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How to make Voiceover to spell each letter in a word?

I have a text CPN34THX which should be read by voiceover as C N 3 4 T H X Is there any property to be set to UIAccessibility so that it can be read character by character?

Solution

  • iOS 13 and above

    You should use .accessibilitySpeechSpellOut or .accessibilitySpeechIPANotation. instead to make it spelling

    let code = "CPN34THX"
let accessibleCode = NSMutableAttributedString(string: code, attributes:[.accessibilitySpeechSpellOut: true])
myLabel.accessibilityLabel = accessibleCode

    iOS 12 and earlear

    Set the accessibilityLabel separately as you needed.

    let code = "CPN34THX"
let accessibleCode = code.map(String.init).joined(separator: " ") // output: "C P N 3 4 T H X"
myLabel.text = code
myLabel.accessibilityLabel = accessibleCode

    For making it more pronounceable, make a string like this:

    myLabel.accessibilityLabel = "C^. P^. N^. 3. 4. T^. H^. X^."