Will VoiceOver be Getting Any Major Enhancements in iOS 11?

All we can do is watch and wait. From what I've heard, Apple will be talking about ios. 11 at the WWDC. (Worldwide Developers Conference), which is in June. There have been some articles coming out from various news outlets, but honestily, I'm reading them, but with Apple, you kind of need to take what's said with a grain of salt. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for June to come around. I'll be anxiously checking here, as well as other news outlets, because I agree, I'd love to see what (if any) accessibility improvements will be coming down the pike.

Very true. Also, Apple may have a special symposium on disability stuff like VoiceOver and Zoom, so keep your ears out. They do broadcast some of the WWDC stuff, so i'm sure if there is one, we'll hear about it here.

The implementation of a magnifier into IOS 10 was a fantastic example of accessibility. Sure, it isn't quite as good as some other magnification apps out there, but it can definetly hold its own. With a bit of tweeking it could be made even better. Honestly, one thing I've been wishing for forever is to be able to read elements by sentence and paragraph, in addition to Character, Word and (if you're lucky and it works, line). Some OCR functionality would be a cool idea though. A nice OCR roter selection would be a great thing let me tell you. For screen or object maybe? yes?

I think Apple should bring the novelty voices that are on the Mac in to iOS 11. Apple should even bring all the Mac voices to iOS. That would take up a lot of storage space on an iPhone. What would happen if all the novelty voices from the Mac came to iOS 11?

I have not heard many of the Mac voices aside from that however. It would be nice to have a little more variety for people who need that. Of course this is all personal preference, but I have not found a voice I like more than the default female voice. I tried some of the others, even Alex everybody raves about. Honestly I can't stand him. I have not heard many of the Mac voices aside from that however. It would be nice to have a little more variety for people who need that

Hello there,

Yes, we will have to wait and see what happens. Let's all hope that accessibility including updates to Voiceover does get better, in future iOS versions, Including iOS 11. There are a lot of rumors regarding iOS 11, and also WWDC, but we don't know if any of them are true. We'll just have to see. Still exciting though, as it is around the corner. I can't wait to see what happens.

All of these hopes and dreams are great. Has anyone shot an email to Apple about this? I'm not talking the accessibility one, I mean the feedback. After all, a small improvement I got for the Mac, was when an installation is being done, it used to just leave you on the Apple logo. Now, you're able to read the percentage progress. All because I spoke up. Ok, maybe I shouldn't be that in love with myself, maybe they had planned on doing that. As for the novelty voices, I hate them. I don't use that word often, but seriously how are you supposed to read an article with a laughing dectalk impersonation? I wish I could delete everything but my own personal choice, Alex. Nothing seems better for my needs then him. sorry, got on a mac rant. Seriously, make these suggestions to feedback about IOS. That's the only way you'll get things done. You don't think the geniuses at Apple read this site right? That's a laugh. :) God I could only imagine how a serous pro from Apple would handle all our whining and moaning that goes on here.