I am not sure why you have had this experience. I have setup numerous iPads and iPhones straight out of the box with the triple click of the home button. You do not need sighted assistance to do this. This will also work on an old iphone that has been reset to factory defaults and upon which Voice Over has not previously been setup. 1. Press the power button and hold for a second or two. 2. Allow 30 seconds or so for the device to boot up fully. 3. Press the home button once to wake the screen just in case you've waited too long for the boot up. 4. Triple click the home button and Voice Over will start up.
The above instructions are for a brand new device or one which has been reset to factory defaults. You will notice a section on the screen which Voice Over will read out in different languages each time you swipe on and off it. This is where you now need to do a double tap in order to start the initial configuration of the device. In the below podcast I show the unboxing and initial setup of the iPad mini http://www.iblindtech.com/storage/iBT-034-iPadMini.mp3 Garth On 19/08/2013, at 6:20 AM, "Michael Malver" <[email protected]> wrote: > I just helped someone two weeks ago set up a new unit, which is why I made > the comment I did. Triple click home didn't work until language and country > were set. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Pete Nalda > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 3:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: turning on VO on new iPad > > Supposedly, Triple clicking the Home button will turn it on with new units. > > On Aug 18, 2013, at 3:12 PM, "Michael Malver" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it is an absolutely new iPad, triple clicking the home button won't > work. You need a sighted person to set the language and country in the > setup screen which only activates when you turn on an iPad for the first > time.. Once that is done, triple click works fine. >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Donna >> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:19 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: turning on VO on new iPad >> >> To turn voiceover, triple click the home button. >> >> Donna >> >> On Aug 18, 2013, at 3:16 PM, "Pinky" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Group, >> I have just received a new iPad and I am new with using any Apple product. > I have been reading emails on this group trying to learn all I can. I read > on one email that when a person gets a new iPhone before it is set up there > was some way to turn on VO. Is there a way to turn on VO on a new iPad when > first turning it on and setting it up? >> Thanks for any info and help in setting up a new iPad. >> >> Ed >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by > visitinghttp://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 [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. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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 [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. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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 [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Egun On, Lagunak! 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