iPhone
Generations of iPhone
The IPhone Layout
Voiceover
Activating voiceover
Switch VoiceOver on/Off
Using Voiceover
One Finger Gesture
Two Finger Gesture
Three Finger Gesture
Four&Five Finger Gesture
Keyboard commands
Handling VoiceOver
Quick Nav Commands
Safari Web Commands
Keyboard commands to Manipulating Text
Miscellaneous Keyboard Commands
Manage rotor options
Using the rotor
Rotor options
Rotor options for Internet
add languages to the Rotor
Managing Verbosity
Changing speaking rate
Selecting voice
Enabling Pitch Change
Changing pronunciations
Managing braille input/output options
Choosing a braille display
Enabling the braille status cell
Changing the Braille translation language
Enabling disabling Nemeth Code, the onscreen keyboard, and page turning while panning
Changing the alert display duration
Enable/disable sound effects, audio ducking, and auto-select speaker
Managing phonetic feedback
Changing typing style when Voiceover is on
Managing typing feedback
Enabling/disable Always Speak Notifications in Voiceover
Changing how Voiceover navigates images
Enabling/disabling the large cursor
Changing the double-tap timeout Managing rotor options
iPhone
iPhone is Apple's product for communication purposes; and it is a line of smartphones. iPhone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. iPhone, iPad, and iPod run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. I Phone's user interface is built on the device's touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. Through the iPhone's Wi-Fi, it can connect to cellular networks. iPhone can send and receive email, send and receive text messages, browse the web, shoot video, take photos, play music, record notes, follow GPS navigation, receive voicemail, and many more. Video games and social networking functions can be enabled by downloading mobile apps. According to Apple newsletter, as of January 2017, Apple's App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications available for the iPhone.
Generations of iPhone
So far as of November 2017, Apple has released eleven generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the eleven major releases of the iOS operating system. According to Apple company,
the original 1st-generation iPhone was a GSM phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted throughout all releases and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations. The iPhone 3G added 3G network support, and was followed by the 3GS with improved hardware, the 4 with a metal chassis, higher display resolution and front-facing camera, and the 4S with improved hardware and the voice assistant Siri. The iPhone 5 featured a taller, 4-inch display and Apple's newly introduced Lightning connector. In 2013, Apple released the 5S with improved hardware and a fingerprint reader, and the lower-cost 5C, a version of the 5 with colored plastic casings instead of metal. They were followed by the larger iPhone 6, with models featuring 4.7 and 5.5-inch displays. The iPhone 6S was introduced the following year, which featured hardware upgrades and support for pressure-sensitive touch inputs, as well as the SE,which featured hardware from the 6S but the smaller form factor of the 5S. In 2016, Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which add water resistance, improved system and graphics performance, a new rear dual-camera setup on the Plus model, and new color options, while removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack found on previous models. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus were released in 2017, adding a glass back and an improved screen and camera. The iPhone X was released alongside the 8 and 8 Plus, with its highlights being a near bezel-less design, an improved camera and a new facial recognition system, named Face ID, but having no home button, and therefore, no Touch ID.
The IPhone Layout
In general iPhones have similar feel and look. However, the models of iPhone have a little bit differences in size, power buttons, volume buttons, in addition of many other minor differences. Besides iPhone X (10), all previous models of iPhone have the Home Button at the bottom (normal portrait orientation). But, the iPhone X (10) doesn't have the home button.
In previous models of iPhone such as iPhone 3, 4, 5, the lock or awaken Button has used to be at the right top edge of the phone. Starting from iPhone 6, the power button is on the right edge, opposite the volume buttons. The volume buttons and mute switch are on the left edge of the iPhone. The mute switch is just above the Volume Up button. These buttons are rounded and stick out relatively far, and they are elongated and stick out far less. The mute switch is the same size in most of iPhone models, but after iPhone 5, it does not seem to stick out quite as far.
Furthermore, in most of the iPhone, the charging port is centered on the bottom edge, the headphone jack is left of the charging port, and the Home Button is centered just below the screen. Aside from sticking out a bit, the camera is also the same, still in the corner near the Lock Button and with the flash just to its left. The camera can be used for OCR scanning and object recognition apps purposes.
In short, iPhones are extremely comfortable device to hold. You can hold your phones in your left hand and execute gestures with your right, rather than using one hand for everything, and the screen real estate on iPhone make this a joy. iPhone feel solid, secure, and light. Even though, iPhone have slight differences in weight, iPhone are light enough to not be a burden at all.
I Phone's iOS has built with accessibility futures in mind for people with Vision impairments, Hearing, Physical and Motor Skills, Learning and Literacy. iOS is an operating system for mobile devices, i.e. iPhones, iPads and iPod. iOS is the main operating system that allows to interact with Apple phone or tablet. iOS manages iPhone's or iPad's memory to ensure that the device works right. Apple iOS provides an opportunity to deliver a superior mobile experience to every person, including for people with special needs. iOS futures include: Voiceover the revolutionary screen reader for people with vision impairments, Text to Speech, Guided Access, and playback of closed captioned or audio described video. A person who is blind can text to his supervisor, and a person who's deaf can communicate with families and friends. Even a paraplegic person can do things like shut garage door, view live camera video of the doorway, or even ask Siri to lower the thermostat anything anyone normally does while using the Home app.
