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 the same time.
Turn spoken hints on or off:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, 
and tap the Speak Hints On/Off switch. When Speak Hints is turned on, VoiceOver may 
tell you the action of the item or provide instructions for you—for example, “double-
tap to open.” Speak Hints is turned on by default.
Set the VoiceOver speaking rate:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > 
VoiceOver, and adjust the Speaking Rate slider.
Add speaking rate to the rotor:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility and tap to 
turn on “Include in Rotor.”
You can choose the kind of feedback you get when you type. You can set VoiceOver to 
speak characters, words, both, or nothing. If you choose to hear both characters and 
words, VoiceOver speaks each character as you type it, then speaks the whole word 
when you finish it by entering a space or punctuation.
Choose typing feedback:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > 
Typing Feedback. You can choose Characters, Words, Characters and Words, or Nothing 
for software keyboards and for an Apple Wireless Keyboard (see “Using an Apple 
Wireless Keyboard
”  on page 40).
Use phoneticsIn Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then 
tap the Use Phonetics switch to turn it on.
Use this feature when you type or read character-by-
character, to help make clear which characters were spoken. 
When Use Phonetics is turned on, Voiceover first speaks the 
character, then speaks a word beginning with the character. 
For example, if you type the character “f,” VoiceOver speaks 
“f,” and then a moment later, “foxtrot.”
Use pitch change In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then 
tap the Use Pitch Change switch to turn it on.
VoiceOver uses a higher pitch when entering a letter, and 
a lower pitch when deleting a letter. VoiceOver also uses a 
higher pitch when speaking the first item of a group (such 
as a list or table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last 
item of a group.
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							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 change the language for iPhone, you may need to reset the language for 
VoiceOver.
Set the rotor options for web browsing:   In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > 
VoiceOver > Web Rotor. Tap to select or deselect options. To change the position of an 
item in the list, touch 
 next to the item, then drag up or down.
Select the languages available in the Language rotor:   In Settings, choose General 
> Accessibility > VoiceOver > Language Rotor and tap to select the language or 
languages you want to appear in the Language rotor. To change the position of a 
language in the list, touch 
 next to the language and drag up or down.
The Language rotor is always available when you’ve selected more than one language.
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 elements when they’re selected. VoiceOver gestures include two- and 
three-fingers gestures to tap or flick. 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 standard gestures when VoiceOver is turned on, by double-tapping  
and holding your finger on the screen. A series of tones indicates that normal   
gestures are in force. They remain in effect until you lift your finger. Then VoiceOver 
gestures resume.
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 
flicking gestures. To flick, 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.
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							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 current item.
 ÂTwo-finger flick up:  Read all from the top of the screen.
 ÂTwo-finger flick down:  Read all from the current position.
 ÂTwo-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.
 ÂThree-finger flick up or down:  Scroll one page at a time.
 ÂThree-finger flick right or left:  Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home 
screen, Stocks, or Safari).
 ÂThree-finger tap:  Speak the scroll status (which page or rows are visible).
 ÂFour-finger tap at top of screen:  Select the first item on the page.
 ÂFour-finger tap at bottom of screen:  Select the last item on the page.
 ÂFour-finger flick up:  Select the first element on the screen.
 ÂFour-finger flick down:  Select the last element on the screen.
Activating
 ÂDouble-tap:  Activate the selected item.
 ÂTriple-tap:  Double-tap an item.
 ÂSplit-tap:  An alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping is to touch an item 
with one finger, then tap the screen with another to activate an item.
 ÂTouch an item with one finger, tap the screen with another finger (“split-tapping”):  
Activate the item.
 ÂDouble-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture:  Use a standard gesture.
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the subsequent gesture as 
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, then without lifting your finger, 
drag your finger to slide a switch.
 ÂTwo-finger double-tap:  Answer or end a call. Play or pause in iPod, YouTube, Voice 
Memos, or Photos. Take a photo (Camera). Start or pause recording in Camera or 
Voice Memos. Start or stop the stopwatch.
