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Using VoiceOver, Select items on the screen, Speak the text of the selected element

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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 Change the speaking volume Mute VoiceOver Change the reading voice Speak the entire screen from the top Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen Speak the iPod touch status information Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to resume speaking. Speaking automatically resumes when you select another item. 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. 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. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Compact Voice. Flick up with two fingers. Flick down with two fingers. 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 when VoiceOver is on Adjust a slider Scroll a list or area of the screen Triple-tap anywhere on the screen. With a single finger, flick up to increase the setting or down to decrease the setting. VoiceOver announces the setting as you adjust it. 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. 120 Chapter 30 Accessibility

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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
the screen
Flick up or down with four fingers.
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
so it’s easier to find
Tap and hold with two fingers anywhere on the screen.
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
the top
Flick up with two fingers.
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
when VoiceOver is on
Triple-tap anywhere on the screen.
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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