I agree that would be ideal, but since VO depends on touch gestures, which do not work when fingers or watch is wet, I don't see that happening anytime soon. But a good request to submit to Apple.
Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) > On Aug 25, 2023, at 8:37 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > A sighted person can still see some information when the watch is in > waterlock and I would expect that even with waterlock is turned on Voiceover > would still read whatever a sighted person sees on the screen, specifically > basic information about your workout. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 5:19 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: To swim with apple watch or not? That is the question > > I understood that the idea is you cannot use the watch while wet, which is > why you have to use the water lock plus it prevents damage to watch. Drying > it off before turning off water lock is important. I'll be surprised if that > is any different in the 9. No one knows what the redesign for the x or 10 > will be at this stage. > > > > Richard, USA > —— > "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley > (Sent from my iPhone) > >> On Aug 25, 2023, at 5:02 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> "the screen acting up a bit" is an understatement. >> I find the watch is quite useless when water lock is turned on, I also have >> a fifth generation Apple Watch and I wear it when doing pool swims which is >> good, but if I loose track of my number of laps and I want to check I so far >> have not found it possible to do so unless you totally stop, turn waterlock >> off and then preferably have a small towel handy to wipe the screen and the >> watch because if the screen and your fingers are wet it does many things but >> usually not what I want. >> I am tempted to maybe consider getting an Apple Watch 9th Generation this >> fall because the rumours are it is getting a new chip which one expects >> would make it a lot faster and responsive and maybe that would help. I must >> say that I did definitely notice an improvement when we switched from the >> second Generation watch which were our first Apple Watches to the fifth >> generation. But then again there are already rumours that we will probably >> see much more significant advances and possibly even a complete design >> change in a year when the Apple Watch X or 10 will come uout so I may just >> have to stick with my 5 for another year because I definitely don't feel >> like upgrading my watch ever year or even 2 or 3. Next fall we would have >> had our apple Watch 5 for 5 years which is at least a bit more acceptable >> and then hopefully whatever they come out with then will last another 5 or 6. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> goshawk on horseback >> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 11:45 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: To swim with apple watch or not? That is the question >> Importance: High >> >> I regularly swim with my watch 5, and apart from the screen acting up a bit >> when wet at times, have never had any problems. >> >> Simon >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daniel McGee" <danielmcgee...@gmail.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 6:52 AM >> Subject: To swim with apple watch or not? 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