[macvoiceover] Re: Iphone: entering numbers while on a call
- From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:21:32 -0500 (CDT)
I don't think ad call or hold will work because you aren't trying to go on
hold or add a call; you are trying to answer an automated system on the
present call.
I've been experimenting with this. Here is the problem:
The keypad button does not show if you are holding the phone up to your
face. But if you hold it out flat and away from you, and speaker mode
kicks in, the keypad button is there but you will have trouble hearing
voiceover.
Here are the solutions that work for me:
(1) Use your headset when making a call you know will require keypad
responses during the call or make sure you don't tilt it up to your face.
The phone position won't matter if you have the headset on.
2. When you dial a number with the keypad or hit a contact or use voice
control to request a number, if voiceover speaks while placing the call
(it usually does) take that opportunity to turn up the volume while
voiceover is speaking so the voiceover volume will be as high as possible.
You may have to get voiceover to talk during the call in some way if you
really need the volume for voiceover to be higher. Remember that unless
voiceover is talking, it will not be the voiceover volume that is
increased but rather the volume of your call.
3. The keypad button may be further up on the phone than you are thinking.
It is quite a bit further up than the row with the
ad call and other such buttons though this actually is only one row
further up. I believe there are three buttons on this row: mute on the
left, keypad is next, and speaker on the right. Again, if you are not
using the headset and have the phone tilted toward your face, you won't
find these buttons at all.
I am not yet fast enough to find the keypad and enter for instance my bank
account number and pin for the bank; fortunately I can do this by voice at
least at home. I am fast enough now to do responses that require one
keypress: for instance, after entering my account number and pin, I can
then make other choices with my bank using the keypad.
Hth.
--
Cheryl
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