Another weird ProctorU issue

[Merlin]

It's easy enough to figure this out, and I LITERALLY don't own a cell phone and I've never taken a proctored exam with ProctorU- so if *I* can figure it out, smart people trying to figure it out will for sure!
I've watched people "ask Siri" questions and she replies- so why can't someone tape their cell phone to their monitor by the camera and read their questions out loud to themselves as they take their test?  With the volume on the phone turned off, you could still initiate a search for the answer.

I have had proctors tell me I can't speak aloud during the test at all. But then I have had so many different rules from different proctors. Hardly ever the same requirements more than a couple times. I had one that did not even ask me to hold up a mirror (or phone) to see my laptop screen, so i could have had notes taped to the keyboard area. It all depends on what proctor you get that day. People who want to cheat will probably get away with it sometimes and be thwarted on others!

Speaking out loud is not allowed by almost every proctoring system. This can be a problem for me since I tend to "think out loud", particularly when I'm walking through a question that is worded oddly. I've warned proctors that I sometimes do this without realizing it and they usually warn me to try to subvocalize since talking can invalidate the test.

I assume the issue is that you could theoretically have someone listening in who is relaying answers to you somehow... maybe an earpiece mic or something?