Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
- Subject: Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
- From: Ben Staveley-Taylor <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:57:29 +0100
I’m trying to understand what rules VoiceOver is following as it decides what to read out. Is there any documentation, or a VoiceOver debug mode where it can emit the AX-attributes it is checking as it goes? I know about the Accessibility Inspector.
Even with Apple TextEdit I find the VoiceOver reading rules puzzling. For example, take this scenario:
- (Enable VoiceOver if not already on)
- Create a TextEdit document and type a few words into it and make one of them bold
- Format -> Make Plain Text so you get the confirmation alert presented.
Result: VoiceOver reads the alert title text twice. It says, “Make Plain Text. Interact with alert dialog. Convert this document to plain text? Convert this document to plain text?”
Can anyone explain why this happens? (My VO Utility Verbosity Announcements “Automatically speak text in dialog boxes” option was off during the test.)
Thanks if you can shed any light.
— Ben.
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