Nothing until iOS 11.3 is released to the public, if Apple hasn't fixed this then and you use the music app often then definitely don't update to 11.3 but send an email to Apple Accessibility and scream bloody murder. Please remember not to send such an email now, that is "Do not" email Apple Accessibility about this now since this is beta software and they don't deal with pre-release software issues, that is what the beta community and the beta feedback form is for. I think at this point this thread will hopefully close, thanks, Mark, for posting this and let's all not clutter the list more about this. If you are a public beta tester you know what you have to do in terms of submitting Feedback via the Feedback app all beta testers have, if you don't do it you shouldn't be a public beta tester.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iOS 11.3 Beta Music Accessibility Alert! Attention All Beta Testers! Yikes! Apple really dropped the ball with this one! I'm not part of the beta program, and I only have one current enough iOS device that could even run it, so I'm not sure how much help I could realistically be. If there's anything non-beta iOS users can do, would you let us know? Thanks, Ari > On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:43 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > As a follow-up to Malcolm's beta software notice, Sieghard sent me a > very compelling email, off-list explaining the details of the iOS 11.3 > beta software Music app VoiceOver accessibility bug. > > After reading Sieghard's email, I believe this current bug is > significant enough to be posted to the list if for no other reason > than to request that all beta testers send feedback on this, immediately.. > > So, rather than paraphrasing Sieghard's email, I am going to paste it > in, after my signature, for everyone to read. > > Please follow Sieghard's feedback suggestions if you wish to > participate in a solution. Discussing it here, on the list, will not > result in any change as this is still a beta release. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Serious bug in music app in latest beta of iOS 11.3 > > Hi Mark, > > Sending this to you. I thought Malcolm might get into minor trouble > for posting this. However, I am glad he did. I just upgraded to public > beta 2 of iOS 11.3 and while I am glad I can use Skype again (it > crashed each time I tried to open it in the initial 11.3 release) this > music bug is pretty unbelieveable. I just opened the Music app and > Malcolm is correct, Voiceover reads only "button" and it will then try > to identify the text and usually succeed, e.g. if I am in my library > it will say "possible text playlist" or "possible text artist" etc. > When I tapped where it said "Artist" it continues to read all artists > displayed as "button" and again it will usually identify by saying, > for example, "possible text Air Supply". Of course if you go into Air > Supply it also doesn't speak the albums and the songs and you often > have to swipe right and back left before it will identify the text so > it's all very frustrating and currently I would call the Music 95% > inaccessible because of this. > I just submitted a bug report via the Feedback app so hopefully other > beta testers will do so and hopefully Apple will therefore fix this > sooner rather than later. It would be a shame if iOS 11.3 were > released to the public with that bug, if that is the case people need to be > warned. > I think given the situation maybe you could post something, tell > people to please not reply, but ask anybody who is an iOS 11.3 public > beta tester to check this out and to submit Feedback using the > Feedback app. The Feedback app is very accessible and pretty easy to > use. There is no point sending emails to Apple Accessibility, it's > beta software and at least in the past they don't like to receive beta > related feedback. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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