Wired headphones are good, but you can also get good bluetooth
headphones. Bluetooth headphones used to suffer from latency issues, but
this isn't as much of an issue with books or music. It mostly affects
screen readers where the audio is coming in bursts. What you're
listening to is also a consideration. If you're an audiophile listening
to music then you can't beat a good pair of wired headphones, but if
you're listening to an audio book or just tooling around on your phone
with voiceOver then bluetooth headsets can be just as good and even more
convenient.
On 01/04/2015 12:37 AM, Alan Lemly wrote:
Christopher,
Thanks for your comments. I have posted looking for bluetooth headsets with
the remote button capabilities and got some good suggestions but decided to
stick with the wired earpods because they sound so very good and others have
said that bluetooth sound quality can't match wired quality. I'll just use
extra care this time around to try and minimize the number of times I plug
and unplug my earpods.
I have tried double tapping and triple tapping the clear notifications
button but nothing happens. I'll keep playing with this as more
notifications arrive.
I do have the high quality voices downloaded for US, British, and Australian
English and can tell that the pitch is simply different than it was on my
phone under iOS 7.1.2. It's not a big deal and I'm sure I'll adjust but the
mispronunciation of gigabyte as yigabyte is curious. I also noticed that
VoiceOver doesn't say the TV portion of the DirecTV app but instead just
seems to emit a sort of click cough such that only the word Direct is
pronounced. Like I said, these aren't big issues and I'm sure I'll quickly
adapt but I am curious if others who are using iOS 8.1.2 on newer hardware
such as the 5S and 6 phones have noticed any difference in the VoiceOver
speech from iOS 7.x.
Alan Lemly
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: My iOS 8.1.2 Upgrade Experience and Post Upgrade Questions
Just a couple of thoughts.
First, you talk about the remote buttons on your wired ear pods and
using them when reading books. You can get the same functionality with
bluetooth headsets. I wasn't sure from your email if you were thinking
that only the remote buttons on a wired headset would work with reading
books.
I double tap the clear notifications button and then double tap it a
second time to confirm and my notifications are cleared. I've also heard
people say a triple tap of the clear notifications button will also work.
It sounds like maybe the high quality voice hasn't downloaded yet. You
might want to check into this and even force this download if it hasn't
happened yet.
On 01/03/2015 07:38 PM, Alan Lemly wrote:
I was fortunate with about only 33 days left on my iPhone 5 Apple Care
that my headphone jack went out on the right side of my warranty. So I
got a brand new iPhone 5 today from the Apple Store. But it came with
iOS 8.1.2 which I'm not sure I was quite ready for but I'm not one to
look a gift horse in the mouth. this is the second new iPhone 5 I've
gotten under Apple Care and both times the failure was with the
headphone jack. Like many others on this list, I constantly use
earphones with my iPhone and I prefer the wired earpods because I love
the remote button for listening to books. Apparently, the electronics in
the earphone jack that interact with the earpod controls failed because
the remote and volume buttons stopped working.
I successfully restored my encrypted iTunes backup but was disappointed
to learn that data such as books downloaded in BARD Mobile, voices
purchased in voice Dream Reader, and other things I've no doubt yet to
identify do not restore with an encrypted iTunes backup. Can someone
comment on why this is? Are these apps not set up so that their data is
backed up with an iTunes backup or is this some sort of Apple restriction?
I know I've seen posts about notifications in iOS 8 but since I've been
running iOS 7.1.2, I've not followed them. When I tap the clear
notifications button on my notification screen, nothing happens. Is this
still a bug? Is there a workaround for clearing notifications?
I can tell a definite difference in the sound of VoiceOver in iOS 8
versus 7. It sounds more as if it's coming from a well and does not seem
as sharp at least to my ears. Have others experienced this or is this
due to running on an iPhone 5 with less processing power? I also noticed
that the word gigabyte is pronounced yigabyte which seems odd since I
would expect audio quality to improve with iOS upgrades.
I'd love any help with my questions and also appreciate any comments
regarding similar iOS 8 upgrade experiences. I realize I'm late to the
upgrade party and please excuse my tardiness.
Alan Lemly
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