Activating buttons and on-screen controls with screen recognition enabled

By Nut, 3 January, 2021

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi, sorry if this may have been asked before...
I just got the new iPhone 12, and I must say, the VoiceOver's screen recognition feature is kind of cool. But, when I turned this feature on for apps, I can't seem to activate the on-screen controls, like buttons.
How do I activate these on-screen controls while keeping screen recognition enabled? Is there specific gestures I do need to perform in order to activate these on-screen controls?
Edit: Just to clarify, basically what happens is that when I tried to double-tap on an on-screen control, nothing happens, even though VoiceOver's screen recognition feature identifies such control as a button. Sometimes this works, but other times double-tapping on the control does not activate it.
Many thanks.

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By Marconius on Monday, January 25, 2021 - 18:22

While Screen Recognition is kind of neat, it can actually break app functionality with the way it tries to interpret interfaces. If you know what the button does, I suggest you label the button with the label element command (two-finger double-tap and hold) so you can give it a label, then put screen recognition into your rotor in VoiceOver settings so you can quickly toggle it on and off.

That is actually a good idea, thanks for the suggestion.
I think Apple should improve on this feature, so that it works more reliably in future iOS updates.