Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

I still wish they would do what Olympus does with their talking recorders: the first time you fire them up they speak and ask if you want speech or not. It's simple and one button press for sighted folks to say no. Tom On 2/5/2018 5:55 PM, Steve Jacobson via Talk wrote: Tom, That is great,

RE: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Tom, That is great, I'm glad it all worked. Best regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+steve.jacobson=visi@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 3:30 PM To: Steve Jacobson via Talk

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

That may not work when you first set it up cos siri will need wifi or data. cheers Michael. On 6/02/2018 1:32 AM, Moe Adl via Talk wrote: Hold down the home botten until you hear a dink , then say "turn on voice over"that will turn the voice over on and yu can set the speaking rate at what

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Thanks, Steve. I got an 8. So the home button worked and I just restored from my iCloud backup. So I'm all set. Regards, Tom On 2/5/2018 1:33 PM, Steve Jacobson via Talk wrote: Tom, My daughter bought an iPhone 10, and she says that pressing the power button three times on that unit should

RE: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Tom, My daughter bought an iPhone 10, and she says that pressing the power button three times on that unit should bring up VoiceOver. While there is no HOME button, there is a physical location on the screen that serves as a HOME button that will give some feedback when your finger is on it. On

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

hmmm, if the device has service over there isp's network, siri should work. Legend has it that on Monday 2/5/2018 08:38 AM, John Covici via Talk said: That will not work when voiceover is off, so clicking the home button 3 times should work. On Mon, 05

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

well, if its an Iphone X there isn't a home key (button) to press, lol! Legend has it that on Monday 2/5/2018 03:25 AM, michael fridey via Talk said: it could be 3 times then i know when i got my i phone 5 c nearly 3 years ago i thought i pressed home 5

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

That will not work when voiceover is off, so clicking the home button 3 times should work. On Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:32:37 -0500, Moe Adl via Talk wrote: > > Hold down the home botten until you hear a dink , then say "turn on voice > over"that will turn the voice over on and yu can set the

RE: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Hold down the home botten until you hear a dink , then say "turn on voice over"that will turn the voice over on and yu can set the speaking rate at what ever rate you like by going to setting, general, then accessibility, select that, then go to speech and set the speaking rate and other item

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

it could be 3 times then i know when i got my i phone 5 c nearly 3 years ago i thought i pressed home 5 times but iit might have been 3 times. On 5/02/2018 3:02 PM, net bat via Talk wrote: tap the home button 3 times real fast and voice over will turn on. then you can go through the setup

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

tap the home button 3 times real fast and voice over will turn on. then you can go through the setup yourself. -Original Message- From: Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 6:35 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: Tom Kingston Subject: Totally OT! How to get a new

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Or use i tunes it will give you the option to turn on speech. cheers michael. On 5/02/2018 2:43 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: Thanks Michael. Good to know. On 2/4/2018 9:51 PM, michael fridey via Talk wrote: Just press the home button 5 times very fast and wait for voice over to start

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Thanks Michael. Good to know. On 2/4/2018 9:51 PM, michael fridey via Talk wrote: Just press the home button 5 times very fast and wait for voice over to start talking. cheers Michael. On 5/02/2018 1:35 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: I've got a new iPhone coming tomorrow and assume Siri

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Turn it on. The triple click is on in setup mode. You can set up your phone yourself. Sent from my iPhone 8 > On Feb 4, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk > wrote: > > I've got a new iPhone coming tomorrow and assume Siri won't work out of the > box and the

Re: Totally OT! How to get a new iPhone talking out of the box?

Just press the home button 5 times very fast and wait for voice over to start talking. cheers Michael. On 5/02/2018 1:35 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: I've got a new iPhone coming tomorrow and assume Siri won't work out of the box and the triple button press isn't on by default. Any way