How To Control VoiceOver Using Apple Wireless Keyboard On iPad Mini

Mar 10, 2013

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You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPad.

You can use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. All the keyboard commands (except one) include Control-Option, abbreviated in the table below as VO.

VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key combinations.

VoiceOver keyboard commands

VO = Control-Option

Read all, starting from the current position: VOA
Read from the top: VOB
Move to the status bar: VOM
Press the Home button: VOH
Select the next or previous item: VORight Arrow or VOLeft Arrow
Tap an item: VOSpace bar
Double-tap with two fingers: VO-
Choose the next or previous rotor item: VOUp Arrow or VODown Arrow
Choose the next or previous speech rotor item: VOCommandLeft Arrow or VOCommandRight Arrow
Adjust the speech rotor item: VOCommandUp Arrow or VOCommandDown Arrow
Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VOS
Turn the screen curtain on or off: VOShift-S
Turn on VoiceOver help: VOK
Return to the previous screen, or turn off VoiceOver help: Escape

Quick Nav

Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.

Turn Quick Nav on or off: Left ArrowRight Arrow
Select the next or previous item: Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor setting: Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Select the first or last item: ControlUp Arrow or ControlDown Arrow
“Tap an item: Up ArrowDown Arrow
Scroll up, down, left, or right: OptionUp Arrow, OptionDown Arrow, OptionLeft Arrow, or OptionRight Arrow
Change the rotor: Up ArrowLeft Arrow or Up ArrowRight Arrow

Single-letter Quick Nav for the web

When you view a webpage with Quick Nav enabled, you can use the following keys on the keyboard to navigate the page quickly. Typing the key moves to the next item of the indicated type. To move to the previous item, hold the Shift key as you type the letter.

Heading: H
Link: L
Text field: R
Button: B
Form control: C
Image: I
Table: T
Static text: S
ARIA landmark: W
List: X
Item of the same type: M
Level 1 heading: 1
Level 2 heading: 2
Level 3 heading: 3
Level 4 heading: 4
Level 5 heading: 5
Level 6 heading: 6

Note: This article will work on all iPads using iOS 6; including iPad Mini, iPad 2, The New iPad (iPad 3), iPad 4 (iPad with Retina display).

Tags:

Apple, Apps, Enter Text, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, Keyboard, Voice Over

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