Voiceover
Voiceover is a screen reader that has Accessibility feature that makes the iPhone easier to operate for people with vision impairments. Persons with vision impairment can have their iPhone or iPad's screen read by Voiceover to them, including dialog boxes, icons, links, and other elements. Gestures are used to navigate an iPhone screen and select options.
Starting the iPhone
NOTE: iPhone with VoiceOver running will operate differently to standard iPhone gestures. Moreover, VoiceOver reads some symbols as words; therefore,. Consider this behavior of VoiceOver when you are getting help from sighted people, and be aware what VoiceOver is telling you. Follow the next instructions to startup your iPhone:
Press and hold down power button (top right, or top right side) for 2 seconds and release to turn iPhone on. It will Take about 15 seconds for the unlock screen to appear. VoiceOver announces time. NOTE: Screen will lock after 10 seconds if the screen is not touched.
Press the Power button on the top right, or press the Home button located at the bottom middle to unlock the iPhone from the unlock screen. VoiceOver will announce the time.
Drag 1 finger up from the Home button which is at the bottom middle of the iPhone. NOTE: VoiceOver will say, "Slide to unlock" and "Slide or double tap.
Double tap anywhere on the screen to unlock it. NOTE: If screen not touched for 15 seconds, it will lock. When screen unlocked, you are at the Home screen, at the top of the Status menu, and apps Below it In rows.
Navigation of the Home Screen
Tap around screen to here what is under your finger.
Flick left or right to move item by item one level up, or one level down around the screen.
Double tap to activate the item you wish to run. Flick left or right will move between the items on the screen, it will not access the Status menu, but dragging 1 finger will. Here are the first row of items on the Home screen:
Messages Calendar Photos and Camera.
At the bottom of Home screens, there are the following four apps:
Phone Mail Safari and Music.
The Status Menu:
Locate the Speaker grill, it is below the top edge of the iPhone, and drag 1 finger down. VoiceOver will say an item on the Status menu, and will say, "Status bar item"
Swipe down with three fingers to reveal the Notification centre. Once in the Status menu, flick left or right to move left or right for the following items in the Status menu: signal Strength Time Battery status etc.
Ddrag or touch anywhere on the screen to take VoiceOver out of the Status menu.
Practice VoiceOver Gestures
VoiceOver has a practice mode where you can practice all the gestures without performing tasks, to do this follow the steps below:
Double tap setting Double tap general Double tap accessibility Double tap VoiceOver Double tap VoiceOver Practise, and try out your gestures skills. Press the Home button to return to the Home screen. NOTE: Drag or flick left or right to navigate all of these items. Always press double tap to activate an item.
Touch the screen with four fingers at the top to jump the voiceOver focus to the top most item.
Touch the screen with four finger at the bottom of the screen moves the VoiceOver focus to the last item on the screen.
VoiceOver Volume
Adjust VoiceOver volume acording the instruction below:
Press Volume up and Volume down buttons while VoiceOver is talking. The valume up / down is located on the left side of the iPhone below the top left hand edge and the sleep/wake switch.
Two finger flick up will start VoiceOver talking from the top of the screen. While it's talking, press the Volume up or Volume down buttons to increase, or decrease the volume of VoiceOver.
Touch by your two finger to the screen to stop VoiceOver.
Press down the silence/wake switch located at the top left edge of the iPhone, the iPhone will vibrate instead of ringing.
Switch up towards the front face of the iPhone, will put it back in normal operation.
Making a Call
Double tap the Phone app at the bottom left of the Home screen to make a call. VoiceOver wil say, "Blank phone number". If VoiceOver doesn't say, "Blank phone number", locate the Keyboard item tab at the bottom of the screen, and double tap to activate it, and the dialling keypad will be on forground.
Flick left or right at the standard keypad, or drag your finger around the screen.
Double tap at the selected number to write it. NOTE: Double tap the Delete button to delete numbers. The Delete button is located to the right of the Call button.
After enough numbers typed, double tap at the Call button below the 0 to make your call. NOTE: Also you can use Siri to dial for you.
Press the home button to exit the Phone app.
Answering, or Hanging Up a Phone
Two finger: Double tap anywhere on the screen will answer a call; double tap again to hang up a call.
Touch Typing Mode
Instead of entering the number by double tap on the dial pad, you can speed things up by taking your finger off from the number to type it. The rotor will enable you to do it. To choose Rotor settings, use your thumb and forefinger, and turn your fingers as you are turning a knob on the surface. The Rotor can be turned in both directions. Use 1 Finger flick up and down, to adjust each setting or to navigate in the chosen mode.
Rotate, or turn your two fingers on the dial pad screen until you hear typing rotor option.
Flick up or down, and select touch typing. NOTE: You must be on the phone number edit box for typing mode to appear in the rotor. Do not forget that one finger left or right moves to the previous or next item, one finger flick up or down moves by the current rotor setting such as standard, or touch typing mode.
