Help Page: How to Navigate your iPhone or iPad with VoiceOver (6:41)

Transcript: How to navigate your iPhone or iPad with VoiceOver (6:41).
Presenter: VoiceOver reads everything on your screen aloud, so you can use your iPhone or iPad without seeing the screen.
VO: Settings, VoiceOver, Switch Button, On.
Presenter: If you are blind or have low vision, this feature helps you navigate your device. Here how to get started. We’ll show you how to turn VoiceOver on or off. Then we’ll show you how to use VoiceOver with specific gestures to navigate your iPhone or iPad. First let’s turn VoiceOver on. Which is also how you turn it off. We’re going to turn VoiceOver on in Settings, but you can also ask Siri to turn it on or off instantly or add it as an accessibility shortcut. In settings, scroll down, tap Accessibility and then tap VoiceOver. Here you can adjust the speaking rate for VoiceOver, review the commands and keyboard shortcuts, and select a custom voice, like the one we’re using. Plus, you’ll find customisations for the rotor and gesture commands. And you can access additional tools for Braille devices and specific navigation controls. When you’re ready, tap to turn on VoiceOver and it will begin reading what’s on your screen.
VO: Settings, VoiceOver, switch button, on.
Presenter: While using VoiceOver you’ll navigate your iPhone or iPad with unique gesture. For example, to scroll in any app, swipe up, down, left or right with three fingers.
VO: Row 6 to 18 of 18.
Presenter: To go to the Home Screen, drag up from the bottom of the screen until two rising tones play.
VO: FaceTime, double tap to open.
Presenter: On an iPhone with Face ID, you’ll also feel a haptic response. On an iPhone or iPad with a Home button, you can press the home button. If you're familiar with the screen, you can touch an item directly to have VoiceOver read it.
VO: Calendar, Monday, March 11.
Presenter: This works with almost any word, feature, app name, or section of text. You don’t have to tap directly on something to locate it. Instead, quickly swipe right or left with one finger anywhere on the screen and VoiceOver will read out the items in the order they appear, so nothing is missed.
VO: Weather, Cupertino, Mail (no unread email) Notes.
Presenter: You can also drag your finger over the screen and VoiceOver will read the name of each item you touch.
VO: Camera, Clock, Podcasts, Health, Search, Doc, Messages, Double tap to open
Presenter: Double tap anywhere on the screen to open or activate a selected app, link, or button.
VO: Messages, Heading, search, search field, dictate, button, conversations, Hannah Lee.
Presenter: To have VoiceOver pause reading a section of text, tap once with two fingers.
VO: That’s what I was thinking. I remember her saying that her favourite type of cake growing up was.
Presenter: Tap once with two fingers again, to have VoiceOver continue reading.
VO: Pineapple upside down cake. The recipe sounds.
Presenter: When your iPhone or iPad is locked, drag up from the bottom edge of the screen until two rising tones play. On an iPhone with Face ID, you’ll also feel a haptic response. To unlock an iPhone or iPad with a Home button, you can press the Home button.
VO: FaceTime, double tap to open.
Presenter: To open Control Centre, tap the status bar at the top edge of the screen.
VO: 9:41am.
Presenter: And slide up with three fingers anywhere on the screen.
VO: Control Centre, Airplane mode, switch button, off.
Presenter: On an iPhone with Face ID, you can also just drag down from the top of your screen until you feel a single haptic response and two rising tones play. If you want to return to a previous screen, do a two-finger scrub, moving your fingers back and forth three times quickly, making the letter Z.
VO: FaceTime, double tap to open.
Presenter: To open Notification Centre, tap the status bar at the top edge of the screen again.
VO: 9:41 am.
Presenter: And slide down with three fingers anywhere on the screen.
VO: Notification Centre.
Presenter: On an iPhone with Face ID, you can also just drag down from the top of your screen until you feel two haptic responses and three rising tones play. Let’s go back to our previous screen and then check out our open apps using the app switcher. You can open the app switcher by dragging up from the bottom of the screen until three rising tones play. On an iPhone with Face ID, you’ll also feel two haptic responses.
VO: Settings, active.
Presenter: To open the app switcher on an iPhone or iPad that has a Home button, just double click the Home button. If you have multiple apps open, swipe left or right with one finger to browse through them.
VO: Messages, Active. Photos, Active.
Presenter: Now you know the gestures you need to start navigating your iPhone or iPad with VoiceOver.
VO: VoiceOver reads your screen.
Presenter: To find out more about the accessibility features on your Apple devices, subscribe to the Apple Support YouTube channel or check out our accessibility playlist to keep learning.