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. 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