[NJTechDiv] Setting up new iPhone

[Serena Cucco]

Hi Kelsey,

Do you have a BrailleNote or similar device?  If so, you can use it as a
bluetooth keyboard with your iPhone.  You can perform any Voiceover gesture
using Braille commands.

Serena

On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 10:19 AM Kelsey Nicolay via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have a question related to setting up an iPhone out of the box with
> VoiceOver. I am thinking about purchasing either the iPhone 12 or 13 Mini.
> However, I am unable to do the home gesture, so a friend and I experimented
> with her XR and we discovered that if you set up a back tap shortcut for
> home and app switcher, even if Face ID is set up, you can still unlock your
> phone without having to swipe up; this also works when you need to get to
> the home screen or app switcher and I can still use the old method for
> Conthol Center and Notifications, so once the phone is set up, I’m good.
> However, it appears as though you must swipe up to begin setup. Is there
> any way to bypass this? I know if you accidentally miss the langua prompt,
> you can simply double tap on the button for your preferred language, so I
> was curious whether the swipe up to begin setup phompt had something
> similar. I’ve listened to audio demos, YouTube videos, and even tried it on
> a friend’s phone, but I cannot perform the gesture no matter what.
> Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone
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