When the braille feature "turn pages while panning" is enabled, after reaching the end of the page in several apps, the panning buttons freeze even after exiting the app in question

Category
Braille
Severity
Serious

Description

The description is provided in the title. This is happening on at least the Focus Fifth generation displays, Orbit Reader 40 and Braille BIX series.

This AppleVis forum topic contains information on people's experiences of this bug: Major panning problem on my Braille display after iOS 16.5

Steps to reproduce

Open a book in Kindle or VDR. Now read it. When you encounter the end of the page, your panning buttons will not respond, even after exiting the app.

Bug First Encountered

iOS/iPadOS 16.5

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone

How often the bug occurs

Always

Workaround

Disable "Turn Pages While Panning" when in these apps and manually turn to the next page with Space and Dots 1-3-5, or go back a page with Space and Dots 2-4-6. To get the panning keys back, you will need to restart VoiceOver.

Apple feedback #

FB12200104

Status

Fixed

Fixed In

iOS/iPadOS 16.6

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