Siri may not respond if you invoke it whilst VoiceOver focus is in a text field and Direct Touch Typing is selected

Category
Miscellaneous
Severity
Moderate

Description

Siri may not respond if you invoke it whilst VoiceOver focus is in a text field and Direct Touch Typing is selected. Typically, the ‘listening’ tone will be play, but followed immediately by the ‘stopped listening’ tone. If you then try again, Siri may or may not behave correctly, In some instances, it will display the response to what you have said, but not automatically speak it.

Bug First Encountered

iOS 8.0 or earlier

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone 6

How often the bug occurs

Always

Workaround

Touching the screen whilst Siri is active may correct this problem - possibly, VoiceOver focus is not switching correctly between the text edit field and Siri when first activated, and this resolves this.

Status

Fixed

Fixed In

iOS 9.0

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