Problem

A ZoomText customer wishes to use know if ZoomText support a touch screen.

Resolution

1. Touch screen support is available on any computer that has at least a five point touch panel.
2. The following touch gestures are available on touch supported systems.

Touch modes

Two touch modes exist for carrying out different kinds of commands: 

Windows Touch Mode

This mode passes all gestures to the Windows system and underlying applications.  Whilst in this mode you cannot activate ZoomText specific gestures.

The icon below denotes that ZoomText is in Windows Touch mode

ZoomText Touch Mode

This mode allows access to various ZoomText specific features. 

Touch Gestures

In this section you will learn how to use the ZoomText Touch Icon and gestures to access and operate key ZoomText features.

Remember that the Touch Icon must be in ZoomText Touch Mode when performing these gestures.

 To display the ZoomText user interface

Double-tap with four fingers.

 To adjust the magnification level (zoom in and out)

Double-tap and hold three fingers, then drag up to zoom in and

drag down to zoom out.

 To pan the magnified view

Drag three fingers to move around the screen.

 To adjust the size and location of a zoom window

1. On the Magnifier toolbar tab, choose Window > Zoom

Windows Adjust Tool.

The Adjust tool becomes active and sizing handles appear on the

zoom window frame.

2. To resize the window, hold one finger on a sizing handle and

drag it until it’s the size you prefer.

3. To move the window, hold one finger inside the zoom window

and drag it around.

4. To exit the Adjust tool, double-tap with three fingers.

 To use View Mode

1. Double-tap with three fingers.

Magnification is temporarily turned off and the view locator

appears.

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2. To move the view port, hold one finger inside the view port and

drag it to the desired location.

3. To exit View Mode and be moved to the new viewport location,

double-tap with one finger.

4. To exit View Mode and move to the previous viewport location,

double-tap with three fingers.

 To use the SpeakIt Tool

1. On the Reader toolbar tab, choose SpeakIt.

The SpeakIt tool becomes active and sizing handles appear on the

zoom window frame.

2. To speak a single word, tap on the word.

3. To speak a block of words, drag diagonally with one finger to

highlight the words you want to have spoken. When you

complete the drag, all highlighted text will be spoken.

4. To exit the SpeakIt tool, double-tap with three fingers.

 To use AppReader

1. Open the document, web page or email that you wish to read.

2. Start AppReader using one of the following two methods:

 To start reading at any word: Double-tap with one finger

on the word where you want to start reading.

 To start reading from the location of the text cursor,

double-tap with two fingers.

AppReader begins reading.

3. To start and stop reading or navigate/read by word, line,

sentence and paragraph, use the AppReader Reading Gestures

listed in the table below.

4. To speak a block of words, drag diagonally with one finger to

highlight the words you want to have spoken.

When you complete the drag, all highlighted text will be spoken

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5. To exit AppReader, double-tap with three fingers.

When AppReader exits, the cursor is automatically positioned at

the last word that was highlighted in AppReader (if a cursor exists

in the application).

AppReader Reading Gestures

Command Gesture

Toggle Reading

(Play/Pause)

2-finger single-tap

Read from new location 1-finger single-tap.

Say Next Word 1-finger swipe right

Say Previous Word 1-finger swipe left

Say Current Word 1-finger double-tap

Note: Repeating this gesture on the same word

within two seconds or less will cycle through

the following options: say/spell/military spell.

Resets after a lapse of more than two seconds.

Say Word Below 1-finger swipe down

Say Word Above 1-finger swipe up

Say Next Sentence 2-finger swipe right

Say Previous Sentence 2-finger swipe left

Say Next Paragraph 2-finger swipe down

Say Previous Paragraph 2-finger swipe up

End of Document 4-finger swipe down

Beginning of Document 4-finger swipe up