Double tap anywhere on the screen to activate the “general” button.Now swipe your pointer finger quickly from the left of the screen to the right of the screen over a few times until you hear VoiceOver call out “general!”.Once you’re sure you’ve heard settings, double tap anywhere on the screen to activate settings.If you get overzealous and go past “settings,” swipe your finger from the right side of the screen to the left to go back until you hear “settings.”.Swipe your pointer finger quickly from the left of the screen to the right of the screen a few times until you hear VoiceOver call out “settings!”.VoiceOver will call out “screen unlocked.” Double tap anywhere on the screen to unlock the screen.You can actually feel this button go down if you press it, it’s a real physical button. Press down the home key to get your iPhone going –that is the big round button (well, It’s about ½ inch in diameter, I guess) right below your iPhone screen.
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For this lesson, I assume you already have some people in your “contacts” list, so we’ll start with learning how to turn Siri on. Got VoiceOver on? Okay, now for my “Text with Siri” lesson. Go to the post I wrote about how people who are blind use iPhones to learn how to turn VoiceOver on. If you are blind and have an iPhone, or you are helping someone who is blind use their iPhone, you need to make sure you have VoiceOver turned on. Siri to the rescue! I’m guessing Siri might be particularly helpful for older adults who are diagnosed with macular degeneration, so I’m offering step-by-step instructions here. I’ve learned how to use VoiceOver but I find it cumbersome to hunt and peck to type texts when I can’t see the letters on the screen.
Plenty of people who are blind type out text messages using VoiceOver, the speech synthesizer that comes with every iPhone (VoiceOver parrots every letter the blind user types into a text message).
We’ve published a few blog posts about technology in September, and I’m rounding out the month with this one about how I text people without being able to see.
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