Saturday, February 18, 2017

SWITCH OFF VOICEOVER: WHEN YOUR IPHONE OR IPAD WON’T STOP TALKING

VoiceOver for iOS is a very helpful assistive technology for blind iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users. Unlike screen readers for many other situations, which cost hundreds of dollars, it’s built right into iOS. Unfortunately for sighted users, occasionally people turn in on without meaning to and the results can be confusing …
It’s probably VoiceOver if your iDevice won’t stop reading what’s on-screen in a computer-generated background voice, and you see a black line around what you touch like this:
My iPhone lock screen - note the black VoiceOver outline around the time display at the top.
My iPhone lock screen – note the black VoiceOver outline around the time display at the top.
The good news is that turning VoiceOver on and off isn’t too hard! There are a few different ways though, so read on until you find one that will work for your situation.

Shortcut: The Home Button

It may or may not be set up for your device, but the first thing to try is to triple-click your home button. This has to be done quite fast so you may need to try it several times before it’s recognised – I always have a bit of trouble with it.
If you hear “VoiceOver off” then you’ve done it!
If this does work, be aware that the triple-click works to turn VoiceOver on as well as off. To disable it, check Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and uncheck everything there – that will stop VoiceOver from being triple-clicked on next time.

Shortcut 2: Use Siri

Hold down your home button until Siri is triggered, then say “Turn off VoiceOver” or similar.
If Siri says “OK, I turned off VoiceOver” then you’re all set.

Turning Off VoiceOver With iTunes

If you have a computer running iTunes handy that’s definitely the easiest way to turn off VoiceOver – plug in your device and click on “Configure Accessibility…” at the bottom of the device pane in iTunes:
iTunes device pane showing accessibility button
iTunes device pane showing accessibility button
You should now see the accessibility configuration window – make sure that “Neither” is selected for seeing, as shown here:
iTunes device accessibility settings. The radio button shown needs to be set to "neither" to turn VoiceOver and Zoom off.
iTunes device accessibility settings. The radio button shown needs to be set to “neither” to turn VoiceOver and Zoom off.
Then click “OK” to close the accessibility pane and synchronise your device as normal.
Once the synchronisation has finished, your device will have VoiceOver switched off.

Turning Off VoiceOver From Your Device

If you don’t have a computer running iTunes handy, you’ll have to turn off VoiceOver by navigating through the device to find it. This isn’t nearly as hard as it sounds, luckily!
There are only a few things you need to know about VoiceOver, really:
  • You can ignore everything it VoiceOver says while doing this – no need to listen to the voice at all.
  • Your ‘Home’ button will still work normally, so use that to get back to somewhere you recognise if you get stuck or go into the wrong thing.
  • When you would normally tap or touch anything to open it, do just the same: you need to tap it once – you’ll see the black box surround the thing you want – and the double tap to activate it.
  • If you need to scroll, use three fingers side by side instead of just one. Your scrolling will go in very small increments but it will work.
You need to get to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and switch the toggle to “off” to turn off VoiceOver.
I’ll walk you through the exact sequence of movements you’ll need to do that starting right from your locked iPhone, following the rules above:
Turn the device on. Tap the ‘swipe to unlock’ bar and then double tap the same spot to unlock your phone:
iPhone lock screen and black VoiceOver outline around the unlock button. Tap then double-tap where the black unlock screen is.
iPhone lock screen and black VoiceOver outline around the unlock button. Tap then double-tap where the black unlock screen is.
If you have a passcode, single then double-tap each number or letter in turn. Your phone should now be unlocked.
If you aren’t already on your home screen, press your home button until you get back there.
If you need to go to a second page, for example if your Settings app isn’t on your first home screen page, use three fingers to swipe towards the left instead of just one like you would normally use. Find the right page now.
Swipe left with three fingers to move to the next screen of your home section using VoiceOver.
Swipe left with three fingers to move to the next screen of your home section using VoiceOver.
If your Settings app is in a folder, open the folder by tapping once on it, then double tapping.
Open the Settings app also by touching it once, then double tapping.
iPhone settings app opened, with black VoiceOver cursor highlighting the word "Settings" at the top.
iPhone settings app opened, with black VoiceOver cursor highlighting the word “Settings” at the top.
Scroll down using three fingers until you can see the “General” heading, then open that by touching and then double tapping it.
In the iPhone Settings up, swipe up with three fingers until the "General" heading is visible.
In the iPhone Settings up, swipe up with three fingers until the “General” heading is visible.
Open the “Accessibility” heading by again touching and then double tapping it.
Touch the VoiceOver heading and then double tap to open.
Your screen should now look like this:
VoiceOver settings are now open, you're nearly done!
VoiceOver settings are now open, you’re nearly done!
Tap the line near the top which says “VoiceOver” and has the toggle switch, then double-tap it to toggle the setting to the off position.
You’ve done it, VoiceOver should now be off. Give yourself a pat on the back and go have a coffee to celebrate!
– Ricky

