Apple ME178LL/A, MD058LL/A Activate, ÂÂ Three-fingertriple-tapTurn the screen curtain on or off

Practice gestures: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap VoiceOver Practice. When you finish practicing, tap Done.

If you don’t see the VoiceOver Practice button, make sure VoiceOver is turned on.

Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures:

Navigate and Read ÂÂ Tap: Speak item.

ÂÂ Flick right or left: Select the next or previous item.

ÂÂ Flick up or down: Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See “Rotor Control” on page 194.

ÂÂ Two-finger tap: Stop speaking the current item.

ÂÂ Two-finger flick up: Read all from top of screen.

ÂÂ Two-finger flick down: Read all from current position.

ÂÂ Two-finger “scrub”: Move two fingers back and forth three times quickly (making a “z”) to dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.

ÂÂ Three-finger flick up or down: Scroll one page at a time.

ÂÂ Three-finger flick right or left: Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home screen, Stocks, or Safari).

ÂÂ Three-finger tap: Speak the scroll status (which page or rows are visible).

ÂÂ Four-finger flick up: Select the first element on the screen.

ÂÂ Four-finger flick down: Select the last element on the screen.

Activate

ÂÂ Double-tap:Activate selected item.

ÂÂ Triple-tap:Double-tap an item.

ÂÂ Split-tap:An alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping is to touch an item with one finger, then tap the screen with another to activate an item.

ÂÂ Touch an item with one finger, tap the screen with another finger (“split-tapping”): Activate item.

ÂÂ Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard gesture.

The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPod touch to interpret the subsequent gesture as standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, then without lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide a switch.

ÂÂ Two-fingerdouble-tap:Play or pause in iPod, YouTube, Voice Memos, or Photos. Start or pause recording in Voice Memos. Start or stop the stopwatch.

ÂÂ Three-finger double-tap: Mute or unmute VoiceOver.

ÂÂ Three-fingertriple-tap:Turn the screen curtain on or off.

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