If I may say so, your PC analogy is misleading. You don't unplug your PC when using the reset switch. On some mobile phones that i know of, and indeed other small memory-aware devices, when power is off, taking the battery out and reinserting it, will cause them to reset. (that is probably not possible in Apple's case, so the reset will function a bit differently.) Perhaps the device 'thinks' it was shut down properly, but, in reality, it wasn't.
----- Original Message ----- From: Grant Hardy To: Viphone List Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:05 PM Subject: Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate Hi Sieghard, I don't, of course, have access to how Apple set this up internally, but it is my opinion that forcibly resetting an iOS device simply forces the system to cut the power so that the device can reboot. That is why it is a useful command to perform when you cannot power off the phone by any normal means. It is therefore my view that if you can reboot your device normally, this force-reset method won't achieve anything or reset anything that a normal reboot wouldn't. To use another analogy, if my desktop PC has a problem that is not resolved by rebooting, why would it be resolved by unplugging the power cord while the PC is powered up, causing an improper shut down? I know this topic has come up before and other listers don't agree with my view, and I am more than happy to stand corrected and admit that I am totally out to lunch on this one. However, based on my understanding of the force-reset method, I am fairly sure I am correct about this. Grant On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Grant, Doing a reset by holding the power and home buttons may not be something you want to do every day and shouldn't have to do, but it also won't hurt. It will definitely reset more things than a simply shutdown and reboot of the phone and in your case I'd try it. I would probably remove all apps from the app switcher and do a regular reboot, then do the reset and while it may not fix your problem, I highly doubt it would hurt anything just as pressing the reset key on a computer won't hurt anything either. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:30 AM To: Viphone List; Viphone List Subject: Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate Thanks Donna! It definitely takes time to get used to listening to a voice that quickly, but if you're interested, you could try cranking up your rate a bit when you're just listening to system prompts (like opening the mail app and browsing to a folder) then slowing it down to read the actual content. Of course, this is assuming you can change your rate. :) Grant On Aug 16, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Donna <[email protected]> wrote: I don't have a solution to your problem. I just wanted to say...Wow!!! I can't understand but every other word VO says when the speed is set to 100% Heck, my brain or ears can't even keep up to follow along with VO is saying. LOL! Wish I had your talent, it would make doing tasks on my device faster. 65% is the fastest speed that I'm able to go and still be able to understand VO and comprehend what I'm listening to VO reading to me. Donna On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, I normally keep my speech rate at 100%, but I have just discovered that it is in fact stuck there. Adjusting it from the rotor, or from the VO preferences page, has no effect. Actually, that's not entirely true; VO occasionally announces something using the lower rate, but otherwise sticks to 100%. For example, if I am moving through a bulleted list on a web page, VO announces the "bullet" symbol in whatever speech rate I have set, but then reverts to 100% to read the rest of the text. I am using iOS 7.1.2 with an iPhone 5S and the default U.S. English voice. 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