So with the developer beta of iOS 18 now out, I thought I would start this topic yet again, to create, one, centralized place to discuss bugs and accessibility issues with iOS 18.
I would encourage those who are able to test on their devices to try and recreate issues reported here, to report issues of their own, as well as to file reports about issues they're able to reproduce to supplement the reports of others in the community.
With that said, I will post an issue I've located in the comment below and we'll go from there.
By Gar, 10 June, 2024
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we are awair
we know this is beta one
if beta 2 does come out today that will be good
New voices
A couple people were asking about new voices for VoiceOver, and the only one I saw was Zoe premium which was around In the iOS 16 betas, but they have brought back Zoe premium, has anybody else noticed this when exploring VoiceOver settings? you can now use personal voice with VoiceOver, and Siri voices now have presets, like narration, faster pace, even inflection and faster pace, so even more customisation in terms of Siri voices, but other than the return of Zoe premium, there are no more English VoiceOver voices, I would imagine if Apple adds ChatGPT to their products, we may see ChatGPT voices from the ChatGPT voice mode integrated with VoiceOver and other accessibility features. however, this is just an assumption
App library comes up all the time
I may have accidently posted this as a comment to another message, sorry, I haven't been on here a lot. Anyways, I'll repost this as a "New Comment".
App library comes up all the time
Hi, I haven't seen this here and a few others I heard from who have the Beta don't have this issue, but for me on my iPhone 13 Pro whenever I wake up my phone/unlock with Face Id I almost always land right in the app library instead of on my first home page. Even sometimes when I swipe up to get out of an app back to the home screen I end up in the app library and it sometimes takes 3 or 4 or even 5 swipes up from the bottom to get out, usually I eventually get out to my third home screen, then another swipe up brings me back to my first home screen. It's more annoying than a deal breaker, but it definitely is a pain in the neck. I am pretty sure I saw a few messages on a couple of lists I am on where somebody also experienced this, anybody knows what might cause it since most people obviously don't seem to have this problem. I was hoping a new update would resolve it, but updating to developer beta 2 a couple of days ago made no difference and even rebooting is useless, as soon as the phone restarts and I enter my passcode back I go to the app library.
RCS beta 2
Just watch a video of RCS in youtube. It works well and is working now. Sound affect still have issue. Show a demo of RCS with iPhone and a google phone 8a and looks nice.
Voiceover Choppiness
Since upgrading to beta 2, I haven't noticed a single instance of voiceover speech becoming choppy, regardless of what voice I'm using or what I'm doing on my iPhone 15 Pro.
BSI: Dots 1 and 2, Dots 4 and 5 Switched
So randomly now I have dots 1 and 4 at my two middle fingers. I have no idea how it happened. It was working fine for awhile, but not anymore. I've tried recalibrating many times, to no avail.
Taps Still Not Registering Randomly in Most Apps
I notice this in just about any app that requires activation of controls. It doesn't register links being tapped in Safari, for example, until the app is restarted.
Yes, I've noticed the tap…
Yes, I've noticed the tap issue too. I'll report.
Regarding the brail dots, I think there is an option in Voiceover > Brail > BSI to switch those dots. I wonder if there is a shortcut you activated? I'm not aware of one, but I'm not aware of many things.
using the swipe down with two fingers to read all doesn't work
Hello,
When I use the gesture "swipe down with two fingers" to read a text with voice-over. My iPhone starts reading the text but after some lines he stops reading and just says "screen curtain on".
Does someone else have the same problem?
The Braille Issue I Mentioned Above Was Probably My Error
I discovered my screen orientation was unlocked, so I locked it into away mode, and everything's fine
someone mentioned personal voice with voiceover
Can you use your own personal voice with voiceover now? If so, I'm upgrading to try it out!!!
Cory K
Saw a youtube with it and looks like yes. Do not know how good it is but you can play let us know.
