When you go to a new screen, VoiceOver plays a sound and automatically selects and speaks the first element of the screen (typically, the item in the upper-left corner). VoiceOver also lets you know when the display changes to landscape or portrait orientation, and when the screen is locked or unlocked.

Note: VoiceOver speaks in the language specified in International settings, which may be influenced by the Region Format setting (Settings > General > International > Region Format). VoiceOver is available in many languages, but not all.

Setting up VoiceOver

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

Note: You can’t use VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time.

Turn VoiceOver on or off: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. You can also set Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver on or off. See “Triple-click Home” on page 116.

Turn spoken hints on or off

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. When Speak Hints

 

is turned on, VoiceOver may tell you the action of the item or provide

 

instructions for you—for example, “double-tap to open.”You can also

 

add Hints to the rotor, then swipe up or down to adjust. See “Using the

 

VoiceOver rotor control” on page 111.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the VoiceOver speaking rate

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and drag the Speaking

 

Rate slider. You can also add Speech Rate to the rotor, then swipe up or

 

down to adjust. See “Using the VoiceOver rotor control” on page 111.

 

 

 

 

Change typing feedback

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Typing Feedback.

 

 

 

 

Use phonetics in typing feedback

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Phonetics. Text

 

is read character-by-character. Voiceover first speaks the character, then its

 

phonetic equivalent—for example, “f” and then “foxtrot.”

 

 

 

 

Use pitch change

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Pitch Change.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the rotor options for

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor. Tap to select

web browsing

or deselect options, or drag

 

up to reposition an item.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change VoiceOver pronunciation

Set the rotor to Language and then swipe up or down. The Language rotor

 

position is available when you select more than one pronunciation.

 

 

 

 

Select the pronunciations

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Language Rotor. To

available in the language rotor

change the position of a language in the list, drag

 

up or down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change the language for iPad

Go to Settings > General > International > Language. Some languages

 

may be affected by the Region Format setting in Settings > General >

 

International > Region Format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip images while navigating

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Navigate Images.

 

You can choose to skip all images or only those without descriptions.

 

 

 

 

Speak notifications when you

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speak Notifications.

unlock iPad

If this is off, iPad speaks only the time when you unlock it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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