By Scottsdale, 1 February, 2011
Forum
iOS and iPadOS
Hi folks,
Earlier, I was teaching someone to use an iPhone. I don't usually have VO hints turned on, but seeing as he was totally new to iOS I thought they might be helpful. I noticed that when we used the numeric keypad within the phone app, aplicable letters were announced by VO after each number. For example, VO would say "5, JKL" or "7, PQRS".
Here's the question: does anyone know why VO speaks these hints? I can't think of a situation in iOS where you are required to enter text in this fashion. Come to that, I can't think of a place in iOS where it is even possible to enter text in this fashion!
Does this mean that this method of input via the numeric keypad layout could be coming as a feature, or am I getting all hot and bothered for nothing?
Scott
Comments
I am not sure about text
Thought of one possible explanation