accessible-iOS Re: help please, lost Voiceover

  • From: Donna <mermaid7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:43:05 -0400

Jessica

I'm just curious, but are you using a Mac computer? My thought, if so,, maybe 
Apple has something in their Mac computer that detects whether another Apple 
device when connected to the computer has voiceover turned on. 

Donna

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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