RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Mike Ulrich]

Viola, Houston we have lift off!

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 9:56 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

Hi Mike,

You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
for moving to the next screen of apps.

You of course have to have a couple apps open.

As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.

So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least oriented 
that way.

 

HTH,

Richard

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Mike Ulrich
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

Question:

do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?

Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?

 

I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no long 
trip!

 

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

 

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy


sent from the dark side of the moon


On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:

Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S


El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
escribió:

Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.

On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.

On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.

I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.

I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.

I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

 

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

 

Richard

 

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

 

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy


sent from the dark side of the moon


On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:

VoiceOver Gestures

Navigate and read

• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.

• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.

• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available." 

• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.

• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.

• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.

• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.

• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”) 

• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; onl

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

Sandy, I should spend more time multi-tasking like you.
I’ve been teaching people how to explore but it hadn’t occurred to me to make 
it part of the list.  Thanks,
Richard


From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 9:09 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Richard, or should that be Dr. Johnson?

I am replying here on list for two reasons: 1. I bow to your judgement, but 
as we are drawing toward the end of this list compilation, some people might 
find it useful for any last nuggets of VO gold!? I know that I have learnt many 
good tips this way, from this list.
2. A gesture, virtually, never mentioned, is the "look around" use of the 
screen. By this I mean, just touch the screen anywhere, move your finger around 
to see what you can find on the screen and, so long as you don't pick it up 
again, you won't be doing anything, changing anything or do any harm. I have 
shown my phone to potential VO/iPhone users, and their greatest fear is always, 
fear of activating something that will mess up my settings etc.

Please forgive me if I missed this on your magnum opus, but I am up to my 
eyes in riced cauliflower right now, while reading a book (with iLike2Read Pro) 
and pondering upon different gestures at the same time, a true multitasker me!

Sandy.

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 2 Jul 2017, at 15:17, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Dear Bothersome Sandy,
Good point.  My basic list of gestures is rapidly becoming an encyclopedia, 
which is great!
So, to save on list traffic, I will refer folks to my web site for updated 
copies of the list of gestures.
I am sure once people look at the lists there, there will be others to update.
Check the date at the bottom of the page to know how recently things were 
updated.
Website: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com>

Keep being bothersome, it helps, grin.

Later,
Richard


From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 7:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Richard,
Hope I'm not adding one that's already there, but that three finger sideWays 
swipe, is very useful in the email app. I don't use threaded mail, so, a quick 
flick from right to left with three fingers moose immediately into the previous 
message. like many of these gestures, they behave differently depending on the 
app.

from that bothersome Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 2 Jul 2017, at 14:55, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Hi Mike,
You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
for moving to the next screen of apps.
You of course have to have a couple apps open.
As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.
So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least oriented 
that way.

HTH,
Richard


From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Ulrich
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Question:
do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?
Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?

I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no long 
trip!

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio 
<gera1...@gmail.com<mailto:gera1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S

El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> escribió:
Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able

Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

Richard, or should that be Dr. Johnson?

I am replying here on list for two reasons: 1. I bow to your judgement, but 
as we are drawing toward the end of this list compilation, some people might 
find it useful for any last nuggets of VO gold!? I know that I have learnt many 
good tips this way, from this list.
2. A gesture, virtually, never mentioned, is the "look around" use of the 
screen. By this I mean, just touch the screen anywhere, move your finger around 
to see what you can find on the screen and, so long as you don't pick it up 
again, you won't be doing anything, changing anything or do any harm. I have 
shown my phone to potential VO/iPhone users, and their greatest fear is always, 
fear of activating something that will mess up my settings etc. 

Please forgive me if I missed this on your magnum opus, but I am up to my 
eyes in riced cauliflower right now, while reading a book (with iLike2Read Pro) 
and pondering upon different gestures at the same time, a true multitasker me!

Sandy. 

