A Complete List of iOS gestures available to VoiceOver users
Below is a listing of iOS finger gestures arranged by gesture type. All
text, single document. Verified in iOS 10, using VoiceOver
Practice; (Settings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>VoiceOver Practice).
Basic Navigation
The most direct method of navigation is to lightly drag a finger around on
the screen and listen to what it touches. VoiceOver will speak everything
you touch.
The Rotor
Use thumb and forefinger, like turning a knob on the surface, to choose
different Rotor settings and navigation modes. 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.
You can also place a finger from one hand on the screen, then drag a finger
from the other hand around it in a circular motion and it will turn the
Rotor.
Flicks
Flick Right or Left
1 Finger: move focus to next or previous item.
2 Fingers: not mapped.
3 Fingers: scroll left or right one page.
4 Fingers: switch to next or previous running app.
Flick Up or Down
1 Finger Up/Down: move focus to next or previous item using Rotor setting.
Or change the status of the current Rotor setting.
2 Fingers Down:, read page starting at selected item.
2 Fingers Up: read page starting at top.
3 Fingers Up/Down: scroll up or down one page.
3 Fingers Down when VoiceOver Focus is in the Status Bar: loads Notification
Center.
3 Fingers Up when VoiceOver Focus is in the Status Bar: loads Control
Center.
4 Fingers: not mapped.
Taps:
Single Tap
1 Finger: select an item without activating.
2 Fingers: if VoiceOver is speaking, pauses and resumes speaking.
3 Fingers: speak page numbers or rows being displayed.
4 Fingers Near Top: move to first element on the screen (usually top-left
corner element).
4 Fingers Near Bottom: move to last element on the screen (usually
bottom-right corner element).
Double Tap
1 Finger: activate the selected item.
2 Fingers: stop and start the current activity. Answers or hangs up a call,
pauses or resumes a video or music, plus others. See VoiceOver practice.
3 Fingers: toggles speech on and off.
4 Fingers: toggles VoiceOver help on or off.
Triple Tap
1 Finger: double tap the selected item.
2 Fingers: activate Item Chooser.
3 Fingers: toggles Screen Curtain on and off.
4 Fingers: not mapped.
Unique Gestures and Tips
Quadruple Tap with 3 Fingers: copy last spoken phrase to the clipboard.
Double Tap with 1 Finger and Hold: drags the selected item. On the Home
screen, move, edit or delete apps. In text, pop-up window with editing
options.
Double Tap with 2 Fingers and Hold: set a custom label.
Split Tap: place a finger on the selected item, then tap anywhere with
another finger to activate the selection.
Activate Anywhere: when an item is selected, you can double-tap anywhere on
the screen to activate the item. No need to tap directly on the item.
2 Finger Scrub: like drawing a 'Z' with both fingers close together.
Dismisses alerts or goes back one screen.
2 Finger Double Tap: when editing text in any field or app, starts and stops
dictation.
One Finger Double Tap and Drag: adjust a slider to a new position.
Triple Click Home Button: turns VoiceOver on and off (can be customized in
Settings>General>Accessibility>Accessibility Shortcut).
App Switcher: double-click the Home button to access all running apps; 1
finger flick left or right to move between the apps; double-tap an app with
1 finger to switch to that app; 3 finger flick up to quit a running app. It
is important to close all apps after a day's usage to preserve battery, as
they will be running in the background otherwise.
2 Finger Pinch Open: select text.
2 Finger Pinch Close: unselect text..
iPad Only:
4 Finger Tap Near Right Side of Screen: move focus to next app.
4 Finger Tap Near Left Side of Screen: move focus to previous app.
20 Quick Tips to get you Started with your First iPhone
Number one rule: your iPhone with VoiceOver running will operate differently
to standard iPhone gestures. In addition, VoiceOver will speak some items
as "real" words when in reality on the screen they may be just symbols. So
just take this in to account when getting assistance from sighted friends
and family, and listen to what VoiceOver is saying.
1. Turning iPhone on: hold down power button (top right) for 2 seconds and
release. Takes about 15 seconds for the unlock screen to appear. VoiceOver
announces time. Screen will lock after 10 seconds if the screen is not
touched.
2. Unlocking the iPhone from the unlock screen: press the Power button
(top right or the Home button bottom middle). VoiceOver announces the time.
Drag 1 finger up from the Home button (bottom middle) just a little.
VoiceOver announces "Slide to unlock" and "Slide or double tap" (2nd message
is the VoiceOver hint). 1 finger double tap anywhere on the screen to unlock
(you don't need to drag your finger). If screen not touched for 15 seconds,
screen will lock. When screen unlocked, you are at the Home screen with
rows of apps, and the Status menu at the top.
