RE: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

[Katrina Anderson]

So, I managed to remedy the problem/question asked below.  I could try to share 
what I did, but I’m honestly not exactly sure of the process.  What I do know 
is that all the digging I did in settings was not the road to travel.  The 
solution is to open Shortcuts, select the desired shortcut, and that’s where 
things are not clear enough to go into accurate detail.  I was able to switch 
the voice away from Samantha, to my desired voice, but I probably could have 
figured out how to keep Samantha and customize her voice so that she doesn’t 
speak so darn slow/deep.  Whew, what a process, but my shortcuts for low 
battery are working as I want/need.
 
Katrina
 
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Katrina 
Anderson
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2024 11:57 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to 
Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a 
Certain Percentage
 
I am just getting around to following up on this; have really missed not having 
the notification of low battery.  I have set up a couple of shortcuts, 
including one to alert battery is less than 20%, and another to alert at 10%.  
The battery is nowhere that low, so I’m interested to see if it works.  
However, when clicking on the option to run the shortcut, I heard the 
appropriate alert that I had created, so that is promising.  However, my issue 
is the voice that speaks the message is a slow Samatha, which I use to use, 
until I chose to switch to using English Siri 1, 2 & 4.  The former is used for 
Siri, but I’m thinking it may also be an option for Voiceover.  I have 
designated English Siri 4 as default, and I’m assuming that directly relates to 
Voiceover.  In short, am I stuck listening to the very slow Samatha for my 
shortcut alerts? 
 
I’ve played around quite a bit under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover;” set speed to 
anywhere from 50-60.  Under “Spoken,” I hear “Voice Siri 1 United States;” when 
clicking on that, and swiping over, I find “Siri Voice 1” is selected,” but of 
course I am able to switch to Samantha if desired.  However, the only 
adjustment to Samantha’s voice is “timbre” and “sentence pause.”  Somewhere in 
my messing around, I managed to delete or maybe it is more unload/uninstall the 
voice, but it is still here in these options, and it shows up in the rotor when 
Samantha is selected.  I’ve switched back to “Siri Voice 1,,” Samantha is gone 
from the rotor and Siri Voice 1 is back.  
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” and “Verbosity,” I select “System 
Notifications,” and select “Speak” where possible.  There isn’t an option to 
alter the voice of System Notifications.
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” “Audio,” I didn’t find anything that seemed 
to apply.
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Spoken,” “Voices,” the first button after the header 
“System Voices,” is “English Siri Voice 1;” double tap on that button changes 
nothing; I don’t hear “selected.”  Samantha is not present anywhere, and I 
don’t see how to  do much except select a voice/language that I don’t want.  
Going back a screen, to the right of “Voices,” is “Default Language English 
Button.”  Double tap on that button leads me to a similar screen; it appears I 
could select “Locale,” whatever that is or “English,” and the latter is 
selected.   
 
Under “Siri and Search,” I find “Language English United States Button.”  
Clicking on that didn’t help.
 
Under “Siri and Search,” I find “”Siri Voice American Voice 1.”  Clicking there 
wasn’t helpful; could have selected another Siri voice…nothing about Samantha.
 
And so much more investigation, trial/error in Settings, didn’t bring me 
success.  Thoughts?
 
Katrina
From: VIPhone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > 
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 3:37 PM
To: VIPhone mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >
Subject: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically 
Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage
 
Hello Everyone,

If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery 
level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the 
following:

1.
Launch the Shortcuts app.

2.
Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display.

3.
Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display.  A 
list of choices will appear.

4.
Select Battery Level.  A new screen will appear.

5.
Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically activate 
the shortcut.  The default level is 50%.

6.
On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option.  Of course, you should 
select either of the other two options in this area, as well.

7.
In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately” 
option.  Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed said 
option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place a 
notification in the 

RE: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

[Katrina Anderson]

I am just getting around to following up on this; have really missed not having 
the notification of low battery.  I have set up a couple of shortcuts, 
including one to alert battery is less than 20%, and another to alert at 10%.  
The battery is nowhere that low, so I’m interested to see if it works.  
However, when clicking on the option to run the shortcut, I heard the 
appropriate alert that I had created, so that is promising.  However, my issue 
is the voice that speaks the message is a slow Samatha, which I use to use, 
until I chose to switch to using English Siri 1, 2 & 4.  The former is used for 
Siri, but I’m thinking it may also be an option for Voiceover.  I have 
designated English Siri 4 as default, and I’m assuming that directly relates to 
Voiceover.  In short, am I stuck listening to the very slow Samatha for my 
shortcut alerts? 
 
