Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Flick up or down:
This gesture has multiple outcomes that depend on how you set the so-
called “rotor control” gesture. Think of the rotor control as you'd think about turning a dial:
You rotate two fingertips on the screen. The purpose is to switch to a different set of com-
mands or features. This leads us back to the flick-up or flick-down gestures. Suppose you're
reading text in an e-mail. By alternately spinning the rotor, you can switch between hearing
the body of a message read aloud word by word or character by character. After you set the
parameters, flick up or down to hear stuff read back. The flicking-up-or-down gestures serve
a different purpose when you type an e-mail: The gestures move the cursor left or right within
the text.
Two-finger tap:
Stop speaking.
Two-finger flick up:
Read everything from the top of the screen.
Two-finger flick down:
Read everything from your current position on the screen.
Three-finger flick up or down:
Scroll a page.
Three-finger flick right or left:
Go to the next or previous page.
Three-finger tap:
Lets you know which page or rows are on the screen.
Three-finger swipe down after selecting an item in the status bar:
Opens Notification
Center.
Three-finger swipe up after selecting an item in the status bar:
Opens Control Center.
Four-finger flick up or down:
Go to the first or last part of the page.
Four-finger flick right or left:
Go to the next or previous section.
Double-tap:
Activate a selected icon or button to launch an app, turn a switch from on to off,
and more.
Touch an item with one finger and tap the screen with another:
Otherwise known as
split-
tapping,
when you touch an item, a voice identifies what you touched (for example, “Safari
button” or “Notifications on button”). A tap with the second finger selects whatever was iden-
tified with the first finger (that is, “Safari button selected” or “Notifications on button selec-
ted”). Now you can double-tap to launch the button or whatever else was selected.
Double-tap, hold for a second, and then add a standard gesture:
Tell the iPad to go
back to using standard gestures for your next move. You can also use standard gestures with
VoiceOver by double-tapping and holding the screen. You hear tones that remind you that
standard gestures are now in effect. They stay that way until you lift your finger.
Two-finger double-tap:
Play or pause. You use the double-tap in the Music, YouTube, and
Photos apps.
Three-finger double-tap:
Mute or unmute the voice.
Three-finger triple-tap:
Turn the display on or off.
