Turn off siri and the old voice commands work. Voice dialing is not meant for emergencies.
(Sent from my iPhone) On Jun 24, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Sieghard <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > Just a note to chime in on this with a couple of remarks and suggestions. > > Firstly, Lois mentioned that you don't need SIRI to voice dial, well that is > only true on an iPhone 4 which of course doesn't have SIRI anyways, but still > has voice dialing which resides on the phone. On the iPhone 4S voice dialing > as such does not exist any more, it is done by SIRI and hence if for some > reason you don't have a data connection voice dialing will not work at all. > When I was on Maui for my holiday a few months ago (I am from Canada) I had > data roaming turned off in order to avoid surprise bills, my phone still > worked as a phone but no data means no SIRI means no voice dialing, no > setting alarms, timers, reminders etc. Amazing how you suddenly notice how > much you use it if you can't use it. > > Secondly, if there was a direct dial link on the lock screen I would imagine > that the 911 operators would get a lot of calls by people who accidently > tapped it and I assume this maybe a reason why it's not there. > > Lastly, let's face it, if you are a cane user and are threatened by a person, > what are the chances you can outrun them? Unless your attacker is an old lady > with arthritis or maybe he/she is blind as well I don't think running is a > good option. Now if you have a guide dog and are used to running with your > dog or maybe you even practiced this you could maybe run and trust your dog > to get you away. I jog with my dog on my own all the time and would possibly > take such a chance, but if I were running flat out I wouldn't try to make a > call whether it was with an iPhone or any other phone. > > As far as dialing 911 quickly I would suggest you use any of the many small > apps out there which allow you to make direct shortcuts to either one or > several phone numbers which you can then place on your Home screen or even in > the dock. There is a host of apps on the app store for exactly that purpose, > remember, this is Apple and the app store with 600,000 apps. Here is for > example one ccalled 911 by Zodiac Interactive which is free, a quick search > for 911 brought this up and if you google 911 emergency dialing on the iPhone > you find a ton of results. By the way, I have not downloaded this app so I > can't speak for it's accessibility, but these are very simple apps so I > assume there will be some that are definitely accessible and anybody who > thinks they need it just can check it out. > > Description from the app store: > > Imagine being caught in an emergency and you need to call 911 or one of your > emergency contacts. Do you want to have to go to your phone book? Do you want > to have to dial the numbers? > With 911 you can call the 911 operator with two simple clicks. > In addition the 911 application allows you to set up two additional emergency > contacts from your phone book and becomes a rapid dialer in an emergency. Put > this app on the bottom of your iPhone navigation to have it always there in > an emergency. > > And one last note, a while ago some people were discussing how to put "ICE" > information (In Case of Emergency) information on the lock screen. Some > suggested to make a printed copy of such information, then take a picture > with the iPhone and use that picture as wallpaper which you would then see on > the lock screen. When I checked out these 911 apps I also came across some > which offer that functionality in addition to storing all sorts of In Case of > Emergency information such as who to call, alergy and medication info, blood > type etc. If anybody is interest such search the app store for "in case of > emergency". Apparently the app uses the information you enter to make a > wallpaper image out of it which you can then select in "Settings" and "Wall > Paper". > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