3. Basic VoiceOver navigation of the Main Home screen: 1 finger drag
around screen to here what is under your finger or 1 finger flick left or
right to move item by item left or right around the screen. 1 finger double
tap to activate the item you wish to use. 1 finger flick left or right will
only move you between the items on the main screen, it will not access the
Status menu (see next point), but dragging 1 finger will. The first row of
icons on the main Home screen are: Messages, Calendar, Photos, and Camera,
with further rows of icons (apps) below this. At the bottom (of all Home
screens), you have 4 apps (icons): Phone, Mail, Safari (web browser), and
Music.
4. Accessing Status menu: locate the Speaker grill just below the top
edge of the iPhone, and drag 1 finger down just a little. . VoiceOver will
announce an item on the Status menu, followed by the announcement "Status
bar item" and "Swipe down with three fingers to reveal the Notification
centre" (second message is the VoiceOver hint). Once in the Status menu,
you can 1 finger flick left or right to move left or right to the items in
the Status menu: eg signal strength, time, battery status etc. 1 finger
drag or touch anywhere on the screen to take VoiceOver out of the Status
menu.
5. Practising VoiceOver gestures: VoiceOver itself has a practise mode
(much like keyboard practise on desktop screen readers) where you can
practise all the gestures with out them actually doing anything besides
speaking their function: To do this: Settings, General, Accessibility,
VoiceOver, VoiceOver Practise, and try out a few of the gestures in this
document. Press the Home button (bottom middle) to return to the Main Home
screen. Remember, you can navigate to all of these items by 1 finger drag
or flick left or right to locate each item, and then a 1 finger double tap
to select an item. Tip: touching the screen with 4 fingers at the top will
jump the voiceOver focus to the top most item on the screen which in the
Setting screens is the Back button to go back a screen, 1 finger double tap
as usual to activate this if you wish to go back a screen, and of course, 4
finger touch at the bottom of the screen moves the VoiceOver focus to the
last item on the screen.
6. Adjusting the volume of VoiceOver: VoiceOver volume is adjusted by
using the Volume up and Volume down buttons on the left hand side of the
iPhone just below the top left hand edge and below the sleep/wake switch
whilst VoiceOver is talking. Two finger flick up will start VoiceOver
talking from the top of the screen, whilst talking, press the Volume up or
Volume down buttons to control the volume of VoiceOver. When finished, a
two finger touch on the screen will stop VoiceOver talking (which can be
used any time to silence VoiceOver).
7. Silencing the iPhone: To silence the iPhone, locate the silence/wake
switch on the top left edge of the iPhone just below the top. Flicking the
switch down towards the back of the iPhone will silence the iPhone (you will
feel the iPhone vibrate). Rather than ringing, the iPhone will now vibrate.
Flicking the switch up towards the front face of the iPhone, will put it
back in normal operation. When in Silent mode, you will not hear any sounds
that VoiceOver makes when your touching the screen (but it will keep
talking).
8. Answering and hanging up a call: 2 finger double tap anywhere on the
screen will answer a call. 2 finger double tap anywhere on the screen
whilst on a call, will hang up the call. When not answering or hanging up a
call, the two finger double tap will start and stop music playing etc if you
have been previously been listening. When you are on a call, taking the
iPhone away from your ear will turn the loud speaker on (hands-free mode),
and putting the iPhone back to your ear will put it back in private mode so
that only you can hear the caller.
9. Dialling a call: to dial a call, activate the Phone app (bottom left
of the Home screen), VoiceOver announces "Blank phone number", drag your
finger around the screen or 1 finger flick left or right) through the
standard layout phone keypad, when you find the number you want to use, 1
finger double tap to put that number in to the phone number field, when you
have finished putting in all numbers, locate the Call button below the 0,
and 1 finger double tap to make your call. tip: the Delete button to delete
the last number (or all numbers that you have put in to the dialling field)
is located to the right of the Call button, 1 finger double tap the Delete
button to start deleting numbers. If you don't get VoiceOver saying "Blank
phone number", locate the Keyboard item tab on the bottom of the screen, and
one finger double tap to activate it (this will put the dialling keypad on
the screen). You can also use Siri to dial a phone number or a contact (see
next item). To exit the Phone app, just press the Home button (bottom
middle).
10.Using touch typing mode: If you would like to speed things up a bit when
using the dial keypad: rather than 1 finger double tap on a number, just
take your finger off the number to put the number in to the phone dialling
field): for this, you need to use the rotor. This is rotating or turning
two fingers on the screen (like a dial). Each time you turn the dial, you
go to a new option on the rotor. When you dial to type, a 1 finger flick up
or down will change between standard and touch typing. You must be on the
phone number field for typing mode to appear in the rotor. This also
applies to the on-screen QWERTY keyboard when you come to using
iMessages/text messages. The rotor also lets you move by such items as
character, word etc. e.g. to spell out one of the icons (apps) on the home
screen, two finger dial around to character, and then 1 finger flick up or
down will move left or right through the current icon (app) name. Remember,
1 finger left or right moves to the previous or next item, 1 finger flick up
or down moves by the current rotor setting or select something like the
desired typing mode.
