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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1826481" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>After a bit of trial an error I worked out how to make this work but not how it was suggested exactly.</p><p></p><p>Firstly I warn everyone there may be some differences dependent on which Apple WatchOS one is using at the time, I have the series 3 an obviously I can only work with what I have.</p><p></p><p>Then I am Running iOS Beta 13.3 on my iPhone which could account for some differences, it seems to me that the watch is becoming more and more autonomous which each new Watch OS update.</p><p></p><p>So this is how it worked for me;</p><p>1. Forget about the iPhone Watch app. I went to General in the iPhone Watch app, there are no Accessibility settings although Jake, that may be due to the Beta iOS.</p><p></p><p>2.On the Watch go to Settings > General > Siri > Here I turned off "Hey Siri" (not sure what happens if you don't, I think it's optional). > Turn on Raise to Speak > Voice Feedback > Always on.</p><p>3. Now go to Settings (on the watch) > General > Accessibility > Voice over > switch on. Now you can turn this feature on and off by triple clicking the Crown.</p><p>On the Watch Face you can now highlight any Complication and Siri will read it. It can be the date, time, weather, messages etc. dependent on what complications you have added BUT if its a function like Breath or Heart Rate Siri will just read what it is, eg "Heart Rate," you must double tap it to turn it on on, which takes a bit of practice. If you choose a face with just an analogue watch then you can leave that selected and Siri will speak the time every time you raise the watch and tap the clock.</p><p></p><p>So with a bit of fiddling I can get it to do what I want but the instructions are very hard to find online, in fact I couldn't find anything at all until I searched for Voice Over. "Raise to Speak" (thanks Patrick) is just a way of getting rid of "Hey Siri," good in itself but of course what I wanted was to <em>get Siri to speak to me</em>, not the other way around.</p><p></p><p>I had been searching for terms like "How to make Apple Watch speak the time," or "Audible Time on Apple Watch," I found <u>nothing</u> relevant.</p><p>Once I knew what I was looking for though I found this excellent reference; <a href="https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-customize-voiceover-apple-watch#taptic" target="_blank">How to set up and customize VoiceOver on Apple Watch | iMore</a></p><p>On this page ther are even more options and possibilities including Taptic Time and Screen Curtain some of which are not available on Series 3 Watch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1826481, member: 204485"] After a bit of trial an error I worked out how to make this work but not how it was suggested exactly. Firstly I warn everyone there may be some differences dependent on which Apple WatchOS one is using at the time, I have the series 3 an obviously I can only work with what I have. Then I am Running iOS Beta 13.3 on my iPhone which could account for some differences, it seems to me that the watch is becoming more and more autonomous which each new Watch OS update. So this is how it worked for me; 1. Forget about the iPhone Watch app. I went to General in the iPhone Watch app, there are no Accessibility settings although Jake, that may be due to the Beta iOS. 2.On the Watch go to Settings > General > Siri > Here I turned off "Hey Siri" (not sure what happens if you don't, I think it's optional). > Turn on Raise to Speak > Voice Feedback > Always on. 3. Now go to Settings (on the watch) > General > Accessibility > Voice over > switch on. Now you can turn this feature on and off by triple clicking the Crown. On the Watch Face you can now highlight any Complication and Siri will read it. It can be the date, time, weather, messages etc. dependent on what complications you have added BUT if its a function like Breath or Heart Rate Siri will just read what it is, eg "Heart Rate," you must double tap it to turn it on on, which takes a bit of practice. If you choose a face with just an analogue watch then you can leave that selected and Siri will speak the time every time you raise the watch and tap the clock. So with a bit of fiddling I can get it to do what I want but the instructions are very hard to find online, in fact I couldn't find anything at all until I searched for Voice Over. "Raise to Speak" (thanks Patrick) is just a way of getting rid of "Hey Siri," good in itself but of course what I wanted was to [I]get Siri to speak to me[/I], not the other way around. I had been searching for terms like "How to make Apple Watch speak the time," or "Audible Time on Apple Watch," I found [U]nothing[/U] relevant. Once I knew what I was looking for though I found this excellent reference; [url=https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-customize-voiceover-apple-watch#taptic]How to set up and customize VoiceOver on Apple Watch | iMore[/url] On this page ther are even more options and possibilities including Taptic Time and Screen Curtain some of which are not available on Series 3 Watch. [/QUOTE]
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