Apple MD635LL/A manual Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard, VoiceOver keyboard commands

Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard

You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPhone. See Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard on page 27.

Use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. Most commands use the Control-Option key combination, abbreviated in the table that follow as “VO.”

You can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with various key combinations. VoiceOver Help speaks keys and keyboard commands as you type them, without performing the associated action.

VoiceOver keyboard commands

VO = Control-Option

•• Turn on VoiceOver help: VO–K

•• Turn off VoiceOver help: Escape

•• Select the next or previous item: VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow

•• Double-tap to activate the selected item: VO–Space bar

•• Press the Home button: VO–H

•• Touch and hold the selected item: VO–Shift–M

•• Move to the status bar: VO–M

•• Read from the current position: VO–A

•• Read from the top: VO–B

•• Pause or resume reading: Control

•• Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard: VO–Shift–C

•• Search for text: VO–F

•• Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VO–S

•• Open Notification Center: Fn–VO–Up Arrow

•• Open Control Center: Fn–VO–Down Arrow

•• Open the Item Chooser: VO–I

•• Change the label of the selected item: VO–/

•• Double-tap with two fingers: VO–”-”

•• Adjust the rotor: Use Quick Nav (see below)

•• Swipe up or down: VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow

•• Adjust the speech rotor: VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow

•• Adjust the setting specified by the speech rotor: VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command– Down Arrow

•• Turn the screen curtain on or off: VO–Shift–S

•• Return to the previous screen: Escape

Quick Nav

Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.

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Turn Quick Nav on or off: Left Arrow–Right Arrow

Select the next or previous item: Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor: Up Arrow or Down Arrow

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