So I have an interesting issue here with L's phone. She is using an iPhone SE model.
Her dexterity with one hand is not very good. It requires Touch ID to unlock it, or a passcode, none of which she can now use. We have tried to calibrate Touch ID a number of times and it no longer seems to be very reliable.
Fortunately despite not being able to unlock it she can call me using Siri.
What options do we have for unlocking the phone?
1. Can the passcode be removed? I know there are security issues there but can it be disabled entirely?
2. Can I get a keyboard with large numeric keys so at least it could be unlocked?
3. Failing that, I could try to swap the phone out for a model with Face ID, which may or may not work.
Thanks.
@brian_hartgen I'm no expert but once unlocked you can then disable use of the pass code and I can't think of any features that will become unavailable to her beyond Apple Pay and wallet which I suspect she doesn't use.
@robini71 I will try disabling it and see what happens. Thanks.
@brian_hartgen Yes sir glad to help if I can.
@robini71 Robin, I've tried it on my phone, and that does work. So I can do that for her tomorrow.
@brian_hartgen You might ahve missed it but a couple of days back I asked something about Chat GPT. I'm wondering if you have experienced it or have thoughts. When using it in a browser it's suddenly speaking the prior response instead of its most recent response to a prompt when using Jaws For Windows 2026. Might you have a thought on what might cause this?
@robini71 I did actually see that question, but at the time, ChatGPT was not behaving well anyway so I took it that it may be part of that. I'm pretty sure it was reading the correct notification this morning but I will try again now.
@brian_hartgen I'm about to ask it a second question so I'll report back also. Ah didn't know it was being ornary.
@robini71 No it's doing it correctly here unfortunately.
@brian_hartgen Strange lucky you. What browser are you in then or are you using their app?
@robini71 I'm using Microsoft Edge.
@brian_hartgen that's what I thought but doubted my own mind. I'll try it in there for fun.