Serious VoiceOver Regression in iOS 26 – Attachment Button Missing in Apple Mail App

I am appending the text of my email, which I sent to Apple support & accessibility team.
Feel free to use it to report to Apple by combining the issues you face.

I am a blind iPhone user who relies entirely on VoiceOver for both personal and professional work.

I upgraded to iOS 26 last week after deliberately waiting for a long time, with the expectation that long-pending VoiceOver and accessibility issues would finally be addressed. Unfortunately, instead of improvements, I am facing a critical accessibility regression that is severely affecting my daily work.

The most serious issue is within the Apple Mail app.

In iOS 18, the “Add Attachment” button inside the Mail compose screen was accessible using VoiceOver.
In iOS 26, this button is completely inaccessible with VoiceOver.
It is not discoverable through swipe navigation, rotor actions, even VoiceOver Screen Recognition.

As a result:

I am unable to add attachments directly while composing an email.

Only a single attachment can be added using the Share Sheet as a workaround.

Adding multiple attachments is no longer possible at all for a blind user.

This is not a minor inconvenience. It directly hampers:

Corporate and personal email communication

Submission of documents

Day-to-day official work where multiple attachments are mandatory

This regression makes the Apple Mail app functionally unusable for blind users in real-world professional scenarios.

Apart from the above major issue which is hampering my day-to-day activities, there is another serious accessibility problem in the Phone app.

In the Recent Calls list, when I open “More Info” for a call entry and the contact has multiple phone numbers saved, VoiceOver does not announce which specific phone number was used for that recent call. This is a critical issue for users like me who use dual SIM.

Further, when I try to change the preferred SIM for a recent call:

VoiceOver announces the names of both SIMs

However, when I double-tap on the SIM that is not currently selected, nothing happens

There is no confirmation, no state change, and no feedback from VoiceOver

As a result, I am unable to reliably identify or change the SIM preference for recent calls, making call management confusing and error-prone.

This situation is unacceptable.

By shipping iOS 26 with such fundamental accessibility failures, Apple is:

Violating the principles of inclusive design it publicly claims to uphold

Violating the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (India) by denying equal access to essential digital services

Violating basic consumer rights, as accessibility is a core feature for blind users, not an optional enhancement

I want to clearly state that:

These issues did not exist in iOS 18

These are regressions introduced in iOS 26

These issues have a direct, serious impact on my personal and professional work

I expect:

Immediate acknowledgment of these accessibility regressions

Confirmation that these issues have been logged as high-priority accessibility bugs

A clear timeline for fixing VoiceOver accessibility in Apple Mail and the Phone app.
I am ready to provide logs, recordings, or detailed reproduction steps if required.
However, the responsibility to ensure accessibility compliance lies with Apple, not with disabled users finding workarounds.

I look forward to a prompt, concrete, and action-oriented response from Apple.