Apple IPhone IOS 42 And 43 User Guide

Setting Up VoiceOver
Important:  VoiceOver changes the gestures used to control iPhone. Once VoiceOver 
is turned on, you have to use VoiceOver gestures to operate iPhone—even to turn 
VoiceOver off again to resume standard operation.
Turn VoiceOver on or off:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and 
tap the VoiceOver On/Off switch.
You can also set Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver on or off. See “ Triple-Click 
Home
”  on page 245 .
Note:   You can’t use VoiceOver and Zoom at...

By default, VoiceOver uses the language that’s set for iPhone. You can set a different 
language for VoiceOver.
Set the language for iPhone:  In Settings, choose General > International > Language, 
then select a language and tap OK. Some languages may be influenced by the Region 
Local setting. In Settings, choose General > International > Region Format and select 
the format.
Set the language for VoiceOver:   In Settings, choose General > International > Voice 
Control, then choose the language.
If you...

Practice gestures:  In Settings, choose 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:
Navigating and Reading
 ÂTap:  Speak item.
 ÂFlick right or left:  Select the next or previous item.
 ÂFlick up or down:  Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See “Rotor Control”  on 
page 234.
 ÂTwo-finger tap:  Stop speaking the...

 ÂThree-finger double-tap:  Mute or unmute VoiceOver.
 ÂThree-finger triple-tap:  Turn the screen curtain on or off.
Rotor Control
The rotor control is a virtual dial that you can use to change the results of up and 
down flick gestures when VoiceOver is turned on.
Operate the rotor:  Rotate two fingers on the iPhone screen to “turn” the dial to 
choose between options.
The current setting appears on the screen and is spoken aloud.
The effect of the rotor depends on what you’re doing. For example, if...

Form control Â
Table Â
Row (when navigating a table) Â
List Â
Landmark Â
Image Â
Static text Â
Zoom in or out
Entering text
Move insertion point and hear text by:Character
 Â
Word Â
Line Â
Select edit function
Select language
Using a control (such as the spinner for setting the time in Clock)
Select and hear values by:Character
 Â
Word Â
Line Â
Adjust the value of the control object
Speaking (available only with the Apple Wireless Keyboard)
Adjust VoiceOver speaking by:Volume
 Â
Rate Â
Typing echo Â
Use...

Using VoiceOver
Select items on the screen:  Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver identifies 
each element as you touch it. You can move systematically from one element to the 
next by flicking left or right with a single finger. Elements are selected from left-to-
right, top-to-bottom. Flick right to go to the next element, or flick left to go to the 
previous element.
Use four-finger gestures to select the first or last element on a screen.
 ÂSelect the first element on a screen:   Flick up with...

Rearrange the Home screen:  On the Home screen, select the icon you want to move. 
Double-tap and hold the icon, then drag it. VoiceOver speaks the row and column 
position as you drag the icon. Release the icon when it’s in the location you want. You 
can drag additional icons. Drag an item to the left or right edge of the screen to move 
it to a different page of the Home screen. When you finish, press the Home 
 button.
Mute VoiceOverDouble-tap with three fingers. Double-tap again with three 
fingers...

VoiceOver also lets you use the editing features of iPhone to cut, copy, or paste in a 
text field.
Enter text:
 1 Select a text field to bring up the onscreen keyboard.
You may need to double-tap to bring up the keyboard, if it doesn’t appear 
automatically. VoiceOver will tell you if the text field “is editing” or if you need to 
“double-tap to edit.”
If the field already contains text, the insertion point is placed either at the beginning 
or at the end of the text. Double-tap to move the insertion...

When moving the insertion point by line, VoiceOver speaks each line as you move 
across it. When moving forward, the insertion point is placed at the beginning of the 
next line (except when you reach the last line of a paragraph, when the insertion point 
is moved to the end of the line just spoken). When moving backward, the insertion 
point is placed at the beginning of the line that’s spoken.
Delete a character:  Select the , then double-tap or split-tap. You must do this 
even when touch typing. To...

VoiceOver Keyboard Commands
VO = Control-Option
Read all, starting from the current positionVO–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...