Do you have your iPhone in a case? I bought an inexpensive case for my 4S and I didn't have this problem until I switched cases. When I put the phone next to my head, the screen doesn't automatically turn off and VO announces the call length every few seconds.
I'm wondering if something is affecting the phone's accelerometer or proximity sensor to automatically to turn off the screen and VO. With both cases, VO would do the same thing on speaker phone, but I figured the screen wasn't turning off because it wasn't next to my head. Kevin On 2013-05-31, at 10:58 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > To stop the occasional announcement of time and such in the middle of calls, > I've started simply turning VO speech off with a three finger double-tap. I > can still use the VO gestures then and use the two finger double-tap to hang > up the call and use the three finger double-tap to turn speech back on. > Maybe a little quicker than what you've been putting up with. The main > drawback with this method is that speech is off so if I have an incoming call > while on the other call, I have no idea who it is. Not a big deal in many > situations as then I don't interrupt the initial call which has its own > benefits. > > I'm not sure why VO starts doing this announcing thing but it usually only > happens to me when on speaker phone and occasionally when using me headphones > for the call. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-05-31, at 4:23 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks to David Woodbridge's podcasts, I've always known about the two >> finger double tap to answer and end calls. However, I've been having >> difficulty lately with this. I do a two finger double tap but the call >> doesn't hang up. I often have to repeat it two or three times before it >> works. >> Another problem is when I've locked the screen. Sometimes I do this during >> calls to stop VoiceOver from periodically announcing the time elapsed in the >> call. However, this seems to prevent me from doing a two finger double tap >> to end the call. I have to press home or power, slide to unlock the screen, >> enter my password, and then finally end the call. A lot of work and time >> just to end a call. >> >> -- >> 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.
