Are these instructions for IOS18? If so, was the Voice Over bug fixed
in IOS18.01 or not?
Dave
On 10/7/2024 2:14 AM, VIPhone wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Well, with iOS 18, it is, once again, easy to access the phone dial
pad on a Smartphone.
Younger people may not know this but, once upon a time, the primary
purpose of a mobile phone was to actually make a phone call using a
dial pad (smile).
And, as we old-timers will recall, eons ago, it was possible to make a
call on a Smartphone after only having to wake up the device.
These days, actually making a phone call, on a Smartphone, is neither
a primary or secondary purpose of these amazing little devices.
Be that as it may, with the ability to customize a quick launch button
on the iPhone lock screen, one can now easily access the phone dial
pad after only having to essentially wake up the device.
Scenario: I want to call a number that is not in my Contacts list on
my iPhone 14 Pro Max running the latest release of iOS 18.
1.
Wake the phone which is automatically unlocked with FACE ID. The lock
screen is now displayed.
2.
Activate a lock screen quick launch button. The phone dial pad
immediately appears, ready for action. It’s just that simple.
I believe there is an AppleVis podcast on how to customize a lock
screen but I will provide the broad strokes on how to set the phone
app as one of the quick launch buttons via VoiceOver:
1.
With the lock screen currently displayed, single-finger triple-tap on
the Time wiget, located near the top center of the lock screen. (This
places you in to lock screen edit mode.)
2.
Touch the center of the phone screen to place focus on the lock
screen. (Use only one finger to do this.)
3.
Single-finger swipe from left to right until you land on the Customize
button and activate the button.
4.
Using the swipe gesture, find and select the customize the lock screen
button.
5.
Using either explore by touch or the swipe gesture you will need to
remove either or both of the currently active quick launch buttons.
Actually, you don’t need to remove them. You can simply
single-finger, double-tap on either of them in order to bring up a
selection screen from which you may choose a different app.
So, let’s say that one of your currently active quick launch buttons
activates the flashlight and you want to change the flashlight app to
the phone app. In this case, in the selection dialog box, you will
select the option that reads, Open App. This will open yet another
dialog box that will have the default wording of, Choose.
Single-finger, double-tap on the Choose button and a list of all of
your currently installed apps will be listed.
6.
Select the Phone app.
Now, as of this writing, there is a VoiceOver bug that will not allow
one to close the currently open dialog box; at least, I could not find
a way to close this box via VoiceOver as there is no visible close
option. My solution? Using the back tap option, quickly disable VO
and touch the display in the corner of the quick launch button. This
will close the dialog box. Turn VO back on and proceed to the next step.
7.
Select the Done button located near the upper right corner of the display.
8.
Finally, exit lock screen edit mode by single-finger double-tapping
the time widget.
9.
Now, launch the phone app via the quick launch button. The first time
you do this, the phone app will open to the favorites screen.
10.
Select the dial pad tab and close the app.
11.
On the lock screen, again, activate the quick launch app and now you
will see that the phone app opens with the dial pad, ready for action.
Mark
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