Hi, One potential way to handle answering the phone could be to employ the Apple earbuds. If you are using them and the phone rings, you can press the centre of the control on the earbud cord. This will answer the phone call. The centre of that control is also the microphone so you can simply talk away on the call. To hang up you simply press the centre again after the call.
How feasible this will be depends on the individual wearing the earbuds with the phone. A more expensive option could be to use Air Pods which are bluetooth and provide a similar function. Other less expensive bluetooth headphone / microphone devices may also provide a similar function. With bluetooth you would not have to be physically tethered to the phone by a cord. However, you would need to consider what needs to be done to care for the bluetooth devices. Yes, SIRI can send emails but sadly, as you say, won't read them to you. SIRI can send text messages and will read back any "new" (unread) text messages you have waiting. SIRI will ask if you wish to reply to a given text message it reads out. If using Voiceover gestures presents difficulties, perhaps using the "voice command" feature of IOS would help. "Voice Command" used to work in conjunction with Voiceover but I have heard, but not confirmed, that under IOS 14.x, it no longer does. Still, this might be an option for issuing IOS system commands. Just a thought. Dave Clement Winnipeg MB will On Oct 21, 2020, at 5:12 PM, mmmat <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Group, I am working with an individual that is very low vision and is also suffering from a mild case of dementia and he gets overwhelmed easily. He is using an iPhone 8 and I am very reluctant to turn on voice over. I think it will be too difficult for him to remember the voiceover commands. There are two immediate things that I want to accomplish with him using the Hey Siri command or any other speaking options if available. First is there an easy way to answer a incoming phone call without being able to see the screen. Second, we were able to successfully send an email message using the Hey Siri command. Is there a way to have Siri read and email message aloud. Every time I ask Siri to read my email messages, it only tells me the name of the sender and the subject line and does not read the actual email message. Any help is much appreciated. Mario -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000001d6a7f7%24255dbff0%2470193fd0%24%40comcast.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/37AFC07B-F907-4CA5-A7E7-BE27BBC36129%40mymts.net.
