accessible-iOS Re: help please, lost Voiceover

  • From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:58:21 -0400

Very interesting.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 9, 2013, at 6:55 PM, jessica brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> Oh ok. Well I find that If I turn off vo and then plug the device into a 
> computer with nvda or jaws running and do a home power reset then vo comes on.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx
> To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:47:25 -0400
> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: help please, lost Voiceover
> 
> Sorry, but the correlation doesn't make sense here. Just because you Use a 
> screen reader on a computer does not at all mean that it will detect that you 
> need voice over on an iOS device, which could be different from many other 
> operating Systems out there. Also, as I've stated before, this is a hit or 
> miss type of thing, sometimes it happens, sometimes it does not
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 9, 2013, at 2:34 PM, jessica brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> Yeah. I avoid that reset at all costs unless I have my computer nearby to 
> turn vo back on. That reset gets rid of all accessability settings. However, 
> if you connect your device to the computer and do that home and power button 
> reset again then I think vo will come back on without going into iTunes if 
> you have a screen reader running on your computer. I guess it automicly 
> detects that your iOS device needs voiceover on if you run a screen reader on 
> your computer. However, your triple click setting and all other accessability 
> settings will be lost and you will need to set them back up on your iOS 
> device..
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Garth Humphreys <ghum01@xxxxxxxxx
> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:41:08 +1000
> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: help please, lost Voiceover
> 
> Sorry for this Donna. This is a known bug under the current iOS. The only way 
> to get Voice Over back on now is via iTunes on your computer or a sighted 
> person going into settings and turning it back on for you. All your Voice 
> Over settings will have been returned to defaults and the triple tap option 
> will need to be set back to toggling Voice Over.
> 
> Garth
> On 09/09/2013, at 9:29 PM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This morning when I looked at my phone to check the time, I noticed that the 
> battery status wasn't being reported properly.  So I performed the reset by 
> holding down the power and home buttons.  I waited about 15 minutes, but my 
> phone never came back up.  I was abel to turn the phone on, but I've lost 
> Voiceover.  I have tried toggling it on and off with the triple click of the 
> home button, but that did nothing.  I've tried turning the volume up, but 
> that also did nothing.  Anyone have any ideas of anything else I can try?
> thanks,
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