[Electronics-Talk] IPhone 12 mini

[Jim Barbour]

Hey Tom,

I was making assumptions.  I assumed that you hadn't activated "Hey Siri" and I assumed that you didn't have a home button, and so would need to use the side button.

Jim

On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 01:23:06PM -0700, Tom Evans via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Hello Jim and thanks on your thought of turning voiceover off and on. I was always hitting the home button three times but now just say hey Siri turn voiceover off or on. I’m not sure why pushing the button on the right helps or changes anything as compared to just saying hey Siri turn VoiceOver offer on. Tom
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Mar 20, 2021, at 8:49 PM, Jim Barbour via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Colleen,
> > 
> > It's unclear to me from your message what state the iPhone is in after you've turned the power on.
> > 
> > If you've gotten the phone to a state where it is up and otherwise functioning, you can use Siri to turn on Voiceover.  While holding down the side button, count to 2 to make sure the phone is listening and then say "turn on voiceover", then let go of the side button and see if that gets voiceover going.
> > 
> > Other things to try is making sure other audio works.  Can you play music, etc. If not, make sure that volume is up, you're not connected to a bluetooth speaker, etc.
> > 
> > Hope this gets you started,
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 10:29:45AM -0600, Colleen McFadden via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hello everyone,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I have an IPhone 12 mini and can't get voiceover to work.   I've turned it
> >> off, rebooted, and then turned it back on with no luck.  I've done a hard
> >> reset, too and that didn't work either.  Any suggestions?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Much appreciated,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Colleen
> >> 
> >> . 
> >> 
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