Moving Between Screens
Flick left three-fingers to scroll the screen to the right
Flick right to move back to the left screen of apps
pressing the home button lets you move from one screen to the second and vice-versa. The two iPhone screens are the Spotlight search screen, and the Main Home screen.
Activate an App
One-finger drag or flick left or right with one finger to select or locate the app
When selected an app, double tap anywhere on screen to activate it
Use one-finger flick left or right gesture to explore the app
Press the Home button to exit the app
Triple Click
Pressing three times the home button turns VoiceOver on/off. Triple click enable to a non-VoiceOver user to use the iPhone; however, to enable triple click of the iPhone home button, follow the below steps:
Double click on 'Settings'
Double click on 'General'
Double click on 'Accessibility' again
Double click on 'Triple click', and select 'VoiceOver'.
Finally, press the Home button to return to the Main Home screen. NOTE: Navigate by 1 finger drag or flick left or right to locate each item, and a 1 finger double tap to select an item. Touch the screen by 4 fingers at the top to move the voiceOver focus to the top most item on the screen. Four finger touch at the bottom of the screen moves the VoiceOver focus to the last item on the screen.
Screen Privacy Mode
Screen privacy mode, or screen curtain blanks the screen so that no person can see what is on the screen, but VoiceOver works. Follow the steps below to turn screen curtain on or off:
Three finger triple tap to turn screen curtain on/off. NOTE: Don't forget that three finger double tap turns VoiceOver on/off.
How to Use Siri
The following information about how to use "Siri" is obtained from iPhone: The Missing Manual, 8th Edition by David Pogue, and thanks David for your wonderful book.
How to get Siri's attention, you have three choices to Use Siri:
Hold down the phone's Home button until you hear a double-beep. The phone doesn't have to be unlocked or awake, which is awesome. Just pull the phone out of your pocket or purse, and then hold down that Home button.
Hold the phone up to your head, as though making a call. You'll hear the double-beep. (You have to turn this feature on in advance.
Hold down the clicker on your earbuds cord or the Call button on your Bluetooth earpiece. When that double-beep sounds, the microphone icon becomes a level meter; a visual "sound wave" responds to your voice, so you know Siri's listening.
Ask your question or say your command.
You don't have to hold the phone up to your mouth; Siri works perfectly well at arm's length, on your desk in front of you, or on the car seat beside you. When you're finished speaking, tap the microphone icon, or just be quiet. The iPhone double-beeps again, at a higher pitch this time (meaning, "OK, I've got it"). About a second after you stop speaking, the ring around the microphone icon spins with animation,your sign that Siri is busily connecting with her master brain online and processing your request. After a moment, she presents (and speaks) an attractively formatted response.
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Although you generally see only the most recent question and response on the Siri screen, you can drag downward to see all the previous exchanges you've had with Siri during this session. To rephrase your question or cancel or start over, tap the microphone button again to interrupt Siri's work. (You can also cancel by saying "Cancel" or just by pressing the Home button.) Tap again to trigger your new attempt. And when you're completely finished talking to Siri, you can either press the Home button, hold down your earbuds clicker, or say something like "Goodbye," "See you later," or "Adios." You're taken back to whatever app you were using before.
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Or just trigger Siri and then say, "What can I say?" or "What can you do?" or "Help me!" The same cheat sheet appears.
Here are the general categories of things you can say to Siri:
You can say, "Open Calendar" or "Play Angry Birds" or "Launch Calculator."
Change your settings This one's new in iOS 7, and it's excellent. You can make changes to certain basic settings just by speaking your request. You can say, for example, "Turn on Bluetooth," "Turn off WiFi," "Turn on Do Not Disturb," and "Turn on Airplane mode." (You can't turn in basic settings just by speaking your request.
You can say, for example, "Turn You can also make screen adjustments: "Make the screen brighter." "Dim the screen."
Open Settings panels. When you need to make tweakier changes to Settings, you can open the most important panels by voice. "Open WiFi settings," "Open Cellular settings," "Open Personal Hotspot settings," "Open Notification settings," "Open Sounds settings," "Open wallpaper settings," and so on.
You can open your apps' settings this way, too: "Open Maps settings," "Open Netflix settings," "Open Delta settings," and so on. Siri's smart enough not to open security-related settings this way; remember that you can use Siri even from the Lock screen. She's protecting you from passing pranksters who might really mess up your phone.
Result: Siri silently opens the corresponding page of Settings.
Calling. Siri can place phone calls or FaceTime calls for you. "Call Harold." "Call Nicole on her mobile phone." "Call the office." "Phone home." "Dial 512-444-1212." "Start a FaceTime call with Sheila Withins." "FaceTime Alex."
Alarms. You can say, "Wake me up at 7:35." "Change my 7:35 alarm to 8:00." "Wake me up in 6 hours." "Cancel my 6 a.m. alarm" (or "Delete my " or "Turn off my "). This is so much quicker than setting the iPhone's alarm the usual way.
Timer. You can also control the Timer module of the phone's Clock app. It's like a stopwatch in reverse, in that it counts down to zero, handy when you're baking something, limiting your kid's video-game time, and so on. For example: "Set the timer for 20 minutes. Or "Show the timer," "Pause the timer," "Resume," "Reset the timer," and "Stop it. TIP
In iOS 7, you can specify minutes and seconds: "Set the time for two minutes, thirty seconds," for example.
