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voice over error

Dear All,


I have been having a problem with Voice Over on iOs lately:


Before, I was able to have long texts read in PDF without any stop.

Now, for about a month, Voice Over reads only the first sentence of the whole text and then stops!


Can someone please tell how to fix this issue? How to enable it to have the whole text on screen read?


Many thanks

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.2

Posted on Dec 14, 2015 2:29 AM

4 replies

Dec 14, 2015 4:37 PM in response to Community User

I have noticed that this sometimes depends on the PDF. Some PDF's will read the whole article and others will stop at each line. One workaround I have found is settings > general > accessibility > speech > speak screen. Keep VO on as well. Using opening a PDF in iBooks as an example, open a PDF in iBooks and swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. You should then hear the PDF read aloud. -AJ

Dec 15, 2015 12:24 PM in response to AJ397

It didnt work. When I try this method it says "There's nothing to read".

Something had been changed with voice over because it worked just fine untill about 2 updates before.


It works in OS X but not with iOs. 😟


Any other suggestions please?

voice over error

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