I OS Voice Over Gesture And Keyboard Commands Textfile iOS VoiceOver Gesture & Keyboard Commands Written on 12 October 2011 by Daniel Gransson Content      iOS VO Gestures      1 Finger Gestures      2 Finger Gestures      3 Finger Gestures      4 & 5 Finger Gestures      iOS VO Keyboard Commands      General Navigation      Handling VoiceOver Speech      “Quick Nav” Commands      Safari Web Shortcuts      Text Field Commands      Other Keyboard Actions Updated for iOS 5! A complete list of gestures and keyboard shortcuts to handle your iOS device. iOS VO Gestures 1 Finger Gestures Gesture      Action Touch or move around the screen     Speaks and select the item under your finger Tap 2 times fast     Activate the selected item. (open app, press button) Tap 2 times and hold     Activates “drag-mode” (move icons, swipe-delete) Tap 3 times fast     Double presses a button (see tip below) Swipe left or right     Selects the previous or next item Swipe up or down     Preforms or move to the selected rotor option 2 Finger Gestures Gesture      Action Hold 1 finger & tap with another     Select when dragging, activate with tap (aka split-tap) Tap once     Pause/resume speech Tap 2 times fast     Preforms special action Tap 2 times and hold     Add label to selected item Tap 3 times     Open Item Chooser for current area Swipe up     Read all from first object in selected area Swipe down     Read all from selected item Scrub back and forth     Go back, cancel, close pop-up Pinch out/in     Select/deselect Hold and twist left or right     Select the next or previous rotor item 3 Finger Gestures Gesture      Action Tap once     Speaks the current page number and position Tap 2 times fast     Toggle speech on/off (good for braille use) Tap 3 times fast     Toggle screen curtain on/off (VO works but screen is off) Swipe left or right     Move to previous or next horizontal screen/page Swipe up or down     Move/scroll down or up (like moving a paper) Note: To open notification center select the status bar and swipe 3 fingers down. 4 and 5 Finger Gestures Gesture      Action Tap the upper half with 4 fingers     Select the first item in the area Tap the lower half with 4 fingers     Select the last item in the area Swipe left or right     When in an app, switch to next or previous app Swipe up or down     Open or close multitask pane Pinch in     Go to home screen iOS VO Keyboard shortcut commands VoiceOver VO keys = Control + Alt On a windows keyboard the windows key = Cmd key General navigation Keys      Action VO + left or right     Select previous or next item VO + up or down     Preforms or move to the selected rotor option VO + Space     Activate the selected item. (open app, press button) VO + H     Go to home screen Escape     Go back, cancel, close pop-up VO + H 2 times     Open/close multitask pane Cmd + Tab     Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous Control     Pause/resume speech VO + A     Read all from first object in selected area VO + B     Read all from selected item VO + M     Move to status bar VO + I     Open Item Chooser for current area VO + F     Search and go to match with Enter VO + G     Next search match, hold Shift for previous Handling VoiceOver Keys      Action VO + S     Toggle speech off/on VO + Sift + S     Toggle speech on/off VO + Cmd + up or down     Adjust the selected speech rotor option VO + Cmd + left or right     Change the speech rotor setting VO + /     Add label to selected item VO + K     Start VoiceOVer training, Escape to exit Quick Nav Commands Turn on “Quick Nav” to use these commands by pressing left + right Keys      Action up + down     Activate the selected item. (open app, press button) left or right     Selects the previous or next item up or down     Preforms or move to the selected rotor option up + left or right     Change to next or previous rotor setting Alt + left or right     Move to next or previous horizontal screen/page Alt + up or down     Move/scroll up or down the screen/page Control + up or down     Select the first or last item in the area Control + left or right     Go to next or previous container/area Safari Web Shortcuts Hold Shift for previous Keys      Action H     Next heading 1 to 6     Next respective heading level 16 L     Next link S     Next text element W     Next landmark R     Next text field X     Next list T     Next table M     Next element of same type I     Next image B     Next button C     Next form element Text Field Commands You must have “Quick Nav” off to use these commands. When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect text Keys      Action left or right     Move cursor by character up or down     Move cursor by row Alt + left or right     Move cursor by word Control or Cmd + left or right     Move cursor by phrase Cmd + A     Select all Cmd + C     Copy selection Cmd + X     Cut selection Cmd + V     Paste Cmd + Z     Undo. Note: you can also shake the device Eject     Show/hide screen keyboard Other Keyboard Action Keys      Action VO + –     Preforms special action Cmd + Space     Change language keyboard layout F1     Decrease screen brightness F2     Increase screen brightness F7     Previous song F8     Pause/resume song F9     Next song F10     Mute sound F11     Decrease volume F12     Increase volume Footer © 2011 AxS Lab, a Daniel Gransson project      Contact 6pp ================================================================================ **Disclaimer:** This guide is volunteer-submitted and provided "as is" without warranty. 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