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remote access to iphone or other tech support for blind father (self.Blind)
submitted by 3minutekarma
Hi Reddit

My Dad is completely blind and uses an i phone seven with voice over. He's also never been tech savvy so I'm his main support for any issues but I live about a hundred miles away but go home most weekends. Occasionally he has problems with his phone that is solved through a few taps and swipes, but that's if you know what to look for and what settings to change, which was difficult when he could see, and generally not possible now that he can't.

Are there any tech support tools that the community uses that I should be using to help him with i phone troubleshooting? I was looking at Team Viewer but that looks like it might require him to authorize access to the phone each session.

Also, what other tech support resources could I use? Appointments at the local genius bar are booked out for days and he occasionally goes to the t mobile store since we have service through them but they don't always know what to do, and when they do, might not know how to explain it to a blind guy with limited technical knowledge.

Thanks for any guidance
CloudyBeep 3 points 3y ago
Introduce him to the AppleVis website. If he has a problem, he can ask other blind iOS users for help.
Superfreq2 2 points 3y ago
Agreed with Cloudy Beep here, Applevis is an excellent resource.
theaggravatedjew 1 points 3y ago
Hey, sent you a dm. But forgot to mention this as a great starting point. The info is very thorough and would probably bore you, but if your dad wasn’t tech inclined and is dealing with a lack of tech background and voice over learning curve the resources at Hadley would likely be a good jumping off point https://hadley.edu/InstructionalVideos/Exploring_the_Device_with_VoiceOver.asp
TheBlindBookLover 1 points 3y ago
Hi. If he is having issues specific to VoiceOver, enable the accessibility feature that allows you to activate and deactivate VoiceOver with a triple click of the home button. If he can turn VoiceOver on and off on his own, he will be able to fix most issues related to VoiceOver.
furry_slippers 1 points 3y ago
This is a really tough question. Does your dad live in a city/town with a senior center? I know our senior center has a volunteer group of techies that visits older people's homes and helps troubleshoot problems. Some of them are high schoolers trying to get their volunteer credits before graduation (they need to rack up 50 hours before they graduate).
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