Hi Mark, Great news
Thanks for letting us know and great work advising apple of the problem. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 7:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: In iOS 11, The iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug has Been Resolved Hello All, With the release of iOS 11, I received a message from Apple indicating that they had resolved the iOS iBook VoiceOver continuous reading bug, described in my original bug report, and that they wanted me to confirm this. I am delighted to report that the bug, as I originally described in iOS 10, has been successfully resolved with the release of iOS 11. I have already sent my congratulations and appreciation to Apple and wanted to update you on this issue. I will paste in my previous post on this in order to refresh your memory on this matter. Here's one for the team, eh? Mark -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 11:58 PM Subject: Even in iOS 10.1 the iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug Continues Hello Everyone, A while ago I posted to the groups describing what I consider to be an iBook VoiceOver continuous reading bug given that the behavior did not occur in previous versions of iOS. After posting, a couple of iOS beta testers reported that this issue had been resolved in iOS 10.1. Well, as you can guess, I updated to iOS 10.1 and the bug, in my opinion, persists. I am going to paste in a modified copy of my previous post on this and see if any of you can reproduce it in iOS 10.1. [ORIGINAL TEXT] My preferred method for reading iOS iBook titles is to use the two-finger, swipe-down VoiceOver gesture, in order to initiate continuous reading of the text. Please note that I am not referring to the Speak Screen accessibility feature. In short, my display is set to automatically lock after 30 seconds. In the previous versions of IOS, performing a 2-finger swipe down, in an iBook title, would suspend the auto-lock and allow for continuous reading of the text. This does not appear to be the case, any longer. This is to say, in certain titles, such as those containing imbedded hyperlinks, the auto-lock engages, cancelling the continuous reading mode. I first discovered this, last night, while reading the Apple TV User Guide. The same phenomenon occurred when I tested my hypothesis with the iPhone User Guide for iOS 10 and iPhone User Guide for iOS 9.3. At first, I thought it was some kind of issue with titles produced by Apple but I tested a recently published (non Apple) title, that has a web link imbedded in the text, and, just as with the Apple manuals, after less than 1 minute, the screen locked and reading ceased. It should be noted, that the hyperlinks that exist in the Table of Contents, used to jump to a specific area, does not cause interruption to the continuous reading feature. I say this because titles in my Library, containing only such links, read as expected. Steps to Reproduce: 1. >From Settings/General/Display and Brightness, set Auto Lock to 30 seconds. 2. In iBook, open the Apple TV User Guide and, from the table of contents, select Home Sharing; or, open the iPhone User Guide for iOS 10 and, from the table of contents, select Basics. 3. Once the desired page is displayed, perform the two-finger swipe-down VoiceOver gesture to initiate continuous reading. As I said, in my testing, each time either an imbedded hyperlink or heading is encountered, a short time later, the screen will lock and reading will stop. Please confirm if this occurs during your testing. I would like to note that, this problem does not occur when using the Speak Screen accessibility feature. While certainly useful in some instances, the Speak Screen feature is not my preferred method for reading iBook titles. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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