Yes, I did say that, and you apparently haven't read the rest of the message about it. Here is what happens with every app where VO stays in the earpiece, without exception.
People start complaining on various lists that VO is broken whenever they use the particular app because they cannot hear VO. This complaining continues until 1) the app developer sends VO to the speaker, or 2) people cease using the app. Now, what do you honestly believe will happen when a person takes the phone away from the ear and cannot hear, or can barely here, VO? In fact, what will you personally do? My bet is you will start complaining as loudly as everybody else. In fact, you can test this for yourself. When on a phone call, take the phone away from your ear. Perform a two-finger swipe up to get VO reading the entire screen. Now, hold a couple fingers in front of, and just a little below, the earpiece. You will very quickly notice that it is extremely hard to hear VO talking through the earpiece when the earpiece is away from your ear. Put another way, we intellectually believe that VO would be nice and quiet so others cannot hear it. We conveniently forget that it being so quiet also means we can barely, or may not at all, be able to hear it ourselves. Fortunately, Apple has figured this out, and thus far at least, has ignored this particular request which keeps coming up every few months. Oh, by the way, if you want to muffle VO, but still be able to hear it enough, just place your thumb over the speaker whilst keeping the mic uncovered. The mic is between the headset jack and the lightning port. The speaker is on the other side of the lightning port and goes all the way to the edge. This is, of course, on the 5 and 5S. On the older phones, the mic is on the bottom next to the side with the volume buttons. The speaker is on the other side of the bottom. The 30-pin docking port is in the middle. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Jan 2014, at 11:31, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > In another thread, someone said that Voiceover causes the iPhone to behave > differently during a call. Specifically, when VO is on, lowering the phone > from your ear enables speakerphone mode automatically. However, with VO off, > the phone does not enter this mode. Did I understand things correctly? If so, > I must say this is very annoying. I'd much rather see a gesture implemented > that will switch between the speaker and earpiece modes, so that I can hang > up, select a menu option; and so on in relative privacy. Headphones work > well, as discussed in that other thread, but there is the odd time I don't > have them. Plus, of course, everyone can't use headphones at all times. I'm > just waiting to hear from you all before writing to Apple Access bility about > this. Thanks. > > > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
