Hello, On the new phones you activate siri by long pressing the side button.
Greg Wocher > On Oct 26, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Cris Ali <filasti...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > No I am not referring to hey siri. I want to activate siri so that I can > start voice over on a new phone. In the past pressing and holding the home > key activated siri, and one would ask siri to start voiceover. > Now I have no idea how to start voice over without sighted help. > > Cheers, > > Cris it was possible to > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Marie > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:26 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR > > You have to slide up and the first tone is to bring up the home page and the > second tone will activate the app switcher. It takes practice but you should > get the hang of it. > If you are referring to Hey Siri, go into the settings for siri and turn the > feature on. > Marie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cris Ali > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:17 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR > > This is a good question. I also got iPhone XR and wondering how to do that. > I also like to know how to activate sire and with that voice over for the > first time. > Cheers, > > Regards, > > Cris > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > r...@startmail.com > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:15 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Bringing up the home screen and app switcher on IPhone XR > > Hi, > > I am having problems bringing up the home screen and app switcher on my IPone > XR. > > First, as I move my finger up I hear a sound indicating I have reached one of > those magic spots. Am I wrong in thinking that I ought to be able to lift my > finger from the first tone and have the app switcher come into focus? > > Second, I am having trouble hearing the tones. This is especially true of > the second tone that brings up the home screen because voice over is reading > other stuff on my screen between the two places where the tones occur. 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