"Speak Item Under the Pointer" worked in NOTES and TextEdit in Big Sur but stopped working in Sonoma. Those are Apple applications. It also stopped working in similar third party apps. It does work in Mac Mail.
When I say Worked, I mean that When Zoomed, content under my pointer was spoken, paragraph by paragraph.
When I upgraded to a Mac Studio running Sonoma, Speak Content speaks the entire page without stopping.
Friends running Sonoma have confirmed this.
I contacted Apple Support about this in February 2024. They acknowledged the bug and said they were working on it.
I have contacted them after every upgrade. Below is their latest reply.
Hello Kenneth,
Thank you for following up with us. We are unable to provide status updates for submitted feedback and have confirmed the issue is still under investigation. We will follow up if we have any additional questions or updates.
Sincerely,
Apple Accessibility
For more information on Accessibility at Apple, please visit: http://www.apple.com/accessibilityhttp://www.apple.com/support/accessibility
Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request.
Case-ID: 6085510
I would think this was an important feature for the accessible community.
KBSmith