Clock. "What time is it?" "What time is it in San Francisco?" "What's today's date?" "What's the date a week from Friday?"
Result: When you ask about the time, you see the clock identifying the time in question.
Contacts. tacts. You can ask Siri to look up information in your address book (the Contacts app), and not just addresses. For example, you can say, "What's Gary's work number?" "Give me Sheila Jenkins's office phone." "Show Tia's home email address." "What's my boss's home address?" "When is my husband's birthday?" "Show Larry Murgatroid." "Find everybody named Smith. " "Who is P.J. Frankenberg?" Tip
Listings for the person you named, "Bob," for example, she lists all the matches and asks you to specify which one you meant.)
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In many of the examples on these pages, you'll see that you can identify people by their relationship to you. You can say, "Show my mom's work number," for example, or "Give me directions to my boss's house," or "Call my girlfriend.
Text messages. "Send a text to Alex Rybeck." "Send a message to Peter saying, 'I no longer require your services.' " "Tell Cindy I'm running late." "Send a message to Janet's mobile asking her to pick me up at the train." "Send a text message to 212-561-2282." "Text Frank and Ralph: Did you pick up the pizza?" TIP
If you're using earbuds, headphones, or a Bluetooth speaker, Siri reads the message back to you before asking if you want to send it. (You can ask her to read it again by saying something like, "Review that," "Read it again," or "Read it back to me.") The idea, of course, is that if you're wearing earbuds or using Bluetooth, you might be driving, so you should keep your eyes on the road.
If you need to edit the message before sending it, you have a couple of options. First, you can tap it; Siri hands you off to the Messages app for editing and sending. Second, you can edit it by voice. You can say, "Change it to" to re-dictate the message; "Add" to add more to the message; "No, send it to Frank" to change the recipient; "No" to leave the message on the screen without sending it; or "Cancel" to forget the whole thing. You can also ask Siri to read incoming text messages to you, which is great if you're driving. For example, you can say, "Read my new messages," and "Read that again."
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If you've opted to conceal the actual contents of incoming texts so that they don't appear on your screen (Capturing Messages and Files), then Siri can read you only the senders' names or you can even have her reply to messages she's just read to you. "Reply, 'Congratou can even have her reply to messages she's just read to you. "Reply, 'Congratulations (period). Can't wait to see your trophy (exclamation point)!' " "Call her back." "Tell him I have a flat tire and I'm going to be late.
Email. In iOS 7, Siri can actually read the full messages to you, not just the header information (to, from, and subject line). For example, if you say, "Read my latest email" or "Read my new email," Siri reads aloud your most recent email message. (Siri then offers you the chance to dictate a response.) Or you can use the new summary-listing commands. When you say, "Read my email," Siri starts walking backwards through your Inbox, telling you the subject of each, plus who sent it and when. While this recitation is going on, you can tap the microphone button to interrupt with, "Read that email" or "Read the third email" (for example), and Siri will read a summary of the email (not the whole body). She once again invites you to dictate a reply; if you say no, she picks up from where she left off, reading the rest of the subjects.
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You can also use the pre-iOS 7 comands like, "Any new mail from Chris today?" "Show new mail about the world premiere." "Show yesterday's email from Jan." All of those commands produce a list of the messages, but Siri doesn't read them.
Result: Siri reads aloud
You can also compose a new message by voice; anytime you use the phrase "about," that becomes the subject line for your new message. "Email Mom about the reunion." "Email my boyfriend about the dance on Friday." "New email to Freddie Gershon." "Mail Mom about Saturday's flight." "Email Frank and Cindy Vosshall and Peter Love about the picnic." "Email my assistant and say, 'Thanks for arranging the taxi!' " "Email Gertie and Eugene about their work on the surprise party, and say I really value your friendship." (If you've indicated only the subject and addressee, Siri prompts you for the body of the message.)
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You can't send mail to canned groups of people using Siri, at least not without MailShot, an iPhone app that exists expressly for the purpose of letting you create email addressee groups. You can reply to a message Siri has just described, too. "Reply, 'Dear Robin (comma), I'm so sorry about your dog (period). I'll be more careful next time (period)." "Call her mobile number." "Send him a text message saying, 'I got your note.' "
Calendar. Siri can make appointments for you. Considering how many tedious finger taps it usually takes to schedule an appointment in the Calendar app, this is an enormous improvement. "Make an appointment with Patrick for Thursday at 3 p.m." "Set up a haircut at nine." "Set up a meeting with Charlize this Friday at noon." "Meet Danny Cooper at six." "New appointment with Steve, next Sunday at seven." "Schedule a conference call at 5:30 p.m. tonight in my office. TIP
Siri may also alert you to a conflict, something like this: "Note that you already have an all-day appointment about 'Boston Trip' for this Thursday. Shall I schedule this anyway?" Amazing. You can also move previously scheduled meetings by voice. For example, "Move my 2:00 meeting to 2:30." "Reschedule my meeting with Charlize to a week from Monday at noon." "Add Frank to my meeting with Harry." "Cancel the conference call on Sunday." You can even consult your calendar by voice. You can say, "What's on my calendar today?" "What's on my calendar for September 23?" "When's my next appointment?" "When is my meeting with Charlize?" "Where is my next meeting?"