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 2 Jul 2017, at 15:17, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Bothersome Sandy,
> Good point.  My basic list of gestures is rapidly becoming an encyclopedia, 
> which is great!
> So, to save on list traffic, I will refer folks to my web site for updated 
> copies of the list of gestures.
> I am sure once people look at the lists there, there will be others to update.
> Check the date at the bottom of the page to know how recently things were 
> updated.
> Website: www.turner42.com
>  
> Keep being bothersome, it helps, grin.
>  
> Later,
> Richard
>  
>  
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 7:13 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> Richard,
> Hope I'm not adding one that's already there, but that three finger sideWays 
> swipe, is very useful in the email app. I don't use threaded mail, so, a 
> quick flick from right to left with three fingers moose immediately into the 
> previous message. like many of these gestures, they behave differently 
> depending on the app.
>  
> from that bothersome Sandy
> 
> sent from the dark side of the moon
> 
> On 2 Jul 2017, at 14:55, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
> for moving to the next screen of apps.
> You of course have to have a couple apps open.
> As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.
> So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
> near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least 
> oriented that way.
>  
> HTH,
> Richard
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Mike Ulrich
> Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> Question:
> do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?
> Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?
>  
> I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no 
> long trip!
>  
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> hi,
> Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
> on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
> slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
> since it was an available gesture.
>  
> keep up the good work Richard! Sandy
> 
> sent from the dark side of the moon
> 
> On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 
> 5S it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: 
> kind of squished together. Good luck!
> Gera
> Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S
> 
> El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> escribió:
> 
> Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather 
> inconsistent, or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
> On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
> On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
> I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
> describe it fairly briefly.
> I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the 
> iPhone 6 

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

Dear Bothersome Sandy,
Good point.  My basic list of gestures is rapidly becoming an encyclopedia, 
which is great!
So, to save on list traffic, I will refer folks to my web site for updated 
copies of the list of gestures.
I am sure once people look at the lists there, there will be others to update.
Check the date at the bottom of the page to know how recently things were 
updated.
Website: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com>

Keep being bothersome, it helps, grin.

Later,
Richard


From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 7:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Richard,
Hope I'm not adding one that's already there, but that three finger sideWays 
swipe, is very useful in the email app. I don't use threaded mail, so, a quick 
flick from right to left with three fingers moose immediately into the previous 
message. like many of these gestures, they behave differently depending on the 
app.

from that bothersome Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 2 Jul 2017, at 14:55, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Hi Mike,
You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
for moving to the next screen of apps.
You of course have to have a couple apps open.
As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.
So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least oriented 
that way.

HTH,
Richard


From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Ulrich
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Question:
do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?
Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?

I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no long 
trip!

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio 
<gera1...@gmail.com<mailto:gera1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S

El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> escribió:
Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.
I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

Richard

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

Richard,
Hope I'm not adding one that's already there, but that three finger sideWays 
swipe, is very useful in the email app. I don't use threaded mail, so, a quick 
flick from right to left with three fingers moose immediately into the previous 
message. like many of these gestures, they behave differently depending on the 
app.

from that bothersome Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 2 Jul 2017, at 14:55, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
> for moving to the next screen of apps.
> You of course have to have a couple apps open.
> As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.
> So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
> near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least 
> oriented that way.
>  
> HTH,
> Richard
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Mike Ulrich
> Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> Question:
> do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?
> Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?
>  
> I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no 
> long trip!
>  
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> hi,
> Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
> on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
> slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
> since it was an available gesture.
>  
> keep up the good work Richard! Sandy
> 
> sent from the dark side of the moon
> 
> On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 
> 5S it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: 
> kind of squished together. Good luck!
> Gera
> Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S
> 
> El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> escribió:
> 
> Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather 
> inconsistent, or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
> On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
> On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
> I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
> describe it fairly briefly.
> I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the 
> iPhone 6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
> I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.
>  
> Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.
>  
> Richard
>  
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> hi Richard,
> because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
> memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have 
> it exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, 
> flick down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you 
> get a list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor 
> and sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one 
> of which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will 
> get a list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have 
> those enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy 
> form… but it is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.
>  
> thanks for compiling this list, Sandy
> 
> sent from the dark side of the moon
> 
> On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> VoiceOver Gestures
> Navigate and read
> • Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
> • Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
> • Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
> the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
> messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
> • Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to 
> turn a knob, hold them against

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

Hi Mike,
You go from right to left or left to right, just like the three finger swipe 
for moving to the next screen of apps.
You of course have to have a couple apps open.
As Sandy said, keep the fingers fairly close together.
So, line up the four fingers along the edge of the screen say with your index 
near the dock and your little finger near the status bar, or at least oriented 
that way.

