Pete,
Many thanks, I'll hear from you how you get on with it after you've been
away!
Have a good time.
Regards,
Michael
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
pete gurney
Sent: 24 April 2015 20:01
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: accessibility of the apple watch
hi michael,
there's not a headphone socket, but i understand you can pair it with a
bluetooth headset but i haven't done it yet.
you can use it for guidance with it speaking the turns to you and i
understand it also indicates them via taps on your wrist.
it has apple maps on the watch but what i don't know yet is if you have to
set the destination on the watch or if you can do it on either the watch or
the Iphone.
pete.
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pete gurney <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:53:11 +0100
Michael Moore <michaelmoorehere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pete,what I mean?
Is there a headphone socket on it? Like if you were in an environment
where you didn't want others to hear the speech etc? Or can you plug
your 'phones into your phone and use the watch to navigate.... if you know
the Iphone.
Kindest,
Mike
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: 24 April 2015 18:45
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] accessibility of the apple watch
hi all,
for anyone thinking of getting the apple watch i can confirm it is
totally accessible.
i got mine this morning and set about setting it up without any
sighted help which you can do easily.
the only problem i had is that several times both the watch and the
Iphone said the pairing was successful only for the Iphone to announce
20 or 30 seconds later that pairing had failed.
but on the forth attempt it all worked fine.
when setting it up you need the apple watch app running on the Iphone.
to turn the apple watch on you put it on and press and hold the button
on the side of the watch for a few seconds and the apple logo will
appear on the screen.
this is not the button in the middle of the digital crown but the one
below it.
once you feel a light vibration on your wrist if you press the digital
crown button 3 times quickly and then wait a few seconds later the
watch will start speaking with an american voice.
you are automatically put in the setup screen asking you to choose
your language.
flick left and right to choose and then double tap with one finger.
the watch will then tell you to start the pairing in the apple watch
app on your Iphone.
on the Iphone double tap start pairing and then do the same on the watch.
they both go into automatic pairing mode where you have to point the
camera of the Iphone at the watch.
personally i didn't find this worked for me so i did it the manual way
instead.
on the watch you double tap on the button that says show manual
pairing information.
the watch will tell you to double tapp manual pairing on the Iphone
and also show you a long number.
when you go into manual pairing on the Iphone it will recognise any
apple watches that are in range and show their numbers at the bottom
of the screen.
you double tap on the number that matches the one on the watch.
the next step doesn't give you mutch time to complete before it
cancels itself forcing you to start all over again.
once you have tapped on the long number at the bottom of the Iphone
screen the watch screen changes and shows you a 6 digit number which
you have to enter into the Iphone screen.
once you have entered the number correctly within about 20 to 30
seconds both the watch and the Iphone will tell you that pairing was
successful and the watch will tell you to finish the rest of the setup on
on the Iphone you double tap on the continue setup button and followup.
the instructions to answer a few questions such as which wrist are you
wearing the watch on, and wether the buttons are on the left or right
plus a couple more.
when the setup is complete on the Iphone your watch will speak up in
the language of your choice, in my case the english daniel voice.
i'm very impressed with the way the whole watch works.
even making phone calls works fine especially when it comes to hanging
i just swipe one finger to the left and it says end call and a double
tapp ends the call.
siri works well just press and hold the digital crown and after a
couple os seconds you feel a light vibration to prompt you to ask
your question and so far it has worked every time and has
automatically spoken the answer to me.
i'm off to teignmouth for a week tomorrow so will play around with it
a lot more while i'm away so if anyone has any questions i will gladly
answer them when i return.
pete gurney.
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