Re: Questions about apple watch and swimming.

[Barbara Stahl]

Thanks everybody for the information it is exactly what I needed to know On Sep 16, 2024, at 10:25 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  To my knowledge there is no case you can use which makes the watch waterproof while you wear it on your wrist. You can remove waterlock by pressing and holding the crown but keep in mind that if the watch is wet and your hands are wet, touch gestures can be very unreliable. But you could at that point invoke Siri and ask for the time and maybe a double tap would trigger haptic feedback pretty reliably, haven’t really tested that because if I do say a 1000 meter pool swim and I know when I started, then I don’t need to know the time because I know roughly it takes me 32 minutes give or take a bit for the 40 laps which make up 1000 meters. If I know I started say at 1:30 PM and I have done 20 laps, I know that about 16 minutes went by. I still count the lanes in my head and when I think I’m done I remove waterlock and see what the watch recorded. As I said before, it seems the watch always is 1 lane short so if I know I did 20 lanes because I’m at the same end of the pool where I started hence it has to be an even number, the pool swim workout screen always tells me I did 19 laps. There is definitely room for improvement when it comes to how much a Voiceover users gets out of the watch for swimming workouts. I understand the need to lock the display, but they could maybe allow something where you can push the digital crown, side button or action button and Voiceove r would read out the time and the information from your workout screen. I also have never yet been able to set it up to vibrate say if you have done a certain distance and I think this option exists. Having said this, I am always wondering why when we go for a walk and use the outdoor walk workout, Siri on my wife’s watch (she does not use Voiceover) announces the distance after 1 Km, 2 Km etc. If I have Voiceover on Siri does not do this and neither does Voiceover, if I turn Voiceover off I get the same announcements and I think it’s stupid that as blind users we don’t get either Siri or Voiceover to give us that information.     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Questions about apple watch and swimming.   So how exactly do you tell time with the apple watch?  Do you just press the crown  to hear the watch announce the time like I do with my phone, but in the case of the phone, I just press the power button.  Or do you have to do something with the display like tapping it or something to get the watch to announce time?  I have heard that it is possible to switch the watch announcement to haptics in the watch's settings.  Would I be able to set something up like that to get the watch to tell me the time while swimming?  If this feature requires you to do something with the display, could I change it to initiate with another gesture like pressing the crown a couple of times or something?  Alternatively,  Could I just turn off waterlock and then turn it back on again after it tells me the time?   As what about Siri? Could I initiate Siri and get it to tell me the time for the bluetooth issue, I have also seen an article that reviewed swimming headphones and there was one that used radio frequencies instead of bluetooth that sounded good.   Just one more question. If none of my suggestions work, would it be possible to buy a waterproof case that I could put on the watch to avoid the waterlock altogether?   On Sep 16, 2024, at 3:36 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  You can’t do anything with your watch while waterlock is on, here a statement taken directly from Apple support: “When Water Lock is on, your Apple Watch doesn't respond to touch on its display. This prevents accidental input while you're in water.” You can start music and then turn on waterlock, but from what I read the problem is that the Bluetooth connection between the watch and your waterproof headset may not be very consistant as your arm goes under water; one poster said that even just a couple of inches of water are enough to block a Bluetooth signal. When I Googled this, I did find the following website which may be a solution, but I haven’t bought this so I can’t be sure:   Swim Headphones for Apple Watch | H2O Audio   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 8:09 PM To: Viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Questions about apple watch and swimming.   Hi everyone!  I am considering getting a jym membership with a pool for exercising.  I was also considering getting an apple watch to use while swimming so that I could listen to music while swimming, and also to be able to tell how long I have been in the pool so that I can be sure that I get out and dressed in time to catch the bus to go back home.  I planned to use some waterproof head phones to listen to the music.   From other emails in this list on this issue, I know that in order to swim with the apple watch you have to turn on a waterlock and you have to turn this off in order to do things with the watch like have it read the screen.  However,  is it still possible to use the watch to tell time while swimming?  Also if you set up the music such as a pandora station before initiating the water lock feature, can you listen to the music after the feature is engaged?    alternatively,  is there an apple watch case or something that is waterproof that could be used instead of the water lock feature?    -- 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. 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