User Guide

Appendix A Accessibility 105
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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 iPod touch, or add volume to the
rotor, then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 108.
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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 iPod touch: 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 chosen 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 rotor language 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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Set the default dialect for the current iPod touch language: Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects.
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Change the basic reading voice: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Use Compact Voice.