Slight delay between VoiceOver focusing on a link and the contents of the link being spoken

Category
VoiceOver Speech/Voices
Severity
Moderate

Description

When placing VoiceOver focus on a link, there is a slight delay between the sound indicating focus playing and the contents of the link being spoken. This delay may be more reliably reproducible when using VoiceOver’s “Find next link” command, or when focusing on a visited link.

Bug First Encountered

macOS Tahoe 26.1

How often the bug occurs

Always
Apple feedback #
FB20886565

Status

Active

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Comments

By Doll Eye on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 07:24

I'm glad to find it is a real bug and not just my brain melting, though I'm sorry others have to deal with it.

I'm not on the beta so I don't have access to the feedback app. How should I file my report on this to add some weight to the complaint?

By TheBlindGuy07 on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 15:21

Can always help. They could give you a case ID.