You know what, nothing's perfect!
Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! > On Mar 13, 2014, at 5:27 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are always bugs with something as complex as iOS. I used to study > programming, and there are always bugs even in the simplest programs. The > real, and only, question we should ever ask is, do the current features > outweigh the current bugs. If so, upgrade. If not, stick with the older > features and older bugs. > > Also, bugs are almost never as easy to fix as non-programmers like to > believe. Most of the time, bugs are caused by completely unrelated features. > When bugs remain across generations of the software, it usually means the > programmers have not yet been able to track down the cause or causes of the > bug. > > Finally, bugs that only occasionally occur are not reliably reproduced. This > means, the cause is almost impossible to determine. > > For these reasons, I have absolutely no patience for anyone who says any > problem / bug would be easy to fix. It is often difficult for me not to start > ridiculing any person who starts making such ridiculous assertions. > > Anyone who actually wants to see bugs / problems get fixed must clearly, > concisely, and unemotionally, write down the specific steps that cause the > bug / problem to occur, preferably every time. The more emotional the letter, > the less helpful it is for tracking down the problem / bug. > > In this particular case, somebody else suggested turning down the volume of > Siri for the person who was experiencing VO going loud. As my Siri volume is > lower than my VO volume, this most likely means the Siri volume is grabbing / > superseding the VO volume whilst Siri is active. Therefore, in my case, > increasing Siri volume corrected the issue for me. My bug report on this > matter merely states, The Siri volume on my iPhone 5 appears to take priority > over my VoiceOver volume for a short time after I use Siri. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 14 Mar 2014, at 9:40, "Crystal French" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> I have had the same issue as you. >> >> Voice Over goes softer in volume after using dictation. >> >> I couldn’t find the setting for VO volume, so put it on the roter. >> >> This IOS version seems to be a very mixed bag of bugs. >> >> Crystal >> >> From: David Chittenden >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: VoiceOver extremely loud after using dictation since iOS 7.1 >> >> I occasionally have the opposite issue. Sometimes, VO becomes quieter after >> dictation. I have not yet been able to reproduce it with any consistency. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On 14 Mar 2014, at 0:09, "Alexandra - Keinohrhasenfan" >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I really like the iOS 7.1 update so far. Apple has done an amazing job, as >> > many bugs and annoyances have been fixed. However, there's something that >> > makes using dictation less fun than before. When you dictate a text (no >> > matter which app you are using) and double tap to stop dictation, >> > VoiceOver >> > is very loud, I guess as loud as Siri. It's still very loud when you close >> > the app. So I start Siri, end it quickly, and VoiceOver is finally >> > speaking >> > with standard loudness again. Is anyone facing the same issue? I >> > re-started >> > the phone, but this didn't work. This loudness issue is something I only >> > recognized after the update to 7.1. Before, only the beep tones that ended >> > dictation and the repeated text were spoken loudly. 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