Brett, there is no bug in this radio. It works perfectly with voice over turned off. Because the interface is graphic based, it can not work with voice over and was never intended to. I bought this device to test its useability, because others on the list wanted a FM receiver to attach to their iPhone.
As far as your family members setting up your iPhone, the iPhone, when voice over is turned off, is extremely intuitive. That is why it is so popular. Anyone can run an iPhone with almost no practice. It is the gestures enabled by Voice Over that makes it more complicated for us. Chuck On Jun 1, 7:41 am, "Brent Harding" <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if that's something Apple requires, or something that's a bug in > this radio? Getting good assistance to set something like this up might be > hard because my family doesn't use any kind of a smart phone. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Dean" <[email protected]> > To: "VIPhone" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 12:14 AM > Subject: Re: Yes, You can listen to F M broadcasts on your iPhone > > It plugs into the dock, but utilizes the sound output to send the > audio to its own head phone jack. > When I plug it in the audio output is disabled, even through the > headphone jack. > > Chuck > > On May 31, 8:50 pm, "Brent Harding" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, it plugs into the audio jack of the phone, or dock connector? If in > > the > > dock, there's no reason VO couldn't work. I wonder if there's another IOS > > radio out there? I hate to drag out the old booksense to plug into my PC > > line in just for the stations around here that do not stream, but would > > like > > decent (as well as FM sounds) radio I can control from the phone or PC. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chuck Dean" <[email protected]> > > To: "VIPhone" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:53 PM > > Subject: Re: Yes, You can listen to F M broadcasts on your iPhone > > > A correction. > > I said you will need to find the "done button on the bottom > > > left to return to the favorites page. > > > The done button is on the bottom right. > > Sorry, > > Chuck > > > On May 31, 4:13 pm, Chuck Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I have tested the Griffin iFM Radio Receiver for iPhone and iPod. Here > > > is a link: > > > >http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Radio-Receiver-iPhone-iPod/dp/B003ERT46... > > > > The good news is that the FM reception and sound quality is fantastic! > > > The bad news is that the app is not accessible with voice over at all, > > > and I do not see anyway it could ever be. > > > The device plugs into the bottom of the iPhone which totally disables > > > speech. The headset plugs into the bottom of this device. > > > > Under my video magnifier I was able to set up presets and I can run > > > the app via memory with voice over off. > > > The stations are listed in numerical order on the favorites page. The > > > main downside is the "Tuner button is in the center of the screen, > > > about 1 inch from the top of the phone, and if you hit this > > > accidentally, you will need to find the "done button on the bottom > > > left to return to the favorites page. With no voice over it would be > > > difficult for a totally blind user to avoid doing this. > > > > If you are like me and listen to one radio station all the time then > > > you are in luck, the app retains the last station listened to, so all > > > you would have to do is double tap on the icon and the iFm will start. > > > And with voice over on, there is no danger of accidentally hitting the > > > tuner button. > > > > IMHO definitely worth the 20 bucks! > > > > Good luck, > > > Chuck > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > > Google > > Group. > > To search the VIPhone public archive, > > visithttp://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, > visithttp://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
