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Chapter 32 Accessibility 122
Editing videos and voice memos with VoiceOver
You can use VoiceOver gestures to trim Camera videos and Voice Memo recordings.
Trim a voice memo: On the Voice Memos screen, select the button to the right of the memo
you want to trim, then double-tap. Then select Trim Memo and double-tap. Select the beginning
or end of the trim tool. Swipe up to drag right, or swipe down to drag left. VoiceOver announces
the amount of time the current position will trim from the recording. To complete the trim, select
Trim Voice Memo and double-tap.
Trim a video: While viewing a video in Photos, double-tap the screen to display the video
controls, then select the beginning or end of the trim tool. Then swipe up to drag to the right, or
swipe down to drag to the left. VoiceOver announces the amount of time the current position
will trim from the recording. To complete the trim, select Trim and double-tap.
Controlling VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPhone. See Apple
Wireless Keyboard on page 24.
VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use VoiceOver
Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key combinations.
Use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents,
adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. Most keyboard commands use the
Control-Option key combination, abbreviated in the table below as VO.”
VoiceOver keyboard commands
VO = Control-Option
Read all, starting from the current position: VO–A
Read from the top: VO–B
Move to the status bar: VO–M
Press the Home button: VO–H
Select the next or previous item: VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow
Tap an item: VO–Space bar
Open the Item Chooser: VO–I
Double-tap with two ngers: VO–”-”
Select the next or previous item specied by the rotor: VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow
Adjust the speech rotor: VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow
Adjust the setting specied by the speech rotor: VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–
Down Arrow
Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VO–S
Switch apps: Command–Tab or Command–Shift–Tab
Turn the screen curtain on or o: VO–Shift–S
Turn on VoiceOver help: VO–K
Return to the previous screen, or turn o VoiceOver help: Escape
Quick Nav
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.
Turn Quick Nav on or o: Left Arrow–Right Arrow
Select the next or previous item: Right Arrow or Left Arrow