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In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, Enter an accented character

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The insertion point and onscreen keyboard may appear automatically when you select a text field. VoiceOver announces when you're in editing mode-based on the rotor setting. 2 To type, do one of the following: ÂÂ "Touch-type" by dragging your finger to select a key, then lifting your finger to enter the character. ÂÂ "Standard-type" by flicking left or right to select a key on the keyboard, then doubletapping to enter the character. ÂÂ Enter a character by dragging your finger around the keyboard to select a key, and, while holding the key with one finger, tapping the screen with another finger. VoiceOver speaks the key when it's selected, and again when it's entered. Enter an accented character: Double-tap and hold, until you hear a sound indicating that the alternate characters have appeared, then drag left or right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter the current selection. Move the insertion point: Flick up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward in the text. VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and speaks the character that the insertion point moved across. Use the rotor to choose whether you want to move the insertion point by characters, words, or lines. Select text: Use the rotor to choose edit. Flick up or down to choose between the Select and Select All functions, then double-tap. If you chose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected when you double-tap. If you chose Select All, all the text is selected. Pinch 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 iPad, or flick left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap. Change the pitch: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap the Use Pitch Change button. Then, when you delete a letter, it's spoken with a lower pitch. Speak keys phonetically: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap the Use Phonetics button. Then, when you pause on a key, VoiceOver speaks the letter of that key phonetically (for example, alpha for a, bravo for b, charlie for c, and so on). Chapter 21 Accessibility 145

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The insertion point and onscreen keyboard may appear automatically when you
select a text field. VoiceOver announces when you’re in editing mode—based on the
rotor setting.
2
To type, do one of the following:
“Touch-type” by dragging your finger to select a key, then lifting your finger to enter
Â
the character.
“Standard-type” by flicking left or right to select a key on the keyboard, then double-
Â
tapping to enter the character.
Enter a character by dragging your finger around the keyboard to select a key, and,
Â
while holding the key with one finger, tapping the screen with another finger.
VoiceOver speaks the key when it’s selected, and again when it’s entered.
Enter an accented character:
Double-tap and hold, until you hear a sound indicating
that the alternate characters have appeared, then drag left or right to select and hear
the choices. Release your finger to enter the current selection.
Move the insertion point:
Flick up or down to move the insertion point forward or
backward in the text. VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and
speaks the character that the insertion point moved across. Use the rotor to choose
whether you want to move the insertion point by characters, words, or lines.
Select text:
Use the rotor to choose edit. Flick up or down to choose between the
Select and Select All functions, then double-tap. If you chose Select, the word closest
to the insertion point is selected when you double-tap. If you chose Select All, all the
text is selected.
Pinch 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 iPad, or flick left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap.
Change the pitch:
In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap the
Use Pitch Change button. Then, when you delete a letter, it’s spoken with a lower pitch.
Speak keys phonetically:
In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver,
then tap the Use Phonetics button. Then, when you pause on a key, VoiceOver speaks
the letter of that key phonetically (for example, alpha for a, bravo for b, charlie for c,
and so on).
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Chapter 21
Accessibility