VoiceOver Gesture List

Navigating and Speaking Items

These are the gestures you can use with VoiceOver on your iOS device.

Action	Gesture
Select and speak an item	Tap or Touch the Screen with One Finger
Select the next item	Swipe Right with One Finger
Select the previous item	Swipe Left with One Finger
Select the First Item on the Screen	Four Finger Tap near the Top of the Screen
Select the Last Item on the Screen	Four Finger Tap near the Bottom of the Screen
Speak the Entire Screen Starting at the Top	Two Finger Up Swipe
Speak the Entire Screen Starting at Current Location	Two Finger Down Swipe
Pause or Continue Speaking	Two Finger Single Tap
Speak Additional Item Information	Three Finger Single Tap

Action

Gesture

Select and speak an item

Tap or Touch the Screen with One Finger

Select the next item

Swipe Right with One Finger

Select the previous item

Swipe Left with One Finger

Select the First Item on the Screen

Four Finger Tap near the Top of the Screen

Select the Last Item on the Screen

Four Finger Tap near the Bottom of the Screen

Speak the Entire Screen Starting at the Top

Two Finger Up Swipe

Speak the Entire Screen Starting at Current Location

Two Finger Down Swipe

Pause or Continue Speaking

Two Finger Single Tap

Speak Additional Item Information

Three Finger Single Tap

Scrolling Left, Right, Up, and Down

Action	Gesture
Select an Item	One Finger Tap
Activate the Selected Item	One Finger Double Tap
Split Tap	Touch and hold with one finger on an item, then tap the screen with another finger, even from your other hand.
Double Tap the Selected Item	One Finger Triple Tap
Adjust a Slider	Tap the Slider to select It, then Swipe Up or Down with One Finger to adjust
Start or stop the current action, (the Magic Tap for example, play or pause music or a video, take a photo in Camera, Answer or Stop a Call, start or stop a recording, start or stop the stopwatch)	Two Finger Double Tap
Dismiss an Alert or Return to the Previous Screen	Two-finger Scrub (move Two Fingers back and forth three times quickly in a Z pattern
Edit an Item's Label to make it easier to find	Two Finger Double tap and hold

Action	Gesture
Mute or Unmute VoiceOver	Three Finger Double Tap, use Four Finger Double Tap if Zoom is turned on.
Turn the screen curtain on or off	Three Finger Triple Tap, use Four Finger Triple Tap if Zoom is turned on.
Use a standard gesture	Double-tap and hold One Finger until you hear three rising tones, then make the standard gesture.
Open Item Chooser	Two Finger Triple Tap
Open VoiceOver Quick Settings	Two Finger Quadruple Tap

Action	Gesture
Choose a Rotor Setting	Two Finger Rotation
Move by Rotor Setting to Previous Item	Swipe Up with One Finger
Move by Rotor Setting to Next Item	Swipe Down with One Finger