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							 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 you’re reading 
text in an email you received, you can use the rotor to switch between hearing text 
spoken word-by-word or character-by-character when you flick up or down. If you’re 
browsing a webpage, you can use the rotor setting to hear all the text (either word-by-
word or character-by-character), or to jump from one element to another of a certain 
type, such as headers or links.
The following lists show the available rotor options, depending on the context of what 
you’re doing.
Reading text
Select and hear text by:
Character
 Â
Word Â
Line Â
Browsing a webpage
Select and hear text by:Character
 Â
Word Â
Line Â
Heading Â
Link Â
Visited link Â
Non-visited link Â
In-page link Â
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							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 pitch change Â
Use Phonetics Â
See “ Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard” on page 239 .
You can select which rotor options appear for web browsing, and arrange their order. 
See “Setting Up VoiceOver
”  on page 2 31 .
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							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 four fingers.
 ÂSelect the last element on a screen:  Flick down with four fingers.
“Tap” a selected item when VoiceOver is turned on:   Double-tap anywhere on  
the screen.
“Double-tap” a selected item when VoiceOver is turned on:   Triple-tap anywhere on 
the screen.
Speak the text of an element, character-by-character or word-by-word:   With 
the element selected, flick up or down with one finger. Flick down to read the next 
character, or flick up to read the previous character. Use phonetics to have VoiceOver 
also speak a word beginning with the character being spoken. See “Setting Up 
VoiceOver
”  on page 2 31 .
Twist the rotor control to have VoiceOver read word-by-word.
Adjust a slider:   With a single finger, flick up to increase the setting or down to 
decrease the setting. VoiceOver announces the setting as you adjust it.
Scroll a list or area of the screenFlick up or down with three fingers. Flick down to page 
down through the list or screen, or flick up to page up. 
When paging through a list, VoiceOver speaks the range of 
items displayed (for example, “showing rows 5 through 10”).
You can also scroll continuously through a list, instead of 
paging through it. Double-tap and hold. When you hear a 
series of tones, you can move your finger up or down to scroll 
the list. Continuous scrolling stops when you lift your finger.
Use a list index Some lists have an alphabetical index along the right side. 
The index can’t be selected by flicking between elements; 
you must touch the index directly to select it. With the 
index selected, flick up or down to move along the index. 
You can also double-tap, then slide your finger up or down.
Reorder a list Some lists, such as Favorites in Phone, and Web Rotor and 
Language Rotor in Accessibility settings can be reordered. 
Select 
 on the right side of an item, double-tap and hold 
until you hear a sound, then drag up or down. VoiceOver 
speaks the item you’ve moved above or below, depending 
on the direction you’re dragging.
Unlock iPhone:  Select the Unlock switch, then double-tap the screen.
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							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 to turn speaking back on. To turn off only VoiceOver 
sounds, set the Ring/Silent switch to Silent.
If an external keyboard is connected, you can also press the 
Control key on the keyboard to mute or unmute VoiceOver.
Stop speaking an item Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to 
resume speaking. Speaking automatically resumes when 
you select another item.
Turn the screen curtain on or off Triple-tap with three fingers. When screen curtain is on, 
the screen contents are active even though the display is 
turned off.
Speak the entire screen from the top Flick up with two fingers.
Speak from the current item to the 
bottom of the screen Flick down with two fingers.
You can hear iPhone status information by touching the top of the screen. This 
information can include the time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.
Making Phone Calls with VoiceOver
Double-tap the screen with two fingers to answer or end a call. When a phone call 
is established with VoiceOver on, the screen displays the numeric keypad by default, 
instead of showing call options. This makes it easier to use the keypad to respond to a 
menu of options when you reach an automated system.
Display call options:
  Select the Hide Keypad button in the lower-right corner and 
double-tap.
Display the numeric keypad again:   Select the Keypad button near the center of the 
screen and double-tap.
