Punctuation Bug in iOS 26.2

By Ellie, 25 January, 2026

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,
It took me a long time to update to iOS 26.2 but I finally did it yesterday. I have encountered a bug that makes my phone very frustrating to use.

My VoiceOver is reading all punctuation, even when I have gone into Verbosity setting and double-checked that my normal level, 'some', is selected. Even when I change it to 'none', the issue has not resolved itself. I have tried changing through the rotar, through settings, restarting my phone and nothing has worked.

Has anyone encountered this or knows a fix? It is extremely frustrating to use my phone at this point as every single punctuation mark, including commas and full stops, are read out.

I use an iPhone 14.

Thank you!

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By Ash Rein on Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 17:47

Not going through it personally, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. I would say reset your voiceover settings, and see what happens.

By Mark Carter on Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 17:52

Going to Accessibility VoiceOver and then selecting to reset VoiceOver settings solve the issue. I think it’s some corruption in the settings after the upgrade. It’s annoying because you need to reconfigure your VoiceOver, but it does solve the problem.

By Ellie on Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 17:56

Thanks all! It's worked; now I have to go back and reconfigure, but at least all the punctuation isn't reading out constantly.

Thanks again!