Description
One of the new features for Apple Intelligence is the ability to generate summaries of text, such as a message currently in focus in the Mail app, or a block of text you've just written in Notes.
Unfortunately, our testing suggests that results generated by the 'Summarize' feature are currently not accessible with VoiceOver.
To reproduce this issue, with Apple Intelligence enabled, open a message in the native Mail app. Navigate to the 'Summarize' button at the top middle of the screen. After activating this button, VoiceOver says, "Loading," but does not speak the summary that is generated and displayed onscreen.
When focus is placed on the 'Loading' item and one uses the Rotor to navigate by character, VoiceOver reaches a series of elements that it speaks as "Unpronounceable." It is our best guess that these elements are the AI-generated summary text that is displayed on screen.
Furthermore, if summarizing text in an application such as Notes, the area where one can preview the results before applying them is subject to the same issue. In our testing, this issue occurs when using the 'Summarize' and 'Key Points' options, but that output from the 'List' and 'Table' options can be navigated successfully with VoiceOver.