VoiceOver on iOS does not read longer lines of code

[adincebic]

When reviewing pull requests VoiceOver won't read some longer lines of code. It does not seem that it is only caused by number of characters, something else is tripping up VoiceOver.

[cehfisher]

Hello @adincebic - thank you for providing this feedback! We will file this with our Accessibility team so that it can be reviewed and will follow-up here with any additional questions or updates. Thanks again!

[adincebic]

Hm it seems that square brackets are the problem. Try it with Objective-C code.

[cehfisher]

That is interesting! I'll add that to the notes to the team and check to see if that is a known limitation to VoiceOver. Which browser and OS are you using?

[adincebic]

Pretty sure square brackets are not a limitation of VoiceOver as I am developing in Objective-C for a very long time :). Also when I write [] it does not create any issue.
Finally, feedback is about Github iOS app.

[ericwbailey]

Hi @adincebic! I'm a member of the GitHub Accessibility team, and I'm helping out with this issue.

First, I wanted to say thank you for reporting it. Feedback like this is really useful for helping to guarantee our experiences are actually usable and accessible.

Second, is the code in question something you can share in a public repo so I can evaluate it? I did some testing on the iOS GitHub app for a PR that attempted to mimic the setup you described, but it is a long comment and not code that uses square brackets.

If not, is there a more genericized example you could share with me? I am not an Objective-C developer, so I would like to make sure the syntax is actually accurate and correct for evaluation.

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