Hi, John.
I’m not sure I clearly understand. Apple Watch locks itself after your wrist is
lowered, or 30 seconds, of if you cover the face with your palm, by default.
When the watch is locked, VO does not speak up, instead, as you have noted, a
haptic vibrates, and you then must tap the watch face, or raise your wrist,
again depending on how you have it set. Once you unlock the watch, VO should
start speaking, usually the time, but sometimes whatever is on your watch face.
There is sometimes a “unread notifications,” at the top left of your watch
face, and a double-tap on that will bring up a list of those. The other way to
reach the Notification Center is to swipe down twice until you hear VO say
Notification Center, then double-tap to open it.
You will eventually learn what each type of haptic means; the one used for
messages is different from the one used for other notifications, for example.
They are all different, and indeed all customizable to some extent.
Let me know if this helps, or specify what further help you need, and I’ll be
happy to provide more information.
—Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Twitter: @MarkBurningHawk
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 25, 2022, at 7:29 AM, John Covici <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi. I just bought an apple watch and it is not working properly with
voiceover. What it is doing is that if a message or a notification
comes to the iphone when its locked it goes to the apple watch, but vo
says nothing, all I get is a mysterious haptic and there is not a way to
tell what is going on. If I go to the messages app, I can see the new
message, or if I go into notifications, sometimes I see those, but I
have to guess at it and its very annoying.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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