Wwhen i make a call, i try always to shift bo focus to the end key which seems to keep vo quiet for the most part.
Sent from Kimber's iPhone On Oct 27, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Dave Bahr <[email protected]> wrote: > yep I can confirm it, I've brought this up before. drives me nuts when I'm in > a call walking around and the f ing voiceover talks the time every 3 seconds > and I can't hit the lock button or move the cursor away from the timer. > > Dave C. Bahr > Facebook: Dave Bahr > Twitter: dcbahr > > On 10/27/2012 5:05 PM, Len Burns wrote: >> David, >> >> I have enough troubleshooting experience to have done the below as you >> describe. And, VO still ends up on the time. I am not being highly >> critical of Apple nor the phone, just stating an observation that I have >> duplicated many times as have several others I know who are equally >> careful. This has been true both in 5.1.1 and 6.0 with my 4S. >> >> Regards, >> -Len >> >> On 10/27/2012 3:52 PM, David Chittenden wrote: >>> Yes, but the factor may be the person brushing the phone so lightly that >>> they don't notice it after double-tapping the call button. I have done this >>> and it will place the focus where the body part brushes the phone. All it >>> takes is the merest contact. The touch-screen is not pressure sensitive, it >>> is contact sensitive. Now, if you ensure that VO is not highlighting the >>> call timer, close the phone app, have your headset connected, use the >>> button on the headset chord to activate Siri, and voice-dial a number / >>> contact, you will have eliminated all possibilities of touching the screen >>> inadvertently. If VO starts reading the call timer then, you have >>> definitely found a bug. VO remains on the field it was last on when the >>> call screen pops up. Using the above method, I have never been able to >>> cause the troubling behaviour. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 28/10/2012, at 11:35, Len Burns <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> While I know the below happens, I have seen the same thing occur with an >>>> earpiece on, phone lying on the table with nothing near it. So, I >>>> believe there is something going on here that is not always a human factor. >>>> >>>> -Len >>>> >>>> On 10/27/2012 1:19 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>>>> Hi, also for what it's worth, I don't feel this is a bug like I've seen >>>>> others say it is. If there is any sort of bug it's that if Voice Over is >>>>> automatically placing focus on the timer, then yes, that needs to be >>>>> addressed, however I would venture a guess, coming from a training point >>>>> of view, that more often than not, it's the person who accidentally >>>>> touches the timer. A good way it's been done, and it's happened to me is >>>>> when I was putting the phone next to my ear, my lobe touched the screen >>>>> in just the right place. I guess I have really big ears. Sure enough, >>>>> the timer started telling me all the length of the call. A simple touch >>>>> to somewhere else solved that problem. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>>> My wife says I ask too many questions. I asked her what she meant? >>>>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 >>>>> >>>>> On 10/26/2012 4:54 PM, David Chittenden wrote: >>>>>> VO reads whatever is in the area you've highlighted with a touch. If >>>>>> it starts reading the call timer and did not do so before, this is >>>>>> because you touched, no matter how lightly, the call timer. Take the >>>>>> iPhone away from your ear to activate the touch-screen and move VO to >>>>>> another field either by touching a different area on the screen, or >>>>>> using a right or left flick. If you have headphones on, the >>>>>> touch-screen always remains active. >>>>>> >>>>>> To silence VO, you can either do a three-finger double-tap to mute >>>>>> speech, or you can use a triple-tap of the home button to unload VO. >>>>>> Just remember to use the same gesture when you are finished with your >>>>>> call to get VO talking again. >>>>>> >>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On 27/10/2012, at 6:40, Donald Raikes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had the experience yesterday of making a couple of calls some with >>>>>>> the wired headset and some without. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In both cases, VO started talking in the middle ofthe call. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It would say screen dimmed and phone locked, and on one of hte calls I >>>>>>> made with the headset, it kept reading the time every few seconds. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Obviously this makes it very hard to hear the person on the other end >>>>>>> of the call. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any tips on how to get VO to stop talking while I am on a call would >>>>>>> be appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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