First of all, there seems to be some confusion here about audio ducking. Audio ducking is not in and of itself a new feature. I looked this up because I thought I might be confusing things but I think I am after all correct. Audio ducking has been in place for quite a while if not always and it is the feature that lowers other volumes when voiceover is speaking. So since voiceover speaks your buttons, having audio ducking on shouldn't be impeding your hanging up the phone but should be helping it; you do want it on for this if I have the right grasp on this. It is if you have audio ducking off that you should have a problem that you can blame on your audio ducking setting. What has changed is that now you can control audio ducking with the rotor; it was always on before and you couldn't control it as you can on the Mac; on the Mac you can turn it off completely and I don't think you can do it on the iPhone. So there is a bit of a dilemma here: from the point of a phone conversation you may think you want audio ducking off but from the point of view of hanging up and answering you probably want it on. If you aren't in a hurry to hang up, of course you could have it in the rotor and turn the feature on or off as you need it but it appears you are wanting to hurry and hang up so this might not help you. But having audio ducking on should help you, not hinder you if I am thinking about this correctly. I always like to leave some excuse for myself in case I really am confused - lol!
I don't think the buttons are moved though where they are may feel different depending on the size of your phone. At least from my experience, using the power button is no longer a way to hang the phone up if you are using iOS8 unless an update changed this back; I havn't tried this since the beginning of iOS8 because it appeared to me not to be a way to do this any longer. I would say either take the phone from your ear and take a little time in your double-tapping or also take a little time and flick left at the bottom if possible to find the end call button or do some extra practicing to find out where it feels like the button is to you. Maybe get somebody to call you or call yourself from another phone and practice a particular method until you feel comfortable; occasional misfires probably are still going to happen. Otherwise you may need to use earbuds or headphones where you can press or squeeze a button or speak the words to hang up. Actually, I know some earphones allow you to answer a call verbally but i'm not sure any allow you to hang up verbally. Can you imagine inadvertently speaking the wrong word during your phone conversation and disconnecting your call - lol! Anyway, while it may not completely solve your problem, I think some deliberate practice may go a long way to easing your frustration. Trying to "practice" this during the pressure of a situation where you want to just hang up right away probably will increas rather than decrease your discontent with how this works. If you already have been practicing and are still having troulble, I'm not sure what to suggest. Personally, I feel more pressure to hurry when answering than I do when hanging up. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:00 AM, John Diakogeorgiou <jdiakoge2...@gmail.com> wrote: I was excited when I first heard about audio ducking. However, I removed it rather quickly because I found that when using the phone I couldn't hear IOS because the volume was turned down. On 12/17/14, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > I use that all the time. You take the phone away from your ear, give it a > second so the screen can come back on (it is off so your cheek doesn't press > buttons), then double tap two fingers anywhere on the screen. If you do it > too quickly after lowering the phone, the screen won't yet be on and you > might think the gesture isn't working. Remember that, when you lower the > phone, it will switch to speakerphone mode automatically. I normally put my > right thumb over the speaker as I do this to muffle any sounds from the > other caller, especially if I'm hanging up on a voicemail prompt or > similarly loud noise. >> On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Colin Matthews >> <velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> So do you have a problem with the 2 finger double tap to end calls because >> that can be done anywhere on the screen! >> Colin >> >> On 17 Dec 2014, at 13:26, carol.pearso...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:carol.pearso...@googlemail.com> <carol.pearso...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:carol.pearso...@googlemail.com>> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I think it's time I said clearly thatI'm really still not happy about the >>> iPhone's method(s)of ending phone calls. I suppose this may have got >>> worse for me as Audio Ducking is on, so now I really can't hear the >>> button I'm trying to locate at the end of a call and even pressing the >>> on/off switch doesn't always work. >>> >>> At one stage the buttons, I think, were better placed at the bottom of >>> the phone, maybe nearer the corners. If I am wrong here then, never >>> mind; but I really wish there was an easier way to end calls efficiently >>> when not connected to a headset. >>> >>> Does anyone else feel this way and, if so, do you think there's any >>> workable solution that we could put forward to the Accessibility Team? >>> Maybe this isn't a big deal for anyone, but I still think it spoils the >>> ship for me and I quite often see postings from people who are having >>> this difficulty. >>> >>> Thanks for any useful commentsI could consider before writing to Apple. >>> >>> Carol P >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>> list. 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