I would probably find paying attention to the compass too distracting when crossing a road, but that is just me and of course I don't usually hav eto worry about not walking straight across because I have a dog who is trained to go straight.
-----Original Message----- From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2021 1:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: using the Compass with VoiceOver Dan and Caroline, Thanks very much for your feedback! I shall keep practising and see if I can up my game! Thanks again, Sandy Sent from The dark side of the moon > On 30 Apr 2021, at 23:29, Carolyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]. 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