Worth pointing out here that the difference between turning Voiceover on/off and toggling speech on/off is that VO can be used with Braille only.
So where as a triple press of the Home Button completely unloads VoiceOver turning speech off with a three finger double tab turns speech off but leaves Voiceover running for Braille users. Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Sep 2018, at 23:28, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > I just checked. If I press the Home Button three times, it turns off > VoiceOver; the two-finger double tap turns speech off. You are right. > > Best regards, > > Carolyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Denny Schwab > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 1:11 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: my iPhone 6 is moribund > > Actually, the home button triple tap is used to turn Voiceover on and off, > not to shut off speech, which is different than shutting Voiceover fully off. > Shutting off speech leaves Voiceover on, just without speech. A > three-finger double-tap shuts speech off, and leaves Voiceover on. > > Denny > >> On 9/12/18, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: >> Yes, the Speech toggle is a three-finger double tap. Also, I have a >> shortcut for mine to be a Home button triple tap. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Carolyn >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Donald L. Roberts >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:46 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: my iPhone 6 is moribund >> >> My primary purpose in writing this post is to inquire whether it is >> possible for Apple to remotely check the status of my iPhone 6 which >> is running IOS 11.4.1. >> >> No one is around to check the screen, and I can't unlock the phone >> since there is no audible feedback. Will try later today by connecting to >> iTunes. >> >> >> >> >> Symptoms are as follows: Voiceover does not speak even though I asked >> Siri to turn it on. When I press the home button, I feel the vibration >> but hear no ding. I cannot make outgoing phone calls; however, if I >> call my iPhone, I hear the chime and voiceover announces the name of >> the caller which is in my contact list. So I know it is not a volume >> issue. The phone continues to ring even though I use a two finger >> double tap on the screen. Is the speech toggle a three finger double tap? >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for feedback. >> >> >> >> >> Don Roberts >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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