User's Guide

2. Entertextusingoneofthefollowingmethods:
Standardtyping(default):Selectakeyonthekeyboardbyswipingleftorright,thendouble-
taptoenterthecharacter.Ormoveyourfingeraroundthekeyboardtoselectakeyand,while
continuingtotouchthekeywithonefinger,tapthescreenwithanotherfinger.VoiceOver
speaksthekeywhenitʼsselected,andagainwhenthecharacterisentered.
Touchtyping:Touchakeyonthekeyboardtoselectit,thenliftyourfingertoenterthe
character.Ifyoutouchthewrongkey,slideyourfingertothekeyyouwant.VoiceOverspeaks
thecharacterforeachkeyasyoutouchit,butdoesnʼtenteracharacteruntilyouliftyour
finger.
DirectTouchtyping:VoiceOverisdisabledforthekeyboardonly,soyoucantypejustasyou
dowhenVoiceOverisoff.
Dictation:Useatwo-fingerdouble-taponthekeyboardtostartandstopdictation.
Toenteranaccentedcharacter,useoneofthefollowingmethods:
Standardtyping(default):Selecttheplaincharacter,thendouble-tapandholduntilyouheara
toneindicatingalternatecharactershaveappeared.Dragleftorrighttoselectandhearthe
choices.Releaseyourfingertoenterthecurrentselection.
Touchtyping:Touchandholdacharacteruntilthealternatecharactersappear.
Edittextwiththeonscreenkeyboard
Movetheinsertionpoint:Swipeupordowntomovetheinsertionpointforwardorbackwardinthe
text.Usetherotortochoosewhetheryouwanttomovetheinsertionpointbycharacter,byword,
orbyline.Tojumptothebeginningorend,double-tapthetext.
VoiceOvermakesasoundwhentheinsertionpointmoves,andspeaksthecharacter,word,orline
thattheinsertionpointmovesacross.Whenmovingforwardbywords,theinsertionpointis
placedattheendofeachword,beforethespaceorpunctuationthatfollows.Whenmoving
backward,theinsertionpointisplacedattheendoftheprecedingword,beforethespaceor
punctuationthatfollowsit.
Movetheinsertionpointpastthepunctuationattheendofawordorsentence:Usetherotorto
switchbacktocharactermode.
Whenmovingtheinsertionpointbyline,VoiceOverspeakseachlineasyoumoveacrossit.When
movingforward,theinsertionpointisplacedatthebeginningofthenextline(exceptwhenyou
reachthelastlineofaparagraph,whentheinsertionpointismovedtotheendofthelinejust
spoken).Whenmovingbackward,theinsertionpointisplacedatthebeginningofthelinethatʼs
spoken.
Deleteacharacter:Use .
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