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Speak screen, " To the power of" between spoken words.

It is now November 26th 2019 I have read of this error for two months and it has yet to be addressed, I have ios 13.2.3 so my iPad pro is updated and I don't understand why this problem is continuing and seemingly getting worse. Please Apple address this. Never had this problem before it is an obvious glitch since 126 others hit the metoo button.

iPad Pro, 13

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 6:04 PM

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Nov 28, 2019 12:28 AM in response to blythe5050

It’s the same on the iPhone.

I am using an iPhone 6S with the latest iOS upgrade (November 2019) 13.2.3 , and the Speak Screen function (Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content) works erratically compared to before. I am unsure if these bugs appeared within the iOS 12 to 13 upgrade, or if during one of the various iOS 13 upgrades.

eg on a Safari web page it starts by reading the http address, might then read the title of the article, and then starts reading the text at the bottom of the web page and stops, having skipped the main article content.

It can in fact jump all over the web page.


ALSO the Speak Screen toolbar is now slightly different. This includes the loss of the slow down or speed up rate of speech buttons, replaced with a button that will cycle through 1/2x , 1x, 1.5x, 2x. If you start to cycle through these, you will loose your preferred “speaking rate” selected in settings.

Dec 18, 2019 1:20 AM in response to blythe5050

Yes, I must say the new "speak screen" in ios13 is really buggy (changes language in the middle of an article, doesn't work in carplay anymore, doesn't stop when a phone call is coming in etc.)... This was a highly functional feature before ios13, so what is happening here? Does anyone know how to solve these problems or get back to "speak screen" ios12? Thank you!

Speak screen, " To the power of" between spoken words.

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