VoiceOver is part of Apple’s accessibility features, a gesture-based way to have your iPhone speak what is written on your screen. First available on the Mac, Apple brought it to the iPhone with iOS 3 and improved it again in iOS 4. It doesn’t get the attention of copy/paste or multitasking, but that might simple be because people do not know much about it or how to use it.
For an overview of VoiceOver and the various ways it can be used, stay with us after the break.
What VoiceOver can tell you
VoiceOver can give you the description of all the items on the screen, battery level, status, cell network signals time of day and even let you know if the orientation of your iPhone has changed.
VoiceOver Controls
Single tap to hear a description of what you have tapped
Double tap to activate
Swipe to adjust a slider
Flick to the left or right […]
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