HTH,
Richard


From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Mike Ulrich
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 3:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Question:
do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?
Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?

I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no long 
trip!

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio 
<gera1...@gmail.com<mailto:gera1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S

El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> escribió:
Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.
I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

Richard

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
VoiceOver Gestures
Navigate and read
• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.
• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”)
• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Mike Ulrich]

Question:

do you four finger swipe right to left/left to right?

Or do you four finger swipe from top to bottom/bottom to top?

 

I can’t get it to work anymore so it’s driving me nuts, and that ain’t no long 
trip!

 

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

 

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy


sent from the dark side of the moon


On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:

Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S


El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
escribió:

Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.

On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.

On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.

I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.

I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.

I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

 

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

 

Richard

 

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

 

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

 

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy


sent from the dark side of the moon


On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:

VoiceOver Gestures

Navigate and read

• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.

• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.

• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available." 

• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.

• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.

• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.

• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.

• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”) 

• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.

• Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.

• Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
page (on the Home screen.

• Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
fingers.

• Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.

• Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.

• Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected: Three-finger tap.

• Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger quadruple 
tap.

• Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.

• Select the 

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Mike Ulrich]

I could of sworn I got it to work on my SE, right when I first read about in 
this thread.
But for the past several times, I can't get it to work now.

I wonder if there's a setting or something that I inadvertently changed by 
mistake?
I wish I could get it working again, it sure would come in handy!

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Harry Bell
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 6:33 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Curiously, on my iPhone 7 plus the 4 finger swipe left/right not only does not 
work but it causes bizarre jumping down the email message (if that is what I'm 
in)

> On 2 Jul 2017, at 11:28, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 
> gesture.

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Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Harry Bell]

Curiously, on my iPhone 7 plus the 4 finger swipe left/right not only does not 
work but it causes bizarre jumping down the email message (if that is what I'm 
in)

> On 2 Jul 2017, at 11:28, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
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> 
> gesture.

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Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

hi,
Just to add to the complexity: The four finger swipe left or right also works 
on my for S running 9.32. having smaller hands helps though. Plus, it's a bit 
slow to register the next app. but it does work and I've been using it ever 
since it was an available gesture.

keep up the good work Richard! Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 1 Jul 2017, at 18:54, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 
> 5S it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: 
> kind of squished together. Good luck!
> Gera
> Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S
> 
>> El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
>> escribió:
>> 
>> Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather 
>> inconsistent, or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
>> On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
>> On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
>> I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
>> describe it fairly briefly.
>> I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the 
>> iPhone 6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
>> I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.
>>  
>> Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.
>>  
>> Richard
>>  
>> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
>> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>>  
>> hi Richard,
>> because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
>> memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have 
>> it exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, 
>> flick down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you 
>> get a list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the 
>> cursor and sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to 
>> vary, one of which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary 
>> opens. you will get a list of dictionary definitions, including other 
>> languages, if you have those enabled. not sure how you would describe this 
>> in a quick and Zappy form… but it is a key and, I suspect, underused 
>> function of iOS.
>>  
>> thanks for compiling this list, Sandy
>> 
>> sent from the dark side of the moon
>> 
>> On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
>> 
>> VoiceOver Gestures
>> Navigate and read
>> • Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
>> • Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
>> • Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
>> the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
>> messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
>> • Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to 
>> turn a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the 
>> next or previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech 
>> rate, character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor 
>> in the VoiceOver settings.
>> • Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
>> • Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
>> • Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
>> • To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: 
>> Move two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and 
>> forth three times quickly (making a “z”)
>> • Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
>> fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
>> accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is 
>> locked.
>> • Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
>> • Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or 
>> previous page (on the Home screen.
>> • Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
>> fingers.
>> • Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
>> • Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
>> above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
>> • Speak additional information, such as position wit

