I like TalkingTime, $1.99, it has a choice of voices or tones for each quarter hour or however you want to set it up.
Note, there is no space in the app name, TalkingTime. The details on setting it up and the link to get it is below and on my web site on my UsefulApps page. TalkingTime, $1.99 by Fortuisoft • TalkingTime speaks the time on the hour, half-hour and/or quarter-hour. • "Set and forget". The app only runs during setup so you can do other stuff with your phone, and it won't run down your battery. The developer is very responsive and working to make the app as accessible as possible. I reached out to him about the app before purchasing it and he put me in touch with Pam Coffey, who is another VoiceOver user who had sorted out how to setup the app. She shared the below with me and gave me permission to pass it along. I have modified her instructions to fit iOS 15, but Pam deserves credit for the bulk of the instructions. How to set up the TalkingTime app, written by Pam Coffey, and modified by Richard Turner. When you open the app, the entire screen is taken up by the in-app settings. The first button is not labeled. Double tapping on it just gives you the message to set the schedule and forget it. The next item simply says " Set desired schedule then exit the app." Next is Background Sound, which is now turned on by default, which is what you want. When you double-tap Schedule, there are four columns of time indications: on-hour , beginning with midnight at the top of the screen, and ending with 11 PM at the base of the column; quarter past, beginning with 12:15 AM, and ending with 11:15 PM at the base of the column; half-past, beginning and ending with 12:30 AM and 11:30 PM; and three-quarters past, arranged in the same way. If you wish, for example, to have it alert you every 15 minutes throughout the day, beginning at 6:30 AMand ending at 10:30 PM, you will double-tap 6:30 AM and long press (also known as double-tap and hold) on 10:30 PM. Next, double-tap on 6:45 AM, and long press 9:45 PM. Then, double-tap 7 AM, and Lon press 10 PM. Finally, double-tap 7:15 AM, and long press 10:15 PM. If you _only want it to alert you at a few times of the day, simply double-tap the times you wish to be alerted (e.g., 6:30 AM, 8 AM, 2:45 PM, 6 PM and 10 PM). If you have selected a time and then wish to deselect it, double-tapping it again will toggle it off. If you wish to deselect _all of the selected times within a column, find the one nearest the top of that column, and long press it. As of Version 4.8.1 of Talking Time, you can do two more things with the announcements. If it is a spoken announcement, you cann quadruple tap on the time and a text field opens up. You can enter any phrase you want spoken each time that announcement is made. Now go to the home screen and then return to TalkingTime if you have more settings to work on. Next is Speak Changes. Speak changes is now on by default which helps when making adjustments. The next heading is Voice or Ding. Double tap and you can set each quarter hour to be a voice announcement or a ding. See the explanation of the Ding patterm below. Both Voice announcements and dings are limited to a total of 64 per 24 hour period. high ding on the hour (minute hand at the top) high-low ding at quarter after (minute hand moving down) low ding at half past, (minute hand at the bottom) low-high ding at quarter of (minute hand moving up) The next item is Voice". Here, you can choose from among a number of speaking voices; and, you can also choose speaking rate (which is a bit quirky), whether or not you want it to begin with "The time is …",., and whether or not you want it to include AM and PM. Once you've set these options, double-tap "Save"; then, the next item is Volume. The volume setting for this app is related to that of the ringer and alerts; therefore, if you wish to make a major change in the volume, you may need to go to your general settings, choose "Sounds and Haptics", and enable "Change with Ringer and Alerts"-at least until you have it set to your preference. The remaining items are "It's Not Working", "Feedback", "Share", and "About". Its Not Working is a way of testing to make sure your settings will work. Double tap "Its not working" and then immediately go to the home screen. Within a few seconds, you should hear a message from TalkingTime confirming that it is working. If you don't hear it, try rebooting your device and try again. Notification settings As of iOS 15.2 and version 4.8.1 of Talking Time, the only notifications you need to have on under Settings, Notifications, Talkingtime, are Allow Notifications and Sounds On. That way it won't clutter your notification center. After setting it up, take it out of the app switcher and it will continue working in the background. It takes almost no power and doesn't drag down your phone resources. <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/talkingtime-talking-clock/id436647496> TalkingTime on the App Store, $1.99 <mailto:supp...@fortuisoft.com> Developer; Mark Sydow email Richard My web site; <https://www.turner42.com/> https://www.turner42.com/ From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Aedan Something Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 3:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Quarter hour time announcement for iPhone Hi Chaim, I like Westminster Chimes which will play a chime every quarter of the hour and strike the number at the hours in its free version. I had to disable showing notifications on the lock screen so it wouldn’t speak and sound the time but it has worked well. 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