Directions. By consulting the phone's GPS, Siri can set up the Maps app to answer requests like these: "How do I get to the airport?" "Show me 1500 Broadway, New York City." "Directions to my assistant's house." "Take me home." "What's my next turn?" "Are we there yet?"
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You can also say, "Stop navigation", a great way to make Maps stop harassing you when you realize you know where you are. You can ask for directions to the home or work address of anyone in your Contacts list, provided those addresses are in your Contacts cards.
Reminders. Siri is a natural match for the Reminders app. She can add items to that list at your spoken command. For example: "Remind me to file my IRS tax extension." "Remind me to bring the science supplies to school." "Remind me to take my antibiotic tomorrow at 7 a.m." The location-based reminders are especially amazing. They rely on GPS to know where you are. So you can say, "Remind me to visit the drugstore when I leave the office." "Remind me to water the lawn when I get home." "Remind me to check in with Nancy when I leave here."
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It's pretty obvious how Siri knows to remind you when you leave "here," because she knows where you are right now. But she also understands "home" and "office," both yours and other people's, if you've entered those addresses onto the corresponding people's cards in Contacts.
Notes. You create a new note (in the Notes app) by saying things like, "Make a note that my shirt size is 15 and a half" or "Note: Dad will not be coming to the reunion after all." You can even name the note in your request: "Create a 'Movies to Rent' note." But you can also call up a certain note to the screen, like this: "Find my frequent-flyer note." You can even summon a table-of-contents view of all your notes by saying, "Show all my notes." TIP
You can keep dictating into the note you've just added. Say, "Add 'Return books to library' " (or just say, "Add," and she'll ask you what to add). She'll keep adding to the same note until you say, "Note that " or "Start a note" or "Take a note" to begin a fresh note page. You can add text to an earlier Note: "Add Titanic II: The Voyage Home to my 'Movies to Rent' note." (The first line of any note is also its title, in this case, "Movies to Rent.")
Businesses. Siri is a walking (well, all right, non-walking) Yellow Pages. Go ahead, try it: "Find coffee near me." "Where's the closest Walmart?" "Find re's the closest Walmart?" "Find some pizza places in Cincinnati." "Search for gas stations." "French restaurants nearby." "I'm in the mood for Chinese food." "Find me a hospital." "I want to buy a book. TIP
She's a sly dog, that Siri. She'll help you out even if your requests are, ahem, somewhat off the straight and narrow. If you say, "I think I'm drunk," she'll list nearby cab companies. If you indicate that you're craving relief from your drug addiction, she'll provide you with a list of rehab centers. If you refer to certain biological urges, she'll list escort services.
Restaurants. Siri is also happy to serve as your personal concierge. Try "Good Italian restaurants around here," "Find a good pizza joint in Cleveland," or "Show me the reviews for Olive Garden in Youngstown." Siri displays a list of matching restaurants (facing page, left), now with ratings, reviews, hours, and so on. But she's ready to do more than just give you information. She can actually book your reservations, thanks to her integration with the Open Table Web site. You can say, "Table for two in Belmont tonight," or "Make a reservation at an inexpensive Mexican restaurant Saturday night at seven."
Music. Instead of fumbling around in your Music app, save yourself steps and time by speaking the name of the album, song, or band: "Play some Beatles." "Play 'I'm a Barbie Girl.' " "Play some jazz." "Play my jogging playlist." "Play the party mix." "Shuffle my 'Dave's Faves' playlist." "Play." "Pause." "Resume." "Skip." If you've set up any iTunes Radio stations ), you can call for them by name, too: "Play Dolly Parton Radio." Or be more generic: Just say "Play iTunes Radio" and be surprised. Or be more specific: ), Say "Play some country music) (substitute your favorite genre).
Weather. "What's the weather going to be today?" "What's the forecast for tomorrow?" "Show me the weather this week." "Will it snow in Dallas this weekend?" "Check the forecast for Memphis on Friday." "What's the forecast for tonight?" "Can you give me the wind speed in Kansas City?" "Tell me the windchill in Chicago." "What's the humidity right now?" "Is it nighttime in Cairo?" "How's the weather in Paris right now?" "What's the high for Washington on Friday?" "When will Jupiter rise tomorrow?" When's the moonrise?" "How cold will it be in Houston tomorrow?" "What's the temperature outside?" "Is it windy out there?" "When does the sun rise in London?" "When will the sun set today?" "Should I wear a jacket?"
Stocks. hat's Google's stock price?" "What did Ford close at today?" "How's the Dow doing?" "What's Microsoft's P/E ratio?" "What's Amazon's average volume?" "How are the markets doing?"
Find My Friends. You see this category only if you've installed Apple's Find My Friends app. "Where's Ferd?" "Is my dad home?" "Where are my friends?" "Who's here?" "Who is nearby?" "Is my mom at work?"
