For practice, I have implemented accessibility labels and announcement in a very simple test app (All SwiftUI, all iOS 18).
The app is not localized, default language is English.
When running this on a German phone, odd things happen in the localization. My accessibility labels are read with an accent, but when they contain a url, the "dots" are read as the German "Punkt" (with an English Accent).
When I am providing the same text as accessibility announcement, the same text (which is in English), is read with a German voice.
I am also providing a Button with an "arrow.clockwise" image, and VoiceOver reads this, in an English Voice with "Refresh, Button". This is great and was to be expected. However, when the button is disabled, VoiceOver reads "Refresh, grau dargestellt, Button", all in an English Voice.
Is this an error? Am I doing it wrong?
The video at the link should show the issue
This looks like a system bug to me because 1) VoiceOver doesn't seem to behave consistently and 2) there is no API to impact the accent of VoiceOver.
I’d suggest that you file a feedback report to see what the Accessibility team has to say – If you do so, please share your report ID here for folks to track.
Best,
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Ziqiao Chen
Worldwide Developer Relations.
