How to Change VoiceOver Rotor Options

Open the device's Settings., Tap General. , Tap Accessibility. , Tap VoiceOver. , Slide the VoiceOver slider on., Scroll down and tap Rotor., Tap an item to add it to the Rotor., Tap and drag the Reorder button (☰) to rearrange an item., Place two...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open the device's Settings.

    You can tap the Settings app on one of your Home screens.

    It may be in a folder labeled "Utilities." You can also swipe down on your Home screen and type "Settings" to search for it.
  2. Step 2: Tap General.

    ,,, VoiceOver will need to be enabled in order to use the VoiceOver Rotor. , After enabling VoiceOver, you'll need to tap items once to select them and then twice rapidly to perform a regular tap action. , Items on the Rotor will have a checkmark next to them.

    Certain Rotor items will only appear under specific conditions. , This will change the order that the items appear in your rotor.

    With VoiceOver enabled, tap the ☰ button once to highlight it, then tap it twice and hold to drag it. ,,,, What happens when you swipe will depend on the Rotor option you selected.

    For example, if you selected Headers, swiping will jump you from header to header on a web page.

    If you selected Language, swiping up and down will switch Rotor languages.
  3. Step 3: Tap Accessibility.

  4. Step 4: Tap VoiceOver.

  5. Step 5: Slide the VoiceOver slider on.

  6. Step 6: Scroll down and tap Rotor.

  7. Step 7: Tap an item to add it to the Rotor.

  8. Step 8: Tap and drag the Reorder button (☰) to rearrange an item.

  9. Step 9: Place two fingers on your screen.

  10. Step 10: Twist your fingers to make the rotor appear.

  11. Step 11: Continue twisting to select the option you want.

  12. Step 12: Swipe up and down to navigate with the selected option.

Detailed Guide

You can tap the Settings app on one of your Home screens.

It may be in a folder labeled "Utilities." You can also swipe down on your Home screen and type "Settings" to search for it.

,,, VoiceOver will need to be enabled in order to use the VoiceOver Rotor. , After enabling VoiceOver, you'll need to tap items once to select them and then twice rapidly to perform a regular tap action. , Items on the Rotor will have a checkmark next to them.

Certain Rotor items will only appear under specific conditions. , This will change the order that the items appear in your rotor.

With VoiceOver enabled, tap the ☰ button once to highlight it, then tap it twice and hold to drag it. ,,,, What happens when you swipe will depend on the Rotor option you selected.

For example, if you selected Headers, swiping will jump you from header to header on a web page.

If you selected Language, swiping up and down will switch Rotor languages.

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