User's Guide

TolearnmoreVoiceControlcommands,say“Showmewhattosay”or“Showcommands.”
Useascreenoverlay
Forfasterinteractions,youcannavigateiPadwithascreenoverlaythatshowsitemnames,numbers,
oragrid.
Itemnames:Say“Shownames”or“Shownamescontinuously,”thensay“Tapitemname.”
Numbers:Say“Shownumbers”or“Shownumberscontinuously,”thensaythenumbernexttothe
itemyouwant.Youcanalsogiveacommandtoperformagesture,suchas“Tapnumber,”“Long
pressnumber,”“Swipeupatnumber,”or“Doubletapnumber.”
Grid:Tointeractwithascreenlocationnotrepresentedbyanitemnameornumber,say“Show
grid”or“Showgridcontinuously,”thendoanyofthefollowing:
Drilldown:Sayanumbertoshowamoredetailedgrid.
Sayacommandtointeractwithanareaofthegrid:Saysomethinglike,“Tapnumber”or
“Zoominnumber.”
Tip:Toadjustthenumberofgridrowsandcolumns,gotoSettings >Accessibility>Voice
Control>Overlay,thenselectNumberedGrid.WhenVoiceControlisturnedon,youcanalsosay
somethinglike,“Showgridwithfiverows,”or“Showgridcontinuouslywiththreecolumns.”
Toturnofftheoverlay,say“Hidenames,”“Hidenumbers,”or“Hidegrid.”
SwitchbetweenDictationModeandCommandMode
Whenyouʼreworkinginatextinputarea—forexample,writingadocument,email,ormessage—you
caneasilyswitchbetweenDictationmodeandCommandmodeasneeded.InDictationmode(the
default),anywordsyousaythatarenʼtVoiceControlcommandsareenteredastext.InCommand
mode,thosewordsareignoredandarenʼtenteredastext;VoiceControlrespondsonlytocommands.
Commandmodeisespeciallyhelpfulwhenyouneedtouseaseriesofcommandsandwantto
preventwhatyousayfrominadvertentlybeingenteredinatextinputarea.
ToswitchtoCommandmode,say“Commandmode.”WhenCommandmodeison,adarkiconofa
crossed-outcharacterappearsinthetextinputareatoindicateyoucanʼtdictate.Toswitchbackto
Dictationmode,say“Dictationmode.”
AdjustsettingsfortheHomeortopbutton
YoucanadjustaccessibilitysettingsfortheHomebutton(onaniPadwithaHomebutton)ortop
button(onotheriPadmodels).
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