Search the Web. "Search the Web for a 2014 Ford Mustang." "Search for healthy smoothie recipes." "Search Wikipedia for the Thunderbirds." "Search fornews about the Netflix-Amazon merger."
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In iOS 7, Siri uses Microsoft's Bing search service to perform its Web searches. If you prefer Google, just say so. Say, "Google Benjamin Franklin." (For that matter, you can also ask Siri to "Yahoo" something, or example, "Yahoo low-cal dessert recipes.")
Wikipedia is a search type all its own. search type all its own. "Search Wikipedia for Harold Edgerton." "Look up Mariah Carey on Wikipedia." Pictures get special treatment, too:
Locking the iPhone
Press the Power button to lock the iPhone. The iPhone will automatically lock after 1 minute if the screen is not being touched. To adjust the time for auto lock follow the below steps:
Double click on 'Settings'
Double click on 'General'
Double click 'Auto-Lock'
Finally, select ' 1 = default', ' 2 ', ' 3 ', ' 4 ', ' 5 ', or ' Never '.
At the end press the Home button to return to the main Home screen.
Turn off the iPhone
Hold the Power button for two seconds. VoiceOver will say, "Slide to power off"
Double tap anywhere on the screen to Power off. If screen isn't touched for 30 seconds, it will lock.
Drag 1 finger up from Home button to find the Cancel button
Double tap anywhere on screen to activate the Cancel button.
Activating voiceover
You can easily turn VoiceOver off and on without sighted assistance! Follow the below instructions to configure the Accessibility Shortcut. The Accessibility Shortcut allows you to enable or disable accessibility features by pressing the Home button three times in rapid succession. Apple does not enable this feature by default, so it must be configured before it can be used. While VoiceOver is running, VoiceOver gestures are used. NOTE: IPhone X (10) doesn't have the 'HOME' button! If yours isn't IPhone X, follow the instructions below to configure the Accessibility Shortcut to toggle VoiceOver:
Press the Home button to go to the device's Home screen.
Find and double tap Settings.
Double tap General.
Double tap Accessibility.
Double tap Accessibility Shortcut.
Double tap VoiceOver.
Press the Home button to return to the Home screen
Switch VoiceOver On/Off
Triple tap (press three times in rapid succession) the Home button to turn VoiceOver on or off. VoiceOver will say, "VoiceOver on" or "VoiceOver off"
NOTES: When the device is locked the device announces Voiceover's off status but stays quiet when toggling it back on. It is recommended unlocking the device before triple tapping the Home button to toggle VoiceOver. Then, whenever you triple-click the home button, it turns voice over on or off.
Using voiceOver
VoiceOver is a gesture-based screen reader that enable vision impaired people to use iPhones and iPad. If VoiceOver is enabled, triple-click the Home button triggers Voiceover from any place in iOS. NOTE: The instructions in this guide generally should work on iPads, iPod and iPhone 3 G S models running iOS versions 4, or above. Furthermore, use the VoiceOver Practice option within the VoiceOver Settings menu to learn more about voiceover. This allows to tap the screen as a person would like and the iPhone or iPad will speak aloud what that action does! This helps get someone used to how VoiceOver works and what commands trigger what actions, and here are basic tips to use VoiceOver:
One Finger Gestures
Single-tap anywhere on the screen and the iPhone, or iPad in a use will speak aloud the item you're tapping on.
Double-tap on an item to select it.
Double-tap and hold to Activates "drag-mode" (move icons, swipe-delete).
Triple-tap fast to Double presses a button
Swipe left or right to selects the previous or next item
Swipe up or down to preforms or move to the selected rotor option. NOTE: Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
Two Finger Gestures
Hold 1 finger & tap with another to select when dragging, activate with tap
Tap once to pause/resume speech
Double-tap fast to preforms special action
Double-tap and hold to add label to selected item
Triple-tap 3 times to open Item Chooser for current area
Swipe up to read all from first object in selected area
Swipe down to read all from selected item
Scrub back and forth to go back, cancel, close pop-up
Pinch out/in to select/deselect
Hold and twist left or right to select the next or previous rotor item
A two-finger double-tap while performing an action will start or stop that action. E.G. If you're in the Camera app, double tap with two fingers to take a photo, again double tap to close the camera app; similarly, if you are on a phone, double-tapping the screen with two fingers starts the phone app, or end the call.
Three Finger Gestures
Tap once to speaks the current page number and position
Double-tap fast to toggle speech on/off (good for braille use)
Triple-tap fast to toggle screen curtain on/off (VO works but screen is off)
Swipe left or right to move to previous or next horizontal screen/page
Swipe up or down to move/scroll down or up (like moving a paper). NOTE: To open notification center select the status bar and swipe 3 fingers down. Also 3 fingers up/down works for pulling down to refresh in many apps. But can be a problem in some such as Facebook side bar.
Use three fingers to scroll through a page. However, if VoiceOver is off, use only one finger to scroll a page.
Double-tap with three fingers to toggle speech commands on and off from the Lock Screen.
