Hello Tim, Try as I may, I cannot get VO to read the notification unless I single-finger double-tap the notification icon which launches an app.
Which TTS engine are you using on the watch? Which Apple watch are you using? I am running Apple watch series 7. After reading your reply, I enabled notification summary on the watch but the result was the same as when I had this feature disabled. Again, when I wake up the display, I can see the notification icon and some meta data but I cannot get VO to read anything. No matter in which direction I single-finger swipe, all I get is the bonk sound, indicating that there is nothing to read. If it is not too much trouble, can you tell me what your settings are in the notification area of the watch? This would be the area directly under settings. Mark From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:44 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question About How to Get VoiceOver to Read Notifications on Apple Watch 7 Hi, Here’s my experience in the same scenario as you: • haptic notification felt on my wrist. • tap screen or press digital crown to wake the watch. • swipe left or right to have notification read. • take longer than about 10 seconds to check notification on the watch, I’ll need to either double-tap on the notification indicator, or swipe up/down to hear notifications, then double-tap. • this will bring up all unread notifications. • Swipe left/right to hear the summary of the notification. • double-tap on the summary to get more details. • swipe up/down to clear then double-tap to clear if desired. HTH. Note that if you’re paying close enough attention, the haptic feedback is different depending on the notification. Messages are two haptic blips fairly close together. Calendar notifications are two haptic blips, but they are softer and further apart. Most other notifications are a longer single vibration such as a notification from Door Dash etc. HTH. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 18, 2022, at 12:34, M. Taylor <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: Hello All, Okay, here is the scenario: 1. Both my phone and watch have their respective displays off; this is to say that I am not interacting with either of them. 2. I receive a text message. (Keep in mind that I do not know, at this point, that it is a text message but I receive hap tic feedback on my watch indicating that I have some kind of notification.) 3. I raise my witch and tap the surface of the watch which immediately wakes up the display. At this point, I can see some kind of an icon on the watch display but, as I move my finger across the display (or even single-finger tap the display), VoiceOver says absolutely nothing. What am I missing, here? What setting do I need to change in order to have VO read either the notification, itself, or at least, the type of notification I just received? Just so you know, if I single-finger, double-tap the display with the notification icon, the notification opens into its related app. All replies, greatly appreciated. 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. 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