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Speak punctuation: Set the rotor to Punctuation, then swipe up or down to select how much<br />
you want to hear.<br />
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Control audio ducking: To choose whether audio that’s playing is turned down while VoiceOver<br />
speaks, set the rotor to Audio Ducking, then swipe up or down.<br />
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Change the language for iPhone: Go to Settings > General > Language & Region. VoiceOver<br />
pronunciation of some languages is affected by the Region Format you choose there.<br />
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Change pronunciation: Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Language is<br />
available in the rotor only if you select more than one pronunciation in Settings > General ><br />
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Rotor Languages.<br />
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Choose which dialects are available in the rotor: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility ><br />
VoiceOver > Speech > Rotor Languages. To adjust voice quality or speaking rate, tap next<br />
to the language. To remove languages from the rotor or change their order, tap Edit, tap the<br />
delete button or drag up or down, then tap Done.<br />
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Set the default dialect for the current iPhone language: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility ><br />
VoiceOver > Speech.<br />
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Download an enhanced quality reading voice: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility ><br />
VoiceOver > Speech, tap a language, then tap Enhanced Quality. If you’re using English, you<br />
can choose to download Alex (869 MB), the same high-quality U.S. English voice used for<br />
VoiceOver on Mac computers.<br />
Use iPhone with VoiceOver<br />
Unlock iPhone. Press either the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, swipe to select the<br />
Unlock button, then double-tap the screen.<br />
Enter your passcode silently. To avoid having your passcode spoken as you enter it, use<br />
handwriting; see Write with your finger on page 157.<br />
Open an app, toggle a switch, or tap an item. Select the item, then double-tap the screen.<br />
Double-tap the selected item. Triple-tap the screen.<br />
Adjust a slider. Select the slider, then swipe up or down with one finger.<br />
Use a standard gesture. Double-tap and hold your finger on the screen until you hear three<br />
rising tones, then make the gesture. When you lift your finger, VoiceOver gestures resume. For<br />
example, to drag a volume slider with your finger instead of swiping up and down, select the<br />
slider, double-tap and hold, wait for the three tones, then slide left or right.<br />
Scroll a list or area of the screen. Swipe up or down with three fingers.<br />
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Scroll continuously through a list: Double-tap and hold until you hear three rising tones, then<br />
drag up or down.<br />
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Use the list index: Some lists have an alphabetical table index along the right side. Select the<br />
index, then swipe up or down to move through the index. You can also double-tap, hold, then<br />
slide your finger up or down.<br />
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Reorder a list: You can change the order of items in some lists, such as the Rotor items in<br />
Accessibility settings. Select to the right of an item, double-tap and hold until you hear<br />
three rising tones, then drag up or down.<br />
Open Notification Center. Select any item in the status bar, then swipe down with three fingers.<br />
To dismiss Notification Center, do a two-finger scrub (move two fingers back and forth three<br />
times quickly, making a “z”).<br />
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