Hello All, This post is specifically for those who are both low vision and who are VoiceOver users of iOS 13 and/or iPad OS 13.
If you purchased a new iPhone 11 series device, then you most likely do not need to follow the below steps in order to get the OS to display the correct keypad entry colors, encountered when rebooting the device or unlocking the device. If, however, you updated your phone from an earlier version of the OS with VoiceOver enabled, then you most likely noticed that the lock screen keypad changed to an aweful shade of black on light gray or something equally as difficult to see. The point is that the default lock screen keypad entry color scheme, seen after updating to iOS/iPad OS 13 is not the correct one. The correct color scheme is a very easy-to-see, white on black, very high contrast, keypad, regardless of your display settings. So far, I have only been able to get the correct keypad entry colors to be displayed by using the following steps. You only need to do these steps, once, until you update the OS, again. This is kind of a glitch that all of us, who are low vision, should relay to Apple. I have performed these steps on 11 devices, now, and it works every time. Remember, these steps are intended for low vision VoiceOver users or those who share their devices with sighted people, in which case a sighted person can perform them. 1. With VoiceOver enabled, from system settings, go to Accessability. 2. Select Display and Text Size. 3. Make certain that both Smart Invert and Classic Invert are disabled. 4. Return to the system settings list. 5. Select Display and Brightness. 6. Assuming that you have a shortcut key set to enable / disable VoiceOver, disable VoiceOver. 7. With VoiceOver disabled, switch between the light appearance and dark appearance options, at least twice. It does not matter which one you finally select. 8. Return to the system settings list. 9. At this point, you can enable VoiceOver and reboot the phone, if you like. Personally, I leave VoiceOver off and reboot the device, being certain that the lock screen keypad entry colors are correct before re-enabling VoiceOver. That's all there is to it. Mark -- 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. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000601d57fd6%24e6df2410%24b49d6c30%24%40edu.
