hi eleanor, we know nothing, just got the phone yesterday afternoon, no aps yet. yes he can turn the voice on and off ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Burke To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:52 PM Subject: [vip_students] For Susan Curry Hi Susan I am not an iPhone user but from your question, it is hard to know where to start. Perhaps you should tell us how much you know about the iPhone and Voice Over. Can you turn on Voice Over independently? Do you know about the different typing modes for sending a text message? What do you know about the Rota, have you any apps? Have you explored the Settings for the various apps? Will your preference be to use the virtual keyboard or a bluetooth keyboard Etc. Just put out some ideas to get you started. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 1863 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen