User Guide

Appendix A Accessibility 120
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Change an item’s name so it’s easier to nd: Select the item, then 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.
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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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Stop 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: Turn o Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Sound Eects.
Use a larger VoiceOver cursor. Turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Large Cursor.
Adjust the speaking voice. You can adjust characteristics of the VoiceOver speaking voice to
make it easier for you to understand:
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Change the speaking volume: Use the volume buttons on iPhone, or add volume to the rotor,
then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 123.
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Change the speaking rate: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and drag
the Speaking Rate slider. You can also add Speech Rate to the rotor, 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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Change the language for iPhone: Go to Settings > General > International > Language.
Pronunciation of some languages is aected by Settings > General > International >
Region Format.
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Set the default dialect for the current iPhone language: Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects.
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Change pronunciation: Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Language is
available in the rotor only if you select more than one pronunciation in Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects.
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Choose which pronunciations are available in the rotor: Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects. To adjust the voice quality or speaking rate
for each language, tap next to the language. To change the order of the languages, tap
Edit, then drag up or down. To delete a language, tap Edit, then tap the delete button to
the left of the language name.
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Change the basic reading voice: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use
Compact Voice.