Type onscreen braille – Apple iPhone iOS 8.1 User Manual

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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Enter an accented character. In standard typing style, select the plain character, then double-tap
and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left or right

style, touch and hold a character until the alternate characters appear.

Change the keyboard language. Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Choose

rotor item appears only if you select more than one language in Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech.

addition to normal text entry, use handwriting mode to enter your iPhone passcode silently or
open apps from the Home screen.

Enter handwriting mode. Use the rotor to select Handwriting. If Handwriting isn’t in the rotor,
go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor, then add it.

Choose a character type.
uppercase, or punctuation.

Hear the currently selected character type.

Enter a character.

Enter a space.

Go to a new line.

Delete the character before the insertion point.

Select an item on the Home screen. Start writing the name of the item. If there are multiple

choose from the current matches.

Enter your passcode silently. Set the rotor to Handwriting on the passcode screen, then write
the characters of your passcode.

Skip to a letter in a table index. Select the index to the right of the table, then write the letter.

Set the rotor to a web browsing element type.

Exit handwriting mode.

Type onscreen braille

(screen away mode).

Turn on Braille Screen Input.
rotor, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor, then add it.

Enter braille codes.

Adjust entry dot positions.

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