Apple ME179LL/A, MC544LL/A manual Using VoiceOver

Using VoiceOver

Select items on the screen: Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver identifies each element as you touch it. You can move systematically from one element to the next by flicking left or right with a single finger. Elements are selected from left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Flick right to go to the next element, or flick left to go to the previous element.

Enable vertical navigation	Add Vertical Navigation to the rotor, use the rotor to select it, then swipe
	up or down to move to the item above or below. See “Using the VoiceOver
	rotor control” on page 122.
Select the first or last element on	Flick up or down with four fingers.
the screen
Unlock iPod touch	Select the Unlock button, then double-tap the screen.
Select an item by name	Triple-tap with two fingers anywhere on the screen to open the Item
	Chooser. Then type a name in the search field, or flick right or left to move
	through the list alphabetically, or tap the table index to the right of the list
	and flick up or down to move quickly through the list of items.
Change the name of a screen item	Tap and hold with two fingers anywhere on the screen.
so it’s easier to find

Speak the text of the selected element: Flick down or up with one finger to read the next or previous word or character (twist the rotor control to choose characters or words). You can include the phonetic spelling. See “Setting up VoiceOver” on page 119.

Stop speaking an item	Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to resume speaking.
	Speaking automatically resumes when you select another item.
Change the speaking volume	Use the volume buttons on iPod touch, or add volume to the rotor and
	swipe up and down to adjust. See “Using the VoiceOver rotor control” on
	page 122.
Mute VoiceOver	Double-tap with three fingers. Double-tap again with three fingers to turn
	speaking back on. To turn off only VoiceOver sounds, set the Ring/Silent
	switch to Silent. If an external keyboard is connected, you can also press the
	Control key on the keyboard to mute or unmute VoiceOver.
Change the reading voice	Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Compact Voice.
Speak the entire screen from	Flick up with two fingers.
the top

Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen

Flick down with two fingers.

Speak the iPod touch status information

Tap the top of the screen to hear information about the time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.

“Tap” the selected item when VoiceOver is on: Double-tap anywhere on the screen.

“Double-tap” the selected item	Triple-tap anywhere on the screen.
when VoiceOver is on
Adjust a slider	With a single finger, flick up to increase the setting or down to decrease the
	setting. VoiceOver announces the setting as you adjust it.
Scroll a list or area of the screen	Flick up or down with three fingers. Flick down to page down through the
	list or screen, or flick up to page up. When paging through a list, VoiceOver
	speaks the range of items displayed (for example, “showing rows 5 through
	10”). You can also scroll continuously through a list, instead of paging
	through it. Double-tap and hold. When you hear a series of tones, you can
	move your finger up or down to scroll the list. Continuous scrolling stops
	when you lift your finger.

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