Battery indicator on Mac

By Dave Nason, 21 January, 2017

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

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Hi all. I'm running the latest version of Mac OS, 10.12.2
I've noticed since installing the most recent update that I can no longer hear my battery level with VoiceOver. Now when I navigate to battery in the Menu Extras bar, VoiceOver just says "Battery", but no longer says the current percentage. When I open this Battery menu there is an option which says "Show battery percentage" and I have this checked, but still no battery percentage appears.
Is this a known issue or is it just me? Any fixes?
Thanks
Dave

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By Wayne A on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 22:22

I have had the same problem. I noticed that my battery percentage no longer is said by voice over after updating to the latest version of OS 10. I hope there is a fix for this. I use Siri now to learn my battery percentage.

By Dave Nason on Friday, February 24, 2017 - 22:22

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Thanks for all of those tips, very useful. I have also written to Apple Accessibility about it. Many thanks.