Hi Julian,
I suspect you hit the nail right on the head. In my example about the identically named dictionary apps, they are from different developers so I have little doubt that the sighted world distinguishes them based on their icon pictures. We need to continuously lobby Apple and the iOS developers to provide a way for Voiceover users to name apps other than using the weak element labeling with the two-finger double tap. Thanks to those who commented on this thread. Alan Lemly From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Julian Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2022 12:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: App naming and inability to change to more suitable name I think that using the two finger double tap and hold gesture to label elements is at best a poorly fitted Band-Aid. That feature was primarily intended to label buttons that were not properly labeled, in other words, not meant to be used for the purpose of renaming the app icons. What I think needs to happen, is that VoiceOver needs to be taught how to recognize the app icon and give us the ability to label it that way so that the changes will stick. For sighted people, the way they would tell the two dictionary's apart is by looking at the icon. Since we as blind people cannot do this, voiceover needs to come in and give us an official way of relabeling the icon. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2022, at 8:59 AM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net <mailto:richardr_tur...@comcast.net> > wrote: It is probable that the iCon is the same under the hood for both dictionaries. I think this may be an app developer issue, but it may also be a VoiceOVer issue. I’d bring it up with Apple Accessibility. I know of no work around. Richard My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2022 8:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: App naming and inability to change to more suitable name Hi List, I believe iOS needs some improvement regarding how apps are named and allowing the user to change them to more suitable names. I don’t know if this is an iOS or Voiceover limitation. I have two apps, a free Dictionary app and a Merriam Webster dictionary app both of which iOS in its infinite wisdom names Dictionary. When I attempt to label the Webster Dictionary app by two finger double tapping and holding to change the label element from Dictionary to Webster, the label is renamed back to Dictionary when I reboot my iPhone 13 Mini. Are others getting this same behavior? 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