Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 User Manual

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Editing videos and voice memos with VoiceOver

You can use VoiceOver gestures to trim Camera videos and Voice Memo recordings.
Trim a voice memo: On the Voice Memos screen, select the button to the right of the memo
you want to trim, then double-tap. Then select Trim Memo and double-tap. Select the beginning
or end of the trim tool. Flick up to drag to the right, or flick down to drag to the left. VoiceOver
announces the amount of time the current position will trim from the recording. To execute the
trim, select Trim Voice Memo and double-tap.
Trim a video: While viewing a video in Photos, double-tap the screen to display the video
controls, then select the beginning or end of the trim tool. Then flick up to drag to the right, or
flick down to drag to the left. VoiceOver announces the amount of time the current position will
trim from the recording. To execute the trim, select Trim and double-tap.

Controlling VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard

You can control VoiceOver on iPhone using an Apple Wireless Keyboard. See “Using an Apple
Wireless Keyboard”
on page 27.

You can use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen
contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. All the keyboard commands
(except one) include Control-Option, abbreviated in the table below as “VO.”

VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use VoiceOver
Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key combinations.

VoiceOver keyboard commands
VO = Control-Option

Read all, starting from the
current position

VO–A

Read from the top

VO–B

Move to the status bar

VO–M

Press the Home button

VO–H

Select the next or previous item

VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow

Tap an item

VO–Space bar

Double-tap with two fingers

VO–”-”

Choose the next or previous
rotor item

VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow

Choose the next or previous
speech rotor item

VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow

Adjust speech rotor item

VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–Down Arrow

Mute or unmute VoiceOver

VO–S

Turn the screen curtain on or off

VO–Shift-S

Turn on VoiceOver help

VO–K

Return to the previous screen,
or turn off VoiceOver help

Escape

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