apple watch and haptic time feeback with voiceover

By mslion, 15 November, 2018

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I heared that it is possible to feel the time with haptic feedback. How does this work in combination with voiceover? If you tap a screen than it speaks the time aloud right? That defeats the purpose of quite feedbac? I am thinking of buying an apple watch so therefore my question. Any other experiences are highly apriciated.

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By Amanda Hall on Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 18:30

Hi, when the apple watch is locked, just double tap quickly on the screen, and the watch will tell the time in haptic vibrations, without actually speaking it. It does long vibrations for hours after 10 and 10's, and short ones for digits below 10. So if it was 9:23, it would do 9 short ones, then a short pause, 2 long ones for the 2 10's making up 20, another pause and then another 3 short ones for the 3 of 23.

By mslion on Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 18:30

Thanks for the clerification. But when I tap the screen, does voicover not start speaking the time? I am sorry if this is an obvious question I do not have an apple watch myself yet.

By Adrian Wyka on Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 18:30

In theory, he will not talk.
Although, unfortunately, it works randomly.
Often, instead of vibrating an hour, it often lights up the screen and speak.

By Eileen on Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 18:30

For those who don't already know, if you perform a triple tap instead of a double tap, Taptic time will skip the hour and just give you the taps on the wrist for the minutes. I tend to use this more than the double tap, as I usually know the hour. The only time this can cause some doubt, is when it's spot on the hour, in which case you get no taps, leaving you wondering if the triple tap was recognized.

I only ever use the Digits option for Taptic time, so don't know if the other two options also support the triple tap.

By DrummerGuy on Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 18:30

These last few days I have started to think about getting an Apple Watch. Thanks for the info.