Apple MC497LL/A manual Setting Up VoiceOver, VoiceOver Settings, Use phonetics, Use pitch change

Setting Up VoiceOver

VoiceOver changes the gestures you use to control iPad. Once you turn VoiceOver on, you must use VoiceOver gestures to operate iPad—even to turn VoiceOver off again and resume standard operation.

Turn VoiceOver on or off on iPad: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap the VoiceOver On/Off switch.

Turn VoiceOver on or off in iTunes: Select iPad in the iTunes sidebar. In the Options section of the Summary pane, click Configure Universal Access. Select VoiceOver, then click OK.

You can also set Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver on or off. See “Triple-Click Home” on page 139.

Note: You cannot use VoiceOver and Full-screen Zoom at the same time.

VoiceOver Settings

You can set VoiceOver to give spoken hints, increase or decrease the speaking rate, or give typing feedback.

Turn spoken hints on or off: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap the Speak Hints On/Off switch. Spoken hints are turned on by default.

Set the VoiceOver speaking rate: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then adjust the Speaking Rate slider.

You can choose what kind of feedback you get when you type. You can set VoiceOver to speak characters, words, both, or nothing. If you choose to hear both characters and words, VoiceOver speaks each character as you type it, then speaks the whole word when you enter a space or punctuation.

Choose typing feedback: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Typing Feedback. You can choose Characters, Words, Characters and Words, or Nothing for software keyboards and for Apple Wireless Keyboards.

Use phonetics	In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then
	tap the Use Phonetics switch to turn it on.
	Use this feature when you type or read character-by-character,
	to help make clear which characters were spoken. When Use
	Phonetics is turned on, Voiceover first speaks the character,
	then speaks a word beginning with the character. For example,
	if you type the character “f,” VoiceOver speaks “f,” and then a
	moment later, “foxtrot.”
Use pitch change	In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then
	tap the Use Pitch Change switch to turn it on.
	VoiceOver uses a higher pitch when entering a letter, and a
	lower pitch when deleting a letter. VoiceOver also uses a higher
	pitch when speaking the first item of a group (such as a list or
	table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last item of a group.

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