Turn Off or Disable VoiceOver for iPhone 6/Tắt hay Vô hiệu hóa VoiceOver cho iPhone 6 . 

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    Press the home button at the bottom of the phone one time to open up the phone.
    It will read us the time/Bấm nút Home một lần để mở phone .
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    Now, we need to swipe to unlock using 3 fingers/Bây giờ , chúng ta cần quét để mở khóa bằng cách dùng 3 ngón tay .
    Those of us who have accidentally turned this option on might discover that we can't unlock the phone using one/Những ai đã lở kích hoạt chức năng này có thể khám phá rằng chúng ta không thể mở khóa phone khi đã dùng chức năng này . 
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    Enter in the passcode by tapping on a number, then double-tapping anywhere on the screen, or press a finger onto the home button/Nhập mật mã bằng cách nhấp vào 1 số nào đó , kế đó nhấp 2 lần bất cứ chỗ nào trên màn hình , hay bấm vào nút Home . 
    VoiceOver will list the first three applications on the home screen, then say "double tap to open"/VoiceOver sẽ liệt kê ba ứng dụng đầu tiên trên màn hình , rồi nói "double tap to open" We're going to demonstrate how to quickly and easily turn off the VoiceOver feature/Chúng tôi sắp chứng tỏ làm thế nào để nhanh chóng và dễ dàng vô hiệu hóa chức năng này . 
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    Start by pressing on the settings icon, then double tapping on the icon/Khởi động bằng cách nhấn vào icon Settings , kế đó nhấp hai lần vào icon này . 
    The settings icon is the silver and gray icon with gears. After tapping on it once, it will say "Settings. Double tap to open"/Sau khi nhấp icon này 1 lần , nó sẽ nói "Settings. Double tap to open" . 
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    We need to go down to the "General" setting/Chúng ta sẽ tới phần "General" . 
    Tap once and the phone will say "General", then tap twice to open it/Nhấp 1 lần vào "General" và phone sẽ nói "General" , kế đó nhấp 2 lần để mở "General" .
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    Tap on "Accessibility" and the phone will say "accessibility", then double tap it to open it/Nhấp vào "Accessibility" và phone này sẽ nói "accessibility" , kế đó nhấp 2 lần để mở nó . 
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    Tap on "VoiceOver" at the top and the phone will say "VoiceOver On Button", then double tap it/Nhấp vào "VoiceOver" và phone sẽ nói "VoiceOver On Button" , kế đó nhấp 2 lần vào "VoiceOver" . 
    That will take us into the VoiceOver menu/Điều này sẽ đi chúng ta tới tới menu của VoiceOver. 
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    Tap on the green VoiceOver switch, then double tap it/Nhấp vào VoiceOver , kế đó nhấp 2 lần . 
    It will say "VoiceOver off"/Nó sẽ nói "VoiceOver off" . 
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    Now, if we tap anything, like the back arrow in the top left-hand corner, it won't say anything/Bây giờ , nếu ta nhấp bất cứ cái gì , như mủi tên đen ở góc trên trái , nó sẽ không nói gì . 
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    Tap on the home button at the bottom of the phone to go to the home screen/Nhấp vào nút Home để tới trang nhà . 
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    Double tap the home button and swipe the settings window up to close it so it's not draining the battery/Nhấp 2 lần nút Home và vuốt nhẹ từ dưới lên trên để đóng lại màn hình để tiết kiệm pin .
    Tapping on the home screen will bring us back to the home screen. Now, VoiceOver has been successfully turned off on the iPhone 6/Nhấp nhẹ vào màn hình sẽ làm màn hình xuất hiện . Bây giờ , VoiceOver đã được vặn tắt trên iphone 6 . 
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