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Appendix A Accessibility 164
Use phonetics in typing feedback. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Phonetic Feedback. Text is read character by character. VoiceOver rst speaks the character, then
its phonetic equivalent—for example, “f” and then “foxtrot.”
Delete a character. Use with any of the VoiceOver typing styles. VoiceOver speaks each
character as it’s deleted. If Use Pitch Change is turned on, VoiceOver speaks deleted characters in
a lower pitch.
Select text. Set the rotor to Edit, swipe up or down to choose Select or Select All, then double-
tap. If you choose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected when you double-
tap. To increase or decrease the selection, do a two-nger scrub to dismiss the pop-up menu,
then pinch.
Cut, copy, or paste. Set the rotor to Edit, select the text, swipe up or down to choose Cut, Copy,
or Paste, then double-tap.
Undo. Shake iPhone, swipe left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap.
Enter an accented character. In standard typing style, select the plain character, then double-tap
and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left or right
to select and hear the choices. Release your nger to enter the current selection. In touch typing
style, touch and hold a character until the alternate characters appear.
Change the keyboard language. Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Choose
“default language” to use the language specied in Language & Region settings. The Language
rotor item appears only if you select more than one language in Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech.
Write with your nger
Handwriting mode lets you enter text by writing characters on the screen with your nger. In
addition to normal text entry, use handwriting mode to enter your iPhone passcode silently or
open apps from the Home screen.
Enter handwriting mode. Use the rotor to select Handwriting. If Handwriting isn’t in the rotor, go
to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor, then add it.
Choose a character type. Swipe up or down with three ngers to choose lowercase, numbers,
uppercase, or punctuation.
Hear the currently selected character type. Tap with three ngers.
Enter a character. Trace the character on the screen with your nger.
Enter a space. Swipe right with two ngers.
Go to a new line. Swipe right with three ngers.
Delete the character before the insertion point. Swipe left with two ngers.
Select an item on the Home screen. Start writing the name of the item. If there are multiple
matches, continue to spell the name until it’s unique, or swipe up or down with two ngers to
choose from the current matches.
Enter your passcode silently. Set the rotor to Handwriting on the passcode screen, then write
the characters of your passcode.
Use a table index to skip through a long list. Select the table index to the right of the table (for
example, next to your Contacts list or in the VoiceOver Item Chooser), then write the letter.
Set the rotor to a web browsing element type. Write the rst letter of a page element type. For
example, write “l” to have up or down swipes skip to links, or “h” to skip to headings.
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