When typing in Safari's address and search field, VoiceOver repeats the fields contents each time a character is typed

Category
Safari
Severity
Moderate

Description

When typing in Safari’s address and search field, VoiceOver repeats the field’s contents after each character is typed, instead of indicating typed text according to the “While typing speak” setting in VoiceOver Utility > Verbosity > Text.

Bug First Encountered

macOS Sequoia 15.0

How often the bug occurs

Always
Apple feedback #
FB18423998

Status

Active

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Comments

By Magic Retina on Saturday, June 28, 2025 - 09:53

This has been an issue for years. It’s deeply annoying, distracting, and disruptive. It was present in iOS. 15, mercifully gone for a bit, but it came back in 17 and has not been fixed since.