I’ve played around quite a bit under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover;” set speed to 
anywhere from 50-60.  Under “Spoken,” I hear “Voice Siri 1 United States;” when 
clicking on that, and swiping over, I find “Siri Voice 1” is selected,” but of 
course I am able to switch to Samantha if desired.  However, the only 
adjustment to Samantha’s voice is “timbre” and “sentence pause.”  Somewhere in 
my messing around, I managed to delete or maybe it is more unload/uninstall the 
voice, but it is still here in these options, and it shows up in the rotor when 
Samantha is selected.  I’ve switched back to “Siri Voice 1,,” Samantha is gone 
from the rotor and Siri Voice 1 is back.  
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” and “Verbosity,” I select “System 
Notifications,” and select “Speak” where possible.  There isn’t an option to 
alter the voice of System Notifications.
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” “Audio,” I didn’t find anything that seemed 
to apply.
 
Under “Accessibility,” “Spoken,” “Voices,” the first button after the header 
“System Voices,” is “English Siri Voice 1;” double tap on that button changes 
nothing; I don’t hear “selected.”  Samantha is not present anywhere, and I 
don’t see how to  do much except select a voice/language that I don’t want.  
Going back a screen, to the right of “Voices,” is “Default Language English 
Button.”  Double tap on that button leads me to a similar screen; it appears I 
could select “Locale,” whatever that is or “English,” and the latter is 
selected.   
 
Under “Siri and Search,” I find “Language English United States Button.”  
Clicking on that didn’t help.
 
Under “Siri and Search,” I find “”Siri Voice American Voice 1.”  Clicking there 
wasn’t helpful; could have selected another Siri voice…nothing about Samantha.
 
And so much more investigation, trial/error in Settings, didn’t bring me 
success.  Thoughts?
 
Katrina
From: VIPhone  
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 3:37 PM
To: VIPhone 
Subject: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically 
Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage
 
Hello Everyone,

If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery 
level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the 
following:

1.
Launch the Shortcuts app.

2.
Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display.

3.
Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display.  A 
list of choices will appear.

4.
Select Battery Level.  A new screen will appear.

5.
Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically activate 
the shortcut.  The default level is 50%.

6.
On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option.  Of course, you should 
select either of the other two options in this area, as well.

7.
In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately” 
option.  Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed said 
option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place a 
notification in the notifications area.

8.
Select the Next button located near the top right corner of the display.  A new 
screen will appear.

Now the following step is where we, as VoiceOver users, have to take one extra 
step than does our sighted counterpart because of what I assume is a small 
VoiceOver bug that, in essence, is of no real consequence, at this point.

9.
Select the “Get Started” Button.

10.
Select “Speak Text” by performing either the VO split Tap or the VO pass 
through gesture.  This will both select and open the first level of options to 
the Speak Text function.

11.
Place VO focus on the line that VO reads as “Speak Text”.

12.
Single-finger, swipe up until you hear “Edit text,” and select this option.  
The edit field for the “Speak Text” function will open and you can either use 
the keyboard or dictation, to type the text that the TTS engine will announce. 
For example, “Mark, you devilishly handsome guy, the battery level has fallen 
below 50 percent.”

13.
Select the Done button located just above the on-screen 

Re: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

[Grant Downey]

Thanks for your email!

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 3:00 PM M. Taylor  wrote:

> You’re very welcome, John.
>
> So glad you like it and that it works for you.
>
> I have my phone announce when the battery level drops below 80%, 60%, and
> 40%.  Of course, each of these announcements requires its own shortcut.
>
> Again, you’re very welcome.
>
> Mark
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> John Panarese
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 12:45 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to
> Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a
> Certain Percentage
>
>Works like a charm. Thank you very much for this.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> Tel, (631) 724-4479
> Email, mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com
> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>
> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
>
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2023, at 3:37 PM, VIPhone 
> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the
> battery level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do
> the following:
>
> 1.
> Launch the Shortcuts app.
>
> 2.
> Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display.
>
> 3.
> Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display.
> A list of choices will appear.
>
> 4.
> Select Battery Level.  A new screen will appear.
>
> 5.
> Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically
> activate the shortcut.  The default level is 50%.
>
> 6.
> On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option.  Of course, you
> should select either of the other two options in this area, as well.
>
> 7.
> In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately”
> option.  Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed
> said option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place
> a notification in the notifications area.
>
> 8.
> Select the Next button located near the top right corner of the display.
> A new screen will appear.
>
> Now the following step is where we, as VoiceOver users, have to take one
> extra step than does our sighted counterpart because of what I assume is a
> small VoiceOver bug that, in essence, is of no real consequence, at this
> point.
>
> 9.
> Select the “Get Started” Button.
>
> 10.
> Select “Speak Text” by performing either the VO split Tap or the VO pass
> through gesture.  This will both select and open the first level of options
> to the Speak Text function.
>
> 11.
> Place VO focus on the line that VO reads as “Speak Text”.
>
> 12.
> Single-finger, swipe up until you hear “Edit text,” and select this
> option.  The edit field for the “Speak Text” function will open and you can
> either use the keyboard or dictation, to type the text that the TTS engine
> will announce. For example, “Mark, you devilishly handsome guy, the battery
> level has fallen below 50 percent.”
>
> 13.
> Select the Done button located just above the on-screen keyboard, on the
> right side of the display.
>
> 14.
> Test the announcement by selection the “Run this Shortcut” button, located
> near the bottom right corner of the display.
>
> 15.
> Finally, select the Done button, located near the top right corner of the
> display.
>
> 16.
> Close the Shortcuts app.
>
> That’s all there is to it.  The next time the battery level falls below
> the percentage you designated, it will be automatically announced,outloud.
>
> Mark
>
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RE: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

[M. Taylor]

You’re very welcome, John.

