[Blindtlk] quick Voice Over question

Judy Jones jtj1 at cableone.net
Tue Jan 1 01:07:44 UTC 2013


I believe you can toggle the tripple tap of the home button on and off in 
the accessibility settings for VoiceOver.  Correct me if I'm wrong, since 
it's been a while since I've had an iPhone.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 4:11 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] quick Voice Over question


> 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
>
>
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