Hi Chris. I know, it works. I tried my brothers iPhone 4s and it does not turn voiceover on. Your correct with everything you said and it all makes perfect sense.
Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:23 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gigi, you're still not understanding though what we're trying to explain. > This explains why it didn't work. > > The tripple click of the home key won't work unless several conditions have > been met. > > 1. The user gets the IPhone out of the box for the first time, powers it on > for the very first time, and as soon as the first initial screen to set up > the device comes up, they then press the home key 3 times quickly in a row. > > 2. The user must go into settings, accessibility, tripple click home, and > set it to toggle voiceover. > > Here's the thing though that you need to understand. The tripple clicking of > the home key, to toggle it on/off as you all were testing, and trying to do, > will, not, work, unless you either manually set it to do so through settings, > or unless you mash the home key the 3 times quickly after very very first > turnhing on the phone. I don't mean, turn on the phone after it already has > been before, then immediately press home 3 times. That won't necessarily > work. You literally have to do it initially the very very very first time > ever that the device is powered on or is reset to factory default settings > with all data being wiped. > > I guarantee, if you was to buy an I O S device from Apple, take it out of the > box, put the sim card in, if there need to be one depending on the network > it's being used with, then hold the sleep/power button on the top right of > the device, power it on, then as soon for the first time as it ever gets > power, and comes on, as soon as you see the screen that says welcome, and you > then immediately press the home key, the round concaved key at the front > bottom center just below the screen 3 times quickly as a tripple click, > Voiceover would then start talking. It would be a bit quiet, and you may > have to turn it up, but ultimately, it should turn on. > > The reason it wasn't working when you all did it, is because someone had > already gotten through those welcome screens. They'd already selected their > language, time zone, etc etc and initially set up the device. Once they've > done this, if they didn't turn Voiceover on at that time with the tripple > click, as they were setting it up, then it won't work unless you manually go > in and turn that setting on. If you do it during the initial setup screen, > it will turn Voiceover on, plus will set it so that from that point forward, > no matter what, hitting the home key 3 quick times will toggle Voiceover > on/off. > > I have an old IPod, which is pretty much identical to an IPhone only without > the hardware gut of the phone, but same exact system/OS. It's still I O S. > If this doesn't make sense, I'll try making an audio recording with it after > restoring it to factory default and show you what I mean. > > Chris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
