Hi Mickey,
I was able to duplicate your issue on my iPhone 13 Mini running iOS 15.1 with Apple Music. The Voiceover volume increased significantly when playing a music selection from my connected Bluetooth speaker regardless of whether the audio destination was set to Default audio or External audio. I have my Accessibility shortcut found under Settings, Accessibility, Accessibility shortcut set to Voiceover so I can toggle Voiceover on and off by pressing the side power button 3 times. You would press the Home button on an iPhone SE 3 times to do this. When I duplicated your issue and the Voiceover volume increased significantly while playing a song in Apple Music, I turned Voiceover off and back on by pressing the power button 3 times in succession. This seemed to correct the issue. After doing this, the audio destination seemed to change to External as opposed to Default audio which in my case kept the Voiceover volume at its correct position. When I used the rotor to change the audio destination to Default and started playing another song, the problem did recur. Turning Voiceover off and on again corrected it, however. I hope trying the above helps with your issue. Alan Lemly From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mickey Quenzer Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Voiceover problem while using Bluetooth speakers Hello Alen : When playing a Talking Book, My audio destination is set to default. I have installed iOS beta 15.2. The problem still exists. Also, You can use Apple Music to duplicate the problem. You must be playing the audio to create the audio problem. I am not changing the volume, the side button will increase and decrease the Bluetooth speaker. The audio destination is default. vOiceover speech is coming out of the iPhone. I tried using screen recording to record the session, but it is recording the audio that comes over the bluetooth speaker. Changing vOiceover router items doesn’t effect the problem. If you stop the audio you are playing with the Bluetooth speaker, the audio problem stops and vOiceover speech when you are flicking around is normal. Start playing the audio again and the problem while flicking comes back. ******* MQ ******* On Nov 5, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Mickey, I’m unable to duplicate your issue. I’m running iOS 15.1 on an iPhone 13 Mini and have a couple of Bluetooth speakers available to my iPhone. I have some follow-up questions/comments: 1. When you’re playing a BARD Mobile item and adjust the volume, are you using the volume buttons on your iDevice as opposed to the speaker itself? Your original post wasn’t clear and I’m assuming you meant the iDevice’s volume buttons. 2. Is Voiceover coming through your connected Bluetooth speaker? When I was unable to duplicate your issue, Voiceover was coming through the speaker which is my preference. 3. What is the setting of Audio destination in your rotor when you’re experiencing this issue? I believe mine was set to Default audio but I had an External audio choice as well. Does the issue continue if you cycle between audio destination settings? 4. Do you have Audio ducking turned on or off when experiencing the issue and have you tried toggling it to the other option to see if it makes a difference.? 5. With your Bluetooth speaker connected, what is its device type setting? In Settings, Bluetooth, place focus on the speaker name and single finger swipe down to More info and double tap. A screen opens where you can double tap on Device type and select between Car stereo, Headphone, Hearing aid, Speaker, and Other. Neither of my Bluetooth speakers had anything selected on this screen and I still was unable to duplicate your issue when I marked my device type as a speaker. I did notice that the Voiceover clicks when swiping on the screen seemed much louder after selecting Speaker here but Voiceover volume for everything else was unchanged. Post back after answering the above questions or trying any of the above items to let us know if any difference occurred. If nothing changes, I’d contact Apple Accessibility as has been suggested. Alan Lemly From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Mickey Quenzer Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 7:39 AM To: Abridged Recipients <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Voiceover problem while using Bluetooth speakers Hello All: My ability to play through Bluetooth speakers is still acting the same as it did with previous iOS versions. I am now on iOS 15.1 with exactly the same problem. However I did figure out that you can create the problem not only with bard but with the regular music app also just follow the instructions above an open music instead of barred. I’m hoping to find the case ID and report this to Apple today. ******* MQ ******* On Apr 27, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Mickey Quenzer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Steps to reproduce the problem Add a speaker to Bluetooth settings. Go into bard and start playing a book Use the volume up and down button to set the volume of the speaker you’re playing through. While in bard just use voiceover normally. You’ll find that there are two volumes with voiceover. One of them is the volume that you set in the rotor and the other one is actually unknown to me at this point that one is very loud and uncontrollable. Questions: One which volume setting is that voice coming from? To how do you control that volume? 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