User Guide

Appendix A Accessibility 128
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Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one nger. Item order is left-to-right,
top-to-bottom.
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Select the item above or below: Set the rotor to Vertical Navigation, then swipe up or down
with one nger. If you don’t nd Vertical Navigation in the rotor, you can add it; see Use the
VoiceOver rotor on page 131.
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Select the rst or last item on the screen: Tap with four ngers at the top or bottom of the screen.
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Select an item by name: Triple-tap with two ngers anywhere on the screen to open the Item
Chooser. Then type a name in the search eld, or swipe right or left to move through the list
alphabetically, or tap the table index to the right of the list and swipe up or down to move
quickly through the list of items. You can also use handwriting to select an item by writing its
name; see Write with your nger on page 133. To dismiss the Item Chooser without making a
selection, do a two-nger scrub (move two ngers back and forth three times quickly, making
a “z”).
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Change an item’s name so it’s easier to nd: Select the item, then double-tap and hold with two
ngers anywhere on the screen.
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Speak the text of the selected item: Set the rotor to characters or words, then swipe down or up
with one nger.
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Turn spoken hints on or o: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speak Hints.
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Use phonetic spelling: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Phonetic Feedback.
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Speak the entire screen, from the top: Swipe up with two ngers.
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Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen: Swipe down with two ngers.
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Pause speaking: Tap once with two ngers. Tap again with two ngers to resume, or select
another item.
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Mute VoiceOver: Double-tap with three ngers; repeat to unmute. If you’re using an external
keyboard, press the Control key.
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Silence sound eects: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn o Use
Sound Eects.
Use a larger VoiceOver cursor. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn on
Large Cursor.
Adjust the speaking voice. You can adjust the VoiceOver speaking voice:
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Change the volume: Use the volume buttons on iPad. You can also add volume to the rotor,
then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 131.
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Change the speech rate: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then drag the
Speaking Rate slider. You can also set the rotor to Speech Rate, then swipe up or down
to adjust.
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Use pitch change: VoiceOver uses a higher pitch when speaking the rst item of a group (such
as a list or table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last item of a group. Go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Pitch Change.
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Speak punctuation: Set the rotor to Punctuation, then swipe up or down to to select how much
you want to hear.
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Control audio ducking: To choose whether audio that’s playing is turned down while VoiceOver
speaks, set the rotor to Audio Ducking, then swipe up or down.
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Change the language for iPad: Go to Settings > General > Language & Region. VoiceOver
pronunciation of some languages is aected by the Region Format you choose there.