I forgot that there was an option to customize your own profile. Hmmm, maybe we should stop this topic? It isn't really iDevice related anymore. ;)
Traci On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Isaac Hebert <[email protected]> wrote: > A out and about profile would be nice. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I didn't have a Windows Mobile phone, but I did have several Symbian phones >> from Nokia, and they also supported profiles. I agree this would be a great >> feature. As with Symbian phones, you could control sounds but also other >> settings, such as cellular data, wifi, bluetooth and so on. Apple could even >> tie this to your current location. >> >>> On 10/10/2013 11:04 AM, Traci Duncan 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. >>>>>>> --- 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