Re: Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
Re: Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
- Subject: Re: Why does VoiceOver read alert titles twice?
- From: Victor Tsaran <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:18:16 -0700
This may be a bug.
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> On Sep 1, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Ben Staveley-Taylor <email@hidden> wrote:
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> 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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