there are a number of errors here.

On May 13, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Harry Brown wrote:

Hi all,
Don't know if everyone had this in their file yet or not.
If you do, just delete it, but if not, enjoy!
Harry
iOS VoiceOver Gesture, Keyboard & Braille Shortcuts Updated for iOS 5!

 

A complete list of gestures, keyboard and Braille shortcut commands to handle your iOS device.

iOS VO Gestures

1 Finger GesturesGesture  Action 

Touch or move around the screen Speaks and select the item under your finger

Tap 2 times fast Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

Tap 2 times and hold Activates "drag-mode" (move icons, swipe-delete)

Tap 3 times fast Double presses a button (see tip below)

Swipe left or right Selects the previous or next item

Swipe up or down Preforms or move to the selected rotor option

 

Note: Tap 2 times on the clock in status bar to scroll to top in any app.

2 Finger GesturesGesture  Action 

Hold 1 finger & tap with another Select when dragging, activate with tap (aka split-tap)

Tap once Pause/resume speech

Tap 2 times fast Preforms special action

Tap 2 times and hold Add label to selected item

Tap 3 times Open Item Chooser for current area

Swipe up Read all from first object in selected area

Swipe down Read all from 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 keyboard when it's selected

3 Finger GesturesGesture  Action 

Tap once Speaks the current page number and position

Tap 2 times fast Toggle speech on/off (good for braille use)

Tap 3 times fast Toggle screen curtain on/off (VO works but screen is off)

Swipe left or right Move to previous or next horizontal screen/page

Swipe up or down Move/scroll down or up (like moving a paper)

 

Note: To open notification center select the status bar and swipe 3 fingers down. Also 3 fingers up/down works for pulling down to refresh in many apps. (but can be a problem in some. (like Facebook side bar)

4 and 5 Finger GesturesGesture  Action 

Tap the upper half with 4 fingers Select the first item in the area

Tap the lower half with 4 fingers Select the last item in the area

Swipe left or right When in an app, switch to next or previous app

Swipe up or down Open or close multitask pane

Pinch in Go to home screen

iOS VO Keyboard shortcut commands

The Alt key is also known as Option or Aleternative

 

VoiceOver VO keys = Control + Alt

 

On a windows keyboard the windows key = Cmd key

 

Apple keyboard layout from Space to outside: Command Alt Control then only on left side, Function

 

General navigationKeys  Action 

VO + left or right Select previous or next item

VO + up or down Preforms or move to the selected rotor option

VO + Space Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

VO + H Go to home screen

VO + H 2 times Open/close multitask pane

Escape Go back, cancel, close pop-up

Cmd + Tab Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous

VO + A Read all from first object in selected area

VO + B Read all from selected item

VO + M Move to status bar

VO + I Open Item Chooser for current area

VO + F Search and go to match with Enter

VO + G Next search match, hold Shift for previous

Handling VoiceOverKeys  Action 

Control Pause/resume speech

VO + S Toggle speech off/on

VO + Shift + S Toggle Screen Curtain on/off

VO + Cmd + up or down Adjust the selected speech rotor option

VO + Cmd + left or right Change the speech rotor setting

VO + / Add label to selected item

VO + K Start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit

Quick Nav CommandsTurn on "Quick Nav" to use these commands by pressing left + right

 

Keys  Action 

up + down Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

left or right Selects the previous or next item

up or down Preforms or move to the selected rotor option

up + left or right Change to next or previous rotor setting

Alt + left or right Move to 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 next or previous container/area

Safari Web ShortcutsHold Shift for previous

 

Keys  Action 

H Next heading

1 to 6 Next respective heading level 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 same type

I Next image

B Next button

C Next form element

Text Field CommandsYou must have "Quick Nav" off to use these commands.

 

When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect 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 Cmd + left or right Move cursor by phrase

Cmd + A Select all

Cmd + C Copy selection

Cmd + X Cut selection

Cmd + V Paste

Cmd + Z Undo. Note: you can also shake the device

Cmd + Shift + Z Redo. Note: you can also shake the device

Eject Show/hide screen keyboard

Other Keyboard ActionKeys  Action 

VO + - Preforms special action

Cmd + Space Change language keyboard layout

F1 Decrease screen brightness

F2 Increase screen brightness

F7 Previous song

F8 Pause/resume song

F9 Next song

F10 Mute sound

F11 Decrease volume

F12 Increase volume

iOS VO Braille shortcut commands

In 6-dot Braille a Braille cell contains 2 columns with 3 dots in each. They are numbered with the first being at the top of the left column with dot 2 and 3 under it, dot 4 is on the top of the right column followed by 5 and 6 under it. In 8-dot Braille dot 7 is under dot 3 and 8 under dot 6.

 

When inputing Braille space bar is usually in the middle and to the left dot 1, 2, 3 and to the right 4, 5 and 6.

 

All of the commands below must be followed by pressing Space.

 

Tip: You can unlock the device with Dots 1-4

 

GeneralDots/Chord  Action 

1 or  4 Select previous or next item

3 or  6 Preforms or move to the selected rotor option

2-3 or  5-6 Change to next or previous rotor setting

3-6 Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

1-2-5 Go to Home screen

1-3-5 Move screen/page to the right

2-4-6 Move screen/page to the left

1-4-5-6 Move screen/page down

1-2 Go Back, cancel, close pop-up

1-2-5 2 times Open/close multitask pane

1-2-3 Select the first item in the area

4-5-6 Select the last item in the area

 2-4-5-6 Read all from first object in selected area

 1-2-3-5 Read all from selected object

 2-3-4 Move to Status bar

 3-4 Speaks the current page number and position

Handling Braille and VODots/Chord  Action 

2 or  5 Pan braille left or right

1-2-3-4 Pause/Resume speech

1-3-4 Mute/Unmute speech

All 6 Toggle Screen Curtain on/off

2-3-6 Switch between 6 and 8 dot braille

1-2-4-5 Toggle Contracted braille on/off

1-2-6 Volume up on device

3-4-5 Volume down on device

1-2-3-4-6 Add label to selected item

1-3-4-5 Toggle announce history,  Dot 1 or 4 to browse

1-3 Start VoiceOver training,  Dots 1-2 to exit

Input/Edit textDots/Chord  Action 

2-3-4-5 Tab key

1-5 Enter key

1-4-5 Delete/backspace key

2-5-6 Select text

2-3-5 Deselect text

2-3-5-6 Select all

1-4 Copy selection

1-3-4-6 Cut selection

1-2-3-6 Paste

1-3-5-6 Undo

2-3-4-6 Redo

1-4-6 Show/Hide screen keyboard

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