If only that were possible! Locking the screen will stop VoiceOver speech, which is why you can't read iBooks or Kindle books with the device locked. Only synthesizers controlled by the app doing the reading, like Voice Dream Reader, can read while the screen is locked. On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Fred Olver <goodfo...@charter.net> wrote:
> I would suggest you consider locking the screen while reading it. Not sure, > but this might work. > > Fred Olver > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Van Lant Family" <vanlant2...@msn.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:08 PM > Subject: reading long emails > > > I'm using the native email app in my iphone. I was trying to read a really > long newsletter that was in the text of the message. Voiceover said it was > 160 pages long. Unfortunately, as much as I tried to not bump the screen, > it seems that I would occasionally do so, sending the focus back to the > beginning of the message or back to my inbox. I would go back into the > message and triple finger flick up to find the correct page and start > reading again, only do bump the screen again at some point. After multiple > times and getting to page 100 or so, I gave up and decided I didn't want to > triple finger flick 100 times. > > Any advice for managing really long emails like this? I had the screen > orientation locked, so that was not the issue. I had it in my pocket some > of the time, thinking I was less apt to bump the screen, but, alas, I did it > again. Please share your advice. My only other option is to just wait and > read it on my laptop. > > Thanks. > Robin > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
