Hi mark, This is an old app, but is HeyTel still in existence? That would work I think. You double tap and hold on the screen, say your message, then let go. I think that you can only use it for 30 or 1 minute messages, but sounds like a good one for what you want. Others may also let you know of others.
Jenn Jennie Facer > On Jul 10, 2023, at 11:33 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Earlier this weekend I and a friend were up in the San Francisco airport > waiting on a flight back to Los Angeles. > > As we had quite a bit of time before our flight, we decided to explore the > airport, separately, and meet back at the gate after a While. > > I thought this would be a great opportunity to actually use the Walkie > Talkie app on our Apple Watches to stay in touch. > > It didn't work as well as I had hoped. For one thing, there were so many > people crowded in the airport that I couldn't hear the speaker on the watch > when she tried to reach me. Add the ambient noise of all the people, > coupled with the endless and continuous flight announcements, and, for me, > at least, it was an impossible situation. I had to hold my wrist against my > ear and I felt silly doing it and my arm got tired, very quickly. > > Second, when I tried to use my Airpods to connect directly to the watch??? > Well, let's just say that my VoiceOver / Walkie Talkie app experience was > not a good one. > > Although I have used the walkie talkie app many, many times, when at home, > this was the first time I had tried using it out in the wild, as it were. > > She told me that she could not hear me on her watch, either, for the same > reason. Now she has quote, normal, quote hearing, relative to mine; so I > know that the problem was not completely owing to my poor hearing. > > So, the question: > > Can you recommend a simple push-to-talk walkie talkie app that will work on > iPhone? > > When I search the app store I see so many but really have no idea of which > one is best for VoiceOver users. > > Now I just want a simple app that works as much like the walkie talkie app > on the watch but, of course, works on the phone. > > I read, somewhere, that Microsoft Team has a pretty good walkie talkie app > feature but I'm not certain if it will work in a non-enterprise scenario, > between only 2 people. > > Just so you know, we ended up using text messages to stay in contact in the > airport but it would have been nice to use a more direct voice interface. > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000801d9b3b9%2432a8b860%2497fa2920%24%40ucla.edu. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/1B3F15D6-8DE1-4520-8ABA-4F9805BB1C8D%40gmail.com.