My Personal Voice
Here is a recording I did a couple weeks ago to surprise Denise when she got back from out of town. I will warn you, this will drain your battery.
https://tweesecake.social/@wiljames/112610102772587786
personal voice, for UK?
why is the personal voice not available for those outside the US? what about all the other languages voiceover supports? i live in the Uk and don't want a fake u.s accent just to have it working has ios 18 changed this?
wow!
Wow! from listening to the personal voice, as well as extra voiceover improvements, sounds cool. If anyone is running it on there main devices, is it normal? let me know.;
Blessed Ios 18!
Hi everyone. After a bit of fear I have now switched from iOS 17 to iOS 18 beta. Never has a better choice been made! First of all, the stammering or stuttering bug, which I was embarrassed about because it didn't bother everyone and I couldn't make it understand, has finally been solved, even with Eloquence!
Furthermore, the flick seems more stable to me. The braille command mode is crazy, and can be navigated very quickly. Having said this, I do not take responsibility for those who, reading my post, update to the beta and then want to go back, as there are small bugs, such as sometimes VoiceOver goes silent, but just reload it for everything to return to normal.
Seeing AI Works properly.
One last thing. I read about a user talking about Seeing AI, and the fact that it doesn't work. Simply uninstall and reinstall the app, and everything works fine.
eloquence?
have they improved eloquence at all in ios 18?
eloquence is better
Yes it is better.
@Ambro
The fact the stammering bug has been fixed, has me seriously considering installing the beta. Will definitely give it some thought before jumping right in, but thank you for what you posted. At least there's hope!
Brooke.
Yes, in my opinion the stammering bug started with an audio change they made last year. Glad they were able to fix it. I'm holding on to it and wouldn't go back.
BSI
Wow!! I'm typing this on an older iPhone using the iOS 18 beta. It's awesome having BSI activate as soon as I open an edit field. Only thing I'm noticing right now is that VO is reading everything on Applevis twice. But it's sooo unbelievably peaceful not having to deal with the stammering issue!!
what improvements they have made to Eloquence in iOS 18?
What improvements they have made to Eloquence in iOS 18?
i'd like to know that to re eloquence
I am hoping eloquence sounds like it used to on the older nokia phones and that apostrophe when reading out what people say is gone away
Eloquence.
For those asking about Eloquence. The voice is the same, there are no changes. But for me and others, who noticed a stutter, especially when flicking quickly, this stutter has disappeared. For me it's a big improvement, but of course those who haven't noticed anything in iOS 17 won't notice anything.
If you will, a big change is the audio attenuation. For example, if you use apps like Instagram or Tiktok, where there are videos with loud audio, with this option you can activate the fact that when VoiceOver speaks, the disturbing audio will be temporarily lowered.
shame no changes
ah so the sample rate still the same? not using it in 18 then as the quality far superior when it is used on an android phone that can take it.
So no changes in iOS 18 compared to iOS 17 in general?
So no other changes in iOS 18 compared to iOS 17 in general? all performance on devices are normal?
Changes in iOS 18
There have not been too many changes in iOS 18 compared to iOS 17 as of now, we did however get the new Passwords app, and the ability to lock apps with Face ID/touch ID, no major changes to Siri yet, Apple intelligence has not came yet either, however for the last three versions of iOS we have got new apps that have been introduced, in iOS 16 we got the Freeform app, in iOS 17 we got the Journal app, and in the iOS 18 beta, we got the Passwords app, The VoiceOver audio ducking options have been changed, so rather than it being just an on and off toggle, we now have the options for off, duck when speaking, or always duck, for some reason, though, UK eloquence does not have community dictionaries like the US version does, but other than that, that is all of the major changes, I hope someone found this useful
what's the difference on the audio ducking changes?
What's the difference on the audio ducking changes?
its awesome
You can have voiceover volume louder than anything that is playing. You can have it always duck. You can have it never duck that is off. You can have it only duck when speaking. You can also have louder volumes.
RCS
RCS is working now, still have bugs but is working. Those nice people who are beta testing let us know how is working.
Re audio-ducking
I assume all the described audio-ducking options are tied in with Activities? In other words, can I have different apps and contexts use individual audio-ducking settings?