Hello, no. There is no customizable setting to prevent this.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:45 PM, "Moses Choo" <mosesc...@ncbm.org.my> wrote: > Dear all, > While you are all on the topic of the caller ID anouncement, I have yet > something more irritating. Not only does the phone anounce when it rings, > even during the conversation it will also anounce the caller or his number. > Besides muting the speech while we are on the line, is there something else > that we can do? > > Regards, > Moses. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 5:05 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue > with VoiceOver on iPhone > > Friend, > > Thanks for your prompt input. > The fact is that if you wish VO to speak lower on incoming calls, you must > lower the volume of the ringer alert. > Otherwise turning down the volume of VO is not extremely practical since > there are too many cases where you need the volume back at a normal level. > And muting VO every time you are done with it? I don't think the setting is > intended to be used that way. > > Did you see the issue where an incoming call triggers VO to speak through > the speakerphone even with a headset connected? > > The fact is that I am not asking for an improvement here, but something that > should have been there at the first place. > I am far from being over concerned by privacy, but I happen to feel a little > uncomfortable when VO announces the names of people that call me when I am > sitting on a train, in a meeting or basically close to strangers. > > Cheers! > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 3:38 PM, James Mannion <mannion...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe try turning down the volume when not in use so it will not >> announce it to any extent that anyone would be able to hear it that >> you don't want to hear it? Maybe do the 3 finger double tap to mute >> speech when not in use and then just quickly unmute it with the same >> command when you want to hear it? In my opinion worrying about this is >> just an obsession with privacy that will have you always fighting >> battles to no end in your life, but to each their own I guess and >> there are ways around it if one care that much. >> >> On 3/3/13, Emrah <li...@kavun.ch> wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I remember reporting this a while ago to Apple Accessibility. To no > avail. >>> VoiceOver users have an unavoidable privacy issue: the automatic >>> announcement of the caller ID of an incoming call. >>> It should be possible to make this optional, with the ability to >>> manually interrogate the screen to know who is calling. >>> >>> Moreover, why is it that when we have a headphone connected, the >>> caller ID is still spoken out loud through the speakerphone? >>> >>> What do we have to do for Apple to take this into consideration? 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