Four or Five Finger Gestures
Tap the upper half with 4 fingers to select the first item in the area
Tap the lower half with 4 fingers to select the last item in the area
Swipe left or right to when in an app, switch to next or previous app
Swipe up or down to open or close multitask pane
Pinch in to go to home screen
Keyboard commands
NOTE: The 'ALT' key is known as Option or Alternative. VoiceOver VO keys = Control + Alt. On a windows keyboard the windows key = Cmd key. Apple keyboard layout from Space to outside there are: the Command, Alt, and Control keys and they are located on the left side of the spacebar only.
VO + left or right to select previous or next item
VO + up or down to preforms or move to the selected rotor option
VO + Space to activate the selected item. (open app, press button)
VO + H to go to home screen
VO + H 2 times to open/close multitask pane
Escape to go back, cancel, close pop-up
Cmd + Tab to switch to next app or hold Shift for previous
VO + A to read all from first object in selected area
VO + B to read all from selected item
VO + M to move to status bar
VO + I to open Item Chooser for current area
O + F to search and go to match with Enter
VO + G to next search match, hold Shift for previous
Handling VoiceOver
These are list of keyboard commands to handle VoiceOver specific tasks.
Control to pause/resume speech
VO + S to toggle speech off/on
VO + Shift + S to toggle Screen Curtain on/off
VO + Cmd + up or down to adjust the selected speech rotor option
VO + Cmd + left or right to change the speech rotor setting
VO + / to add label to selected item
VO + K to start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit
Quick Nav Commands
Turn on "Quick Nav" to use keyboard quick nav commands by pressing left + right arrows.
up + down to activate the selected item. (open app, press button)
left or right to selects the previous or next item
up or down to preforms or move to the selected rotor option
up + left or right to change to next or previous rotor setting
Alt + left or right to move to next or previous horizontal screen/page
Alt + up or down to move/scroll up or down the screen/page
Control + up or down to select the first or last item in the area
Control + left or right to go to next or previous container/area
Safari Web Commands
Hit H to next heading Hold Shift for previous heading.
Hit 1 to 6 to next respective heading level 1 - 6
Hit L to next link
Hit S to next text element
Hit W to next landmark
Hit R to next text field
Hit X to next list
Hit T to next table
Hit M to next element of same type
Hit I to next image
Hit B to next button
Hit C to next form element
Keyboard commands to Manipulating Text
In order to use 'Text Field Commands', the "Quick Nav" must be off. In addition hold to the 'SHIFT' key to select/deselect text.
left or right arrow to move cursor by character
up or down arrow move cursor by row
Alt + left or right to move cursor by word
Control or Cmd + left or right to move cursor by phrase
Cmd + A select all
Cmd + C Copy selection
Cmd + X cut selection
Cmd + V paste
Cmd + Z undo. Note: you can also shake the device to undo task.
Cmd + shift + Z redo.
Eject to show/hide screen keyboard
Miscellaneous Keyboard Commands
VO + - to preforms special action
Cmd + Space to change language keyboard layout
F1 to decrease screen brightness
F2 to increase screen brightness
F7 to previous song
F8 to pause/resume song
F9 to next song
F10 to mute sound
F11 to decrease volume
F12 to increase volume
Manage rotor options
Many of the rotor options are on the rotor by default; however, some are optional. Setup the rotor options by following the instructions below (Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor. Then select the options you want to show up in the rotor):
Launch Settings from the Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap Rotor.
Tap each rotor option you'd like made available in the rotor. Tap the options with checkmarks next to them to turn those ones off. If you have usable sight, you can move each option by tapping and holding the reorder button that looks like three horizontal lines on each option and dragging it up or down. However don't forget, some options are not always on the rotor. For example, Typing Mode is on the rotor only when there is a keyboard.
Using the rotor
A quick menu of accessible VoiceOver option is called a rotor. A rotor can be accessed from any screen. Follow the below instructions to use the rotor: (If you haven't turned on VoiceOver, first turn it on in Settings, General, and Accessibility.)
rotate two fingers on the IPhone screen as if you're turning a dial. VoiceOver will say the first rotor option. Keep rotating your fingers to hear more options. Lift your fingers to choose an option.
After your selection an option, flick your finger up or down on the screen to use it. For example, if you choose Words when a document is open, a flick down or up will move VoiceOver to the next or previous word. NOTE: When you make short swipe up or down when you're on the option you want, depending on the option, the swipe up or down will increase volume, speaking rate, etc.
Volume: Changes how loudly VoiceOver speaks. This is separate from the system volume. Flick up or down with one finger to speak louder or quiter. Changes by 5 percent with each flick.
Punctuation: Changes how VoiceOver reads punctuation. Flick up or down with one finger to switch between all, some, and no punctuation.
Sounds: Turns VoiceOver sound effects, clicks and cursor sounds on or off. Flick up or down with one finger.
Hints: Turns VoiceOver Hints on or off. Flick up or down with one finger.
Audio Ducking: Lowers the volume of other audio content when VoiceOver speaks. Flick up or down with one finger.
Use the Typing Mode option to switch between Standard Typing, Touch Typing, and Direct Touch typing modes. Flick up or down with one finger to switch between modes. Instead of using the rotor, you can go to Settings, General, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Typing Style to choose a typing mode. Here's how to use the typing modes:
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 you select it and again when you enter the character.
