VoiceView won't read aloud text until I reboot the device and turn on it again

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Bug Description


1. Summary

Screen Reader stop reading out anything else within the app.

App Name: directv

Bug Severity
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  • Impacts operation of app
  • Blocks current development
  • Improvement suggestion
  • Issue with documentation (If selected, please share the doc link and describe the issue)
  • Other

2. Steps to Reproduce

I can’t provide exact steps because I don’t know what user actions can cause it

In the app it happens when user is playing a cDVR recording and fast-forwarding to the end of the video and in one moment it don’t read aloud at all (even on home screen)

3. Observed Behavior

VoiceView suddenly stop read aloud text

4. Expected Behavior

VoiceView works properly and stable

4.a Possible Root Cause & Temporary Workaround

I attached the logs during that bug, and the next error is indicated by a brief AI summary:

Oct 30 15:25:29.060840 callie-790b68227afe18a0 local0.err ]. 
  ucc[3810]: 26208 E CasperContext:Error executing Lua code: 
   /usr/lib/casper/lua/SpeechManager.lua:69:
     attempt to perform bitwise operation on a nil value (local 'flags')

5. Logs or crash report

logs.txt (2.9 MB)

6. Environment

  • SDK Version: 0.20.3719
  • App State: Foreground
  • OS Information:
    NAME="OS"
    OE_VERSION="4.0.0"
    OS_MAJOR_VERSION="1"
    OS_MINOR_VERSION="1"
    RELEASE_ID="10"
    OS_VERSION="1.1"
    BRANCH_CODE="TV Ship"
    BUILD_DESC="OS 1.1 (TV Ship/4440)"
    BUILD_FINGERPRINT="4.0.175756.0(3072cab629675a74)/4440N:user-external/release-keys"
    BUILD_VARIANT="user-external"
    BUILD_TAGS="release-keys"
    BUILD_DATE="Tue Oct 28 20:47:45 UTC 2025"
    BUILD_TIMESTAMP="1761684465"
    VERSION_NUMBER="1001010444050"
    

Hi @DVD ,

Thank you for the detailed bug report on the VoiceView accessibility issue.

Our team is investigating this issue and will provide an update as soon as we have more information.

Thanks for helping us improve the Vega platform.

Warm regards,
Aishwarya

Do you have any updates ?