To anyone using Sonos, please be aware with their latest iOS update, you can now change the volume of your Sonos Zone(s) using the physical volume keys of your iPhone.
In theory this is a welcomed development, however, there is an issue with Voice Over API's and this new feature of Sonos. If you are attempting to adjust the volume of Voice Over, by making VO speak and then pressing the physical volume keys on your iPHone, this will not adjust Voice Over's volume, rather, it will adjust the Sonos zone volume. This caught me out the other week when I was sitting in my sitting room listening to my Sonos Connect, which has a fixed volume output as it is connected to my home entertainment system, however, Sonos was in group mode and within that group was also four additional Sonos units all of which had variable volume options configured. The net result of this new change to the Sonos iOS controller, was that as I tried to crank up the volume of Voice Over, i in fact inadvertently cranked up my four additional Sonos zones to 100% volume. I have contacted both apple and Sonos about this, as clearly its a significant problem, and I urge extreme caution. For now the only way to adjust Voice Over volume is to exit Sonos iOS controllers and make the adjustment. Cheers. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 -- 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.
