Sorry Paul, speak selected text is in accessibility, not VoiceOver. This is actually quite important. Speak selected text is for people who are not running VoiceOver. When speak selected text is turned on, the iOS device speaks the text which a sighted user has highlighted. Recently, a sighted friend demonstrated this to me. He opened his iBooks, opened a book, highlighted a large section of the book, and his iPhone started reading the book to him. He does this every day on his way to and from work. Note: in general, sighted people never open VoiceOver in accessibility. When they attempt to, a warning pops up stating VoiceOver will change how gestures work. So, features that are outside the VoiceOver section under accessibility are for more than just blind users.
Speak in lock screen tells VO that it is acceptable to provide a spoken alert when the screen is locked. Notifications allows you to select the alert type you prefer for each app. Badges places an announcement next to the icon, such as so many new items. Banners pops up a small banner across the top of the screen with an announcement from an app. I have messages set to banners, so a text message appears briefly across the top of my iPhone and is immediately read by VO. The banner disappears after a few seconds. Alerts opens a pop-up window with the alert in it. You must interact with something to close the window. For instance, my phone alerts when there is an incoming call. I choose answer or ignore. If I choose answer, the phone screen pops up and the phone is answered. If I choose ignore, the screen returns to where I was. You can select your choice from what the app makes available in settings, notifications. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 20/03/2013, at 4:55, "Paul Ferrara" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, when I do what you said in the first question, it lists badges, > sounds, alerts, etc. It says nothing about the lock screen. > > Second, that setting discussed before is in the voiceover section of settings > under accessibility; however, that, itself, is not important. Is it just for > telling you that you have selected text to cut and paste, etc.? > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- From: Chris H > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: notifications and speak selections confusion > > Hello Paul and all > first of all make sure any or all notifications have the view in lock > screen setting turned on. Most of them are by default. You can check by > going to Settings, Notifications and by double tapping on an app whose > notifications are set. As for your second question, first of all speak > selection is in the main accessibility section of Settings, and not in > VoiceOver itself. I have this turned off personally but this may be > useful for low vision users who need a bit of voice guidance when > selecting text. For reference you can do the same with the speak > autocorrect setting. > Chris. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > E-mail and Facebook: > [email protected] > Skype: > chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: > @christopherh40 > Find my blog at > challsworth2.wordpress.com > > On 19/03/2013 11:11, Paul Ferrara wrote: >> Hello, since I got my new phone, I am getting no notifications. I just >> turned notifications in the lock screen on, but even when it was off, >> shouldn’t those notifications be in the notification center, or does >> having that setting off mean I do not see those notifications at all? >> Also under voiceover in settings, there is a speak selections; what >> happens when that is on or off? >> I’ve not noticed voiceover doing anything unusual yet I thought I always >> had this turned on. >> Paul >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> 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]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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