[Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems

Sun Nov 9 16:51:53 UTC 2014

I did use the word, "seems" didn't I?  That's not accusatory.
But I'm glad they are working on it.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-talk" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>; "Discussion of 
accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems

> Apple is addressing issues with IOS 8. IOS 8.1 fixed several significant 
> bugs in IOS 8.0 and IOS 8.1.1 is currently in beta and is said to have a 
> lot of fixes in it, especially for older devices. One can complain that 
> Apple knew about some of these issues early in the beta cycle for IOS 8 
> and is just now getting around to fixing them but this is different than 
> saying they're not willing to address issues in IOS 8.
>
> On 11/09/2014 10:30 AM, Christine Szostak via Electronics-talk wrote:
>> They are actually trying to do so and are willing to listen to VO users,
>> it is just that 8.0 introduced so many bugs that were VO specific,
>> accessibility in general, and mainstream that  I think they are just
>> trying to hit the most crucial in every area as quickly as possible. 8.0
>> was much worse than 8.1 in all three of the above areas but 8.1 is still
>> significantly worse than 7.1.2 which was wonderful in my opinion.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net>
>> To: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>; "Discussion of
>> accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 11:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>
>>
>>> It seems Apple isn't willing to address the issues with the latest IOS
>>> version.  As far as I know.
>>> Vince
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Szostak via
>>> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>; "Discussion of
>>> accessibleelectronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>;
>>> "'Mohaned Sayegh'" <mohaneds at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 7:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yep, there are actually lots of little bugs in IOS 8.1 and it is
>>>> actually a bit of a pain. Oh, how I wish I had not yet updated:). I
>>>> also notice a lot of sluggishness that I did not notice when running
>>>> IOS 7.1.2. I know the email issue has been a major complaint and I
>>>> think there are issues with the volume but I do not tend to use mine
>>>> much for email so can only say from what I have heard from others.
>>>> Have a great rest of the weekend!
>>>> Chris
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Torcolini via
>>>> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: "'Mohaned Sayegh'" <mohaneds at gmail.com>; "'Discussion of
>>>> accessible electronics and appliances'" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 8.1, but the problems seem to be present in all of the 8 versions.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mohaned Sayegh [mailto:mohaneds at gmail.com]
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 5:10 PM
>>>>> To: Nicole Torcolini; Discussion of accessible electronics and
>>>>> appliances
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, are you using 8 or 8.1?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-talk
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:05 PM
>>>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 8, and I am having some
>>>>> accessibility
>>>>> problems. The first one may have been present before, but I just did
>>>>> not
>>>>> know. It seems to be possible to change the volume of the ringer and
>>>>> alerts
>>>>> and of the VoiceOver speech using the buttons, but it does not seem
>>>>> to be
>>>>> possible to change the volume of the VoiceOver sounds with the
>>>>> buttons. The
>>>>> next problem is that emails keep temporarily disappearing. I will be
>>>>> on an
>>>>> unread message in a thread and swipe right to a read message. When I
>>>>> swipe
>>>>> left, the unread message is going. Pressing home and then reopening
>>>>> mail
>>>>> makes the message come back and stay. I disabled the swipe left and
>>>>> swipe
>>>>> right actions in settings for emails, but that did not help. Another
>>>>> VoiceOver related issue is that, sometimes, VoiceOver is not reading
>>>>> the
>>>>> on/off state of a toggle button. Restarting the iPhone fixes it.
>>>>> Finally,
>>>>> the money reader does not seem to work with iOS 8. It was finicky
>>>>> with 7,
>>>>> but seems to not work at all with 8. Has anyone else experienced these
>>>>> issues or know anything about them?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Nicole
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