[Diabetes-Talk] IOS 16 and the Dexcom G6 reading...

[Ed Worrell]

The other option is to turn off image recognition from the rotor. You will first have to add the image recognition to the rotor as an option, after it’s added you can now turn off the image recognition per app.

I hope this helps,

Ed Worrell


> On Jan 23, 2023, at 2:29 PM, Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> So it looks to me like if image recognition is turned off in the voice Over settings, that image recognition will be turned off entirely for all apps and websites and not just for the Dexcom app.
> Patricia
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 23, 2023, at 11:32 AM, Ed Worrell via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Paul,
>> 
>> This is an issue with the image description function with Voiceover. You will have to go into Voiceover settings, Voiceover Recognition and turn off the image recognition for Dexcom. This will stop it from reading out the image description on the app.
>> 
>> I hope this helps,
>> 
>> Ed Worrell
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 22, 2023, at 12:35 AM, Paul Magill via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all, 
>>> 
>>> I have just replaced my old 6S with a new iPhone SE2022, which had IOS 16,
>>> and one of the changes I noticed is the way VoiceOver reads my glucose level
>>> on the main screen. 
>>> 
>>> Instead of just reading the value, it appends either the word, sign, or,
>>> optical instrument. 
>>> 
>>> It is only a minor nuisance, but if anyone has found a way to stop it, could
>>> you please advise me.
>>> 
>>> Under VoiceOver settings, I found, VoiceOver recognition,  and turned them
>>> all off, but the problem remains?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> With appreciation,
>>> Paul in Australia.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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