You'll find that the volume will randomly drop -- some times the change is probably attributable to an inadvertent holding of the volume down key. Still, I suspect there may be a bug somewhere. For example, when I pull my phone out of a dock, the speaker volume may be all the way down.
If the remedy you discovered does not work, and no sound other than ringtones is emitted from your speaker, there may be a dust particle caught in the headphone jack. This would cause the microswitch to remain open and consequently your hardware behaves as though headphones are connected regardless. When this occurs, you can usually dislodge the obstruction by inserting and withdrawing headphones into your jack about ten times quickly. A vacuum or canned air would also do the trick. I have not yet experienced this problem on my 4S, but assume the hardware is unchanged and hence that possibility still exists, so its something to bare in mind. Best regards. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Esther To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:21 AM Subject: Adjusting VoiceOver speaker volume [was Re: Using the iPhone 4Swithout earphones_] Hi Mike and Ian, Mike responded before I could, but his statement is correct: the volume of VoiceOver through the speaker and the volume for other audio sources playing through the speaker are set separately on the iPhone. If it happens that for some reason the volume for VoiceOver has dropped through the speakers, just start VoiceOver speaking -- for example, by doing a two finger flick up to read all the contents of the current screen -- and use the volume up controls at the side of the iPhone to increase VoiceOver's volume through the speaker while VoiceOver is speaking. You don't need to reset or turn off and then power up your phone to do this. You simply need to make sure that VoiceOver is speaking when you perform the volume up adjustments. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello Ian, > > I am greatly relieved to report that the problem has been solved. Though your diagnosis was incorrect, it got me to thinking, and I resolved the problem in a pretty non-spectacular way. > > First of all, I went to the Sounds entry in settings and determined that my sound volume was at 100%. Then, I turned off the phone and waited for a minute before powering it up again. No change. > > Finally, while holding the volume up key, after unplugging the earphones, I just started randomly touching the screen to make VO talk. All of a sudden, I started hearing the speaker. This leads me to conclude that the external speaker volume is independent from the earphone volume. Perhaps this will help someone else, too. > > Best regards, and thank you for indirectly helping me resolve the problem. :) > > Mike > On 6,Feb,2012, at 3:07 PM, Ian McNamara wrote: > >> Hello Mike, no it is your Iphone, this should not happen. I'm on my third Iphone fours as the speaker went on my other two phones. It might be worth getting a sighted person to check that the volume is on full when using speakers. If it is on full and there is still no sound, go to apple and try and get a replacement. >> >> Ian McNamara <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
