I got a brand new iPhone 5 delivered last Thursday from Sprint, and triple click of the home button did not turn VO on right out of the box. When my sighted husband got home, the set up screen was up asking what language I would like, etc., but no VO with triple click home. On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi Ricardo. > I have done this test with several devices that sighted have had where they > have never turned VoiceOver on or off. It didn't work with theirs either. In > this case, some sighted folks had some iPhones there and they tried it on > theirs. It didn't work. So, it was recommended that people check it out first > before leaving the store to be sure it work and not just assume that it > would. > > Now, it could be that some of these stores are messing with the settings > because they don't want their customers turning VoiceOver on accidentally. > That's the best answer I can give. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> but I don't understand. How was this test conducted? Was it devices just >> taken out the box or, restored to factory settings and turned on? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Ricardo, apparently that has been changed. AFB sponsored an iPhone workshop >>> at our recent ACB of Texas conference this past weekend. We decided to test >>> this because there was a discussion about tripple click home and whether >>> this standard any more. It didn't work on any of the iPhones we had >>> present, unless it was set up in the VoiceOver utility. I guess too many of >>> our sighted friends using iPhones turned VoiceOver on and couldn't figure >>> out how to get it off. My husband said that at one time there was a link or >>> something on the Apple website that said "Turn VoiceOver off." I've noticed >>> that some of these sighted folks panic when they get VoiceOver going. I >>> guess that some of them don't listen to the hints. >>> >>> Gigi >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Nope. >>>> >>>> This has been standard since IOS 5.0. Voiceover and triple press home >>>> works out the box. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> As far as I know, you must first set up the "Triple-click Home" to >>>>> "Toggle VoiceOver" before that functionality will work. Pressing that >>>>> out of the box will not turn on VO unless Apple has changed the default >>>>> lately. As mentioned earlier, it may be easiest to configure the >>>>> Universal Access options through iTunes. Then once VO is on, the >>>>> Triple-Click toggle can be set. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On 2012-09-30, at 8:18 PM, Hank Smith <hanksm...@hanksmith.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> just hit the home button 3 times >>>>>> On 9/30/2012 2:19 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>>>>>> Why do all that? Can they not turn on voiceover by tripple clicking >>>>>>> the home key from the initial setup, or if nothing else, turn V O on >>>>>>> within ITunes? If they're blind, it's gonna be a little hard tapping >>>>>>> settings/accessibility/voiceover. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Francis" <ppowell...@aol.com> >>>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 2:04 AM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: iPad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, I might to also assume that you are a brand-new iOS user if so >>>>>>> there is a gentleman on Apple this VIS Apple this.com who works >>>>>>> primarily with visually impaired and has done many podcasts dealing >>>>>>> with iOS software and how voiceover works. His name is David >>>>>>> Woodbridge. If you go through there podcasts section, you will find >>>>>>> your share of podcasts relating to Iowa software done by David >>>>>>> Woodbridge also you can find his podcasts in iTunes. I hope this helps. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pam Francis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 29, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Try the accessible-ios google group. I can answer your question, >>>>>>> though: go to settings, general, accessibility, Voiceover, and turn it >>>>>>> on. From there, use the list I emntioned and/or find some primers on >>>>>>> applevis.com that might help. Googling specific questions will also >>>>>>> help as there are many tutorials and articles out there, plus the >>>>>>> official Apple documentation for voiceover. >>>>>>> On Sep 29, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Beefcakes <beefca...@neo.rr.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi everybody, is there and I've had list for the mine has an iPad one >>>>>>>> and needs to know how to get voiceover on it going. 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