How to Use Voiceover: A Feature that Makes Anyone Easier to Operate iPhone

When you use your iPhone, it has a built-in voiceover feature and will read the text on the page for you. If you are visually impaired or have trouble seeing the screen with your eyes, this feature can help you. But if it keeps making a sound when you don't need it, you may find it annoying and want to turn off voiceover on iPhone. Here we will comprehensively introduce the voiceover meaning and how to use it.

GUIDE LIST

Part 1. What is Voiceover on iPhone

Part 2. How to Turn On Voiceover on iPhone

Part 3. How to Use Voiceover on iPhone

Part 4. How to Turn Off Voiceover on iPhone

Bonus: How to Do a Voiceover on iPhone Screen Record

Part 5. FAQs of Using Voiceover

Part 1. What is Voiceover on iPhone

The definition of voiceover is an accessibility feature built-in Apple devices that help the blind and sight-impaired people to use these devices. The developer aims to make an iPhone that anyone can use. Voiceover was first introduced in 2009. It is a screen reader that describes what is visible on the iPhone, including links, buttons, your battery level, the name and number of a caller, and other contents on the interface. The speaking rate and pitch can be adjusted to suit your needs. As Apple devices are updated, this feature is constantly being refreshed.

Part 2. How to Turn On Voiceover on iPhone

You can quickly wake up voiceover to help when you need help looking at the screen. Below, we provide a few easy ways to help you turn it on.

Way 1. Activate Siri

Way 2. Through Settings

Part 3. How to Use Voiceover on iPhone

Voiceover can help you describe the content of the text on the screen, the path your finger takes, and even the name and number of the caller. So when you are not convenient to look at the screen or can not see the screen, you can turn it on. If you want to save certain content that requires voiceover to help you read, you can record an audio of your voiceover. Once you turn Voiceover, you can make personalized settings to suit your needs. Here are some detailed instructions for using the voiceover.

Common Gestures to Operate Voiceover

◆ If you want to let your iPhone read items on the screen, tap it. And you can double-tap to activate the selected item or triple-tap to double-tap the selected item.

◆ If you want to scroll up one page, use three fingers to swipe down, and you can also use tree-fingers swipe up to scroll down one page.

◆ If you want to start or stop the current action, like playing or pausing music or video, taking a photo in Camera, starting or stopping recording, etc., double tap with two fingers.

◆ If you need more gestures to operate your voiceover, go to the official Apple website to learn.

How to Change Speaking Rate in Voiceover

Different people are used to different speaking rates. This feature supports self-adjustment of the speed of speech for reading the screen. Here are the detailed steps.

Part 4. How to Turn Off Voiceover on iPhone

Sometimes you may not need an off-panel voice to help you understand what's on your phone. It is necessary to turn it off in time. Here are the detailed steps.

Bonus: How to Do a Voiceover on iPhone Screen Record

If you want to do voiceover when recording your iPhone screen, ArkThinker Screen Recorder will be your best helper. As a screen recording tool, it can record not only the screen of the computer on which it is installed but also the screen of other devices connected to the computer. ArkThinker Screen Recorder can record the system and microphone sound and the webcam at the same time. So when you cannot record your phone’s screen directly, try ArkThinker Screen Recorder. This feature also lets your screen become larger on your computer and offers a better experience when watching your recorded videos.

After you get your recorded screen, you can also edit it using our widget.

In addition, you can also try the iPhone's installed recording tool to record iPhone screen directly. but its function is relatively single, and susceptible to interference.

Part 6. FAQs of Using Voiceover

Conclusion