Main VoiceOver gestures in iOS 4

Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures:

Navigate and Read

• Tap:  Speak item.
• Flick right or left:  Select the next or previous item.
• Flick up or down:  Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See “Rotor Control”  on
• Two-finger tap:  Stop speaking the current item.
• Two-finger flick up:  Read all from top of screen
• Two-finger flick down:  Read all from current position.
• Two-finger “scrub”:  Move two fingers back and forth three times quickly (making a “z”) to dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen.
• Three-finger flick up or down:  Scroll one page at a time.
• Three-finger flick right or left:  Go to the next or previous page (such as the Home Screen, Stocks, or Safari).
• Three-finger tap:  Speak the scroll status (which page or rows are visible).
• Four-finger flick up:  Select the first element on the screen.
• Four-finger flick down:  Select the last element on the screen.

Activate

• Double-tap:  Activate selected item.
• Split-tap:  An alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping is to touch an item with one finger, then tap the screen with another to activate an item.
• Touch an item with one finger, tap the screen with another finger (“split-tapping”): Activate item.
• Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture:  Use a standard gesture. The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the subsequent gesture as standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold, then without lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide a switch.
• Two-finger double tap:  Answer or end a call. Play or pause in iPod, YouTube, Voice Memos, or Photos. Take a photo (Camera). Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos. Start or stop the stopwatch.
• Three-finger double tap:  Mute or unmute VoiceOver.
• Three-finger triple tap:  Turn the display on or off.

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