>> alan: hi, welcome to the third video ina series on accessibility in android 4.0, ice cream sandwich. this video will coverusing the on-screen keyboard to enter and edit text. >> so my phone is currently at the home screen,and i’d like to send a quick email to my friend, so i’m going to open gmail fromthe google apps folder on the home screen.
Android ice cream sandwich, >> nexus: folder google. folder opened. (speakingicons) gmail. clicked gmail. folder closed. >> alan: to send a new message, i can findand tap the “compose†button at the bottom left of the screen. i’ll start at the bottomright and go left to read all the available buttons.
>> nexus: more options. refresh. show alllabels. search. compose. >> alan: and i’ll tap once to activate. >> nexus: clicked. edit box. >> alan: by default, i’m in the “toâ€field. the keyboard pops up automatically when i’m in an editable text area, so i’lljust start exploring the keys near the bottom of the screen. >> nexus: j f d. >> alan: i can tap once after exploring toenter a key. >> nexus: r r.
>> alan: and i can enter that key again withoutexploring by double-tapping. >> nexus: r. >> alan: of course, i only want one “râ€so i’ll erase that last one using the “delete†key. >> nexus: f j. delete. r deleted. >> alan: and i’ll finish typing the address.since it’s a gmail address, i can just type the first part and it’ll automatically finishwith @gmail.com. >> nexus: a a m m a a n n. >> alan: and i can move to the next fieldwith “return†or i can explore to find
the “subject†field. i’ll just hit “returnâ€to complete the email address. >> nexus: return. “raman†replaced with“raman@gmail.com†>> alan: and i’ll hit it once more to goto the “subject†field. >> nexus: return. >> alan: and for the subject, i’ll justtype a quick message. >> nexus: h. capital h. u y y e e l l l o. >> alan: wait, there was a typo there. i’lltouch explore the subject field to check. >> nexus: edit box. hy-ello. >> alan: that’s a typo. to correct it, ican use left and right swipe gestures on the
keyboard to move within the text field. >> nexus: o. >> alan: so just swiping left... >> nexus: l l e y. >> alan: and there’s the typo. to correctit i can just move one to the right. >> nexus: e. >> alan: and use backspace. >> nexus: delete. y deleted. >> alan: and i’ll swipe right a few timesto go back to the end.
>> nexus: l l o. >> alan: okay, there’s the end. and i’llfinish the email quickly with eom. so i’ll use symbols. >> nexus: r. space. symbols. left parenthesis.open paren. letters. e e o o m m. symbols. right parenthesis. close paren. >> alan: and i’m ready to send using the“send†button near the top right of the screen. i’ll explore over to that button. >> nexus: star. edit. edit. send.
>> alan: to the right of that...
>> nexus: more options. >> alan: alright, so. thanks for watching,and make sure to subscribe for more videos on the latest release of android.
