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Make phone calls with voiceover, Read math equations, Use voiceover with safari – Apple iPhone iOS 8.1 User Manual

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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iPhone is in landscape orientation

The current line contains additional text to the left

The current line contains additional text to the right

Set the leftmost or rightmost cell to display status information. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille > Status Cell, then tap Left or Right.

See an expanded description of the status cell. On your braille display, press the status cell’s
router button.

Make phone calls with VoiceOver

Answer or end a call.
When a phone call is established with VoiceOver on, the screen displays the numeric keypad by
default, instead of showing call options.

Display call options. Select the Hide Keypad button in the lower-right corner and double-tap.

Display the numeric keypad again. Select the Keypad button near the center of the screen and
double-tap.

Read math equations

VoiceOver can read aloud math equations encoded using:

MathML on the web

MathML or LaTeX in iBooks Author

Hear an equation.
reading an equation.

Explore the equation. Double tap the selected equation to display it full screen and move
through it one element at a time. Swipe left or right to read elements of the equation. Use the
rotor to select Symbols, Small Expressions, Medium Expressions, or Large Expressions, then swipe
up or down to hear the next element of that size. You can continue to double-tap the selected

right, up or down to read one part at a time.

Equations read by VoiceOver can also be output to a braille device using Nemeth code, as well

Support for

braille displays

on page 152.

Use VoiceOver with Safari

Search the web.
or up the list of suggested search phrases. Then double-tap the screen to search the web using
the selected phrase.

Skip to the next page element of a particular type. Set the rotor to the element type, then
swipe up or down.

Set the rotor options for web browsing. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >
Rotor. Tap to select or deselect options, or drag

up or down to reposition an item.

Skip images while navigating. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Navigate
Images. You can choose to skip all images or only those without descriptions.