I'm with Ricardo. Please, please. Silence when I'm trying to hear
my conversation! I get text alerts, podcast updates and call times.
All I need is caller ID. Maybe we could have a roter for this with
options since we have different needs?
Blessings,
Susan
On 3/28/13, Troy Sullivan <troysulliva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have the call deration issue but if I get a text vo will anounce it,
>
> maybe this is something we need to bring to apples attention.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Voiceover announces call duration, was: iPhone 4 keeps
> constantly switching to and from speaker phone
>
>
>> Hello Sieghard. That's interesting and definitely sounds like a problem. I
>>
>> agree that sometimes you don't want text messages or other push
>> notifications to speak while on a phone call. Sometimes I want these and
>> so if Apple made this into some sort of toggle for those who want it then
>>
>> it would work for most. But the constant speaking of the call duration or
>>
>> other non-push related items definitely shouldn't be happening. I've got 3
>>
>> iPhones at my disposal here at home and a few from my clients and none
>> have this issue. So, I'm hoping it's not one of those hardware thingys
>> which only affects certain people.
>>
>> --
>> Raul A. Gallegos
>> Finally heading to the comic book store. My cardiovascular system is
>> pumping with joy. =) - Sheldon Cooper
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>>
>> On 3/28/2013 10:01 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>>> Hi Raul,
>>>
>>> I am one of these people who has a 4S which keeps announcing the call
>>> duration all the time. I will try this recommendation to take the phone
>>> away
>>> from my ear and to touch the end button, but what seems to happen with my
>>>
>>> 4S
>>> is that even if I move focus away from the call duration, after a while
>>> Voiceover says "Screen Locked" and then within 30 or so seconds after
>>> that
>>> Voiceover continues to read out the call duration every 20 seconds. There
>>>
>>> is
>>> of course also the issue everybody has that Voiceover will read out
>>> incoming
>>> push notifications, text messages or anything else you have set to read
>>> in
>>> the lock screen and I just feel Apple should make Voiceover shut up
>>> altogether when a call is in progress. After all, if I hear something
>>> has
>>> happened, e.g. a text message or email came in or a push notification, I
>>>
>>> can
>>> always take the phone while I am on the call and manually review it if I
>>> feel I need to know immediately.
>>>
>>> I am also getting a replacement 4S in a couple of days and it will be
>>> interesting to know if I am going to have the same problem and whether I
>>>
>>> am
>>> going to be once again able to balance Voiceover volume and call volume
>>> so I
>>> can use the keypad properly when a call is on speakerphone. Right now I
>>> am
>>> simply not able to make Voiceover loud enough to hear it reliably in
>>> this
>>> situation even if I turn Voiceover up all the way to 100% by using volume
>>>
>>> on
>>> the rotor and as soon as I try to turn down the call volume with the
>>> volume
>>> buttons Voiceover also goes down.
>>>
>>> I am getting a replacement phone because in the last few weeks I was
>>> suddenly unable to scan a single barcode with Digit Eyes. I finally
>>> asked
>>> one of my employees to try it and he said the image on the screen was
>>> all
>>> blurry and the camera didn't focus. He tried to just use the stock
>>> camera
>>> app and especially when I tried to take a picture of something close up
>>> Voiceover would say Auto Focus as it does, but visually the camera
>>> wouldn't
>>> focus. I did a full factory reset setting the phone up as a new device
>>> and
>>> even with nothing else installed the problem persisted, I called Apple
>>> and
>>> since I fortunately decided to buy Apple Care and my phone still has
>>> warranty until November they immediately said they would send out a
>>> replacement. I am supposed to get it by Monday. It's the usual good
>>> Apple
>>> service and it's nice to get a new phone after almost a year and a half,
>>> yes, I know it maybe a refurbished phone, but I was actually told that
>>> it
>>> "could" be a refurbished phone but is not necessarily one and even if it
>>>
>>> is,
>>> I was assured that it would, for example, have a brandnew battery which
>>> is
>>> of considerable value.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sieghard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I called Applewith the voluduring a c
>>>
>>> shortly after that thtouch
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Raul A. Gallegos
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:54 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker
>>> phone
>>>
>>> Hi, this is a great suggestion and it works for me and the people I've
>>> mentioned it to. However some are still reporting that even that fails
>>> to silence VO while they are on a call. I don't get it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Raul A. Gallegos
>>> No one sits in my spot. - Sheldon Cooper
>>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47
>>>
>>> On 3/27/2013 8:05 PM, DJ wrote:
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I've discovered that if while on a call, I can stop VO from announcing
>>>> information such as the elapsed time of the call by taking the phone
>>>> away
>>>> from my ear and tapping one time toward the bottom of the screen on the
>>> End
>>>> button. After that there is no interruption. Give that a try.
>>>>
>>>> DJ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:56 PM
>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker
>>>> phone
>>>>
>>>> Hi Susan,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, my 4S also reads out the call duration every 20 seconds or so. It
>>>> doesn't matter if I move focus away from this, eventually the screen
>>> locks,
>>>> then if I continue to talk after about 20 or 30 seconds it resumes
>>>> reading
>>>> the time. I can only hope Apple will implement better handling of this
>>>> in
>>>> iOS 7, as far as I am concerned Voiceover should not say a thing by
>>>> itself
>>>> if I am on a call. I know a bunch of people said to just use a 3-finger
>>>> double tap to mute speech altogether, but while this may be a
>>>> work-around,
>>>> it does not address the issue. In any case, if I am out and about and
>>>> have
>>>> my iPhone in it's belt case under a jacket or an inside pocket, I
>>> basically
>>>> have to stop, tell my dog to wait, then dig out the phone and do all
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sieghard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Susan
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:52 PM
>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker
>>>> phone
>>>>
>>>> I've had similar issues. Good luck. I also have an issue with mine
>>> calling
>>>> out the elapsed time on the calls. This is so very annoying.
>>>> Does yours do that?
>>>>
>>>> On 3/19/13, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> If your case does not cover the display, it is not a case issue for
>>>>> you.
>>>>>
>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20/03/2013, at 7:32, "Christina C." <blindmaclo...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Where is this sensor located? Thanks for all the advice. I think it
>>>>>> may
>>>> be
>>>>>> a hardware problem :(. I will try taking the case off first. I do
>>>>>> have a case on there but it is a minimal case. It's a very simple
>>>>>> one. I mainly have it on there for the antenna gate issue. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christina C.
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