Suggestion: Option for VoiceOver to Announce Tab Names When Switching

By Mert Ozer, 18 March, 2025

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macOS and Mac Apps

Sent this feedback to Apple accessibility:

Alright, so VoiceOver on Mac has a ton of issues with web navigation—that’s a whole other topic, but I’ll submit separate feedback for those soon.

I’d like to suggest adding an option in VoiceOver Utility to announce the tab’s name when navigating with Control+Tab.

Right now, when I switch tabs in Safari using Control+Tab or Control+Shift+Tab, VoiceOver only reads whatever item has keyboard focus, so I don’t always hear the tab’s title—like if I’m on YouTube or something. To know which tab I’m on, I have to check the window title or use Command+Shift+Backslash to list all tabs.

This should definitely be an option rather than a forced change since some users might prefer the current behavior. I’d love to see this implemented before macOS Sequoia 15.4 is released to public. Thanks!

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By Dennis Long on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 22:23

If your on the Beta use the Feedback app and submit it as a suggestion. I think you will get the option to choose accessibility and then voiceover that would be the correct way to file it. After each beta add a comment if it hasn't been added this is not added as of build 1234 as an example.

By Mert Ozer on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 22:23

Thank you! I’d like to ask if we can view or do anything with the feedback numbers users have been posting here on AppleVis. Also, I will create feedback when I get a chance using my beta version.

By Mert Ozer on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 22:23

thank you for the information!!! Thank you for sending your feedback to Apple. Your files and diagnostics will be sent in the background.

By TheBlindGuy07 on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 22:23

Nice, I agree. No the users can't do anything with the feedback except be polite and proving to Apple with those IDs that others have reported the same.