[nfbcs] Setting Voiceover Speech Rate

Tue Nov 22 16:34:33 UTC 2016

Folks,

It is always good to have a comprehensive reference for how to use devices
such as the iPhone.  One of the best references is:
"Getting Started with the iPhone and iOS 9"
By Anna Dresner.
from the National Braille Press (nbp.org).

I buy the word version, convert it to a text file, and use it as a quick
reference for iOS questions.  I also have read the entire book a couple of
times so that I generally know what the iPhone can do, and how the book is
laid out.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via
nfbcs
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:14 AM
To: Sabra Ewing <sabra1023 at gmail.com>
Cc: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>; Sabra Ewing via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Setting Voiceover Speech Rate

Ah, indeed you can. That will bring you right to the page that has the
speech rate slider on it.

Thanks Sabra,

Jim

Written While on the Move

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Sabra Ewing <sabra1023 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Or you can just tell Siri, open VoiceOver settings.
> 
> Sabra Ewing
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Here you go...
>> 
>> 1.  Find the settings app and double tap on it.
>> 2.  Flick right with one finger until you hear "General" and double tap
on that.
>> 3.  Flick right with one finger until you hear "Accessibility" and double
tap on that.
>> 4.  The first option should be "Voiceover", double tap on that.
>> 5.  Flick right with one finger until you hear "speaking rate, heading".
>> 6.  Flick right with one finger once more and you'll hear "speaking rate"
and then a percentage.
>> 7.  flick down with one finger to slow down speech, flick up with one
finger to speed up speech.
>> 8.  Once you have the speed where you want it, just press the home button
to go back to your home screen.  No need to save anything.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 08:29:29AM -0600, Sabra Ewing via nfbcs wrote:
>>> You go to VoiceOver settings and then you go to speech. It should be
somewhere near the top.
>>> 
>>> Sabra Ewing
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 22, 2016, at 12:01 AM, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs
<nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> If you want to be able to change this stuff via the roter, you have 
>>>> to add it to the roter. That and everything else VoiceOver, unless 
>>>> 10 is very different from 9, is in Settings > General > Accessibility >
VoiceOver.
>>>> 
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Nicole
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter 
>>>> Donahue via nfbcs
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 8:33 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>>>> Cc: Peter Donahue
>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] Setting Voiceover Speech Rate
>>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>              This afternoon we upgraded my wife's iPhone to 
>>>> iOS10.1. When the upgrade was completed we discovered that her 
>>>> Voiceover speech rate was very fast. Despite the best efforts of 
>>>> the Sprint reps that helped us upgrade her iPhone they were unable 
>>>> to slow down the speaking rate. A refresher on how one can change 
>>>> the Voiceover speech rate is in order. If someone can send us a 
>>>> description of this procedure that will help a lot. It would also 
>>>> be nice if one could do this via Siri instead of going through the 
>>>> "Settings Menu." I went through the same thing when I upgraded my 
>>>> iPhone to iOS10 last summer and will need to look this trouble in the
eye again when we upgrade to iOS 10.1 on my iPhone and our iPad Air 2.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>              It would be nice if one could save their Voiceover 
>>>> settings and have them imported whenever the iOS upgrades are 
>>>> installed to save one the trouble of having to always reset the 
>>>> speech rate whenever one upgrades the iOS or oSX operating system. 
>>>> This would allow one to save time and frustration whenever these
upgrades are done.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>              Besides changing Voiceover settings via the "Settings
Menu"
>>>> isn't there a way to do this via the Roter? If so how does one do 
>>>> it? Help will be very much appreciated. All the best for a joyous 
>>>> and happy Thanksgiving from Mary and myself.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>> 
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