Hi Chris, I’m not sure about this. I’ve never had occasion to try using my phone with Vo off, certainly not on a call. Interesting question, but I doubt the behavior is an accident. BEst, Zack. On Oct 25, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <ch...@clgproductions.com> wrote:
> Is it true that people who're sighted without Voiceover don't have the thing > go to speaker phone when moving the phone away from their ear? If that is > indeed correct, then why on earth would Apple hav made this happen with VO > turned on? The only logical thing I could think is it's gonna be hard to > hear coming just through the earpiece if it's away from your ear, so they > took that into account. If that's why, then ok, I totally! see their > reasonings. Otherwise though... > > Chris. > > > Visit my Audioboo page for freely available music which I have recorded. > > http://www.audioboo.fm/chrisgilland > > For updates to my Audioboo page, you also are more than welcome to follow me > on Twitter. > > http://www.twitter.com/clgillandmusic > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <zkl...@speedpost.net> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 5:21 PM > Subject: Re: Ending a phone call on iPhone > > > Hi Chris, > One thing to be aware of is that the phone may lock while you’re on the call. > It’s possible you’ll need to unlock it first before your two-finger double > tap will work. More over, if you aren’t using headphones, the screen is shut > off if you hold it close to your face, which is why I generally recommend > headphones for long term use. If you move the phone away, you’ll activate > speaker phone. > Best, > Zack. > On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Chris Goodwin <ckgoodwi...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Ironically, one of the trickiest things I'm finding to do with my iPhone is >> to end a phone call. If I call someone using Siri then two finger double >> tap seems amazingly unreliable. VoiceOver seems either to shut up or be >> very quiet. >> >> Is it just me or is there a reliable way of ending a call? >> >> I can't depend on the other end hanging up - I struggled to end a call today >> when the number I called was engaged. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. 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