Entering and Editing Text
When you enter an editable text field, you can use the onscreen keyboard or an 
external keyboard connected to iPhone to enter text.
There are two ways to enter text in VoiceOver—standard typing and “touch” typing. 
With standard typing, you select a key, then double-tap the screen to enter the 
character. With touch typing, you touch to select a key and the character is entered 
automatically when you lift your finger. Touch typing can be quicker, but may require 
more practice than standard typing.
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							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 point to the opposite end. 
VoiceOver tells you the position of the insertion point.
 2 Use the keyboard to type characters: 
 ÂStandard typing:   Select a key on the keyboard by flicking left or right, then double-
tap to enter the character. Or move you finger around the keyboard to select a key 
and, while continuing to touch the key with one finger, tap the screen with another 
finger to enter the character. VoiceOver speaks the key when it’s selected, and again 
when the character is entered.
 ÂTouch typing:   Touch a key on the keyboard to select it, then lift your finger to enter 
the character. If you touch the wrong key, move your finger on the keyboard until 
you select the key you want. VoiceOver speaks the character for each key as you 
touch it, but doesn’t enter a character until you lift your finger.
Note:   Touch typing works only for the keys that actually enter text. Use standard 
typing for other keys such as Shift, Delete, and Return.
VoiceOver tells you when it thinks you’ve misspelled a word.
Choose standard or touch typing:   With VoiceOver turned on and a key selected on 
the keyboard, use the rotor to select Typing Mode, then flick up or down.
Move the insertion point:   Use the rotor to choose whether you want to move the 
insertion point by character, by word, or by line. By default, VoiceOver moves the 
insertion point character-by-character.
Flick up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward in the text. 
VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and speaks the character 
that the insertion point moves across. 
When moving the insertion point by word, VoiceOver speaks each word as you 
move across it. When moving forward, the insertion point is placed at the end of 
the traversed word, before the space or punctuation that follows it. When moving 
backward, the insertion point is placed the end of the word preceding the traversed 
word, before the space or punctuation that follows it. To move the insertion point 
past the punctuation at the end of a word or sentence, use the rotor to switch back to 
character mode.
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							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 delete multiple characters, touch and hold the Delete 
key, then tap the screen with another finger once for each character your want to 
delete. VoiceOver speaks the character as it’s deleted. If Use Pitch Change is turned on, 
VoiceOver speaks deleted characters in a lower pitch.
Select text:  Set the rotor to Edit, flick up or down to choose Select or Select All, then 
double tap. If you chose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected 
when you double-tap. If you chose Select All, the entire text is selected.
Pinch apart or together to increase or decrease the selection.
Cut, copy, or paste:   Make sure the rotor is set to edit. With text selected, flick up or 
down to choose Cut, Copy, or Paste, then double-tap.
Undo:   Shake iPhone, flick left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap.
Enter an accented character:   In standard typing mode, select the plain character, 
then double-tap and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have 
appeared. Drag left or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter 
the current selection.
Change the language you’re typing in:   Set the rotor to Language, then flick up or 
down. Choose “default language” to use the language specified in International settings.
Note:   The Language rotor appears only if you select more than one language in the 
VoiceOver Language Rotor setting. See “Setting Up VoiceOver
”  on page 2 31 .
Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPhone. See 
“Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
” on page 40.
The VoiceOver keyboard commands let you 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. 
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							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 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
Quick Nav
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys. Quick Nav is off by default.
Turn Quick Nav on or offLeft Arrow–Right Arrow
Select the next or previous item Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select the next or previous item specified by 
the rotor setting Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Select the first or last item Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow
"Tap” an item Up Arrow–Down Arrow
Scroll up, down, left, or right Option–Up Arrow, Option–Down Arrow, Option–
Left Arrow, or Option–Right Arrow
Change the rotor Up Arrow–Left Arrow or Up Arrow–Right Arrow
You can also use the number keys on the Apple Wireless Keyboard to dial a phone 
number in Phone or enter numbers in Calculator.
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