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Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard, Cut, copy, or paste

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Pinch apart or together to increase or decrease the selection. Cut, copy, or paste: Make sure the rotor is set to edit. With text selected, flick up or down to choose Cut, Copy, or Paste, then double-tap. Undo: Shake iPod touch, flick left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap. Enter an accented character: In standard typing mode, select the plain character, then double-tap and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter the current selection. Change the language you're typing in: Set the rotor to Language, then flick up or down. Choose "default language" to use the language specified in International settings. Note: The Language rotor appears only if you select more than one language in the VoiceOver Language Rotor setting. See "Setting Up VoiceOver" on page 191. Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPod touch. See "Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard" on page 37. The VoiceOver keyboard commands let you navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. All the keyboard commands (except one) include Control-Option, abbreviated in the table below as "VO." VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key combinations. VoiceOver Keyboard Commands VO = Control-Option Read all, starting from the current position Read from the top Move to the status bar Press the Home button Select the next or previous item Tap an item Double-tap with two fingers Choose the next or previous rotor item VO-A VO-B VO-M VO-H VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow VO-Space bar VO-"-" VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow Chapter 27 Accessibility 199

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Pinch apart or together to increase or decrease the selection.
Cut, copy, or paste:
Make sure the rotor is set to edit. With text selected, flick up or
down to choose Cut, Copy, or Paste, then double-tap.
Undo:
Shake iPod touch, flick left or right to choose the action to undo, then
double-tap.
Enter an accented character:
In standard typing mode, select the plain character,
then double-tap and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have
appeared. Drag left or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter
the current selection.
Change the language you’re typing in:
Set the rotor to Language, then flick up or
down. Choose “default language” to use the language specified in International settings.
Note:
The Language rotor appears only if you select more than one language in the
VoiceOver Language Rotor setting. See “Setting Up VoiceOver” on page 191.
Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPod touch.
See “
Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
” on page 37.
The VoiceOver keyboard commands let you navigate the screen, select items, read
screen contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. All the
keyboard commands (except one) include Control-Option, abbreviated in the table
below as “VO.”
VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use
VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key
combinations.
VoiceOver Keyboard Commands
VO = Control-Option
Read all, starting from the current position
VO–A
Read from the top
VO–B
Move to the status bar
VO–M
Press the Home button
VO–H
Select the next or previous item
VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow
Tap an item
VO–Space bar
Double-tap with two fingers
VO–”-”
Choose the next or previous rotor item
VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow
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