Learning voiceover gestures – Apple iPhone (For iOS 6.1) User Manual
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Accessibility
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Speak the iPhone status information: Tap the top of the screen to hear information about the
time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.
Speak notifications: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and turn on Speak
Notifications. Notifications, including the text of incoming text messages, are spoken as they occur,
even if iPhone is locked. Unacknowledged notifications are repeated when you unlock iPhone.
Turn the screen curtain on or off: Tap four times with three fingers. When the screen curtain is
on, the screen contents are active even though the display is turned off.
Learning VoiceOver gestures
When VoiceOver is turned on, the standard touchscreen gestures have different effects. These
and some additional gestures let you move around the screen and control individual items when
they’re selected. VoiceOver gestures include two- and three-finger gestures to tap or swipe.
For best results when using two- and three-finger gestures, relax and let your fingers touch the
screen with some space between them.
You can use different techniques to enter VoiceOver gestures. For example, you can enter a
two-finger tap using two fingers from one hand, or one finger from each hand. You can also use
your thumbs. Many find the “split-tap” gesture especially effective: instead of selecting an item
and double-tapping, you can touch and hold an item with one finger, then tap the screen with
another finger. Try different techniques to discover which works best for you.
If your gestures don’t work, try quicker movements, especially for double-tapping and swiping
gestures. To swipe, try quickly brushing the screen with your finger or fingers. When VoiceOver
is turned on, the VoiceOver Practice button appears, which gives you a chance to practice
VoiceOver gestures before proceeding.
Practice VoiceOver gestures: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap
VoiceOver Practice. When you finish practicing, tap Done. If you don’t see the VoiceOver Practice
button, make sure VoiceOver is turned on.
Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures:
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Tap: Speak the item.
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Swipe right or left: Select the next or previous item.
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Swipe up or down: Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See
on page 119.
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Two-finger tap: Stop speaking the current item.
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Two-finger flick up: Read all from the top of the screen.
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Two-finger flick down: Read all from the current position.
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Two-finger “scrub”: Move two fingers back and forth three times quickly (making a “z”) to
dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.
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Three-finger swipe up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
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Three-finger swipe right or left: Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home screen,
Stocks, or Safari).
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Three-finger tap: Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text
is selected.
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Four-finger tap at top of screen: Select the first item on the page.
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Four-finger tap at bottom of screen: Select the last item on the page.