Hi folks,
Earlier, I was teaching someone to use an iPhone. I don't usually have VO hints turned on, but seeing as he was totally new to iOS I thought they might be helpful. I noticed that when we used the numeric keypad within the phone app, aplicable letters were announced by VO after each number. For example, VO would say "5, JKL" or "7, PQRS".
Here's the question: does anyone know why VO speaks these hints? I can't think of a situation in iOS where you are required to enter text in this fashion.
iOS and iPadOS
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Thanks in anticipation.
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