That is the recommended reboot method from Apple. Have you tried calling Apple Accessibility? They would be the most likely to have heard about this if it is a common problem.
It sounds to me a little like the problem some people had with the volume getting stuck. Good luck, Richard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:43 AM To: Viphone List Subject: Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate Well, I've never tried forcibly rebooting the phone as you've described. I would tend to reserve that for times when the phone is completely frozen and won't power off normally. However, when powering off the phone by holding down POWER for a couple of seconds then double-tapping on "power off", the rate still hasn't changed when the phone is powered up again. Grant On Aug 16, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I've never seen this. But, if you set it to a lower rate, then reboot the phone by holding the power and home buttons down together for 10 or 15 seconds, what happens? Richard From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:26 AM To: Viphone List Subject: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate Hi all, I normally keep my speech rate at 100%, but I have just discovered that it is in fact stuck there. Adjusting it from the rotor, or from the VO preferences page, has no effect. Actually, that's not entirely true; VO occasionally announces something using the lower rate, but otherwise sticks to 100%. For example, if I am moving through a bulleted list on a web page, VO announces the "bullet" symbol in whatever speech rate I have set, but then reverts to 100% to read the rest of the text. I am using iOS 7.1.2 with an iPhone 5S and the default U.S. English voice. 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