Bluetooth would work too, wouldn't it, and he could get those telescoping ones. 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 7:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Answering iPhone

Yes, using the wired earbuds would be the best way.

 

Sadly, the suggestion of Voice Control that someone made likely won’t work as 
there is no voice command for answer phone that I’ve found.

You may be able to say tap answer button, but you would have to hang up 
manually since voice control stops listening when you are on a call.

 

 

 

 

Richard

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave 
Clement
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Answering iPhone

 

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

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On Oct 21, 2020, at 5:12 PM, mmmat <[email protected] 
<mailto:[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 

 

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