User's Guide

UseVoiceOverinappsoniPad
YoucanuseVoiceOvertointeractwithapps,evenifyoucanʼtseethescreen.VoiceOveris
supportedinthebuilt-inAppleappsthatcamewithyouriPad—suchasMaps ,Camera ,Photos
,VoiceMemos ,Safari ,andmore.WithVoiceOverRecognition,youcangetdescriptionsof
imagesandscreenelementsevenonwebpagesandinappswithoutaccessibilityinformation.
ReadPDFdocumentsinAppleBooksorFilesusingVoiceOver
VoiceOvercanreaddetailedinformation—suchasforms,tables,andlists—inPDFdocuments.
BrowsethewebinSafariusingVoiceOver
Searchtheweb:Selecttheaddressfield,double-taptoinvokethekeyboard,thenenterasearch
term,phrase,orURL.Selectasearchsuggestion,thendouble-tap.
Skiptothenextelementonawebpage:Settherotortotheelementtype—suchasheadings,
links,andformcontrols—thenswipeupordown.
Settherotorsettingsforwebbrowsing:GotoSettings >Accessibility>VoiceOver>Rotor.
Selectordeselectitems,ordrag upordowntorepositionanitem.
Skipimageswhilenavigating:GotoSettings>Accessibility>VoiceOver>NavigateImages.You
canchoosetoskipallimagesoronlythosewithoutdescriptions.
Reducepageclutterforeasierreadingandnavigation:IntheSafariaddressfield,selectthe
FormatOptionsbutton,double-tap,selectShowReaderView(notavailableforallwebpages),
thendouble-tap.
Tip:IfyouuseanAppleexternalkeyboardwithiPad,youcanusesingle-keyQuickNavforweb
browsing.
ReadmathequationsusingVoiceOver
VoiceOvercanreadmathequationsontheweb(encodedusingMathML)andinsupportedApple
appssuchasNumbersandKeynote.
Hearanequation:HaveVoiceOverreadthetextasusual.VoiceOversays“math”beforeitstarts
readinganequation.
Exploretheequation:Double-taptheselectedequationtodisplayitinfullscreenandmove
throughitoneelementatatime.Swipeleftorrighttoreadelementsoftheequation.Usethe
rotortoselectSymbols,SmallExpressions,MediumExpressions,orLargeExpressions,thenswipe
upordowntohearthenextelementofthatsize.Youcancontinuetodouble-taptheselected
elementto“drilldown”intotheequationtofocusontheselectedelement,thenswipeleftorright,
orupordown,toreadonepartatatime.
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