Well, since I don't actually own a watch yet, I shouldn't be replying to this question about Morse code. But as a long time ham radio operator, that is certainly the system I would try first. It would be particularly nice if it work where you could just have a digits, assuming you know the hour. That seems like it would be pretty fast. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2017, at 9:33 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > 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]] On Behalf Of > Chris Chaffin > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 7:11 AM > To: [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]> > 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. 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