I have had luck with interacting with the progress bar and then pressing VO+A to get the status. I have not had a need to check one recently though, so I am not sure if this still works with Tahoe.
> On Oct 11, 2025, at 11:11 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Regretably, should is the appropriate qualifier in my experience. > Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. > > I like the progress clicks, but even those seem to go away after awhile. > > Brad Snyder writes: >> Navigate away from the progress bar, and then back to it. When you do >> that, it should announce the status when you navigate to it. >> >> - Brad - >> >> On Oct 11, 2025, at 00:03, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Bradford, >> >> Already set that way. It’s a very slow process, and not announcing but >> every several minutes or so. 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