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Closing Folders

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Friday, October 19, 2012
… I'm missing something but... How do I close a folder using VoiceOver gestures when I have opened it? I've tried one-finger swipe … swipe-up, three-finger swipe-up and several other gestures. None of them seem to be working for me. … Hi. You …

Questions about the new VO customisations

Forum Topic by Lysette Chaproniere on Tuesday, September 24, 2019
… features, but I have a couple of questions about the new VoiceOver settings. I might be able to figure these out … you could assign shortcuts created in the shorTcuts app to VoiceOver gestures and keyboard commands, but I can't find the option …

Questions about using Chinese language with VoiceOver

Forum Topic by Vsevolod Popov on Wednesday, July 20, 2022
… I started learning Chinese and I have some questions about VoiceOver use with this language. 1. I know that to enter Chinese … this option work? 2. I noticed that for some languages the gestures direction is changed from left to right to right to …

2-finger swipe on watchface not working consistently

Forum Topic by Frederik on Thursday, July 13, 2023
… get the "thunk" sound as if I'm trying to normal swipe with voiceOver when there's no next item to move to. Anyone … from IOS, so I wonder if somehow, multi-finger VoiceOver gestures are borked on my device. maybe I toggled some …

3 finger quadruple tap

Forum Topic by peter on Thursday, May 28, 2015
… I just came across this using my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 with VoiceOver and thought it might be of interest to some. A 3 … vo help with a 4 finger double tap and doing a lot of the gestures. That one is in there. … On my iPad Air 1 I would …

Voiceover stopped speaking

Forum Topic by WellF on Thursday, September 7, 2023
… Yeah. Suddenly voiceover went silent for apparently no reason. I was trying to go to the home screen with the new sweep gestures, when it happened. I tried restarting it but I still …

Apple set to remove Home button from iPhone 5 and iPad 2

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Thursday, January 13, 2011
… The introduction of multitouch gestures in the new iOS 4.3 will coincide with the removal of the only physical button present on the … number of the iOS accessibility features, such as toggling VoiceOver on and off. It is unclear how the switch to …

How do you select and copy an app’s description from the App Store?

Forum Topic by LifepodDebbie on Wednesday, April 13, 2016
… please tell me how to copy an app description to share with a reputable website such as applevis? I tried using a … seem to work. I can't seem to use the rotor to activate VoiceOver's editing features. What am I doing wrong? … I … I don't know about it --Pete … I simply tap 4 times with 3 fingers and select that way. It copies the last thing …

Alternative to double tap gesture

Forum Topic by Kelsey Nicolay on Saturday, October 8, 2016
… phood so I could practice answering and making calls using Voiceover. They have an iphone 6s. Sometimes the double tap … tapping the screen? If so, what is it and does it work for gestures that require two or more fingers? I have the same … on an object. The next time you can’t answer or end a call with two finger double tap, perform a single finger swipe …

two-finger scrub equivalent

Forum Topic by LaBoheme on Sunday, December 18, 2022
… is the regular gesture for two-finger scrub, i.e., when voiceover is not active? thanks. … There isn't one. Some apps …

New to iOS and VoiceOver and in need of some help

Forum Topic by David R on Monday, February 22, 2016
… Hello IOS Discussion, I have an iPad Air 1 with keyboard attached and VoiceOver which was added by the store when purchased in … -Per the iPad, when does one use the keyboard versus gestures? -Using the one-finger explore gesture, why do I …

iOS shortcuts and VO commands

Forum Topic by CuriousNetEntity on Thursday, September 24, 2020
… shortcut to a keyboard or braille display command in the Voiceover settings under all commands? I have been trying to … them to a gesture, even the new back-tap. Unfortunately gestures aren't that helpful when I am trying to use my iPhone or iPad with a braille display or keyboard. It really interrupts the …

Method for Identifying correct Letters in Wordle (NOTE: YMMV)

Forum Topic by Vicky on Saturday, June 25, 2022
… 14 might also work, but no guarantees). I have not tested with any prior versions of iOS, and have only tested in … you have a gesture assigned for ‘Describe Image’ in the Voiceover commands. (Note: There is not one assigned by … this and select Add Gesture. Choose from one of the gestures in the list. For example, I have mine assigned to …

VoiceOver magic tap not working for me on iOS 16.1 public beta 2

Forum Topic by Mlth on Wednesday, September 21, 2022
… Hi! VoiceOver magic tap isn't working for me on iOS 16.1 public …

Braille Screen input not reporting deleted word if cursor not at end of text

Forum Topic by viphoana on Monday, September 11, 2023
… Word gesture when there are characters after the cursor, VoiceOver does not announce the deleted word. This is a big … on-screen input mode, (I use screen away mode) flick left with 2 fingers and VoiceOver announces correctly the word … on iPhone and iPad, so, let's say I don't want to play with fire... So I cannot use feedback assistant thanks again …

My experiences with a Google pixel 9a phone

Forum Topic by Kushal Solanki on Friday, May 30, 2025
… purposes and for work mainly but also want to get familiar with talkback as well so if anyone else needs help with … find talkback to have a slight 1 second delay compared to voiceover which you can get use to" The gestures are also easy to pick up. My question is how do you …

How to use trackpad on iPad?

Forum Topic by inforover on Thursday, July 25, 2024
… How does one go about using the trackpad on iPad with the use of VoiceOver? It seems to do weird and wonderful things when I use the standard VoiceOver gestures and I can't seem to find anything in settings to …

What VO gesture turns on Music (iPad)?

Forum Topic by cw34 on Monday, June 8, 2015
… All, This issue really bothers me. For a few times, while VoiceOver was turned on, I did some gesture and the iOS … hyou can just swipe left or right and use voiceover again with no problem. If you want to start music again, just … a one finger double tap. If you do a one finger double tap with another finger on the screen, the iPad will interpret …

VoiceOver vs. Talkback: My Time on the Other Side

Blog Post by mehgcap on Wednesday, November 27, 2019
… ###A Fair Look at Talkback and VoiceOver Hello there, reader. Did you come here because … excited to join in some Android bashing? Are you in love with Android, with visions of finally hearing someone put … on iOS, and an understanding of the idea of touch screen gestures and other mobile screen reader concepts. Finally, I …

What's New In iOS 13 Accessibility For Individuals Who Are Blind or Deaf-Blind

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Wednesday, September 18, 2019
… discuss them in great detail here. This article will deal with enhancements pertaining to accessibility: specifically, … Control. For example, I wanted to select the Mail app with VoiceOver enabled. I said “select Mail”. I was instructed to … customization for Bluetooth keyboard commands as well as gestures for touchscreen, braille screen input, and …

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