Undo.
Shake iPad, swipe left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap.
Enter an accented character.
In standard typing style, select the plain character, then double-tap and hold
until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left
or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter the current
selection. In touch typing style, touch and hold a character until the alternate
characters appear.
Change the keyboard language.
Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Choose “default language” to
use the language specified in Language & Region settings. The Language rotor
item appears only if you select more than one language in Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech.
Write with your finger
Handwriting mode lets you enter text by writing characters on the screen with
your finger. In addition to normal text entry, use handwriting mode to enter your
iPad passcode silently or open apps from the Home screen.
Enter handwriting mode.
Use the rotor to select Handwriting. If Handwriting isn’t in the rotor, go to
Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor, then add it.
Choose a character type.
Swipe up or down with three fingers to choose lowercase, numbers, uppercase,
or punctuation.
Hear the currently selected character type.
Tap with three fingers.
Enter a character.
Trace the character on the screen with your finger.
Enter a space.
Swipe right with two fingers.
Go to a new line.
Swipe right with three fingers.
Delete the character before the insertion point.
Swipe left with two fingers.
Select an item on the Home screen.
Start writing the name of the item. If there are multiple matches, continue to
spell the name until it’s unique, or swipe up or down with two fingers to choose
from the current matches.
Enter your passcode silently.
Set the rotor to Handwriting on the passcode screen, then write the characters
of your passcode.
Use a table index to skip through a long list.
Select the table index to the right of the table (for example, next to your