I use the Digits method with a long vibration for every 10 hours or minutes, but I find that this system works great for minutes but makes no sense for hours. If it’s 10 AM, 11 AM or Noon you get just the long tap, a long tap and short tap and a long tap and two short taps, respectively. Once you get to 1 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM etc. you get 1, 2, 3 short taps and so on. By the time you get to 9 PM you have to really pay attention and here is what I think would make a lot more sense for the hours (the minutes are fine): The day has 24 hours. Let’s start at Midnight. Why not long tap once for Midnight (12 AM or 0 hours in military time). Then from 1 AM to 5 AM you get a long tap and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 short taps, respectively. Then at 6 AM you get two long taps and again from 7 to 11 AM you get two long taps and 1 to 5 short taps. At Noon you get 3 long taps and again from 1 to 5 PM a short tap is added for each hour. At 6 PM you get 4 long taps and from 7 PM to 11 PM again a hort tap is added for each hour. This would make more sense to me, in order to have fewer long taps they could also start with a single long tap at 6 AM since then for most of the hours when people are awake you deal with one, 2 and 3 long taps and only for Midnight to 6 AM you have 4 long taps followed by 1 to 5 short taps.
I’d really like to hear what other Apple Watch users think of that and also which method they use. I know a lot of the older folks out there may be or have been Ham radio users and know morse code and maybe they prefer that, but it would be interesting to have a little survey of how many blind Apple Watch users use the taptic time and which method they use. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Quickly Checking the Time with Apple Watch and Other Questions Apple calls it Taptic Time, and it can be turned on in the voice over settings for the watch. There are 3 different vibration settings you can choose from. Here are the choices and the vibrations that work for each. Digits: When you double-tap the screen, Apple Watch will long tap for every ten hours, and short tap for each following hour. Then it will long tap for every ten minutes, and short tap for each following minute. Terse: When you double-tap the screen, Apple Watch will long tap for every 5 hours, then short tap for the remaining hours. Then it will long tap for each quarter hour. Morse Code: When you double-tap the screen, Apple Watch will tap each digit of the time in Morse code. HTH, Chris On Sep 17, 2017, at 10:54 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: So, is there a list of the vibrations for the time somewhere? Do you have to count the vibrations? If it is 10:59 what kind of vibration pattern will a person get? There must be a list somewhere, but I can’t find one. Richard From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 7:11 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Quickly Checking the Time with Apple Watch and Other Questions Yes, checking the time on the Apple watch is quick and simple. You can just tap the screen and it will announce the time, or if you want to get the time very quietly, you can just tap the screen 2 times and it will give you the time in vibrations. If you already know the hour and just want the minutes, just tap the screen 3 times. And yes, it is very easy to adjust the volume on the watch. HTH, Chris On Sep 17, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Suzanne Wilson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: These questions are directed at current Apple Watch users. I like the sound of many of the robust features the Apple Watch offers, particularly once it has cellular capabilities. But I also want to be able to easily and unobtrusively use it as a watch. In other words, once you get used to its functions, can you check the time in a second or two as you would with a Braille or talking watch or do you need to scroll through a bunch of choices first? Also, is changing the volume simple enough to enable you to have Voiceover very soft for when you want to hear the time without drawing attention to yourself but also easy enough to change if you need to listen to an email, etc.? Finally, and this is a different sort of question, what is the difference between the sports bands and the loops? The guy at the Apple store showed me a simple plastic strap, which I'm guessing is the band. But when I got home and looked at the ordering options, I also saw this mysterious loop. Any ideas what that is? Thanks for any help and answers you can give. Suzanne -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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