Hi, I've noticed some changes in how VO functions after upgrading to IOS 9... Or maybe it was IOS 8... haha Can't remember for sure,. but things I've noticed:
- When I go to listen to voicemails, before I can turn on the speaker by lifting my phone to my ear and pulling away, but doesn't work now...
- When I call someone, I can do the same gesture to turn on the speaker before, but now, when the call is answered, it goes back to the earphone speaker.
I find having to physically find the speaker button and tapping it is very inconvenient.
Is this a bug or did apple do this on purpose?
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I have to say I have noticed
I have to say I have noticed this as well, and it is frustrating. Hopefully Apple do something about it in their next update. Although I don't use the phone app very much, when I do having to navigate it is tricky.
Yes
I have noticed those issues, and also just a slow but steady degradation of voiceover integration with iOS in general. As they make the operating system more advanced, it seems like voiceover is falling further and further behind. I remember when I first got my iPhone 4 into thousand 10. Everything just works so seamlessly! from there, slowly but steadily, things got buggier and less reliable. I worry that someday these phones will no longer be accessible to the blind.
So sad
So sad to see voiceover getting worse with each update, it seems like... I know that they may have added on some nice functions to VO since ios 6, but I wish that didn't mess with the basics that used to work so well... Miss the ios that came with the phone when I first got my iPhone... I was so happy to have an accessable phone. I guess I still am grateful for VO, but wondering if I should convert to an android next time and get the screen reader ap which supposedly works really well... *sigh* If others that have experienced this issue could email apple as well, that would be great! The more of us speak out about it, they may do something about it... Thanks!