I've observed same with Tiles and it's due to custom controls and not
overwriting the UIAccessibilityLabel to a sensible string.
I'm considering switching to TrackR, especially since there is ALexa skill
integration.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:40 AM Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That sounds like they switched from a standard button to a custom widget.
> In which case, they need to adjust the Accessible Name. though it probably
> indicates that they have done additional actions with the widget that would
> need to be considered, probably with action a lot like the new Nearby
> Explorer app.
>  Exploer
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:24 AM Mika Pyyhkala <pyyhk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have noticed over time that the Tile iOS app has become less and
>> less VoiceOver accessible.
>>
>> The key issue I am having is each tile name (i.e. backpack, keys,
>> etc.) is read by VoiceOver as:
>> txt_tile_name
>> txt_tile_name
>> txt_tile_name
>>
>> Apple has specific programming guidelines for making iOS apps
>> VoiceOver accessible:
>> https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios
>>
>> Can you get in contact with your developers and engineering team on this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mika Pyyhkala
>> @pyyhkala
>>
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