Start with the required output
Read-aloud subtitles turn the text track into synthetic speech. They are different from an audio-description narration prepared to explain visual action. Decide whether the need is hearing subtitle translation or hearing visual details described, then open an item with the appropriate provision. Apple also describes VoiceOver as a screen reader, which means its operation extends beyond simply making one video speak.
Follow NRK’s app-versus-browser distinction
For the installed NRK TV app on iPhone or iPad, the publisher directs VoiceOver’s Verbosity and Media Descriptions setting to Speech. For viewing on NRK’s website, its instructions say Media Descriptions should be off. Keep that distinction with the player route. Copying the app setting into a browser experiment would not reproduce the documented website configuration.
Enable the programme’s subtitles as well
NRK instructs the viewer to start the programme, turn subtitles on and then activate the screen reader for the reading experience. An accessible navigation menu speaking correctly is not evidence that the video’s subtitle track is enabled. Check the actual programme control before deciding that the screen reader has failed to recognise an available caption.
Know how to return to normal interaction
VoiceOver changes touch gestures and can read other interface information as well as subtitles. Use the device’s configured accessibility shortcut and current Apple instructions, especially if this is not a feature used daily. Preserve the original settings before comparing app and web. This source-based sequence is not a test of a particular iPhone, caption track or software version.
Questions, answered
Are read-aloud subtitles the same as audio description?
No. One speaks subtitle text; the other describes visual information.
Should the app and website use the same Media Descriptions choice?
NRK’s published instructions distinguish those routes.