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An Overview of the New VoiceOver and Braille Features in iOS 27
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- Sep 13, 2026
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In this episode, Michael Hansen gives us an overview of the new VoiceOver and braille features in iOS 27 . Topics covered include: Image Descriptions New Options for Text Exploration and Navigation New Verbosity Options for VoiceOver Hints. Import and Export Pronunciation Dictionaries Enhancements to Live Recognition New Cursor Visibility Options Braille Improvements Legacy Siri Voices Come to VoiceOver Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated using Google Gemini, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. It was lightly edited and formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Michael Hansen: Hello Friends, it's Michael Hansen here with an overview of the new VoiceOver features and changes in iOS 27. Now, in my personal estimation, iOS 27 is a pretty big update for VoiceOver users. For people with Apple Intelligence capable devices, VoiceOver now has image descriptions and live recognition scene descriptions, the ability to ask questions about your environment, and all kinds of things related to that, powered by Apple Intelligence. It's really cool. And for all users, Apple has also made refinements to text navigation, braille screen input, and a few other things as well. In this podcast, I'm going to talk you through the main highlights of iOS 27 with VoiceOver. Also do a couple of demos along the way, too. Image Description. At long, long last, Apple has finally brought image description natively to VoiceOver in iOS 27. Now, this is a feature that does require an Apple Intelligence capable device. And how it works is that when you place VoiceOver focus on a picture, for example a photo in the Photos app or an attachment that someone sends you, a picture in Messages or a post on Facebook, you turn the VoiceOver rotor to t…