Notifications no longer spoken on lock screen in IOS 12?

I have been very happy with IOS 12 over all and have found the release to be one of the more stable that I can remember.

That said, there is one thing I am having issues with and that is the contents of notifications not being read on the lock screen anymore. Both my XS and iPad will say the name of the person who sent me an iMessage, or the name of the app that pushed the notification, followed by the word notification, and that is it. In order to navigate and see what the notification says, I have to unlock the device and open the application. I suspect that this is not a bug, and that voiceover is working as intended, but I am wondering if there’s any kind of workaround for this. I’d Love any thoughts, as I liked the convenience of quickly interacting with notifications from the lock screen.