Operation Manual

Appendix A Accessibility 139
Text editing
Use these commands (with Quick Nav turned o) to work with text. VoiceOver reads the text as
you move the insertion point.
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Go forward or back one character:Right Arrow or Left Arrow
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Go forward or back one word:Option–Right Arrow or Option–Left Arrow
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Go up or down one line:Up Arrow or Down Arrow
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Go to the beginning or end of the line:Command–Left Arrow or Command–Down Arrow
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Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph:Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow
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Go to the previous or next paragraph:Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow
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Go to the top or bottom of the text eld:Command–Up Arrow or Command–Down Arrow
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Select text as you move:Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above
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Select all text:Command–A
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Copy, cut, or paste the selected text:Command–C, Command–X, or Command–V
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Undo or redo last change:Command–Z or Shift–Command–Z
Support for braille displays
You can use a Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output, and you can use a braille
display with input keys and other controls to control iPad when VoiceOver is turned on. For a list
of supported braille displays, go to www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html.
Connect a braille display. Turn on the display, then go to Settings > Bluetooth and turn on
Bluetooth. Then go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and choose
the display.
Adjust Braille settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille, where you
can:
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Choose contracted, uncontracted 8-dot, or uncontracted 6-dot braille input or output
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Turn on the status cell and choose its location
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Turn on Nemeth code for equations
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Display the onscreen keyboard
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Choose to have the page turned automatically when panning
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Change the braille translation from Unied English
For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information
specic to certain displays, go to support.apple.com/kb/HT4400.
Set the language for VoiceOver. Go to Settings > General > Language & Region.
If you change the language for iPad, you may need to reset the language for VoiceOver and your
braille display.
You can set the leftmost or rightmost cell of your braille display to provide system status and
other information:
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Announcement History contains an unread message
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The current Announcement History message hasn’t been read
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VoiceOver speech is muted
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The iPad battery is low (less than 20% charge)
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iPad is in landscape orientation