User's Guide

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Enter text using one of the following methods:
Standard typing (default): Select a key on the keyboard by swiping left or right, then double-
tap to enter the character. Or move your finger around the keyboard to select a key and,
while continuing to touch the key with one finger, tap the screen with another finger.
VoiceOver speaks the key when it’s selected, and again when the character is entered.
Touch typing: Touch a key on the keyboard to select it, then lift your finger to enter the
character. If you touch the wrong key, slide your finger to 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.
Direct Touch typing: VoiceOver is disabled for the keyboard only, so you can type just as
you do when VoiceOver is off.
Dictation: Use a two-finger double-tap on the keyboard to start and stop dictation.
To enter an accented character, use one of the following methods:
Standard typing (default): Select the plain character, then double-tap and hold until you hear a
tone indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left or right to select and hear the
choices. Release your finger to enter the current selection.
Touch typing: Touch and hold a character until the alternate characters appear.
Edit text with the onscreen keyboard
Move the insertion point: Swipe up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward
in the text. Use the rotor to choose whether you want to move the insertion point by
character, by word, or by line. To jump to the beginning or end, double-tap the text.
VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and speaks the character, word, or
line that the insertion point moves across. When moving forward by words, the insertion point
is placed at the end of each word, before the space or punctuation that follows. When moving
backward, the insertion point is placed at the end of the preceding word, before the space or
punctuation that follows it.
Move the insertion point past the punctuation at the end of a word or sentence: Use the rotor
to switch back to character mode.
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: Use .
Select text: Use one of the following methods.
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