Hello, I'm having an accessibility issue with VoiceOver in the Apple Books app on my iPad, where it skips parts of the text. On my iPhone this doesn't happen.
I'm experiencing this issue when reading a book in Apple Books on my iPad. The VoiceOver cursor jumps around and skips entire sections of text. On my iPhone, however, this doesn't occur -- VoiceOver reads the book smoothly without skipping anything.
Could you please tell me what might be different on the iPad compared to the iPhone, and how I can make the reading experience consistent across both devices?
Thank you in advance for your help.
By Karel Giebisch, 2 October, 2025
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iOS and iPadOS
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Different page layout
If you use your iPad in landscape orientation, the book shows two pages at once, so reading in portrait orientation may help.
Some Apple bug?
Sure, I understand. That’s probably the complication. I normally use the Apple Magic Keyboard with my iPad, so the iPad is in a landscape orientation. Do you recommend disconnecting the keyboard and placing the iPad in a portrait orientation instead? The truth is, I always keep my iPhone in a portrait orientation.
Do you mean, is it some bug?
I've experienced this in other apps when doing "read all"
I've also experienced this in apps like Reddit, when doing a two-finger swipe down (default gesture for read from position). It seems to have become more prevalent in iOS 26.
different app for reading books from Apple Books?
Thanks. I wouldn’t worry about it if I could import an Apple Books title into Voice Dream Reader, but as far as I know, you can’t use purchased Apple Books in other apps. Or am I wrong?