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Voice Over speech speed in iOS17 onwards

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#95 opened on May 20, 2024

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Description

From a Soundscape Community user... There is an issue with VoiceOver speech speed when Apple introduced IOS 17 and which has become worse with release of 17.4! The problem is when the VoiceOver overlay is applied the 50% speed becomes probably 46% on iPhone and iPad and ironically speeds up on Apple TV. This causes issues with third party apps like SoundScape, as now the voice speed is compromised further within SoundScape. Currently the Blind Voice Speech Speed can only be adjusted at 10% increments, this means the SoundScape speech is slow as molasses at 50% and way fast at 60%. The best solution here would be for Apple to fix the problem and stop corrupting VoiceOver every time a new IOS release update occurs, but the realistic fix will probably need to come from application developers. A suggested fix is to implement 1% increments in lieu of 10% increments when setting Blind Voice Speech Speed as this would totally resolve any future issues relating to Speech Speed.

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Research direction
Investigate how the app currently sets VoiceOver speech speed (likely via UIAccessibility or AVSpeechSynthesizer). Determine where the 10% increment is applied and modify it to allow 1% increments, ensuring compatibility with iOS 17 VoiceOver changes.
Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
SwiftiOS development
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70