Apple ME860LL/A, MF544LL/A, MF519LL/A, MF116LL/A, MF123LL/A, MF066LL/A Navigate and read, Activate

If a gesture doesn’t work, try a quicker movement, especially for a double-tap or swipe gesture. To swipe, try brushing the screen quickly with your finger or fingers.

In VoiceOver settings, you can enter a special area where you can practice VoiceOver gestures without affecting iPad or its settings.

Practice VoiceOver gestures. Go to Settings > 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:

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Tap: Select and speak the item.

Swipe right or left: Select the next or previous item.

Swipe up or down: Depends on the rotor setting. See Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 109.

Two-finger tap: Stop speaking the current item.

Two-finger swipe up: Read all from the top of the screen.

Two-finger swipe down: Read all from the current position.

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.

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

Three-finger swipe right or left: Go to the next or previous page (on the Home screen, for example).

Three-finger tap: Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text is selected.

Four-finger tap at top of screen: Select the first item on the page.

Four-finger tap at bottom of screen: Select the last item on the page.

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Double-tap:Activate the selected item.

Triple-tap:Double-tap an item.

Split-tap:As an alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping to activate it, touch and hold an item with one finger, and then tap the screen with another.

Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard gesture. The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPad to interpret the next gesture as standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, and then without lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide a switch.

Two-fingerdouble-tap:Play or pause in Music, Videos, or Photos. Take a photo in Camera. Start or pause recording in Camera. Start or stop the stopwatch.

Two-finger double-tap and hold: Relabel the selected item.

Two-finger triple-tap: Open the Item Chooser.

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

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

Appendix A    Accessibility 108