VoiceOver announces all punctuation (the colon and period) when reading the time

By Wenwei, 14 February, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi everyone,

Ever since updating my iPhone 8 to 15.3, VoiceOver reads the time as follows: 12 colon 05 P dot M. I do not have this issue on my iPad.

I tried many of the suggestions indicated in this thread with no luck, even though these are two separate issues, and I have my punctuation level set to some. VoiceOver is as verbose as I want it to be in literally every single context. Does anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you make it go away?

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By Bruce Harrell on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 16:35

Hi. Try using the pronunciation dictionary to speak pm every time it encounters p period m period.

For the rest, if I was you, I'd try creating an activity for your home screen, but I don't hold out much hope for that approach.

You might also call Apple accessibility and be a squeaky wheel.

By Curtis Chong on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 16:35

Could it be that you have Activities set to Programming? Check Activities under Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver.