Sure, she would have to carry one extra device, but the savings are huge (about $1,200 over two years), as she is on the $30/month Nationwide 65 plan for seniors (note: you too can get this plan if you threaten convincingly to leave for a pay-as-you-go carrier).Īnyone on any sort of budget should weigh the same choice and strongly consider an iPod touch over an iPhone. Like me, she is app-crazy-but-talk-little. And I’m thinking of getting my wife an iPod touch as an adjunct to her Verizon cellphone, rather than switching her to an iPhone. My 8-year-old son wants to buy an iPod touch for himself with his Chinese New Year money. Think of how our sci-fi shows would be different if they knew what we know now. Turns out that given the choice, we prefer faster and more convenient ways to write to each other. Just because the telephone was invented after the pen doesn’t mean that we want enhanced ways to talk to each other, i.e. This is one thing, by the way, that futurists have constantly gotten wrong. Meanwhile, I sent and received many hundreds of e-mails, instant messages and SMS text messages. In the last 3 months, I only spent an average of 5 minutes per day actually speaking on my iPhone.

I use my iPhone incessantly for everything except talking on it.

My reply is less ambiguous: “Abso-freaking-lutely 100% true.” The original poster child for Aspergers, Mr. This is helpful when using multiple devices with Voice Control.A startup guy, Chris Dixon, recently wrote this Aspergers-tinged tweet: “The worst app on my iPhone is this thing called “Phone” where you have to speak synchronously with other humans.” Attention Aware: On devices with Face ID, this setting allows you to turn listening on or off based on whether or not you’re looking at the screen.Overlay: Allows you to set a continuous onscreen overlay with numbers, names, or the grid.These appear automatically after instructions are spoken that are similar, but don’t quite match the system commands. Show Hints: Displays dynamic suggestions for what you can say.Play Sound: Plays a sound effect when a command is recognized.

Show Confirmation: Displays a visual confirmation at the top of the screen when a command is recognized.

Vocabulary: Allows you to teach Voice Control new words.

Customize Commands: Shows you the full list of available commands, allows you to turn commands off, or create customized commands.

Language: Voice Control uses the the primary language that you have set on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Here’s a list of some of the settings you can adjust: You can customize several settings under Voice Control.

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