iOS Accessibility

For detailed instructions on how to access and configure all of the accessibility features available on iOS, visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204390.

To download these gestures as Microsoft Word Doc, visit https://vitalsourcesupport.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/360025221114/VitalSource_iOS_Accessibility.docx

iOS VoiceOver Gestures

One-Finger Gestures

Summary: List of gestures with one finger

Gesture	Action
Touch or move around the screen	Speaks and selects the item under your finger
Tap two times fast	Activates the selected item (open app, press button)
Tap two times and hold	Activates "drag mode" (move icons, swipe delete)
Tap three times fast	Double press a button (see tip below)
Swipe left or right	Selects the previous or next item
Swipe up or down	Performs or moves to the selected rotor option

Note: Tap two times on the clock in the status bar to scroll to the top in any app.

Two-Finger Gestures

Summary: List of gestures with two fingers

Gesture	Action
Hold one finger and tap with another	Select when dragging, activate with tap (aka split tap)
Tap once	Pause/resume speech
Tap two times fast	Perform special action
Tap two times and hold	Add a label to a selected item
Tap three times	Open Item Chooser for the current area
Swipe up	Read all from the first object in a selected area
Swipe down	Read all from a 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

Note: You can use the scrub gesture to split/merge the keyboard when it's selected.

Three-Finger Gestures

Summary: List of gestures with three fingers

Gesture	Action
Tap once	Speaks the current page number and position
Tap two times fast	Toggle speech on/off (good for braille use)
Tap three times fast	Toggle screen curtain on/off (VO works, but the screen is off)
Swipe left or right	Move to the previous or next horizontal screen/page
Swipe up or down	Move/scroll down or up (like moving a paper)

Note: To open the notification center, select the status bar and swipe three fingers down. Three fingers up/down also works for pulling down to refresh in many apps (can be an issue in some, like the Facebook sidebar).

Four- and Five-Finger Gestures

Summary: List of gestures with four and five fingers

Gesture	Action
Tap the upper half with four fingers	Select the first item in the area
Tap the lower half with four fingers	Select the last item in the area
Swipe left or right	When in an app, switch to the next or previous app
Swipe up or down	Open or close multitask pane
Pinch in	Go to the home screen

Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcut Commands

The Alt key is also known as Option or Alternative
VoiceOver VO keys = Control+Alt
On a Windows keyboard, the Windows key = Command key
Apple keyboard layout from Space to outside: Command, Alt, Control, then only Function on the left side

General Navigation

Summary: List of keyboard commands

Keys	Action
VO + Left or Right	Select the previous or next item
VO + Up or Down	Performs or move to the selected rotor option
VO+Space	Activate the selected item (open the app, and press the button)
VO+H	Go to the home screen
VO+H two times	Open/close multitask pane
Escape	Go back, cancel, close pop-up
Command+Tab	Switch to the next app or hold Shift for previous
VO+A	Read all from the first object in a selected area
VO+B	Read all from a selected item
VO+M	Move to the status bar
VO+I	Open Item Chooser for the current area
VO+F	Search and go to match with Enter
VO+G	Next search match, hold Shift for previous

Handling VoiceOver

Summary: List of keyboard commands to handle VoiceOver-specific tasks

Keys	Action
Control	Pause/resume speech
VO+S	Toggle speech off/on
VO+Shift+S	Toggle Screen Curtain on/off
VO + Command + Up or Down	Adjust the selected speech rotor option
VO + Command + Left or Right	Change the speech rotor setting
VO+/	Add a label to a selected item
VO+K	Start VoiceOver training (Escape to exit)

Quick Nav Commands

Turn on "Quick Nav" to use these commands by pressing the Left and Right Arrow keys simultaneously

Summary: List of keyboard quick nav commands

Keys	Action
Up+Down	Activate the selected item (open the app, and press the button)
Left or Right	Selects the previous or next item
Up or Down	Performs or move to the selected rotor option
Up + Left or Right	Change to the next or previous rotor setting
Alt + Left or Right	Move to the 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 the next or previous container/area

Safari Web Shortcuts

Hold Shift for previous

Summary: List of keyboard safari commands

Keys	Action
H	Next heading
1 to 6	Next respective heading levels 1–6
L	Next link
S	Next text element
W	Next landmark
R	Next text field
X	Next list
T	Next table
M	Next element of the 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 your cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect the text

Summary: List of keyboard commands for manipulating 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 Command + Left or Right	Move cursor by phrase
Command+A	Select all
Command+C	Copy selection
Command+X	Cut selection
Command+V	Paste
Command+Z	Undo (Note: You can also shake the device)
Command+Shift+Z	Redo (Note: You can also shake the device)
Eject	Show/hide screen keyboard

Other Keyboard Actions

Summary: List of miscellaneous keyboard commands

Keys	Action
VO+-	Performs special action
Command+Space	Change language keyboard layout
F1	Decrease screen brightness
F2	Increase screen brightness
F7	Previous song
F8	Pause/resume the song
F9	Next song
F10	Mute sound
F11	Decrease volume
F12	Increase volume

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