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

OK.  A little more trial and error and it is now working on the 5S.
Thanks,
Richard


From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Gerardo Corripio
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S

El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> escribió:
Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.
I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

Richard

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
VoiceOver Gestures
Navigate and read
• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.
• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”)
• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.
• Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
• Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
page (on the Home screen.
• Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
fingers.
• Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
• Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
• Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected: Three-finger tap.
• Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger quadruple 
tap.
• Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
• Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
Activate
• Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
• Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on the 
screen.
• When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
Triple-tap with one finger.
• Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture

Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Gerardo Corripio]

Not working on a 5S 4-finger left/right to nobe between apps? How come on my 5S 
it's working great? The trick is how you place your four finger onscreen: kind 
of squished together. Good luck!
Gera
Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S

> El 01/07/2017, a las 7:56 a.m., Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> escribió:
> 
> Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather 
> inconsistent, or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
> On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
> On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
> I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
> describe it fairly briefly.
> I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the 
> iPhone 6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
> I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.
>  
> Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.
>  
> Richard
>  
> From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures
>  
> hi Richard,
> because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
> memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have 
> it exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, 
> flick down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you 
> get a list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor 
> and sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one 
> of which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will 
> get a list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have 
> those enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy 
> form… but it is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.
>  
> thanks for compiling this list, Sandy
> 
> sent from the dark side of the moon
> 
> On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> VoiceOver Gestures
> Navigate and read
> • Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
> • Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
> • Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
> the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
> messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
> • Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to 
> turn a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the 
> next or previous rotor  item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech 
> rate, character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in 
> the VoiceOver settings.
> • Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
> • Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
> • Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
> • To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: 
> Move two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and 
> forth three times quickly (making a “z”)
> • Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
> fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
> accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.
> • Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
> • Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
> page (on the Home screen.
> • Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
> fingers.
> • Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
> • Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
> above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
> • Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether 
> text is selected: Three-finger tap.
> • Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger 
> quadruple tap.
> • Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
> • Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
> Activate
> • Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
> • Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
> finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on 
> the screen.
> • When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
> Triple-tap with one finger.
> • Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
&g

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

Sandra, keep the expanding memory working, but this one is rather inconsistent, 
or at least I’m rather inconsistent with it.
On my 5S, I got it to work a couple times.
On a system I can’t discuss, I have not been able to get it to work.
I’m going to hold off on this one until I am sure I can make it work and 
describe it fairly briefly.
I noticed that the four finger swipe left and right seems to work on the iPhone 
6 and later.  It does not work on my 5S.
I will move that out of the iPad section with that caveat.

Thanks for helping get this list as complete as possible.

Richard

From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner 
<richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote:
VoiceOver Gestures
Navigate and read
• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.
• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”)
• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.
• Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
• Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
page (on the Home screen.
• Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
fingers.
• Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
• Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
• Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected: Three-finger tap.
• Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger quadruple 
tap.
• Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
• Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
Activate
• Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
• Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on the 
screen.
• When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
Triple-tap with one finger.
• Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as 
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold your finger on the screen 
until you hear three rising tones, and then without lifting your finger, drag 
your finger on a slider.  (Also known as the Pass Through Gesture.)
• Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
•To start or stop an action: Two-finger double-tap.  This gesture initiates an 
action or halts or pauses an action in progress. For example, you can:
•Answer or end a call.
•Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos (slideshows).
•Take a photo in Camera.
•Start or pause recording in Camera or Voi

Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures, with headings and an iPad only section.

