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Note: VoiceOver speaks in the language specied in International settings, which may be
inuenced by the Region Format setting in Settings > General > International. VoiceOver is
available in many languages, but not all.
VoiceOver Basics
Important: VoiceOver changes the gestures used to control iPod touch. Once VoiceOver is turned
on, you have to use VoiceOver gestures to operate iPod touch—even to turn VoiceOver o again
to resume standard operation.
Note: You can’t use VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time. See Zoom on page 115 .
Turn VoiceOver on: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. Or you can set
Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver on or o. See Triple-click Home on page 115 .
Explore the screen: Drag your nger over the screen. VoiceOver speaks each item you touch.
Lift your nger to leave an item selected.
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Select an item: Tap it, or lift your nger while dragging over it.
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Select the next or previous item: Flick right or left with one nger. Item order is left-to-right,
top-to-bottom.
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Select the item above or below: Use the rotor to turn on Vertical Navigation, then ick up or
down with one nger.
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Select the rst or last item on the screen: Flick up or down with four ngers.
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Select an item by name: Triple-tap with two ngers anywhere on the screen to open the Item
Chooser. Then type a name in the search eld, or ick right or left to move through the list
alphabetically, or tap the table index to the right of the list and ick up or down to move
quickly through the list of items.
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Change the name of the selected item so it’s easier to nd: Double-tap and hold with two ngers
anywhere on the screen.
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Speak the text of the selected item: Set the rotor control to characters or words, then ick down
or up with one nger.
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Turn spoken hints on or o: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver.
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Include phonetic spelling: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Phonetics.
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Speak the entire screen from the top: Flick up with two ngers.
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Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen: Flick down with two ngers.
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Stop speaking: Tap once with two ngers. Tap again with two ngers to resume speaking.
Speaking resumes when you select another item.
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Mute VoiceOver: Double-tap with three ngers. Double-tap again with three ngers to turn
speaking back on. To turn o only VoiceOver sounds, set the Ring/Silent switch to Silent. If an
external keyboard is connected, you can also press the Control key on the keyboard to mute
or unmute VoiceOver.
Adjust the speaking voice: You can adjust the characteristics of the VoiceOver speaking voice to
make it easier for you to understand:
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Change the speaking volume: Use the volume buttons on iPod touch. You can also add volume
to the rotor and swipe up and down to adjust; see Using the VoiceOver rotor control on
page 110 .
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Change the speaking rate: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and drag
the Speaking Rate slider. You can also add Speech Rate to the rotor, then swipe up or down
to adjust.
