continue to type the too address an the suggested box goes away. As you probably know, you can bring up the address book. However, I was unable to scroll through all the entries of my address book. I was suck with just the few at the beginning of the alphabet.

I do not have Yahoo mail so I can't help you there.

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Vanderlot Author

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Mar 8, 2011 5:59 PM in response to lllaass

Thank you friend for trying.

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Vanderlot Author

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Mar 8, 2011 4:37 PM in response to Vanderlot

Can someone test using their Ipad and report your findings.
Close your eyes and try to access, read a message, respond to it, and compse a new message without looking.

Peek only to see what it did so you can understand my issue.

It would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps, you can see what is happening and understand to help.

The key is not to look. Thanks.

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itstak3n

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Apr 12, 2011 5:06 AM in response to Vanderlot

I too cannot reply to email on Yahoo mail, the keyboard will not pop up when I try to reply. I can compose a new email and send with no problem though.

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