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

hi,
You say "for iPad only" four finger slide left or right, to go to previous or 
next open app. this works on my iPhone 6 too!
Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:24, Richard Turner  wrote:
> 
> VoiceOver Gestures
> 
> Navigate and read
> • Practice Mode: Four finger double tap.  Puts VoiceOver in practice mode so 
> you can practice gestures without opening or changing anything.
> • Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
> • Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
> • Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
> the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
> messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
> • Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to 
> turn a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the 
> next or previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech 
> rate, character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in 
> the VoiceOver settings.
> • Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
> • Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
> • Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
> • To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: 
> Move two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and 
> forth three times quickly (making a “z”)
> • Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
> fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
> accessibility, speech.   VO will continue reading even if the screen is 
> locked.
> • Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
> • Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
> page (on the Home screen.
> • Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
> fingers.
> • Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
> • Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
> above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
> • Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether 
> text is selected: Three-finger tap.
> • Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger 
> quadruple tap.
> • Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
> • Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
> Activate
> • Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
> • Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
> finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on 
> the screen.
> • When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
> Triple-tap with one finger.
> • Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
> The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as 
> standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold your finger on the screen 
> until you hear three rising tones, and then without lifting your finger, drag 
> your finger on a slider.  (Also known as the Pass Through Gesture.)
> • Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
> •To start or stop an action: Two-finger double-tap.  This gesture initiates 
> an action or halts or pauses an action in progress. For example, you can:
> •Answer or end a call.
> •Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos (slideshows).
> •Take a photo in Camera.
> •Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos.
> •Start or stop the stopwatch.
> • Change an item’s label to make it easier to find: Two-finger double-tap and 
> hold.
> • Open the Item Chooser: Two-finger triple-tap.
> • Select/deselect text: Turn on "Text Selection" in the VoiceOver rotor 
> settings, then turn the rotor to Text Selection and flick down to character, 
> word, line, etc., and then flick right with one finger to select text.  Once 
> selected, turn rotor to edit and flick up or down to copy, print, share, etc. 
>  Much easier than the Two-finger Pinch out/in.
> • Mute or unmute VoiceOver: Three-finger double-tap. If both VoiceOver and 
> Zoom are enabled, use the three-finger triple-tap gesture.
> • Turn the screen curtain on or off: Three-finger triple-tap. If both 
> VoiceOver and Zoom are enabled, use the three-finger quadruple-tap gesture.
> • 3D Touch: Place your finger on an app and press, do not tap, this brings up 
> a shortcut menu depending on the app.  For example, on the phone app it 
> brings up your favorites so you can call them quickly.  3D Touch is available 
> on devices like the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7s, 7s Plus.
> For iPad only
> 
> • Switch to next or previous app: Four-finger swipe left or right.
> • Go to home screen: 5 fingers pinch in: put all five 

Re: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

hi Richard,
because you're wonderful list is "ever expanding", so is my investigative 
memory! I think you haven't mentioned this one: and I am not sure if I have it 
exactly right, but I do use it very often: with the rotor said two words, flick 
down once to the end of a targeted word, then double tap and hold, you get a 
list of edit functions, sometimes immediately to the left of the cursor and 
sometimes at the very bottom right of the screen, this seems to vary, one of 
which being "look up". double tap that and the dictionary opens. you will get a 
list of dictionary definitions, including other languages, if you have those 
enabled. not sure how you would describe this in a quick and Zappy form… but it 
is a key and, I suspect, underused function of iOS.

