Hi Clive,
According to that article, which I assume you didn’t read <Smile>, it says that
blind and VI people had fed back to Apple but they said they wouldn’t fix it in
older devices. This is why I reported it here. I think it is bad of Apple not
to fix it, since they know how to fix it. It is fixed in iOS 10.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Clive Lever (Redacted sender "clive.lever" for DMARC)
Sent: 05 September 2016 11:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple iOS 9.3.5 Has A Nasty Surprise
Hi Steve,
To the best of your knowledge, has anyone actually asked Apple to fix the bug?
If bugs have especially nasty repercussions for us, we need to feed back to
them.
Best,
Clive
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Dave Sheridan
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 11:06 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple iOS 9.3.5 Has A Nasty Surprise
Hi Steve
Having listened to this I totally agree, Apple should mend this bug
retrospectively. Otherwise, those using the 4s will have their hands forced to
purchase a more up to date phone in order to use this function efficiently. I
don't think the suggestion which Martin has reiterated is good enough as
turning off voiceover to use the dictation and then turning voiceover back on
again afterwards is that clever for a totally blind user, particularly those
who aren't particularly confident with tech. Apple have a moral duty to fix
this but they have shown in their unwillingness to pay the tax they are due to,
that morals aren't that high on their list. I say this despite valuing my
iPhone 5s hugely as it enables me to do so many things that make life so much
easier.
Dave
Sent from my iPhone
On 5 Sep 2016, at 08:14, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hi all,
If you are on one of the older iOS devices, that won’t get iOS 10, this is
pretty nasty.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/09/03/apple-ios-9-3-5-voiceover-siri-dictation-problems/#ec4ab1da649a
Let’s hope Apple fix the bug retrospectively.
All the best
Steve
