Yep, better than having your face activate stuff whilst talking. Besides, headphones (earbuds) are included.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 28/03/2013, at 15:16, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> wrote: > so if you are using an automated system then you cant unless you are whering > a headset or everybody > in range hears what the phone is doing? > > > Ray T. Mahorney > WA4WGA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 02:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone > > Yes, all iPhones have a proximity sensor just below the ear speaker. When > this sensor is blocked, > the touch-screen is locked during a call to ensure you do not accidentally > trigger something with > your face. > > When VoiceOver is on, pulling the iPhone away from your face causes the phone > to switch to > speakerphone. This is so you can easily hear VO whilst interacting with the > display. For the > sighted, there is a speakerphone button on the display. > > If VO focus is on the call timer during a phone call, the time duration will > be automatically > announced. The solution is to move VO focus away from the call timer field. > Most iPhones leave the > focus wherever it was the last time you were on a phone call. Some iPhone 4S > owners report VO focus > moves back to the call timer on every call. I never experienced this with > either my iPhone 4 or > iPhone 5. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28/03/2013, at 14:20, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> does the 5 do the same thing and if it is near the face is the DTMF pad >> disabled? >> >> >> Ray T. Mahorney >> WA4WGA >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of DJ >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 01:06 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >> >> Guys, >> >> I've discovered that if while on a call, I can stop VO from announcing >> information such as the elapsed time of the call by taking the phone away >> from my ear and tapping one time toward the bottom of the screen on the End >> button. After that there is no interruption. Give that a try. >> >> DJ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >> >> Hi Susan, >> >> Yes, my 4S also reads out the call duration every 20 seconds or so. It >> doesn't matter if I move focus away from this, eventually the screen locks, >> then if I continue to talk after about 20 or 30 seconds it resumes reading >> the time. I can only hope Apple will implement better handling of this in >> iOS 7, as far as I am concerned Voiceover should not say a thing by itself >> if I am on a call. I know a bunch of people said to just use a 3-finger >> double tap to mute speech altogether, but while this may be a work-around, >> it does not address the issue. In any case, if I am out and about and have >> my iPhone in it's belt case under a jacket or an inside pocket, I basically >> have to stop, tell my dog to wait, then dig out the phone and do all this. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Susan >> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:52 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >> >> I've had similar issues. Good luck. I also have an issue with mine calling >> out the elapsed time on the calls. This is so very annoying. >> Does yours do that? >> >> On 3/19/13, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If your case does not cover the display, it is not a case issue for you. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 20/03/2013, at 7:32, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Where is this sensor located? Thanks for all the advice. I think it >>>> may >> be >>>> a hardware problem :(. I will try taking the case off first. I do >>>> have a case on there but it is a minimal case. It's a very simple >>>> one. 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