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General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, or use the Accessibility Shortcut. See
Accessibility Shortcut.
Explore.
Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver speaks each item you touch. Lift
your finger to leave an item selected.
Select an item: Tap once to select an item, double-tap to invoke it.
Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger. Item order
is left-to-right, top-to-bottom.
Select the item above or below: Set the rotor to Vertical Navigation, then
swipe up or down with one finger. If you don’t find Vertical Navigation in the
rotor, you can add it; see Use the VoiceOver rotor.
Select the first or last item on the screen: Tap with four fingers at the top or
bottom of the screen.
Select an item by name: Triple-tap with two fingers anywhere on the screen to
open the Item Chooser. Then type a name in the search field, or swipe right or
left to move through the list alphabetically, or tap the table index to the right
of the list and swipe up or down to move quickly through the list of items. You
can also use handwriting to select an item by writing its name; see Write with
your finger. To dismiss the Item Chooser without making a selection, double-
tap.
Change an item’s name so it’s easier to find: Select the item, then double-tap
and hold with two fingers anywhere on the screen.
Speak the text of the selected item: Set the rotor to characters or words, then
swipe down or up with one finger.
Turn spoken hints on or off: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
VoiceOver > Speak Hints.
Use phonetic spelling: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Phonetic Feedback.
Speak the entire screen, from the top: Swipe up with two fingers.
Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen: Swipe down with
two fingers.
Pause speaking: Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to
resume, or select another item.
Mute VoiceOver: Double-tap with three fingers; repeat to unmute. If you’re
using an external keyboard, press the Control key.
Silence sound effects: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver,
then turn off Use Sound Effects.
Use a larger VoiceOver cursor.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn on Large Cursor.
Adjust the speaking voice.
You can adjust the VoiceOver speaking voice:
Change the volume: Use the volume buttons on iPad. You can also add
volume to the rotor, then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the
VoiceOver rotor.