thanks for compiling this list, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 30 Jun 2017, at 20:09, Richard Turner  wrote:
> 
> VoiceOver Gestures
> Navigate and read
> • Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
> • Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
> • Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
> the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
> messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
> • Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to 
> turn a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the 
> next or previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech 
> rate, character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in 
> the VoiceOver settings.
> • Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
> • Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
> • Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
> • To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: 
> Move two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and 
> forth three times quickly (making a “z”)
> • Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
> fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
> accessibility, speech.   VO will continue reading even if the screen is 
> locked.
> • Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
> • Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
> page (on the Home screen.
> • Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
> fingers.
> • Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
> • Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
> above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
> • Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether 
> text is selected: Three-finger tap.
> • Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger 
> quadruple tap.
> • Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
> • Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
> Activate
> • Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
> • Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
> finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on 
> the screen.
> • When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
> Triple-tap with one finger.
> • Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
> The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as 
> standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold your finger on the screen 
> until you hear three rising tones, and then without lifting your finger, drag 
> your finger on a slider.  (Also known as the Pass Through Gesture.)
> • Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
> •To start or stop an action: Two-finger double-tap.  This gesture initiates 
> an action or halts or pauses an action in progress. For example, you can:
> •Answer or end a call.
> •Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos (slideshows).
> •Take a photo in Camera.
> •Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos.
> •Start or stop the stopwatch.
> • Change an item’s label to make it easier to find: Two-finger double-tap and 
> hold.
> • Open the Item Chooser: Two-finger triple-tap.
> • Select/deselect text: Turn on "Text Selection" in the VoiceOver rotor 
> settings, then turn the rotor to Text Selection and flick down to character, 
> word, line, etc., and then flick right with one finger to select text.  Once 
> selected, turn rotor to edit and flick up or down to copy, print, share, etc. 
>  Much easier than the Two-finger Pinch out/in.
> • Mute or unmute VoiceOver: Three-finger double-tap. If both VoiceOver and 
> Zoom are enabled, use the three-finger triple-tap gesture.
> • Turn the screen curtain on or off: Three-finger 

RE: Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures, with headings and an iPad only section.

[Richard Turner]

VoiceOver Gestures
Navigate and read
• Practice Mode: Four finger double tap.  Puts VoiceOver in practice mode so 
you can practice gestures without opening or changing anything.
• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.
• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”)
• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.
• Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
• Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
page (on the Home screen.
• Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
fingers.
• Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
• Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
• Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected: Three-finger tap.
• Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger quadruple 
tap.
• Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
• Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
Activate
• Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
• Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on the 
screen.
• When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
Triple-tap with one finger.
• Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as 
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold your finger on the screen 
until you hear three rising tones, and then without lifting your finger, drag 
your finger on a slider.  (Also known as the Pass Through Gesture.)
• Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
•To start or stop an action: Two-finger double-tap.  This gesture initiates an 
action or halts or pauses an action in progress. For example, you can:
•Answer or end a call.
•Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos (slideshows).
•Take a photo in Camera.
•Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos.
•Start or stop the stopwatch.
• Change an item’s label to make it easier to find: Two-finger double-tap and 
hold.
• Open the Item Chooser: Two-finger triple-tap.
• Select/deselect text: Turn on "Text Selection" in the VoiceOver rotor 
settings, then turn the rotor to Text Selection and flick down to character, 
word, line, etc., and then flick right with one finger to select text.  Once 
selected, turn rotor to edit and flick up or down to copy, print, share, etc.  
Much easier than the Two-finger Pinch out/in.
• Mute or unmute VoiceOver: Three-finger double-tap. If both VoiceOver and Zoom 
are enabled, use the three-finger triple-tap gesture.
• Turn the screen curtain on or off: Three-finger triple-tap. If both VoiceOver 
and Zoom are enabled, use the three-finger quadruple-tap gesture.
• 3D Touch: Place your finger on an app and press, do not tap, this brings up a 
shortcut menu depending on the app.  For example, on the phone app it brings up 
your favorites so you can call them quickly.  3D Touch is available on devices 
like the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7s, 7s Plus.
For iPad only
• Switch to next or previous app: Four-finger swipe left or right.
• Go to home screen: 5 fingers pinch in: put all five fingers on the screen and 
pinch them in until they are all touching and it is like tapping the home 
button once.

