Hi All, Thanks for all your advice. Jackie, you were absolutely right, there was a bit of fiddling to do and restarting it. It works now though Cheers Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Martha Burke Sent: 30 October 2014 11:48 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: IOS8.1 on iPhone 5S In addition to Jackie's excellent advice, I would add that while I did all Jackie says below I did then have to choose Alex from the rotor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Brown" <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:47 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: IOS8.1 on iPhone 5S > Hi Steve > > Yes it works on the 5S. You need to go into Settings, General, > Accessibility, VoiceOver, Speech, and select Alex. When it comes in, > it might not change automatically since there are some of us for whom > this was a bit of a pest. If you select Alex and it doesn't work, Ask > Siri to turn off VoiceOver, then ask Siri to turn it back on again. > If this fails, reboot your handset. If you still don't get Alex, > reset your settings in General, and you should be good to go. I'm > speaking from experience here, (smile). > > > Kind regards, > > Jackie Brown > Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx > thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Twitter: @thebrownsplace > Skype: Thejackmate > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Steve Hyde-Dryden > Sent: 29 October 2014 21:55 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] IOS8.1 on iPhone 5S > > Hi All, > > > > I ended up doing the 8.1 upgrade last night on my iPhone 5S. I may > well be barking up the wrong tree here but does IOS8 not come with the > Alex voice for voice over or is that only on the new iPhone 6 models? > > > > If it does work on the 5S, can someone remind me how to change it please? > > > > Regards. > > Steve HD > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq