User's Guide

Here’s a summary of VoiceOver gestures:
Navigate and Read
 Tap: Speak item.
 Flick right or left: Select the next or previous item.
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 6YQ°PIGTVCR Stop speaking the current item.
 6YQ°PIGT±KEMWR Read all, from the top of the screen.
 6YQ°PIGT±KEMFQYP Read all, from the current position.
 6JTGG°PIGT±KEMWRQTFQYP Scroll one page at a time.
 6JTGG°PIGT±KEMTKIJVQTNGHV Go to the next or previous page (for example, on the
Home screen or in Safari).
 6JTGG°PIGTVCR Speak the scroll status (which page or rows are visible).
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 (QWT°PIGT±KEMTKIJVQTNGHV Go to the next or previous section (for example, on
a webpage).
Select and Activate
 Double-tap: Activate selected item.
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Activate item.
 Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture: Use a standard gesture.
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPad to interpret the subsequent gesture as
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, and then without lifting your
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You can use standard gestures when VoiceOver is turned on, by double-tapping
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gestures resume.
 6YQ°PIGTFQWDNGVCR Play or pause in iPod, YouTube, or Photos. Start or stop
the stopwatch.
 6JTGG°PIGTFQWDNGVCR Mute or unmute VoiceOver.
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