The default voiceover

The default VoiceOver behavior is to start at the toolbar and work its way down. In some cases, this feels unintuitive to me. One example - my app persists which Tab you were last on across sessions. But on iOS, the tab bar is at the bottom. Sighted users have immediate context. I explored trying to insert a VO bit on load to announce which Tab is active, but that didn't work well and would sometimes clash with other VoiceOver elements. Any guidance here? I'm not a VoiceOver user, so please let me know if I'm trying to change a default AX behavior that shouldn't be messed with. But I want to make sure a VO user has the right context of where they're being dropped into.

The default voiceover
 
 
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