[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cycling on and off on my iPhone

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:57:57 -0600

I’ve had instances where VO comes on, goes off, comes on, goes off… it really 
is quite annoying when you just quickly wish to read an email or web page. It 
can sometimes go on for a minute or more. 

Russell
> On Sep 20, 2014, at 8:10 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Annoying as a matter of perspective, when it causes you to miss a phone call, 
> it's annoying. Is there a list of known bugs anywhere?
> 
> Sent from my iHammock
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:03 AM, Ignasi Cambra <ic4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> This is a known bug. It's been happening throughout the beta testing period, 
>> And I am assuming Apple will fix it at some point. It is not very annoying 
>> though, because voiceover just comes back right away…
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Bob Ray <wa0kzb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I haven't followed this thread very closely but ... It seems to me that one
>>> cause for cycling on and off could be that the phone doesn't have enough
>>> memory to support the new operating system and voiceover at the same time.
>>> Just a thought.
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Solowoniuk
>>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 11:12 PM
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover cycling on and off on my iPhone
>>> 
>>> Hi Ian,
>>> 
>>> Yes, I'm experiencing this as well on my iPhone 4S since installingIOS 8.
>>> Sometimes if I click on a link in an email message, Safari will open, VO
>>> will quit for a few seconds, and then I'll hear the message, "VoiceOver is
>>> on". Haven't found a fix for it yet, but haven't had much time to
>>> troubleshoot. maybe this weekend. I read your post about restarting the
>>> iPhone and will give this a try.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Russell
>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Since IOS 8 Voiceover is cycling on and off, often when I switch apps.
>>> Things go silent, and then I hear the characteristic Voiceover on, screen
>>> curtain on. It's as if I triple clicked to turn it off then on.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone else experience this? Any fix?
>>>> 
>>>> Ian
>>>> 
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