User's Guide

SethowmuchVoiceOvertellsyou
GotoSettings >Accessibility>VoiceOver,thentapanyofthefollowing:
Verbosity:ChooseoptionstohaveVoiceOverspeakhints,punctuation,uppercaseletters,
embeddedlinks,andmore.VoiceOvercanevenconfirmrotoractions.
TochangehowVoiceOverspeakspunctuation,tapPunctuation,thenchooseagroup.Youcan
alsocreatenewgroups—forexample,aprogramminggroupinwhich“[”isspokenas“leftbrack.”
AlwaysSpeakNotifications:VoiceOverreadsnotifications,includingincomingtextmessagesas
theyoccur,evenifiPadislocked.Unacknowledgednotificationsarerepeatedwhenyouunlock
iPad.
CustomizeVoiceOversettingsforanactivity
YoucancustomizeagroupofVoiceOversettingsforanactivitysuchasprogramming.Applythe
settingsautomaticallywhenyouopencertainappsorbyadjustingtherotor.
1. GotoSettings >Accessibility>VoiceOver>Activities.
2. ChooseanexistingactivityortapAddActivity.
3. Adjustsettingsforspeech,verbosity,andbraille.
4. ChooseAppsorContexttoautomaticallyapplythesettingsforthisactivity.
AdjustVoiceOvervisuals
GotoSettings >Accessibility>VoiceOver,thenturnonanyofthefollowing:
LargeCursor:Ifyouhavedifficultyseeingtheblackoutlinearoundtheselecteditem,youcan
enlargeandthickentheoutline.
CaptionPanel:ThetextspokenbyVoiceOverisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen.
LearnVoiceOvergesturesoniPad
WhenVoiceOverison,standardtouchscreengestureshavedifferenteffects,andadditionalgestures
letyoumovearoundthescreenandcontrolindividualitems.VoiceOvergesturesincludetwo-,three-,
andfour-fingertapsandswipes.
YoucanusedifferenttechniquestoperformVoiceOvergestures.Forexample,youcanperforma
two-fingertapusingtwofingersononehand,onefingeroneachhand,oryourthumbs.Insteadof
selectinganitemanddouble-tapping,youcanuseasplit-tapgesture—touchandholdanitemwith
onefinger,thentapthescreenwithanotherfinger.
Exploreandspeakitemsonthescreen
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