When on an audio or video call in Facebook Messenger Voiceover speaks the call duration every second. This interferes with conversations and makes it almost impossible to control the app.
Has anybody else noticed this problem?
It didn't always do this but it's been going on for a while now.
The only thing that seems to stop this is either turning Voiceover off or pressing the home button so Messenger isn't onscreen.
Are there any suggestions of how to work around this problem? Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
By Shawn Kirkpatrick, 12 April, 2023
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iOS and iPadOS
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I don't do many video calls
I don't do many video calls on messenger, so I haven't noticed this, but what you could do is instead of turning VO off, just turn VO volume down in the router.
Only fix I Know.
The only way I know of to stop Voiceover from continuously spamming you with call duration is to go out of the Messenger app and to your home screen once the call is active. Nothing else I know of, short of doing that or shutting off Voiceover completely, will stop that happening now that the Facebook Messenger developers have once more fixed something that wasn't broken.
I've had some success with locking my screen.
Later I unlock my phone and the counting has stopped. I'd give it a few minutes.
Speech Off Workaround
I am facing this issue only when the call is on earpiece. VO is not interupting with the call duration during speaker or video mode. What I do is three finger double tap to turn speech off after putting the VO focus on the Audio Call button and then would double tap with one finger to innitiate the call.