That makes sense now. It has been a while since I've used it, and I never had that happen that much; yet, of course, I did not always go in a straight line. I did remember it occasionally happening though. I think the compass is teriffic for getting out of a large room, and Siri will launch it, so, when in a hurry, pretty nice thing to have.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 4:49 PM To: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: Re: using the Compass with VoiceOver I do not use it very much so I just messed around with it to see what it did for me. The weird noises are indicators that the phone has tipped out of a perfectly horizontal position. For example, the leading edge may have dipped downward slightly or slightly upward. It can also happen when the sideways position tips. At least that seems to be what it is doing for me. I have used this noise for an indicator of levelness when using the spirit level function of the compass. If you have haptics turned on it will do a very small bump every 25 degrees as you turn the phone around the horizon. As the phone crosses the direction of north(360 degrees) it will give a small double bump. It will announce a new degree heading every few degrees. This seems to vary depending on how quickly you rotate the phone. This is about as far as my knowledge goes so I hope it is helpful. Dan Beaver On 4/30/2021 3:58 PM, 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone wrote: hi, Wonderful if anyone can help: I need to use the compass to help with my orientation while crossing roads. I Dhoni just begun playing with this app, the one that came built-in with the iOS, I can get it to announce the direction and compass point, but it also makes gloop noises, what do they mean? when you turn VoiceOver off, these go away, so, I imagine, they are there to help us use the Compass… any insights would be very gratefully received! Thanks, Sandy Sent from The dark side of the moon -- Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) -- 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: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/875a5bbf-318a-3170-6d79-0ce50bc8e5d7%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/875a5bbf-318a-3170-6d79-0ce50bc8e5d7%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/02a001d73e10%243ccbb160%24b6631420%24%40windstream.net.
