Pete Lane continues the new Blind Abilities series: iPhone 101 with an introduction to Voiceover gestures. In this episode, Pete walks through the very basic settings needed for new users to operate their iPhones using Voiceover, the built-in screen reader that comes on board all Apple products. Pete describes how to turn Voiceover on and off, using three different methods: first, by walking us through the Settings app, flicking down to General, then Accessibility and going to the very bottom of the Accessibility screen to turn on the Accessibility Shortcut. Second, Pete demonstrates how to use the shortcut by pressing the Home button three times quickly. Finally, Pete takes us into the Voiceover settings screen and shows us the Voiceover toggle button.

This is where we would show a sighted person how to turn Voiceover on and off. Caution: be careful with this button as it is often difficult to turn VO back on if you toggle it off. In addition, as a sneak peek into an upcoming episode in which we’ll learn about more Voiceover gestures, Pete introduces us to the Voiceover Practice area where we can work on our gestures without triggering any of the normal VO actions. So sit back and relax, as Blind Abilities takes us through the basic Voiceover settings in this ten-minute demo, presented as only Blind Abilities can!

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