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gesture. To swipe, try brushing the screen quickly with your finger or fingers.
In VoiceOver settings, you can enter a special area where you can practice
VoiceOver gestures without affecting iPad or its settings.
Practice VoiceOver gestures.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap VoiceOver
Practice. When you finish practicing, tap Done. If you don’t see the VoiceOver
Practice button, make sure VoiceOver is turned on.
Here are some key VoiceOver gestures:
Navigate and read
Tap: Select and speak the item.
Swipe right or left: Select the next or previous item.
Swipe up or down: Depends on the rotor setting. See Use the VoiceOver
rotor.
Two-finger swipe up: Read all from the top of the screen.
Two-finger swipe down: Read all from the current position.
Two-finger tap: Stop or resume speaking.
Two-finger scrub: Move two fingers back and forth three times quickly
(making a “z”) to dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.
Three-finger swipe up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
Three-finger swipe right or left: Go to the next or previous page (on the Home
screen, for example).
Three-finger tap: Speak additional information, such as position within a list
or whether text is selected.
Four-finger tap at top of screen: Select the first item on the page.
Four-finger tap at bottom of screen: Select the last item on the page.
Activate
Double-tap: Activate the selected item.
Triple-tap: Double-tap an item.
Split-tap: As an alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping to
activate it, touch and hold an item with one finger, then tap the screen with
another.
Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard gesture.
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPad to interpret the next gesture as
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, then without lifting your
finger, drag your finger to slide a switch.
Two-finger double-tap: Play or pause in Music, Videos, or Photos. Take a
photo or start or pause recording in Camera. Start or stop the stopwatch.
Two-finger double-tap and hold: Change an item’s label to make it easier to
find.
Two-finger triple-tap: Open the Item Chooser.
Three-finger double-tap: Mute or unmute VoiceOver.