Press a 3 finger triple tap and that should switch your screen curtain on and off. I hope this helps. It should work on all I devices. I can understand that would be a difficult situation but hopefully there is your magic solution, smiles. On 10/4/13, MJ Williams <matthewjwilliams101@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > new member from the UK, so please be gentle with me. *smile* > A friend very kindly let me play with his iPad with Voiceover > switched on. unfortunately, I managed to turn off the screen with > Voiceover still on. So, here we are with a sighted person who can't > use his iPad because the screen is blacked out, and I, a blind person > who hasn't a clue how to use voiceover. not an ideal combination, I know. > Anyway, I was wondering if any of you knew how to turn on the screen > on the iPad. > Any help would be most gratefully received. This is a rather > embarrassing situation for me and I am as you'll appreciate very > anxious to find a solution sooner rather than later. > > Many thanks, > Matt > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx