User guide
Appendix A Accessibility 122
Learn VoiceOver gestures
gestures let you move around the screen and control individual items. VoiceOver gestures
your thumbs. Many use a split-tap gesture: instead of selecting an item and double-tapping,
quicker movement, especially for a double-tap or swipe gesture. To swipe, try brushing the
From VoiceOver settings, you can enter a special area where you can practice VoiceOver gestures
Practice VoiceOver gestures. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap
button, make sure VoiceOver is turned on.
Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures:
Navigate and read
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Tap: Select and 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 setting. See Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 123.
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Stop speaking the current item.
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Read all from the top of the screen.
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Read all from the current position.
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dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.
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Scroll one page at a time.
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Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home screen,
Stocks, or Safari).
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Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text
is selected.
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Select the last item on the page.
Activate
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Double-tap: Activate the selected item.
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Triple-tap: Double-tap an item.
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Split-tap: As an alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping to activate it, touch an
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Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard gesture. The double-tap
and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as standard. For example, you can