When entering the screen reader, need to tap 2 times before TTS speaks

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go into screen reader
2. Tap the screen

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The TTS should speak on the first tap

Original issue reported on code.google.com by JoshScotland on 10 May 2010 at 9:59