An alternative is just to tap the screen when VoiceOver merely says "Active", because then VoiceOver does speak the name of the app. Harry
> On 28 Sep 2021, at 19:42, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > > I received a tip on another list regarding the issue where when you bring up > the app switcher and flick left through your open apps Voiceover only says > "Active, actions available" or something like that but it doesn't first say > the name of the app you are on. I think on Applevis it said that it affects > only some users and that would make sense because it seems the solution here > is to turn off Reduced Motion and I assume some people may not have turned > this setting on to begin with hence they probably don't have the issue. > For me on my iPhone 11 turning off Reduced Motion entirely fixed this and I > must say that I can't notice much of a difference in other areas not having > this on. I think I turned it on many years ago because when this option was > first available there was a different issue and it made sense for voiceover > users to turn Reduced Motion on, but I'm not sure if this is still even a > concern. > Anyways, if you have this problem with Voiceover in the app switcher, just go > to Settings > Accessibility > Motion (the fourth item if you flick from the > top) and check if Reduced Motion is on, if so turn it off and I am pretty > certain your app switcher will work just fine. > > Best 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SJ0PR06MB786271BE1B4F5324D2A8C51DC7A89%40SJ0PR06MB7862.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. -- 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/D3CA7BB3-37D3-41FC-B37F-415D7EC1F220%40icloud.com.
