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> On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Traci Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > > :) It is definitely hard to try to please all the people huh? We all have > such different tastes & needs. > > Funny enough, in IOS7, turning VO sounds off was one thing I was sooooo > looking forward to. Often, when I'm at home and very quietly using my phone, > I was muting it. The down side of this for me, I tended to miss alerts. I > love not having the clicks and sounds of VO. > > I'm confused about something… I thought when we mute our phone, VoiceOver > won't read alerts and such on the lock screen. > > Another suggestion for folks, go into the control center and put do not > disturb on. > > For any of you beta testers or who may have influence, here is one thing I > continue to miss from my old windows phone. > > Profiles!!! Why in the world, does Apple not have this option!? It would be > the perfect item for the control center. Imagine a ticker that you could > flick through, outdoor, in a meeting, sleeping, etc. Do you guys remember > this from windows phones? There were something like 4 different profiles > that modified the phones sound style. It was something I used often back in > the day. > > Anyway, I'm sorry for the users that aren't fond of this changed feature. > I'm definitely in the camp of loving it! :) > > Traci > Getting bored waiting for her iPhone5s >> On Oct 6, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Joanne Chua <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, One can always turn down the volume to zero. If not, one can also >> 3 fingers double tap to turn speech off. Third option is triple click >> on home button to turn vo off. >> Beside, one can also choose to use headphone, in that way, no one else >> can listen to the anoying voiceover on speaker. Yes, VO is rather >> anoying, when its on speaker. :) >> >>> On 07/10/2013, 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 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