Apple released ios 11.2 overnight, and below is an article from AppleVis about all of the new features and voice over bug fixes.
> On Dec 2, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Apple Releases iOS 11.2; Bringing Many Fixes for Braille and VoiceOver Users > AppleVis | Empowering blind and low-vision users of Apple products ... / > AppleVis > > > Apple has today released iOS 11.2, which brings a number of fixes; > enhancements; and changes for blind and low vision users. > > This release appears to have been rushed out by Apple to address a rather > nasty bug related to some notifications generated after 12:15 a.m. local time > on December 2 causing devices to enter a soft reset loop. AppleInsider has > more on this bug. > > Fixes > > When using a braille display or braille keyboard for text input, the > translator now recognizes all characters if you type quickly. > Braille focus and jumping issues appear to be resolved. > The Braille Screen Input cursor is now placed in the correct location in text > views. > Braille focus will now follow finger when touching in iBooks. > Siri voices will no longer be deleted when downloaded for VoiceOver usage. > There is once again a sound effect played when using the volume up/down > buttons to change the volume level. > Prices preceded by the British Pound symbol are now Spoken Correctly by > VoiceOver. > On the Mini Player in the native Music app, VoiceOver once again reads the > name of the currently selected device on the “Audio Destination” button. > After performing a search in the App Store, VoiceOver will no longer behave > as if the list of trending searches is present and accessible at the end of > the list of search results. > Smart Invert now works in the Control Center. > The incoming call screen has improved support of Invert Colors. > The app review interface is now accessible with VoiceOver for rating apps > inline. > The Apple TV remote in Control Center has VoiceOver improvements. > Stand hours in the Activity app are now announced correctly by VoiceOver. > Heart rate data in the native Health app is now spoken correctly by VoiceOver. > The iOS Item Chooser appears to be working correctly again. > In the Phone app, you can once again use the VoiceOver Actions rotor to paste > telephone numbers in to the text field. > Movement of VoiceOver focus when swiping through a story in the native News > app is more consistent and reliable. > In the native Files app, there no longer appear to be occasions when the > “Delete” option would be listed twice in the VoiceOver Actions Rotor. > In the App Store, locating the “My Account” button is more reliable when > swiping, making the movement of VoiceOver focus behave as expected. > In the native Contacts app, locating your own contact card in the list view > is more reliable when swiping, making the movement of VoiceOver focus behave > as expected. > If a bluetooth keyboard supports a "Home button" key, it should now work with > VoiceOver again. > The graphic on the settings page for Emergency SOS now has a VoiceOver label. > There appear to be improvements to how VoiceOver handles math formulas on web > pages. > There no longer appear to be occasions when playback of audio will break-up > and crackle; and require VoiceOver to be turned off and back on again to > restore normal audio output. > The Siri voices appear to be much more responsive when used with VoiceOver. > The completeness of VoiceOver recognition of text in images appears to have > been improved. > Text recognition in images now works regardless of Screen Curtain or > brightness settings. > VoiceOver now attempts to recognize the text of unlabeled buttons in > apps—presenting this information as "possible text." > Audio destination will now only appear in the VoiceOver Rotor for AirPlay > routes. This Rotor item can be enabled/disabled in Settings. > New Bugs > > Our testing suggests that iOS 11.2 introduces no new bugs for VoiceOver or > braille users. However, as we always stress, we are only a small team, so it > is simply impossible for us to test all devices, configurations, > applications, and use cases. It is possible, therefore, that there are > additional fixes, changes or regressions in iOS 11.2 that we are currently > unaware of. We will update this post if we learn of anything else. In the > meantime, please let us know in the comments of any fixes, enhancements or > regressions that you find in your own testing of this release. > > Other Changes of Note in iOS 11.2 > > Users in the US can now make person-to-person payments via Apple Pay. This > Apple support page provides information on how to setup and use this service. > Adds support for faster 7.5W wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and > iPhone X. > Adds a pop-up in the Control Center to explain what happens when you turn > wi-fi or bluetooth off. > iOS 11.2 will support Apple's new HomePod speaker. > According to AppleInsider, iOS 11.2 includes the following fixes: > > Beyond the date bug, Apple built in a host of fixes for first-party apps > including a resolution to a Mail issue that could cause the app to appear to > be checking for new messages even when a download is complete. Another issue > caused cleared Mail notifications from Exchange accounts to reappear. > > Other bugs addressed by iOS 11.2 include an issue where Settings could open > to a blank screen, a problem that prevented swiping to Today View or Camera > from the Lock Screen and an issue preventing Music controls from showing up > on the Lock Screen. Apple also remedied hiccups associated with VoiceOver, > Calculator, Find My iPhone and iCloud. General stability improvements to > Calendar and the soft keyboard are also included. > > iOS 11.2 is available via Over-the-Air Update (Settings > General > Software > Update) or via iTunes on a Mac or PC. > > Blog Tags: > > Apple > Braille > iOS > News > Share on Twitter Share on Facebook > 8 Comments > > Siri voice fixes > > As far as I can see, you can now safely use the new high quality Siri voices > without being concerned of them spontaniously deleting themselves on you. I > had the British voice on my rotor for over a month of the beta test and it > never crashed. Additionally the over all speed of the Siri Voices was > improved, so now they're just about on the speed of Vocalizer on my iPhone 7. > So if you enjoy how they sound, you can safely use them now. > > Read text in Photos > > Hi all, > Not sure if it is a coincidence but it seems that VO now reads text in photos > better. I just tried one in FB and instead of reading about 10/15 words it > read the whole thing. > > Image recognition works with screen curtain > > You just reminded me of another important 11.2 fix: The image recognition > finally no longer depends on your screen brightness. So, tapping any image > with 3 fingers should give you a description regardless of the state of > screen curtain. In addition, if you come across an unlabeled button in an app > VO will automatically do OCR on it and read out any text it finds. This > obviously won't always help if the button is an icon, but I've seen it be > useful IE in the soundcloud app. > > Cannot Locate Apple Pay Icon in iMessages App Drawer > > I have been using Apple Pay on my iPhone and watch in stores since it was > available. I have updated to iOS 11.2 and tried to locate the Apple Pay icon > in the messages app in order to send money to a friend. I rebooted the iPhone > thinking that might have fixed it. I searched the Wallet and Apple Pay > settings and the iCloud account settings but have found nothing related to > the new Apple Pay cash sending feature. Anyone know of something I have > missed? > > Rebooting iPhone8 > > Hello, > Don't know if this is a bug, but I have updated to iOS11.2, and I cannot seem > to do a reboot on my iPhone8. I pressed the volume up quickly, and then the > down button quickly, and tried to hold the power button. However, the shut > down option came up. Is there a new way to force a reboot? > > Using apple pay to send money to friends > > Hello,This feature is not available yet. It is suppose to be turned on some > time this next week. I have seen some tweets from iMore confirming this. > > RE: Using apple pay to send money to friends > > Thank you for this info. It was making me crazy because I couldn't find > anything on my iPhone. > > rebooting iPhone8 > > Well, the reboot is working. it seems that I didn't hold long enough. sorry > about that. > > > > Original Article: > https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-braille-ios-news/apple-releases-ios-112-bringing-many-fixes-braille-and-voiceover-users > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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