On occasions, VoiceOver fails to indicate the presence of notifications on the Lock Screen when the device is woken; despite the appropriate settings being configured to speak the count of notifications. This issue occurs intermittently, with no identifiable pattern or cause.
There are no specific steps to reproduce this issue. If VoiceOver is set to speak the count of notifications (Settings> Accessibility> VoiceOver> Verbosity> System Notifications> 'When Locked' Heading), when the issue occurs, the user will find that VoiceOver speaks the time when waking the device without stating the number of notifications present.
Explore the screen to check for notifications; alternatively, locking and re-waking the screen usually results in VoiceOver speaking the count of notifications.