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Speak Screen not working from Back Tap

On my iPhone 15 pro (and previous 12 pro), the Speak Screen no longer works from the double or triple back tap. It seems to have happened within the past few weeks. The Speak Screen works when I use two fingers to swipe down, highlight text and Speak, and from the Accessibility Shortcut. All other actions like Flashlight, Lock Screen etc seem to work fine from the double/triple back tap.

is there maybe a setting I changed that would’ve affected this? Very annoying. iOS 17.4.1

I can use the Accessibility Shortcut for triple tap then Speak Screen but why? Thx.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 28, 2024 9:12 PM

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Posted on Apr 7, 2024 9:55 AM

Same here, except Speak Screen doesn't work no matter what I set the back tap to. I use two backtaps for app switcher and three for Speak Screen, but the latter stopped working a couple of weeks ago. It's not the backtapping because when I swap the two uses, triple-tapping does app switching and double-tapping doesn't do Speak Screen. And the two-finger drag-down from the top speaks the screen throughout all this, so it's not specifically that function, either.

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Apr 7, 2024 9:55 AM in response to shill15lsu

Same here, except Speak Screen doesn't work no matter what I set the back tap to. I use two backtaps for app switcher and three for Speak Screen, but the latter stopped working a couple of weeks ago. It's not the backtapping because when I swap the two uses, triple-tapping does app switching and double-tapping doesn't do Speak Screen. And the two-finger drag-down from the top speaks the screen throughout all this, so it's not specifically that function, either.

Speak Screen not working from Back Tap

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