A out and about profile would be nice. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I didn't have a Windows Mobile phone, but I did have several Symbian phones > from Nokia, and they also supported profiles. I agree this would be a great > feature. As with Symbian phones, you could control sounds but also other > settings, such as cellular data, wifi, bluetooth and so on. Apple could even > tie this to your current location. > >> On 10/10/2013 11:04 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: >> :) It is definitely hard to try to please all the people huh? We all have >> such different tastes & needs. >> >> Funny enough, in IOS7, turning VO sounds off was one thing I was sooooo >> looking forward to. Often, when I'm at home and very quietly using my >> phone, I was muting it. The down side of this for me, I tended to miss >> alerts. I love not having the clicks and sounds of VO. >> >> I'm confused about something… I thought when we mute our phone, VoiceOver >> won't read alerts and such on the lock screen. >> >> Another suggestion for folks, go into the control center and put do not >> disturb on. >> >> For any of you beta testers or who may have influence, here is one thing I >> continue to miss from my old windows phone. >> >> Profiles!!! Why in the world, does Apple not have this option!? It would >> be the perfect item for the control center. Imagine a ticker that you could >> flick through, outdoor, in a meeting, sleeping, etc. Do you guys remember >> this from windows phones? There were something like 4 different profiles >> that modified the phones sound style. It was something I used often back in >> the day. >> >> Anyway, I'm sorry for the users that aren't fond of this changed feature. >> I'm definitely in the camp of loving it! :) >> >> Traci >> Getting bored waiting for her iPhone5s >>> On Oct 6, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> 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. I'm kind of used to >>>>>> hearing >>>>>> both the iPhone clicks and the VO sounds as well, so I am more or less >>>>>> trying to play around with the different settings. >>>>>> What do you think of these settings, and how do you prefer to have your >>>>>> phone set? >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>> Google >>>>>> Group. >>>>>> >>>>>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>> >>>>>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>>>>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>>>>> 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