11.Using Siri (if activated): hold down the Home button (bottom middle)
until you hear an ascending double beep, speak an instruction such as "What
is the time", and Siri after a descending double beep will give you the
time. When Siri is on the screen, two finger double tap will activate Siri
with the ascending double beep, speak your instruction, wait for the
descending double beep or two finger double tap, and Siri will speak the
result of your instruction. To dismiss Siri, press the Home button (bottom
middle). If you want to dial a number using Siri, at the instruction point,
just say "dial 1300 847 466" and Siri will dial this number (Vision
Australia). Alternatively, if Vision Australia is in your contacts, you
could just say "call Vision Australia" and Siri would also call Vision
Australia.
12.Moving between screens: The iPhone comes with two screens of apps. To
move to the second screen of apps from the Main Home screen, do a three
finger flick left to scroll the screen to the right. To move back to the
first screen of apps, do a three finger flick right to scroll the screen to
the left or press the Home button (bottom middle). If you press the Home
button whilst on the first screen of apps, you will be taken to the
Spotlight search screen, just press the Home button to get back to the Main
Home screen.
13.Activating an app (like the Phone app above): to activate or use an app,
1 finger drag or flick left or right with 1 finger to locate the app (such
as Weather), when located 1 finger double tap anywhere on screen to use or
activate that app. Once in the app, just like the Home screen, 1 finger drag
around screen to explore the app or use the 1 finger flick left or right
gesture to also explore the app. To exit or come out of an app, just press
the Home button (bottom middle).
14.Plugging in headphones: the headphone jack on the iPhone 5 is on the
bottom edge of the iPhone towards the left. You can adjust the volume of
VoiceOver independently of the general speaker volume by using the Volume up
or Volume down controls as above.
15.iPhone battery notification: When your iPhone is at either 20 or 10
percent charge, it will pop up a message alerting you that it is getting
low. Plug the iPhone in to recharge. If the iPhone is fully discharged,
after you have plugged in to charge, when it wakes up, you will hear two
quick vibrations as it powers up. The lighting cable to charge the iPhone
is plugged in to the small lightning connector at the bottom edge of the
iPhone in the middle.
16.Triple click: to allow a non VoiceOver user to use your iPhone, you need
to enable Triple click. When this is activated, you can press the Home
button (bottom middle) three times to turn VoiceOver on or off when ever you
need to. This is done by activating Settings, General, Accessibility,
Triple click, and then selecting VoiceOver. Once on, press the Home button
(bottom middle) to return to the Main Home screen. Remember, you can
navigate to all of these items by 1 finger drag or flick left or right to
locate each item, and then a 1 finger double tap to select an item. Tip:
touching the screen with 4 fingers at the top will jump the voiceOver focus
to the top most item on the screen which in the Setting screens is the Back
button to go back a screen, 1 finger double tap as usual to activate this if
you wish to go back a screen, and of course, 4 finger touch at the bottom of
the screen moves the VoiceOver focus to the last item on the screen.
17.Gesture to mute VoiceOver and turn on screen privacy mode (screen
curtain): Three finger tap twice on the screen will turn VoiceOver speech
off or on (this is not the same as Triple click where VoiceOver is
completely turned off), mentioned hear just as a warning, and avoid if
possible. Screen curtain is useful as it blanks the screen so that no
person can see what is on your screen. To turn this on or off, three finger
triple tap: remember, three finger double tap was the speech off or on
gesture.
18.Locking the iPhone: Press the Power button (top right) to lock the
iPhone. The iPhone will automatically lock after 1 minute if the screen is
not being touched.
19.Adjusting the auto lock from 1 minute: as you might come to appreciate,
having the screen lock every 1 minute particularly when your learning is a
pest. To adjust the time for auto lock: Settings, General, Auto-Lock, and
then select 1 (default), 2, 3, 4, 5 or Never. Press the Home button (bottom
middle) to return to the main Home screen. Remember, you can navigate to
all of these items by 1 finger drag or flick left or right to locate each
item, and then a 1 finger double tap to select an item. Tip: touching the
screen with 4 fingers at the top will jump the voiceOver focus to the top
most item on the screen which in the Setting screens is the Back button to
go back a screen, 1 finger double tap as usual to activate this if you wish
to go back a screen, and of course, 4 finger touch at the bottom of the
screen moves the VoiceOver focus to the last item on the screen.
20.Turning off the iPhone (not recommended): Hold the Power button (top
right) in for two seconds. VoiceOver will announce "Slide to power off" and
"slide or double tap" (second message is the VoiceOver hint). 1 finger
double tap anywhere on the screen to Power off. If screen not touched for
30 seconds, screen will lock. Otherwise, drag 1 finger up from Home button
(bottom middle) to find the Cancel button, and then 1 finger double tap
anywhere on screen to activate the Cancel button. The Power off control is
towards the top of the screen if you wish to find it by dragging one finger.
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