Description
The VoiceOver image description feature, which generates a text description of images focused on with VoiceOver, will periodically stop functioning. When this occurs, VoiceOver will only announce "image" rather than generating a description. Restarting VoiceOver or the device may temporarily resolve the problem, but the issue recurs periodically.
Steps to reproduce
- Enable VoiceOver.
- Enable Image Descriptions under Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > VoiceOver Recognition.
- Locate an image. For example, an image attached to a tweet.
- VoiceOver announces "image" rather than a generated description.
Expected Results:
VoiceOver should announce a text description of the image focused on, such as “a screenshot of a social media post Possible Text UserName. @UserName. some text.”
Actual Results:
VoiceOver only announces “image”
Workaround
Restarting VoiceOver or the device will often temporarily restore proper function of image descriptions, but the issue recurs.