[Blindtlk] quick Voice Over question

[David Andrews]

The triple tap home will turn Voiceover on and off, if you set it up 
to do so.  There is a setting somewhere, in the settings system for 
triple tap home, you can choose what it does.

Dave

At 05:11 PM 12/31/2012, you wrote:
>Hello all!
>
>I'm wondering if there is a way to turn Voice Over off and on 
>without going into the settings?  Over Christmas I was playing games 
>with sighted family members on my iPad.  We were passing it back and 
>forth, working on a single puzzle among the whole group.  It was 
>fun, but turning VO off so they could use it more easily and then 
>back on for me was a pain.
>
>I know how to turn the speech off with a three finger double tap, 
>but that only mutes the sound.  The gestures are still the same as 
>with VO turned on.  I thought I read somewhere that you could press 
>the home button three times quickly to turn VO off and on, but that 
>doesn't seem to work. I've  tried looking on the Apple site and the 
>Applevis site with no luck.
>
>I'd be forever grateful for any help,
>TIA
>Julie