Smiles,
I'm glad that one of us has their thinking cap on this morning.
Take care, and I've learned a lot by reading your posts.

Thom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 10:25 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> The proximity sensor is also important because it turns off the touch
screen
> if you hold your phone up to your ear. This of course is also the case for
> somebody who doesn't run Voiceover since otherwise you would constantly
> press stuff on your screen with your ear and cheek.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Thom Spittle
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:03 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> 
> Sieghard,
> Here's a question for you though. If the switch to speakerphone is only
for
> voice over users, then did they put in the proximity sensor for only the
blind
> to use?
> I don't know of another app that uses this, with the exception of the lift
to
> talk with siri.
> But iPhone 4 has the proximity sensor as well, and it doesn't have siri.
> Hmmm..
> 
> 
> Thom
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:45 AM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> >
> > OK, Cara, sounds good, but I bet you lunch next time I'm in LA that
> > you
> won't
> > get it to work. Automatic switching to speakerphone when you take the
> > phone away from your ear does not exist if Voiceover is not running
> > and if
> it
> > worked my guess would be that your friend accidently touched the
> > speakerphone button as he took the phone away from his ear.
> > There might be other explanations but they would require wild
> > speculation on my part regarding what was in your coffee that day
> *smile*.
> >
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sieghard
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Cara Quinn
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:21 AM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> >
> > Hi Sieghard,
> >
> > I'm waiting on my reply to test this out with a friend in person. We
> > got
> this
> > to work for him a few months ago but I want to do this again to make
> > sure we're not dreaming! :)
> >
> > We tried this over the phone yesterday and it did not seem to work but
> > we did have this going before so I want to make sure Ih have all my
> > facts straight before I write back. That's all. :)
> >
> > There's always a possibility this did work before and now does not
> > etc. So
> I'll
> > definitely respond again to this thread as soon as we have a few
> > minutes
> to
> > really take the time necessary to test this thoroughly again.
> >
> > Thanks so much to you all and talk with you soon!
> >
> > Smiles,
> >
> > Cara :)
> > On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:57 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Cara,
> >
> > I know at least one or two other people asked how a non Voiceover user
> > can enable auto switching between earpiece and speakerphone, but I
> > haven't seen a reply yet. If you have a minute, could you let us know?
> > I know a
> lot of
> > sighted iPhone users and nobody has ever mentioned this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sieghard
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Cara Quinn
> > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 10:09 AM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> >
> > I'm not sure where this is coming from that this is only a VO feature.
> >
> > Non-VO users can have auto-switching as well.
> >
> > I personally have always liked this feature and would never never
> > never want to see it go! :)
> >
> > A setting would certainly be welcome but that would be as far as I
> > personally would go. :)
> >
> > Great topic all, and have an awesome day!
> >
> > Smiles,
> >
> > Cara :)
> > On Sep 23, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sieghard. Personally, I really like the auto switching so I don't
> > have
> to
> > worry about finding the speaker phone button. I haven't had much
> > trouble at all with this feature malfunctioning.  This is on my 4s,
> > let's see how
> the 5s
> > does with this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Rick Alfaro
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 3:56 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: RE: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> >
> > Hello Brice,
> >
> > Yes, on my 4S this happens a lot especially during the first 10 or so
> seconds
> > of a call. However, I had this problem with iOS 6 as well, in fact, I
> received a
> > replacement 4S 64 Gb back in March because my camera wasn't auto
> > focusing any more and my old 4S was much better with that. Which phone
> > do you have, a 4, 4S, 5 or a brandnew 5C or 5S?
> > I would be interested  to hear from people who already have their 5S
> > if anybody has that issue.
> >
> > I actually think Apple should completely remove this automatic
> > switching
> to
> > speakerphone. I don't understand why I can't tap the Speakerphone
> > button just like any sighted person if I want my call on Speakerphone
> > and this would completely get rid of this issue which has been an
> > issue to some degree for certain people for the last 4 years. What
> > does everybody else think, would you prefer to have to double tap on
> > the Speakerphone button or would you prefer to keep the automatic
> switching as is?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sieghard
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Brice Smith
> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:32 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Speaker Phone with Voiceover
> >
> > Hi, everyone.
> >
> > Sometimes, my phone switches to speaker phone automatically when I
> > double tap to answer a call and bring the phone to my ear. This only
> started
> > happening after I updated to IOS 7. Before that, I could always double
> tap,
> > immediately lift the phone to my ear and start talking with the
> > speaker phone reliably turned off. Now, my phone will occasionally
> > switch to speaker phone even when the phone is next to my head when
> > I've just started a call.
> >
> > I use my phone for work so this inconsistency is really frustrating.
> > Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brice
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