Learn how to use voiceover with Apple wireless keyboard on your iPad Air. You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPad. See Bluetooth.
Use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. Most commands use the Control-Option key combination, abbreviated in the table that follow as VO.
You can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with various key combinations. VoiceOver Help speaks keys and keyboard commands as you type them, without performing the associated action.
VO = Control-Option
Turn on VoiceOver help: VOK
Turn off VoiceOver help: Escape
Select the next or previous item: VORight Arrow or VOLeft Arrow
Double-tap to activate the selected item: VOSpace bar
Press the Home button: VOH
Move to the status bar: VOM
Read from the current position: VOA
Read from the top: VOB
Pause or resume reading: Control
Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VOS
Open Notification Center: FnVOUp Arrow
Open Control Center: FnVODown Arrow
Open the Item Chooser: VOI
Double-tap with two fingers: VO-
Adjust the rotor: Use Quick Nav (see below)
Swipe up or down: VOUp Arrow or VODown Arrow
Adjust the speech rotor: VOCommandLeft Arrow or VOCommandRight Arrow
Adjust the setting specified by the speech rotor: VOCommandUp Arrow or VOCommandDown Arrow
Turn the screen curtain on or off: VOShiftS
Return to the previous screen: Escape
Switch apps: CommandTab or CommandShiftTab
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.
Turn Quick Nav on or off: Left ArrowRight Arrow
Select the next or previous item: Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor: Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Select the first or last item: ControlUp Arrow or ControlDown Arrow
Tap an item: Up ArrowDown Arrow
Scroll up, down, left, or right: OptionUp Arrow, OptionDown Arrow, OptionLeft Arrow, or OptionRight Arrow
Adjust the rotor: Up ArrowLeft Arrow or Up ArrowRight Arrow
When you view a webpage with Quick Nav enabled, you can use the following keys on the keyboard to navigate the page quickly. Typing the key moves to the next item of the indicated type. To move to the previous item, hold the Shift key as you type the letter.
Heading: H
Link: L
Text field: R
Button: B
Form control: C
Image: I
Table: T
Static text: S
ARIA landmark: W
List: X
Item of the same type: M
Level 1 heading: 1
Level 2 heading: 2
Level 3 heading: 3
Level 4 heading: 4
Level 5 heading: 5
Level 6 heading: 6
Use these commands (with Quick Nav turned off) to work with text. VoiceOver reads the text as you move the insertion point.
Go forward or back one character: Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Go forward or back one word: OptionRight Arrow or OptionLeft Arrow
Go up or down one line: Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Go to the beginning or end of the line: CommandLeft Arrow or CommandDown Arrow
Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph: OptionUp Arrow or OptionDown Arrow
Go to the previous or next paragraph: OptionUp Arrow or OptionDown Arrow
Go to the top or bottom of the text field: CommandUp Arrow or CommandDown Arrow
Select text as you move: Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above
Select all text: CommandA
Copy, cut, or paste the selected text: CommandC, CommandX, or CommandV
Undo or redo last change: CommandZ or ShiftCommandZ