How to Navigate your iPhone or iPad with VoiceOver | Apple Support

voiceover reads everything on your screen allow so you can use your iPhone or iPad without seeing the screen settings voice over switch button on if you are blind or have low vision this feature helps you navigate your device here's how to get started we'll show you how to turn voice over on or off then we'll show you how to use voice over with specific gestures to navigate your iPhone or iPad first let's turn voice over on which is also how you turn it off we're going to turn voice over on in settings but you can also ask Siri to turn it on or off instantly or add it as an accessibility shortcut in settings scroll down tap accessibility and then tap voice over here you can adjust the speed of the speaking rate for voice over review the commands and keyboard shortcuts and select a custom voice like the one we're using plus you'll find customizations for the rotor and gesture commands and you can access additional tools for Braille devices and specific navigation controls when you're ready tap to turn on voiceover and it will begin reading what's on your screen settings voiceover switch button on while using voice over you'll navigate your iPhone or iPad with unique gestures for example to scroll in any app swipe up down left or right with three fingers row 6 to 18 of 18 to go to the home screen drag up from the bottom of the screen until two Rising tones play FaceTime double tap to open on an iPhone with face ID you'll also feel a haptic response on an iPhone or iPad with a home button you can press the home button if you're familiar with the screen you can touch an item directly to have voice over read it calendar Monday March 11th this works with almost any word feature app name or section of text you don't have to tap directly on something to locate it instead quickly swipe right or left with one finger anywhere on the screen and voiceover will read out the items in the order they appear so nothing is missed weather copertino mail no unready mails notes you can also drag your finger over the screen and voiceover will read the name of each item you touch camera clock podcasts Health search dock messages double tap to open double tap anywhere on the screen to open or activate a selected app link or button messages heading search search field dictate button conversations Hannah Lee to have voice over pause reading a section of text tap once with two fingers that's what I was thinking I remember her saying that her favorite type of cake growing up was tap once with two fingers again to have voice over continue reading pineapple upside down cake the recipe sounds really simple and I actually already have when your iPhone or iPad is locked drag up from the bottom edge of the screen until two Rising tones play on an iPhone with face ID you'll also feel a haptic response to unlock an iPhone or iPad with a home button you can press the home button FaceTime double tap to open to open control center tap the status bar at the top edge of the screen 9:41 a.m. and slide up with three fingers anywhere on the screen control center airplane mode switch button off on an iPhone with face ID you can also just drag down from the top of your screen until you feel a single haptic response and two Rising tones play if you want to return to a previous screen do a two-finger scrub moving your fingers back and forth three times quickly making the letter Z FaceTime double tap to open to open notification center tap the status bar at the top edge of the screen again 9:41 a.m. and slide down with three fingers anywhere on the screen notification center on an iPhone with face ID you can also just drag down from the top of your screen until you feel two haptic respon responses and three Rising tones play Let's go back to our previous screen and then check out our open apps using the app switcher you can open the app switcher by dragging up from the bottom of the screen until three Rising tones play on an iPhone with face ID you'll also feel two haptic [Music] responses settings active to open the app switcher on an iPhone or iPad that has a home button just doubleclick the home button if you have multiple apps open Swipe left or right with one finger to browse through them messages active photos active now you know the gestures you need to start navigating your iPhone or iPad with voiceover voiceover reads your screen to find out more about the accessibility features on your Apple devices subscribe to the Apple support YouTube channel or check out our accessibility playlist to keep learning

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Length: 6min 41sec (401 seconds)

Published: Thu May 16 2024