I have to agree. I have been in many situations in which sighted people
had no idea what VoiceOver was saying because the announcement also comes with
the ring tone.
So they stopped calling you, Rich. I guess that's why they have been
calling me of late .....
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, [email protected]
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:08 PM, Richard Ring <[email protected]> wrote:
> The reason this particular issue doesn't concern me overly much is this. Most
> people who aren't used to the iPhone speech won't understand the number
> anyway. And, besides, I no longer receive covert calls from CIA operatives,
> so I believe my information is relatively safe.
>
>
> You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding
> Sent from my Mac Book Pro
> [email protected]
>
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I like Caller ID, I.E. someone being announced although I wish it didn't do
>> it on loud speaker when the I phone headset was plugged in. However, I'd
>> like the choice of having the announcement muted especially if you were in
>> an important meeting as others have stated.
>>
>> Kawal.
>> On 3 Mar 2013, at 23:41, James Mannion <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Personal preferences it sounds like. Some of us wouldn't find it a big
>>> deal to mute VO when locking the phone in a situation where it could
>>> ring where we were so concerned about someone knowing who is calling.
>>> As was mentioned, I don't think many of us really share this concern.
>>> Personally I don't care about it much if at some random time somebody
>>> knows by what something said who was calling me. I don't think the
>>> information makes enough of a connection in their life to even
>>> acknowledge it. Others like yourself do look at it differently though.
>>> Maybe they will put in a setting some day, but until then there are
>>> controls you can use to manage the situation. No, it is not 100%
>>> automated, but not difficult to manage. It seems to me that expecting
>>> 100% automation to manage every situation causes more stress than to
>>> just use the controls provided to effectively manage it.
>>>
>>> On 3/3/13, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> You wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Moreover, why is it that when we have a headphone connected, the caller ID
>>>> is still spoken out loud through the speakerphone?
>>>>
>>>> Ouch! I didn't realize it did that, but then, I hardly ever use a headset.
>>>> Is this also an issue with bluetooth headsets, or only with wired.
>>>>
>>>> Chris.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
>>>> "MacVisionaries" group.
>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
>>>> email to [email protected].
>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
>>> "MacVisionaries" group.
>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
>>> email to [email protected].
>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
>> "MacVisionaries" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
>> email to [email protected].
>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "MacVisionaries" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to [email protected].
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
