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Introduction to VoiceOver Resources

Below are resources discussed at WTBBL's "Introduction to VoiceOver Workshop". 

FAQs

What is VoiceOver?

VoiceOver is a built-in screen reader on your iPhone/iPad that turns text into speech. When VoiceOver is turned on, it changes how you can interact with the device. VoiceOver works the same on both the iPhone and iPad. It is only available on Apple products.

What is a Gesture?

Gestures are the specific finger movements you use on your device’s touchscreen. If you’ve ever tapped an app to open it or swiped on a touchscreen, you’ve used a gesture.

How do you turn VoiceOver On/Off?

If your Accessibility Shortcut is enabled, triple-click the top button or Home button to quickly turn it off/on. For more, visit the Apple User Guide: Turn On and Practice VoiceOver.

VoiceOver Tutorials/Lessons

Beginner's Guide to Using iOS with VoiceOver from AppleVis

A thorough text-only guide that explains the central concepts of using VoiceOver on an iPhone or iPad.

How to Navigate your iPhone/iPad with VoiceOver from Apple

A short video introduction to VoiceOver, a gesture-based screen reader on iPhone and iPad that gives audible descriptions of what's on your screen.

Listen with VoiceOver Series from Hadley

Learn to navigate through and use all the tools and apps on your device by listening and tapping on the screen in this series of free video workshops by Hadley. These workshops are also available in large print, digital talking book audio, or braille versions.

VO Starter – VoiceOver Training App for iPhone/iPad

Free app available to download from the Apple App Store. Provides a step by step guide to learn to use VoiceOver with the iPhone/iPad, while keeping lessons quick, and easy to learn.

User Guides

All VoiceOver Gestures

A list of all VoiceOver gestures and what they do.

VoiceOver for iPhone/iPad User Guide

Official user guide from Apple.

VoiceOver for Mac User Guide

Official user guide from Apple. VoiceOver for Mac is a built-in screen reader for the Mac computer; however, it works differently than VoiceOver for the iPhone and iPad.

Gestures from Intro to VoiceOver Workshop

Single-Finger Drag

Drag one finger over the touchscreen. VoiceOver speaks the name of each item you touch.

Single-Finger Swipe

Swipe one finger from one side of the screen to the other. Swipe Right will select the next item. Swipe Left will select the previous item.

Single-Finger Double Tap

With one finger, tap twice in a row to activate the selected item. You can double tap anywhere on the screen. This is how you click buttons, open search bars, and open apps.

Two-Finger Double Tap

With two fingers, tap twice in a row to start or stop the current action. You can double tap anywhere on the screen. This is how you play or pause a video/music, or start/stop dictation.