So glad you like it and that it works for you.

I have my phone announce when the battery level drops below 80%, 60%, and 40%.  
Of course, each of these announcements requires its own shortcut.

Again, you’re very welcome.

Mark

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of John 
Panarese
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 12:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to 
Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a 
Certain Percentage

   Works like a charm. Thank you very much for this.


Take Care

John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer

AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE

MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT




On Dec 17, 2023, at 3:37 PM, VIPhone  wrote:

Hello Everyone,

If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery 
level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the 
following:

1.
Launch the Shortcuts app.

2.
Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display.

3.
Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display.  A 
list of choices will appear.

4.
Select Battery Level.  A new screen will appear.

5.
Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically activate 
the shortcut.  The default level is 50%.

6.
On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option.  Of course, you should 
select either of the other two options in this area, as well.

7.
In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately” 
option.  Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed said 
option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place a 
notification in the notifications area.

8.
Select the Next button located near the top right corner of the display.  A new 
screen will appear.

Now the following step is where we, as VoiceOver users, have to take one extra 
step than does our sighted counterpart because of what I assume is a small 
VoiceOver bug that, in essence, is of no real consequence, at this point.

9.
Select the “Get Started” Button.

10.
Select “Speak Text” by performing either the VO split Tap or the VO pass 
through gesture.  This will both select and open the first level of options to 
the Speak Text function.

11.
Place VO focus on the line that VO reads as “Speak Text”.

12.
Single-finger, swipe up until you hear “Edit text,” and select this option.  
The edit field for the “Speak Text” function will open and you can either use 
the keyboard or dictation, to type the text that the TTS engine will announce. 
For example, “Mark, you devilishly handsome guy, the battery level has fallen 
below 50 percent.”

13.
Select the Done button located just above the on-screen keyboard, on the right 
side of the display.

14.
Test the announcement by selection the “Run this Shortcut” button, located near 
the bottom right corner of the display.

15.
Finally, select the Done button, located near the top right corner of the 
display.

16.
Close the Shortcuts app.

That’s all there is to it.  The next time the battery level falls below the 
percentage you designated, it will be automatically announced,outloud.

Mark

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Re: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

[John Panarese]

   Works like a charm. Thank you very much for this.


Take Care

John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

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> On Dec 17, 2023, at 3:37 PM, VIPhone  wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery 
> level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the 
> following:
> 
> 1.
> Launch the Shortcuts app.
> 
> 2.
> Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display.
> 
> 3.
> Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display.  A 
> list of choices will appear.
> 
> 4.
> Select Battery Level.  A new screen will appear.
> 
> 5.
> Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically 
> activate the shortcut.  The default level is 50%.
> 
> 6.
> On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option.  Of course, you should 
> select either of the other two options in this area, as well.
> 
> 7.
> In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately” 
> option.  Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed said 
> option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place a 
> notification in the notifications area.
> 
> 8.
> Select the Next button located near the top right corner of the display.  A 
> new screen will appear.
> 
> Now the following step is where we, as VoiceOver users, have to take one 
> extra step than does our sighted counterpart because of what I assume is a 
> small VoiceOver bug that, in essence, is of no real consequence, at this 
> point.
> 
> 9.
> Select the “Get Started” Button.
> 
> 10.
> Select “Speak Text” by performing either the VO split Tap or the VO pass 
> through gesture.  This will both select and open the first level of options 
> to the Speak Text function.
> 
> 11.
> Place VO focus on the line that VO reads as “Speak Text”.
> 
> 12.
> Single-finger, swipe up until you hear “Edit text,” and select this option.  
> The edit field for the “Speak Text” function will open and you can either use 
> the keyboard or dictation, to type the text that the TTS engine will 
> announce. For example, “Mark, you devilishly handsome guy, the battery level 
> has fallen below 50 percent.”
> 
> 13.
> Select the Done button located just above the on-screen keyboard, on the 
> right side of the display.
> 
> 14.
> Test the announcement by selection the “Run this Shortcut” button, located 
> near the bottom right corner of the display.
> 
> 15.
> Finally, select the Done button, located near the top right corner of the 
> display.
> 
> 16.
> Close the Shortcuts app.
> 
> That’s all there is to it.  The next time the battery level falls below the 
> percentage you designated, it will be automatically announced,outloud.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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> caraqu...@caraquinn.com
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