I am used to not having a mute button, as I use an iTouch 5, but I'd use one if it were included. IOS7 has made things a bit easier with fewer flicks or volume button pushes. Now I just use the three-finger double-tap to turn speech off and once I put sounds in the rotor, I turn those off with one flick, as well.
Teresa On Oct 7, 2013, at 4:36 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's true I can do this, but any of these steps require more work and > potentially more disruption around you then just flicking the mute button. > It's just nice to be able to reach into a pocket and flick the mute button > and not have to worry about the phone going off just like our sighted > counterparts. I myself would definitely appreciate a way to do this, maybe > through a configuration setting where I could tie certain audio and sounds to > the mute button. > > I'm not sure why anyone would do this, but I just started up iTunes Radio and > then hit the mute button. It did not mute the audio from iTunes Radio, so the > mute button definitely doesn't seem to be intended to mute all sound. I would > still like it to mute all sound from any alerts coming in while not having to > power my iPhone off. > > On 10/06/2013 09:23 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: >> Hi, One can always turn down the volume to zero. If not, one can also >> 3 fingers double tap to turn speech off. Third option is triple click >> on home button to turn vo off. >> Beside, one can also choose to use headphone, in that way, no one else >> can listen to the anoying voiceover on speaker. Yes, VO is rather >> anoying, when its on speaker. :) >> >> On 07/10/2013, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I agree completely with Cara here. I want to be able to hit the mute >>> button and turn off all sounds and VoiceOver. I don't want to be in a >>> meeting and realize I forgot to turn off the sounds on my phone and have >>> to unlock it so I can turn it off or go into settings to turn sounds >>> off. I don't always want to turn the phone off because I may want to >>> quickly look something up, check for messages or take a quick note. It >>> may be true that the mute button just turns off the ringer and alerts, >>> but those are the sounds a phone makes when VoiceOver isn't on. I think >>> the real purpose of the mute button, as used by sighted users, is to >>> mute the phone, i.e. turn all sounds off. The vibration may bother some, >>> but if the phone is in my pocket, it's much less bothersome to those >>> around me than having VoiceOver go off and start reading an alert. >>> >>> On 10/06/2013 07:21 PM, Brice Smith wrote: >>>> I love being able to turn VO sounds on and off. It might be one of my >>>> favorite, most used features of IOS 7. I often want to silence the >>>> ringer and text message volume but keep VO clicks on. I use VO sounds >>>> for orientation purposes and always felt disoriented when they weren't >>>> on before. >>>> >>>> For those who find this inconvenient, remember that the real purpose >>>> of the mute switch is to silence ringer and text alerts, not to make >>>> the phone truly silent. In fact, vibration alerts can be more annoying >>>> than ringing alerts for some people. Also, if the mute switch is down >>>> but voiceover is still on and at a loud volume, you'll still hear it >>>> speak at that loud volume if you unlock the phone, check the time, >>>> ETC. Mentally, I think it's most helpful to think of the mute switch >>>> as just that: a switch that mutes the ringer/phone noise. If you want >>>> total silence, turn the phone off. >>>> >>>> Brice >>>> >>>> On 10/6/13, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>>>> Hi Cara, >>>>> >>>>> I can see how maybe Voiceover sounds should be linked to the Mute switch >>>>> as >>>>> was the case before iOS 7, but I think I remember several posts where >>>>> people >>>>> actually thought it was nice that now this was no longer the case and >>>>> that >>>>> one could mute the phone (ringer and alerts) yet still get Voiceover >>>>> sounds. >>>>> >>>>> As for having Voiceover linked to the mute switch, I don't think you'll >>>>> find >>>>> too much support for that. In any case, it's not really a big deal to >>>>> press >>>>> power or home to bring up the lock screen and then to turn speech off >>>>> with >>>>> a >>>>> 3-finger double tap which always has and still works fine. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Sieghard >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>> Behalf >>>>> Of Cara Quinn >>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:27 PM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: VO sounds >>>>> >>>>> Hi shane, >>>>> >>>>> I personally wish that I could continue to have my VO sounds linked with >>>>> my >>>>> mute switch. I basically need to do several more steps now to toggle the >>>>> sounds off (even with sounds in the rotor) whereas before, I could >>>>> simply >>>>> flip the mute switch. >>>>> >>>>> For myself, when I have my mute switch set to mute, I really want that >>>>> actually to mean that things are muted. :) Not to mean that now there are >>>>> a >>>>> whole other set of sounds still going on. IN fact, since we're on the >>>>> subject, I'd also wish I could have my VoiceOver speech obey the mute >>>>> switch >>>>> as well. >>>>> >>>>> For my uses, it is just more steps to do the same thing. So while I'm >>>>> glad >>>>> that people are happy with the extra settings, for myself, I'd prefer it >>>>> to >>>>> obey the mute setting. Sometimes having more settings just to have more >>>>> settings is not always a desirable or sane thing to do. :) >>>>> >>>>> Now, I chose not to beta test, this cycle, but you can be sure I won't >>>>> make >>>>> that mistake again. :) >>>>> >>>>> Just my thoughts. >>>>> >>>>> Smiles, >>>>> >>>>> Cara :) >>>>> On Oct 6, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Shane clark <hshanecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> So I'm just curious, how do yall like the ability to turn VO sounds >>>>> on/off? >>>>> I currently have my ringer turned on, with the VoiceOver sounds turned >>>>> off, >>>>> so I'm just hearing the normal iPhone clicks. 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