When I bought my iPhone 5s shortly after they came out with it, I got it at an AT&T store. Of course the guy selling me my new iPhone had no clue as how to engage accessibility for the blind. So he gets a manual and starts looking at it. I said if I might make a suggestion that will save both of us some time, just press and hold the home key down until you hear the double beep and just say turn voice over on. He did and the rest was as they say history. LOL! A couple of other sails people were near by and he calls the lot over and tells them how to do it the quick and easy way. So they were happy, they learned something new and I had my new iPhone 5s in hand. I played with it all the way home. My wife says well we won't be seeing much of you for the next few days cause you'll be busy playing with your new toy.
When we got our iPad Airs, they had new people in the store but the same guy was still there. He called the new people over and showed them the easy way to turn voice over on for the blind. I was pleased he was still working there and still remembered what I showed him. Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Jul 10, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Michael Feir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello David. I think you have to set the accesssibility shortcut to > voiceover before you can turn it on and off with the home button. As > long as you are connected to the Internet or have cellular data, you > can hold in the home button until you hear a beep and then tell Siri > to turn voiceover on or off. If I recall correctly, triple-clicking > the home button while setting up your iPHONE for the first time might > provide an opportunity to activate voiceover. When I got mine, I just > told Siri to turn on Voiceover right there in the store. > >> On 7/10/15, Davy Cuppens <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi folks >> >> A blind friend of mine is planning to buy an iphone for the first time in >> her life. She has no experiences about voiceover. >> Last month I heard rumors that it is nolonger the case that if you unbox a >> fresh iphone, put it on and 3 times pressingg the home button should >> nolonger start voiceover. Is this true? >> This should heve been changed since ios 8.3 and the iphone6 devices? >> Regards >> Davy >> Regards >> Davy >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Michael Feir > Creator and presentor of Journeys of the Mind: Play is Where Community Begins > http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2015/01/journeys-of-mind-play-is-where.html > > Volunteer at New Horizons Peel Multicultural Centre > www.peelmc.ca > 2014-- > > Disability advocate > Meadowvale Community Christian Reformed Church > www.meadowvalecrc.ca > 2013--2014 > > Volunteer at The Dam > http://www.thedam.org > 2011-2013 > Twitter: mfeir > Skype: michael-feir > Author of Personal Power: > How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People > 2006-2008 > http://michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2009/01/personal-power.html > > A Life of Word and Sound > 2003-2007 > http://michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2009/01/life-of-word-and-sound.html > > Creator and former editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 > Check out my blog at: > http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.ca > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
