I have to agree I have not lost VO as a result of using this reset technique.
On Oct 9, 2012, at 12:05 AM, Katey Glass <katey...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have used holding the power button and home button to reset the iPhone and > iPad many times and I havne't lost VO ever. Maybe reset is not the proper > phrase as we are not technically resetting any settings, but rather just > clearing out memory "cobwebs" on the phone or pad. > > At any rate, I have indeed held both power button and home button and waited > 10 seconds an d the device comes back talking. > > Katey > > On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:42 PM, "Kathy Blackburn" <kblac...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > >> I wrote to accessibil...@apple.com and was told that the hard re-set, >> holding down the home and sleep/wake buttons at the same time, does indeed >> result in loss of VoiceOver and does so by design. In order to get VoiceOver >> back, you must either get sighted help or connect the phone to a computer >> and re-enable VoiceOver using iTunes. Moral of story: power off only by >> holding down sleep/wake until the slider appears and then double-tap. >> >> Kathy Blackburn >> kblac...@austin.rr.com >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.