I am just getting around to following up on this; have really missed not having the notification of low battery. I have set up a couple of shortcuts, including one to alert battery is less than 20%, and another to alert at 10%. The battery is nowhere that low, so I’m interested to see if it works. However, when clicking on the option to run the shortcut, I heard the appropriate alert that I had created, so that is promising. However, my issue is the voice that speaks the message is a slow Samatha, which I use to use, until I chose to switch to using English Siri 1, 2 & 4. The former is used for Siri, but I’m thinking it may also be an option for Voiceover. I have designated English Siri 4 as default, and I’m assuming that directly relates to Voiceover. In short, am I stuck listening to the very slow Samatha for my shortcut alerts? I’ve played around quite a bit under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover;” set speed to anywhere from 50-60. Under “Spoken,” I hear “Voice Siri 1 United States;” when clicking on that, and swiping over, I find “Siri Voice 1” is selected,” but of course I am able to switch to Samantha if desired. However, the only adjustment to Samantha’s voice is “timbre” and “sentence pause.” Somewhere in my messing around, I managed to delete or maybe it is more unload/uninstall the voice, but it is still here in these options, and it shows up in the rotor when Samantha is selected. I’ve switched back to “Siri Voice 1,,” Samantha is gone from the rotor and Siri Voice 1 is back. Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” and “Verbosity,” I select “System Notifications,” and select “Speak” where possible. There isn’t an option to alter the voice of System Notifications. Under “Accessibility,” “Voiceover,” “Audio,” I didn’t find anything that seemed to apply. Under “Accessibility,” “Spoken,” “Voices,” the first button after the header “System Voices,” is “English Siri Voice 1;” double tap on that button changes nothing; I don’t hear “selected.” Samantha is not present anywhere, and I don’t see how to do much except select a voice/language that I don’t want. Going back a screen, to the right of “Voices,” is “Default Language English Button.” Double tap on that button leads me to a similar screen; it appears I could select “Locale,” whatever that is or “English,” and the latter is selected. Under “Siri and Search,” I find “Language English United States Button.” Clicking on that didn’t help. Under “Siri and Search,” I find “”Siri Voice American Voice 1.” Clicking there wasn’t helpful; could have selected another Siri voice…nothing about Samantha. And so much more investigation, trial/error in Settings, didn’t bring me success. Thoughts? Katrina From: VIPhone <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 3:37 PM To: VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage Hello Everyone,
If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the following: 1. Launch the Shortcuts app. 2. Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display. 3. Select the Add button, located near the top right corner of the display. A list of choices will appear. 4. Select Battery Level. A new screen will appear. 5. Adjust the slider to the desired battery level that will automatically activate the shortcut. The default level is 50%. 6. On this same screen, select the “Falls Below” option. Of course, you should select either of the other two options in this area, as well. 7. In the third and final area of this screen, select the “Run Immediately” option. Selecting this option will cause another option to be displayed said option being to not only announce the battery level but to also place a notification in the notifications area. 8. Select the Next button located near the top right corner of the display. A new screen will appear. Now the following step is where we, as VoiceOver users, have to take one extra step than does our sighted counterpart because of what I assume is a small VoiceOver bug that, in essence, is of no real consequence, at this point. 9. Select the “Get Started” Button. 10. Select “Speak Text” by performing either the VO split Tap or the VO pass through gesture. This will both select and open the first level of options to the Speak Text function. 11. Place VO focus on the line that VO reads as “Speak Text”. 12. Single-finger, swipe up until you hear “Edit text,” and select this option. The edit field for the “Speak Text” function will open and you can either use the keyboard or dictation, to type the text that the TTS engine will announce. For example, “Mark, you devilishly handsome guy, the battery level has fallen below 50 percent.” 13. Select the Done button located just above the on-screen keyboard, on the right side of the display. 14. Test the announcement by selection the “Run this Shortcut” button, located near the bottom right corner of the display. 15. Finally, select the Done button, located near the top right corner of the display. 16. Close the Shortcuts app. That’s all there is to it. The next time the battery level falls below the percentage you designated, it will be automatically announced,outloud. 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] <mailto:[email protected]> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/db0b2a12-84ac-4f12-8fb9-4b34108c4aadn%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/db0b2a12-84ac-4f12-8fb9-4b34108c4aadn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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/01c301da476f%244a00f690%24de02e3b0%24%40sbcglobal.net.
