Hello Anna, Yours is a very good suggestion.
However, were I totally blind, I'm not certain that I would be comfortable doing this as I would have no definitive feedback as to when the watch was awake or locked. In fact, I experimented with this today and; as I expected, without audio/hap tic feedback, I had no way of telling if the screen was on or off without looking at the display. Now, 9 times out of 10, simply touching the display will wake up the watch but, and I want to emphasize this, but, not always. Sometimes, one much touch the display multiple times in order to wake up the device. I would think that, in certain scenarios, a totally blind person could get thoroughly disoriented with the device under certain conditions without audio/hap tic feedback. Of course, one could use iOS to increase the volume on the watch, at any time. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anna Dresner Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 6:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How do I make the watch *not speak the time? Hi, One thing you can do is turn the volume all the way down. To adjust the volume, double-tap and hold with two fingers and slide them up or down. Best, Anna Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 2, 2019, at 4:34 AM, Avnish Chopra <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would really be nice if we could switch off the voice reading of > the time! It’s very disconcerting when my shirt sleeve or cuff brushes > against the watch and it just reads out the time at most awkward moments > Thank you very much! > > > On 02-Jan-2019, at 10:18 AM, Ann Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could turn off VoiceOver for silence, but then the watch wouldn't vibrate > the time, right? I know how to silence it once it starts talking, but at > work I don't want the darned thing speaking unless spoken to. > > At 10:25 PM 1/1/2019, you wrote: >> Hello Ann, >> >> The scenario you describe happens to me, also, from time-to-time. >> >> However, this almost never happens as I have continued to practice the time >> tap gesture. >> >> Also, be aware that you can immediately silence VoiceOver by placing your >> palm over the watch face. >> >> I don't know if VoiceOver speech can be muted on the watch, however. >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Ann Byrne >> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 5:00 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: How do I make the watch *not speak the time? >> >> I have checked haptic in the settings, and sometimes when I double tap the >> watch it vibrates the time. More often, though, it speaks the time. I want >> it *never to speak the time. 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