User guide

Chapter 32 Accessibility 118
Speak the iPhone status information: Tap the top of the screen to hear information about the
time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.
Speak notications: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and turn on Speak
Notications. Notications, including the text of incoming text messages, are spoken as they occur,
even if iPhone is locked. Unacknowledged notications are repeated when you unlock iPhone.
Turn the screen curtain on or o: Tap four times with three ngers. When the screen curtain is
on, the screen contents are active even though the display is turned o.
Learning VoiceOver gestures
When VoiceOver is turned on, the standard touchscreen gestures have dierent eects. These
and some additional gestures let you move around the screen and control individual items when
they’re selected. VoiceOver gestures include two- and three-nger gestures to tap or swipe.
For best results when using two- and three-nger gestures, relax and let your ngers touch the
screen with some space between them.
You can use dierent techniques to enter VoiceOver gestures. For example, you can enter a
two-nger tap using two ngers from one hand, or one nger from each hand. You can also use
your thumbs. Many nd the “split-tap” gesture especially eective: instead of selecting an item
and double-tapping, you can touch and hold an item with one nger, then tap the screen with
another nger. Try dierent techniques to discover which works best for you.
If your gestures don’t work, try quicker movements, especially for double-tapping and swiping
gestures. To swipe, try quickly brushing the screen with your nger or ngers. When VoiceOver
is turned on, the VoiceOver Practice button appears, which gives you a chance to practice
VoiceOver gestures before proceeding.
Practice VoiceOver gestures: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap
VoiceOver Practice. When you nish 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:
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Tap: Speak the item.
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Swipe right or left: Select the next or previous item.
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Swipe up or down: Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See Using the VoiceOver rotor
control on page 119 .
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Two-nger tap: Stop speaking the current item.
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Two-nger ick up: Read all from the top of the screen.
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Two-nger ick down: Read all from the current position.
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Two-nger “scrub”: Move two ngers back and forth three times quickly (making a “z”) to
dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.
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Three-nger swipe up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
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Three-nger swipe right or left: Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home screen,
Stocks, or Safari).
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Three-nger tap: Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text
is selected.
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Four-nger tap at top of screen: Select the rst item on the page.
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Four-nger tap at bottom of screen: Select the last item on the page.