On 10/6/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree completely with Cara here. I want to be able to hit the mute > button and turn off all sounds and VoiceOver. I don't want to be in a > meeting and realize I forgot to turn off the sounds on my phone and have > to unlock it so I can turn it off or go into settings to turn sounds > off. I don't always want to turn the phone off because I may want to > quickly look something up, check for messages or take a quick note. It > may be true that the mute button just turns off the ringer and alerts, > but those are the sounds a phone makes when VoiceOver isn't on. I think > the real purpose of the mute button, as used by sighted users, is to > mute the phone, i.e. turn all sounds off. The vibration may bother some, > but if the phone is in my pocket, it's much less bothersome to those > around me than having VoiceOver go off and start reading an alert. > > On 10/06/2013 07:21 PM, Brice Smith wrote: >> I love being able to turn VO sounds on and off. It might be one of my >> favorite, most used features of IOS 7. I often want to silence the >> ringer and text message volume but keep VO clicks on. I use VO sounds >> for orientation purposes and always felt disoriented when they weren't >> on before. >> >> For those who find this inconvenient, remember that the real purpose >> of the mute switch is to silence ringer and text alerts, not to make >> the phone truly silent. In fact, vibration alerts can be more annoying >> than ringing alerts for some people. Also, if the mute switch is down >> but voiceover is still on and at a loud volume, you'll still hear it >> speak at that loud volume if you unlock the phone, check the time, >> ETC. Mentally, I think it's most helpful to think of the mute switch >> as just that: a switch that mutes the ringer/phone noise. If you want >> total silence, turn the phone off. >> >> Brice >> >> On 10/6/13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Cara, >>> >>> I can see how maybe Voiceover sounds should be linked to the Mute switch >>> as >>> was the case before iOS 7, but I think I remember several posts where >>> people >>> actually thought it was nice that now this was no longer the case and >>> that >>> one could mute the phone (ringer and alerts) yet still get Voiceover >>> sounds. >>> >>> As for having Voiceover linked to the mute switch, I don't think you'll >>> find >>> too much support for that. In any case, it's not really a big deal to >>> press >>> power or home to bring up the lock screen and then to turn speech off >>> with >>> a >>> 3-finger double tap which always has and still works fine. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Cara Quinn >>> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:27 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: VO sounds >>> >>> Hi shane, >>> >>> I personally wish that I could continue to have my VO sounds linked with >>> my >>> mute switch. I basically need to do several more steps now to toggle the >>> sounds off (even with sounds in the rotor) whereas before, I could >>> simply >>> flip the mute switch. >>> >>> For myself, when I have my mute switch set to mute, I really want that >>> actually to mean that things are muted. :) Not to mean that now there are >>> a >>> whole other set of sounds still going on. IN fact, since we're on the >>> subject, I'd also wish I could have my VoiceOver speech obey the mute >>> switch >>> as well. >>> >>> For my uses, it is just more steps to do the same thing. So while I'm >>> glad >>> that people are happy with the extra settings, for myself, I'd prefer it >>> to >>> obey the mute setting. Sometimes having more settings just to have more >>> settings is not always a desirable or sane thing to do. :) >>> >>> Now, I chose not to beta test, this cycle, but you can be sure I won't >>> make >>> that mistake again. :) >>> >>> Just my thoughts. >>> >>> Smiles, >>> >>> Cara :) >>> On Oct 6, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Shane clark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> So I'm just curious, how do yall like the ability to turn VO sounds >>> on/off? >>> I currently have my ringer turned on, with the VoiceOver sounds turned >>> off, >>> so I'm just hearing the normal iPhone clicks. I'm kind of used to >>> hearing >>> both the iPhone clicks and the VO sounds as well, so I am more or less >>> trying to play around with the different settings. >>> What do you think of these settings, and how do you prefer to have your >>> phone set? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> 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 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. >>> >>> 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 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. >>> >>> 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 to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > 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 to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >
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