Mute VoiceOver Double-tap with three ngers. Double-tap again with three
ngers to turn speaking back on. To turn o only VoiceOver
sounds, set the Ring/Silent switch to Silent.
If you have an external keyboard connected, you can
also press the Control key on the keyboard to mute or
unmute VoiceOver.
Stop speaking an item Tap once with two ngers. Tap again with two ngers to
resume speaking. Speaking automatically resumes when
you select another item.
Turn the screen curtain on or o Triple-tap with three ngers. When screen curtain is on,
the screen contents are active even though the display is
turned o.
Speak the entire screen from the
top
Flick up with two ngers.
Speak from the current item to the
bottom of the screen
Flick down with two ngers.
You can hear iPod touch status information by touching the top of the screen. This can
include the time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.
Entering and Editing Text
When you enter an editable text eld, you can use the onscreen keyboard or an
external keyboard connected to iPod touch to enter text.
There are two ways to enter text in VoiceOver—standard typing and “touch” typing.
With standard typing, you select a key, then double-tap the screen to enter the
character. With touch typing, you touch to select a key and the character is entered
automatically when you lift your nger. Touch typing can be quicker, but may require
more practice than standard typing.
VoiceOver also lets you use the editing features of iPod touch to cut, copy, or paste in a
text eld.
Enter text:
1 Select a text eld to bring up the onscreen keyboard.
You may need to double-tap to bring up the keyboard, if it doesn’t appear
automatically. VoiceOver will tell you if the text eld “is editing” or if you need to
“double-tap to edit.”
If the eld already contains text, the insertion point is placed either at the beginning
or at the end of the text. Double-tap to move the insertion point to the opposite end.
VoiceOver tells you the position of the insertion point.
2 Use the keyboard to type characters:
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