Other Resources
Apple Accessibility
Anyone using any kind of accessibility features of any Apple device can call 
for technical support. Calling seems to be far more effective than writing 
them, but it doesn't hurt to report bugs via the Email below.
Phone: 877-204-3930
Email: 

Ever expanding list of VoiceOver Gestures

[Richard Turner]

VoiceOver Gestures
Navigate and read
• Select and speak the item: Touch with one finger.
• Select the next or previous item: Swipe right or left with one finger.
• Select an item on the rotor: Swipe up or down with one finger.  Depends on 
the rotor setting. * Also used to access various options on apps, Email 
messages, etc.  Anywhere VoiceOver says "Actions available."
• Using the Rotor: Place two fingers on the screen like you were going to turn 
a knob, hold them against the screen and twist left or right Select the next or 
previous rotor item.  Examples of items on the rotor are: speech rate, 
character, word, line, heading. You can add other items to the rotor in the 
VoiceOver settings.
• Read all from the top of the screen: Two-finger swipe up.
• Read all from the current position: Two-finger swipe down.
• Stop or resume speaking: Two-finger touch.
• To dismiss an alert or go back to the previous screen: Two-finger scrub: Move 
two fingers rapidly in a small circle or slide two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly (making a “z”)
• Speak Screen: Touch the status bar with one finger and swipe down with two 
fingers; only works if Speak Screen is turned on in settings, general, 
accessibility, speech.  VO will continue reading even if the screen is locked.
• Scroll one page up or down at a time: Three-finger swipe up or down.
• Three-finger swipe right or left.  For example): Go to the next or previous 
page (on the Home screen.
• Open Notification Center: touch the status bar and swipe down with three 
fingers.
• Open Control Panel: Touch status bar and swipe up with three fingers.
• Open Spotlight Search: Touch on the home screen below the status bar and 
above the dock and swipe down with three fingers.
• Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected: Three-finger tap.
• Copy last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard: three-finger quadruple 
tap.
• Select the first item on the page: Four-finger tap at top of screen.
• Select the last item on the page: Four-finger tap at bottom of screen.
Activate
• Activate the selected item: Double-tap with one finger.
• Alternative way to activate an item: Split-tap.  Touch an item with one 
finger, then tap the screen with another, while keeping the first finger on the 
screen.
• When a non-VoiceOver user needs to Double-tap an item: VO users need to 
Triple-tap with one finger.
• Use a standard gesture: Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture. 
The double-tap and hold gesture tells iPhone to interpret the next gesture as 
standard. For example, you can double-tap and hold your finger on the screen 
until you hear three rising tones, and then without lifting your finger, drag 
your finger on a slider.  (Also known as the Pass Through Gesture.)
• Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.
•To start or stop an action: Two-finger double-tap.  This gesture initiates an 
action or halts or pauses an action in progress. For example, you can:
•Answer or end a call.
•Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos (slideshows).
•Take a photo in Camera.
•Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos.
•Start or stop the stopwatch.
• Change an item’s label to make it easier to find: Two-finger double-tap and 
hold.
• Open the Item Chooser: Two-finger triple-tap.
• Select/deselect text: Turn on "Text Selection" in the VoiceOver rotor 
settings, then turn the rotor to Text Selection and flick down to character, 
word, line, etc., and then flick right with one finger to select text.  Once 
selected, turn rotor to edit and flick up or down to copy, print, share, etc.  
Much easier than the Two-finger Pinch out/in.
• Mute or unmute VoiceOver: Three-finger double-tap. If both VoiceOver and Zoom 
are enabled, use the three-finger triple-tap gesture.
• Turn the screen curtain on or off: Three-finger triple-tap. If both VoiceOver 
and Zoom are enabled, use the three-finger quadruple-tap gesture.
• Open or close multitask pane: Four-finger, swipe up or down.
• Switch to next or previous app: Four-finger swipe left or right.
• For iPad only: Go to home screen: 5 fingers pinch in: put all five fingers on 
the screen and pinch them in until they are all touching and it is like tapping 
the home button once.
• 3D Touch: Place your finger on an app and press, do not tap, this brings up a 
shortcut menu depending on the app.  For example, on the phone app it brings up 
your favorites so you can call them quickly.  3D Touch is available on devices 
like the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7s, 7s Plus.


  *   Other Resources
Apple Accessibility
Anyone using any kind of accessibility features of any Apple device can call 
for technical support. Calling seems to be far more effective than writing 
them, but it doesn't hurt to report bugs via the Email below.
Phone: 877-204-3930
Email: accessibil...@apple.com

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