Apple iPhone 5 - Page 141

Appendix A Accessibility 141
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Choose which dialects are available in the rotor: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
VoiceOver > Speech > Rotor Languages. To adjust voice quality or speaking rate, tap next
to the language. To remove languages from the rotor or change their order, tap Edit, tap the
delete button or drag the reorder button up or down, then tap Done.
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Set the default dialect for the current iPhone language: Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech.
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Download an enhanced quality reading voice: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
VoiceOver > Speech, tap a language, then tap Enhanced Quality. If you’re using English, you
can choose to download Alex, the same high-quality U.S. English voice used for VoiceOver on
Mac computers.
Use iPhone with VoiceOver
Unlock iPhone. Press either the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, swipe to select the
Unlock button, then double-tap the screen.
Enter your passcode silently. To avoid having your passcode spoken as you enter it, use
handwriting; see  on page 145.
Open an app, toggle a switch, or tap an item. Select the item, then double-tap the screen.
Double-tap the selected item. Triple-tap the screen.
Adjust a slider. 
Use a standard gesture. 


slider, double-tap and hold, wait for the three tones, then slide left or right.
Scroll a list or area of the screen. 
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Scroll continuously through a list: Double-tap and hold until you hear three rising tones, then
drag up or down.
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Use the list index: Some lists have an alphabetical table index along the right side. Select the
index, then swipe up or down to move through the index. You can also double-tap, hold, then
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Reorder a list: You can change the order of items in some lists, such as the Rotor items in
Accessibility settings. Select to the right of an item, double-tap and hold until you hear
three rising tones, then drag up or down.
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
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Open Control Center. 

Switch apps. 
to select an app, then double-tap to switch to it. Or, set the rotor to Actions while viewing open
apps, then swipe up or down.
Rearrange your Home screen. Select an icon on the Home screen, double-tap and hold, then
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to move it to another Home screen. You can continue to select and move items until you press
the Home button.