Hi Pete, Matt, Jacob, and Others, Time on the iPhone and iPod Touch is automatically announced when the screen is in locked mode and you press the "Home" button. This means that if your screen is locked (e.g., if you pressed the power button at the top of your iPhone or iPod Touch to lock your screen, or if you have your iPhone or iPod Touch set to automatically lock after a specified time of inactivity), then pressing the "Home" button at the bottom tells you the time. You could also press the power button twice to get this information. If you then flick right anywhere on the screen you'll get the date announcement, e.g. "Saturday, 5th December".
Incidentally, when the screen is in locked mode, the touch screen area for the time is a large region at the top center of the screen just below where time normally appears on the status bar line. (The touchable region for time on the status bar is much smaller). On the lock screen, touching the center of the status bar at the top of the screen announces "Screen Locked". Touch or move your finger just below the time area to get the date. I think this topic was either my first or second post to the viphone list, in response to somebody's questing about where to find battery status information (and about the status bar). I found out that this feature was added on in one of the then recent software updates (to OS 3.1, I think). The software updates have added great features, like the ability to set triple-click home to toggle VoiceOver on and off in your Settings menu, which gives you access to some apps that otherwise would be problematic, or the ability to do copy and paste, or access to the index lists to songs and address book entries. (These are all standard now, but weren't features in the original iPhone OS 3.0 release for VoiceOver users.) And for new users, the "Practice VoiceOver Gestures" screen that was added to the Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver menu that was added in one of these software updates is a great way to start working with gestures. HTH Cheers, Esther Pete Nalda wrote: > Ok. I'll just have to learn how to make it do that either in the > Apple store or if I buy one. Thanks > > On Dec 5, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Matt Roberts wrote: > >> I don't think the Touch will announce the time automatically, but >> you can get the information from the status bar. >> >> Matt Roberts >> >> On Dec 5, 2009, at 12:35 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: >> >>> Heard someone having VO anounce the time on the iphone today and >>> wondered if the ipod touch could do the same? If so nice feature. >>> >>> Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) >>> Pete Nalda >>> http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . >> >> > > Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) > Pete Nalda > http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
