settings such as volume, speech rate, use of pitch or phonetics, typing echo, and reading of
punctuation. See .
VoiceOver basics
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
.
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 . 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. See .
Hear additional detail about using a button or feature: Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn Speak Hints on or off.
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.
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