Hi, How exactly do you think you are being constructive here?
On the same register as your message, don't you think sighted people would have an issue if their caller ID were flashed on a billboard for everyone to see every time they get a call? It goes without saying that it is great we have access to caller ID. What is not so great is that it is announced out loud automatically for every one in your immediate surroundings to hear. I know that blind people sometimes have a hard time acknowledging the presence of other people who can see and hear. I like using my phone in a rather discrete fashion with a Bluetooth earpiece. I personally find it annoying that incoming calls make Samantha irrupt through my speakerphone and freak out the fellow traveller who is sitting right across from me. :) I don't quite like being the subject of other's curiosity. They suddenly have to acknowledge that there is a blind guy in the house. I am happy for you if you don't consider it to be an issue. I guess it depends on a multitude of settings and appreciate your opinion. However, I still believe I have a valid point here. There is no reason for us to broadcast the name and number of people who are calling us. Cheers E On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:05 AM, Sean Paul <newsandtraf...@aol.com> wrote: > So, would you complain if it wasn't spoken at all? I'd bet you would. Isn't > it a good thing that we get caller ID at all? I mean? Seriously? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 15:54 > Subject: Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue > with VoiceOver on iPhone > > > Hi, > > Not to sound discouraging but, I honestly don't know how many really share > this concern. I'm not so sure it's unavoidable either. One could mute > speech with a 3 finger double tap when not in use or, turn Voiceover off all > together with a 3 triple press of home, and turn either back on when > receiving an incoming call or, just want access to the phone. You could even > turn down the volume of voiceover so it would be hard to hear if not holding > the device in your hand. But I must say, of all bugs I want fixed, or > features I want to see added, This wouldn't even make my top 10. > > But, who knows? I might be in the minority on this topic. Hopefully your > message will urge others with the same concerns to contact Apple about it. > > JMO., > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Emrah <li...@kavun.ch> wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I remember reporting this a while ago to Apple Accessibility… To no avail. >> VoiceOver users have an unavoidable privacy issue: the automatic >> announcement of the caller ID of an incoming call. >> It should be possible to make this optional, with the ability to manually >> interrogate the screen to know who is calling. >> >> Moreover, why is it that when we have a headphone connected, the caller ID >> is still spoken out loud through the speakerphone? >> >> What do we have to do for Apple to take this into consideration? 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