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 when you touch it. VoiceOver enters a character when you lift your finger.
Type the same as when VoiceOver is off. This mode turns off VoiceOver for typing only.
Options for input, actions, and zoom
Handwriting: Lets you hand write text instead of typing with the keyboard.
Braille Screen Input: Turns on the onscreen braille keyboard.
Actions?: Chooses what happens when you double-tap with one finger. For example, in Mail, this rotor chooses from Delete, Activate Item, Mark Read, Flag, and others.
Zoom: Zooms in and out. Flick with one finger from top to bottom, or from bottom to top. Try this with the Camera app. This doesn't control the Zoom Accessibility feature.
Rotor options
The rotor options allows you to move from one item to the next by flicking on the screen from top to bottom with one finger. You can move VoiceOver to the previous item by flicking from bottom to top. You can review text as you type with Characters, Words, and Lines:
Lines: Reads one line at a time.
Words: Reads one word at a time.
Characters: Reads one character at a time.
Rotor options for Internet
Surf the Internet with the following 'ROTOR' options:
Links: Moves from one link to the next.
Visited Links: Moves from one link to the next, but only those that you've already clicked.
Non-visited Links: Moves from one link to the next, but only those that you haven't clicked yet.
In-Page Links: Moves from one in-page link to the next on a webpage.
Tables: Moves the VoiceOver cursor to the start of a table on a webpage.
Lists: Moves the VoiceOver cursor to the start of a list on a webpage.
Buttons: Moves from one button to the next in a webpage.
Form Controls: Moves between buttons and menus when using a form.
Text Fields: Moves from one text field to the next in webpage.
Search Fields: Moves from one search field to the next in webpage.
Images: Moves to images.
Headings: Moves from one heading to the next. Practice this rotor in Settings, Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.
Landmarks: Moves between banners, navigation, (HTML 5 semantic languages, if they are defined), and buttons in HTML content (such as a webpage or HTML email).
Same Item: Moves from one item to the next item of the same kind. Practice this with the links in the results of a Safari web search.
Containers: Moves from one onscreen container to the next. The Dock and Home screen are containers.
Vertical Navigation: Moves up or down with one-finger vertical flicks. Practice this on the Home screen.
Static Text: Moves from one line of static HTML text to the next. Static text is the main text on the page, not links or button names.
add languages to the rotor
you have quick access to the rotor in VoiceOver options by twisting two fingers on the screen like turning a dial To quickly change the language. Twist to Language and swipe up or down to make your selections.
Launch Settings from your Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap Speech.
Tap Add New Language...
Tap the language you want to add.
Managing Verbosity
Verbosity is how much information is read to you by voiceover. It can be controled the verbosity level whether or not VoiceOver reads hints (double-tap this or three-finger-swipe that) or tells you that there are emojis in text.
Launch Settings from the Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap Verbosity.
Tap the switch next to Speak Hints to disable it.
Tap the switch next to Emoji Suffix to have VoiceOver speak the word "emoji" when emojis are read in text.
Changing speaking rate
The VoiceOver speaking Rate can be change how fast VoiceOver speaks. When you flick up, or down with one finger, VoiceOver speaks faster or slower by 5 percent with each flick.
Launch Settings from the Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap and drag the slider under Speaking Rate to change the rate of speech. The further right you go, the faster it speaks on 100%.
Selecting voice
You can adjust the VoiceOver voice to your liking. You can change it to a male voice, change to different dialects, or accents, and you can download more voice synthesizers, and here's how:
Launch Settings from your Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap Speech.
Tap Voice.
Tap the play button next to a voice to preview it or tap the download button (cloud with an arrow) to download it.
Tap the name to enable the voice.
Enabling Pitch Change
Even though it is kind of hard to distinguish the pitch change, when you need it, it's there!Pitch Change makes VoiceOver speak at a higher pitch when reading the first item in a group and in a lower pitch when reading the last item in a group.
Launch Settings from your Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap the switch next to Pitch Change to turn it on.
Changing pronunciations
When you feel VoiceOver isn't reading words right, you can change how VoiceOver pronounces certain words or phrases. Here's how:
Launch Settings from the Home screen.
Tap General.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap VoiceOver.
Tap Speech.
Tap Pronunciations.
Tap the add button in the top right corner of your screen. It's the plus sign.
Type the word or phrase into the Phrase field.
Tap the Substitution field or tap the dictation button (microphone), to type or dictate the pronunciation. It's easier to say it aloud.
Type or say the pronunciation.
Tap Play in the top right corner to preview the pronunciation.
Tap the back button in the top left corner to add the pronunciation.
Managing braille input/output options
Choosing a braille display
Enabling the braille status cell
Changing the Braille translation language
Enabling disabling Nemeth Code, the onscreen keyboard, and page turning while panning
Changing the alert display duration
Enable/disable sound effects, audio ducking, and auto-select speaker
Managing phonetic feedback
Changing typing style when Voiceover is on
Managing typing feedback
Enabling/disable Always Speak Notifications in Voiceover
Changing how Voiceover navigates images
Enabling/disabling the large cursor
Changing the double-tap timeout Managing rotor options
