Alex and others, I solved the problem in a more or less indirect way.

It turns out that the Bluetooth keyboard apparently doesn't forget the pairing 
code.  If I hit the reset button on the keyboard after turning it on, it works 
fine.  I don't understand why, but I can live with this.

Thank you very much, and we'll consider the problem satisfactorily resolved.

Mike

On 6,Jan,2012, at 10:39 PM, Alex Hall wrote:

> There is no setting for that, alerts are always read when they appear.
> By alert, I mean a popup window, not something that appears in the
> status bar.
> If you can, try another (different brand) keyboard and see if the same
> thing happens.
> 
> On 1/6/12, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>> 
>> This happens every time I power off the iPhone and then switch it back on
>> and thus far, VO has never read the numbers required for pairing.  I will,
>> however, go back into the iPhone VO settings and make sure that alerts are
>> automatically read.
>> 
>> Thanks for your input anyway.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> On 6,Jan,2012, at 9:29 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>> 
>>> This is not too helpful, but I find your problem very odd. From my
>>> experience, vo will read the numbers you have to enter because they
>>> appear in an alert, and pairing is never lost unless you remove it
>>> manually. I saw a keyboard un-pair itself from my sister's iPad once,
>>> but I think that was because she changed the keyboar's batteries. Does
>>> this problem happen all the time, or do you maybe put the phone in
>>> airplane mode a lot? That shouldn't matter, but it is all I can think
>>> of. Of course, it could be the keyboard, but I doubt that as it is
>>> designed for the iPhone, and the keyboard model should not be able to
>>> affect vo's ability to announce the pairing code.
>>> 
>>> On 1/6/12, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hello Listers,
>>>> 
>>>> I recently purchased a Bluetooth keyboard that was specifically designed
>>>> for
>>>> the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.  For the most part, the keyboard works well,
>>>> the
>>>> caveat being "for the most part."
>>>> 
>>>> whenever I turn off the keyboard and iPhone 4, they lose their pairing,
>>>> and
>>>> I need sighted assistance to reset the pairing.  VoiceOver does not read
>>>> the
>>>> numbers needed to be entered on the keyboard for pairing purposes.  I
>>>> have
>>>> not been able to find any setting in the iPhone 4 that would instruct the
>>>> unit to remember the pairing combination.  Any and all suggestions would
>>>> be
>>>> most gratefully appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> My thanks to all, along with all the best for 2012,
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
>>>> 
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